Kulanu May/June 2025

IN THIS ISSUE: Pride Parade and Ga’avah Confirmation Shavuot Sweetness

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CONTENTS Pride at IHC..................................................................2 Confirmation................................................................6 Upcoming Shabbatot...............................................8 Shavuot Recipes.........................................................9

PRIDE AT IHC IHC PRIDE SHABBAT & ONEG Friday, June 13 at 6:15 p.m.

Come to services for Pride Shabbat at IHC, featuring a guest speaker from IYG, decorate the parking lot with chalk, and enjoy some nosh at Oneg! Ga’avah is hosting Oneg for Pride Shabbat.

Upcoming Events.....................................................10 Mazel Tov.....................................................................11 Adult Ed 2025 Classes.............................................11 IHC Circles...................................................................12 Yahrzeit List................................................................13

CONNECT Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation

@ihc.indy

Phone: 317.255.6647 ECC: 317.254.2186

www.ihcindy.org

SHABBAT AT IHC Kabbalat Shabbat Services 6:15 p.m. Fridays

Torah Study 9 a.m. Saturdays

Participate in person or visit ihcindy.org/online for Zoom info.

Services, unless otherwise noted, will be live streamed at ihcindy.org/streaming.

Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation (IHC) is an inclusive Jewish community where all congregants matter, are inspired to action through Jewish values, and experience Judaism in a meaningful way.

INDIANAPOLIS HEBREW CONGREGATION

INDY PRIDE PARADE Saturday, June 14 — Parade starts at 10 a.m., but line up will be earlier (exact line up time TBA) Location: Mass Ave. (staging area/line up location TBA) Join Ga’avah and the wider IHC community spreading Jewish joy at the 2025 Indy Pride Parade. More information coming soon!

SAFER SEX KIT ASSEMBLY AT THE DAMIEN CENTER Monday, June 16 from 5 – 7 p.m.

Monday, July 21 from 5 – 7 p.m.

Limited spots available Register at bit.ly/ihcgaavah-damiencenter-june Location: 26 N Arsenal Ave. Join the Damien Center Prevention and Outreach team to assemble Safer Sex Kits to distribute to the community. These kits contain various items aimed at helping folks engage in safer sexual practices and helping prevent the spread of HIV and other STIs. These kits are handed out to the community for free at various Damien Center Outreach events and local businesses throughout the year. Spots are filling quickly, so register ASAP!

Celebrating “b’tzelem Elohim” and Ga’avah

By Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader Last summer I participated in the Indy Pride Parade for the first time. Although I have wanted to walk in the Pride Parade previously, this was the first time I was able to . I was excited not only to participate in it as an individual, but also to be part of the Jewish community marching in it together.

As Rabbi Victor Appel wrote: “Reform Judaism has a long and proud history of working for the full inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQ+ people in Jewish life and for their full civil rights. As Reform Jews, we are guided by the belief that all human beings are created b’tzelem Elohim (in the Divine image). As it says in Genesis 1:27, ‘And God created humans in God’s own image, in the image of God, God created them; male and female God created them.’ Rabbi David Saperstein, director emeritus of the Religious Action Center, said: ‘Regardless of context, discrimination against any person arising from apathy, insensitivity, ignorance, fear, or hatred is inconsistent with our fundamental beliefs. We oppose discrimination against all LGBTQIA+ individuals, for the stamp of the Divine is present in each and every one of us.’”

In keeping with many years of IHC’s tradition and the ideology of the Reform Movement, I am thrilled that we will be participating in the Indy Pride Parade again. In a time that I know has been difficult for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, I am especially proud to be marching in it together.

About IHC’s participation in the Indy Pride Parade, IHC Board Member and head of the Ga’avah (Pride) Circle, Carly Traynor said: “It means so much to see members of the IHC community who are straight and cisgender walk alongside those of us who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. It creates a wonderful sense of unity and affirms that queer and trans Jews are an important part of the fabric of IHC.”

In support of the LGBTQIA+ community, IHC will feature a guest speaker during Shabbat Services on June 13. Our guest speaker will be Angie Tarr, the training and outreach manager for Indiana Youth Group (IYG). Ms. Tarr is an excellent speaker who has taught several sessions for the JLP parents. In each of Ms. Tarr’s sessions, I learned a lot from her, especially about ways to support LBGTQIA+ youth. Ms Tarr will speak about the experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community in recent months, and how to be allies to support members of this community. We will once again begin our Shabbat celebration with an opportunity to write in messages of love.

On Saturday, June 14, the IHC and Jewish community will be marching in the Indy Pride Parade. We will be publicizing details about how to sign up to march together and how to order IHC Pride t-shirts soon. I hope you will be able to join us for this special Shabbat service and/or to march in the Indy Pride Parade.

