esther strikes Back Purim 2025
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Daniel A. Weiner, Senior Rabbi
Brett C. Weisman, Associate Rabbi
Paula Markovitz, Executive Director
OFFICERS
Alison Handlin, President
Michael Ehrenberg, Treasurer & President-Elect
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Rachel Stoner, Secretary
Jerry Dunietz, Vice President
Sarah Quint, Vice President
Steve Schwartz, Vice President
Aaron Alhadeff, Immediate Past President
STAFF
Merav Canaan, Director of Operations
Jessie Cunningham, Director of Jennifer Rosen Meade Preschool
Stacey Frishman Delcau, Director of Education
Zinka Galusic, Director of Finance
Leah Levy, Director of Engagement for Families with Young Children
Barb Maduell, Senior Director of Capital Campaign & Major Gifts
Hallie Santo, Director of Advancement
Rabbi Kate Speizer, Director of Adult Engagement
Nathalie Austin, Membership Manager
Katy Bourne, Executive Assistant
Daniel Fyffe, Cemetery Caretaker
Elisa Harris, Senior Accountant
Abigail Gallin, Development Database Coordinator
Jennifer Gould, Staff Accountant
Vincent Greene, Facilities Lead
Evan Klinger, Bridge Family Religion School Administrator
Talya Kurland, Marketing Manager
Rachel Martin, B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator
Josh Niehaus, Artist-in-Residence
Ruth Oskolkoff, Office Manager
Jennifer Phillips, Executive Assistant to the Clergy
Leisha Piha, Assistant Director of Jennifer Rosen Meade Preschool
Meredith Silverman, Assistant Director of Education
Emma Silverstein, Development Manager
Eian Snyder, Youth Engagement Coordinator
Jessie Stott, Assistant Director, Hebrew & Teen Programming
Demetrius Washington, Facilities Lead
Eli Winer, Facilities Lead
Ilana Zariski, Communications & Marketing Coordinator
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Torah Study
Saturdays | 9:30 AM
In-person or on Zoom
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Begin your Shabbat morning with a thought-provoking discussion about the week’s Torah portion and its implications on our lives. For those looking to say the Mi Shebeirach (prayer for healing) and/or the Mourner’s Kaddish for a loved one, names will be read immediately following Torah Study. Everyone is welcome, and no prior experience is necessary.
Congregant-Led Text Study
First Tuesday of the Month | 7:00 PM On Zoom
Join congregant Larry Zommick as he leads a study group on the Book of Proverbs. The guiding belief of Proverbs is that human intellect and wisdom, founded on a fear of G-d and tutored in traditional teaching, is the prime virtue of character. We will read the Book of Proverbs, examine its lessons, and apply those lessons to our own lives. Participants are encouraged to find Jewish commentaries.
If you’re interested, please reach out to Rabbi Speizer for the Zoom link. kspeizer@tdhs-nw.org or (206) 693-3046, talk or text.
Sponsorships at Temple
Did you know that many of our “preneg” events are sponsored by individuals?
Temple offers opportunities for individuals, businesses, and other groups to sponsor a wide variety of events and services. A huge thank you to the individuals and families who have already sponsored programs this year!
If you or your business are interested in sponsorship at Temple, please contact:
Emma Silverstein, Development Manager esilverstein@tdhs-nw.org (206) 492-5260
Celebrating Growth and Community
By Paula Markovitz
As I sit down to write this, I can hardly believe it’s already been four months since I joined this incredible community. Time flies when you’re having fun—or in our case, when you’re diving deep into the fascinating world of synagogue operations!
Our leadership team, made up of our dedicated program directors and managers, has been hard at work. We’ve been taking a magnifying glass to our internal processes, procedures, roles, and responsibilities. It’s like spring cleaning, but instead of dusting off shelves, we’re dusting off old habits and finding new ways to shine.
Speaking of spring, the season of renewal is almost upon us. Just as the flowers begin to bloom and the days grow longer, we’re embracing this time of growth and transformation. Our goal is simple: to better serve you, our cherished members, and the wider community.
We’ve been asking ourselves some important questions: How can we streamline our operations? What can we do to enhance our programs? How can we ensure that every member feels valued and heard? It’s been a journey of discovery and the enthusiasm and creativity of our team have been nothing short of inspiring.
One of the highlights of this process has been the collaborative spirit. We’ve had brainstorming sessions and lively debates. We’ve laughed, we’ve learned, and most importantly, we’ve listened—to each other and to you.
In line with this theme of renewal, we are all excited to begin the long-awaited, large-scale renovation of our Seattle campus beginning in February. This renovation is not just about bricks and mortar; it’s about creating a
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space that reflects our vibrant community and supports our mission. Just as spring brings new life, our renovated campus will bring new opportunities for connection, learning, and growth.
As we move forward, you can expect to see some exciting changes. We’re refining our programs to make them more engaging and accessible. We’re enhancing our communication channels to keep you better informed. And we’re committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone feels at home.
In the spirit of spring, I encourage you to embrace this season of renewal with us. Get involved, share your ideas, and let’s continue to grow together. After all, a synagogue is more than just a building—it’s a community, and each one of you plays a vital role in making it vibrant and strong.
Thank you for your support and trust. Here’s to new beginnings and a bright future!
L’shalom,
Letter from Our Board President
By Alison Handlin
ALISON HANDLIN TDHS BOARD PRESIDENT
2025 is off to an exciting start at Temple! Our Temple community is growing rapidly and so are the programs created to welcome and engage everyone. Please take the opportunity to read more about these in the articles by our talented clergy and staff.
As construction begins in Seattle and our capital project takes shape, I am incredibly grateful for the eternal support of staff, clergy, lay leadership and the capital campaign committee, who have helped bring this vision to life. You can read the latest updates on
the campaign in this issue of Tidings (page 24) and visit our new microsite to learn more about how you can get involved. We know this year will be different at Temple, and we feel very privileged to have a two-campus community to celebrate important moments and holidays together.
The board continues to partner with Paula as she settles into “all things Temple,” getting to know Temple’s operations, programs, members, and staff. I look forward to seeing you all at upcoming events, and at the Annual Meeting in May!
Warmly,
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Rabbi’s Corner : Embracing Change
By Brett Weisman, Associate Rabbi
Change is both a challenge and an opportunity. It inspires us, forces us to grow, and is happening each and every day. Even as we acknowledge its inevitability, change often fills us with trepidation. Given that spring is (hopefully) right around the corner and we will soon be celebrating the stories of Purim and Passover, the emergence of springtime offers helpful insights into the nature of change and the choices it demands of us. Through these narratives and natural cycles, we can explore the feelings surrounding change, the need to embrace it, and the hidden opportunities that moments like this hold for transformation.
So much of our tradition and history is based on the need to adapt to rapid change. For Esther, the news of Haman’s evil plot shatters her new normal as Queen of Persia and she is forced to adapt. She cannot remain indifferent to the plight of her people and she must respond to the call of change and rise to the moment! For the Passover story, something as simple and seemingly mundane as not having time to let the bread rise demonstrates the value of being willing and able to adapt to a rapidly changing reality—a value that has served the Jewish people over the course of 3000 years!
Arguably the two greatest moments in Jewish history, that became catalysts for change and innovation, were the destruction of the first and second temples. While these were moments of great turmoil and pain, they became the moments that solidified Jewish peoplehood in ways our ancestors could only imagine. We are here and Jewish today, in large part, because of their ingenuity.
In all of these examples, we see that change is not merely an external event but a deeply internal process. It forces us to confront who we are, what we value, and how we wish to move forward. And in moments of change, we, as our ancestors did, often face three choices. The first is to resist change entirely, by clinging to what was and refusing to adapt, pretending change is not happening and hoping it will resolve itself. The
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second is to give up entirely, throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater. The third—and most constructive—is to reimagine Judaism not as it is, but as it can be.
This year is a year of great change, yes, but so was last year and the years before that. The question isn’t if there will be change, but rather, how we will change. Imagine if our ancestors had just stayed in Egypt, if Esther had simply done nothing, or God forbid if the Babylonian and Roman exiles were simply just the end of Judaism…
Rabbi Norman Hirsh, a member of our great Temple, contributed his prose “Becoming” to our prayerbook Mishkan T’filah, highlighting the importance of opportunity and change. He wrote: “Once or twice in a lifetime a man or woman may choose a radical leaving, having heard ‘Lech l’cha – Go forth.’ God disturbs us toward our destiny by hard events and by freedom’s now urgent voice which explodes and confirms who we are. We don’t like leaving, but God loves becoming.”
As we struggle to embrace the discomfort of change’s inevitability, may we find the moments of growth and renewal to be sources of pride, joy, and opportunity—and may we face these moments with courage and a shared sense of purpose, knowing that together, as a sacred community, there is no challenge we cannot overcome.
Meet the Temple Team
Say “hello” and get to know more members of our team who play a key role in making Temple go round!
MERAV CANAAN DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Shalom, my name is Merav and I’ve been the Operations Director since June 2024. I was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. I am married to Allon and have four children: Tomer, Yarden, Yael, and Elad. Since moving to the USA, I have worked in various positions within the Jewish community. I love working with a team of passionate and creative people who have a mission to make the world a better place and follow the Jewish principles of caring for each other and the greater community.
ELISA HARRIS SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
I’m Elisa and I’m excited to join the team as a Senior Accountant. I grew up in a town near Venice, Italy, and began my accounting career in Germany. After moving to the U.S. in 2012, I earned my Accounting degree from the University of Arizona. I love the beauty and outdoor activities of the Pacific Northwest. Recently, I returned from a hiking adventure in the northern Italian/Swiss Alps, where I reconnected with family. My experience in multilingual environments has helped me adapt to diverse settings, and I look forward to contributing to this wonderful community filled with individuals with varied backgrounds.
Q: Which famous Seattle-born musician played their first gig in Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s basement on February 20, 1959?
(answer on page 19)
Honorable Menschions
Mazel tov to Temple member Ilana Cone Kennedy on being appointed as the new CEO of the Holocaust Center for Humanity. According to the Holocaust Center of Humanity, Ilana has been a dedicated member of the team since 2003 and has proven herself to be an outstanding leader, educator, and advocate. The CEO search process involved reaching out to a wide-range of candidates and careful consideration of their qualifications. After in-depth interviews, it was clear that Ilana’s passion, years of experience, and vision for the future made her the perfect fit. Congratulations on the well-earned position, Ilana!
Yasher koach to Randy Turner on their participation in the RAC Teen Justice Fellowship. In the fellowship, teens learned community organizing skills, how to combat mental health stigma, how to share their story and have relational conversations with others, and how mental health impacts other issues they care about. In Randy’s words: “The RAC Fellowship was a great resource in teaching me how to organize community events, from big to little. It was a very informative experience and it felt nice being able to discuss important issues in a comfortable Jewish space.”
Kol hakavod to Sarah Quint (pictured with Director of Education Stacey Delcau) for her persistent volunteering and leadership at Temple. Most recently, she greatly helped with our Chanukah Celebration, and she is currently working with our staff to get ready for Purim coming up in March.
