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FEBRUARY-MARCH

Shevat/Adar I ~ Adar I/Adar II 5782

KULANU

A Magazine That Highlights "All of Us"

In this issue: Prepare for Purim: pgs 2-4 Rewind & Reflect: Our Temple's 2020 history: pgs 8-10 Find your IHC Circle: pg. 11

At a Glance: February & March Highlighted Calendar of Events View our most up-to-date calendar on the IHC website. Scheduled events are subject to change.

You can see all of IHC's scheduled events for Purim by scrolling to page 2

Mah Jongg Madness Mahj-a-thon Sunday, February 6 at 1:00pm

In celebration of the Chinese New Year and their gift of Mah Jongg to the world, please join Sisterhood for this Virtual FriendRaiser. All Mah Jongg Mavens, regardless of your skill level and where you live, are welcome to join. Click here for more information.

IHC Blood Drive Sunday, March 13 from 8:00am-1:00pm

Do a mitzvah by donating blood that could help save a life. You can see available time slots and sign up here. If you have any questions, email Marcella Slabosky.

Gift Shop Hours Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-2:00pm Wednesday evening, by appointment Friday, 5:15-6:15pm Sunday, 9:30am-12:00pm* To make an appointment, please email ihcsisterhoodgiftshop1@gmail.com *When the Jewish Learning Program is in session.

Adult Education Torah Trope Thursdays, 12:00-1:00pm, February 3 & 10

Join Cantor Marer on this exciting journey through the oldest musical notation. We will learn how to recognize the trope symbols, their importance in the hierarchy of the trope system, and will work on chanting them together.

Introduction to Judaism Wednesdays, 6:45-8:30pm, February 2, 9, 23, March 2 and Friday, March 4

Join the rabbis as they take you through an exploration of Judaism. This class is designed for those on a journey toward Judaism and those who need a refresher course. This is a two-part class, with the other portion offered in the Fall.

Dirty Little Secrets: Uncovering the More Risqué Stories of the Bible & Talmud Thursdays, 7:00-8:30pm, February 3, 10, 17 & 24 Join us as Rabbi Shapiro helps us uncover some of the most risqué and disturbing stories in our Jewish tradition. Most likely, these are not the stories you covered in your early religious education. IHC Sisterhood is proud to partner with IHC Adult Education on this class.

Haftarah Trope Thursdays, 12:00-1:00pm March 3, 10, 17 & 24

Cantor Marer will teach the ancient chant for Haftarah portions, the writings of the Prophets. Learn the trope as it relates to and mirrors that of Torah trope, both in meaning and melody. This class is open to all regardless of musical background.

Taste of Judaism: A URJ Course Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30pm, March 1, 8 & 15

This is a class about which to tell your neighbors and work colleagues. This course is designed for the person just beginning to learn about Judaism and who has had no prior learning or sustained interaction with the Jewish community.

Introduction to Mussar Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00pm, March 22, 29, April. 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3 & 10

Come and explore the mystical Jewish texts that are designed to inspire personal development and growth. Rabbi Krichiver will guide you through the concept of Mussar and the texts

Jewish Living Holiday Series 7:00-8:00pm, Thursday, March 3 (Purim Edition) Wednesday, March 30 (Passover Edition) Join us for a new series focusing on how one can build celebrations for their family, through the generations, and their household.

To register for all non-weekly classes, contact our assistant to the Office of Lifelong Learning Beth Meade-Hession at 317-255-6647. Classes are included with your IHC membership. If you are not yet an IHC member, you can see the guest fee by viewing our full course guide here.

Purim at IHC Hamentashen Drive-Thru Pickup Sunday, March 13 9:30am- 12:00pm Exploration of Megillot Monday, March 14, 7:00-8:00pm

Join Cantor Roger to explore the Megillat Esther for Purim. Please register for this class by emailing Beth Meade-Hession.

Erev Purim Text Study Wednesday, March 16 7:00pm

Nefesh service for Shabbat Friday, March 18 at 6:15pm with "Adult Purim" to follow

Hamentashen Drive-Thru Pickup Sunday, March 20 9:30am-12:00pm

The Muppets' Purim Sunday, March 20 During Religious School*

Purim Carnival to follow (for students) & Silent Auction

*COVID-19 restrictions will inform whether we will be able to welcome adults and guests for the carnival. Please stay tuned for updates.

What is

and how do we celebrate? By Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro

Purim is a holiday based on the story of Esther from the section of the Tanakh known as Ketuvim (Writings). It is one of the five megillot (scrolls) along with Ruth, Lamentations, Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes. Each of these megillot is assigned to a holiday, yet Esther specifically mentions the celebration of Purim. However, as you might guess, there are scholarly debates about the true historical background of this holiday.

Traditionally, Purim is celebrated as the holiday in which we rejoice that the Jews of Persia, in the 4th century BCE, were saved from death by the heroic acts of Queen Esther and Mordechai. The evil Haman (insert “boo”s here) had convinced King Ahasuerus to allow him to “get rid of a problem” in his kingdom. The aloof king gave Haman the power to do so, perhaps not realizing that this meant the genocide of all the Jews in the kingdom on the 13th day of Adar. Ultimately, Mordechai and Esther are able to reveal to the king that she, his beloved wife, is Jewish and that the evil Haman (“boo”) was the one behind the plan. Haman (“boo”) is hung from the gallows that he erected for Mordechai. Although the king’s edict cannot be reversed, the Jews are able to defend themselves.

Thus, on the 14th day of Adar (and the 15th in walled cities), all Jews are supposed to rejoice and send gifts to their neighbors and to the poor. The story of Esther is retold – complete with the command to drown out the name of Haman (which is why we say “boo”). While the Mishnah gave us the rule that the megillah of Esther should be read in public, the Talmud added that the scroll should be read in public with drinking wine, making merry, and giving gifts (which we read in the scroll of Esther, but there is some question to the dating of this section). We are told to drink so much that we cannot tell the difference between Haman and Mordechai. Since the 13th century, Jews began dressing up and masquerading.

Around the 15th century, the practice of baking hamentashen (Haman’s pockets) began in Europe. The performance of silly plays called Purim shpiels began in the 18th century. Since the 20th century, we have seen street parades in Israel and Purim Carnivals in synagogues across North America. At IHC, we celebrate Purim as a holiday for every age, yet appropriately for each age. We typically have a Text Study session on the eve of Purim (this year Wednesday, March 16), an Adult Purim celebration (this year, Friday, March 18 following services), and a family friendly Purim shpiel and carnival that is held as a fundraiser by our youth groups. This year, it is scheduled for Sunday, March 20 but currently, due to COVID-19, it is for religious school students only. Our Sisterhood enables us all to have the sweetness of hamentashen – through their sale of these tasty treats. This year, we will also have our “Jewish Living Holiday Series” class on Purim on Thursday, March 3. For more information on any of these celebrations, please contact the Office of Lifelong Learning – a.k.a. “Purim Central.”

