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APRIL 2015 • NISAN / IYAR 5775
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CHAMETZ BURNING & MARSHMALLOW ROASTING Friday, April 3, 11:30 a.m. at BZ Bring some chametz from home to par cipate in this symbolic pre-Pesach burning. We’ll also indulge in some tasty roasted marshmallows.
COMMUNITY SEDER Saturday, April 4 6:15 p.m. Arrival and welcome; “Seder” begins at 6:30 p.m. Dinner begins by 6:45 pm Join us for an interac ve and educa onal experience. Our spiritual and meaningful seder will be led by Rabbi Susan Tendler. “Let all who are hungry, come and eat!” Children’s programming led by Jason Cathcart, Dir. of Congrega onal Learning. Adults $36 (nonmembers $45); Children ages 13-18 $15; Children age 12 & under $10 RSVP required; please call the office for availability a=er March 27
MATZAH BREI LUNCH (B.L.T. = Brei, Leyning, Tefilah) Sunday, April 5 (in lieu of B.L.T) Following services on the second day of Passover, join us for a delicious matzah brie lunch. Please RSVP to the BZ office to ensure we have plenty of food for everyone!
PASSOVER LEFTOVERS LUNCH & LEARN Thursday, April 9, 12:00 p.m. at BZ Join us for scrump ous le=overs from our community Passover seder with a side of invigora ng conversa on and learning. Please RSVP to the office. Cost is $5.
SERVICE SCHEDULE Sat., Apr. 4 – Shabbat/Pesach Morning Services, 1st Day: 9:30 a.m. Sun., Apr. 5 - Pesach Morning Services, 2nd Day: 9:30 a.m. Fri., Apr. 10 - Pesach Morning Services, 7th Day: 9:30 a.m. Sat., Apr 11 – Shabbat/Pesach Morning Services, 8th Day: 9:30 a.m. Yizkor not before 11:00 a.m. Complimentary childcare will be available during all fes val services. Pesach ends at 8:49 p.m. (Hametz will be purchased a,er 9:30 p.m.)
Honoring Marcia & Jay Menuskin Saturday, April 18, 9:45 a.m. Help us honor Marcia & Jay Menuskin for their lifetime of dedication to B’nai Zion and the Chattanooga Jewish community. Join friends and family for Shabbat services followed by a Kiddush luncheon for everyone. If you are interested in helping to sponsor this event, please contact Lynn Hochman at lynnhochman@comcast.net.
Save the Date! BZ is invited to join Mizpah for First Friday Night, May 1 at 5:30 p.m.
B’nai Zion Congregation 114 McBrien Road Chattanooga TN 37411 423.894.8900 Fax: 423.894.8902 shul@bzcongregation.com Rabbi Susan Tendler rabbi@bzcongregation.com Director of Congregational Learning Jason Cathcart jason@bzcongregation.com President Steven Sherman BZPRES@comcast.net
423. 316.9712 Vice Presidents Dr. Bill Hillner Jordan Parker Fern Shire Treasurer Scott Israel Secretary Susan Leininger Board Members Dr. Robin Balser Isaac Barukh Murray Berger David Binder Irene Cohen Rob Cowan David Fairchild Isidore Frumin Dr. Norman Galen Sherry Gilbert Jerry Kleinstub Joe Kodsi Matt Kodsi Lauren Lebovitz Bea Lurie Helen Pregulman Rachel Privett Jackie Rosenfeld Marty Scheinberg Phyllis Schwarz Ruth Votava Eliza Lebovitz (youth rep.)
