June July 2024

At a Glance: June & July

View our most up-to-date calendar on the IHC website at ihcindy.org/calendar

Mahjongg Mavens, Friday, June 7 at 10:00am

This addicting game of skill, strategy, and luck is a great way to spend time with other IHC enthusiasts on a Friday. Contact Amy Isaacs at amyisaacs2260@gmail.com with any questions. This Circle also meets on June 14 at 2:30pm and June 21 at 10:30am.

Pride Shabbat, Friday, June 7 at 6:15pm

Create community with the LGBTQ+ community in Indianapolis at a special Shabbat service kicking off the city's Pride weekend. Keep an eye on the Weekly Update for more details about marching in the Indianapolis Pride Parade on Saturday, June 8.

Dr. Clare Longendyke presents Arabesques, Sunday, June 9 at 4:00pm IHC Music looks forward to welcoming the talented pianist Dr. Clare Longendyke. This spring, she released her debut album, ...of dreams unveiled In January, she brought her talents to the Palladium in Carmel as one of the artists featured in the Live at the Center series. Purchase tickets for her performance by scanning the QR code below.

Shavuot Yizkor & Festival Service, Wednesday, June 12 at 10:30am

Shavuot is a holiday that focuses on celebrating Torah, learning, and choosing Judaism. This festival service will include a traditional Yizkor memorial service.

Jewish Book Club, Tuesday, June 11 at 12:00pm

The Jewish Book Club is a great way for book lovers to enjoy getting to know each other through lively discussion about great books with Jewish and literary value. If you would like to take part, please email Evelyn Pockrass at epockrass@iquest.net.

Shabbat in the Park, Friday, June 21 at 6:15pm Gather with your IHC clergy and community at the Carmel Gazebo! Pack a dinner, bring a chair or a picnic blanket for a lovely summer evening spent with one another celebrating Shabbat outdoors.

Looking Ahead: Dates to Know

First Day of Jewish Learning Program

Sunday, August 25

First Day of Derech Torah Wednesday, August 21

Selichot

Saturday, September 28

Erev Rosh HaShanah Wednesday, October 2

Rosh HaShanah Thursday, October 3

Rosh HaShanah Second Day Friday, October 4

Kol Nidre Friday, October 11

Yom Kippur Saturday, October 12

Sukkot

Wednesday, October 16 through Wednesday October 23

Simchat Torah

Wednesday, October 23 through Thursday, October 24

Keep an eye out for a full schedule for High Holy Days 5785 in your Weekly Update and at ihcindy.org/highholydays

IHC Family News

We Celebrate the B'nai Mitzvah of:

Bethanie Kaprove, who will be called to the Torah on June 1, 2024. She is a seventhgrade student at Carmel Middle School. Bethanie enjoys spending time with her friends, shopping, and taking part in competitive cheer at Interactive Academy in Zionsville. She is also an excellent flutist. Her parents are Matthew Kaprove and Amanda Lucas. Bethanie has two siblingsJoel and Caroline.

Liam Weinschrott, who will be called to the Torah on June 15, 2024. He is a seventhgrade student at Noblesville East Middle School where he is a member of the Robotics team. Liam enjoys playing soccer and the piano. He is also an avid gamer. His parents are Sara & Dorin Weinschrott. Liam has a younger sister- Charlotte.

Naomi Armstrong, who will be called to the Torah on June 29, 2024. She is a seventhgrade student at Zionsville Middle School. Naomi enjoys dancing, playing the flute, and spending time with her cats and chickens. Her parents are Eliana & Joshua Armstrong. Naomi has an older sister- Talia.

Mazel tov to our own Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro! On March 29, 2024, she accepted her honorary doctorate of Divinity alongside her fellow alumni from the class of 1999 at Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati.

Part of what makes the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation community strong is the profound care we have for one another and the happenings in each other's lives. We celebrate and shout a hearty "Mazel tov!" for occasions like b'nai mitzvah, weddings, births, retirements, and the major accomplishments of our members. We are also a support system during the difficult time of mourning the death of a loved one. IHC wants to recognize you and your family during celebratory and sorrowful times.