It's 'Tashen Time! Sisterhood is pleased to announce that we will be back in the kitchen (following strict COVID-19 protocol) to bake these delicious treats! This tasty fundraiser helps Sisterhood do all that we do at IHC, including providing grants for our Jewish Learning Program, Shabbat & High Holy Days, Oneg Shabbats, camp scholarships, and more. We can't do any of this without your generous support, so please help us make our Hamentashen Project successful! Don't miss the ordering deadline of February 20 (ordering earlier is helpful). Pre-orders required- extras are not guaranteed. All orders will need to be picked up during drive-thru hours (listed below and on page 2).

Two Easy Ways to Order:

1. Print and complete the order form below. Then send it along with your payment to IHC's main office or Judy Levy. 2. Online at ihcindy.org/hamentashen VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! If you can help us roll, fill, fold, bake and bag or would be willing to work a shift during our two drive-thru pickup times, you will find the sign up at ihcindy.org/hamentashen or through SignUpGenius. Volunteering is a great way to meet new people and we need you!

Mazel Tov!

The best efforts were taken to create the following lists since the last issue of the Kulanu. Please reach out to us if you believe there was an omission or error.

We Celebrate the Bar/Bat Mitzvah of: Maxine Mintz will be called to the Torah on February 19, 2022. Maxine is a seventh grader and high honor roll student at Creekside Middle School. She plays euphonium for Marching Band and Pep Band, and is a member of Tri-M Music Honor Society. Maxine's parents are Lindsey and Jason Mintz. She has an older sister Rachel and younger brother Bernie. Sam Grant will be called to the Torah on February 19, 2022. Sam’s favorite place on earth is GUCI. He loves playing football, basketball, golf, and Taekwondo. The seventh grader also plays alto and baritone saxophone in the Creekside Band at Creekside Middle School. Sam serves as the president of JIFTY at IHC. His parents are Debby Barton Grant and Scott Grant. He has two older brothers- Jonah and Ben. Lucy Goldstein will be called to the Torah on February 26, 2022. Lucy is a seventh grader and honor roll student at Westfield Middle School. She enjoys soccer and playing clarinet. Lucy also likes doing puzzles and building with Legos. Her parents are Brooke and Rick Goldstein. Lucy has an older brother Joshua. Owen Simons will be called to the Torah on March 5, 2022. Owen is a seventh grader at St. John’s School in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Owen enjoys sports, especially football and volleyball. He plays piano and is involved in math club at school. Owen's hobbies include cooking, volunteering with a dog rescue, and traveling around Puerto Rico. His parents are Mary and Eric Simons. He has a younger brother Ari. Emma Meisner will be called to the Torah on March 12, 2022. Emma is a seventh grader and honor roll student at Clay Middle School. She is an avid runner and participates in cross country and track. Emma also loves baking and volunteering as a member of the National Charity League Carmel chapter. Her parents are Christopher and Rochelle Meisner. She has a twin brother Benjamin and older brother Maxwell. Benjamin Meisner will be called to the Torah on March 12, 2022. Benjamin is a seventh grader at Clay Middle School who participates in soccer as well as cross country, track and basketball. Benjamin is on honor roll and was a top 20 runner in Hamilton County for cross country. His parents are Christopher and Rochelle Meisner. He has a twin sister Emma and older brother Maxwell.

We Celebrate with the following: Marcia Goldstein, for her tireless work with the LAF Committee as coordinator over the years. Kevin Hardie, who retired from Friends of the White River after 21 years of service. Dr. Roger Hurwitz & Francine Hurwitz* who were honored with Newfields' Distinguished Service Award. Jill Weiss-Simins, who received the Dorothy Riker Hoosier Historian Award from the Indiana Historical Society. IHC Youth Engagement Coordinator Matt Hastings on his engagement to Jillian Shkolnick. IHC accompanist Matt Richardson on his engagement to John David Patrick. *of blessed memory

The season of giving extended past Hanukah for the Mitzvah Stitchers. In mid-December the group stitched and donated dozens of items to Indiana Youth Group, Hooverwood Living, The Newcomer School, and The Abbie Hunt Bryce Home. For more information about Mitzvah Stitchers, contact Cantor Janice Roger.

We want to celebrate the big life achievements of our members. We also want to recognize the significant accomplishments members are making in their careers and educational journeys. You can share a ‘mazel tov’ to be included in the next issue of the Kulanu by emailing communications@ihcindy.org.

A Message from... Your Board President Eloise Paul

As 2022 begins...I hope this letter finds you well and staying warm. I’ll admit there have been more challenges as board president than I ever imagined. Here is one quote that has been helpful to me as we navigated 2021: “People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually, the failure to make decisions is one of life’s biggest mistakes.” —Rabbi Noah Weinberg And then this quote really resonated with me and made me smile: “Our heads are round so thought can change direction.” —Allen Ginsberg

You can play a role in helping us move forward in a positive direction: · Please make sure you’ve completed your 2022 commitment and returned it to our office. · Attend our virtual programming—and as soon as conditions permit, in person services, programs, educational opportunities, and events. · Reach out to our committees! You can find information on our website. Our Engagement Committee continues to develop programs based on input from all of you! · Let us hear from you so we can meet your needs! Sisterhood and Brotherhood want you too!

I feel like our heads have been repeatedly spinning as we have had to deal with new information and constantly change course. We have striven to steer a straight path forward based on informed decisions only to find everything upended again and again.

In closing, I hope that before the end of my term, I will be able to meet in person with our board of directors! It’s hard to believe we’ve only gathered in person three times since I began as your president—and yet, your board has accomplished so much. Kudos to them for their hard work.

We need to be ready for anything. I guess that is life in a pandemic! None of us has a crystal ball (even our Rabbis, so they say….) and so week by week we’ve been making decisions based on what we believe is in our congregants’ best interest regarding health and safety.

My wish for 2022 is to see more of you in person at our Shabbat Services. I’m ready to see you and share a joyful Oneg together. Although virtual platforms have kept many of us connected, there is nothing so comforting and supportive as seeing each other in our beautiful sanctuary and lifting our voices in song and prayer together.

And yet, we cannot forget the importance of relationship and connection. Those have been hard things to balance and yes, we’ve had to change direction as our environment has changed. OFTEN!

Rabbi Benzion Klatzko said, “Judaism is not a religion, it’s a relationship.”

Well, to me it’s both. As I look forward to 2022, it’s finally sunk into me that COVID-19 will be with us in one form or another for the foreseeable future. But I am grateful for the relationships with you I have built over the there are several positives. course of 2021 and look forward to doing more so in 2022, whether on Zoom or in person (fingers crossed). And I will strive to do We now have many tools to deal with the virus. We have vaccines, whatever I can to facilitate more relationship-building between drugs to treat infections, and technology that lets us stream and other congregants as well. gather virtually. We’ve been able to pivot on a moment’s notice based on what is going on around us. And we have our greatest assets, each other. Our clergy have led us in prayer and in learning with grace and compassion. We are so fortunate to have such a strong and caring team. They continue to work tirelessly to reach out to us in whatever method the times require. I am so grateful for their strength and perseverance. And our amazing new (still “new” until March when he begins his second year) Executive Director, Pete Smithhisler along with the office staff, continue to guide us and run our building.