B’nai Zion Voice is published 11 times a year by B’nai Zion Congregation, 114 McBrien Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411. Submission Deadline: the 8th of the month preceding publication: shul@bzcongregation.com Editorial Committee: David Fairchild, Editor Deborah Wint Susan Matzkin Lester Votava
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Message from Our President by Steven Sherman
“He Should Have Taken More Time” A story is told about a Rabbi and village’s tailor. The Rabbi had ordered a new pair of trousers made and wanted the pants finished before the Passover holiday. The story goes like this: “The Rabbi ordered a pair of pants for the Passover holidays from the village tailor. The tailor, who was very reliable, took a long time finishing the job. The Rabbi was afraid that he would not have the garment ready for the holidays. On the day before Passover the tailor came running all out of breath to deliver the pants. The Rabbi examined his new garment with a critical eye. ‘Thank you for bringing my pants on time,’ he said. ‘But tell me, my friend, if it took Hashem only six days to create our vast and complicated world, why did it have to take you six weeks to make this simple pair of pants?’ ‘But Rabbi!’ murmured the tailor triumphantly, ‘Just look at the mess the Lord made, and then look at this beautiful pair of pants!’ I know there are many of you, if not all, who would take a certain amount of umbrage in the statement that Hashem made a mess of this world. And I would agree, for man was given the power by G-d to make a choice between performing good deeds (mitzvoth) or not. We have just finished celebrating the holiday of Purim, the story of how Haman who wanted to destroy the Jewish people of Persia. We are now about to recall the story of Passover, how we were once slaves in Egypt under Pharaoh. We easily recall the horrors of the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and the enslavement of Soviet Jewry. All these horrific tragedies were perpetrated against the Jewish people and carried out by the hand of man. The power to do good or evil is self-evident. It is said that Hashem works in mysterious ways; but perhaps not as quickly as we would like. The story of Passover tells us about the Exodus, how we were freed by the hand of G-d, and eventually given the Ten Commandments and the Torah, laws to live by. The Jewish people survived the horrors of the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and enslavement in the former Soviet Union. We bear witness to the rebirth of the modern State of Israel Passover is a time when we gather around the Seder table with friends, family and maybe strangers in our midst to remember that we were once slaves in Egypt, but now we are free. Unfortunately, there are still many others who yearn for their own inalienable right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and freedom of religion. It is not Hashem who made a mess of the world, but individual men and women who choose the evil of their ways. So, let’s not forget that Hashem has empowered each individual with the ability to choose to perform mitzvoth or to do evil, and if we choose rightly we can make the world a better place. Chag sameach, Happy Passover!
Minyan and Toast to Israel for Yom ha’Atzmaut
Wednesday, April 22: 6:00 p.m. Join us as we share a L’Chaim to commemorate Israel’s 67th birthday!
Message from Our Rabbi by Rabbi Susan Tendler
“And you shall tell it to your son on that day, saying, 'Because of this God did for us when He took me out of Egypt.'" (Exodus 13:8) This most celebrated of all rituals by American Shabbat, essentially we would be saying that Jews, the seder remains one of the most Shabbat is over and we have moved on to the next beloved evenings of the year and in people’s day. Moreover, we are challenged this year as well as memories. In fact, when I ask Jewish adults next, since we cannot cook on Shabbat nor begin what their favorite Jewish holiday is or to share a favorite childhood preparing for after Shabbat on Shabbat as that in holiday memory, the answer almost always revolves around our festival and of itself reduces our enjoyment of Shabbat. All of freedom. this said, traditionally speaking this would have us Perhaps the secret of Passover’s popularity quite simply is the sitting down for seder at 8:43 at night. home-centeredness of the holiday, spending quality family time at a meal While I was certain that those of you in town seeped in ritual. Even those who do not have a “traditional” seder tend over Spring Break wouldn’t mind eating until 10 to have their own rituals or family stories surrounding the evening. And o’clock at night (joking), I knew that I had to figure for families unaccustomed to celebrating with family on a weekly basis, something else out. That is when I remembered this type of quality family ritual becomes all the more essential and that we are marking the shmita year (every 7 years appreciated. we allow the land to lay fallow). Somehow that idea I suspect, however, that as much as I believe the above is true, of letting go providing us with other opportunities other aspects combine to create such a time-honored and treasured provided me with the key to having a “seder” ritual. The key lies in the nature of the seder (order) itself. In order to without it being a seder. This year we will eat the fulfill the mitzvah of telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt, the third meal of Shabbat (seudat shlishit) in