April 2022 Bulletin

April 2022 : Adar II ~ Nisan 5782 6525 Sylvania Avenue • Sylvania, OH 43560 • 419-517-8400 • cbitoledo.org

155 Years of Consecrated Service to God, Torah & Israel A Congregation Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

NOTES FROM THE HAZZAN page 2

• H A PPY PA SSOVER•

‫חג פסח שמח‬

Pesach begins on the evening of Friday, April 15, 2022

ARTICLE: PASSOVER ROLLS page 3

PASSOVER 5782 SERVICES INFORMATION page 4-6

SALE OF HAMETZ FORM page 5

PASSOVER 5782 CEMETERY CLOSINGS page 6

CONGREGATIONAL NEWS page 6-7

Hazzan Ivor and Jan Lacker-Lichterman & Family, President Corey Russell, the Officers, Board of Trustees and Staff of Congregation B'nai Israel wish our entire congregational family a wonderful Pesach holiday.

AMBASSADOR YORAM ETTINGER AT CBI page 8

WCBI ROSH CHODESH PROGRAM page

MAJ & BRIDGE AT CBI page 9

WCBI BOOK CLUB page 9

COMMUNITY EVENT: FATHER PATRICK DESBOIS page 10

COMMUNITY EVENT: YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION page 10

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL & YOUTH ACTIVITIES page 11

APRIL YAHRZEITS page 11

MARCH CONTRIBUTIONS page 12-13

CBI GUIDELINES FOR IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE page 14

APRIL 2022 CALENDAR

Please see pages 4 - 6 for complete Passover information, services schedule, candle lighting times, events, and CBI Office & Toledo Jewish Cemetery closings during Passover.

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FEATURED BOOKS IN THE CBI LIBRARY page 16

Notes from the Hazzan To Whom Do We Owe Our Existence? honor the role of n’shei chayil, women heroes in our lives. The first was March 12th which was designated as Hadassah Shabbat.

Shabbat. We marked the 110th anniversary of this great organization of Zionist women which has made such a difference in our lives and Israel.

Other than the Ribbono Shel Olam/ the Master of the Universe, to whom do we owe our very existence as a Jewish People? There is a remarkable confluence of dates which motivates this article: I started writing on March 15th when CBI’s bulletin submissions are due. It happens to be the 42nd anniversary of the day I met a true eishet chayil, a real woman of valor who, a year later, was to become my beloved wife. I am submitting this article on March 16th which is Ta’anit Ester/ The Fast of Esther on erev Purim. With the arrival of Purim we become cognizant that Pesach/Passover is exactly one month away, and our frenetic Passover preparation begins.

It was also Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Remembrance when we are called upon to remember and be vigilant for Amalekites like Haman, who threaten our People. Similarly, it behooves us to remember and honor the contributions to Jewish life of organizations amongst which Hadassah stands out as so unique.

Hadassah was founded a few days before Purim by Henrietta Szold who devoted her life to Israel and the Jewish People. The name Hadassah was adapted from the hero of Purim, Esther, whose Hebrew name was Hadassah, Esther being her Persian name. Today Hadassah has become the largest and most powerful international volunteer Zionist organization of women with over 330,000 members just in the USA.

The hero of Purim is of course Esther, who prevented a Holocaust from befalling our People by interceding on their behalf with her husband, the King. The queen was forbidden from approaching the King without prior permission. Esther could be credited with saving the entire Jewish people, since most, if not all Jews at the time, lived within the Persian Empire. One could therefore argue that without Esther none of us would be here today. (Many consider the banished Queen Vashti a hero for women’s rights too, but that is a different subject.)

Shabbat March 18th - 19th was designated as Rise Up/Bat Mitzvah at 100 Shabbat in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first North American Bat Mitzvah. This barrier-breaking first bat mitzvah milestone may be regarded as the catalyst that paved the way for so many other advances in women’s involvement in Jewish life.

It was on March 18, 1922 that Judith Kaplan became the first bat mitzvah in North America. She was the daughter of the innovative Conservativetrained Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan who founded his Society for the Advancement of Judaism congregation in January, 1922 in Manhattan, NY.

Just as the Purim story is dominated by a woman of valor, I would argue that the Exodus story similarly was dominated by brave women of valor.

While Moses and his brother Aaron are generally credited with being the heroes of Passover, they arrived later on the scene, precipitated by a series of critical first steps. Consider the following:

The late Rabbi and dear friend Alan Sokobin, of blessed memory, offered a brilliant rationale for Rabbi Kaplan’s choice of the Torah portion Ki Tissa for Judith’s bat mitzvah. In Ki Tissa, the Torah states that the covenant was made “before all your people.” -Exodus 34:10. Rabbi Sokobin stated: “The covenant is both with males and females! It is a phraseology that would leap to the attention of a biblical scholar such as Mordecai Kaplan.” He offered similar justification from the Haftorah which states, “And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said; ‘The Lord, He is God, the Lord, he is God.” - I Kings 18:39

• It was Shifra and Puah, the two midwives who, on pain of death defied Pharaoh’s cruel decree to drown all newborn Jewish males in the Nile, because, as the Torah states, “...they feared God.” -Exodus 1:17 • Yocheved, Moses’s mother, hid the newborn Moses for three months, then saved him by placing him in a basket among the reeds of the Nile. -Exodus 2:3 • Pharaoh’s daughter found him and, knowing full-well he was Jewish, defied her own father by adopting and naming him, and raised him under the very eyes of her father. -Exodus 2:5–9

Do I need to remind our congregation of the pivotal and integral role the women of CBI have played? Evidence our wonderful year-long 150th anniversary celebration, the active Women of CBI (formerly Sisterhood) programming throughout Covid restrictions, our incredibly devoted Chesed Committee, to cite just a few examples. There is no question whether our women heroes are equal partners in fulfilment of the covenant as described in Parshat Ki Tissa.

• Miriam, Moses’s sister, watchfully observed this scene from a distance. Then she came forward to offer Pharaoh’s daughter a Jewish woman to suckle the infant, who of course was Yocheved, Moses’s real mother. -Exodus 2:8–9 • Zipporah, Moses’s wife, saved both Moses and one of their infant sons who had become deathly ill, by circumcising the child, which Moses had somehow neglected to do. She thereby averted their demise.

-Exodus 4:25 (There is a difference of opinion whether it was Gershom or Eliezer she circumcised. Rashi states it was the younger Eliezer).

I have no doubt, and have often said, that without the women of valor of CBI, we would not be what we are today. In fact, without the women in our lives, consider whether any of us would be here at all today.

Wishing all of our CBI family a wonderful Pesach holiday!

Without these seven heroes of Purim and Passover, would any of us be here?