A Message from...

Your Associate Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader

Since the pandemic began I have been asked a version of this question several times. The question is: “How do I live with all of the uncertainty in our lives right now?” With the rising and falling rates of the pandemic, we are living in challenging and unpredictable times. It can feel like as soon as life begins to go back to “normal” another new variant comes along. When this happens, in person activities become limited and we are filled once again with uncertainty about the weeks and months ahead. So the question remains, how do we live our daily lives when we do not know what the future will bring. Luckily for us, Judaism provides answers to this question. One approach to living with unpredictability comes in the form of the Hebrew word “hineini.” “Hineini” can be translated as “I am here/present/ready to take on what is being asked of me.” This word is used often in significant moments in the Torah. For example, in Exodus 3, when God calls out to Moses in the burning bush, Moses answers “hineini.” What I find the most interesting and relevant to our lives today, is that Moses says “hineini” to God without knowing what is being asked of him. It is inspiring to me, that Moses says “hineini” without knowing what the path in front of him will be. As God explains to Moses that he is being asked to free the Israelite people from slavery, then Moses says “who am I.” After Moses wonders if he is ready for the challenge ahead of him, he becomes an icon of leadership in Jewish tradition. I think this is the same process that many of us go through in our lives. Often we need to be ready for what is coming before we know what is being asked of us. When this happens, we can wonder, who am I or how am I going to rise to this new challenge? We might not be sure we have the inner strength to meet the unexpected, but like Moses we find a way to say hineini. We do not know what lies ahead of us or what the next months will bring, but I know that together we can get through it. I have been so impressed in my time at IHC by ways this community has responded to challenges. Both in person and virtually, we have come together to pray, to study, and for lifecycle events. The IHC community continues to celebrate Jewish holidays, to support each other in difficult moments, and to share in each other’s joys. The IHC committees do inspiring work and the IHC Board guides our congregation building for a thriving future. The IHC clergy and staff make it a priority to be hineini for our congregational family. Whatever the future brings, we will be hineini for ourselves and each other, and we can get through it together. I believe that as the IHC community, we are hineinu – we are here/present/ready to meet the future together.

Your Executive Director Pete Smithhisler

"Are you ready to go?” Anyone who’s ever had a sibling, been in a relationship, had kids, or attempted to get a group moving understands that this question is almost always answered with “just about.” Or worse, “yes, but.” Our ideas and definitions of “being ready” vary widely. When starting a project or activity, I don’t always feel “ready to go.” But I push through and find the energy and focus necessary to complete it. So, my fellow Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation families, colleagues, and friends I ask you, “Are you ready?” Are you ready... To connect with others in purposeful action that helps advance our Jewish ideals? To build bridges into our community; extending our reach to others who need us? To focus our energy in addressing critical issues and needs within our own community? To support each other as we face individual challenges? To respond to various calls for action, to crisis, to friends in need? To find your voice as we advocate for our positions and beliefs? Are we ready… To fulfill the mission and vision our leadership has identified? To be flexible as things change related to COVID-19 protocols and procedures? To get involved in committees, task forces, small groups, and other temple activities? To participate in services, projects, and holiday celebrations as a community? I am ready… To invest time and energy in the priorities of IHC. To welcome you home to IHC; to welcome new families to IHC; to be the home you need. To celebrate with you. To move forward as a congregation, taking lessons learned from COVID-19 times into our future. To learn from the past, act in the present, and prepare for the future. To create opportunities for engagement. To seek input, advice, support, and different opinions from you. To create an inclusive environment that provides unique opportunities for each of us to find our place and connection. I am thankful that I have talented clergy partners to navigate this leadership journey. I am grateful for the vision, direction, and support provided by our board of directors, most especially our president Eloise Paul. My colleagues are truly dedicated to the future success of IHC. They make coming to work a joyful experience.

I appreciate and value each of you. Your investment in IHC has created a wonderful legacy that we will pass to the next generation. You matter…in all ways.

A Temple History: 2020 This March marks two years since our world changed in ways we never could have imagined. As we reflect and remember the lives lost and the lives forever altered during the COVID-19 pandemic, we also look back at how the IHC community rose to the challenges of unprecedented times. IHC librarian Evelyn Pockrass recalls what unfurled within our congregation in the year 2020.

March

On March 4, a message was sent to IHC congregants noting the congregation was taking steps to be certain the building's surfaces were cleaned thoroughly and that our leadership was monitoring the situation closely. We were told that, as of February 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had said that currently there was “low” risk for an outbreak in the United States. Within a short period of time, circumstances changed completely and the members of IHC, along with the rest of the country, were about to experience a once-in-a-century event: a global pandemic. By March 12, we learned that beginning Sunday, March 15, all programs in the building would be suspended until April 12. It was hoped that programming would be resumed by mid-April. The following day we were told the Early Childhood Center (ECC), the Jewish Learning Program (Religious School), all Youth Groups, task forces, and committee meetings would be going online if possible. The building was being closed to all congregants and visitors. IHC became a virtual congregation on March 19. “We Are Here for You.” became an oft-repeated sentiment not only for our members but throughout the city, state, and country. We were going to help “flatten the curve” (remember that phrase?). Starting March 20, services would be live-streamed. Hoosiers, who were not in “essential” work as defined by the state, were asked to stay home. IHC staff would be working remotely wherever possible. The last full workday in the building was March 16, but staff would be available by phone or email. Leadership would be working on new and creative ways to maintain their connection with congregants. They were adhering to the guidelines of the CDC and in touch with congregations in Indianapolis as well as congregations within the Reform Movement. Cantor Aviva Marer arranged for a virtual Meditative Musical Healing event on March 24. Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro gave a tutorial on using Zoom, the online connection program new to many but the link for individuals and institutions to converse with family, friends, congregants, and business associates. Modern technology became a lifeline in the months to come.

April

The curve did not flatten, and in April there was a flurry of cancellations of in-person programs and events: b’nai mitzvah celebrations had to be re-thought and rescheduled, LAF (Life After Fifty) programming went online, Mitzvah Stitchers and others were sewing masks, ECC teachers were making videos that could be accessed at any time. Parents and families of school-age children were encountering the challenges and opportunities of having their children learning virtually at home. Often adults were homebound, too, working remotely, with some facing temporary or permanent layoffs. Gradually, we were hearing of more and more cases of citizens contracting, some dying, of what came to be called COVID19. But April also brought the celebration of Passover. How could we observe the family oriented seder? Some followed CDC guidelines of not having indoor gatherings of more than 10 people; others experimented with a virtual seder in the hope that next year they would be able to gather in person again. The IHC YouTube channel allowed staff and congregants to display skills by offering several videos about the holiday.