which we rabbis created an unbelievable pedagogic lesson involving all the senses traditionally tell stories and sing songs anyway. We and multiple intelligences. The Haggadah (literally, "telling") attracts will take advantage of this opportunity to those who learn from narrative and/or audit-orally. Hide-and seek and incorporate traditional aspects of a seder, and we question and answer appeals to those who learn through games and will have in many ways a traditional meal and then, discovery. Songs make things for those who are musical, easier to as Shabbat ends we will have Havdalah, set our remember and enjoyable. The symbols of the seder table provide tactile tables and then end with about a 10 minute seder and multi-sensory meaning and levels of understanding enabling us to that meets all of the requirements (although truth literally taste the bitterness of slavery and feel our ancestors’ tears. For be told it might take 15 minutes). The evening will children who do not even know what mortar is, they see the color in the feel traditional and yet fresh, letting go for shmita thick haroset mixture. What other night are we not only allowed to, but and hopefully, like the shmita year, will therefore encouraged to bring a pillow to our table? On this night we really relax enable us to raise others and be raised to even as we enjoy our meal and our company as we all recline as the richest greater heights! and most free individuals in the world! But the point is, we do not only Wishing you and your families a meaningful talk about it, but on this night we experience it for ourselves with our and delightful chag kasher v’sameach (a happy and whole selves in the company of our loved ones. kosher Passover!) May the memories you create this And so it is, we have tell our national story in an order and while year last throughout the year and for years to come! many of us are accustomed at least to some extent with the traditional order— kadesh, orchatz, carpas, yachatz, magid, rachtsa, motsi, matza, maror, korech, shulchan orech, tzafun, barech, hallel, nirtza—others feel comfortable with their own seder or order. This year, as Thursday, April 16, 11:00 a.m. well as next, stumped me as a rabbi. at Barmes & Noble Hamilton Place You see, knowing that we have second Book: All the Light We Cannot See: a Novel by Anthony Doerr seder, and not wanting to conflict with first seder in other places or peoples’ Ques ons? Contact our Book Club Chairs: homes, I had to figure out how to “do” Cherie Wise or Harriet Ruderman second seder while it is Shabbat. You see, if we were to start seder during
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Message from Our Director of Congregational Learning April BSI at a Glance
by Jason Cathcart
Take the Matzah Challenge Matzah and Haroset and Maror, Oh my! It’s time for Pesach. While flipping through a book on my self recently, I was reminded of the Matzah challenge presented by author Joel Lurie Grishaver in his book “40 Things You Can Do to Save the Jewish People”. We’ve all had those moments during Peasch. The moment when you are relaxing and chatting away with friends or colleagues and instinctively take a snack and pop it in your mouth. Seconds later it hits you: What did I just eat? It’s Pesach!!! I remember one of my failing Passover moments like it was yesterday. I was in second grade and we were having a special program about butter and how it is made. We were all in awe of this man who was using an electric butter churn to show us how he made butter on the farm he owned. I was so caught up in the fascinating moment, when the teacher passed around crackers with a little taste of butter, I took one and enjoyed eating it. I could taste it’s delicious flavor and I swallowed the wafer and fresh butter. Then it hit me: What have I done! I was so upset I don’t know if I ever told my parents. That day I made a promise to myself that I would do my best to stay away from chametz during Pesach while still living my life. That’s what the Matzah challenge is all about: finding a way to fit our wonderful Jewish traditions into our everyday lives. It gives you a sense of Jewish accomplishment. If you manage to get through a whole week (I know it’s really 8 days, I’m just rounding it down) of going to ordinary places you need to go and doing all the things you need to do without allowing chametz to pass your lips, you’ve proved that ordinary life and being a Jew can go together. It’s the great annual triumph of Judaism and life working together. Hag Kasher v’Sameach! (A happy and Kosher holiday)
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Chaverim, Chalutzim & Kochavim
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Gan, Chaverim, Chalutzim & Kochavim
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Super-Sized Shabbat: incl. Mini Minyan, Junior Congregation & Bagrut (See below)
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Gan, Chaverim, Chalutzim & Kochavim
Join us for our new Shabbat Morning program on
April 25: Mini-Minyan - 10:30 to 11:15 AM (for Pre-K to 2nd grade) Junior Congregation - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (for 3rd to 6th grade) Bagrut—10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (for 8th to 10th grade) We will celebrate Shabbat through tefillah, hands-on learning, study and games!
CJCRS in April 12, 19*, 26 CJCRS meets at B’nai Zion from 9:30am to 12pm. *April 19 will be a special family celebration of Israel. Watch your email for more details!