Todah rabah to Dingfelder’s Delicatessen for showing up for and feeding the Temple community during the power outage caused by November’s windstorm. We appreciate your constant support. Thank you!
Fresh Voices: Insights from Our New Members
In the vibrant tapestry of our Temple community, both new and longtime members play crucial roles in fostering a spirit of unity, growth, and continuity. New members bring fresh perspectives, ideas, and energy, invigorating traditions with their unique backgrounds and experiences. Meanwhile, longtime members serve as the backbone of the community, sharing wisdom, history, and a deeprooted sense of belonging. Together, they create a dynamic environment where traditions are honored, and innovation is embraced, ensuring that Temple remains a welcoming and nurturing space for all. In previous Temple Tidings’, we’ve heard from longtime members about what keeps them coming back year after year. In this issue, we asked four new member families about their experiences so far. This is what they said…
Who or what has made you feel embraced in the Temple community since joining?
It’s so sweet to see our children get excited to see their older cousins, Noe and Silas, at Sunday School. Shoutout to those two for being awesome big cousins and Madrichim. In Talia’s words, “I love them a lot and love getting to spend time with them.”
-Audrey Soroka and Ben Nakamura
What have you loved most about joining our Temple community?
The thing I have most loved about joining TDHS has been the community. Last year I went to High Holiday services on my own, but everyone around me welcomed me into their circles and reminded me that I am now a part of this amazing TDHS family!
-Claire Fite
Tell us about a memorable moment for you [and your family] since joining Temple.
My most memorable experiences since returning to the TDHS community as a young adult member have been during my time as a Bridge Family Religion School teacher. I have gotten to talk to my students about important topics in Judaism and have fun at the same time. Sunday school was an integral part of my Temple experience growing up, and it has been such a joy to return as an adult. Shout out to the BFRS Bellevue crew!!
-Valerie Kearns
What have you loved most about joining our Temple community?
We’ve lived in Seattle for a long time, but this was the year our son Elliot got excited about getting in touch with his heritage. And now our family life is enriched by more of what it means to be Jewish and to feel part of a larger community. Whether it’s weekly school and services, holidays, or special events in Seattle and Bellevue, Temple De Hirsch Sinai is always offering something new, fun, and meaningful to our lives.
- Ian Todd and his son Elliot
A Very Warm Welcome!
Welcome to our newest Temple members, who have joined from October 16, 2024-January 15, 2025
Bina and Zack Colman, Aiken and Jae
Christopher Stevens
Jen and Ehud Halberstam, Eli and Emma
Jonathan and Chris Aakre, Theo and Maeve
Nancy Tipton
Nicole Grogan, Ella and Finn
Ralph Kline and Carole Kenyon
Intro to Judaism
Begins January 30, 2025 (Registration closes on February 6)
Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 PM
Hybrid Class | Seattle Campus
Scan QR code to register
Learn to Read Hebrew for Adults
Get started with the aleph-bet! The Union for Reform Judaism offers several online classes for adults to learn to read Hebrew.
Rabbi Kate Speizer welcomes your input & participation! Reach out to Rabbi Speizer for more information. Please be in touch, kspeizer@tdhs-nw.org OR (206) 693-3046, talk or text.
Looking to stay connected with Temple? Check out our “affinity groups,” Connections @ Temple! If you’re interested in starting a new hobby, exploring your identity, or finding support, we’re here to help connect you. Scan the QR code to learn more.
MICROSOFT AFFINITY GROUP
Our mission is to foster connections among colleagues, both professionally and socially, while also embracing our shared values and interests. Join us for networking opportunities, community-building activities, family-friendly fun, and charitable initiatives to benefit Temple.
If you’re interested in shaping our group’s journey and contributing to a worthy cause, please email rickcohen401@gmail.com
CHOSEN MEEPLE
Learn some new games and get to know other Temple members in a fun and relaxed environment. All are welcome!
Please reach out to Matt Titelbaum, at mtitelbaum@gmail.com if you are interested.
TEMPLE SISTERHOOD
Join Sisterhood for these and other fun events over the next few months! Check your email and eTidings for details.
Celebrate the holidays with Sisterhood!
Tu B’Shevat Seder on February 12, at 6:30 PM in Bellevue
Hamantaschen Baking on March 13, at 6:30 PM in Bellevue
Sunday Mahjong and Crafting Connection during Religion School (Bellevue only during Seattle construction)
Book Club: Join us for a NEW book club meeting at a private home in Seattle on alternating months from TDHS Bellevue book club.
February in Seattle - The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
March in Bellevue - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Join the Sisterhood WhatsApp group to learn about pop-up gatherings and keep upto-date on Sisterhood events. Go to http:// tinyurl.com/3anuepmv to join the WRJ TDHS Sisterhood in WhatsApp. Have questions or want to get involved with Sisterhood? Contact us at sisterhood@tdhs-nw.org.
THE TRIBE
The Tribe invites all Seattle Jews in their 20’s and 30’s to connect, celebrate, and learn together. We encourage young Jewish adults to cultivate a deeper sense of their Jewish self and to join us in re-imagining congregational life in a changing world.
NEW Wrestling with the Moment Sessions Coming Spring 2025!
• Community Organizing
• The Normalization of Political Violence
• Jews of Color
Contact Rabbi Brett Weisman, at connections@tdhs-nw.org to learn more.
We’re grateful for the Sisterhood members, and their spouses, who helped us prepare for our “final” Shabbat in the current Alhadeff Sanctuary on January 10.
Sand Cats decorate dreidels with paint and glitter!
It
was a busy winter at Temple!
1B (1st grade B) enjoys Sunday School in Bellevue.
Welcoming our newest learners during Consecration in Bellevue.
Some of our Chanukah volunteers get the Bellevue campus ready for our annual Chanukah Celebration!
Parents meet and greet with Lori Gottlieb, psychotherapist and New YorkTimesbestselling author of MaybeYou ShouldTalktoSomeone.
Rabbi Weisman interviews our 2024 Bernbaum Lecture speaker, Lori Gottlieb.
BFRS parents enjoy connecting with one another in Seattle on Sunday morning.
The Arensberg Family – three generations! – who so graciously sponsored our Love, Lights, Little Bites Chanukah Celebration, featuring Dan Nichols. Thank you!
Hedgies had so much fun decorating paper Chanukiot with dot markers for Chanukah!
Our Kindergarten students play dreidel as they learn about the Festival of Lights.
LEILA JANE KWONG
Leila Kwong became a bat mitzvah on November 2, 2024. She is the daughter of Rachael and Raymond Kwong, and the sister of Dorothy Kwong. Leila is the granddaughter of Georgi and Bill Byer, Alice Kwong, and John Kwong. She is a 7th grader at Highland Middle School. Leila enjoys pottery, dance, volunteering, and hanging out with friends. For her mitzvah project, Leila completed over 50 volunteer hours as a Pacific Peer Coach with kids who have different abilities and need extra support in school.
ASHER AND ELLIE SILVERNAIL
Asher and Ellie Silvernail will become b’nai mitzvah on February 8, 2025. Asher and Ellie are the children of Lauren and Jeremy Silvernail, and the grandchildren of Ron and Margie Danz and Marjean and Gary (z’’l) Silvernail. Asher and Ellie are 7th graders at Saint Thomas School. Asher enjoys fencing, reading, drawing, programming, and anything related to mythology and ancient history. Ellie enjoys dance, baking, reading, and crocheting/knitting. For their mitzvah project, Asher and Ellie are handmaking blankets and toys for the Humane Society.
ELIANA TITELBAUM
Eliana Titelbaum will become a bat mitzvah on February 8, 2025. She is the daughter of Renee Jaffee Titelbaum and Matthew Titelbaum, and the sister of Jonah Titelbaum. Eliana is the granddaughter of Mark and Yetta Jaffee and Barbara and Michael Titelbaum. She is a 7th grader at Issaquah Middle School. Eliana enjoys crochet and soccer. For her mitzvah project, Eliana is crocheting stuffed animals for children with medical challenges.
CADEN SMOLINSKY
Caden Smolinsky will become a bar mitzvah on March 1, 2025. He is the son of Jessica and Cliff Smolinsky, and the brother of Aria Smolinsky. Caden is the grandson of Mark and Jill Belmont of Omaha, NE, and Ken Smolinsky and Gail Zemble of Prescott Valley, AZ. He is a 7th grader at Chief Kanim Middle School. Caden enjoys karate, where he is currently a brown belt, as well as acting class, playing piano, playing trombone in the school band, and video games. For his mitzvah project, Caden is volunteering to help animals.
ETHAN HORTON
Ethan Horton will become a bar mitzvah on March 8, 2025. He is the son of Jana and Aaron Horton, and the brother of Claire Horton. Ethan is the grandson of Karen Mendelsohn and Michael Mendelsohn (z’’l), Peter and Janice Horton, and great-grandmother Shirley Sidis. He is a 7th grader at Cougar Mountain Middle School. Ethan enjoys music, tennis, Four Square, and segwaying. For his mitzvah project, Ethan is working with Kids Coming Together and the Humane Society to create unique dog toys that bring happiness to shelter dogs who are waiting for their forever home.
HALEY ROSENSTEIN
Haley Rosenstein will become a bat mitzvah on March 15, 2025. She is the daughter of Dan and Alex Rosenstein, and the sister of Ally Rosenstein. Haley is the granddaughter of Steve and Debbie Lawson, and Nick and Lilia Rosenstein. She is a 7th grader at Cougar Mountain Middle School. Haley enjoys cheer, dance, golf, and spending time with friends and family. For her mitzvah project, Haley is making and delivering holiday baskets with Jewish Family Service and preparing healthy snack kits for refugee resettlement programs.
SOPHIA ALHADEFF
Sophia Alhadeff will become a bat mitzvah on March 15, 2025. She is the daughter of Joelle and Loren Alhadeff, and the sister of Norah and Leo Alhadeff. Sophia is the granddaughter of Lea and Larry Hamlin and Doreen and Joseph Alhadeff, and the great-granddaughter of Cookie Behar. She is a 7th grader at Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences. Sophia enjoys volleyball, basketball, writing, dance, art, and baking. For her mitzvah project, Sophia is volunteering with Jewish Family Service.
JACK WALDMAN
Jack Waldman will become a bar mitzvah on March 29, 2025. He is the son of Marcelle and Tom Waldman, and the brother of Stella Waldman. Jack is the grandson of Karen and Sam Furer, and Patricia Waldman and Dr. Lawrence Waldman (z’’l). He is a 7th grader at Cougar Mountain Middle School. Jack enjoys baseball, running, coding, and robotics. For his mitzvah project, Jack is hosting a new and gently used sports equipment drive for Kidvantage.
JRM Teachers Participate in New Professional Development Program
By Jessie Cunningham, Director of Jennifer Rosen Meade Preschool
Jennifer Rosen Meade Preschool is pleased to share that we have six teachers participating in an exciting new program, ElevatEd. Four are involved as Educators, and two as Mentors.
One Educator from each of our classrooms (except the Owls) is enrolled in ElevatEd. We are delighted that our teachers have the chance to have professional development and mentorship opportunities as part of this program! We are looking forward to growing and learning and for our JRM students to directly benefit from this experience.