May

May brought warmer weather, a brief reprieve in the COVID-19 surge and the hope for the easing of restrictions such as mask wearing and social distancing. Staff would come to the building more frequently but, aside from financial business concerns, most staff worked primarily from home. Activities such as Shabbat services, Jewish Learning Program, Hebrew Intensives, and Derech Torah continued online. Meetings and programs were held virtually. That included most committees, Jewish Book Club, and Adult Education classes. On Sunday, May 17, IHC’s annual meeting was conducted virtually. Marc Katz was our outgoing president and Eloise Paul became the new IHC president for the Board of Directors. A COVID-19 Emergency Fund appeal began to help sustain the congregation financially. At the end of the month, on May 29, we held our farewell Shabbat for Rabbi Scott Fox who was leaving for a pulpit in Long Beach, California. An online Confirmation and Shavuot service took place May 30.

June

In June, President Eloise Paul encouraged congregants to join committees, Stefanie Shapiro joined the staff as the Learning Experience Coordinator (a combination of a few past positions: including coordinating the Derech Torah program – Debbi Kasper had retired from that post – and the Hebrew Intensives setup). Some committee meetings and Thursday “Coffee With the Clergy” meetings were scheduled in June as we took a little breather and started wondering in earnest about fall programming, particularly when the Early Childhood Center would reopen and the plan for the upcoming High Holy Days.

July

We looked to the Back to the Building committee for guidance. At first they met weekly and later were able to hold fewer meetings. Members of the committee measured and assessed the needs for the sanctuary to be safe for the clergy to conduct services and with a limited number of attendees (based on local governmental directives). They arranged for N95 masks, trained volunteers as greeters, initiated policies about entering and exiting the building for the ECC to reopen, etc. In July, we welcomed Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader as our new Associate Rabbi. President Paul let us know that a strategic planning committee had been formed and was conducting a listening campaign throughout July. One or more of each of these meetings would be focused on individual topics: cultural arts, engagement, fiscal, Israel, lifelong learning, philanthropy, social justice, and worship/ritual. Sisterhood had a cocktails and conversation event that featured a Woman’s Survival guide, there was an adult education course on prayerbook Hebrew, and Tot Shabbat was held online every Friday morning. IHC was looking for a new accounting assistant. Adrienne Aronson-White kindly took on that position the following month. On July 11, a message from President Paul informed us that the listening campaign clearly reflected congregants’ wishes for more transparency and better communications. We had applied for a government loan. Federal requirements kept changing, but thanks to the efforts of Kathy Madvig, Accounting Manager, we did receive the loan. It had cut expenses by several hundred thousand dollars but, were still looking to end the year about $300,000 in the red. Therefore, we were having another appeal for funds and already had a challenge grant.

August

August saw the re-opening of both the Gift Shop, with concierge service available, and the ECC. It was announced that all High Holy Day services would be virtual. For the Yom Kippur Yizkor service, Brotherhood would make the Elmer Wolhfeld Memorial Book accessible online with a limited number of printed copies. High Holy Day prayerbooks could be borrowed from the temple. Due to COVID-19, the Family Promise program (Interfaith Hospitality Network) could not be offered in the building, but apartments were being secured for homeless families and we were asked to donate specific items. Angela Eubanks became the interim director of the ECC (Taryn Fartouh had resigned). Other programs continued online, mostly on Zoom. Happy news – on August 1, the congregation celebrated another previously postponed event, the baby naming of Sofia Eve Marer (now a one-year-old), daughter of Jim and Cantor Aviva Marer.

September

September featured more online offerings including all sessions of the Jewish Learning Program. For the upcoming start of 5781, our resilient, creative clergy and staff provided congregants and the community with a virtual Selichot service featuring Nefesh Mountain. There were several online High Holy Day services, four drive-in parking lot Shofar services at various sites in Indianapolis and Carmel, and a Yom Kippur Healing Service, among others. Communal services at the North and South cemeteries were not held.

October

Virtual programming flourished, as did COVID-19 – another surge of cases developed. Despite successful results of initial vaccine testing by certain pharmaceutical companies, it still would be a while before we would see the end of this pandemic. Nonetheless, we celebrated Sukkot and Simhat Torah online in October encompassing a Sisters in the Sukkah event, new Lunch and Learn programs, a pet blessing Shabbat, Music in Bloom, youth group activities and programs.

November

On October 21, President Paul and Rabbi Krichiver let us know that Dan Silien, our executive director, had informed the Board he would be leaving. Dan sent a note to the congregation thanking us for the work we do and for the opportunity to have been a part of IHC for the past few years. His responsibilities were split between staff and laity for the next several months. Matt Hastings, Youth Engagement Coordinator assumed the main responsibility for building issues. Eloise Paul took on many of the other questions that arose during this period while a search committee worked online to find candidates for the executive director position.

Programs and activities moved along at a steady pace despite all the recent changes. Families of b’nai mitzvah children were given the option of having in-person observances with restrictions on the number of attendees, the requirement to wear masks and social distance. Others opted to wait until sometime in 2021 when they hoped restrictions would be eased. There were four weekly programs on "Jews and Race: What Black Lives Matter Means to Jews", starting October 29, and in November Rabbi Krichiver participated in a discussion about Indiana Jews versus the KKK. An Oneg Shabbat Zoom games session was held after the Thanksgiving Shabbat service. A traditional Thanksgiving celebration itself was not the usual holiday gathering for family and friends.

December

To further the goal of being here for one another, there was a series of adult education offerings entitled "Audacity of Hope: Using the Psalms to Connect", starting December 1. The Brit Olam committee sponsored a program on "Eviction: Poverty and Profit in the American City". LAF offered Around the Jewish Table programming and a Hanukkah blood drive was scheduled, Sisterhood held a Super Sunday in-store shopping event at the Gift Shop. A Hanukkah drive-thru happened in the South parking lot where sweets and treats were distributed. WFYI, the local PBS station, aired a documentary, “To Know Your Neighbors,” that included a mention of IHC. As the virtual Hanukkah celebrations faded and the secular year drew to a close, the clergy, staff and the board of directors wished the entire IHC family a happy, healthy and safe New Year. Now we could reflect on what an unusual year 2020 had been, what 2021 would be like with the onset of mass vaccinations, and wonder if the pandemic ever would end. What challenges would lie ahead for ourselves, our country and the world as we entered 2021? ~Watch for A Temple History: 2021 in a future issue of the Kulanu.

Find Your Community with IHC Circles are small groups formed around interests, geography, life stage, or profession. They can meet in the home, in an office, outside, inside, or really anywhere! Read about the current Circles below and click the Circle leader(s) name for more information and to get involved. Have an idea for a new Circle? Reach out to Rabbi Chernow-Reader, Amy Isaacs, or Patti Freeman Dorson to receive an IHC Circle guide to help you get started.