Especially in a year that has been challenging for many, I am proud of our celebration and support of the LBGTQIA+ community and Pride Shabbat. Last year the Pride Parade was filled with rainbows, joy, and love, and I hope this year it will be too. In the weeks and months ahead, I hope we all have more opportunities to celebrate love, focus on joy, and find hope together.

GA’AVAH E ID R P R O F S G ESSIN L B & S R E Y A PR From the book

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Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells

by Rabbi Denise L. Eger

A BLESSING FOR PRIDE

A PRAYER FOR STRAIGHT FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON PRIDE SHABBAT

M’kor hachayim, Source of life, You have blessed each of us with Your spirit. In Your wisdom, You have made each of us a unique treasure. Ma’yan chayeinu, Wellspring of our lives, cause us to flow with courage, strength, and compassion to live our stories openly, proudly, and joyfully.

Sh’chinah shel ahavah, Presence of love, You embrace us with Your love. May we embrace ourselves, our partners, our lovers, our friends, our children, our dear ones with the power of Your ahavah rabah, Your unending, boundless love.

Ru’ach hashalom, Spirit of peace and wholeness, open our eyes to the gifts and blessings we offer and receive from each other; open our hearts to welcome each other fully and truly; open our hands to embrace, to support, to lift each other, b’gilah b’rinah uv’rei’ut — with joy, with song, and with deep friendship.

Today, as we celebrate renewal, Pride, and community, let us walk together with strength, compassion, and love.

N’vareich et Ma’yan chayeinu asher t’kadesh ut’samei’ach otanu.

We bless You, Wellspring of our lives; may You fill us with joy and sanctity.

— By Rabbi Joshua Zlochower, Rabbi Erica Steelman, and Dr. Gloria Becker, 2019 4 MAY/JUNE 2025 | IHCIndy.org

Rock of strength, Shield of our ancestors, let us walk a path of justice and truth. We pray this day for our straight family and friends who stand with us in this struggle for love, acceptance, and equality. Let each of them be blessed with Your love and courage to face another day. Grant to our family and friends the inner fortitude to challenge homophobia and address the oppression of transgender people where they work and play. May they always be honest about our lives and their lives. Let us turn in love toward each other just as the prophet Malachi has taught, “May the hearts of the parents be turned toward the children and the children towards their parents” (3: 24). Then on that day of reconciliation, rejoicing will be heard throughout the land and Your truth, O Eternal One, in our hearts.

V’nomar: amein.

And let us say: Amen.

— By Rabbi Denise L. Eger, 2006

A BLESSING FOR MY LGBTQ ANCESTORS You, who fought to love.

You, who prayed to the same God I do.

You, who insisted on your dignity even when the world said you had none.

You, who died of AIDS while fighting for a cure, so that people like me might live.

You, who were shot in a massacre while on the dance floor.

You, who could not come out and held your secret until your dying day.

You, who were insulted, shamed, beaten, and brutalized, yet kept walking.

You, who contributed your fierceness, your originality, your art, and your voice to this world.

I walk in your memory.

I walk this path, smoothed and chartered by your sacrifice toward justice, toward holiness, toward freedom.

Baruch atah Adonai magein Avraham v’ezrat Sarah.

Blessed are You, Adonai, Sarah’s Helper, Abraham’s Shield.

— By Dave Yedid, 2019

Ga’avah, meaning “Pride,” is a vibrant circle at IHC dedicated to uplifting LGBTQ+ members and allies! It’s a welcoming space for connection, learning, worship, and advancing LGBTQ+ social justice efforts within IHC and the wider community.

We’re excited to welcome new members to join us on this meaningful journey!

PRIDE

To join or learn more, contact circle leader Carly Traynor at cmtraynor@gmail.com.

TWILIGHT PEOPLE: A PRAYER FOR TRANS JEWS As the sun sinks and the colors of the day turn, we offer a blessing for the twilight, For twilight is neither day nor night, but in-between.

All of us are twilight people. We can never be fully labeled or defined.

All of us have many identities and loves, many genders and none.

All of us are in-between roles and at the intersection of histories.

All of us are crisscrossed paths of memory and destination streaks of light swirled together.

We are neither day nor night. We are both, neither, and all.

May the sacred in-between of this evening suspend our certainties, Soften our judgments, and widen our vision.

May this in-between light illuminate our way to the God who transcends all categories and definitions.

May the in-between people who have come to pray be lifted into this twilight.

We cannot always be defined; we can always say a blessing.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha’olam hayotzeir et hadimdumim.

Blessed are you, Adonai our God, who brings on the twilight.