Hebrew word of the month: Ashrei and Kiddush Society Want to learn the Ashrei? Ever want to lead the Kiddush on Shabbat morning? Now you can learn it online! This is a self guided program for all Beit Sefer Ivri Students. Contact Jason Cathcart for materials and information. Become a member of the Ashrei Society and the Kiddush Society.
Our USY weekend was fantastic. Great friends, excellent food and whole lot of fun. Spending time with our USY friends from around the sub-region was awesome. Mazel Tov to our chapter for receiving the Ein Gedi spirit stick, presented annually to a chapter on the rise!
Adult Education Lunch & Learn Thursday, Apr. 9* & 23 Noon @ BZ Join us for invigorating conversations with Rabbi Tendler. RSVP to the BZ office with your lunch preference (tuna or egg salad). Cost is $5. *Special Pesach lunch. See page X for details. Questions about Adult education? Contact Jason Cathcart at Jason@bzcongregation.com.
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Women About Women at the Pottery Place
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BZ Family Mazel tov to Amy Boulware who has been named the number one social worker in southeast Tennessee! Now Amy is in the running for the number one social worker in the state. To help her earn this well-deserved honor, consider submitting photographs, letters of recommendation or other materials (with Amy's name at the top of the email) kfranklin@naswtn.com. Welcome to the world, Hayden Brooke Haber, daughter of Ashley and granddaughter of Herbie (z'l) and Mindy Haber. We officially welcomed and named this precious little girl at recent Shabbat services. Mazel tov to Lauren Lebovitz who is largely responsible for an incredible groundbreaking opportunity with Yozma, a Nativ College Leadership Program for Jewish young adults ages 18-21 with mild cognitive and social challenges who are college bound. This program is dedicated to furthering the development of life and leadership skills that are essential for young adults with cognitive and social challenges to lead independent, meaningful Jewish lives and successfully transition to a college program. The inaugural Yozma track will begin in September 2015; applications for Yozma (and for Nativ itself!) are now being accepted. For more information, visit www.nativ.org
Y’all come back now, ya hear? B’nai Zion welcomed visitors from Adat Shalom in Michigan.
Anniversaries 4/4 4/10 4/22 4/24
Maurice and JoAnn Richelson Dr. Reuben and Dorothy Dubrow Dr. David and Patricia Rose Robert and Rita Brook
Birthdays 4/2 4/2 4/3 4/4 4/4 4/5 4/6 4/6 4/7 4/9 4/10 4/11 4/12 4/14 4/14 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/19 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/21 4/22 4/23 4/25 4/25 4/26 4/27 4/27 4/28
Jason Cathcart Fern Shire Julius Greenwald Myrna Kaplan Maurice Richelson Jon Hillner JoAnn Richelson Adelia Wyner Allison Rhodes Ross Sadoff Dr. Jeffrey Cohen Blake Snetman Judith Spiegel Samuel Johnson Micaela Simms Courtney Stowe Ben Belknap Hannah Sadoff Norman Hofferman David Israel Jacob Balser Dr. Michael Bonder Dr. Jim Shire William Jarman Helen Brody Dorothy Trotz Melanie Goldberg Samantha Lowy Peggy Hofferman Niki Goff Jackie Rosenfeld Rhea Schulman