If you have IHC Family News to share, or have news to share about a fellow IHC member, please email communications@ihcindy.org or clergy.office@ihcindy.org

A Message from Clergy

Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro

I will admit that I know very little about sports. While my husband watches games, I will comment on the uniforms and colors of shoes I get excited at displays of good sportsmanship and friendships between players on

different teams However, I know very little about witnessing real athletic talent Therefore, you should be surprised to read that I know anything about Caitlin Clark, the #1 draft pick for the WNBA who is now part of the Indiana Fever I have watched her play in a couple games (on TV) and have admired her skill. I have also heard and read many comments saying, on one hand, that she has brought the American public to appreciate women’s basketball and, on the other hand, that she may be talented, but there are many other players out there who are talented and who are not getting the attention they deserve. Moreover, yes, I am aware of the huge disparity between her starting salary and that of any male NBA player.

This article, though, is not about Caitlin Clark. It is about recognizing that the name we know – the one who brought all the attention – may not be the first

On Shavuot, it is customary to read the megillah (scroll) of Ruth The story is about a woman who, after the death of her husband, chooses to stay with her mother-in-law and to follow Adonai, the god of her deceased husband’s family The story of Ruth is estimated to have occurred around 1100 BCE Ruth is held up as a penultimate story of conversion Throughout history, many choosing feminine names as a Jewish name, choose “Ruth” in her honor.

Yet, Ruth’s story of choosing to be with the Jewish people is not the first story of a person choosing to be with the Jewish/Israelite people. Pre-586 BCE, one could [and did] choose to live among the Israelites and were subject to all rules and regulations [and observances] of the Israelite people. Marriages occurred among different groups of people and if the family lived among the Israelites, they were Israelites. Essentially, you were what you practiced in the community you lived

After the destruction of the first Temple (586 BCE) and starting after 520 BCE, we do read about formal conversion involving study and mikvah. A formal process of living, practicing, and proclaiming was part of one’s process to declare themselves a Jew. Nevertheless, this was long after Ruth’s declaration.

Throughout Jewish literature, Ruth is referred to as the “first” convert to Judaism, but we know this is not the reality Jacob’s sons married women outside of their tribe and the women raised Israelite children Moses married Tziporah, a princess of Midian, and she was the one who made sure her sons were circumcised Rahab, the beautiful Canaanite prostitute who lived in the outer walls of Jericho, who hid the spies, ends up not only saving the day, but also brings her surviving family to live among the Israelites – choosing to be among the people of Israel. She is considered one of the righteous heroines in our biblical text and one who chose Judaism. It is interesting that Boaz’s parents are thought to be Rahab and Salmon – which means that if it is the same Rahab, she converted before giving birth to Boaz who would, many years later, marry Ruth.

Yet, Ruth, said to have been a Moabite princess, is exactly for whom the rabbis compiling Midrashim were waiting Her lineage and her unblemished background were more in line for what could be held up as the “ideal” convert for generations to come Ruth’s kindness and loyalty (her talents) made her the one that brought everyone “to the courts ” She was not the first, but she is the one whose name is mentioned when the topic of conversion surfaces

This reality is a struggle – as we explore Jewish texts and history, we often find that the name given the “credit” was not the first or necessarily the “best,” but for some reason was the one that captured all the attention. On one hand, more attention to the matter can only help grow the appreciation for those who convert (in the case of Ruth) or the sport (in the case of women’s basketball and Caitlin Clark). On the other hand, the names and stories of those who were on the cutting edge and who did pave the way for those who followed are often overlooked.

This Shavuot, may we remember to uncover the stories of those who led the way and share them, to embrace their achievements, and to enjoy witnessing the incredible feats of those who have captured our attention

Meet Your New IHC Board President

Greetings!

I am Sarah Freeman, your new IHC Board of Directors president My husband, Ian Stewart, and I have lived in Indianapolis for almost 25 years We are both attorneys and proud public servants for the State of Indiana

Our daughter, Nia, is a rising sophomore at Indiana University-Bloomington.