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Confirmation

By Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro

In 19th century Germany, at the start of the newly created Confirmation life-cycle event in the Reform movement, the ceremony for teens was placed at the holiday of Shavuot. The holiday’s celebration of the receiving of Torah was an appropriate connection to young people at the cusp of adulthood making their personal connection to the receiving of Torah. IHC, too, for over 100 years, has been celebrating Confirmation connected to Shavuot.

However, in the past decades, scheduling has become challenging. Our students now come from different schools with different exam schedules and camps that start at different times.

As Shavuot can fluctuate between early May and mid-June, we, like many congregations in areas where public schools do not continue into June, faced challenges.

So, our clergy considered how we could make a relevant connection for the kids and still honor what Confirmation is all about. The answer was written on the walls of our sanctuary, literally. On the southern wall of our sanctuary and on the doors of the ark, we have “Kadosh” and “K’doshim T’hiyu” (“Holy” and “You shall be Holy”). This is at the core of who we are as a people and as a congregation.

There is no better choice to connect our students to Torah and to our congregation than to explore “K’doshim” (the Torah portion with the Holiness Code) that is reflected in our congregation’s holy space.

Thus, this year, we began our change of focus to exploring the Holiness Code and what it means to be “holy” for each of our students. [Our Confirmation service, at IHC, will now be held on the shabbat in which we read “K’doshim.”]

We hope that you will join us on Friday, May 9, during our Shabbat evening service to celebrate our confirmation students and to hear from them about what is “kadosh” (holy). You will be able to read more about their reflections on what they believe (based on the Edward Murrow radio program on NPR in the 1950s).

We have included a sentence from each of their writings below. You will also be able to walk through a display of items that are a reflection of what our students find holy in their lives. We are so proud of our student’s commitment to their Jewish education and their desire to explore who they have been as a Jew, where they are now, and where they hope they will be.

Honoring the Confirmands with the YES Fund This year’s Confirmation class will be recognized at Shabbat services Friday, May 9.

Honor their accomplishments with a contribution to the Sisterhood YES Fund.

All Confirmands will receive a handwritten note acknowledging your contribution.

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Make your gift online at ihcindy.org/honor-ourconfirmands, or download the form and send it with your check by May 5 to IHC Sisterhood YES Fund, 6501 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260. Questions? Contact Andrea Pactor, YES Fund Chair, at apactor@gmail.com.

Confirmation 2025 In Their Own Words

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When we take the time to encourage a friend, support a neighbor, or even smile at a stranger, we create ripples of kindness that extend far beyond what we can see.”

Being Jewish helps me think deeper and find ideas and beliefs internally and externally.”

When I am praying and helping teach kids, it is a great way to keep me connected to God.”

I am firmly convinced that free will is the very foundation of all existence, including the core of Judaism.”

This alignment between my sport and my religion has made me a better player and a more devout and disciplined individual, and athlete.”

GUCI has made me closer to my religion and along the way, I have met my best friends and had the best six summers of my life.”

In Judaism you gradually gain responsibility, with everything from Consecration to becoming a bar mitzvah and having the responsibility of a Jewish adult, to Confirmation, where I am now reflecting on who I was as a Jew back then and who I am now, taking more responsibility in becoming a leader in my Jewish community.”

The 2025 Confirmation Class participated in Shabbat at Central Park while on their Confirmation Trip to New York.

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I personally feel myself improve when I participate in religious ceremonies, because it brings me a sense of purpose that is larger than myself.”

This journey has not only brought me closer to my faith but has also helped me grow as a person.”

I believe in the Torah, which not just documents of the past, but gives us information and lessons to learn from it.”

My personality, my humor, my entire perspective on life, it is all shaped in my being Jewish.”

People may try to shut down what you believe, but stay true to yourself and be confident in what you believe in.”

One of the lessons of Judaism is being able to help one another and when we help each other, the world is a brighter place.”

like to find out more about our Confirmation course of study Learn More Ifandyouthewould connections to ‘K’doshim’, please be in touch with Rabbi Shapiro.

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UPCOMING SHABBATOT MAY/JUNE

Friday, May 2 at 6 p.m.

Family Shabbat Sign up at bit.ly/familyshabbat_may2 This service is perfect for our families with elementary-aged children and will take place in the Chapel. There will be pizza, snacks, and board games for all in the YAC after services!

Special Shabbatot supported by IHC Sisterhood.

Friday, May 9 at 6:15 p.m.

Confirmation Shabbat

Friday, May 16 at 6:15 p.m.

Olam Shabbat

Join us as we celebrate our youth’s individual and group affirmation of commitment to the Jewish people.