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Contributions IN MEMORY In Memory of Barbara Sacks Bohn Mike & Lynn Ahlers Anne Benton Claire Binder & Family Dr. Reuben & Dot Dubrow Allison & David Gracey (R) Sydell & Jeff Green Janice & Ronald Grove (R) Michael & Jan Hanan (H) Charlotte & Marla Jacobson Ann Klein (R) Charles & Betty Lebovitz Marcia & Jay Menuskin (H) Kathleen & Donald Miner (R) Hilary Hershey & Nicki Meoli (R) Helen Pregulman Judy Richelson Sylvia Saloshin Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg Phyllis Schwarz Sheila & Jerry Sear Yuppie & Harold Shavin Dr. Jim & Fern Shire (E) Pris & Robert Siskin Buster & Lea Stuart Jay & Barbara Wiston In Memory of Dr. Alan Jacobson Bob & Rita Brook Susan & David Leininger Sharon Plainstein Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg In Memory of Henrietta Messeca, Grandmother of Noa Hadad Jan & Michael Hanan (H) Lynn & Colman Hochman In Memory of Mildred Schwartz Berson Joy Adams Gitta & Bryson Engel In Memory of Milton Silver, Father of Beth Lowe David Scheinberg Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg In Memory of Molly Weiss, Mother of Bruce Weiss Bob & Rita Brook Irv Ginsberg Jan & Michael Hanan (H) Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg Ruth & Lester Votava In Memory of Patricia Payne, Mother of David Fairchild Dr. Bill & Susan Hillner The Snetman Family
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SPECIAL FUNDS [B] Babysitting [CE] Louis & Rose Chawkin Ed. Fund [Ed] Education [E] Enhancement [H] Hanan Family Scholarship [K] Kiddush [KE] Kitchen Equipment [R] Rabbi's Discretionary You can make billable contributions to B’nai Zion using our online submission form at www.bnaizioncongregation.com Of course, you can still email contributions to shul@bzcongregation.com. Or call 894.8900 In Memory of Raja Binen-Lurie, Stepmother of Bea Lurie Jackie, Marty, David, Katie Scheinberg In Memory of Ray Davidson, Father of Rabbi Josef Davidson Bob & Rita Brook Jan & Michael Hanan (H) Lynn & Colman Hochman Gail & Joel Susman Ruth & Lester Votava Elaine & Sanford Winer In Memory of Richard Gottlieb, Father of David Gottlieb Colman & Lynn Hochman Jan & Michael Hanan (H) Marcia & Jay Menuskin (H) Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg & Family Dr. Martin & Shelley Simms & Family (H) Pris & Robert Siskin In Memory of Rosemary Borck, Mother of Lindsay Barukh Dr. Robin Balser & Family (H) Claire Binder & Family Lynn & Colman Hochman Alan & Alison Lebovitz LenÊt Solomon Parker Helen Pregulman Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg Dr. Jim & Fern Shire Pris & Robert Siskin Ruth & Lester Votava In Memory of Ruth Brook, Mother of Bob Brook Dr. Robin Balser & Family (H) Claire Binder & Family Jan & Michael Hanan (H) Colman & Lynn Hochman Alan & Alison Lebovitz Marcia & Jay Menuskin (H) Helen Pregulman
Jackie, Marty, David, Katie Scheinberg Pris & Robert Siskin Robert & Judy Stahl Ruth & Lester Votava In Memory of the Uncle of David Fairchild Alan & Alison Lebovitz Ruth & Lester Votava In Memory of your mother, Min Pearlman Gitta Engel In Memory of Zelig Fruman, Brother of Izzie Fruman Jan & Michael Hanan (H) Charlotte & Marla Jacobson Mollye Norman Jay & Mary Susman
MAZEL TOV Amy Boulware In Honor of your being named Best Social Worker SE TN Robin Balser & Family (H) Barbara Oxenhandler Barry Parker & Flossie Weill (H) Jason Cathcart In Honor of Earning Master's Degree in Jewish Education Alan & Alison Lebovitz Tal & Erin Cohen Mazel Tov on the birth of your son, Dean David Scheinberg Michael & Rebecca Dzik In Honor of Rebecca's Bat Mitzvah Dr. Bruce & Merle Backer Mollye Norman Phyllis Schwarz , Rick & Lon Michael Dzik & Paula Londe Mazel Tov on your engagement Dr. Bruce & Merle Backer Shelton Goldblatt & Family In Honor of Ethan'S Bar Mitzvah Dr. Bruce & Merle Backer Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg Ethan Goldblatt In Honor of Ethan's Bar Mitzvah Charlotte Jacobson Mollye Norman Taylor Goldblatt Mazel Tov on your Graduation from UTC Mollye Norman Brandy & Erica Newman Mazel Tov on the birth of your son Henry Levi David Scheinberg