In 2008, I converted to Judaism, and we decided, as an interfaith family, to raise our daughter Jewish. We joined IHC and began our Jewish life together. Nia attended religious school at IHC, studied Hebrew at the Bureau of Jewish Education, and was one of Cantor Aviva Marer’s first b’nai mitzvah students. I was active in Sisterhood and sang in the choir, and Ian joined us for Shabbat and holiday services.

Through friends we have made at IHC, we have grown our own Jewish “family” and enjoy hosting inclusive seders as well as our annual ‘Menorahpalooza’ extravaganza. Together, we’ve watched our children grow from Consecration to Confirmation, and we support each other through life cycle events. We pray together at the Rosh Hashanah retreat and celebrate “Jewish Christmas” with Chinese food and movies.

At IHC, friends become family, and this is why I’m proud to call IHC home and serve as your president. IHC enriches my life, and I am privileged to have the opportunity to give back to IHC.

As a lay leader, I’ve served and learned alongside past presidents Marc Katz, Eloise Paul, and Mitch Katz, and I intend to continue the sacred partnership they have established with our clergy and staff. Together, Senior Rabbi Brett Krichiver, Executive Director Peter Smithhisler, and I will develop and implement a vision for IHC with our sacred partnership as its foundation.

My vision for IHC is one of optimism, abundance, and growth - a vision that embodies the positivity I feel when I enter our beautiful synagogue This vision reflects the value that IHC adds to my life and, I hope, to yours This vision requires not just me, and not just our clergy and staff, but also - and most importantly - each of you to become a reality

I invite you to join our sacred partnership and share with us the value that IHC brings to you

Each of us has a story and these stories form the fabric of IHC I hope my story conveys the priority I place on belonging to IHC as a sustaining member and belonging at IHC where I have created lifelong and multigenerational relationships

I also hope to learn your story!

Please introduce yourself and let me know why IHC matters to you and how the entire IHC teamfellow congregants, lay leaders, staff, and clergycan support you

L’shalom,

Sarah Freeman IHC Board President president@ihcindy.org

Your IHC Board of Directors

Vice President: Eric Simons

Vice President: Lorraine Ball

Secretary: Jennifer Vigran

Treasurer: Benjamin Abraham

Immediate Past President: Mitch Katz

Members:

Jeffrey A. Abrams

Steven Bulloff

Patty Goodman

Ken Gould

Michelle Lawrence

Marci Price

Julian Shepard

Andrew Soshnick

Pauline Spiegel

Carly Turow

Lilia Zurkovsky

The Next Generation of IHC Leaders

A unique feature of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation is IHC-U; a leadership enhancement program aimed to grow a broad leadership cohort within our congregation

The second IHC-U cohort met this year from January through May Facilitated by Executive Director Peter Smithhisler, participants were immersed in a learning environment aimed at amplifying their leadership potential IHC-U is for emerging leaders, as well as those seasoned by experience Over the course of five sessions, the cohort explored what leadership is, the intersections between leadership and Jewish identity, ways to drive purposeful action and change, and creating a personal plan of action for the future

Participants also had the opportunity to connect with past and current IHC leadership (see picture below), gaining insights into IHC’s history to better understand how to lead our temple into the future

At the end of the five sessions, the goal is for participants to be encouraged and feel confident to pursue leadership roles within our community

We connected with members from IHC-U Cohort two about their connections to IHC and how their Judaism aligns with their leadership

Kate Duffy

My Jewish identity influences my leadership...

I understand how it feels to be marginalized and misunderstood and to see my child treated as the "other" in public schools. For that reason, I feel an imperative to speak out for and become involved in initiatives that advocate for the underserved and underrepresented. I feel my most significant Jewish leadership comes in my role as a parent and grandparent. That is the most immediate way to impart the values of tikkun olam and tzedakah.

Dan Goldblatt

I came to IHC because...

This was my family's temple My grandparents were members, and even though we rarely came when I was a child, this is the temple I've always associated with My wife and I became more involved and became actual members after our daughter was born, as we want her to have more of a Jewish identity than I did I'm looking forward to her attending religious school once she's older and, eventually, becoming a bat mitzvah here at IHC

Kylea Asher-Smith

I came to IHC because...