Join us as we gather to experience Olam Shabbat, a new service with familiar melodies. Using visual t’fillah slides and exciting instrumentation, we will explore our Shabbat liturgy as one community. All are welcome.

PRIDE SHABBAT Friday, May 23 at 6:15 p.m.

Home-Hosted Shabbat (Off-site) Sign up to host or attend at: bit.ly/2025-homehostedshabbat-hosts bit.ly/2025-homehostedshabbat-attendee Join us for our next Home Hosted Shabbat and celebrate Shabbat in a different way with the IHC Community. The service is followed by Shabbat dinners in members’ homes. This is a fabulous way to spend time with friends, make new ones and enjoy Shabbat dinners in small groups.

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Friday, June 13 at 6:15 p.m.

Pride Shabbat

Friday, July 18 Shabbat in the Park

Come to services for Pride Shabbat at IHC, featuring a guest speaker from IYG, decorate the parking lot with chalk, and enjoy some nosh at Oneg! Ga’avah is hosting Oneg for Pride Shabbat.

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.

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RECIPES FROM REFORMJUDAISM.COM

Some say that eating dairy foods on Shavuot symbolizes the sweetness of the Torah, as the land of Israel is described as a land “flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8).

What is your favorite Shavuot recipe or food?

Elegant Cheesecake Recipe by Jan Rood-Ojalvo Rabbinic tradition suggests a number of reasons for eating dairy on Shavuot, and cheesecake is a classic dessert for the holiday.

FILLING: 5 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese 1 3/4 cups sugar 3 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 5 whole eggs 2 egg yolks 1/4 cup lemon juice (or lime juice, or flavored liqueurs)

CRUST: 12 ounces chocolate Oreo cookies or chocolate wafers 1 egg white (reserve the egg yolk for the filling)

TOPPING: Sliced fruit and berries, optional, to garnish

DIRECTIONS: To make the crust: In a food processor, crush Oreos or chocolate wafers with one egg white.

Pat into bottom and 1/2 -inch up the sides of a well-greased 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 300°F for 20 minutes.

Remove from oven. Raise the oven temperature to 500°F while preparing the filling.

To make the filling: In a blender or food processor, cream the cheese and sugar.

Add the flour and vanilla, then the eggs, one at a time, and the egg yolks, blending until uniform.

Blend in the lemon juice (or liqueur).

To assemble, bake, and cool: Pour the filling into the crust.

Bake 10 minutes at 500°F, then reduce heat to 250°F and bake for another hour or until center just slightly wobbles, but is done.

Note: If cake browns too quickly, lightly lay a sheet of aluminum foil on top.

Let cake cool thoroughly on a rack. Refrigerate several hours, preferably overnight, before serving.

May be garnished with fruit, if desired.

reformjudaism.org/reform-jewish-life/food-recipes/elegant-cheesecake

Try out these recipes, then share your results on social media with the hashtag: #ihcshavuotsweetness.

Vegan Coconut Rum Raisin Tapioca Pudding Recipe by Kenden Alfond Eating animal-based dairy on Shavuot is a tradition that I am updating to meet my dietary preferences. I find ways to enjoy “creamy” foods for the holiday that work with my dietary needs by creating non-dairy dessert options like this delicious one.

Tapioca, made from cassava (yucca), is a comeback food. I asked my parents, aunts, and uncle...they all agreed that they enjoyed tapioca pudding in their youth.

Tapioca is a food that can be enjoyed by everyone from babyhood to old age. It is a gooey, creamy food eaten by the spoonful. The added rum-soaked raisins makes the dessert fancy and may remind you of rum raisin ice cream!

INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup small tapioca pearls 3 1/2 cups mineral water 1/2 cup coconut milk cream 1/4 cup natural cane sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup raisins 2 tablespoons dark rum (or brandy) 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt DIRECTIONS: Equipment: medium strainer, medium saucepan, individual bowls for serving In a small bowl, combine the raisins and rum and set aside.

Rinse the tapioca pearls in the strainer.

Place tapioca in medium saucepan and add 3 cups of water.

Soak the tapioca for 30 minutes. Do not drain after soaking.

Add the coconut milk cream, sugar, rum-soaked raisins (and any remaining rum), and kosher salt.

Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a gentle boil. Simmer uncovered over very low heat for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring frequently until mixture is thick (it if becomes too thick, add a bit more water).

Stir well.

Pour into bowls.

Serve warm or chilled. Place plastic wrap on top of bowls. reformjudaism.org/reform-jewish-life/food-recipes/vegancoconut-rum-raisin-tapioca-pudding

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UPCOMING EVENTS DATES TO KNOW Jewish Book Club – My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tuesday, May 13 at 12 p.m.

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.