Hazzan Ivor Lichterman

Perhaps not coincidentally, I am writing this article in between two Shabbatot that have been set aside at CBI and many congregations to 2

Pesach 5782 Passover Rolls

by Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen

This article was pubished on Mar 28, 2010 on the website kqed.org.

Happy almost-Passover! Today I am eyeing my tiny living room (soon to be dining room), counting the chairs and wineglasses, wondering who I can call to borrow another folding table and hoping there'll be enough cloth napkins and bowls to go around, since, after all, the eggs in salt water must be followed immediately by the matzoh ball soup.

no matter how many hip chefs add it to their braised-beef jus or mashed potatoes. Charoseth, a finely chopped mix of apples, walnuts, cinnamon, and sweet kosher wine (and it must be made with that nasty Concord-grape Manischevitz, or it doesn't taste right, right meaning like my grandmother's) is delicious and could be made at any time, but still remains confined to the Seder, where it symbolizes the mortar used by the Hebrew slaves as they built the pyramids, brick by brick.

This is the pre-Seder countdown familiar to anyone cobbling together an urban Passover dinner. Just as at Thanksgiving, a successful Seder menu must teeter along the line between Grandma's Traditions and The Way We Eat Now.

Every year, I can look around the table and see friends who have been coming for years. The apartments change, the hair may get a little grayer, but each spring, we come back together to celebrate the achievement of freedom, to toast both its fragility and its tenacity, to learn once again that with it comes both responsibility and joy.

For example, what would happen if I went all Manhattan-chic and served tiny, peel-your-own speckled quail eggs with smoked paprika and sea salt for dipping instead of those typically rubbery hardboiled eggs in salt water? Can the roast chicken be rubbed with Moroccan chermoula paste, made with cilantro, cumin, garlic, and my own preserved Meyer lemons? Do I want to risk all the magenta splatters (and dyed fingers) that come along with the now-traditional pomegranate beet salad with blood oranges and olive oil? Will my garden plot give up enough karpas (spring greens) for everyone?

And breakfast. In newspapers and magazines, most Passover recipe features tend to focus almost exclusively on the Big Event, forgetting that there are eight days of breakfasts and lunches to get through after the soup and brisket. Since grains, flours, and leavening are the big nono's during the holiday, baking Jews like myself must get creative once the charm of matzoh wears off around day three.

Should this be the year I finally get around to making my own gefilte fish like my mother and grandmother did, or would the frozen Ungar's logs from Mollie Stone's be just as good? Will my grandmother's savory matzoh kugel, really an onion-celery-mushroom stuffing at heart, made with sheets of matzoh instead of bread, be out of place among these spiced and oiled updates? And the final question: flourless chocolate or Passover angel-food cake? Jelly rings or Barton's almond kisses? Can I hold fast to my loathing of coconut, or must there be macaroons?

Now, a large and lucky group of you love Passover for the matzoh brei alone. However, the allure of a frittata fried up with crumbled bits of matzoh remains a mystery to me, hence my reliance on matzoh rolls and matzoh pancakes for my morning-starch needs. Now, there's no denying that everything baked during Passover ends up tasting like eggs and matzoh meal, and these rolls are no exception, but served hot and well-slathered with jam or apple butter, they do the trick.

Passover Rolls Being very dependent on my morning toast-and-coffee routine, I had to find something else worth getting up for during these eight breadfree days. These take about as much effort as whipping up a batch of muffins, and they're quite tasty. The technique is similar to making the dough for cream puffs.

As you can tell, I look forward every year to Passover, the eight-day celebration of the Jews' exodus from Egypt, and the accompanying dinner ritual known as the Seder, which begins the holiday (this year, Friday evening, April 15, 2022) this Monday at sundown. Like the crew that started the now-traditional Obama Seder, I see no reason to let a lack of chairs or matching wineglasses deter me from welcoming all who are hungry to come and eat. 13 people in a studio apartment?

Bring up your piano bench and that extra card table, and we're in business! I've gone to Marxist Seders, lesbian-feminist Seders, a grandly traditional one overlooking Central Park West and one in Berkeley where the kugel, brisket and charoseth were all whipped up by the Swedish au pair. (I did, however, decline an invitation to a nude Seder one year. Seders can be many things, but naked is not one of them, at least for me.)

Ingredients 1 cup water 1/2 tsp salt 4 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil or melted butter 1 tbsp sugar 1 1/3 cups matzoh meal

Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet or line with baking parchment.

2. Bring water, oil, salt and sugar to a boil in a medium-sized pot. Add matzoh meal and stir over medium heat until dough forms a ball and comes away from the sides of the pot. Remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes.

Sometimes the Seders were vegetarian, with a golden dill-and-garlic broth bathing the matzoh balls and a "paschal yam" (instead of lamb) on the Seder plate. I tried making sponge cake one year; as it cooled upside down to keep it light, chunks of cake started breaking loose and hitting the counter in clods. My old friend Jen called to tell me she was having doubts about her kugel; I told her I was sitting shiva (the traditional Jewish rite of mourning) for my spongecake.

3. Beat eggs into matzoh mixture one at a time, making sure each one is well-absorbed before adding the next.

4. Drop by egg-sized lumps onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes, then turn down heat to 350F and bake for another 5-10 minutes, until well-puffed and browned. Serve warm with butter and jam.

Much of the food comes with built-in nostalgia, since many dishes are eaten at this time of year and no other. The sinus-clearing blast of horseradish, in particular, is hard-wired to Passover in my brain, 3

Pesach 5782 CBI PESACH CANDLE LIGHTING & SERVICES SCHEDULE 5782 ••• Friday, April 15

Siyyum Bechorim Fast of the First Born

Friday, April 15 at 8:00 AM on In-Person & Zoom Join us for minyan and study Join Congregation B’nai Israel on Zoom for a Siyyum Bechorim.

Those who participate are exempted from fasting.

Erev Pesach (First Seder after dark)

Morning Service/ Siyyum Bechorim (Fast of the First Born) In-Person/Zoom 8:00 AM CBI Office Closes Early

All are welcome; it is not limited to the first-born.

Because the first-born of the Israelites were saved from the tenth plague, tradition requires that all first-born Jewish males fast from Erev Pesach until the Seder. The fast is called Taanit Bechorim. However, the law states that when any Jew hears the completion of a tractate of Rabbinic Literature, it is cause to celebrate and cancels the fast.

12:00 PM

NO EVENING SERVICE Light Shabbat/Holiday Candles

7:58 PM

Saturday, April 16

First Day Pesach (Second Seder after dark) Shabbat & Holiday Morning Service Service of Reaffirmation- In Person/Live Stream

9:30 AM

NO Evening service Light Holiday Candles from a pre-existing flame

9:00 PM

Sunday, April 17 Second Day Pesach

Holiday Morning Service - In Person/Live Stream

9:30 AM

Service of Reaffirmation Saturday, April 16 at 9:30 AM on In-Person & Live Stream Since Pesach is exactly 6 months from the High Holidays, we are afforded the opportunity to reaffirm our connection to God, to Judaism and to Torah, not just once, but at least twice a year. Pesach, when we became a free nation, is the most appropriate time other than the High Holy Days to reaffirm this connection.