This past December, the Seattle cohort had a holiday party and learned about different ways of bringing Chanukah into the classroom, including through music, learning, books, and art.
We recently made jello! The Leopards are enjoying learning new cooking skills, which are concepts for lifelong use.
About ElevatEd: This initiative is a collaborative effort between the JCC Association of North America, the Jewish Federations of North America, and the Union for Reform Judaism. Together, we are committed to elevating you and your community because your school plays a vital role in nurturing the infinite potential of children, their families, and the Jewish community. Through this investment, and with your partnership, we will significantly expand the capacity and reach of this powerful educational experience to create the environment for children and families to root deeply and grow into a strong, connected, diverse Jewish ecosystem.
work on a group painting project while learning about the emotion of sadness.
Red Foxes
Families with Young Children at Temple
By Leah Levy, Director of Engagement for Families with Young Children
We LOVE seeing families with young children come together to celebrate, learn, and create lasting Jewish traditions. Whether we’re singing familiar songs at Friday Night Lights together, sharing the joy of holidays with Chai Lights boxes, or meeting new friends at Babies B’yachad, our programs are all about connection—between parents, kids, and our broader Temple community.
Looking ahead, we’re excited to offer even more opportunities to engage and grow together:
• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: A kid-friendly dinner, usually with crafts and a few fun surprises, followed by a musical, familyfriendly service. Upcoming dates: April 4 (Bellevue), May 2 (Seattle), June 6 (Bellevue)
• CHAI LIGHTS - A SPARK OF PASSOVER AT HOME: Take-home learning boxes curated just for Temple toddlers and their grown-ups. Available for purchase in late March!
• SHALOM SPROUTS SUNDAYS: Pre-K/toddler class that meets monthly on Sundays during BFRS.
• BABIES B’YACHAD MEETUPS: Pop-up style gatherings for families with littles age 0-18 months.
These events are open to all and are perfect for building Jewish memories while connecting with other families. Whether you’re joining us for the first time or are a familiar face, we can’t wait to welcome you!
For registration information or to learn more about Families with Young Children events and opportunities, please contact Leah Levy, at llevy@tdhs-nw.org.
Interesting Facts about Bridge Family Religion School
By Stacey Delcau, Director of Education
Check out these 18 interesting facts that highlight our mission, values, and the enriching experiences BFRS offers its students and families alike.
1. We have 320 students across K-12th grade.
2. We have 18 Confirmands meeting monthly to discuss big Jewish questions like “Why be Jewish?” and “For whom are we responsible?”
3. We have 72 madrichim across Sunday and Hebrew School programming who assist our teachers and students in the classroom and learn valuable leadership skills.
4. We have 18 kids signed up for Confirmation this year (the most in years)! Our high schoolers have a lot of options to choose from, and this is one of the many ways they stay engaged.
5. This past November we held a blood drive at the Bellevue campus: 17 units of blood were donated and 6 of the donors were first-time donors!
6. In November, 36 of our 3rd and 4th graders traveled to Camp Waskowitz in North Bend to celebrate Shabbat together for their annual Shabbaton/retreat. They played outside in the rain, had a chance to create Shabbat art, learn about the importance of rest, and build community.
7. In the fall, our 678 (middle school) retreat traveled to a beautiful new location, Camp Seymour in Port Orchard, Washington. It was a great success with 24 participants and 5 staff members, including teen leaders.
8. On December 15th, both campuses joyfully celebrated 72 students new to our religious school during our annual Consecration ceremonies. Each student was invited to the bimah, where they received a heartfelt blessing from the Rabbis, a special certificate, and a gift to commemorate the start of their Torah learning journey.
9. Our teen leaders (TDSY Interns) planned an amazing retreat/Shabbaton in December where 40 other teens joined in on the fun!
10. This past January, we held a teacher and madrichim development session to kick off the new semester. We learned about curriculum investigation, built community, and planned amazing activities for our students!
11. In February, our 3rd graders will be helping to lead Shabbat services and will be presenting their families with a handmade Shabbat box to bring home in order to celebrate Shabbat as a family.
12. Our 8th graders raised tzedakah funds for the LA Fire Department by making and selling keychains when their trip to LA was canceled in January.
Shabbat and holiday celebrations were a big focus of our fall semester in BFRS. Our 3rd graders learned about the story of creation from the Torah and then assembled Shabbat boxes to take home to support their home celebrations of Shabbat. They gathered together with our rabbis to celebrate the ending of Shabbat with a Havdalah service.
13. Our 7th graders participated in our Tiyulim Program (journeys/experiences program) funded by the SAMIS Foundation. During the first semester, they visited the Seattle Mikvah, MoPOP, Ballard P-Patch (a community gardening program), and the Green Lake Community Center, and learned about Israel in order to embody our Jewish values in the community.
14. Since August 2024, we celebrated 15 b’nai mitzvah with families and celebrated our students’ accomplishments.
15. We have eaten over 1,000 bagels since the start of the school year! (Teachers, madrichim, middle school students, and parents)
16. We have ordered over 50 pizzas since the start of the school year!
17. We have 6 extremely hard-working full-time Education Team members who care deeply about creating meaningful programming and helping our students build community.
18. We have 52 teachers who work tirelessly to create dynamic and engaging lessons for our students in Sunday and Hebrew School.
A Community of Care, Support & Hope
Nefesh L'Nefesh is a special group at Temple supporting families navigating cognitive and memory challenges. Nefesh L’Nefesh is open to everyone in the Seattle Jewish Community regardless of Temple affiliation.
Scan the QR code or visit templedehirschsinai.org to learn more
For general questions or to join our confidential mailing list, please contact Jennifer Phillips at jphillips@tdhs-nw.org
Outreach to Members at Times of Loss, Bereavement, and Mourning
Sacred Journeys volunteers reach out to the Temple community:
• With a condolence call when there is a death in the family. With a follow-up call a few months after the family death.
At the time of the first anniversary of the death:
• Send a yahrzeit candle in the mail, send a personal note, and make a phone call to family members.
We sponsor Kever Avot, the annual Cemetery Memorial Service.
Please let us know if you would like to join us as a volunteer: contact Jennifer Phillips at jphillips@tdhs-nw.org or (206) 693-3047.
Sacred Journeys is supported by the William and Edith Warshal Fund for Sacred Journeys, and by donations from Temple members.
Temple wants to help find homes for Jewish ritual objects so they can be lovingly used. We have a small lending library of Judaica available to members.
Reach out to Rabbi Speizer, at kspeizer@tdhs-nw.org or (206) 693-3046 to talk/text, if you’re interested in putting something to use OR if you have something collecting dust that you’d like to pass on to someone who will use it.
Meet the Sacred Journeys Volunteers
By Rachel Stoner and Stephanie Carmel, Committee Co-chairs
Hello from Sacred Journeys! Our volunteers continue to be committed to connecting with our congregants at important moments in their lives. One way we connect is by reaching out to offer our condolences when there is a death in the family and by marking their yahrzeit. Our committee continues to grow and we would like to spotlight two of our members: Corrine Stroum and Ilana Cone Kennedy.
CORRINE STROUM
I joined Temple through the Jennifer Rosen Meade Preschool in 2017 when I had my first daughter. With my second daughter now in kindergarten, we have a lot of lifecycle events still ahead of us: bat mitzvahs, for example.
I joined SJ out of reverence for the Jewish emphasis on lifecycle. Our rituals around grief and mourning can bring structure and comfort after a loss. I’m here to support the Temple community during these transitions.
Corrine Stroum with her husband Zach, and daughters Miriam (7) and Esther (5).
ILANA CONE KENNEDY
As a member of TDHS since 2007, I’ve seen and experienced firsthand the meaningful work of Sacred Journeys. My friend and colleague Laurie Warshal Cohen invited me to volunteer with Sacred Journeys and it was at this time that I really saw the impact of the work. Losing a loved one is so terribly difficult and I’m honored to be a part of doing even something little to help.
Ilana Cone Kennedy with her family – Erez (18), Lilah (16), and husband Jon –from their recent visit to the Grand Canyon in December.
If you are interested in volunteering with Sacred Journeys, please reach out to Jennifer Phillips, at jphillips@tdhs-nw.org, who will connect you to us, Rachel Stoner and Stephanie Carmel, Committee Co-chairs!
BFRS PARENT Schmooze
Sundays during Religion School at 10:00 AM on both campuses
Bringing kids to Religion School on Sunday morning? Stick around to connect with fellow congregants. Bagels and coffee will be served!
Feel free to let Rabbi Speizer know to expect you, at kspeizer@tdhs-nw.org, or (206) 693-3046 to talk/text.
New Caraco Family Innovation Fund Creates New Opportunities at Temple
Temple is much more than just a community: it’s a sacred partnership. From our rabbinic leaders to our passionate and dedicated members, we all play an important role in supporting our congregation.
In that spirit, we’re pleased to announce a new initiative that will shape Temple’s programming for generations to come. In partnership with Rabbi Weiner, the Caraco family has established the new Caraco Family Innovation Fund, which will support innovative programs and other opportunities at Temple that respond to the dynamic nature of the contemporary American Jewish community. As an endowed fund, the gift ensures that future generations will benefit in perpetuity.
We are deeply grateful to Harry Caraco for his leadership, foresight, and generosity. He shared these words about the new endeavor:
I joined Temple when my grandparents and parents joined, 63 years ago. I was a teenager then, and ever since Temple has been like family. It’s who I am - and connects me to my heritage, my community, and what I believe spiritually. Now my kids and grandkids are involved, and Temple is their home, too.
I have been very fortunate to have been involved in Temple for decades, and now it’s my time to give back. I hope the Caraco Family Innovation Fund will give me and my family the opportunity to partner with Rabbi Weiner and future rabbis to fund special events, speakers, or other projects, whatever is needed for future generations that Temple couldn’t otherwise afford.”
FROM RABBI WEINER:
The Caraco Family Innovation Fund will provide the resources necessary for our community to respond to the dynamic changes and growth in the Seattle Jewish community—one in which innovation and entrepreneurship are foundational.
Honoring Our Community: A Memorable Shabbat Service Kicks Off
Temple’s Historic Year 2025
What a historic year 2025 will be for Temple! Thank you to the more than 200 members of all ages who attended our celebratory Shabbat service in the Alhadeff Sanctuary on January 10. It was wonderful to hear tunes from decades ago, to read memories members wrote for our time capsule, and to greet old and new friends at the oneg.
Here are a few headlines about what you can expect in the months ahead:
• As of January 27, we have raised over $21 million from our generous community. While the campaign has never been a secret, we look forward to officially launching our “public phase” by Spring. Stay tuned, and in the meantime, visit our dedicated website for more information at renewcampaign-tdhs.org. We will share regular updates there.
• Throughout the year, you will have opportunities to share a message or memory to be included in the time capsule that will be shared with future generations.
• Our construction project continues to be on budget and on time. By the time you read this letter, demolition may already be underway.