My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg — A comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fascinating life of one of our generation's most influential voices in both law and public opinion. Email Evelyn Pockrass for more information and to join.

Annual Meeting Sunday, May 18 at 4:30 p.m. via Zoom Mark your calendars for the IHC Annual Meeting on May 18. The meeting will be online only. Visit ihcindy.org/annualmeeting for an agenda and the Zoom link.

Grief Support Group Thursday, May 22 at 6 p.m.

Join Cantor Aviva Marer and Clinical Psychologist Tami Krichiver in a warm, confidential environment to comfort one another, share our pain, reflect on loss, or simply observe, and listen.

Shavuot Yizkor & Festival Service Monday, June 2 at 10:30 a.m.

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

Honoring Rabbi Jonathan Stein, z”l Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, June 6 at 6:15 p.m.

Join us as we honor Rabbi Jonathan Stein, z”l at Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday, June 6 at 6:15 p.m. Shabbat services will feature Susan Stein as a guest speaker and we will share memories of the legacy of Rabbi Stein, z”l. There will be a special Oneg Shabbat following the services.

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Check out our calendar for more information about events:

MAZEL TOV! B’NAI MITZVAH Ruby Price is excited to celebrate becoming a bat mitzvah on May 10. Ruby is a seventh grader at Eastwood Middle School. She enjoys performing in show choir and musical theater. She also loves playing Rugby and Soccer. She has a passion for trying new things, learning new languages, and loves making people laugh.

Liam Horowitz is excited to celebrate becoming a beit mitzvah on May 17. Liam is a seventh grader at St. Richards and loves spending time with family and friends. They run Cross Country and Track and enjoy playing board games, the more complicated the better! They love creative writing, history, Dungeons and Dragons, GUCI, and the beach. Liam loves trying new foods and learning to cook interesting things. They are passionate about what they love, and compassionate toward everyone around them. They have an intense kindness and their humor is quirky with a wonderfully weird spark.

Oliver Barefoot is excited to celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on May 31. Oliver is all about sports, especially soccer. You’ll often find him on the pitch playing for Indy Eleven Academy or watching the Tottenham Hotspurs. When he’s not playing sports, you’ll probably catch him munching on his favorite food – cheeseburgers! Oliver is a big fan of the classics but also has a huge sweet tooth. He is also a huge dog lover and would lay on the couch with his dogs, Rose and Ralph, all day. They’re just the best companions, and he loves spending time with them.

Sophie Lloyd is excited to celebrate becoming a bat mitzvah on June 21. Sophie is a sterling seventhgrade scholar at Creekside Middle school excelling in all subjects. She is a year-round competitive athlete on travel soccer and ice hockey teams. Sophie plays the piano and enjoys traveling to different parts of the world exploring their culture and foods. Sophie loves spending time with her family and always keeps them in stitches with her great sense of humor. She enjoys watching movies and has a wide-ranging taste in films.

ADULT EDUCATION Creative and vibrant Jewish education develops a strong and positive Jewish identity.

Check out the upcoming schedule to enrich your life.

ISRAEL FOR THE WISE Tuesdays, May 20 & June 17 | 7 p.m. Join Aviya, Indianapolis Community Shaliach (Emissary), for this fascinating class exploring a number of facets of Israeli life and culture. You are welcome to attend as many sessions as you would like. IHC Members: Complimentary, Guests: $18

Register for classes with our IHC Administrative Assistant, Beth Meade-Hession, at BethMH@ihcindy.org or 317-255-6647.

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IHC CIRCLES MAHJONGG MAVENS

NEXT OPPORTUNITIES: Fridays at 10 a.m. or 2:30 p.m.

Visit ihcindy.org/calendar for more details.

PARENT — BABY GROUP We had another great Community Parent – Baby playdate! A special thank you to Ms. Eileen from Gymboree Play & Music, Carmel for joining us! The group enjoyed mirror time, noise makers, and Gymbo!

NEXT OPPORTUNITIES: JCC Campus Sunday, May 4, 10 a.m. for Earth Day at the J! Register at jccindy.org/earth-day Sunday, June 8, 11 a.m. for a Pool Party! Register at bit.ly/parentbabyjune.

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FIND YOUR COMMUNITY

What began as a game embraced by Jewish women in the vibrant melting pot of New York City continued to thrive in the resorts of Upstate New York, and is now flourishing within Jewish communities across the nation.

Mahjongg provides an opportunity for women to come together for play, camaraderie, and joy. Although the game originated in China, Jewish women have adapted it and made it our own. The IHC Mahjongg Mavens group has been playing together for years, and new players are always welcome to join in this cherished tradition passed down through generations — a unique form of L’dor V’dor.