Our special service of Reaffirmation will be on the first day of Pesach Saturday, April 16th along with Shabbat and Pesach Morning Services.

NO Evening service

Mon.-Thurs., April 18-21 Chol Hamoed Pesach

Evening service Mon.-Thurs. - Zoom

5:45 PM

Eruv Tavshilin

8:00 AM

There is a tradition to make an Eruv Tavshilin for the Holidays when they fall before Shabbat. Since we do not cook on Yom Tov for the next day of Shabbat and we cannot cook meals on Shabbat, we make an Eruv Tavshilin by setting aside two cooked items on Erev Yom Tov, such as a hard boiled egg, challah, meat or fish, and make the following declaration:

Monday, April 18 Morning Service - In Person/Zoom

Tuesday, April 19 Morning Service - In Person/Zoom

8:00 AM

‫ הינוּ ֱמלֶ ָהעֺולָ ם ֲא ֶשׁר ִק ְדּ ָשׁנוּ ְבּ ִמצְ ָֺותיו‬ֵ ‫יָ ֱא‬- ְ‫אַתּה י‬ ָ ‫ָבּרוּ‬ ‫וְ צִ וָּ נוּ ַעל ִמצְ וַ ת ֵעירוּב‬

Thursday, April 21 Morning Service - In Person/Zoom

8:00 AM

Light Holiday Candles

8:04 PM

Baruch ata Ado-noi Elo-heinu melech ha-olam, Asher kid-shanu bi-mitzvo-tav Vi-tzee-vanu, al mitzvat eiruv.

"We bless You our God, Creator of the Universe, Who has sanctified us with Your commandments, and taught us concerning the observance of the eruv."

Friday, April 22 Seventh Day Pesach

Morning Service - In Person/Live Stream

9:30 AM

Kabbalat Shabbat Evening service - Zoom

5:45 PM

By means of this eruv, may we be permitted to bake, cook, keep dishes warm, light candles, and prepare during the Holiday for Shabbat.

Light Shabbat/Holiday Candles from a pre-existing flame 8:05 PM

"Shevet Achim Gam Yachad"

Saturday, April 23

Share Your In-Person or Virtual Seder

Shabbat Morning Service Shir HaShirim/Song of Songs - In Person/Live Stream Guest Rabbinical Student, Jonathon Adler Yizkor

In most years, friends and family gather to celebrate the Passover Holiday, enjoy a festive Seder meal and the retelling of our ancient Exodus. This year, amid the Covid-19 rise and fall of cases, we encourage our members to host in-person or "virtual" sedarim. If you would like to welcome a visitor, student or neighbor as an in-person or "virtual" guest, please contact Hazzan Lichterman at ilichterman@cbitoledo.org.

Eighth Day Pesach/Yizkor

Passover ends at 9:09 PM

9:30 AM 10:45 AM

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Pesach 5782 "Shir HaShirim" - Song of Songs

Memorialize Your Loved Ones

Saturday, April 23, 2022 9:30 AM In-Person & Live Stream

Come to the Yizkor Service Saturday, April 23: Services begin at 9:30 AM, Yizkor at 10:45 AM In-Person & Live Stream

Join us to hear Hazzan Lichterman explain and chant excerpts from "Shir HaShirim" in English and Hebrew.

Yizkor is a brief service held four times a year, during which individuals ask for Gd's blessing and formally recall the memories of their loved ones who are no longer alive. It is appropriate to quietly recite the names - Hebrew names particularly, or in English, of the loved ones we recall. It is recited for immediate family, but also for grandparents, cousins, and dear friends. It is also customary to light a yahrzeit candle the previous evening in memory of your deceased relatives.

We also welcome back Guest Rabbinical Student,

Jonathon Adler "Shir HaShirim" otherwise known as the "Song of Songs" or "Song of Solomon", is a romantic love poem from the Tanakh that is also interpreted as a love song between God and the People of Israel.

Mehirat Hametz: The Selling of Hametz The ceremony of removing leaven (bedikat Hametz) is to take place Thursday evening, April 14, 2022. Hametz may be eaten until 10:30 AM on Friday, April 15, 2022. The Passover home atmosphere is created each year by the traditional practice of thoroughly cleansing the home, and by the removal of hametz, or leaven, in preparation for Pesach, as well as throughout the Passover days, both at home and away.

The sale of hametz is conducted between a representative of the synagogue and a non-Jew. After Passover the hametz is repurchased by the Jewish community.

The term hametz is applied not only to foods, but also to the dishes and utensils in which the foods are prepared or served during the year. “Any manner of hametz (leavened food or utensils) owned by a Jew during the Passover holiday is forbidden to use.”

Don’t Sell All your Hametz!

When cleaning out your cupboard and pantries in preparation for Pesach, consider donating unopened packages of hametz and canned goods to a food pantry such as JFS. Items such as crackers, rice, cookies, lentils, tuna, and peanut butter will be gratefully accepted by these organizations and passed on to those whose cupboards are empty.

Since conditions make it impossible to literally fulfill the Biblical command to destroy all leavened products, our sages instituted a practice called Mehirat Hametz, the selling of hametz. We are reminded of the necessity to divest ourselves of ownership of hametz, and make our home ritually ready.

If you would like Cantor Lichterman to sell your hametz, please fill out the form below and return it to the synagogue office no later than Friday, April 15th, following morning minyan, or no later than 10:30 AM that day.

Let those who are hungry this Passover season share in your celebration by receiving food that you might otherwise “sell” or dispose of. Please call JFS directly at 419.885.2561 to coordinate drop-off of your food donation.

Authorization for Sale of Hametz THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit Hazzan Ivor Lichterman to act in my behalf to sell all hametz possessed by me - knowingly

or unknowingly - as defined by Torah and rabbinic law, and to lease all places wherein hametz owned may be found. This transaction will be in effect for the duration of Pesach. This form must be in the office by no later than 10:30 AM on Friday, April 15, 2022. And to this I hereby affix my signature on ____________ of _________________, in the year 2022.

Signature __________________________________________ Address _________________________________

Telephone _______________________ City _____________________

State _____________

My donation is enclosed to the Cantor’s Discretionary Fund in the amount of $______________ Please mail or drop off your completed form to Congregation B'nai Israel, 6525 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania, OH 43560 5

Pesach 5782 & Congregational News April Special Birthdays

CBI PESACH KASHRUT ALERT 2022/5782

A Hearty Mazal Tov & Happy Birthday wishes to the following congregants on the occasion of their milestone birthdays!