• While the 16th Avenue side of the Seattle campus will be closed for the renovation, we will take full
advantage of the Religion School Building, both for Bridge Family Religion School and also worship services, which we expect to hold approximately twice monthly in the Annex. At the same time, for Seattle “regulars,” this is a great opportunity to worship at our Bellevue campus.
• Planning is underway to hold the High Holy Days in Bellevue and also off-site in Seattle. The location will be announced well in advance.
As always, please reach out to us for any information, to ask your questions, or to find a way to get involved.
With gratitude,
Aaron Alhadeff, Campaign Co-Chair aalhadeff@elttaes.com
Laurie Minsk, Campaign Co-Chair lminsk@msn.com
Don Loeb, Honorary Campaign Chair
For more information or to make a gift, please contact: Barb Maduell, Senior Director of Capital Campaign and Major Gifts bmaduell@tdhs-nw.org
Capital Campaign Honor Roll as of Jan 27, 2025
Temple acknowledges and thanks the following members and community friends whose commitments to the capital campaign have brought our vision to renew the Seattle campus closer to a reality. An alphabetical list will continue to be published in future editions of Tidings. Toward the completion of the campaign, donors will be listed by giving level, unless they prefer otherwise.
Temple is profoundly grateful to The Loeb Family for their visionary investment in Temple’s future.
Alaskan Copper & Brass
Bob and Gail Alexander
The Alhadeff Family
Marleen and Kenny
Emily and Aaron
Alison and Aislinn
Andrea
The Isaac Alhadeff Foundation
Anonymous Apple, Inc.
Barbara Barokas in memory of William Schatz (z”l)
Alan and Joyce Bender
Linda Berkman
Kathy and Steve Berman
Michael and Leslie Bernstein
Leora and Paul Bloom
Bruce Bobman and Karen Tacher-Bobman
Martin Brashem
The Bridge Family
Bob and Bobbi Bridge
Ed and Pam Bridge
Jon and Bobbe Bridge
Ted and Marilyn Weiss Bridge
Lisa and Gilad Berenstein
Marc Bridge and Julia Bonnheim
Larry and Sue Broder
Jay and Rebecca Buxbaum
Earl and Cindy Caditz
Jack and Debbie Calderon
Harry Caraco
Stephanie Carmel and David Oder
Joseph and Gayle Carrol
Andrew, Beth, and Elena Carrol
Jennifer Carrol
The Cohen Family
Laurie Warshal Cohen and Michael Cohen
Bryan Cohen and Elizabeth Strober
Alex Cohen
Jeff and Betsy Cohen
Rick and Marcy Cohen
The Cohn Family in memory of Sandra and Irv Cohn (z”l)
Laurie and Patrick Sarabia
Barbara and Michael Cohn
Joy and Robert Cohn
Karen and Marc Ovetz
Jack Cordova
Barbara Daniels
Grant and Kathryn Degginger
Steve and Gina Dichter
Frederic and Harriette Dorkin
Richard and Stacey Eastern and Family
Mike Ehrenberg and Donna Richman
Don and Linda Elman
Larry Engel and Kate Batuello
Nancy and Paul Etsekson
David and Lynne Feinberg
Garrett and Jessica Fenton
Charlie and Cindy Galante
Raymond and Jeannette Galante
Mario and Elizabeth Goertzel
Joan Goldblatt
Evan and Zoe Goldring
Jay and Meredith Goldstein
The Gorlick Family Foundation in memory of Herman and Diane Gorlick (z”l)
Steve and Jody Bellar
Madeline Bellar
Leanne and Seth Gordon
Rand Bellar and Ilene Darahovski
Jim and Gloria Gottesman in honor of Laurie Warshal Cohen
Jack and Alison Handlin
Carol and Andy Harris
Carolyn and Dan Hathaway
Michael and Kelly Hershey in memory of Paul Caraco (z”l)
Chuck and Carol Hirsch
Lisa and Lewis Horowitz
Jocelyn and Scott Isaacs
Cindy and Brian Jaffe
Bruce and Tina Kahn
Lawrence M. Kahn in memory of Norman & Joyce Kahn
Wendy and Dr. Gary Kaplan
The Keller/Sulman Families
Nick and Michele Keller and family
Stuart and Barbara Sulman and family
James and Leatrice Keller and family
Mike and Shari Koppel
Brian and Marilyn Kremen
Georges Krinker
Joan Lerner (z”l)
Dan and Holly Levin
Bryan and Carol Leyton
Karen Mayers Liebman and Henry Liebman
The Loeb Family
Dick and Frankie
Don and JoEllen
Steve and Dianne
Chuck and Barbara Maduell
Gail Mautner and Mario Shaunette
Rich and Leah Medway
Marvin and Rebecca Meyers
Laurie Minsk and Jerry Dunietz
Kit and Sally Narodick
Theodore Nelson and Herry Changardi
Neale Obedin
Pete Parsons
Stanley and Valerie Piha
Jay and Debra Platt
Charlene Polyansky
Herb and Lucy Pruzan
Steve Pruzan and Janet Abrams
The Quint Family
Nancy and Brian
David and Sarah Quint Goldhammer & family
Megan Quint and Kevin Lind
Linden Rhoads
Vicki Robbins and Rocky Silverman
The Robins Nest Family Foundation in memory of our Dad/Husband/Papa, Lary Robins
Don and JoAnne Rosen
Jack and Ana Rosen
Jeanie and Bill Rosen
Jon and Patricia Rosen
Kermit and Judy Rosen
Leslie Rosen
Mimi Rosen and Nathan Goldberg
The Rita and Herbert Rosen Family Foundation
Stan and Michele Rosen
Andrea, Andrew, Jordan and Marley Ross
The Ross Family
Judy and Nate (z’’l) Ross
Bobbi Chamberlin and Don Shifrin and family
Neil Ross and Lisbeth Davis
Brian and Stephanie Rubens
Grant and Alexis Rubenstein
Randy and Betty Rubenstein
Hallie Santo
Ilene and Rory Santo in memory of Howard Levy (z’’l)
Herman (z”l) and Faye Sarkowsky
Barbara Schatz
Jeff and Julie Schoenfeld
Gary and Karen Schwartz
Steve and Pam Schwartz
Eddie and Connie Sherman
Earl and Eva Shulman
Ann Singer in honor of Max Alhadeff
The Sisterhood of Temple De Hirsch Sinai
David Skinner and Catherine Eaton
Bradley and Lynne Smith
Ronald and Ronnie Spiegel
The Spiezle Family
Roberta Stern
David and Marcie Stone
Brian and Rachel Stoner
The Lewis/Stratiner Families:
Janice & Steve Lewis
Cindy & Gary Stratiner
Marcie & Andy Lewis & family
Scott Lewis & Family
Maya & Matthew Stratiner & Family
Marisa & Koltin Stratiner & Family
Kyle Stratiner
Mel and Leena Sturman
Helen Rosen Stusser
Herb and Isabel Stusser
Jeff and Sandy Teper
Dawn and Chris Thomas
Gary Volchok
Rodney and Nina Waldbaum
Ardee Warshal
Diane and Dennis Warshal
Rabbi Daniel and Cindy Weiner
Denise and Neil Weinstein
Madeline and Noah
Stuart and Lee Weinstein
Bill and Judy Weisfield
Thank You
Temple De Hirsch Sinai thanks the following donors for their leadership support of $5,000 or more:
Anonymous to the General Fund
Richard and Dianne Arensberg to the Arensberg Music Education Fund
Edward and Pamela Bridge Giving Fund to the High Holy Days Fund
Jonathan and Bobbe Bridge Family Donor Advised Fund to the High Holy Days Fund
Harry Caraco to the Caraco Family Innovation Fund
Michael Ehrenberg and Donna Richman to the High Holy Days Fund
The Howard and Frances Keller Foundation to the Keller Family Lecture Series Fund
Jane Isenberg to the High Holy Days Fund
Pete Parsons to the Security Enhancement and Support Fund
Judy and Kermit Rosen Advised Fund at Seattle Foundation to the Jennifer Rosen Meade Preschool Fund
The Rita and Herbert Rosen Family Foundation to the High Holy Days Fund
Stan and Michele Rosen to the High Holy Days Fund
Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Testamentary Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee to the General Fund
Rabbi Daniel and Cindy Weiner to the High Holy Days Fund
For privacy purposes, discretionary fund contributions of any size are listed below.