May Yahrzeits MAY 1 Eric Douglas Bulloff Dorothy Ann Rothausen Gitlin Esther Danenberg Graybush Richman Louis Jaffe Thomas Hume McCormack James Moody Milton Tavel Leyb Voldman MAY 2 Walter Cardwell Ruth Efroymson Albert Eichenberg Shirley Gotthelf Robert Johnson Ralph E. Kaplan Charles William Kaufman Marilyn Joyce Millman Harry Redish Rae Resnick Irene Schwartz Helen Siegel Ruell Wade Wattam Ralph Wohlmuth MAY 3 Maxwell Abramson Fan Blickman Louis Borinstein Stacy Harris Anna Kaplan Werner Loeb Majid Asher Rastegar MAY 4 Bertha Asher Carole Barkan Louis Bassler Florence Bulloff Mark Cohen Louis Goldsmith Theodore Grossman James P. Leeds Abe Miller Lloyd Reed Mollie Reiter Robert Scott Clare Stevens Alan Bradley Yosha

MAY 5 Robert Berg Joe Cohen Peter Dluz Ethel Greenberger Jack Guttman Ruth Kammen Nicholas Katona Emanuel N. Millman Arthur Sachs Ruth Satz Gary Schahet Ida Stillerman Julia Weisz-Varga

MAY 10 Miriam Ackerman Gertrude Cohen Rose Cohen Jennie G. Diamond Sol Gold Rose P. Goldberg Leonard Koplow Harry Loganofsky David Mintz Fanny Norris Sydney Sonion Melvin B. Stern Abe Vilensky

MAY 6 Michelle Saralizabeth Dwosken William Graff Madelyn Lillianfeld Imogene R. Mitchell Sophye Lee Pintchuck-Cohen Helen Rome Esther Tanner Mary Ellen Widner

MAY 11 Lena "Lee" Nahmias Cohen Gertrude Goldstein Rudy Grumbacher Irving Kaminsky Selma R. Krichiver Sadie VerVeer

MAY 7 Ron Corn Barbara Kushick Esther Lisker Kaufman Nina Lobb Sadie Scheinman Miller Steven J. Rudoff Sofie Strauss Melvin Weisman MAY 8 Bessie Drescher Jill Himelstein Dumes Ferdinand Kahn Dorothy Krauss Herman Leightman Max Nelson MAY 9 Henry Abraham Estelle Burnstein Robert Mages James Mitchell Sally Soshnick Gary Traynor

MAY 12 Eva Greenburg Abe Hantman Harry Langman Charles Logan Gerald Maholowitz Joseph Schahet Steven Schreibman Amely Silver Adele Miller Stein MAY 13 Hugo Cahn Ryan Chomyn Hannah Cohen Edna Cohen Renee Firestone Hilda First Milton Gellman Julius H. Goldberg Simon Goldsmith Michael Goldstein Jacqueline Heilbrunn Eleanor Lane Hilda Rockmore MAY 14 Robert Cantor Morris Gold Sarah Gumbiner Florence Hymson Stephen Leader Beverly Miller Earle Peachin Harold Stadler Priscilla Stern Elinor "Ellie" Tasch

MAY 15 Ida Jane Druker Ben Gittelsohn Hortense Goodman Rose Katz Lillian Koby Geraldine Mansbach James McKown Della Reeder Betty Asher Rothbard Frances Simon

MAY 19 Meriam Cohen Ben Deremiah Irene Engel Irving Goodman Jules S. Heisler Frank Longo Luna Mishelow Jean Modiano Ruth Rivlin Martin Wein Larry Weinberg

MAY 16 Martha Allen-Hulet Harry Ancel Jacob Cassell Bernard Feuer Rosalyn Helford Harry Franklin Jacobs Hans Rosenstock Philip Schiff Jon Tisius Sam VerVeer

MAY 20 Bruce Gerstein Jane Elizabeth Goldsmith Betty Hardie Pauline Koppel Helaine Plaut Sam Slivka Jack Speyer William Sulkin Harry Vaprin

MAY 17 Leo Cassell Nathan Engelberg Joe Galbo Rose Hantman Gould Harry Greenwald M. Bernie Herman Carrie Masur Hyman Molly Karsh Marsha Keenan James Klineman Freda Lippman Meyer Maierson Sam Mishelow Leon Nefouse Clara Tanenbaum MAY 18 William S. Deckelbaum Elza Freiberg Marilyn Jacobson Jeanne Koplow John Kouts Richard McKown Sydney V. Romer Edward Rose Samuel Leonard Rosenblatt Morris Satz Molly Smalline Carole Stark Patrick Steen

MAY 21 Carol Cohen Miles Fishman Nelly Kagan Joseph George Mallitz Harry Morgan Martin Rosenthal Clifford "Cliff" Rubenstein Raymond Tauber MAY 22 Isaac Berman Ellen B. Eichler Mary Lou Hargis Dave Henry Bette Jacobs Frances Levin Germaine "Ger” Mandelbaum Miya Medalie Gerhard Michael Oakley Leonard Pryweller Robert "Bob" Rubin Beatrice Mustin Shander Helen Medias Steinert

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May Yahrzeits — May Their Memory Be for Blessing...