In Nov. 2015 the Committee on Jewish Law of Conservative Judaism announced a decision permitting kitniyot (ie. rice, corn, legumes) on Pesach.

Natalie Julius

April 4th

94th Birthday

Shirley Tochtermann

April 6th

92nd Birthday

2. Dried kitniyot can be purchased before the holiday bagged or in boxes and checked for hametz. These should not be purchased from bins as the bins may contain hametz.

George Tauber

April 17th

80th Birthday

Judith Wahrman

April 25th

80th Birthday

3. Canned kitniyot must have Pesach certification since canning may involve hametz.

Arlene Russell

April 30th

80th Birthday

Norma Kalniz

April 30th

80th Birthday

Here are some guidelines: 1. Fresh corn on the cob, fresh beans may be used on Pesach and purchased during the holiday.

4. Frozen raw kitniyot like corn, edamame, soy beans etc. may be purchased in bags before the holiday and do not require Pesach certification, but should be checked for hametz.

Hannah Chernow Susan Richards Seth Berland Howard Rosenberg Carol Mosbacher Mark Kohler Allen Markowicz Kenneth Adler

5. Processed kitniyot including tofu require Pesach certification as they may contain hametz.

6. Those who continue the restriction on kitniyot, may eat from dishes and utensils that have come into contact with kitniyot on the holiday, and may eat kitniyot derivatives like oil, etc.

The CBI office will be CLOSED for Pesach: Friday, April 15, 2022 Friday, April 22, 2022

12:00 PM Closed

April 11th April 16th April 17th April 17th April 17th April 19th April 24th April 25th

April Special Anniversaries

Erev Pesach 7th Day of Pesach

No Special Anniversaries for the month of April

Toledo Jewish Cemeteries PESACH HOLIDAY CLOSINGS

Mazal Tov • Ellen Federman and Steve Federman on the engagement of their daughter Rebecca to Hillel Gross, son of Ronit & Yaacov Gross.

Beth Shalom, Oregon 420 Otter Creek Rd., Oregon, Ohio 43616

• Shelby & Evan Oppenheim on the Jewish naming of their infant daughter, Amelia Rose.

Eagle Point, Rossford 515 Eagle Point Rd., Rossford, Ohio 43460 Friday, April 15

Erev Pesach

Closed at 4 PM

Saturday, April 15

1st day of Pesach

Closed

Sunday, April 17

2nd day of Pesach

Closed

Thursday, April 21

Erev 7th day Pesach

Closed at 4 PM

Friday, April 22

7th day of Pesach

Closed

Saturday, April 23

8th day of Pesach

Closed

Adult Ed with Daniel Pearlman

Regular hours are: Sunday through Thursday 6:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Closed at 4 p.m. Friday for Sabbath Eve • Closed Saturday for Shabbat On February 27, 2022, Daniel Pearlman, Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council at the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, led a compelling CBI Adult Education program entitled "Who, What, When, Why and How? Deconstructing Anti-Semitism". The attendees, including our older Religious School students, found the information relevant, well-stated, and illuminating. We look forward to future programs with Daniel and the JCRC.

ARE YOU RECEIVING CBI NOTIFICATIONS? CBI sends out email updates and important information throughout the week. If you are not receiving emails from CBI, please contact the office as soon as possible by calling 419.517.8400 or email Rhoda Miller at rmiller@cbitoledo.org.

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Congregational News ATTENTION: FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS GRADUATING SPRING 2022...

Todah Rabah • Much gratitude goes to Miriam Beckerman, Karen McQuade, Judy Weinberg, and Carol Richman for preparing a delicious dinner and decorating the social hall at the CBI Purim Dinner and Video Shpiel Mash-Up on Wednesday, March 16th. We also thank Kim Brody for coordinating the event.

• Special thanks to Lannie Katzman for creating our wonderful CBI Purim Shpiel Mash-Up video, to Howard Moskowitz, who worked tirelessly to have it shown on the CBI Live Stream, and to Larry Johnson for testing various projector set ups to ensure that everyone would enjoy the program.

We will again be featuring our CBI family graduates in the June bulletin. Please send us the student’s name, parents’ names, where they are graduating from and what they will be doing next. We need all information by Friday, May 13, 2022.. Please email your info to gmallin@cbitoledo.org.

2022

SIMCHA TREE The following leaf has recently been added to the Congregation B’nai Israel Simcha Tree:

Leaves: $100 Donation

Maj & Bridge at CBI A wonderful time was had at the first Maj and Bridge gathering at CBI which occurred on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. The group also met on Thursday,

Stones: $1,000 Donation

IN HONOR OF THE BAR MITZVAH OF

HARRIS MERER MARCH 26, 2022 • 23 ADAR II 5782 Gift of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class of 2021-2022

SIMCHA TREE The following leaf has recently been added to the Congregation B’nai Israel Simcha Tree:

Leaves: $100 Donation

March 24th, and plan another gathering on Thursday, April 7th. If you are a Maj or Bridge player and would like to attend, contact Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo.org.

Stones: $1,000 Donation

IN HONOR OF THE BAR MITZVAH OF

DYLAN MERER MARCH 26, 2022 • 23 ADAR II 5782 Gift of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class of 2021-2022

CBI 2022 Summer Camp Scholarship Information

Condolences

Each year, Congregation B'nai Israel awards scholarships to help subsidize the cost to attend overnight Jewish Summer Camp. In addition, there is a special fund designated for Camp Ramah.

OUR SYNAGOGUE FAMILY MOURNS THE LOSS OF SARETTA KAPLAN BURKE Wife of Robert W. Burke z"l, mother of Phillip (Sara) Barak, Elliot (Kathy) Burke, Terry (Debbie) Burk, and Russell (Miranda) Burke.

May the families be comforted amongst all who mourn in Zion.

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This program works in conjunction with funding offered by the Toledo Jewish Federation. CBI members in good standing with children that attend the David S. Stone Religious School are eligible. Please contact the office at 419.517.8400. to receive the application.

Events

Join us as we welcome

Ambassador Yoram Ettinger Former Ambassador at the Israeli Embassy in-charge of Israel's relations with the US Congress

at Congregation B'nai Israel Shabbat Services

Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 9:30 AM In-Person and on Live Stream The Ambassador will be available for a Q&A session immediately following services at the Kiddush luncheon Ambassador Ettinger is an Israeli researcher, diplomat, writer, lecturer and consultant to Israeli and US legislators and their staffers. He is an expert on US-Israel relations, Middle East affairs and Jewish-Arab demography. He is a co-founder of the America-Israel Demographic Research Group (AIDRG).