BENJAMIN ZUKOR
CHILDREN’S LIBRARY FUND
In Memory of
Jimmy Pass
Steven and Janice Lewis
BRIDGE FAMILY RELIGION
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Honor of Eli Hodas
Jennifer Lee, Karan Kalsi, and Family
BRIDGE FAMILY RELIGION
SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Donation
Paul M. Fogel
In Honor of
Naomi Wiviott
Rabbi Daniel and Cindy Weiner
In Memory of
Irv Chernick
Gayle and Joe Carrol
Jim Pass
Michael and Elaine Moshcatel
Cindy and Gary Stratiner
DOBRIN EDUCATION FUND
In Honor of Oliver Auten
Jakob Karlinsky
Lela Kwong
Rabbi Daniel and Cindy Weiner
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DISCRETIONARY FUND
Donation
Linda Speizer
GENERAL FUND
Donation
Diana BarnesM
Mark and Susan Cohn
Joann Lee Farias
Adam and Robin Handaly
Stephen and Sylvia Harrison
Luesa HealyM
Joseph Hellerstein and Miriam Goldman
Ronald and Gail Irving
John Lamb and Nicole Herskowitz
Maureen O’Hara
Maria RyanM
The Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund
Marc C. Sherman
Ashley SmithM
William Wood
In Appreciation of
Religion School Teachers
Aaron Levine and Susan Lin
In Honor of Bob Hamlin
Steven and Reyna Gustav
Betty Anne McCall
Catherine Lanham
In Memory of Alan Cohen
Linda Goodman
Lee and Stuart Weinstein
James Pass
Marcy and Barry Bockow
Jim Pass
Larry and Susan Broder
Chuck and Ellen Rubin
Susie Schwartz-Abel
Cathy Sarkowsky
Max Sarkowsky
Yahrzeit of Bertram Greenbaum
Steven Boden
HARRIET MEYERS
ELEVATOR FUND
Yahrzeit of Ruth J. Arndt
Bea and Harvey Kriloff
Roberta E. Bender
Marv and Rebecca Meyers
Lee Rotman
Allan and Eileen Rotman
HIGH HOLY DAYS FUND
Donation
Anonyomous (5)
Paul and Jerilyn Anderson
Diana Barnes
Benjamin and Brittany Belur
Lisa and Gilad Berenstein
Rich and Bobbie Berkowitz
Paul and Leora Bloom
Megan Bond and Walter Friesen
Mark (z”l) and Terry Brashem
Marty Brashem
Sue and Larry Broder
Amanda Brown and Daniel Sanders
Maria Carilao
Alexander and Libby Chessin
Robin and Bert Curtis
Stacey Delcau
Vance Dingfelder
Jared Easton
Susann and Don Edmond
Stan and Debbie Geddes
Bruce and Joanne Glant
Sandy and Ken Glass
Jack and Elinor Goldberg
Miriam Goldberg
Steve and Reyna Gustav
Scott and Lynn Hanfling
Dan and Carolyn Hathaway
Sylvia Hayden
Norman and Peggy Hirsh
Lisa and Lewis Horowitz
Charlene Kahn and Steven Epstein
Irv and Laura Karl
Gary and Wendy Kaplan
Emmi Kearns
Raymond and Nataly Kluger
Jonathan Kopelovich and Rachel Weissman
Brent Kremen
Gazelle Lacenski
Catherine Lanham
Steve and Marcia Lazoff
Jennifer Lee and Karanjit Kalsi
Jon Lellelid and Linda Burns
Jan Levy
Bryan and Carol Leyton
Lindsay Lightner and William Pike
David Lippmann and Laura Young
John and Paula Loewy
Geoffrey, Kathleen, Sabrina, and Morgan Lowney
Sabrina Lowney
Josh Maduell
Robert Malin
Jerome and Natalie Margolis
Paula Markovitz
Rachel Martin and Justin Kay
Lynda E. Matthias
Gail Mautner and Mario Shaunette
Betty Anne and Allen McCall
Lee Meyers
Jay and Elise Miller
Trish Mizrahi and Eugene LaPorte
Brendan and Nina Mullan
Carol Neiman
Ruth Oskolkoff
Albert and Ruth Paige
Glenn Phillips
Charlene Polyansky
The Prince Family
Peggy Printz
Sarah Quint and David Goldhammer
Mike Ramey
Phil Roberts and Alison Nesmith
Robins Nest Family Foundation
Carol and Bob Robins
Alexander Rosen and Laurie Bernbaum Rosen
Jack and Ana Rosen
Leslie Rosen
Mimi Rosen and Nathan Goldberg
Shari Rosner
Ferne Ross
Nina Sanders
Hallie Santo
Cathy Sarkowsky
Josh Schaer and Jamie Andrus
Mrs. William Schatz
Michael Schwab
Steve and Pamela Schwartz
Raisa Shvartsman
Alan Sidel and Beverly Howald
Stacie and Karl Siebrecht
Ann Singer
Andrea and James Sirota
Larry and Amy Slate
Robert and Frances Smith
Estelle and Harris Sprincin
Margie and Benjamin Starnes
Daniel and Susan Steinborn
Stacie Stiebrecht
David and Marcie Stone
Shari Teeple
Gary and Helen Teper
Elisa Thomases
Jessica Towbin and Barry Lasky
Jeremy and Lucy Wacksman
Greta Ward
Megan Weiner
Rabbi Brett and Marietta Weisman
Sheldon and Marilyn Widlan
Andrew Williams and Cynthia Shultz-Williams
Jacquelyn Wiviott
Michael and Marcia Wiviott
Lorraine Wright
Marilyn and Larry Zommick
In Honor of Josh Niehaus
Robert and Alayne Sulkin In Memory of Fred Casserd
Betty Sackler
Lois Mayers
Jason Weisfield
JEFFREY GORLICK
MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Yahrzeit of
Jeffrey Gorlick
Laurie Minsk and Jerry Dunietz
JENNIFER ROSEN MEADE
PRESCHOOL FUND
Donation
Elena and Ari Alhadeff
Laura and Elias Altman
Randie and Jeff Bernstein
Mark (z”l) and Terry Brashem
Bradley and Leah Burns
Gayle and Joe Carrol
Bobbi Chamberlin and Don Shifrin
Staci Civins and Daniel Azoulai
Elizabeth Crow
Stacey Delcau
Stephanie Dermont
Kip and Diane Fern
Robert and Olga Gershberg
Bruce and Joanne Glant
Jennifer Gould and Erin Sheldon
Gary and Peri Greenberg
Leigh Haldeman and Cameron Jeffers
Andrew and Carol Harris
Chuck and Carol Hirsch
Harris and Jean Klein
Matthew and Melissa Korch
Simon and Raquel Koz
Aaron and Marissa Kraft
Georges Krinker
Leah and Samuel Levy
Jan and Steve Lewis
Fryma Mantel
Neal and Michele Mulnick
Jessica Piha-Grafstein and
Mitchell Grafstein
Brian and Nancy Quint
Mark and Hailee Rubenstein
Ilene and Rory Santo
Josh Schaer and Jamie Andrus
Rachel and Brian Stoner
Helen Stusser
Adina Thea
Justin and Kaitlyn Wald
Brett and Halli Waldbaum
Melissa Walzer and Roger Tan In Memory of Jim Pass
Wendy Sanft
Steven and Hedy Barrat
Gary Weinstein
Steve and Lisa Weidling
Yahrzeit of Estelle Bensussen
Estrea Bensussen
Dawne Carrol
Gayle and Joe Carrol and Family
Danny Lewis
Gayle and Joe Carrol
Jennifer Rosen Meade
Sophia Ciserella
Andrew Meade
Kermit Rosen Sr.
Judy and Kermit Rosen Jr.
KELLER FAMILY LECTURE
SERIES FUND In Honor of James Keller
Harvey Rosen
Jim Keller
Cindy and Gary Stratiner
KENNY WALDBAUM
MEMORIAL AWARD FUND
In Honor of
Shayna and Avishai’s engagement
Bruce and Carol Backer
Yahrzeit of
Sidney Golub
Cindy and Gary Stratiner
Sidney M. Golub
Susan Waldbaum
Danny Lewis
Cindy and Gary Stratiner
Bob Rogers
Bunny Rogers
Helene Waldbaum Sprincin
Cindy and Gary Stratiner
Susan Waldbaum
Mac S. Sprincin
Estelle and Harris Sprincin
Abraham Tarshis
Peter Tarshis
Cindy and Gary Stratiner
Alan Waldbaum
Cindy and Gary Stratiner
Susan Waldbaum
MARTY BRIDGE CAMPERSHIP FUND
In Memory of Fred Casserd
Alan Soble
Jeffrey and Janet Esfeld
Elaine Weisfield
Shoshana and Jeffrey Joyce
Bernard Zeldow
Robert and Bobbi Bridge
Yahrzeit of Mabel Garfinkel
Harriette Dorkin
Edith Golub
Carol and Andy Harris and Family
MERIELLE EASTERN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FUND
In Honor of Murray Eastern
Joe and Maryellen Eastern
In Memory of Michael Mendelsohn
Sam and Shirley Sidis
MICHAEL HARVITZ ART AND MUSIC FUND
Yahrzeit of Irene Harvitz
Sheryl Harvitz
PROJECT 613
Yahrzeit of Edward M. Bensussen
Gayle and Joe Carrol and Family
RABBI KATE SPEIZER
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Honor of
Rabbi Kate Speizer
Bruce and Joanne Glant
Larry Engel and Kate Battuello
Julie Kimball
RABBI DANIEL WEINER
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Appreciation of
Rabbi Daniel Weiner
Steve and Hedy Barrat
JoAnn Forman
Charlene Kahn and Steve Epstein
In Honor of Ruth Ullman Paige
Albert Paige
Rabbi Daniel Weiner
Andrea Alhadeff
Marc and Leah Boman
Bruce and Joanne Glant
Catherine Lanham
James Rogers
Steve and Roberta Small
Naomi Wiviott
David Wiviott and Christin
Denning-Wiviott
In Memory of Fred Casserd
Lois Mayers
Robert and Bobbi Bridge
Jim Pass
Bruce and Joanne Glant
Elaine Weisfield
Bob and Mimi Porad
RABBI BRETT WEISMAN
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Appreciation of
Rabbi Brett Weisman
Bruce and Joanne Glant
Rachael and Raymond Kwong
In Honor of
Sophie Gerson
Tom and Shelly Gerson
Eli Hodas
Jennifer Lee, Karan Kalsi, and Family
In Memory of Marlyn Rumizen
Lori Friedman
Butchie Udelson
SAMUEL GOLDFARB MUSIC FUND
Donation
Judy Stein
SECURITY ENHANCEMENT AND SUPPORT FUND
Donation
Greta Ward
SIDNEY Z. JAFFE AUDITORIUM FUND
Donation
Jenifer Thornton
SIEGAL TIKKUN OLAM FUND
Donation
Anonymous
Stephanie Carmel and David Oder
Jeff and Betsy Cohen
Georges KrinkerM
Zach and Corinne Stroum
In Memory of Alfred Cordova
Lorraine Cordova
Samuel Tarica
Bev and Curt Greenberg
Yahrzeit of Lorraine Cordova
Marc Cordova
Marian Krantz
Carolyn and Eldon Wexler