Judy Richelson Mazel Tov on your Grandson Austin Becoming a Bar Mitzvah Dr. Bruce & Merle Backer Colman & Lynn Hochman Sylvia Wygoda Wishing you a Happy Birthday Lynn & Colman Hochman
SPEEDY RECOVERY Irene Cohen Ruth & Lester Votava Colman Hochman Dr. Bruce & Merle Backer Dot & Reuben Dubrow Alan & Alison Lebovitz Susan & David Leininger Susan & Dennis Matzkin Marcia & Jay Menuskin (H) Sheila & Jerry Sear Dr. Jim & Fern Shire Dr. Martin & Shelley Simms & Family (H) Trudy & Tom Trivers Ruth & Lester Votava Jay & Barbara Wiston Jay Menuskin Dr. Marty & Jackie Scheinberg Joyce Prebul Sheila & Jerry Sear Lester Votava The Matzkin Family
IN APPRECIATION Howard Gropper In appreciation of your dedicated service on behalf of the community Sam & Dorothy Jaffe
Scott & Laura Israel In honor of Your Interfaith Shabbat Leadership Alan & Alison Lebovitz
ETZ CHAYIM/SIDDUR In Memory of Barbara Bohn Lisa Rosenthal In Memory of Dr. Alan Jacobson (2 books) Stanley & Susan Tenenbaum
YAHRZEIT CONTRIBUTIONS Rae Frank Baras Sam F. Baras A. Chester Bonder Dr. Michael Bonder Joyce Bonder Dr. Michael Bonder (KE) Abe Brandman Lynn & Colman Hochman S. Frank David Amelia Allen David Dzik Gail & Joel Susman Rebecca Friedman Samuel Wyner Frances Daneman Ginsberg Sylvia Saloshin Lillian Goler Marilyn Goler Morris Hanan Victor Hanan (H) Dorothy Jen Johnson Gene & Amy Boulware (H) Anna Swick Kopkin Theodore Kopkin
Ann Shavin Lasner Yuppie & Harold Shavin Murray Marcus Rick & Bonnie Marcus Lena Miller Lynn & Colman Hochman Pauline & Alex Parker Leslie Parker & Annice Parker (R) Rabbi Stephen Listfield & Leslie ParkerListfield (R) Bertha Shavin Phillips Yuppie & Harold Shavin Gail & Joel Susman Sara Lena Raider Lynn & Colman Hochman Hal Rind Mary Rind Alfred Rose David & Patty Rose Jeffrey Saloshin Sylvia Saloshin Anne Sir Yuppie & Harold Shavin Alena Stahl Robert & Judy Stahl Dianna Stein Sharon Plainstein Sarah Susman Gail & Joel Susman Wolf Witt Claire Binder Alan Zinaman Goldie Zinaman
Unveiling Rescheduled The unveiling for Minnie Siskin Pearlman z'l has been rescheduled in the spring.
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BZ Calendar ~ April 2015 ~ Sun
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6 Passover (Cont.)
7 Passover (Cont.)
9:30a Pesach Services
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9:30a CJCRS 9:30a Judaism In Depth (BZ Library)
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14 6:30p Board Meeting
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9:30a CJCRS 9:30a Judaism In Depth (BZ Library)
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10 Passover (Cont.) 11 Passover (Cont.)
6p Minyan
12p Lunch & Learn
Office Closed 9:30a Pesach Services 5:45p Minyan
9:30a Shabbat/Pesach Services, Yizkor (Not before 11:00 a.m.)
15 Tax Day (Taxes Due) 4:30p BSI (Hebrew School) 6p Minyan
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22 Earth Day/Yom 23 Yom HaAtzma'ut HaZikaron (Israel) (Israel) 4:30p BSI (Hebrew 12p Lunch & Learn School) 6p Minyan and Toast to Israel for Yom ha’Atzmaut 29
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4:30p BSI (Hebrew School) 6p Minyan
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What seeds will you plant? April 2015
4 Passover 11:30a Chametz 9:30a Shabbat/Pesach Burning & Marshmallow Services Roast 6:15p Community Seder 5:45p Minyan
11a Sisterhood Book 5:45p Minyan Club - All the Light We Cannot See (Barnes & Noble\, 2100 Hamilton Place Boulevard #315\, Chattanooga\)
Have You Planted Seeds for the Future?