When we moved to Indianapolis, we had family who were already congregants of IHC. Having grown up as Reform Jews, David and I planned to raise our kids Jewish, but we didn’t necessarily feel the instinct to join a congregation right away. After just one Rosh Hashanah Retreat at GUCI, we knew that IHC was a uniquely special community for which we wanted to belong. In addition, observing the many ways that the IHC community supported our family and sister-in-law (Jenni Berebitsky, of blessed memory) as she traversed her brave journey with ALS, we more fully understood it was the people—loving friends, exceptional clergy, caring congregants—that makes IHC a second home. We love that IHC centers its mission around inclusivity, and that this is palpable in every event and exchange.

Dakota Hudelson

I feel community at IHC...

Sarah Skwire

My Jewish identity influences my leadership...

when we pray, eat, and celebrate together. I feel community at IHC when, even in the face of darkness and despair, we focus on repairing the world And most of all, I feel community at IHC when we build bridges with others who share the challenges of being part of an oppressed minority group

by emphasizing the importance of debate and discussion. It’s hard for me to estimate how often I have mentioned in meetings and academic discussions the fact that the Talmud preserves full discussions about topics, not just the winning side. For Jews, the answer is the process as much as the product. And when that process gets hard? I try to keep in mind the line from Pirkei Avot that tells us, “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it (2:21).”

Shira Malone

My Jewish identity influences my leadership...

in every possible way I think values guide our decisions both with intention and even when we are not cognizant of their influence

The third cohort is scheduled to begin in January 2025. If you or someone you know is interested in participating, please express your interest to Peter Smithhisler at executivedirector@ihcindy.

Member Spotlight: Bob & Rose-Marie Goodman

On Main Street, in Zionsville, Indiana, sits Robert Goodman Jewelers. Owned by IHC members Bob and RoseMarie Goodman, you can trace the roots of the business back more than 120 years. During the 1901 World’s Fair, Bob’s grandfather, Jacob Goodman, ran a carnival booth. He gave away jewelry trinkets as prizes. He was stuck with all the

jewelry after the fair shut down following the assassination of President McKinley (he was giving a speech at the fair when he was shot). Goodman decided to peddle the shiny wares, thus beginning the Goodman family’s entrance into the world of jewelry.

Jewish Journeys

Bob describes being brought up in a “70s reform Jewish family.” They called IHC home and he attended sunday school. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington where he met RoseMarie. She was born and raised in the Netherlands before coming to Indiana for college. The two were married in 1981, not long after graduating. Bob was Jewish. Rose-Marie was Catholic. At the time, clergy in the Reform Movement were not performing interfaith marriages, unless of course, the non-Jewish spouse converted. The two were prepared to be an interfaith couple, because “we did not want to force our religion on the other partner like that.” The two had what they called ‘their civil ceremony’ in Indianapolis, and then later went to the Netherlands for the ‘religious ceremony’ with Rose-Marie’s family.

The couple have two children: a daughter and a son. They agreed their children would not grow up just Jewish or just Catholic, but have a choice in what they wanted to believe.

Over time, Rose-Marie admits “slowly, I really became comfortable in the Jewish religion and community. It just felt so warm and comfortable.” She became interested in conversion. She and Bob took Introduction to Judaism classes at IHC. The news of her potential conversion did not sit well with her parents, especially her mother.

Being afraid to go against her mother’s wishes, Rose-Marie delayed conversion until after her mother’s death. Once she was officially Jewish, she never told her father, but eventually told her sister, whom Rose-Marie says was very accepting.

Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation is a Jewish community where our members can be inspired to action through Jewish values. For both Bob and Rose-Marie, living out the value of tikkun olam (repair the world) is not only a core part of their Jewish identity, but it is a huge part of how they connect with the world through their business.