He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), an M.S. in International Management from The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a CPA certificate from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

In 1985–88, Ettinger served as Israel's consul-general in Texas, and subsequently headed Israel's Government Press Office. In 1989–92, he worked at the Israeli embassy in the United States as the diplomat responsible for relations with the US Congress. He held the rank of ambassador.

Ambassador Ettinger resides in Jerusalem and is married to Ora. Together they have three daughters, Tal, Adi and Deganit and three grandchildren, Noga, Roni and Guy. THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS If you are not a member of Congregation B'nai Israel and would like to attend, please call 419.517.8400 to be added to the guest list. For security reasons, walk-ins will not be permitted in the building. Go to cbitoledo.org to view the current Covid-19 vaccination requirements for in-person attendance.

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Events

Maj & Bridge at CBI Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 12:00 PM In-Person Card sharks and Mahjong officianados! Join us for a fun afternoon of cards and tiles in the comfort of CBI. Snacks will be provided.

WOMEN OF CBI CELEBRATE

Rosh Chodesh Iyar

RSVP to Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo.org by Monday, April 4, 2022.

Monday, May 2, 2022 at 6:30 PM In-Person

All attendees must be fully vaccinated and boostered. If you have not already done so, please bring your vaccination card to show at the door.

Join us for dinner as we welcome Jewish Educator & Lifelong Student:

Nancy Leaderman

WOMEN OF CBI BOOK CLUB

who will lead us in a stimulating, interactive presentation,

"The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols"

"Counting the Omer: Finding Meaning for Today in an Ancient Practice"

by Nicholas Meyer

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 10:30 AM on Zoom

Take part in an activity from the mysteries of our Jewish Tradition

Sharon Stein will lead the discussion. It is not necessary to have read the book to join the discussion.

THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE WOMEN OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS.

January 1905: Holmes and Watson are summoned by Holmes' brother Mycroft to undertake a clandestine investigation. An agent of the British Secret Service has been found floating in the Thames, carrying a manuscript smuggled into England at the cost of her life. The pages purport to be the minutes of a meeting of a secret group intent on nothing less than taking over the world. Holmes and Watson are introduced to - and debunk the conspiracy behind - the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Please RSVP to Sharon Stein at sstein100@gmail.com by Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

You must be fully vaccinated and have had a Covid-19 booster to attend this program in person.

The registration fee for this program is $10. Please mail your check made out to "Women of CBI" to Nancy Goldberg, 4236 Appomattox Drive, Sylvania, OH 43560.

THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE WOMEN OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS. Please RSVP to Ellen Federman at efederman@sbcglobal.net by Sunday, April 24, 2022. An email link will be sent before the scheduled meeting time.

The Tikkun Olam for this program will be a contribution to HIAS (hias. org) to benefit the Ukranian relief effort. More information will follow.

There are 5 print copies in the Toledo Lucas County Public Library.

SearchOhio has 80 print copies, 22 Large Print copies and 12 audiobooks.

1 e-copy is available through Overdrive, as well as Amazon and BN.com.

If you are in need of transportation assistance to attend, please contact Sharon Stein at sstein100@gmail.com.

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Community Events 1.5 million 2,000 7 7,000

Jews executed by mobile killing units mass execution sites in countries identified videotaped eyewitness testimonies

The Hidden Holocaust:

Holocaust by Bullets Lecture Father Patrick Desbois Sunday, April 3, 2022 4 p.m. | FREE Franciscan Center of Lourdes University 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania

Between 1942 and 1944, more than 2 million Jews were massacred when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. In a period of two and half years, the Nazis killed by mass shootings nearly every Jew in the region. The mass murder was part of the Holocaust, Hitler’s genocide of the Jewish People. Until recently, this chapter of Holocaust history, referred to as the “Holocaust by Bullets,” was relatively unknown. It is estimated that in less than five years, the remaining witnesses to the Holocaust will be gone.

During his lecture, Father Desbois will review the findings of his decade-long investigation of the war crimes committed by Nazi death squads in Eastern Europe during the “Holocaust by Bullets.”

He will chronicle this lesser-known side of the Holocaust as he recounts his meetings with thousands of eyewitnesses. He will discuss how he and his organization, Yahad-In Unum, has identified more than 2000 mass killing sites.

Roman Catholic Priest, Holocaust Researcher, and Human Rights Advocate

Father Patrick Desbois, founder of the international human rights organization Yahad-In Unum, is a prolific author, a distinguished Professor at Georgetown University, historian, forensic detective, and world-renowned human-rights activist. He has devoted his life to confronting anti-Semitism and furthering Catholic-Jewish understanding. Since 2001, he has led a truly historic undertaking of identifying and locating undiscovered mass graves of Jews murdered during the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. His book, The Holocaust by Bullets, Ruth Fajerman Markowicz documents this work and is the winner of the 2008 National Jewish Holocaust Resource Center Book Award. For more information email info@jewishtoledo.org of Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo

Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Ruth Fajerman

Markowicz

Holocaust Resource Center

Sunday, April 24, 2022 | 23 Nisan 5782 11 a.m.

Temple Shomer Emunim 6453 Sylvania Ave. How We Never Forget: The Second Generation Speaks. Sam Zyndorf shares his parents story of loss, survival and the rebuilding of their lives.

Followed by prayer at Holocaust Memorial

of Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo

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Religious School/Youth Activities David S. Stone Religious School Calendar: April 2022

Notes from our Principal

Sunday

4/3

NO RS - SPRING BREAK

Wednesday

4/6

Hebrew School 4:15-5:45 PM

Sunday

4/10

Rel School 9:30-11:30 AM

Wednesday

4/13

NO HS - PESACH BREAK

Mazel tov to our Hebrew High participants: Danni Mallin, Baylee Mallin, Hannah Chernow, Caleb Smith, Esther Goldstein, Eve Saltzman, Alex Gorovoy, Adam Davis and Andy Davis. They all completed the Jewish Learning Institute Discovery Teen Course, “Super Jew” and completed a written paper at the conclusion. We hope to be able to offer this program again in the future.

Sunday

4/17

NO RS - PESACH BREAK

Wednesday

4/20

NO HS - PESACH BREAK

Kim Brody, Principal, David S. Stone Religious School

Our students, with our friends at Shomer Emunim, had the opportunity to meet with an Israeli teen via Zoom this past month. Avigayil Benstein, granddaughter of Fagie Benstein, met with our students to discuss Jewish pride and her life in Israel. The connections we build through face to face interaction with Israelis is so important to understanding what Israel is all about.

Sunday 4/24 NO CLASSES AT CBI

Grades 6 & up meet at Shomer

at 11 AM for Community Yom HaShoah program Wednesday

4/27

Hebrew School 4:15-5:45 PM

Saturday

4/3

RS Closing Shabbat 9:30 AM

Sunday

5/1

Rel School 9:30-11:30 AM - LAST DAY

Our oldest students attended attend Daniel Pearlman’s excellent lecture “Who, What, When, Why and How? Deconstructing Anti-Semitism.” They learned about the importance of being informed with as much information as possible about what is happening around us and to be an advocate for all.

