Insight, Summer 2018

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INSIGHT into Temple Israel of Boston

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“Enlighten our eyes with Your teaching, and let

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our hearts embrace Your commandments.” - Morning Liturgy

AT TEMPLE ISRAEL, WE...

build community and encounter the sacred through relationships. embrace Torah in all its dimensions as our enduring source for inquiry, discovery, and inspriation.

explore spirituality and innovate our traditions of ritual and prayer.

On March 24, 2018, Jewish teens in the Boston area and beyond participated in the March for Our Lives to take a stand against gun violence.

IN THIS ISSUE...

The TI Scene .......................................................3 Notes from TI President & Executive Director ....4 Hello, Goodbye, and Welcome! ..........................5

pursue justice, in partnership with others, to realize our vision of what the world ought to be. are Ohavei Yisrael, Lovers of Israel, committed to the vitality, peace, and well-being of the Jewish people in Israel and throughout the world. draw strength from our diversity, and wisdom from all who walk through our open doors.

Jewish Boston Teens March for Our Lives .......6-7 Israel Trip Reflections .........................................8 Thank You to Our Community Leaders ...............9 Sixteen Months in the United States ................10 Riverway Project Shabbat Experiences ............11 FJECC/Beacon Academy Ready Buddies ...........12 A Rich History: The Jewish Perspective ............13 A Caring Collaboration .....................................14 Boston Immigration Justice Action Network ....15 Journeys to Judaism ....................................16-17 Life Cycles, Yahrzeits, Contributions ............18-28 Highlighted Summer Events .............................29

UPCOMING HOLIDAY DATES...

Shavuot: May 19/20, 2018 Tisha B’Av: July 21/22, 2018 Tu B’Av: July 27, 2018

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THE TI SCENE

Temple Israel congregants at the Kotel during a March Israel trip, “Study. Hike. Eat. Repeat!� Read reflections on page 8.

Temple Israel Clergy competing at the Annual Matzah Brei Cook-Off. Mazal tov to our winner, Rabbi Suzie Jacobson!

Shabbat of Inclusion with Artist in Residence, Nataly Zukerman, in partnership with Israeli Stage

Cooking & Memory, Hamentaschen edition!

Learn about other small group learning opportunities at www.tisrael.org/tigatherings

8th Graders on their way to Ellis Island

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MESSAGE FROM

THE BOARD PRESIDENT

There’s so much happening at Temple Israel, and we are all very proud of the work we have done to strengthen our community this past year.

I invite you to join us on Thursday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. for our Annual Gathering of the Congregation. Come and be part of an evening to celebrate our accomplishments from this past year and look forward to next year. We will also vote on the slate of new lay leaders to be elected to the Leadership Council and the Board of Trustees. I want to specifically thank Carol Targum, Sarah Sclaroff, and Marsha Feinberg who are stepping off of the Board of Trustees, as well as Remi Dansinger, Chris Keegan, Alison Freedman, Sally Mecher, and Sarah Minden for their time on the Leadership Council. They have each contributed to making Temple Israel a strong and vibrant community. Please join me n thanking those who have contributed and to those who will hold elected positions in the year to come.

The spring also marks your last chance to step up and contribute to our Annual Friends Fund Campaign. Each year, 7% of our funding comes from the generous support

MESSAGE FROM

I would be remiss not to mention the upcoming retirement of Barry Shrage, President of Combined Jewish Philanthropies. For 31 years, Barry has helped shape and lead our Federation and has positioned our community among the strongest. Navigating us through communal crises and providing a clear vision through times of strength, Barry has been fully committed to building a vibrant connection to Judaism for all members of our community. Temple Israel is excited to know that Rabbi Marc Baker will be taking over as President of CJP this summer.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

We are thrilled to bring you our Summer issue of Insight.

As we round out another fiscal year at Temple Israel, we have a lot that we’re proud of, as you’ll see in the following pages. We are grateful to you, our members, as well as our lay leadership, clergy, and staff for another remarkable year.

Temple Israel community has been galvanized through the organizing efforts of our youth. On Saturday, March 24, 2018 our teen leaders brought over 36 organizations to join one another and be a part of March for our Lives Boston. This was a powerful experience for our teens as they joined our clergy and thousands of New Englanders to take a stand against gun violence.

This year marks 40 years of the Jewish Perspective, Temple Israel’s television show that has been a Sunday morning ritual since Rabbi Bernard Mehlman began hosting in

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of our congregants. Without your continued fiscal support, we would not be able to carry out our mission of Living Judaism Together through Discovery, Dynamic Spirituality, and Righteous Impact. We thank the hundreds of households who have already “raised their paddle” in support of our campaign and ask you to join us with a meaningful gift.

1978. The baton was passed to Rabbi Friedman and then to Rabbi Zecher, who continues our tradition. As you read on, you’ll also find out about the beautiful partnership between our FJECC Preschool and Beacon Academy through their reading buddies program.