Global Dining Explorers

The local restaurant scene continues to grow and diversify with new dining opportunities every week. Together with fellow IHC foodies and chowhounds, whet your appetite and explore the many cuisines, tastes, spices, and choices that make Greater Indianapolis an upand-coming food destination. Circle leaders: Steven & Nicole Kofkoff

Mahjong Mavens

Grab your tile set and play a game or ten with the other IHC mahjong mavens. This addicting game of skill, strategy, and luck is a great way to spend an afternoon with other IHC enthusiasts. Circle leader: Amy Isaacs

Mental Health Professionals

Helping others better understand and cope with thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can take a toll on you. Though not intended as a clinical support group, gather with other IHC mental health providers to share opportunities and challenges and consider how Jewish wisdom and values find their way into your practice. Circle Leader: Laurie Freeman

Take A Hike...Together

Get outside with a diverse group of fellow IHC members who enjoy sharing their love for exploring the Hoosier landscape and the change of seasons. You’ll find experienced hikers and those who are new to hiking; young and finely aged; single and coupled; fair-weather hikers and all-weather hikers. And best of all, the fresh air is mixed generously with conversation and friendship. Circle Leaders: Louise & Stuart Abramson

Young Couples

Married or not, being a couple doesn't mean you stop wanting to have fun or meet more fun new IHC people! Break from the norm and have some fun! We'll check out some new spots, some old spots, some home spots, some active activities and some not-so active activities! Both the young and young at heart are welcome. Circle Leaders: Andrew Lodolo & Josh Lodolo

Young Family Adventure

It’s time to get out of the house with your young children and have some fun with other IHC families. Bring your kids to a park, a museum, a playground, or a backyard and let them go bananas while you hang out with fellow parents. Circle Leader: Lily Zurkovsky

Temple Library The Hebrew calendar year 5782 is a leap year and that means there are two months with the name of Adar. To differentiate, we refer to them as Adar I and Adar II. What do we do when the fourteenth of Adar is the date we normally celebrate and observe Purim? Do we celebrate in Adar I or Adar II? The answer is Adar II and in 2022 the Hebrew calendar date for Purim corresponds to March 17.

By Evelyn Pockrass, Librarian

In the “red label” Youth section (grades 3-7), you will find stories about Purim, its history and customs in books such as, The Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays, by Malka Drucker (240), Celebrate!: Stories of the Jewish Holidays, by Gina Berger (240), and Miriam’s Well: Stories About Women in the Bible, by Alice Bach and J. Cheryl Exum (220.95).

One last item to mention is of particular interest to those fascinated with the congregation’s history: a new volume published by the Indiana Historical Society and written by Kenneth L. Turchi: Looking Forward, Giving Back: The Jewish Merchants of Downtown Indianapolis, was made possible with the support of Walter and Joan Wolf. The book will be in the library’s Reserved section and features For teens and adults, there always are several articles about businesses that Special events occur during Purim: A authoritative works, including two were owned and operated by IHC megillah is read in the synagogue, standards: The Jewish Festivals: History families. It may bring fond memories to plays are enacted, children dress up as & Observance, by Hayyim Schauss many. ancient and contemporary characters, (240), and The Purim Anthology, by gifts are given to the poor and, of Philip Goodman (244.3), as well as a A new exhibit at the Indiana Historical course, hamantaschen are lovingly later offering, The One Hour Purim Society also explores the role and baked and eaten. In certain ways, Primer: Everything a Family Needs to impact of these businesses and their Purim is a complicated holiday: some Understand, Celebrate and Enjoy Purim, owners. "Jewish Merchants of consider it frivolous and question its by Shimon Apisdorf (244.3) Downtown Indianapolis" is open now historical veracity, others debate the through April 23. You can click here to role of Esther, and many enjoy the Speaking of books, as we near the end learn more about the exhibit. festive customs while also thinking of of winter, and you start spring cleaning, the poor and hungry. Whatever your look for books you and/or members of And remember…There’s a Jewish book thoughts, there always are Temple your family may have borrowed from the waiting for you at the Temple Library! Library books to stimulate ideas and Temple Library in recent years. As emotions about the holiday. partially noted above, Children’s books have yellow labels on the spine, Youth For children, think of the classic Here books have red labels and Teen/Adult Come the Purim Players!, by Barbara books have white labels, some with Cohen, or the popular Barnyard Purim, colored dots. If you find any belonging to by Kelly Terwilliger, or the informative, our library during your routine cleaning, On Purim, by Cathy Goldberg Fishman. please return them. We appreciate your All are “yellow label” books with the call help. number 244.3..

Jewish Book Club Selections Tuesday, February 8

The Woman With The Blue Star by Pam Jenoff

Tuesday, March 8 Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

IHC’s Jewish Book Club continues to meet eleven times a year at 12:00pm on the second Tuesday of the month. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been meeting virtually. Contact Evelyn Pockrass for further details.

May their memory be for blessing... February Yahrzeits Archie Aronstam….2/1/1996 Martha Back….2/1/1955 Ellen Banks….2/1/2013 Ann Butler….2/1/1994 Charles Fitzgerald….2/1/2019 Kate Friedman….2/1/1977 Gerald Leonards….2/1/1997 Bertha Lieberman….2/1/1960 Leon Mordoh….2/1/2019 Sigurd Rosenfield….2/1/1996 Dean Sablosky….2/1/1984 Ann Slivka….2/1/1995 Michael Bratnick….2/2/2008 Frances Coraz….2/2/2015 Sol Grant….2/2/1980 Sophie Katz….2/2/1989 Meta Kleiman….2/2/2007 Max Kligerman….2/2/1978 Bella Rosinus….2/2/1997 Marilyn Samuels….2/2/2012 Shirlee Adele Binzer Schuchman….2/2/2016 Harriet Selig….2/2/1965 Aline Traugott….2/2/1967 Edward Weiss….2/2/1987 Melvin Adams, Sr. ….2/3/1953 Margaret Ancel….2/3/1973 Gilbert Chavkin….2/3/2013 Jerome Dintenfass….2/3/2017 Claire Dworkin….2/3/2000 Frank Goldsmith….2/3/2003 William Herman….2/3/2003 Darrel Isaacs….2/3/2005 Jody Kerschner….2/3/2012 Mildred Klineman….2/3/1996 Dorothy Miceli….2/3/1985 Albert Rothbaum….2/3/1956 Bertha Shampansky 2/3/1978 Daniel Tisius….2/3/2006 Theresa Bricker….2/4/2020 Julius Hersh….2/4/1972 Frida Kantin….2/4/1997 Frieda Kolten….2/4/1999 Ida Levy….2/4/1996 Rachael Mishoulam….2/4/2003 Lindsey Pearson….2/4/1982 Jack Shady….2/4/1994 Tudor Van Hampton…. 2/4/2017 Marilyn Chernoff….2/5/2001 David Efroymson….2/5/1903 Raymond Garmel….2/5/1986 Alexander Hardie….2/5/1995 Abraham Pomeranz….2/5/2004 Jane Rothbaum….2/5/2018 Irving Silver….2/5/1979 Harold Weil….2/5/1984 Anne Alliss….2/6/2016 Morris Bernstein….2/6/2001 Beth Brown….2/6/1979 Andy Calderon….2/6/1934 Ann Greenstein….2/6/1997 Harry Karsch….2/6/1942 Bernard Lefko….2/6/1999 Elsie Mazzarella….2/6/2005 Harry Peale….2/6/1961 Eve Perlstein….2/6/2020 Robert Romer….2/6/2010 Alana Spitzberg….2/6/2018 Elliot Sussman….2/6/1993 Helen Chalfie….2/7/1979 Leonard Farber….2/7/2000 Fannie Gray….2/7/1998 Opal Hill….2/7/1998 William Julian….2/7/1944 Bertha Seipp….2/7/1953 Abe Borin….2/8/1992