We are looking forward to the Confirmation Trip to Israel this June. After postponing it for the past two years, we are thrilled to have eight students taking part in the trip of a lifetime. Please support them in their efforts to collect money for the trip by “hiring a mensch” to help out with various jobs. Any work they do for Hire a Mensch goes directly towards their trip to Israel. Please contact KBrody@cbitoledo.org to hire our students.

BITUSY USY Regional Convention Reg. Conv. Camp Wise

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Apr. 7-10, 2022

April Yahrzeits

Irwin Fruchtman, Thelma Heines, Alvin Weinstein Ruth Smith, Ruth Walker, Sadie Greenspoon, Arthur Berkowitz, Lawrence Berman, Evelyn Zohn Clara Shuer, Jacob Braveman Clara Weinblatt Marvin Yaffe, David Roth, Arthur Blank Harry Lasky, Anna Levitin, Phillip Katz, Jennie Lieberman, Bernard I. Green, Saul Zimbler, Ruth Dorf, Samuel Friedman Ruth Sitzmann, Iris J. Miller, Julian Roberts Samuel Parnes, Harry Liebes, Julius Hess, Edward Waldman, Blossom Jacoby Ceil Silverman, Edward Meyer, Yakov Tenzer, Golda Gelzina, Rose Blumberg, Betya Spivak Murray Joseph Kerper, Rabbi Alan Sokobin, Norton Goldstein, Isadore Schuller, Elizabeth Prostic, Ervin C. Epstein, Samuel Cohen Leonard Gallis, Dorothy Dorf, Zelick Simon, Minnie Hersh, Ida Garfinkel Sheldon Frankel, Joan Katz, Harry Shoffer, David Eisen Helen G. Cohen, Jessie Becker, Clara Sherman, Eva Touran, Leo Hoffman, Milton Tarloff Karmela Klasner, Cynthia Friedes, Frank Green, Helen Hersh, Tonia Helberg, Dora Kanter Rubin Jonas Hacker, Eileen Burg, Lillian Kaminsky, Sam Friedmar Abraham Kanter, Esther Bracker, Rose Shore, Martha Siegel Friedman, Max Vinson Peter Phillips, Mark H. Edelstein, Seymour Swartz David Klapfish, Isaac Gudelman, Sol Wexler, Beryl A. Harris David Lieberman, Vivian Reinstein, Irwin Rosenbloom, Helen Danziger, Albert Agron, Lawrence Levy Samuel Korman, Henry Weinstein, Mary Shulman, Herbert Walkin, Becke J. Mann, Goldie Landskroner Joseph Fraidenraich, Bernice Katz, Sophia Negrin, Moisses Negrin, Irving Figlarz, Anna Negrin, Mathews Negrin, Lida Vishnepolski Samuel J. Siegel, Sam Russell, Lilian Fishman, Harry Boyk, Sarah Leibovitz Gertrude Present, Tina Satterthwaite Lawson, Max Kaplan, Sol Zuckert Henry Remer, Riza Fox, Israel Shidlowsky, Sophie Rogolsky Paula Flox, Louis Boyk, Rose Gutowitz, Libbie Flaum, William Touran, Esther Garber, Esther Ilowska, Harry Cohen, Simon Stern, Reta Malkin Evelyn Papurt Miriam Berman, Jack Cooperman, Michael Cohen Quiroga, Val William Spielberg, Elaine Levey, Rose Kaufman Abraham Newmark, Gertrude Steinman, Ruth Frankel, Alan Cohen, Ben Nistel, Harry Perlman Deborah Kaminsky, Dorothy Schwartz, Eli Dorf, Alice Edith Weisman, Jacob Adelman Betty Levine Beren, Morris Goodelman, Amy Meg Rosenbloom, Anna Zimbler, Ivy Phillips, Jack Bustow, Ted Sacks 11

Contributions Cantor's Discretionary Fund (cont.)

CONTRIBUTION LEVELS: Minimum Contribution * denotes B’nai Mitzvah ** denotes Chai *** denotes Silver **** denotes Double Chai Gold Contribution Platinum Contribution Platinum Chai Contribution Sapphire Contribution Ruby Contribution Emerald Contribution

$10.00 $13.00 $18.00 $25.00 $36.00 $50.00 $100.00 $180.00 $250.00 $500.00 $750.00

Diamond Contribution

$1000.00+ $1000.00+

Memorial Plaque Shabbat Prayer Book Etz Hayim Bible Tree of Life Leaf Tree of Life Stone

$500.00 $65.00 $100.00 $100.00 $1000.00

All contributions listed were made on or before March 16, 2022

Building Beautification Fund YAHRZEIT: Irwin Fruchtman Sue & Joel Zanville****

Camp Ramah Fund IN MEMORY OF: Harvey Grossman Kathryn Linver YAHRZEIT: Arthur Berkowitz Kathryn Linver**

Cantor's Discretionary Fund IN HONOR OF: Hannah Chernow, Anniversary of Bat Mitzvah

Arlene & Jerry Russell Shirley & Zale Kohler, Special Anniversary Jan Steinberg*** Devorah Shulamit, Special Birthday

Marlene & Arnie Remer** - GOLD -

Jerry Russell, Special Birthday

Ronald W. Cousino, Jr. SPEEDY RECOVERY: Dick Herman, Speedy Recovery Hazzan Lichterman, Speedy Recovery

Marlene & Arnie Remer** Allan Miller

IN MEMORY OF: Marlene & Arnie Remer**

Dave Perlman Shirley Gerber

Marlene & Arnie Remer**

Diane & Harvey Wolff** Caren Zaft**

Cathy & Steve Sperling**

Dave Perlman

IN MEMORY OF: Harold, Larry, & Steve Yonovitz****

Erwin Katz Marlene Russell Sandra Bookman

Nancy & Rick Zerner**

Shirley & Zale Kohler** Harvey Grossman Marlene Russell Sandra Bookman

Hiddur/Kiddush Fund (cont.)