And finally, you can catch up on our recent Temple trip to Israel, the collaboration between our Caring Community and Religious School, and our work on immigration justice.

Don’t forget to keep an eye out for our important Membership Renewal mailing in June, and the High Holy Day brochure which will land at your doorstep in July. We wish you a fantastic summer and invite you to join us for summer Qabbalat Shabbat in the Rita and Adam J. Weiner and Family Outdoor Classroom.

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P lease help us welcome our newest members!

Boston, MA • Jason, Katherine, and James Post • Hannah Glass and Jacob Epstein • Allan and Joan Loren • Shaina Dennis and Matt Goodwin • Hanna Roos Brookline, MA • Ellen Goodman • Norman Hollenberg • Matthew Milikowsky • Brandon Bergman

Cambridge, MA • Meyer, Michele, Hannan, and Amiel Potashman • Jennifer, Joseph, Penelope, and Zane Kolchinsky • Carol Agate Charlestown, MA • Martha Starr Elizabethtown, PA • Duncan George Jamaica Plain, MA • Stacy, Mark, Maya, and Leila Seide Newton, MA • Andrea Levinsky Newton Centre, MA • Peggy Husch Rothschild San Fransisco, CA • Adam Rothschild, Sally Madsen, and Tom and Bay Rothschild Somerville, MA • Eric Britton and Deanna Goldner West Roxbury, MA • Kelly Rux

Introducing our Cantorial Intern...

Danielle Rodnizki

We are pleased to welcome Danielle Rodnizki to Temple Israel of Boston as our Summer 2018 Cantorial Intern! Danielle graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2013 with a BA in Spanish Literature & Psychology. In 2014-2015, she completed an independent study with Cantor Ellen Dreskin, which included weekly chevruta on translation and interpretation of Shabbat liturgy.

Danielle is currently attending Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and is working towards her Cantorial Ordination and Masters in Sacred Music. Danielle has years of song-leading and cantorial experiences in a variety of camps and synagogues, most recently Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York, URJ Kutz Camp in New York, and Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater, Florida. Danielle will begin the first week of June. Please help us welcome Danielle to our community! www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960

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JEWISH BOSTON TEENS MARCH FOR OUR LIVES

By Mike Fishbein, Rabbi Matt Soffer, Tara Snapper, and Isaiah Goldsmith

“Perhaps it’s not accidental that this unprecedented collaboration between so many different Jewish youth groups was forged by our youth.” - Rabbi Matt Soffer The Tent: a Jewish Learning Community for Greater Boston Teens at Temple Israel of Boston is a pluralistic, partnership-based program of over one hundred 8-12th graders. On our first session following the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a dozen students gathered to engage in conversations about the shooting and about the growing response, including the already-announced national and local March for Our Lives. Through their conversations, our teens quickly and clearly found two points of consensus: they would attend March for Our Lives Boston as a group, and they wanted their congregation, Temple Israel of Boston, to offer its space and proximity to the march as an opportunity for Jewish teens from across New England to gather to attend the march together. The Clergy, Executive Director, and lay leaders of Temple Israel were immediately supportive of this idea and offered to help.

On Saturday, March 24, 2018, 107 people from 22 New England cities gathered in the Social Hall at Temple Israel of Boston, including 59 teens, 19 parents, and 29 clergy, educators, and staff volunteers. The combined Jewish engagement of these teens comprised of 36 different institutions, including congregations, youth groups, day and supplemental schools, and service programs, and spanning Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Pluralistic, Lubavitcher, and Independent communities. This group attended Jewish Teens Join the March for Our Lives Boston, a teen-led event intended to facilitate participation in the anti-gun violence March for Our Lives: Boston, while adding meaning to that activism through Jewish learning and community.

For adults who have worked in Jewish teen engagement, this coalition was almost unbelievable - concerns over competition and ideology, even among progressive institutions, has always limited opportunities for collaboration. But to our teens, the gathering of our groups was obvious.

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Rabbi Soffer reflected, “I’ve been involved in Jewish youth work for as long as I can remember: at my temple, in my NFTY region, as a temple youth group advisor, then as a professional youth-worker serving as advisor to the North American NFTY Officers. And never can I recall an event as institutionally collaborative as Jewish Teens Join March for Our Lives Boston. It’s no secret that Jewish institutions don’t always “play well” with one another - we’ve been plagued by divisions since the glory years of the Talmudic academies, when the walls of the academies in Sura and Pumpadita defined themselves against each other. This, however, is a unique moment in our history, and perhaps it’s not accidental that this unprecedented collaboration between so many different Jewish youth groups was forged by our youth. Now is the time for the adult community, which largely staffs these efforts, to see that the only way we can fulfill our prophetic mission as a Jewish people is to be One, united in our pursuit of justice and peace, which, God willing, will last for generations to come.”