Doing Business Differently

Bob cannot directly point to a specific example of how he came to be a strong advocate for social change. As a child, he remembers interacting with IHC clergy, like Rabbi Maurice Davis, known for his participation in the Civil Rights Movement. He remembers how Jewish people were some of the first allies to join Black Americans as freedom riders. His family never preached to him about things like equality and equity, but Bob can see how it is part of his roots

His uncle rented office space to the NAACP; the organization’s first office in Indianapolis Bob only recently learned about his father’s (Raymond Goodman) connection to the Black community in Indianapolis Recognizing the lack of diversity in the world of jewelry, Bob and RoseMarie host pop-ups for lack jewelers and artisans. During one of these pop-ups, they met a woman, who, according to Bob, told them how years ago (when there were roughly 25 jewelers in downtown Indianapolis), Goodman Jewelers was the only place black people, like herself, could purchase class rings. She went on to explain how of all of the jewelers downtown, Goodman’s was the only one that allowed black people to make purchases with credit.

Bob also found out that some sixty-five years ago, his father placed an ad for the store in a yearbook for Crispus Attucks High School During those times, it was an all-black high school. Bob says alumni connected with him when they were putting together a program to mark an upcoming anniversary. They wanted to reach out to all the businesses with ads in their yearbook. Bob guesses that his father was, if not the only, one of the few white merchants who agreed to place an ad.

Much like their predecessor, Bob and Rose-Marie run their store in a way that some would say incorporate “bad business practices.” The couple is anything but shy about their social advocacy, and the causes they support. You can see it before you even step into the store through various signs, banners, and flags

The Goodmans say they are “unabashedly” pro-choice,

as Judaism says life begins on first breath and ends it with last breath They avidly support public education. They are allies of the LGBTQ+ and transgender community. They support Black Lives Matter Bob and Rose-Marie promote interfaith conversations- supporting Muslim, Hindu, and other belief systems. The two stand firmly against hate in all forms, including antisemitism and islamophobia

The couple understands what can happen when you are open and vocal about these type of issues There have been demonstrators and threatening emails, but it does not deter them. “We encourage people to come into our store We want them to have conversations [with us].” They also recognize how such advocacy might turn customers away. However, they say that same advocacy is what makes some customers feel comfortable and welcome to walk through the door.

Their commitment to social justice extends into the business side of things too. They adapt their practices to benefit the environment and people who are part of the jewelry process (suppliers of stone and metal, designers, etc).

Bob and Rose-Marie know the switch to these more conscientious business practices is not easy, especially when there is a bottom line. However, they feel it is possible to make a living without doing so at the expense of others The two have a message to other businesses owners who want to take similar steps with their business: “Call us and let's talk through it We can give you our life, our experience, our business experience with this.”

More Than a Jewelry Store

Over the last several years, Robert Goodman Jewelers has become a community space. Bob recalls how Jennifer Nelson Williams from AaronRuben-Nelson Mortuary contacted him about putting a public menorah for Hanukkah in front of the store. He and Rose-Marie agreed to do it. It has now become tradition for the past three years for the store to host a public menorah lighting. For Bob, seeing all the people gathered in the street together, many hearing the Jewish prayers chanted for the first time, is what makes these events worthwhile.

Not too long after the menorah lighting, the Goodmans’ Muslim friends in town approached them with an idea: Would the store host an iftar, the breaking of the fast during Ramadan? It was a yes from Bob and Rose-Marie. Bob remembers the sight of seeing people laying out their prayer rugs, right on Main Street, as the group did a public call to prayer, all in the sight of those driving nearby.

For the Goodmans, gatherings and communal interactions like these are about “bringing people together to understand other people. If we understand each other better, then can't we be more accepting of one another?”

A Legacy

“We want to change the world. We believe firmly in social justice and that it extends everywhere.”

The legacy of Robert Goodman Jewelers started with the World’s Fair over a century ago. That legacy continues today, with its owners living out tikkun olam, repairing the world in a way that they hope will make life fairer for all.

May Their Memory Be for Blessing...