IN MEMORY OF: Warren Bookman Erwin Katz Harvey Grossman Marlene & Arnie Remer** Eileen Burg

YAHRZEIT: Shira Burg**

- GOLD -

Teena Schwartz Liber

Eileen Schwartz Sharff - GOLD -

Roger Green

Shirley & Zale Kohler**

Warren Bookman

Shirley & Zale Kohler** Nancy & Rick Zerner**

Dorothy & Nathan Schwartz

Eileen Schwartz Sharff

Dave Perlman

Ira Weisman

Esther Garber

- GOLD -

YAHRZEIT: Peter Phillips, Beloved Uncle Sam Russell, Beloved Father

Arlene & Jerry Russell

- GOLD -

Luann & Bill Garber

- GOLD -

Clara Bustow Shuer Luann & Bill Garber

Cal & Art Katz Sanctuary Fund

Sam Russell

Marlene Russell

Alan Cohen

Sandy Bookman

Vivian Reinstein Henry Remer

Marlene & Arnold Remer**

Frank Green

Jan Steinberg & Family***

Bernice Katz

Evelyn Papurt

Richard Papurt***

- GOLD -

Irv Alloy Mike Liber Erwin Katz

IN MEMORY OF: Nancy & Gary Beren* YAHRZEIT: Susan & Steve Kaufman***

Betty Levine Beren Nancy & Gary Beren

- GOLD -

William Touran - GOLD -

Eva Touran

Jan & Robert Jester Jan & Robert Jester

- PLATINUM -

Esther Ilowska, Beloved Mother Asia Wajskol

Harris/Williams Fund YAHRZEIT: Leon Michael Williams Wilfred Williams Diane & Ralph Williams

& Family****

Harry Gometz Fund Erwin Katz Dave Perlman

Ruth Dorf Eli Dorf

Sherwin & Naomi Kripke Fund IN HONOR OF: Fran Weinblatt, Special Birthday

Ann & Howard Rosenberg*** IN MEMORY OF: Harolyn Johnson Rhoda Miller** Dave Perlman Harry Lasky Iris Miller

YAHRZEIT: Mike Dorf

Hiddur/Kiddush Fund IN HONOR OF: Jerry Russell, Special Birthday

Irina & Gregory Zaurov IN MEMORY OF: Deborah Krotenberg Carol & Bill Richmond Dave Perlman Luann & Bill Garber** 12

YAHRZEIT: Rita & Allen Cohen* Rhoda Miller & Family**

Sol Wexler, Beloved Father & Grandfather

Rhoda Miller & Family***

IN MEMORY OF: Hope & Greg Davis & Family

Joanie & Larry Kripke**

Library Fund Saretta Burke

IN MEMORY OF: Debbie & David Perlmutter*

Deborah Krotenberg Sheila & Bruce Post**** YAHRZEIT: Val William Spielberg Stephen Spielberg** Becke J. Mann

Jan & Charlie Schott**

Michael & Renee Quiroga Fund YAHRZEIT: Michael Cohen Quiroga

Ronald, Rick, Nara & Rachel

Goldman* Harry Cohen, Beloved Grandfather

Ronald, Rick, Nara & Rachel

Goldman**

Contributions Religious School Fund

Tribute Fund (cont.)

Tribute Fund (cont.)

YAHRZEIT: Herbert Walkin, Beloved Brother Saundra Yaffe**

IN MEMORY OF: Harvey Grossman Sue & Joe Woodring** Warren Bookman Arlene & Jim Rose

Louis Boyk

Cynthia Friedes

- GOLD -

Sheldon Frankel

Lori & David Friedes***

Sam Russell, Beloved Grandfather Corey Russell***

Mike Liber - GOLD -

Mike Liber

Bobbi & Amy Rosenbloom Fund IN MEMORY OF: Dave Perlman Rochelle Russell***

IN HONOR OF: Fran Weinblatt, Special Birthday

Anne & Jeff Bauer IN MEMORY OF: Barbara R. Rubin Hedva & Buz Romanoff** Dave Perlman

Elena & Scott Perlman Lynette & Andy Sattler** Bobbye & Dave Shall***

Harvey Grossman Bobbye & Dave Shall** YAHRZEIT: Sophie Rogolsky, Beloved Aunt Marvin Karp Jennie Albert

Larry Albert

Jennie Albert, Beloved Grandmother Marvin Karp Minnie Bateman - GOLD -

Leonard Gallis

Myrna Goldstein Diamond** Sondra Gallis & Family

Abe & Dorothy Steinberg SKIP Fund IN MEMORY OF: Harvey Grossman Rhoda Miller Roger Green

Arlene & Jim Rose, Vicki & Jeff

Allan Miller Dave Perlman

Stacey & Harley Kripke**

Summer Youth & Activities Fund IN MEMORY OF: Harvey Grossman Judy Gersz Dave Perlman - GOLD -

Golda Gelzina

Judy Gersz** YAHRZEIT: Leonid Kutik

Erwin Katz - PLATINUM -

Erwin Katz

- GOLD -

Dave Perlman

Tribute Fund

Dave Perlman

IN MEMORY OF: Sue & Norty Kale**

- PLATINUM -

Barbara R. Rubin Sandy & Chuck Traugott** Rhoda Miller**

Dave Perlman

- PLATINUM -

Sheldon Frankel

Nikki & Jonathan Frankel Barbara Frankel-Wexler & Mark Wexler & Family

Wasserstrom Chapel Fund YAHRZEIT: Sadie Greenspoon Michele Blumberg*

Prudence & Spencer Stone Ann & Allen Perl

Dave Perlman Arlene & Jim Rose, Vicki & Jeff Beth

Beth & Brian Silver

Linda & Alan Linsky Linda Liber

Sharon & Beryl Ravin Lynda Perlman Mark Friedman

Caryl & Nevin Liber Shirley Tochtermann Ann Perlman**

Cindy & Howie Feldstein**

Diana & Jack Lipscyz** Devorah Shulamit** Geoffrey Flaum**

Laurie & Sandy Cohen**

Janet & Elisabeth Roglosky

& Steve Ulrich**

Lynne & Bob Wengrow**

Nancy & Rick Zerner**

Eta & Randy Auslander**

Roanne & Lannie Katzman**

Debbie & Steve Skutch*** June Treuhaft***

Sandy Romanoff & Joe

Greenberg*** Teri Schwartz**** Arnie Weintraub****

Diane & Dave Treuhaft**** Glenda & Larry Schwartz****

Jan & Brad Dolgin****

Polly Vallade & Vickie

Groll****

Wendy & Sheldon

Goldstein****

Sue & Norty Kale****

- GOLD -

Allan Miller

Georgia & Alex Scheingross

Erwin Katz Sharon & Beryl Ravin

Sue & Norty Kale** Susan Bobowick**

Judy & Gordon Hirsch*** - GOLD -

Safety & Security Fund

Martha & Abe Birnbaum

- PLATINUM -

YAHRZEIT: Charlotte & Allan Kominars**

Cheryl & Hank Silverman

You have supported Congregation B’nai Israel during your lifetime.

Please consider B’nai Israel in your will and other estate planning.

YAHRZEIT NOTICES...

If you are not receiving a yahrzeit notice for a friend or relative and would like one sent annually, please call the office. We will need the English date of death.