Jewish Teens Join March for Our Lives Boston had been planned in just three weeks by a team of teen leaders with staff and institutional support from Temple Israel of Boston, The Tent, the Jewish Teen Initiative - Boston, NFTY, and BBYO. The principal teen leaders were NFTY-NE Social Action VP Tara Snapper, RYFTI/Temple Israel Boston Social Justice VP and Tent student Isaiah Goldsmith, and Jewish Teen Initiative - Boston Fellow Noah Green.

Beginning at 9:30 a.m., Tara and Isaiah led the group through community building, text study, issue education, and sign-making.

At 10:30 a.m., we boarded buses and took the short ride to the start of the march. For three hours, we marched together as a coalition of Jewish teens and organizations, adding our voices to the chants floating along the sea of people on Columbus Ave. Tara said, “I felt so empowered by the teens at the event and the teens at the march who clearly felt so connected to the issue of Gun Violence Prevention. I really hope this passion and desire for change does not stop with the march, but instead continues with advocacy work.”

Looking back on the day, Isaiah said, “What I think is so often lost in large-scale marches is the transition from visibility to action to change. On Saturday, we bridged the gap between the energy for potential activism and the end goal of effective change by giving people a simple formula for contacting our representatives. I have worked in my state representative’s office for four years and I have seen that lawmakers’ minds can truly be changed by just one well-structured constituent meeting or call. Marches can raise public awareness around an issue or contribute to general public discourse, and along with so many others around the U.S. and the world we succeeded at that. Yet all too often the collective energy of these milestone events wanes before it can be put to good use. Whether this momentum goes towards raising money for particular organizations or motivating citizens to contact representatives, it is important to capitalize on it in some way before the 24/7 news cycle once again carries away the public’s limited attention. In this moment, we called on our peers and adults in MA to support the Extreme Risk Protective Order (H.R. 3081) and a full assault weapon ban (H.R. 5087), and on the federal level to oppose the SHARE Act (H.R 3688) and to support gun violence research by fighting to repeal the Dickey Amendment.”

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Israel Trip Reflections In the beginning of March, 18 members of our TI community traveled to Israel for a trip entitled, “Study. Hike. Eat. Repeat!”

Since we could not share our culinary experiences or take you on a hike, we have decided to provide a taste of the thoughtprovoking path we traversed in order to bring you along with us. Here is a poem we studied with some commentary from our fellow travelers presented like a Talmud page.

- Rabbi Elaine Zecher

Mitchell Shames Carol Michael And a whisper will be heard in the place... Whispers, shouts, “matter is never destroyed, only transformed.” the soul, eternal. songs, cries… all arise from the land and the stones. Echoes NISHMAT CHAYIM ‫( נשמת חיים‬Genesis 2:7) breath of life of Abraham, Sarah, Moses, David, and Solomon, sojourning, pray with our feet, hearts, minds: at the Western Wall my hands cool trekking, building cities, and Temples. The Crusaders plunder, on stones smoothed by other hands, hot on rough stones above, where the early Zionists build, the kibbutzniks plow and dance. The only I can reach; overlooking old city; security fence; in mosque; at whispers and songs still vibrate. Tel Aviv arises from the dunes, residence for those differently abled; on hikes in Judean Hills; in cave a lottery of shells, the vendors from Turkey, with teenagers on guitars; at graves; with hands Syria, Greece, olives, nuts, teas, halavah, each in dirt where maybe David and Goliath stood; The Place Where We Are Right with their own whispers. Graffiti is whispered drinking beer in craft brewery (ooops-YES!); in on dilapidated buildings. Voices of the yeshivah by Yehuda Amichai boys hover at the Wall, while we offer our own From the place where we are right markets with 10 generations of sales; on street where Eritrean and Somalian asylum seekers whispers, voices of prayer, together, men and Flowers will never grow wait; at synagogue startup; sharing homemade women, traveling from Boston, trying to figure In the spring. birthday cakes and challah; on beach toes in sand out where our own whispers fit in the chorus of The place where we are right and legs in sea… our people. Am Yisroel Chai. May the whispers Is hard and trampled never cease. remembering all those not here. BREATH OF LIFE: Like a yard. whispers. here. gone? Dig. Marc Maxwell But doubts and loves Always here when I stop and listen.

Walking on ancient cobblestones, Dig up the world In a very modern place Like a mole, a plow.

Seeking our shared history and ancestors, And a whisper will be heard in the Michele Fishel I heard the Whisper standing on the beach in Tel Ancient land and people, but somehow new place Aviv – “In the open water between the sea walls” Where the ruined Everyone is an immigrant at one time, I heard the Whisper at the pluralistic section of House once stood.