MAY 23 Gerald Arenson Saul Herman Shirley Jacobs Max Kaplan Peggy Miller Henrietta Ruekberg MAY 24 Roger Abelson Paul Feltman Seymour Fox Mary Garman Robert Goldberg Sadye Katz Miriam Marx Moe Rosen Sanford Rosenberg Wendy Schornstein Good Irvin Talesnick

MAY 25 Adolph Blickman Leanore Block Hulda Cassell Carl Centman Louise Fritschle Isadore Michael Krieger Wolf Rosenblum Benjamin Schuff Marshall Seidman MAY 26 Sarah Braunstein Ben Goldberg H. Maurice Kantor Paul Levine Doris Nesler Dorothy "Dottie" Newman Joseph Parker Caroline R. "Lindy" Rice Lilyan "Babe" Sax Norman Wormser

MAY 27 Ruth Feinberg Ervin Morris Fuchs Lillian Goldstein Lester Hart Ann Levenson Scott Nahmias Sarah Simon Jean Weiner MAY 28 Lawerence Blum Alys Bassler Cantor Caplan Adrienne Cohen Heinrich Grumbacher Jerome Hurwitz Simon Koppelson Florence Slutzkey Berman Kushnarov Bertha Lutz Samuel Marcus Morty Miller Richard Perk Jack Ridge Rosa Schmalgrund Emma Sue Yegge

MAY 29 Dorothy Buchwalter Julia Cooperman Jules Gradison Roger Jones Theodore Medias Byrdie Roven MAY 30 Larisa Braslavskaya Max Cohen Richard Cook Luverne Gillock Dave "Butch" Goldstein Rebecca Klapper Rose Klein Elene J. Leeds Lydia Lowenstein Sylvia Margolis Morris Nahmias

Leonard "Lenny" Newman Nathan Regenstreif Alexander Rheins Robert Scher Henrietta Rosenberg Schneider Anne Shapiro Esmin Weinberg MAY 31 Helen Barrett Bruce Glazer Simon Koester Frederick Linkon Julius Lurie Evelyn Richter Barney Segal Laura Sirota Carolyn Stein Polick Louis Eli Stricker Evelyn Claire Waldman Lilo Wolff * as of 04.02.25

June Yahrzeits JUNE 1 Arthur V. Appel David Himm Alexander Karsh Frederick Killen Shelly Miller Bella Sonion Robert Tanner

JUNE 3 Alan Kranowitz Celia Miller Gertrude Hinchliffe Reed David Regenstrief Lynne Silbermann James R. Widner

Anna Belle Hornstein Richard Klein Gaetana "Gae" Mollin Ruth Poppe M. G. Smith Martin Zukof

JUNE 2 Theresa Berman Irving Goldberg Frank Shepard Harold Sussman Jerry Yale

JUNE 4 Minnie Atlass Lois Baker Maxine Bloom Gertrude Cohen Celia Efroymson Jeanette Gould Barbara Greenberg Rose Hays

JUNE 5 Roslyn Crandus Maria Dohmen David Fogle Gert Tadman Iskow Barbara Fisher Nickbarg Ruth Pryweller Susan Rabb Morris Paul Rossen Rose Schahet Morton Shapiro Philip Zimmerman

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JUNE 6 Minnie Cutler Clara Goldstein Sydney Greenstein Louise Levine Earl Marvin Douglas J. Popp Gerald Pryweller Joseph Rabb Julius Rosen Tillie Speyer Geneive Walker Yaunt Harry Zukof JUNE 7 Rose Greenwald Israel Hurwitz Christina Kouzios Bert Schechter June K. Seidman Theodore Shonfield William Stewart Gertrude Japnick Werner Richard Anthony Willis

JUNE 8 Sophia Brodsky Kenneth E. Dorrell Jackie Fish Betty Fleck Cecelia C. Frankel Henrietta Ganser Rachel Hurwitz Alice Kahn Harry Lockman Gussie Redish Nyla Kay Shonfield Meyer Singer Eva Stiasny Bess Joseph Traugott Albert Weiss

June Yahrzeits — May Their Memory Be for Blessing...