CONTRIBUTE ONLINE If you would like to make a contribution to CBI and are unable to call during business hours, you can make your contribution on our website: cbitoledo.org Click the "Contributions" tab on the navigation bar and follow the prompts for Online Contributions. For any questions, contact the office at 419.517.8400.

PLEASE LET US KNOW If you or someone you know is in the hospital and would appreciate a phone call from the Hazzan, please call the office at 419.517.8400.

Due to HIPAA privacy regulations, hospitals do not notify clergy if a member is admitted.

Jane Kaiser Sandra Schutt

YAHRZEIT: Irving Figlarz, Beloved Father

Susan & Alan Schall 13

SNOW BIRDS…...

Let us know when you will be back in the Toledo area so that we can ensure you receive your bulletins without interruption. Please call the office at 419.517.8400.

CBI Attendance Guidelines CBI Guidelines for In Person Attendance

CBI

MASK WEARING AT IN-PERSON CBI SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR FULLY VACCINATED AND BOOSTERED ATTENDEES IS OPTIONAL

How to access CBI Live Stream Services

• CBI Members and guests that have been FULLY vaccinated and BOOSTERED are welcome to attend in person services.

• MEMBERS AGES 16+: The first time you attend in person services, you MUST present your Covid 19 vaccination card showing that you are fully vaccinated and boostered.

• Please do not ask the Usher to “take your word for it”. If you forget your card, please leave the building and come back with your card. No exceptions.

On your Computer, Tablet or Cell Phone: Phone: Go to the CBI website, cbitoledo.org. At the top of the home page click on the "Live Stream" tab. When the page opens, you will be connected to the live stream service.

On your Television Television::

• GUESTS: Only guests that have been FULLY vaccinated and BOOSTERED are welcome to attend in person services at CBI. • The CBI office MUST be notified BEFORE the guest attends so that we have a list for the Usher and Officer on duty.

• Guests MUST show their Covid 19 vaccination card each time they attend CBI services. If they forget their card, they will be asked to leave the building and come back with their card.

You can also access the live stream services through your television if you have a "smart" TV, Roku or streaming stick which gives you access to YouTube. Click on the YouTube icon on your TV. When YouTube opens, search for "Congregation B'nai Israel - Sylvania, Ohio".

Ohio". Be sure to click on the listing that has the photo with Jewish star (see photo above).

We recommend that you "subscribe" to the channel so you can easily locate the live stream for future services. We also highly recommend connecting to the live stream services on your TV as it is the most immersive and closest experience, short of being in the synagogue.

• CHILDREN AGES 5+ must be fully vaccinated.

• If you are a CBI member, and have not yet attended services, and are fully vaccinated and boostered, you can take a photo of your Covid 19 vaccination card and email it to Rhoda Miller, rmiller@cbitoledo.org at the CBI office. We will mark your name in our roster as “fully vaccinated”.

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL STAFF

• For your safety, when you arrive at the synagogue, we ask that you do not loiter in the lobby area in front of the Sanctuary doors. If the Ark is open, the congregation is standing for a prayer, or the Cantor is speaking or chanting from the Torah, please enter through the Social Hall doors and when appropriate, take your seat. When you enter the Social Hall, be sure to stand at least 5 feet away from the doors.

Ivor Lichterman Hazzan ilichterman@cbitoledo.org Howard Rosenbaum

Minyan Leader

Gabrielle Mallin Administrator gmallin@cbitoledo.org

If the above guidelines preclude you from attending in-person services at CBI, you can instead watch the CBI live stream or zoom services from your home (see instruction on the column at the right). See the calendar on page 15 for service formats.

Kim Brody Education & Program Coordinator kbrody@cbitoledo.org

The CBI Board will continuously review these safety precautions and make adjustments based on CDC guidelines.

Adam Davis

Rhoda Miller Membership Coordinator rmiller@cbitoledo.org USY President

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President Corey Russell Vice President of Administration Ian Katz Vice President of Ritual Affairs Tom Kasle Vice President of Youth Activities Mindy Slutsky Secretary Cathy Sperling Treasurer Robert Kripke

How to access CBI Zoom Programs & Services

BOARD OF TRUSTEES David Bader Adrienne Goldberg Dale Levy Howard Moskowitz Past Presidents:

Check your email for the Zoom link and password for CBI Zoom services. Click on the link in the body of the email. If you have never used Zoom, you will be prompted to follow steps to download it on your computer. After that is successful, click on the link provided in the email, type in the provided password and you will be connected to the Zoom service.

Miriam Beckerman Paul Causman Debbie Katz Liebenthal Jack Katz Kris Mann Helen Michaels Sue Richards Buz Romanoff Howard Rosenberg

HONORARY TRUSTEES Phyllis Diamond

A link and passcode will be emailed to congregants. congregants.

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Howard Rosenbaum

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Be advised that scheduled services and events shown in this calendar may be cancelled, time adjusted, or postponed. We will keep you informed by email if there are any changes.

CBI Gift Shop Open Sundays 9:30-11:30 AM

when Religious School is in session

Call for an appointment 419.882.2111

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Sylvania, OH Permit No. 42

CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL BULLETIN 6525 Sylvania Ave Sylvania OH 43560 Address Service Requested

NOW IN THE GIFT SHOP Afikomen Bags, Elijah/Miriam Cups & Passover Serveware, Seder Plates, and more!

CBI Office Hours Mon. - Fri.

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Saturdays

CLOSED

*Sundays

9:30 AM - 11:30 PM

*when Religious School classes are held in the building (see the monthly calendar)

CBI Library Books to Read or Re-read The CBI Book Club (formerly Sisterhood Book Club) was started in 2010 by Sharon Stein and Sharon Rappaport Joehlin. Since that time, 88 books have been selected and read by the women of CBI (and possibly some of the men, as well!). Sixty eight (68) of these books can be found on the bookshelves in the new Library Lounge. Many members purchased their own copies. If you have any of the following books you’d be willing to donate to us, please contact Cathy Sperling or drop the books off at the CBI office during office hours (9 am - 3 pm, M-F).

The Black Widow

by Daniel Silva

The Dinner Party

by Brenda Janowitz

The Littel Russian

by Susan Sherman

The Marriage of Opposites

by Alice Hoffman

The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

The Ritual Bath

by Faye Kellerman

The Secret Chord

by Geraldine Brooks

Why Be Jewish?

by Edgar M. Bronfman

The Last Watchman of Cairo

by Michael David Lucas

The Dovekeepers

by Alice Hoffman

Have you visited the new CBI Library Lounge?

The Library committee has created our new lounge in the former children's playroom. We hope you will come in, sit, relax, and peruse some of our newest literary acquisitions during the hours that the synagogue is open.

You are welcome to borrow any of these books, as long as you sign them out in our provided card box. For security purposes, please contact the office (419.517.8400) before you arrive.