Searching for belonging and meaning the Kotel - “One does not travel to Jerusalem, one Reclaiming a land and a language, returns.” Our voices together in prayer, others Standing up and firm for our right to exist praying in another language – the Cacophony of Voices and the Echoes from the Wall Rejecting the past, while building a future

Looking for meaning in old texts, At ancient objects for new meanings Secular and modern rejecting, Religious clinging to centuries old traditions Old streets with new buildings, Ancient, yet newly exposed tunnels and walls Disputed borders and arbitrary divisions, Political boundaries and invisible distinctions Travelers by foot, walking dirt paths and through vineyards, Old friends with new depth and deeper connections Our hands on the wall, our toes in the water, Thankful for our fellow travelers and missing those who are no longer with us Returning home with greater understanding, and yet, more questions then we left with.

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I heard the Whisper walking around the Old City, the Market Places of generations upon generations, the old tunnels and stairs, – my feet like roots taking in messages of the Land I heard the Whisper from the “Security Barrier” and Voices seeking Peace I heard the Whisper in the candle sizzling in the wine – familiar- or Different in Israel?

And Now – Home, I hear the Whisper as I reflect on the history, spirituality, the ancient stones and structures, the people young and old and the ghosts of martyred Soldiers, all Together – Coexisting And All the Layers upon Layers How do you “ Hold” a Whisper?

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Thank You TO OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS

LEAVING THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL:

Sally Mechur

3 years on the Leadership Council

LEAVING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

Marsha Feinberg

3 years on the Board

"Collaborating with Marsha to build relationships and create meaningful engagement between Temple Israel and Beacon Academy has been a great learning opportunity and powerful experience for me."

-Tali Puterman, Community Organizer

"I admire Sara’s commitment to Temple Israel and her ability to take her professional skills and apply them to the work we do here as a congregation."

Sara Sclaroff

6 years on the Board

Carol Targum

6 years on the Board

-Dan Deutsch, Executive Director

"Carol has brought so much spirit to the Board of Trustees, is always looking at our work with an innovative and spiritual lens."

-Dan Deutsch, Executive Director

"Sally is thoughtful, engaging, and wonderful to work with.

Her years of experience in schools and lifelong commitment to social justice has made Sally a wonderful resource for programming across generations."

-Tali Puterman, Community Organizer "Chris is the heart (and former chair) of TI Cares.

She is always watching out for people and alerting us to who needs help."

Chris Keegan

-Cantor Roy Einhorn

6 years on the Leadership Council

Remi Dansinger

9 years on the Leadership Council

"I have volunteered with Remi helping English Language Learners express themselves through stories, engaged with Remi around justice learning with her children in Religious School, and I am excited that Remi is now involved with our Racial Justice Initiative’s Partakers: College Behind Bars volunteer opportunity."

-Tali Puterman, Community Organizer

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Sixteen Months in the United States AN UPDATE ON OUR SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY

“When our Temple Israel community agreed to join the humanitarian effort organized by the Jewish Family Service of Metrowest in the summer of 2016 to settle Syrian families, we did not know exactly what would happen. The presidential election had not yet occurred. The limits on immigration had not yet arrived. We just knew it would take a village to welcome and assist a family led by values of welcome and care and respect for the other. Our members and friends jumped forward by the hundreds. On the eve of January 19, 2017, a few of us representing the larger TI community stood by baggage claim at the airport with signs in hand to usher the Syrian family into a new life. Refugees no more, this family has been surrounded by love and diligent attention by our various TI teams.

On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, our wonderful Syrian family welcomed Salam Ahmad into loving arms of an expanded village. As we learned of his first and middle name (and the fine health of both mother and child) hope filled our hearts.

Perhaps this newest member of their family will be part of a generation that could bring peace and understanding to every corner of the earth. And now another new chapter begins for them with the arrival of Salam Ahmad. We can all feel great joy with them and for them. Sanctifying new life lifts us all.”

- Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Shabbat Awakenings “Being part of Temple Israel‘s effort to help this family resettle in the U.S. has been a highlight of the past year for me. It has been wonderful to see them rebuild their life while adapting to an entirely foreign environment: going to school, getting a job, making new friends, while learning a new language - all that with a big smile! It has been equally wonderful to be part of a group of people so fully committed to helping out our Syrian friends.

Truly this experience is at the intersection of two of the most awesome aspects of humanity: our capacity to overcome the most difficult circumstances, and our eagerness to help our fellow people.”

- Giang Wyner

“Baby Salam came into the world bearing the hopeful name 'Peace' and soon after, I held him in my arms. His cries echoed the cries of Syrian children in the news, but his was the cry of life, and it made his parents happy. Salam was born at Boston Medical Center, thousands of miles from his homeland but loved in his new home. Nour and Ahmad, and his older brothers, Esam and Adam, have become family. And now, we have Salam, insistently and joyously loud as he announces himself as the family’s first American.”