June Yahrzeits

June 1

Arthur Appel

David Himm

Alexander Karsh

Frederick Killen

Shelly Miller

Robert Tanner

June 2

Theresa Berman

Irving Goldberg

Harold Sussman

Jerry Yale

June 3

Paul Feltman

Alan Kranowitz

Celia Miller

Gertrude Reed

David Regenstrief

Lynne Silbermann

James Widner

June 4

Minnie Atlass

Lois Baker

Maxine Bloom

Gertrude Cohen

Celia Efroymson

Jeanette Gould

Barbara Greenberg

Rose Hays

Anna Hornstein

Richard Klein

Gaetana Mollin

Ruth Poppe

Marshall Seidman

M G Smith

Martin Zukof

June 5

Roslyn Crandus

Maria Dohmen

David Fogle

Barbara Nickbarg

Ruth Pryweller

Susan Rabb

Morris Rossen

Rose Schahet

Morton Shapiro

Philip Zimmerman

June 6

Minnie Cutler

Clara Goldstein

Sydney Greenstein

Lester Hart

Louise Levine

Earl Marvin

Douglass Popp

Gerald Pryweller

Julius Rosen

Tillie Speyer

Jules Werner

Geneive Yaunt

Harry Zukof

June 7

Lawrence Blum

Adrienne Cohen

Rose Greenwald

Israel Hurwitz

Bert Schechter

Theodore Shonfield

William Stewart

June 8

Sophia Brodsky

Jackie Fish

Betty Fleck

Cecelia Frankel

Henrietta Ganser

Rachel Hurwitz

Alice Kahn

Harry Lockman

Gussie Redish

Nyla Shonfield

Meyer Singer

Eva Stiasny

Bess Traugott

Albert Weiss

June 9

Helen Dionne

Kenneth Dorrell

William Hene

Elene Leeds

Dorothy Miller

Ruth Neumann

Flora Romer

Ida Silver

Stephanie Sutherland

Suzanne Zaltsberg

June 10

Marilyn Arnove

Mark Becker

Bess Blumenthal

Robert Careskey

Kenneth Glaser

Simon Koester

Milda Markus

Mary Mayer

Esther Medias

Evelyn Richter

Martin Stein

Benjamin Sugarman

June 11

Ethel Biller

June Fisch

Emanuel Kahn

Emanuel Kahn Jr

Louis Lurvey

Tillie Maierson

Marta Stern

Victor Teixler

Marina Voldman

June 12

Arthur Appel

Alma Aronson

Michael Frey

Melvin Goodman

John Holloway

Leo Kolodin

Arlen Pockrass

Frank Shepard

June 13

Isaac Leventhal

Vivian Pecar

Phyllis Rose

Pinkus Rosenberg

Albert Spitzberg

Marc Wagman

June 14

Armin Bogar

Eddy Brown

Lucy Kahn

Gladys Kaminsky

Rose Levin

Eunice Manders

Leon Mishelow

Donald Naughton

Judith Perk

Ruben Roth

Mauna Schmutte

Beatrice Sobel

June 15

Eldon Berridge

Brad Breighner

Gert Iskow

Norma Johnson

Mac Lawson