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6p Minyan
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9:45a Shabbat Services - Honoring Marcia & Jay Menuskin 10a Super-Sized Shabbat 12p Kiddush Luncheon following services
24 Arbor Day
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5:45p Minyan
9:45a Shabbat Services
Yahrzeit List *Memorialized on our memorial plaques.
NISAN/APRIL 12 1 Ida K. Deitch 12 1 Irving Rosenbaum 13 2 Sam Brody 13 2 Jack (Jacob) Fanburg* 13 2 Morris Gordon* 13 2 Aaron Rubin 14 3 Hymie Deitch* 14 3 Simon Polsky 15 4 Abe Edelstein* 16 5 Hannah Ross Bostick* 16 5 Saul Menuskin* 16 5 Jessie Shuman 17 6 Herb Cole 17 6 Ben Katchen* 17 6 Molly (Hannah) Kopkin* 17 6 Eva P. Shavin* 18 7 Jack Hamburg 18 7 Joshua Daniel Leininger 19 8 Rose T. Balk* 19 8 Esther Bornstein* 19 8 Liwana Wise Boulware 19 8 Harry Cloogman* 19 8 Robert E. Gendreau 19 8 Bertha Lottie Rose 19 8 Bessie Silverman* 20 9 Carrie Borisky* 20 9 Morris Feldman* 20 9 Anne F. Garry 21 10 Max Alper* 21 10 Harry Daneman 21 10 Flora El-Kodsi* 21 10 Israel A. Morris* 21 10 Samuel Sazer 21 10 Emilia Winer* 22 11 Rebecca Wender Apler* 22 11 Herman Manis 23 12 Ida Brandman* 23 12 Esther Dressler* 24 13 Pauline Okrent* 24 13 Nona Dubrof Sayers* 24 13 Morris Slutsky* 25 14 Samuel Chawkin* 25 14 Dr. Oscar B. Hecklin* 25 14 Anna D. Magrill* 25 14 Abe Siskin* 25 14 Joan Lenet Solomon* 25 14 Joseph Toser 26 15 Isaac Goldstein 26 15 Helen Small 26 15 Abraham J. Trotz 27 16 Michael L. (Mike) Cohen* 27 16 Dora Frumin Hecklin* 27 16 Louis Winer* 28 17 Dina Rachel Cohen 28 17 Maryin Leah Karsinsky* 28 17 Martha McWhorter 29 18 Rose Abramson
29 18 Charles Cesario 29 18 Meyer M. Fine 29 18 Allan S. Jacobson* 29 18 Lula Pierce 30 19 Benjamin Lander 30 19 Hilda Morris Levin* 30 19 Sidney F. Pollard* IYAR/APRIL 1 20 Ida Cure 1 20 Louis Greenberg* 1 20 Luba Pavlow* 1 20 Rose B. Sazer 1 20 J. Louis Wise* 2 21 Louis Center 2 21 Irma Insler 2 21 Rose Kaplowitz* 2 21 Isadore Katchen* 2 21 Evelyn Rebecca Lurie 2 21 Eleanor Platner 3 22 David Dubrow* 3 22 Gabriel William Kaplan* 3 22 Rose F. Kohn 3 22 Ephraim Mennen* 3 22 Mariam Goodstein Stein* 3 22 Bessie Sulman* 4 23 Jacob Berger* 4 23 Esther Klein* 5 24 Sadie Dubrof Boyce* 5 24 Henrietta C. Elson* 5 24 Mildred Rose 5 24 Vittia Marium Swartz* 6 25 David Israel 6 25 I. Charles Jacobs* 6 25 Yetta Maizlish 7 26 Harry Fanburg 7 26 Sadie Frost 7 26 Shirley Harwood Katchen* 7 26 Jack Silverman* 8 27 Morris Deitch* 8 27 Sara Rudoff Glazier* 8 27 Esther Husney* 8 27 Garrison Siskin* 8 27 Gussie Shavin Susman* 9 28 Elias Berger 9 28 Ben Block 9 28 Sonia Korner 9 28 Norman Overbach 9 28 Jack Phillips* 9 28 Polly Rosenblum Pressman 9 28 Marvin Trotz* 10 29 Rose Apanof 10 29 Guta B. Levine* 10 29 Alvin Schwartz* 10 29 Max Yagoda 11 30 Thelma Coltan* 11 30 Goldie Fine 11 30 Bennie Hasden*
Men’s Club
SHABBAT Saturday, May 9, 9:45 a.m. Join as members of the B’nai Zion Men’s Club lead our congrega on in prayer. A Kiddush luncheon sponsored by the organiza on will follow services.