- Ricki Morell

“It’s been my privilege to work with this incredibly gracious family. Along the way, I’ve learned to explain a lot of things with my hands (and Google translate). For my efforts I’ve received many cups of tea and taken home care packages of babaganoush. I’ve also gained a fresh appreciation for the resilience needed to start a new life in a baffling foreign culture with a baffling foreign language, all while worrying about beloved family left behind. We have smoothed the way for this family in many complex situations, but their greatest strength is clearly their own positive outlook. I wish all displaced people could have even a portion of the welcome and support we were able to provide this family.”

- Melanie Marcus

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RIVERWAY PROJECT SHABBAT EXPERIENCES

By Rabbi Jen Gubitz and Melissa Carp

Exodus 35:2 reads: “On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Divine.”

We are reminded in Exodus of this commanded importance of Shabbat, that sacred pause experienced since the beginning of time that brings us together weekly and connects the Jewish people worldwide. Shabbat is the ultimate tabernacle, the ultimate sacred space for gathering, even as Jewish people journey everywhere throughout the world. Shabbat elevates our souls, fills our stomachs, helps us make new friends, and connects us to that which is greater than us.

Shabbat gatherings are at the center of the Riverway Project’s core values and programming. In any given month, young adults in their 20s and 30s connect to Judaism and one another at Soul Food Friday, Neighborhood Shabbat in participants’ homes, a Shabbat experience “shabbat in the ‘bridge” across the river in Cambridge, and our newest Shabbat venture, Queer Jewish Folks Shabbat.

Soul Food Friday provides a great introduction to the Riverway Project community and a good place to meet other cool people looking to “do Jewish” in Boston. We typically gather at Temple Israel the second Friday of each month for an engaging, musical, and upbeat Qabbalat Shabbat service. After the service, we fill our souls with delicious food, good wine and beer, and plenty of schmoozing.

shabbat in the ‘bridge, an innovation started in June 2017, is designed to offer a Riverway Project Shabbat experience for the burgeoning Riverway Project community who live on the Red Line. With about 65

pre-registered attendees, we connect in a more intimate setting for an evening of music, reflection, and prayer, followed by Shabbat dinner and drinks. The evening is meant to bring together people in Cambridge, Somerville, and beyond for a progressive Shabbat experience.

Neighborhood Shabbat dinners are a great way to meet others in the Riverway Project community in an intimate setting in the convenience of one’s own neighborhood. This past January, we held three simultaneous Neighborhood Shabbat dinners in the South End, Cambridge, and West End - engaging over 50 people!

Queer Jewish Folks Shabbat is the newest Shabbat innovation for the Riverway Project. This gathering is open to all young adults who identify as queer or on the LGBTQIA+ Spectrum. This inclusive gathering was inspired by Riverway Project lay-leader Caroline Dorn, who expressed her desire for a Queer Shabbat Dinner in a Riverway Project setting. According to Caroline, “At the end of the day, a Jewish community should always be a place where everyone can bring their self to the table – which is why spaces like this are so critical.” The gathering ended up drawing over 70 people. As one participant noted the next day, “being in that space was more comforting than I’d expected. Having that immediate level of familiarity with everyone around me, that shared reality, I think I needed that. I know I’m not alone in my queerness and not alone in my Judaism.”

How awesome it is to have 52 Shabbat opportunities every year to rest, reflect, and reconnect with ourselves and our community? Learn more about the Riverway Project at www.riverwayproject.org. www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960

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JOURNEYS to JUDAISM

By Rabbi Jen Gubitz

Journeys to Judaism are vast: beginning with a moment of connection, a text of inspiration, a desire for wellbeing or wholeness, a curiosity for depth and learning, a vision for a family, or even a startling loss; some journeys culminate by the water’s edge in a Mikvah ritual immersion and some do not; some journeys oscillate between tiny moments of connection, concern, turning away, running away, coming back, searching still - and some do not. Who you are and how you locate yourself in the Jewish story is a journey that all who are drawn to Judaism take including those born into its heritage, those who choose it as their inheritance, and those, too, whose legacy is one of loving and cherishing those in their lives who are Jewish. At Temple Israel, we are proud to be part of a legacy of welcome and inclusivity. Our burgeoning center, the Open Door, serves numerous individuals, partners, and families in their exploration of Judaism, Hebrew, ritual, relationships, parenting, and beyond.

This Spring, the Open Door launched two new initiatives: Living Judaism, a small group for Jews-by-Choice who gather to explore conversations about memory, identity and authenticity at the completion of conversion; and Modern Couples, Big Jewish Questions, a four part series for young adult partners committed to building a Jewish home together. Our partnership with Reform Jewish Outreach Boston has brought nearly 90 Introduction to Judaism students through our doors this year. Our goal is to create an “Open Door” for exploration and deep connection to the richness that Judaism has to offer.