Hedwig Breisacher….2/8/1982 Isadore Kalishman….2/8/1988 Harry Laptook….2/8/2005 Carolyn Berman….2/9/1979 James Efroymson….2/9/1974 Margot Hene….2/9/2012 William Keck….2/9/2001 Wilma Leventhal….2/9/2002 Harold Breitbart….2/10/1996 Harold Cohen….2/10/1998 Pearl Goldberg….2/10/1993 Moredechai Greenberg….2/10/2003 Joseph Schulman….2/10/2006 Arline Signer….2/10/2001 David Tisius….2/10/2012 Joachim Traugott….2/10/1910 Joseph Weiner….2/10/1970 Marian Goldsmith….2/11/1952 Rubin Karsh….2/11/1977 Simon Kochman….2/11/1969 Regina Krieger….2/11/1955 Rose Platt….2/11/1998 Ruthie Rifkin….2/11/2015 Albert Schwartz….2/11/1972 Leonard Sirota….2/11/1994 Molly Welber….2/11/2006 Sandy Ambery….2/12/2008 Warren Brown, Jr. ….2/12/2012 John Burnsworth….2/12/2014 Murray Butler….2/12/2018 Jacob Efroymson….2/12/1912 Michael Gradison….2/12/2017 Reuben Herman….2/12/1988 Leonard Larman….2/12/1990 Geneva Lawrence….2/12/1982 Morris Levy….2/12/1985 Morton Lipkowitz….2/12/1972 Anna Lucas….2/12/1993 Cyrl Moss….2/12/2004 Robert Rosenberg….2/12/1977 Paul Solomon….2/12/2009 Louise Bellman….2/13/2015 Nathan Hellman….2/13/2010 Alan Klein….2/13/2000 Lenora Lebin….2/13/2007 Barbara Longo….2/13/2015 Lottie Schwartz….2/13/1967 Paul Sirkus….2/13/1997 Esther Byron….2/14/1987 Mathilda Calderon….2/14/1941 Jessie Davis….2/14/1996 Vera Falender….2/14/1965 David Fisch….2/14/2008 Leo Ginsburg….2/14/1994 Paul Goldstein….2/14/2006 Esther Greenman….2/14/1962 Jeanette Jaffe….2/14/1951 Steve Rosenbaum….2/14/1985 Rose Scheffler….2/14/2007 Hugo Siegal….2/14/1984 Maude Solomon….2/14/1975 Howard Solomon….2/14/2007 Louis Wolf, Sr. ….2/14/1955 Rosalie Wormser….2/14/1996 Louise Brimer….2/15/2004 Kenneth Goldblatt….2/15/2020 Henrietta Henry….2/15/1993 Betty Krumsieg….2/15/2012 Hortense Lasky….2/15/1989 Fannie Osipowitz….2/15/1977 Dora Shorr….2/15/1968 Abe Tavel….2/15/1943 Mose Freiberg….2/16/1921 Fay Glick….2/16/1960 Sarah Henry….2/16/1953 Maurice Hurwitz….2/16/1978

Carrie Jaffe….2/16/1956 Jean Lieberman….2/16/1995 Anna Miceli….2/16/1996 Naomi Perlstein….2/16/1975 Fanny Ress….2/16/1958 Charles Brinkley….2/17/1998 Rose Goodman….2/17/1998 Morris Graff….2/17/1966 Vicki Griffin….2/17/2008 Martin Grossman….2/17/2018 Arlene Heimansohn….2/17/1977 Samuel Kaplan….2/17/1972 Sam Lefkovitz….2/17/1992 Nathaniel Lenchner….2/17/2011 Leslie Mears….2/17/2010 Esther Nahmias….2/17/2017 Ida Skwire….2/17/2009 Walter Wolf, Sr. ….2/17/1977 Jack Beiman….2/18/2010 Joseph Cohen….2/18/1983 Abraham Epstein….2/18/1979 Audrey Grossman….2/18/2018 Bonnie Guilford….2/18/2018 Francine Hurwitz….2/18/2019 Irene Kagan….2/18/2003 Ludwig Katz….2/18/1977 Frank Lahr….2/18/2001 Natalie Paul….2/18/1948 Fanny Rappaport….2/18/1913 Berthold Rothholz….2/18/1970 Marvin Arffa….2/19/2004 Molly Gotthelf….2/19/1981 Dorothy Harrison….2/19/2015 Leon Himelstein….2/19/2005 J William Julian….2/19/2004 Efraim Kantin….2/19/1998 Jacob Platt….2/19/1984 Louis Rosenberg….2/19/1938 Karen Rosentraub….2/19/2021 Phillip Sachs….2/19/1984 Eric Taylor….2/19/1999 Jane Teixler….2/19/1990 Louis Traugott….2/19/1936 Faunya Weiss….2/19/1987 Emma Frankel….2/20/1939 Rita Gradison….2/20/1987 Sylvia Hillman….2/20/2004 Oscar Marder….2/20/1981 Alice Miller….2/20/1987 Donald Moorin….2/20/2012 David Arden….2/21/1983 Steven Block….2/21/2005 Bertha Goldfarb….2/21/1982 Reuel Bennett….2/22/2012 Maureen Bronicki….2/22/2020 Yevgeny Dolgin….2/22/2020 Marvin Gold….2/22/2001 Thomas Gould….2/22/1991 Harry Greenberg….2/22/1991 Anne Harry….2/22/2002 Andrew Katz….2/22/2006 William Lockman….2/22/2006 Fay Schechter….2/22/2002 Paul Stark….2/22/2002