Yom HaShoah April 16, 2015 27 Nisan 5775
Have you received your yellow candle?
Yom HaShoah Commemoration Wednesday, April 15 6:00 p.m. Reading of Names 7:00 p.m. Commemoration Jewish Cultural Center
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Phone: Office 423-867-4400 Fax: 423-867-1232
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P.O. Box 71805 2500 East 37th Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37407
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B’NAI ZION SYNAGOGUE Minyan Schedule—April 2015 WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WED. April 1
FRI. April 3
WED. April 8
FRI. April 10
WED. April 15
FRI. April 17
B/S Schulman A/H Ruderman S/D Jaffe R/P Siskin N/P Hofferman Mary Spector G/S Sear D/S Speal Kenan Speal L/G Cohen M/S Simms N/W Galen C/L Hochman P/H McFadden W/S Hillner Louise Spector T/R Levin Niki Goff
J/F Shire Jerry Bohn J/V Cathcart S/E Winer Michael Bonder Ivan Deitch M/S Shapiro A/M Hodes Alvin Hodes Meryl Stark R/J Rosenfeld John Lewis Irv Ginsburg A/P Jarman M/L Spector Sadie Morgan Jason Shuman Rachel Zoldessy
* M/J Scheinberg *G/A Boulware *J/G Susman *Gayle Shavin *H/Y Shavin *M/A Berger *Marcie Mott *D/S Leininger *R/F Goldberg
*C/L Hochman *J/M Kodsi *S/G Dressler *N/S Slovis
*J/R Parker *Rochelle Prigoff
*Rochelle Prigoff *J/J Schneider *Gayle Shavin *H/Y Shavin
*WEEK 4 WED. April 22
FRI. April 24
*Marshall Center *Scott Israel *R/D Dubrow *R/F Goldberg *J/M Menuskin *D/B Eichenthal O/A Allen A/A Lebovitz Jackie Kirzner C/B Lebovitz I/M Goldberg L/R Votava R/D Streiter S/C Sherman D/S Speal Miriam Richelson Kenan Speal Alan Richelson T/T Trivers Anne Richelson I/L Barukh A/L Reingold Sylvia Wygoda N/P Hofferman K/J Spiegel L/J Mack H/Y Gropper B/C Sirota E/H Brody R/A Snetman B/C Wise David Fairchild Shelton Goldblatt
M/A Kodsi M/J Hanan Rachel Privett Victor Hanan Michael Dzik M/J Richelson Jackie Kirzner Judy Richelson C/J Rhodes Claire Binder Ida Bell Zach Beker G/J Kleinstub Barb Oxenhandler T/E Cohen R/B Marcus Anita Levine D/S Gilbert Phyllis Schwartz D/P Israel David Navas B/M Backer Rick Jacobs WEEK 5
Sylvia Saloshin T/T Trivers Mary Spector E/V Epstein I/L Barukh Sheila Breitbart J/D Alper D/J Sachsman G/C Fine Charlotte Jacobson R/C Palermo M/K Berke Ronnie Berke A/M Berke Sheryl Hill
L/I Cohen Paul Stahl H/D Trotz Mitchell Wilson G/M Lander Martin Fanburg K/C Rose Meryl Stark D/S Matzkin Rachel Sadowitz R/J Cowan R/B Lowe M/L Lebovitz Bill Cordell
WED. April 29 *Helen Pregulman *M/A Berger *J/G Susman *Howard Schwartz *Gayle Shavin *H/Y Shavin *Debbie Alper *Marion Shuman J/F Dzik B Parker/F Weill B/R Brook P/R Stowe Harvey Weiss D/B Binder Isidore Frumin Elizabeth Monson
p — 423.643.1290
*denotes yahrzeit observed *the Minyan Schedule is currently being completed by Laura Israel. If you have any special requests for scheduling, please notify her at lauraisrael@live.com
f — 423.643.1224