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Matthew Thoman’s Journey

“It was one of the first times in my life that I felt drawn to something bigger than myself. I began to feel a connection to the people, the practices, and the beliefs.”

- Matthew Thoman

My story is deeply personal to me and one that is still unfinished. Growing up in small town Pennsylvania, religion didn’t play much of a role in my life. I never considered myself a spiritual person and couldn’t foresee that changing in the future. That all changed in college when it came time for the dreaded language course requirement. By chance, I heard someone speaking Hebrew and decided I liked the way it sounded. Hebrew was going to be the language for me. I learned quickly that studying a language like Hebrew was not done in isolation. The language was tied to a country and a religion, rich with customs and traditions. In my Hebrew class, I made friends who became like family. With my new friends, I was invited to Shabbat dinners and attended seders for Pesach. I loved every minute of it. It was one of the first times in my life that I felt drawn to something bigger than myself. I began to feel a connection to the people, the practices, and the beliefs. I would continue to pursue these long after college had ended.

Here in Boston I learned more about Judaism as a preschool teacher at the JCC and through Reform Jewish Outreach Boston’s Introduction to Judaism. In 2016, as the High Holy Days approached, I came across the

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Riverway Project website, booked tickets, and attended services. Although I had been to many services before, I felt something very different that night. As Rabbi Gubitz led the service, I looked around and realized that after all these years, I could imagine myself feeling comfortable somewhere. I did find a community that I would like to be part of and grow in. A few days after the High Holy Days ended I contacted Rabbi Gubitz and told her of my desire to convert. It finally felt like it was the right time.”

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Jeanne Rintell’s Journey There were so many things I didn’t know about Judaism. What I did know is that David and I would be together, and had confidence we would figure it out. It was 13 months from meeting to marriage, and as required by our wedding officiant, I committed to raise our children Jewish. We did soon have children! We didn’t really have a plan…

When I understood the benefits for our kids to have a foundation in one religion and in a congregational setting, we searched for a place for our family and found Temple Israel. My biggest concern was that I didn’t want my kids to be taunted by other kids about how they weren’t “real” Jews because their mother wasn’t Jewish. I was reassured to find that there were many interfaith families here at TI. I had “faith,” we joined and enrolled our kids.

We participated Big Time: in services, Youth choir, adult music, social justice projects, Religious School and family learning, High Holy Days, and we made so many friends along the way. By the time our kids became B’nai Mitzvah, we bonded with a group of six families that became a chavurah, a close-knit group, connecting and supporting each other in times of celebration, but also through the deaths of parents, and into this new stage of being empty nesters!

At the time, I was not compelled to convert. I was not against it, but I wasn’t sure it made sense for me, and I was fully participating in life at TI.

“Finding this congregation which allowed for interfaith space and space for all to grow is what we needed to find our way as a family and as individuals, and for me, as a Jew.” - Jeanne Rintell

Eventually though, there came a moment that pushed me to consider the next steps in my own journey.

Watching my kids sing and act in a Rosh Hashanah skit that Cantor Einhorn organized at the Family Service, I realized that I was no longer okay with being neither here nor there. I wasn’t interfaith: I was not practicing any other faith and had been practicing Judaism for many years. Yet I couldn’t call myself Jewish. I needed to figure this out, to delve into whatever it was that kept me from landing firmly somewhere. The only thing stopping me was ME...”

To read their full stories, visit www.tisrael.org/journeys-to-judaism

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A Caring Collaboration

By Roberta Bergstein and Susan Michaels

“Together, TI Cares lay-leaders and Religious School educators co-taught a lesson to our Kindergarten and First Grade students thinking about the Jewish value of visiting the sick.”

TI Cares, Temple Israel’s caring community, ensures that support and assistance are available to everyone within our synagogue family. This lay-led committee offers support and help in times of sorrow and difficulty. During Chanukah, TI Cares prepares gift packages that are sent to TI college students' dorms and apartments. This activity lets the college students feel as though they are still a part of this community. On Purim, it is customary to delivery gift-bags (mishloach manot) to family, friends, and neighbors to spread the joy of the holiday. To celebrate Purim, TI Cares prepares and delivers mishloach manot to the seniors in our community.

In the past, the TI Cares lay leaders have delivered and prepared the gift-bags themselves. Starting a few years ago, TI Cares began to partner with the Religious School during their Sunday Purim celebration. Our new tradition is to have students and volunteers partner for an intergenerational cooking session to bake hamentashen and prepare mishloach manot in our kitchen. After all the baking and packing is complete a cadre of parent volunteers and young children deliver the packages.