STANLEY AND VALERIE PIHA YOUNG LEADERSHIP FUND
In Memory of Irene Japha
David Tarica
Stan and Val Piha
WILLIAM AND EDITH WARSHAL FUND FOR SACRED JOURNEYS
In Memory of Mollie Hoke
William Warshal
Diane and Dennis Warshal
Yahrzeit of Frank H. Arndt
Bea and Harvey Kriloff
YAHRZEIT AND REMEMBRANCE FUND
In Memory of
Marian Block
Robert L. Block
Steven M. Block
Richard and Susan Block
Alan A. Bobin
Hailey Bobin Cole
Fred Casserd
Barbara Sternoff
Gerald Cohn
Jeffrey Norman Golub
Brian and Nancy Quint and Family
June Belle Cohn
Steven Cohn
Rolaine Vines Copeland
Sidney Z. Copeland
Sylvia Copeland
Lee Copeland
Shauna Gamoran
Bobby & Beth Cohanim and Family
Bernard Gordon
Bryan and Carol Leyton
Larry Harvitz
Steven Cohn
Arthur Kulman
Shirley Kulman
Debbie and Steve Lawson
Lois Mayers
Tim Heimerle
Michael J. Mendelsohn
Bruce and Elaine Goldstein
James Pass
Brian and Nancy Quint and Family
Jim Pass
Annette Fisher
Gary Weinstein
Barbara Sternoff
Yahrzeit of Jauntie Amira
Victor S. Amira
Mike and Marcia Wiviott and Family
Lester J. Asher
Susan and Victor Alhadeff
Sally Asher
Nina Asher
Paul Barnass
James and Vivian Rosenwald
Ricky Behar
Marv and Sally Behar
Seth Bender
Betty Anne and Allen McCall
Raymond Benezra
Joyce Benezra
Sara Mossafir Berro
Leonard and Penny Almo
Herman Blumenthal
Karen Badgley
Julius Blumenthal
Rochelle Blumenthal
Howard Chernin
Norm and Joanne Chernin
Sharon Goldmark
Marilyn Boden
Steve Boden and Family
Sadie Brashem
Martin Brashem
Dawne Buckner Carrol
Fill Buckner
Samuel Butterklee
Barry and Doreen Butterklee
Neil and Arlene Butterklee
June Belle Cohn
Steven Cohn
James Creim
Claire R. Creim
James “Jim” Creim
Janis Creim and Carol Gray
Dorothy Davidner
Mei Qiu Davidner
Sidney De Levie
Marilyn Carl
Larry Dolgoff
Lynn Dolgoff and Family
David Dorkin
William Dorkin
Fred and Harriette Dorkin
Samuel Feinson
Peter Freeman
Lawrence Fisher
Annette Fisher
Jennie Flaks
Martin Brashem
David Mark Freidman
Shirley Freidman
Myron H. Freyd
Alan M. Freyd
Bob A. Friedman
Miriam Friedman
Betty Fuson
Morris Fuson
The Fuson Family
Shauna Gamoran
Bobby and Beth Cohanim and Family
Karen and Henry Liebman
Regina Givre
Lynn and Roslyn Tooley
Harold Greenberg
Marian Greenberg
Gary and Peri Greenberg
Jess Greenborg
Debbie and Rob Bensussen
Hannah L. Greendorfer
Ellen Laschansky
Alan Groonis
Bob and Nancy Groonis
Robert J. Gustav
Susan Alhadeff
Libby D. Heller
Kathie Breslin and Gary Signs
Bettie Jaffe
Fred and Harriette Dorkin
Marjorie Kadaner
Susan K. Steinborn
Richard Kahn
Hal Vhugen
Phillip H. Klenman
Liahna Armstrong
Margareth Laschansky
Ellen Laschansky
Edith Lazoff
Louis Lazoff
Steve and Marcia Lazoff
Henrietta S. Levinson
Stephen Katz
Sam L. Levinson
Linda Freyd
Daniel Fraser Lewis
Jan and Steve Lewis
Arline Lillian
Betty Anne and Allen McCall
Al Loeb
Dick and Francine Loeb
Sidney Margolis
Jerome and Natalie Margolis
Harvey Mayer
Judy Mayer
Benjamin Mayers
Bobby and Beth Cohanim and Family
Karen and Henry Liebman
James and Kelly Weisfield
Irwin Mesher
Rich Mesher and Cindy Lee
Sue Mondschien
Faye Sarkowsky
Dorothy Franco Muscatel
John Muscatel
Samuel S. Parker
Jill Rosenkrantz
Rita Phillips
Craig Sternberg
Melvyn Poll
Rosalind B. Poll
Jack Pruzan
Herb and Lucy Pruzan
Sara Mesher Rosen
Joel and Amy Arensberg
Lee Rotman
Allan Rotman
Elaine Sandler Semel
Morris Sandler
Martin Sandler
Elisabeth and Norman Sandler
Martin Nathan Sandler
Morris Sandler
Herman Sarkowsky
Faye Sarkowsky
The Lawson Sarkowsky Family
Max Schoenfeld
Esther Schoenfeld
Donna Schwab
Rubin Schwab
Michael E. Schwab
Julius Shafer
Stephen Katz
Rebecca Betty Shafer
Stephen Katz
Bonnie Shifton
Mary Shifton
Lynn and Roslyn Tooley
Evelyn Shifton
John Shifton
Lynn and Roslyn Tooley
Alex Shulman
Francine Loeb
Cecile Sigel
Debbie Bensussen
Gunther Sondland
Herb and Lucy Pruzan
Joel B. Staadecker
Victor Staadecker
Bonnie and James Brazil
Ricki Starin
Debbie and Rob Bensussen
Judy Sternberg
Fred and Harriette Dorkin
Fannie Stratiner
Philip Stratiner
Jan and Steve Lewis
Pat Stusser
Helen Stusser
Judy Swinberg
Fred and Harriette Dorkin
Samuel H. Tarica
Serena Tarica
Abraham Tarshis
Peter Tarshis
Jan and Steve Lewis
Natalie Thomas Goldfarb Malin
Robert Malin
Ida Toff
Joel and Amy Arensberg
Molly Wahlstrom
Richard A. Goldman
Lawrence Weiss
Robert Weiss
Rose Wiviott
Mike and Marcia Wiviott and Family
Vickie Lee Wolfstone
Fred and Jeanne Wolfstone
Victor E. Wolfstone
Ann Farber Ziegman
Susan Ziegman
As with any human endeavor, errors sometimes occur. Please accept our sincere apology for any names which have been incorrectly spelled or accidentally omitted.
Special thanks to the donors who are supporting Temple through a monthly or quarterly recurring gift; these donors are denoted with an M next to their name.
Please note that gifts that are given for a yahrzeit, in appreciation, in memory or in honor are listed alphabetically by the honoree’s last name. All other gifts are listed alphabetically by the donor’s last name.
JAN 3 & 4
Rose Backer
David Bass
Celeste Bassan
Edwin S. Berkman
Alfred A. Brashem
Albert I. Caraco
Lorraine Cordova
Raymond M. Cowen
Hertha Crohn
Rachel Dover
Louis Friedlander
Elise R. Friedman
Mary Friedman
Jules Yale Glant
Anne R. Goldberg
Joseph Gottstein
Maurice A. Green
Victor H. Heller
Simon Hurwitz
Steven Kagle
Lt. Norman Kossis
Rebecca Kracower
Max LeBid
Eva May Leichty
Louisa Levy
Jacob Lighter
Maurice Lipson
Frances Loschbin
Samuel Marcus
Carol Meisels
Simmie Mosler
Reginald J. Newbeck
Israel Pasternack
Kenneth H. Pearl
Martin Pick
Meyer Rabinovich
Stuart R. Reichart
Jules Rosenbaum
Judith Ross
Lee Rotman
Phyllis Jane Senescu
Louis Singerman
Bertha Sommer
Victor Staadecker
Peter Saul Tarshis
Lawrence Weiss
JAN 10 & 11
Henry M. Alexander
Samuel Beaubaire
Selma Bloch
Harold Broder
Bud J. Burnett
Bernard Coleman
Helen B. Dale
Edythe Lowney Deitch
David Ira Dorkin
Wally Etsekson
Benjamin Fabrikant
Lawrence J. Fisher
Estelle R. Freed
Mollie J. Freiberg
Morris Fuson
Alice Sarah Gerber
Roman I. Ginzberg
Ben Glazer
Rae Glazer
Jack Goldsmith
Jess Greenborg
David Grinstein
Patricia Y. Hadley
Mary Hamlin
Simon Hamlin
Pauline Handlin
Harry Y. Hochberg
Samuel J. Israel
Fannie Keller
Nathan Koenigsberg
Ida Lavansky
Ravella Levine
Samuel Levitt
Audrey Lewis
Milton Mermelstein
William Meyers
Lillian Rosenberg
Eva B. Rogers
Milton C. Seelig
Harry Segelbaum
Natalie Mandell Smith
Leslie ‘Pat’ E. Stusser
Jacob Teitelbaum
Hildred E. Titus
Lillian LeBid Winters
Zichronam Livracha
PERPETUAL YAHRZEITS
JAN 17 & 18
Dora Abravanel
Fred Adler
Mary Aronson
Myer Aronson
Irene Feinstein Arron
Arthur Berliner
Simon Burnett
Reggie Porad Butsch
Samuel Calvo
Ronald T Chess
Isaac David Cohen
Larry Dolgoff
Edwin J. Friedman
Gertrude M. Glant
Frieda Glant
Samuel Glazer
Sylvia Goldfarb
Sarah Green
Ben Guterson
Adelaide R. Gutmann
Arthur I. Hanfling
Joseph Herman
Minnie Hochfeld
Mrs. Hermon A. Kaufman
George Keiter
Leo M. Koenigsberg
Ida Kosher
Isaac Kracower
Samuel N. Laurie
Ellis Levin
Louis Levy
Sophie Marcusson
Jacob Michaels
Elkan C. Offer
Pearl Palmer
Melvyn D. Poll
Meyer V. Rosenberg
Alan Sears
Alan David Sidel
Greta Tatt
Cheryl Diane Taylor
Molly B. Wahlstrom
Kenneth Waldbaum
Lorna Youdene
Albert A. N. Youngman
Michael H. Zelikovsky
JAN 24 & 25
David S. Abrams
Isaac N. “Ike” Alhadeff
Abe Aronson
Theodore E. Barde
Ruth Beloff
Isabelle Bernstein
Jennie Blatt
Sarah Bloch
Dorothy Wolens Block
Margaret Block
Marilyn J. Boden
Anna Goodman Davis
Eva Deutsch
Gertrude Drucker
Samuel Ehrenberg
David R. Franco
Ida Friedlander
Betty Gilman
Freda Goldberg
Shirley Goldstein
June Gottstein
Isadore E. Greenberg
Arthur Herschman
Richard Kahn
Lillian Kava
Louis Lavinthal
Corinne M. Leavitt
Barbara A. Levy
Samuel R. Levy
Natalia Mehl
Jack Meyers
Betty Parker
Helen L. Prince
Mary O. Rapaport
Rosalie Lorber Revesz
Kurt Ries
Marion B. Rosen
Bluma Russ
Harry J. Schatz
Donna Schwab
Ann Sidel
Morris Sigel
Ronald Simon
Ethel Singer
Elias M. Solomon
Augusta Stemmer
Ruth Warshal
JAN 31 & FEB 1
Ethel L. Adler
Joyle Adler
Ruth J. Arndt
Anna Bader
Adam P. Block
Rie Bloomfield
David Brenner
Syril Brownfeld
Lillian Belle Caditz
Joseph S. Caplan
Simi B. Cohen
Myer Cohen
Moses Druxman
Goldie Feinberg
Dorothea Feltman
David E. Gilman
Lt. M. S. “Buddy” Goldberg
Rebecca Goldberg
Harold Greenberg
Gussie Harris
Maurice Jaffe