Goldijean Turow….2/22/2010 Howard Rubens….2/23/2021 Alan Rubenstein….2/23/2015 Linda Shapiro….2/23/1990 Harold Weiss….2/23/1995 Sanford Wieder….2/23/1988 Shirley Zeinfeld….2/23/2012 Suzanne Friedman….2/24/2017 Sidney Goldfarb….2/24/1987 Gertrude Kaplan….2/24/1971 Catherine Kupke….2/24/1990 Howard Linker….2/24/2005 Morris Marer….2/24/1984 Gladys Nisenbaum….2/24/2016 Karen Platt….2/24/2000 Florence Rubin….2/24/1961 Arthur Schwartz….2/24/2006 Morris Simon….2/24/1996 Douglas Weiss….2/24/2010 Lillian Zabronsky….2/24/1972 Adele Alpert….2/25/1986 Rose Arnow….2/25/1980 Bertha Bauer….2/25/1987 Elsie Blitz….2/25/1996 Irwin Cooperman….2/25/2003 Nathan Harris….2/25/1967 Jerome Jacobson….2/25/2006 S. Carroll Kahn….2/25/1968 Edna Pardo….2/25/2014 Madeleine Polayes….2/25/2013 Harry Roger….2/25/1966 Lila Rosentraub 2/25/2015 Eva Segal….2/25/1984 Joan Wurzman….2/25/1986 Beth Wynn….2/25/1990 Mary Cohen….2/26/1967 Moie Cook….2/26/1948 Evelyn Feldman….2/26/2009 Ida Fielder….2/26/2002 Selma Jacobs….2/26/2018 Ben Koby….2/26/1976 Jay Kramer….2/26/1967 Minnie Leve….2/26/1978 Bert Roth….2/26/2013 Joseph Rothbard 2/26/2008 Ethel Weil….2/26/1972 Gertrude Wolf….2/26/1962 Edward Bartick….2/27/1992 Charlotte Epstein….2/27/1992 Mollie Moskowitz….2/27/1994 Jules Rheaume….2/27/1994 Nancy Steele….2/27/2011 Wilhelm Stern….2/27/1942 Semen Beyzerov….2/28/1981 Leo Blonder….2/28/1998 Pearl Blum….2/28/1984 Arthur Borinstein….2/28/1994 Lorna Harbaugh….2/28/2014 Herbert Heiman….2/28/1968 Myron Manders….2/28/2008 Ida Rheins….2/28/1982 Phyllis Singer….2/28/1971

Reading the name of a loved one on a Yahrzeit is a way to honor them, their lives and their memory. Jewish tradition teaches that the memory of one who has lived righteously lives on for blessing. We hope the memories of your loved one will bring you consolation and lighten your grief on their Yahrzeit. When a Yahrzeit is observed, there is a Jewish custom to give tzedakah. This can be a donation to your favorite charity. If IHC is the charity of your choice, there is a full list of our tzedakah funds on the IHC website.

May their memory be for blessing... March Yahrzeits Emanuel Arffa…3/1/1973 Barbara Evelynn Bailie…3/1/2016 Pearl Blum…3/1/1984 Eva Borinstein…3/1/1949 Babette Breisacher…3/1/1924 Jacqueline Efroymson…3/1/2009 Joseph Flummerfelt…3/1/2019 Norma Funkhouser…3/1/2002 Sadie Halpern…3/1/1968 Helen Kaplan…3/1/1975 Irving Kleinman…3/1/1996 Norton Lazarus…3/1/1968 Amelia Lewis…3/1/2006 Jeanette May…3/1/1966 Dave Miller…3/1/1958 Harold Platt…3/1/1960 Herbert Schiller…3/1/1992 Alice Weisberger…3/1/1986 Sidney Weisberger…3/1/1972 Marjorie Wolman…3/1/2017 James Ackerman…3/2/2013 Menne Fruehman…3/2/1991 Sigmund Guggenheim…3/2/1930 Robert Healey…3/2/2006 Fred Sanders…3/2/2012 Norman Vogel…3/2/1979 Jerry Aronstam…3/3/2004 Sylvia Block…3/3/2000 Pauline Broock…3/3/2014 Gettie Cohen…3/3/1984 Sondra Fogle…3/3/1990 Lex Haimson…3/3/1974 Mary Hurwitz…3/3/1948 Belle Jaffe…3/3/1969 Eugene Loeb…3/3/1958 Herbert Lowenstein…3/3/1991 Samuel Rose…3/3/1976 Freda Dumes…3/4/1981 Harriet Asher…3/5/1975 Jack Dansker…3/5/1977 Charles Feibleman…3/5/1971 Cele Goldstein…3/5/2000 Robert Klein…3/5/1995 Joseph Kramer…3/5/1916 Nathan Lipkin…3/5/1999 Anna Nelson…3/5/1977 Henry Stein…3/5/2007 Ellen Wormser…3/5/2019 Anne Drevno…3/6/1987 Abraham Kubersky…3/6/2003 Herman Logan…3/6/2010 Benjamin Popp…3/6/1950 Ida Stine…3/6/1991 Adele Weil…3/6/1996 Larry Berns…3/7/2019 William Borman…3/7/1993 Irene Breisacher…3/7/2010 Irving Freeman…3/7/2018 Luther Gaskin…3/7/2013 Samuel Geller…3/7/2010 Ludwig Katz…3/7/1977 Jacob Liebman…3/7/ 2019 David Lurie…3/7/1985 Bert Roth…3/7/2013 Mildred Blumberg…3/8/1986 Jeffrey Cowan…3/8/1985 Jacqueline Kirsh…3/8/1997 Leah Kroot…3/8/1986 Rick McCann…3/8/1999 Nathaniel Provisor…3/8/1954 Irene Schwartz…3/8/2007 Bernard Sirota…3/8/2003 Elyse Adams…3/9/2006 Abraham Cohen…3/9/1983 Morris Kay…3/9/1980 Lena Koby…3/9/1919 Julius Michael…3/9/1937

Fay Micon…3/9/2010 Ida Oakley…3/9/2001 Edwin Roger…3/9/1978 Meyer Staff…3/9/1999 Endre Stern…3/9/1997 Hannah Usherenko…3/9/1972 Esther Belle…3/10/1998 Lisa Boyer…3/10/2003 Rose Csillag…3/10/2000 David Dansker…3/10/1967 Le Mar Goodman…3/10/2004 Morris Karmen…3/10/1984 Jordan Leibman…3/10/2019 Annabelle Miller…3/10/1998 Rose Moskovitz…3/10/1999 Louis Rumple…3/10/1980 William Schnur…3/10/2003 Sylvia Spiegal…3/10/1975 Gerald Tasch…3/10/1978 Oscar Tavel…3/10/2015 Nathan Bartfield…3/11/1993 Donald Brightman…3/11/2018 Harold Effron…3/11/2021 Miriam Gellman…3/11/1961 Georgene Glazer…3/11/2010 Grace Hellman…3/11/2005 Ronald Popp…3/11/2018 Irvin Spasser…3/11/1967 Sanford Wieder…3/11/1988 Rebecca Batt…3/12/2008 Philip Fichman…3/12/1994 Faye Josephson…3/12/1987 Max Lorber…3/12/1982 Seymour Monat…3/12/1997 Eugene Moskovitz…3/12/1999 Beverly Peale…3/12/2018 Allan Segal…3/12/2013 Ida Skwire…3/12/2009 Rosa Suriel…3/12/2017 Adolph Teixler…3/12/1953 Esther Tobin…3/12/2009 Mary Berry…3/13/1986 Harris Block…3/13/1998 Harry Brodey…3/13/1993 Maybelle Cohen…3/13/1988 Ann Frisch…3/13/2011 Marcia Klapper…3/13/2015 Libby Penn…3/13/2014 Sillik Polayes…3/13/1984 Robert Sklan…3/13/1985 Annette Wides…3/13/2015 Warren Ackerman…3/14/2003 Melvin Atlass…3/14/1965 Vera Card…3/14/2013 Evelyn Claymon…3/14/1975 Dena Cohen…3/14/1980 Gordon Cohn…3/14/1986 Raymond Heffron…3/14/1974 Jenny Kenis…3/14/1993 Rudolph Klapper…3/14/1975 Adeline Pactor…3/14/2006 Todd Pearson…3/14/2019 Lila Perlstein…3/14/1996 Lillian Yolles…3/14/2010 Stephen Backer…3/15/2009 Rachel Domont…3/15/1961 Nancy Feldman…3/15/2015 David Hamburger…3/15/1940 Rose Herman…3/15/2009 Ruth Moss…3/15/2009 Rosa Rosenberg…3/15/1938 Dorothy Schulman…3/15/2014 Wilhelm Stern…3/15/1942 Leaya Yampolskeye…3/15/1990 Rose Ancel…3/16/2006 Louis Arkush…3/16/2012 Herbert Backer…3/16/1995