This year, in an effort to spread the joy further, TI Cares lay-leaders and Religious School educators co-taught a lesson to our Kindergarten and First Grade students thinking about the Jewish value of visiting seniors. The students read a book, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, a story about a boy, Wilfrid, and his elderly friend, Nancy, who lost her memory. Through the lens of this story, our students shared experiences of visiting the elderly and spoke about what it would be like to visit Temple Israel elderly with mishloach manot on Purim. Leading up to the holiday, we heard from our teachers and parents that the students were looking forward to visiting the Temple Israel seniors!

Andy Tarsy, a Kindergarten parent, noted how grateful he was to participate in this project, “What an inspired idea. We had so much fun doing it. A 98 year-old congregant and my five-year-old son agreed that their favorite part of school was definitely recess.”

Another parent, Leslie Myers wrote, “What a wonderful program to have organized. We absolutely loved participating today. Thank you for organizing! We’d welcome the chance to visit senior TI members again; count us in anytime!”

We even received a thank you note from one of the seniors, “This past Sunday afternoon a lovely mother and her two wonderful children came to visit us. They brought flowers and some sweets…and great conversation. Each one helped lift our spirit.”

TI Cares is always looking for ways to broaden the reach of its work.

Please email our co-chairs Susan Michaels (smichaels211@mac.com) and Gerri Sweder (gerrisweder@gmail.com) if you are interested in working with us, or if you know someone who needs support.

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Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network A major focus of the Immigrant Justice Team at Temple Israel, co-chaired by Sarah Kianovsky and Jackie Gelb, has been learning how we can best support individuals and families who are at risk of arrest and deportation.

Working closely with immigrant-led organizations and people in detention, over 350 volunteers from churches, synagogues, and activist groups from across Greater Boston, including Temple Israel, are creating the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network.

Are you interested in helping to build a community of support for our neighbors?

We are currently supporting 65 people and their families (including some who have already been deported) in various ways. Sign up to volunteer at: bit.ly/joinbostoncluster.

Want to donate to help fund bonds and legal assistance?

The Episcopal City Mission (www.episcopalcitymission.org) is accepting checks and online contributions on our behalf. Select “Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Bail Fund” from the pull-down menu. We have helped bond out about 10 people so far, enabling them to access resources to stay in the U.S. more permanently and be with their families, many of whom depend on them to live.

Questions about volunteering? Contact Sarahkianovsky@hotmail.com Questions about fundraising? Contact Jackie@jackiegelb.com

Boston Immigration Justi ce Accompaniment Networ

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We are a network of faith com munities and other activist grou ps working to reduce the escalating harm of our immigra tion system in the current poli tical context.

Our volunteers are mostly allie s and we work closely with imm igrant communities and immigrant-led organizations to support those impacted by our racist immigration system.

We provide accompaniment, which can include ​support in court or at ICE check-ins, a visit to jail, legal referrals, fundrais from an interfaith clergy person ing for bond or legal fees, lette rs of support from the commun loved ones in detention, and ity, rides for families to visit logistical assistance with pap erwork or bond payments.

We take action only in respons e to requests from those in nee d of support, or their representat We don’t make promises, but ives (family, attorneys, etc.) we are good at trying very hard . ​These are our values in this work: ● We honor people's dignity and choices in a system that denies dignity and choice. ● We expect messiness, con fusion, and discomfort, and we also choose courage and trus ● We judge the system, not t. people. ● We fight for one another as family, because we are.

If you are seeking support for yourself or a loved one, please email BIJAN.accompaniment@ (857) 308-2527 -- this number gmail.com or call: is for people who are not deta ined (617) 637-3725 -- this is our Sec urus line for people who are detained

at South Bay If you would like to join us as a volunteer, please sign up at: ​bit.ly/joinbostoncluster

Red de Acompañamiento

de Justicia de Inm

igración de Boston Somos una red de comunidade s de fe y otros grupos activist www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960 as que trabajan para reducir el daño creciente de nuestro sistema de inmigración en el contexto político actual.

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Reading Buddies Twice a week, students from Beacon Academy come to the FJECC Preschool and read stories to our students. This partnership has been a beautiful and rewarding experience for both groups of students.

BEACON ACADEMY

STUDENT REFLECTIONS

Yeabsira Gugssa: “I have had an amazing time reading in the Red Room. Every time we entered those doors the energy from the kids brightened up my day!”

Destiny Montero: “Beacon Buddies has been a very fun and exciting part of my day; I really enjoy reading to them.”

Brian Barrera: “Beacon Buddies has opened an adventurous side of me which I am forever grateful.”

Tara Nguyen: “I always enjoy seeing the joy and excitement whenever I read to the kids, they really look forward to another

Jennifer Vega: “I learned that it is ok to read a book more than once, because every time I read it to my buddies they

day of reading.”

found a new meaning to it.”

Ibrahim Sidow: “Reading to my Beacon Buddies has been so warming!”

Liliano Rosa: “Beacon Buddies has been a fun experience that is preparing me to deal with my own children later on in the future.”

Laylanie Matos: “My Beacon Buddy experience has been amazing for me because I learned how to deal with smaller children in different ways.”