Laura Rosenberg

Charles Spiegal

Ben Stone

Louis Wender

June 16

Florence Goldberg

Rakhil Grinshpun

Samuel Gurwitz

Joseph Mehlman

Nathan Miller

Fannie Mossler

Tillye Rosenberg

Josephine Wurzman

June 17

Ray Berman

Lawrence Harrison

Larry Harrison

Christina Kouzios

Nathan Miller

Himan Pearlman

June Seidman

Doris Solomon

Nannette Tesser

Gertrude Werner

June 18

Morris Burnstein

Henry Butterman

Garson Cohen

Alan Halpern

Norman Kaplan

Bertha Mehlman

Brenda Messing

Robert Speicher

Elinor Vaprin

June 19

Leopold Breisacher

Rael Brown

Anna Broxmeyer

Ruth Cannon

Debbie Chalfie

Vivian Chernoff

Stanley Cohen

Dorothy Efroymson

June Herman

Mania Kerschenblat

Bobbie Popp

Dora Rosenberg

June 20

Rosalie Cohn

Betty Golden

Nannette Kahn

Herbert Miller

Ethel Segal

Dennis Stiasny

David Sugarman

Ida Tulkop

Jessica Zimmerman

June 21

Robert Allison

Arthur Glick

Rex Hindman

David Leventhal

Sam Mell

Luba Voldman

June 22

Joseph Baer

Bessie Goodman

Manfred Kramer

Lillian Polisar

Anna Schmuckler

Herman Strashun

Francis Ziker

June 23

Larry Burke

Wallace Goldstein

Florence Herman

Annalee Jaffe

Philip Kushner

Sidney Parkans

Aubrie Zelikovich

June 24

Marcia Abramson

Stephanie Allen

Mary Bassler

Martin Cannon

Lucille Cohen

Colin Davis

Fannie Epstein

Charles Fisch

Otto Freed

Norman Glazer

Ada Greenberg

Jackie Law

Johanna McCormack

Minnie Roger

Minna Rothchild

Bessie Scheer

Jacob Yosha

June 25

Andy Abels

Simon Barez

Ilene Goldburg

Frances Goodman

Louis Krinsky

Sandra Lipp

Joseph Mollin

Bernard Nickbarg

Harold Scheer

Jacob Tesser

Jack Wedgle

Rosa Zimbler

June 26

Pola Flax

Martin Glaser

Moe Katz

Sam Pactor

Roberta Valentine

Feyga Zurkovsky

June 27

Teresa Blickman

Jennie Brann

David Cutler

Bentsion Fvenkel

Ruth Hoffman

Steve Horwitz

Ellen Lorch

Alice Markwood

Rose Olshewitz

Shelley Shane

Selma Stein

June 28

Karl Hene

Howard Hess

Ernest Lorch

Alice Roth

Shirley Sharpe

June 29

Eleanor Anthony

Ron Carlson

Emil Haas

Bett Hene

Joseph Jacobson

Benjamin Lawrence

Florence Lischin

June 30

Ilana Fried

Eugene Friedmann

Julius Getsug

William Meyers

Shirley Solomon

May Their Memory Be for Blessing...