JUNE 9 Helen Dionne Kenneth E. Dorrell William Hene Dorothy Miller Ruth Neumann Flora V. Romer Ida Silver Stephanie Sutherland Suzanne Cohen Zaltsberg JUNE 10 Marilyn Diane Arnove Mark Becker Bess Blumenthal Robert "Bob" Careskey Milda Markus Mary Lee Warren Mayer Esther Medias Martin R. Stein Benjamin Sugarman JUNE 11 Ethel Biller June Fisch Emanuel "Tony" Kahn Emanuel "Jerry" Kahn, Jr. Lawrence Lehner Louis Lurvey Tillie Hofner Maierson Marta Stern Victor Teixler Marina Voldman JUNE 12 Arthur A. Appel Alma Aronson Melvin Goodman John Holloway Leo Kolodin Arlen Pockrass

JUNE 13 Florence Herman Isaac Fred Leventhal Vivian Pecar Phyllis M. Rose Pinkus Rosenberg Elaine Sorock Albert E. Spitzberg Marc Wagman Jules Werner JUNE 14 Armin A. Bogar Eddy Brown Colin Davis Lucy Kahn Rose Levin Eunice Manders Leon Mishelow Donald G. Naughton Judith Sugarman Perk Ruben R. Roth Mauna Schmutte Beatrice Sobel JUNE 15 Eldon Berridge Brad Breighner Jan C. Gross Norma Johnson Mac Lawson Amy Popp Laura Rosenberg Charles Henry Spiegal Ben Stone Louis Wender JUNE 16 Florence "Mimi" Goldberg Rakhil Grinshpun Samuel Gurwitz Joseph Mehlman Nathan Miller Fannie Mossler Tillye Rosenberg Josephine Wurzman

JUNE 17 Ray Berman Larry Harrison Lawrence Harrison Nathan Miller Himan Pearlman Doris Marmis Solomon Nannette Tesser JUNE 18 Morris Burnstein Henry Butterman Garson Cohen Stephan J. Golden Alan Halpern Norman Willard Kaplan Bertha Mehlman Robert Speicher Elinor Vaprin JUNE 19 Leopold Breisacher Rael Brown Anna Broxmeyer Ruth Cannon Debbie Irwin Chalfie Vivian Chernoff Stanley J. Cohen Dorothy Efroymson Evelyn Hanig June Herman Mania Kerschenblat Bobbie Popp Dora Rosenberg JUNE 20 Rosalie B. Cohn Julius Getsug Betty Golden Nannette Kahn Herbert Miller Ethel Zoffin Segal Dennis Stiasny David Sugarman Ida Tulkop Jessica A. Zimmerman JUNE 21 Robert Allison Arthur M. Glick Rex Hindman Gladys Kaminsky David Leventhal Sam Mell Luba Perelstein Voldman

JUNE 22 Joseph Baer Ruth Gayle Cohen Bessie Goodman Cecele James Manfred Kramer Lillian Ratner Polisar Anna Schmuckler Herman Strashun Francis Ziker JUNE 23 Larry Burke Wallace Goldstein Murray Hanig Annalee Jaffe Philip Kushner Sidney Parkans Aubrie Zelikovich JUNE 24 Marcia Abramson Stephanie Simon Allen Mary Bassler Martin Cannon Lucille Cohen Fannie Epstein Charles Fisch Otto Freed Norman Glazer Ada Greenberg Jackie Law Michael Levin Rohanna McCormack Minnie Roger Minna Rothchild Bessie Scheer Jacob Yosha JUNE 25 Andy Abels Simon Barez Ilene Goldburg Frances Goodman Louis Krinsky Sandra Faye Lipp Joseph G. Mollin Bernard L. Nickbarg Harold Scheer Jacob Tesser Jack Wedgle Rosa Zimbler

JUNE 26 Pola Flax Martin Glaser Moe Katz Sam Pactor Roberta Hope Valentine Feyga Zurkovsky JUNE 27 Teresa Blickman Jennie Brann David Cutler Bentsion Fvenkel Ruth Hoffman Steve Horwitz Ellen Rosenheim Lorch Alice Markwood Rose F. Olshewitz Shelley Shane Selma Stein JUNE 28 Karl Hene Howard Hess Solomon Koby Ernest Lorch Shirley Rosenberg Alice Roth Shirley Kaplan Sharpe Bernard Wilker JUNE 29 Eleanor Ellsworth Anthony Ron Carlson Emil Haas Bett Hene Joseph Jacobson Benjamin Lawrence Florence Lischin JUNE 30 Shirley Ann Daniels Cohen Ilana Fleischman Fried Eugene Friedmann William Meyers Diane Newcum Shirley Solomon * as of 04.02.25

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