Grace Christensen…3/16/2006 Marvin Gold…3/16/2001 Adolf Kerber…3/16/2008 Lillian Kubersky…3/16/1994 Myer Lazarus…3/16/1983 Ruth Lieberman…3/16/2005 William Medias…3/16/1978 Norma Moss…3/16/2020 Walton Sicanoff…3/16/2007 Charles Breeden…3/17/2009 Millie Cohen…3/17/2003 Yevgeny Dolgin…3/17/2020 Helen Goldman…3/17/1996 Dean Gossett…3/17/2018 Harry Olshewitz…3/17/1923 Ben Ratner…3/17/1968 Irvin Rheins…3/17/2019 Aaron Rubin…3/17/2021 Thelma Sands…3/17/1982 Marion Shaw…3/17/1977 Burton Signer…3/17/2011 Julian Weil…3/17/1983 Rose Ancel…3/18/1952 Morton Gellman…3/18/1945 Lillian Goldstein…3/18/1988 Max Litt…3/18/1992 Donna Lucas…3/18/2020 Jacqueline Phillips…3/18/2013 Louis Trockman…3/18/1983 Anna Wolf…3/18/1946 Martin Yale…3/18/2008 Sarah Eskenazi…3/19/1987 Bessie Leopold…3/19/1982 Marilyn Roger…3/19/2012 Stanley Shapiro…3/19/1996 Serene Wittles…3/19/2016 Meyer Efroymson…3/20/1946 Frieda Eichenberg…3/20/1908 Alvin Lerman…3/20/2012 Lazar Levy…3/20/1976 Robert McCann…3/20/2000 Shirley Morgan…3/20/2017 Max Schwartz…3/20/1955 Ida Stiefler…3/20/1948 Louis Stillerman…3/20/1981 Emanuel Ungar…3/20/2016 George Wise…3/20/2016 Leon Fisch…3/21/1975 Abe Grossman…3/21/1959 Sadie Mann…3/21/1985 Sol Shmookler…3/21/1987 George Ungar…3/21/1957 Samuel Apter…3/22/1982 Sol Basan…3/22/1969 Jeanne Booth…3/22/2004 Inez Herz…3/22/2001 Elsie Karsch…3/22/1993 Joseph Klein…3/22/1968 Zelma Mintz…3/22/1995 Shirley Mossler…3/22/1989 Philip Perlstein…3/22/2003 Benjamin Provisor…3/22/1996 Rudolph Selig…3/22/1977 Anita Silver…3/22/2007 Albert Alliss…3/23/2007 John Borinstein…3/23/2015 Hattie Breman…3/23/1964 Jerry Epstein…3/23/2007 Lawrence Feldman…3/23/1999 Jeanette Fisch…3/23/1943 Ruth Fisch…3/23/1943 Frances Abels…3/24/1992 Earl Bradford…3/24/2001 Esther Eisenberg…3/24/1986 Jacob Feuerlicht…3/24/1920 Annette Kalishman…3/24/2002 Fred Levin…3/24/2017 Rose Levinsohn…3/24/1968

Phyllis Singer…3/24/1971 David Smith…3/24/2018 Bayne Benjamin…3/25/1987 Dorothy Gorshel…3/25/1993 Jeanette Greenberger…3/25/1989 Nadine Haury…3/25/1999 Marge Jacobs…3/25/1997 Harry Kushnarov…3/25/1983 Alan Louis Lieberman…3/25/1998 Rollin Parker…3/25/1997 Barry Ressler…3/25/2001 Ellyn Signer…3/25/2008 Abe Winter…3/25/1980 Jeffrey Yolles…3/25/2014 Molly Cohen…3/26/1990 David Epstein…3/26/2017 Sandy Frey…3/26/2020 Rose Goldberg…3/26/1996 Helen Himelstein…3/26/1978 Joyce Koehler…3/26/2005 Dora Loganofsky…3/26/1949 Michel Mirowski…3/26/1990 Aaron Rabb…3/26/2006 Max Seidman…3/26/1981 Sherman Weinstein…3/26/2003 Ida Weinstock…3/26/1974 Betty Yosha…3/26/1977 Adel Bank…3/27/1975 Al Braun…3/27/1988 Harry Glanzman…3/27/1948 Francis Hackett…3/27/2012 Hannah Julian…3/27/1982 Florence Kouts…3/27/1996 Abe Levenstein…3/27/1956 Edward Pearlman…3/27/1980 Robert Pickrell…3/27/1997 Evelyn Sabetay…3/27/1979 Robert Benjamin…3/28/1992 Rudolph Domont…3/28/1952 Fryderyka Oesterreicher…3/28/2009 Ethel Rappaport…3/28/1976 Harry Eisenstein…3/29/1997 Mary Fink…3/29/2000 Morris Goodman…3/29/2004 Nathan Kort…3/29/1976 Pearl Refkin…3/29/2002 Louis Rothchild…3/29/2010 Eva Selig…3/29/1918 Max Strashun…3/29/1963 Jeanne Stuckgold…3/29/1990\ Florence Cooper…3/30/1999 Frances Edenberg…3/30/1979 Arnold Feinberg…3/30/2004 Robert Finn…3/30/1989 Harold Kaplan…3/30/1994 Marilyn Karsch…3/30/2001 Edith Kopfstein…3/30/2000 Louis Leitz…3/30/1974 Eli Lieberman…3/30/1987 Stanley Weiss…3/30/2020 Tekla Wolf…3/30/1980 John Adams…3/31/1992 Allan Arkush…3/31/2017 Morris Arnow…3/31/1953 Walter Blumenthal…3/31/1975 Jack Breskow…3/31/2019 Greta Cahn…3/31/1932 Delmas Cromer…3/31/1983 Joseph Fox…3/31/1966 Elaine Halberstadt…3/31/2003 Dolly Herman…3/31/1992 Edward Karsch…3/31/2001 Henry Marks…3/31/1999 Anna Medias…3/31/1933 Marilyn Roth…3/31/1974 Louis Talesnick…3/31/1981 Isaac Zurkovsky…3/31/2010

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