July Yahrzeits

July 1

Joseph Ackerman

Samuel Fisher

Samuel Goldman

Gladys Kaminsky

Amalie Lion

Albert Oshrin

Madeline Ruekberg

Adella Teixler

Gussie Tesser

Pessia Tokar

July 2

Rosa Aronchik

Diana Chenoweth

Morris Epstein

Hattie Feldman

Harry Goldberg

Olga Hindman

Ralph Olsen

Hermine Shapiro

Raya Vengerko

July 3

Margaret Apostle

Rosa Borodaty

Irene Frey

Rabbi Richard Hertz

Goldie Kramer

Mel Micon

Andrew Reed

Jake Wakefield

July 4

Sigmund Asher

William Gershman

Suzanne Greenberg

Sidney Netzorg

Louis Schabler

Mary Snellenberg

Claudia Talesnick

Rose Talesnick

July 5

Marjorie Cohn

Fredric Fogle

Esther Schwartz

Michael Waldman

July 6

Leo Lisker

Shirley Schachter

Morris Silver

Ray Slaby

July 7

Abe Bartick

William Caplan

James Careskey

Selma Cowan

Jonathan Dworkin

Calypso Lane

Herbert Moss

Ida Spector

Maurice Weisberger

July 8

Leslie Baker

Mary Ann Condon

Judith Feldman

Clara Joseph

Solomon Koby

Mortimer Mann

Sofiya Peysekhman

Shirley Rosenberg

William Wechter

July 9

Inga Beiman

Thelma Medias

Arthur Rose

July 10

Shirley Cohen

Shirley Ann Cohen

Meyer Efroymson

Jerry Paskoff

Jorge Roman-Lagunas

Arthur Rose

Stephen Winn

July 11

Shoshana Bronicki

Patsy Cohen

Hannah Dee

Beatrice Fisher

Benjamin Garelick

Mary Harrington

Dorothy Michaels

Marvin Nickbarg

Leopold Oesterreicher

Kathe Rothholz

July 12

Alice Blumenthal

Celia Helford

Ruth Kushner

Rose Rosen

James Ruekberg

Arnold Satz

Margie Shane

Barbara Sicanoff

Harriet Weinstein

July 13

Louis Heilbrun

Philip Lasley

Louis Lemberger

Esther Paris

Pauline Ressler

Meyer Smith

July 14

Joseph Druker

Richard Falender

Yolanda Foster

Adlah Grossman

Ida Kappelman

Bonnie Maret-Bennett

Robert Rose

Arlene Rosenthal

Edward Wormser

Harold Yalowitz

July 15

Monroe Alt

Mary Appel

Harry Asher

Ruth Brodey

William Hantman

July 16

Betty Greenberg

Mabelle Jackson

Julia Ratzman

Miriam Turetzky

Dan Yerushalmi

July 17

David Baerncopf

James Fishman

Elizabeth Friedmann

Perry Goldstein

Sophie Hersh

Harold Jaffe

Sylvia Lefkovitz

Charles Levine

Marcia Levine

Louis Logan

Lawrence Mayer

Benjamin Shapiro

Herman Vaprin

July 18

Sol Bodner

Herschel Cohen

Milton Ettinger

Joseph Wiener

July 19

Samuel Ancel

Jack Bulloff

Robert Fruehman

Gary Gold

Florence Jacobson

Rose Jaffe

Bruce Lewis

Goodman Miller

Marlana Wein

July 20

Morris Dee

Richard Jacobs

Carlis Johnson

S. Carroll Kahn, Jr.

Erna Lindauer

Martha Mervis

Carleen Paul

Susie Plew

Boris Rabin

July 21

Anthony Berk

Sarah Goldberg

Edith Miller

Melanie Weiss

July 22

Mary Holloway

Bertha Immerman

Emmanuel Meyer

Saul Rabb

Lester Rosenthal, Jr

Harry Rubenstein

David Scheer

July 23

Arthur Cassell

Roz Chall

Emanuel Fihn

David Friedlander

Abe Jacobson

Marvin Kranz

Hyman Kulback

Manuel Segal

Roy Snedegar

Sarah Vaprin

July 24

Frank Bodner

Harry Chaifetz

George Citizen

Rabbi William Cohen

Gertrude Joseph

Esther Krinsky

Rebecca Levine

Shirley Marks

Regina Mendelson

David Nelson

Herman Schuchman

Edward Sigalow

Dennis Silverstein

Betty Vinson

Vivian Weinberg

Celia Zimmerman

Myron Zwick

July 25

Irving Chandler

Willard Comer

Leo Friedman

Hymie Holowitz

Fred Hyman

Richard Kaplan

Gloria Nelson

Sarah Spasser

Evelyn Ungar

Samuel Winograd

July 26

Miriam Adolph

Joseph Ehrenwald

Jean Goodman

Molly Jacobs

Mack Katz

Dorothy Meyers

Walter Moos

Phil Rosentraub

Albert Schierhorst

Adele Silver

Clyde Sussman

July 27

Ben Broock

Jean Dover

Ryan Fritsche

Ronetta Kahn

Sydell Lewis

Dorothy Mantel

Anna Mell

Philip Pecar

Ruth Rosenberg

William Stein

Lev Veygman

July 28

Charles Cohen

Jacob Hays

Herbert Larman

Harry Lazerov

Thea Lindauer

Bernard Sosin

Jodi Wrubel

July 29

Gloria Baerncopf

Charles Efroymson, Sr

James Feeney

Irving Rockmore

Stephanie Seleman

July 30

Bert Jaffe

Eugena Kantina

Mary Klapper

Wendy Mossler

Rose Rappaport

Janet Rothbard

Percy Segal

Roger Sergeant

July 31

Andrew Bartick

Lillian Cutler

Charles Epstein

Morris Fishman

Lisl Fruehman

Rachel Gitsis

Moses Goldberg

Constance Goldblatt

Rosalyn Rifkin

Susan Roseff

Albert Simon

Fyodor Zamorsky

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The cover for this issue of the Kulanu features the three Torah scrolls inside the ark of the IHC sanctuary.