Sylvia L. Lembersky
Fern Rosenfeld Meltzer
Harold J. Miller
Fannie Mondschein
Anne L. Nieder
Harry Nieder
Louis E. Nudelman
Ann Miller Preblod
Martin B. Rind
Sara Mesher Rosen
Mary Rosenkrantz
Jerry Rosenthal
Stuart F. Rosenwald
Ben Rothenberg
Ben Saltman
Irving Sarkowsky
Max Saul
Pearl J. Shulman
Henry S. Silver
Joel B. Staadecker
Sam Stein
John Stusser
Dave Taylor
Dora Taylor
Ida Rosen Toff
Jacob Wacher
Joseph Wasser
Sidney Wax
Harry Weinberg
Ethel S. Wendrow
Terry A. Wienir
FEB 7 & 8
Pincus D. Almeleh
Vicki Piha Ashberg
Kathryn A. Benaroya
George S. Berkman
Mathilda G. Berkman
Anna Brashem
Ivan N. Breetwor
Fran Calderon
Dora Ray Cohen
Louis Dulien
Shirley Ehrenberg
Rose Fuson
Steven M. Goldblatt
Lillie Goldsmith
H. Mitchell Gould
Irving Green
Marian Greenberg
Irene Hamlin
Linda Hudesman
Ernest B. Jackson
Richard Kane
Herman Keisler
Abe H. Kollack
Mildred Babe Kollack
Zara Kollack
Ida E. Kronfield
Isadore Lachman
Herbert Lane
Alfred M. Levin
Louis Lichenstein
Edith Margolis
Lowell Reed Matin
Sally M. Olswang
Sam Frank Parker
Harry Pearl
Morris Poll
James Kaufman Printz
Arthur Rumizen
Milton Henry Seligman
Alfred Shyman
Minnie Siegal
Jennie G. Stern
Leopold M. Stern
Laurence Tarshis
Dr. William L. Topp
Sarah L. Wachtel
Jonathan R Warren
FEB 14 & 15
Matilda Barkey
Max Berliner
Joseph L. Brown
Reba Cahn
Paul Isaac Caraco
Dr. Norman W. Clein
Betty Lindau Cohen
Isabelle Genss Cohn
Selma Cohn
Phillip A. Cole
Lilyan Corday
Ida Crohn
Pearl A. Daniels
Dave Davis
Edward Dunietz
Ernest Ellenbogen
Alice I. Enfield
John M. Friedlander
Caroline Kline Galland
Betty D Goldberg
Dr. Julius C. Goldner
Chaim Gorbulove
Hon. Morris N. Gould
Ida Haas
Richard Hochfeld
Sadje Ann Kaplan
Bernard W. Langner
Nathan Leivy
Joan Leshgold
Sadie Lighter
Isadore Loschbin
Florence Rogers Mendelsohn
Rebecca R. Mesher
Minnie B. Meyer
Joseph Meyers
Meyer Meyers
Aaron C. Miller
Mandel Minsk
Gloria Newman
Solomon Joseph Peha
Kenneth J. Schwartz
Lewis Silverstone
Dr. Harry Samuel Tarica
William O. Tatcher
Jackie Kahn Vhugen
John Wildenthal
George E. Wolfe
Hyman H. Wolfstone
FEB 21 & 22
Samuel D. Arnstein
Selma Axelrod
Estelle E Bensussen
Louis Bukofzer
Edith Butterklee
Irwin Caplan
Lois G. Cowen
Marie W. Degginger
Julia DeLorraine
Joseph G. Feldman
Regina Flaks
Milton Freiberg
Sam Gold
Morris L. Goldfine
Rebecca Goldsmith
Otto S. Grunbaum
Moritz Gutmann
Matilda M. Hanan
Annie Herman
Fanny Kadish
Josephine King
Fannie A. Kluger
Harriet Grieff Kluger
Cora Koch
Alan J. Kremen
Sidney B. Leven
Dr. Marvin N. Lewis
Ralph Lewis
Ida Golden Markrack
Mae Michaels
Eve Rubenfeld Ordell
Joseph Ness Peha
Ness (Jay) Joseph Peha
Howard P. Pruzan
Rudolf B. Rindler
Mose Rotman
Jennie Schrantz
Harry Shore
Felix Shulman
Erna Speyer
Edward Starin
Bettina G. Stegman
Sylvia G. Stolurow
Joyce (Josie) Stratiner
Dorothy Dora Tall
Etta Waxman
Sylvia S. Weil
Mildred E. Wolff
Stanley H. Wolfstone
Misha Zafran
FEB 28 & MAR 1
Joan Alhadeff
William Arensberg
Eugene Arron
Paul Berger
Thekla Steiner Bergmann
Irving Berman
Julia Block
Ruth Burnett
Freida Charlet
John J Dorkin
Herman S. Ehrlich
Ruth Epstein
Abraham Garfinkel
Golda Garfinkle
Adele Rosenberg Golub
Lorraine Greenfield
Stella Y. Herman
Sue Hodgson
Mark G. Hodin
Jerome Jermulowske
Fannie G. Kaminoff
Sylvia J. Kaufman
Dinah Klein
Bertha Koppel
Anne Marcus
Marian Feldman Martin
Nettie G. Mesher
Arthur Michelson
Bernie Minsk
Ben A. Myers
Richard B. Quint
Ilse Ries
Lawrence Edward Rosen
Phillip Rottenstein
Rebecca Schuster
Hannah Selesnick
Rosalie Simon
Dorothy Elaine Sobol
William B. Staadecker
Carl Stern
Dr Irving B. Stern
Sol Thal
Sophia Weisfield
Phil Youdene
Dorothy J. Zedick
MAR 7 & 8
Solomon D. Alhadeff
Leonard B. Barde
Harry Bean
Martin Hill Coffler
Edward A. Cooper
Goldie Davidson
Josef Diamond
Jacob Goldberg
Neil J Golden
Ralph Goodman
Sy Greenstein
Gladys Hanfling
Evelyn Herman
Marcus L. Hochfeld
Rose Horowitz
Bernard Hyams
Rebecca Karosenc
Abraham Kava
Harriett Koleman
George Kenneth Kraskin
Sophie P. Leavitt
Paul Levinson
Eugene Levy
Eliza Marks
Eman Masin
Jennifer Rosen Meade
Blanche G. Narodick
Lawrence A. Nieder
Hyman H. Nurick
Lee Warren Pearl
Albert I. Pollack
Eda Poplack
George Posner
Dina Margaret Priteca
Rose Pruzan
Bertha Rind
Rabbi Richard Rosenthal
Erna Rosenthal
Avery Scheit
Gertrude S. Singerman
Jakob Stegman
Riska Stegman
William Stern
Samuel Millard Stusser
Ruth M. Weil
Rabbi Martin S Weiner
Leo Weisfield
Leonard Wiviott
Bruno Wolff
David E. Wolfstone
MAR 14 & 15
Theresa Adler
Samuel B. Asia
Bruce Nathan Baker
James J. Backer
Lee Grund Barnett
Gretel Biel
Henry M. Bloch
Goldie Libby Blumenthal
Steven D. Brashen
Marty Bridge
Albert Israel Brown
Freda Block Casserd
Doris H. Cole
Frances Angel Dolgoff
Esther Freeman
Herman H. Gorlick
Bertha F. Greenbaum
Samuel George Holcenberg
Maurice L. Kelman
Kathleen Koenigsberg
Annette Moscatel Levin
Bernard Levinson
Irving M. l. Levinson
Bella Levitt
Madeline Levy
Esther Lipman
David Michelson
Robert B. Nudelman
Herbert C. Pickard
Ruth B. Rackmil
Rae R. Ries
Lorraine S. Sandler
Ralph Schoenfeld Jr.
Selma G. Schwartz
Rebecca Betty Shafer
Edward Sommer
Samuel N. Stroum
Margaret H. Tooley
Adolph Warshal
Dr. Gale Wienir
Joan Sadie Wienir
Frances Sommer Wolfstone
Mary S. Wolfstone
MAR 21 & 22
David S. Alhadeff
Theresa G. Asia
Ethel Barnett
Stanley Stemmer Beaubaire
Stanley A. Beloff
Mina Berkman
Therese Helene Bernstein
Robert Jackson Block
Freda Blumenfeld
Irwin S. Blumenfeld
Maxine Blumenthal
Harry Burke Bolson
Mary Dvorah Brown
Harry Bugenstein
Ruth E. Salkin Canty
Manly Morton Cohen
Ben Cohn
Joseph M. Dreyfuss
Rose G. Dreyfuss
Martha C. Ehrlich
Andrew M. Epstein
Hannah Feinson
Celia G. Gilman
Earle T. Glant
William Goldblatt
Kassel Gottstein
Werner G. Grunsfeld
Roy S. Hasegawa
Rebecca Joelsohn
Leah B. Kahn
Jacob S. Kane
Suzanne B. Kirske
Arthur B. Koplowitz
Herman Kronfield
Joseph Layko
Sidney H. Leavitt
Harriet LeBid
Howard Scott Levy
Zelma Levy
Fannie D. Lieberman
Esther Marshin Lighter
Richard Mandl
Evadna Marks
Trudi Zedick Novak
Pierre Pease
Benjamin Rose
Herman Schoenfeld
L. Kenneth Schoenfeld
Henry H. Seaman
Maxine D. Seligmann
Max S. Shore
Tamara Sternoff
Esther Sturman
Shay Suckerman
Celeste Scham Weissman
Benjamin John Zukor
MAR 28 & 29
Alexander R. Altose
Carolyn Arensberg
Jacob E. Barnett
Albert Behar
Clara Bender
Milton N. Berkman
Lenore E. Casserd
Frances Marshin Chain
Morrie L. Chernis
Dorothy B. Cohan
Leonard Nathan Degginger
Freda Diane Dodd
Fred Dulien
Max Ebersohn
Lotte Eisenhardt
Thelma Fain
Belle S. Friedlander
George Genss
Dr. Samuel G. Gimpel
Benjamin Gold
Phoebe Goldberg
Dr. A Bernard Gray
Lewis J. Greenfield
Oscar Grossman
Rose Rubinstein Jacobs
Frederick W. Kirske
Lilyan Levson
David Lipman
Spencer J. Matin
Bertrand Mayers
Julius M. Myers
Stanley S Neft
Lillian Raban
Razel Rosenfeld
Nathan Ross
Louis Rubenstein
Carl Schermer
Morton L. Schwabacher
Sadie Segal
Rose Sherman
Jessie Halpern Simkins
Frieda Sondland
Douglas Allen Stern
Israel Stern
Burton Sternoff
Sylvia Suckerman
Fannie Wagner
Emanuel Waldocks
Yetta H. Waldocks
Fannie S. Wasserman
Helen Weiss
Dr. William Stanton Wienir
Anna Zafran
APR 4 & 5
Robert Samuel Arnstein
Hilda T. Aronson
Mathilde Bloch
Aaron Caditz
Esther Canter
Alexander Corwin
Sarah Druxman
Ann Etsekson
Irving E. Fisher
Jacob Friedman
Evalyn Greenbaum
Rose Marie Grieff
Frank E. Hodgson
Carl Hollander
Annette V Kaplan
Louis Klein
Fannie Kossis
Marion F. Kotkins
Harris M. Kremen
Sally Lackman
Frances Laws
Ida Leavitt
Jennie Lederman
Hans Mann
Morris R. Miller
David Mossafer
Wilbur Arthur Nagel
Edith Rose Perlin
Lillian Platt
Victoria Policar
Inge Pruzan
Carol Hulak Rosenblatt
Goldie Ross
Jacob Saran
Samuel Sarchin
Robert Norman Shindell
Minnie Shulman
Myron J. Spring
Elsie Stastny
Evelyn L. Sternoff
Theodore Baer Sternoff
Fred Tepper
Mel Weiner
Rose Willner
Sam Ziegman
APR 11 & 12
Viola Altose
Marc Asher Beloff
Doris Berg
Stanley M. Blumenthal
Rose Brown
Meyer Burnett
Theodore W. Carrol
Rose Ann Epstein
Margery Friedlander
Deborah Friedman
Lena Genss
Nettie Gold
Milton Goodman
Otto Guthman
Samuel Hanan
Rabbi Samuel Koch
Marcus Krasnoff
Anne S. Kyte
Irving Levitin
Samuel Lieberman
Max Lipman
Otto Loffler
Clara Mayer
Heinz M. Newbeck
Rose Charlotte Nurick
Marjorie Ann Kaiz Offer
Leo S. Schwabacher
Harold Seligmann
Scott Adam Sherman
Edward F. Stern Sr.
