April 2016
Adar II / Nissan 5776
B’nai Israel
The Newsletter of Temple B’nai Israel
Temple Board Josh Meyerson, President (231) 347-5402 Gus Paz, Vice-President (231) 347-5131 Tom Johnson, Treasurer (231) 487-1661 Judith Hindle, Secretary (231) 622-1044 Emily Stuchell, Mishpacha (231) 330-4396 Carol Ellstein (231) 525-9250 Lori Katzman (231) 547-6909
Rabbi’s Corner
Shalom l'kulam! Thank you very much for all
the hospitality you showed Rabbi Eisenstat during my March visit. It was a great simcha to celebrate Purim with all of you! As we look towards April, it is with a bittersweet tone that I tell you all my time in Petoskey is coming to a close. I am very sad to be leaving this incredible congregation after two wonderful years as your student rabbi. It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve, learn from, and be mentored by you all. Thank you for making me feel so at home both in Petoskey and at Temple B'nai Israel. Thank you for bringing me into and making me part of your lives and your community. And thank you for giving me the opportunity to grow as a rabbi and a Jew. I feel truly blessed to have had the opportunity of serving here. I wish you all lives filled with peace, happiness, good health, and success.
Mark Rothman (231) 373-2349 Jamie Schwartzfisher (231) 881-0729 Elisa Seltzer (231) 330-1086
Aaron Rozovsky, Student Rabbi Asa Gold, Newsletter Editor goldsongs@live.com
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Events
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Passover Seder
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Concert
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Women’s Retreat
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Calendar
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“Once more the Heavenly Power Makes all things new And domes the red-plow’d hills With loving blue; The blackbirds have their wills, The throstles too.
Till at thy chuckled note, Thou twinkling bird, The fairy fancies range, And, lightly stir’d, Ring little bells of change From word to word.”
—From “Early Spring,” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Public Domain.
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B’nai Israel April Events
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Fri., April 1, 7 p.m. — Community Shabbat Fri., April 8, 7 p.m. — Community Shabbat Fri., April 15, 7 p.m.— Student-led Shabbat Sun., April 17, 10 a.m. — Sunday School Mon., April 18, 7 p.m. — Temple Board Meeting Fri., April 22 — Passover Begins
Fri., April 22 — Rabbi Aaron Arrives Fri., April 23, 4:30 p.m. — Passover Seder Fri., April 29, 5:30 p.m. — Tot Shabbat Fri., April 29, 7 p.m. — Shabbat Services Sat., April 30, 3:30 p.m. — Adult Ed w/ Rabbi Aaron
Temple B'nai Israel will host its annual Community Passover Seder on April 23rd. This year, the Sunday School will be organizing and helping to lead the Seder alongside Rabbi Aaron. We have selected a very accessible yet thorough Haggadah. The students have been studying hard, and the congregation’s participation is greatly appreciated. The Seder, free of charge, will be a potluck this year. Please bring your favorite Passover dish and a copy of the recipe. Because we will be enjoying a brisket (of great acclaim) we ask everyone to abstain from bringing any dairy dishes to the Seder. We will compile the recipes and provide everyone with a Passover Seder cookbook, as well as a copy of the Haggadah. More information is forthcoming.
Holocaust Cellist Concert
Purim Celebration The Purim Carnival was a great success. Thank you to all who attended, and special thanks go out to Adele, Norman, Abigail, and Milo for their amazing Purim Spiel and Carnival. Congratulations to Emily Stuchell for her convincing (and delicious) victory in the Hamantashen bake off and to Natalie Overton for her Best Costume award.
—Mark Rothman
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On Friday, May 20, join us at the Crooked Tree Arts Center to celebrate the musical genius of Richard Stöhr, an 20th-century cellist who was exiled from Austria when the Nazis invaded and whose work has gone largely unpublished and unrecognized. Cellist Stefan Koch and pianist Robert Conway will perform a variety of Stöhr’s pieces at 8 p.m. on the 20th. Adult tickets cost $10; students’ cost $5. Children under twelve are free. This event is part of a block-booking activity offered by the L'Dor v'Dor Consortium and is made possible by a grant from the Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit.
Adar II / Nissan 5776 Siddur Challenge Grant A donor has issued a challenge grant aimed at replacing the temple’s outdated High Holy Day Siddurs, The Gates of Repentance, which are nearly forty years old and which will hopefully be replaced with the new Mishkan Ha’Nafesh. The donor will match all donations to this initiative up to one thousand dollars. If you would like to help the temple meet the donor’s challenge, please forward a donation to the Prayer Book Fund. Siddurs, which cost $50 each, will each have a nameplate attached, honoring its sponsor. Donations can be mailed to the treasurer at 3942 Lorraine Drive, Petoskey MI 49770.
April 2016 Funds / Named Donations Available □ Temple General Fund □ Newsletter Fund □ □ Prayer Book Fund □ Building Fund □ □ Irene Gordon Memorial Fund □ □ Lee and Miles Jaffe Memorial Fund □ □ Religious Education Fund □ □ Stacy McCracken Memorial Youth Enrichment Fund □ □ Alvin’s “Helping Hand” Rosenhaus Memorial Fund □ □ Tree of Life Fund ($100 Per Leaf) □ □ Aubrey & Gerald Meyerson Perpetual Kaddish Fund □ □ Donor Wall Tile Fund ($48 per tile, plus freight) □ □ Tribute Fund (packets of five tributes for $90/pack) □
Temple B’Nai Israel Donation Form Name: __________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________ My contribution is in honor or memory of: ________________________________________________
Women’s Retreat The L’Dor V’Dor Consortium will host its Spring Women's Retreat in Munising from May 20th to the 22nd. “Braiding Women's Lives from Past to Present” will include a discussion of Letty Cottin Pogrebin's classic book Deborah, Golda, and Me. In conjunction with a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council to the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, each congregation is being asked to submit at least one name and life story of a past outstanding woman leader who made a difference in the congregation's history. Their stories will be incorporated in the weekend's theme. Registration forms will be available soon.
Circle which fund you are designating (above) and then mail your check and this completed form to:
Tom Johnson, Treasurer Temple B’nai Israel PO Box 2416 Petoskey MI 49770
Corrections————————— This space is reserved each month for corrections. If any errors are seen, please contact Asa Gold at goldsongs@live.com, and a correction will be printed in the subsequent issue.
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Calendar of Events
5776 Sunday
Adar II/ Nissan | April
Monday
March 27
Tuesday 28
Wed.
29
Thursday 30
2016 Friday
31
Saturday April 1
2
7 — Community Shabbat
Parshat Shemini 7:50
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4
5
6
7
8
9
7 — Community Shabbat
Parshat Tazria 7:59
10
11
12
13
14
15 7 — Student-led Shabbat
16 Parshat Ha’Gadol
8:08
17 10 — Sunday School
18
19
20
21
24
25
22 Passover Begins
7 — Temple Board Meeting
23 Parshat Pesach I
8:17
26
27
28
29 5:30 — Tot Shabbat 7 — Shabbat Services
30 Passover Ends
8:26
3:30 — Adult Ed w/ Rabbi Aaron