Edward A. Sternoff
Ruth Sulman
Stanley Tiny Sulman
Samuel Thal
Lillian K. Tipp
Pearl K. Tipp
Lynn Orin Tooley
Joshua Michael Wald
Dorothy Weisfield
Ruth Weisfield
Evelyn Wiviott
Rosalie Zeeve
APR 18 & 19
Deborah Lee Arron
Eva K. Berger
Louis Casserd
Melanie Chussid
Clara Cohen
Ruben C. Cohen
Dr. Noah A. Daniels
Pauline Falk Deleon
Myra Dinner
Harry Druxman
Wallace Elkan
Rachael Flash
James L. Forman
Isadore Goldstein
Rose Dena Golub
Arthur Grunbaum
Lorraine H. Himelhoch
Marge Hollander
Izidor F. Katz
Harry Keisler
Arthur H. Klein
Arnold S. Koppel
Joan Miriam Krivosha
Sophie Krivosha
Rudolph Laschansky
Mildred Lasky
Vera Laufer
Meyer Levin
Lillian Levinson
William Lindau
Shirley M. Newman
Roger G. Overbeck
David Lawrence Pass MD
Jerome Pearl
Victoria S. Peha
Dr. Adolph J. Rigler
Judith D. Rivkin
Jaclynn Sandler
William S. Shartin
Roy Sommer
Solomon Stemmer
Ethel Stroum
Helen Suchowolski
Pauline Wegodsky
Louis S. Young
APR 25 & 26
Paul Ackerman
Max Antin
Harry A. Berlat
Herbert Ira Berns
Mildred Bushkin
Avron Canty
Carla Cohen
Bailey G. Dinkelspiel
David Fuxon
Edward A. Gluckman
Louis Hammerslough
Ernest W. Heilbrunn
Blooma Kahn
Robert H. Karatofsky
Joan S. Koch
Gerald Laws
Phil Lefton
Elizabeth Lewis
Lorraine Myers Lieberman
Archie Lippman
Mary Lippman
Louise Loeb-Ullman
Edith C. Maizels
Lena Matin
Edith S. Nagel
Joseph R. Oberman
David J. Prince
Helen K. Quinn
Carl Reiter
Harold M. Rogers
Abraham Rosenberg
Harold Z. Ross
Sam Sandler
Herbert A. Schoenfeld
Rae Shucklin
Coral H. Spring
Louise F. Stern
Sarah Tarica
Berta Altose Thal
Franz Ullmann
William T. Wald
Wolfe Warshal
Samuel D. Weisfield
MAY 2 & 3
Helen Greenebaum Arnstein
Benjamin Baker
Minnie M. Barnett
Jack Becker
Lester Berg
Louis Bitterman
David Brower
Manya Caplan
Samuel Clayman
Yetta Cohen
Isaac Cooper
Arthur J. Degginger
Shirley Ann Donner
Norman Joseph Freeman
Adam Solomon Fuson
Frank E. Gilman
Alex K. Goldman
Joseph Golombeck
Rae Harris
Jacob B. Keller
Nathan E. Kramer
Lilyan Lane
Irving C. Lewis
Edith Mayers
Gertrude C. Mesher
Rachel Morris
Thomas Peizer
Harris J. Rafish
Esther Robbins
Sara M. Robbins
Harold David Salkin
Paula R. Sarkowsky
Herbert A. Schoenfeld, Sr.
Edna B. Schwabacher
David Shames
Martin Snyder
Douglas Arnstein Steinhauer
Jennie Tobin
Harold R. Weinstein
Dr. David Lloyd Wienir
Hildegard Woislawski
Gary Michael Zien
MAY 9 & 10
Harry Altman
Joseph M. Arensberg
Myrah Bean
Lynn Sara Blumenthal
Joan Flaks Brashem
Benjamin Cole
Lizzie Cooper
Elizabeth L. Cordova
Roberta Corets
Joseph Arthur Daniels
Jesse Ray Eisenberg
Anner Finkel
Ned E. Franco
Norman Charles Goldberg
Simon Golub
Joseph Haas
Joe Himelhoch
Sam Hoffman
Fanny Horowitz
Louis I. Hurwitz
Jessie L. Jacobson
Luetta Jermulowske
Albert G. Kantor
Samuel Krivosha
Nathan Lederman
David Levine
Heartha J. Levinson
Bert J. Lillian
Vera Masin
Louis Meyers
Mary Suckerman Morris
Maxine Naon
Rose Pincus
Judy Poll
Clara Pruzan
Emma Rindler
Barbara M. Rosenthal
Donna E. Sarchin
Blanche Shindell
Tamara Shteynberg
Mannie Silverstone
Rachel Silverstone
Rudolph Abram Spring
Seymour S. Stein
Sam Tobin
Nellie Wolf
Marvin Ronald Wolk
Philip H. Zarkin
MAY 16 & 17
Alexander B. Allper
Jennie Behar
Jack A. Benaroya
Walter Block
Morris A. Blumberg
Jerome Merton Brown
Jennie M. Bukofzer
Roger T Chess
Dr. Leonard J. Cohen
Abe Cohn
Michael Cohon
Sara Goldberg Darvin
Herman Dinkelspiel
Joseph Dinner
Rose Drebin
Dr. Alex Edelstein
Alexander Edelstein
Robert Eilenberg
Dr. Joseph Freeman
Marlene Halela
Vinci J. Heilbrunn
Maurice Kadish
Nadine Kaufman
Jacob Joseph Kitz
Carrie Koch
Sophie Kohn
Edward Kosokoff
Al Lasky
George Leichty
Janet Rebbeca Levy
Rose Liberman
Celia Lipetz
Henry Mayer
Marc G. Mayers
Libey Betty Miller
Samuel Joseph Minkove
Daniel Offer
Ethel Berkman Ordell
Morris Piha
George Preblod
Esther Raphael
Frieda Ries Rebitzer
Bessie Saul
Sam Schwartz
Sidney P. Schwartz
Issie Shafer
Robert M. Silver
Kirby Speyer
Edith Barnass Tarshis
Harry Joseph Wasserman
Helen Wechsler
Richard S Weisfield
Samuel Wiviott
Patricia Wolfstone
Sallie Youngman
MAY 23 & 24
Harry Abrahams
Charles H. Abrams
Steven Jay Abrams
Harry I. Adler
Fanny Baron
Ralph A Benaroya
Bess Gordon Berlat
Barbara Bernbaum
A. Moe Bernhard
Fred Biel
Gertrude Shwayder Breetwor
Faye C. Brown
Leo R. Chain
Hazel Diesenhaus Cole
Sam L. Crevin
Morris Friedel
Paul Allan Friedman
Marjorie Gronfein
Hilda L. Guthman
Benjamin T. Hibshman
Joseph Hornstein
Shirley Kay Jabon
Helene Jean Kelman
Emma Kemp
Norman Levin
Harriet B. Meyers
Jack S. Moss
Jacob Platt
William Rapaport
Emma Prottas Rogers
Marion Q. Rose
Dr. Herman H. Schoffman
Cherna Sigel
Samuel Sigel
Florence Silver
Max A. Silver
Lillian Snyder
Paul Richard Speyer
Ire Stratiner
Sidney Thal
John P. Warnick
Louise Weil
Ruth Weiss-Stewart
George Jacob Wolff
Gertrude Copeland Zarkin
In Memoriam
OCTOBER 1, 2024 - JANUARY 31, 2025
Susie Schwartz Abel. Beloved spouse of Howard Abel, mother of Karen & Mike Lucero, and Julie Abel, grandmother of three, and sister of Chuck Schwartz (z”l), and Barbara Kohn-Welsh.
Mark Brashem. Beloved spouse of Terry Brashem, father of Stacie Brashem, and Kevin & Annie Brashem, grandfather of two, son of Martin Brashem, and brother of Marvin & Lisa Brashem, Carrie & Dick Stein, Linda & Jeff Jacobs, and Dena & Steve Fantle.
Fredrick Casserd. Beloved spouse of Rochelle Casserd, father of John & Janice Casserd, Susan Casserd, and Robert Casserd (z”l), grandfather of Jeff Casserd & Allie Goodman, and Jennifer & Neil Hinnant, and brother of Roma Sue Barnett.
Gerald (Jerry) C. Cohn. Beloved spouse of Diane Cohn, father of Gary & Sue Cohn, Leslie Cohn, and Laurie & Mike Kever, and stepfather of Randee Kissinger, Lisa & Rick Gifford, Lori Nevin & Jeffrey Harr, and Craig Nevin & Lisa Brydon, grandfather of 10, great-grandfather of 15, son of Elizabeth “Lil” Cohn (z”l) & Harry J. Cohn (z”l), and brother of Elaine Cohn & John Cohn (z”l), and Marilyn Cohn (z”l) & Bob Teitelbaum (z”l).
Bernard Gordon. Beloved spouse of Barbara Gordon, father of Steve Gordon, and Laura Gordon (z”l), grandfather of two, and brother of Matelle Goldstein & Lawrence Goldstein (z”l).
Diane Pritz Kaplan. Beloved spouse of the late Philip Kaplan (z”l), mother of Dr. Gary & Wendy Kaplan, and Janet & Howard Halberg, grandmother of two, and greatgrandmother of two.
Ileana King. Beloved spouse of the late Robert H King (z”l), mother of Jim Hoff, Paula & Ken Zweig, Deana Singleton & Kirk King, grandmother of four, and step-sister of Tony & Lynn Wartnik.
Barbara Posner Sommer. Beloved spouse of the late Roy Sommer (z”l), sister of Susan & Ira Kadish, aunt of Marc & Debra Kadish and Scott & Lexia Kadish, and great-aunt of five.
James (Jim) Pass. Beloved spouse of Susan Pass, father of Debra & Mark Jacobson, and Geoff & Erica Pass, and grandfather of three.
Gary Weinstein. Beloved spouse of spouse of Carolyn Weinstein, father of Robin Weinstein, and Jeff Weinstein & Erika Stohl, brother of Stuart & Lee Weinstein, and Devorah & Ron Weinstein (z”l), and uncle of many, including Neil & Denise Weinstein.
Rabbi Fred Wenger. Beloved spouse of Rochelle Wenger, father of Miriam & Daniel Landis, and Haim & Carmen Wenger, grandfather of six, and brother of Robert & Susan Wenger and Debbie Silverstein.
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Death Notifications, Yahrzeits, Sacred Journeys
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Meade Preschool (425) 559-2572, jcunningham@tdhs-nw.org
Membership
Nathalie Austin, Membership Manager (206) 258-4215, naustin@tdhs-nw.org
Sisterhood (Women of Reform Judaism) sisterhood@tdhs-nw.org Facebook.com/SisterhoodOfTDHS
The Tribe (20s & 30s)
Rabbi Brett Weisman, Associate Rabbi (206) 531-2192, bweisman@tdhs-nw.org
Youth Groups
Jessie Stott, Assistant Director, Hebrew & Teen Programming (425) 559-2569, jstott@tdhs-nw.org
VISION Temple De Hirsch Sinai leads the community in Reform Jewish thought and practice, enriching the lives of our members and our community as we explore our Jewish possibilities together.
MISSION Temple De Hirsch Sinai serves a large, diverse, multi-campus Reform Jewish congregation in the greater Seattle area and provides leadership in promoting Jewish ethical and moral concepts. We uphold the traditional values of our historic congregation and strive to create a progressive and contemporary Jewish environment providing worship, education, lifecycle events, community building, and community service opportunities to all of our members.