Zoe Umeh: “During my time with my wonderful Beacon Buddies, I was able to grow a connection with small children that I always wished for and was able to learn the great difference in mindsets from very young children to teenagers.”

Nicole Heredia: “Reading to little kids at Temple Israel has been such a great experience and it teaches you to be patient with them, and creative to keep them engaged and alert to what you are reading to them.”

Valarie Rosario: “Since the first day my Beacon Buddies have been full of curiosity and eagerness to learn and have fun!”

Gabrielle Buissereth: “What I have gained from Beacon Buddies is patience and an understanding for children younger than me.”

Albert McField: “From my Beacon Buddies experience, I felt that I have come out of my comfort zone and learned that I am far more patient than I thought I was.”

Salah Maalim: “Beacon Buddies is an adventure of laughter and creativity.”

Hadear Rizq: “Beacon Buddies was a very fun experience. Seeing the bright smiles as I read was enchanting. This is an experience I will never forget.”

Anthony Wright: “Beacon Buddies has been a great experience where I get a short amount of time to smile with my Beacon Buddies and enjoy amusing short stories.”

FJECC PRESCHOOL • • • •

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Neil Mendez: “In Beacon Buddies I’ve learned to enjoy spending time with many kids at one time and seeing how engaged small kids can be when older students read to them.”

Genesis Valdez: “I have had the opportunity to have an experience in not one, but two rooms, and my experience in both of them has been a blast.”

STUDENT REFLECTIONS

They are kind and read books to me.

They make me laugh.

My Buddy lets me pick the books I want to hear.

My Beacon Buddy is so funny.

• • • •

My Buddy is a good listener and reads books about cars.

My Buddy is a good reader and reads lots of books.

He does funny voices and makes me laugh.

We made our Buddies Hamentashen at Purim.

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A Rich History: The Jewish Perspective “Serving the community has always been top priority for 7 News - WHDH. Not only do we provide more local news than any other station in Boston, we are also able to focus on issues of interest to our viewers through our local programming and event sponsorships. We are fortunate to have established partnerships with a number of organizations that truly make a difference in this community.”

- Ed Ansin, Owner of Sunbeam Television

1924 - Rabbi Harry Levi, the “Radio Rabbi”

In 1924, the Temple Israel Brotherhood financed the radio broadcast of Rabbi Levi’s Sunday sermons, renowned throughout Greater Boston for their “spiritual and humanitarian value.”

Rabbi Levi spoke to a New England audience on radio station WNAC every third Sunday on a program sponsored by Shepard Department Stores and the New England Telephone Company.

1942 - Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman’s Growing Audience In 1942, Rabbi Liebman took over Rabbi Levi’s popular regional broadcasts on Boston’s WNAC. Liebman’s book Peace of Mind, a spiritual guide to healing and forgiveness was published in 1946 and quickly rose to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. Liebman’s radio audience soared into the millions and he was invited to preach throughout the Northeast.

1952 - Rabbi Abraham J. Klausner on TV

Rabbi Liebman at the microphone (Courtesy of Temple Israel Archives)

In 1952, Rabbi Klausner presided over Temple Israel’s first televised Kol Nidre services, sponsored by the Brotherhood.

1953 - Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, This Is Temple Israel When Rabbi Gittelsohn arrived in 1953, he added a televised monthly service to the Brotherhood’s monthly radio broadcast. The first TV broadcast of This Is Temple Israel aired on October 11, 1953.

1978 - Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman, Jewish Perspective

Advertisement from the 9/25/1953 Temple Israel Bulletin (Courtesy of Temple Israel Archives)

Rabbi Mehlman hosted the first episode of the Jewish Perspective on November 19, 1978. The topic for the first episode was anti-Semitism, with guests Rev. Robert Bullock (Pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Church), Sol Kolack (Anti-Defamation league of B’nei Brith, Boston), and Rev. Richard Rand (National Conference of Christians and Jews, Boston).

1999 - Rabbi Ronne Friedman, Most Memorable Guests Some of Rabbi Friedman’s most memorable guests during his time hosting the Jewish Perspective include: Carol Michael, Jill Hahn, and Marc Maxwell for an episode on dealing with loss and grief; Art Spiegelman, cartoonist and and author of the graphic novel, Maus; Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate of the U.S.; Josh Rubenstein, author and Sovietologist; Nadav Tamir, former Israeli Consul-General for New England; and Jeremy Burton, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council.

2016 - Rabbi Elaine S. Zecher, Bringing 21st Century Topics “Our inspiring host, Rabbi Elaine Zecher, continues the rich tradition of the Jewish Perspective, and I’m honored to help bring 21st century topics from social justice to culture to spirituality to our viewers.” - Jan Stager Cohen, Producer of the Jewish Perspective.

Tune into Channel 7 on Sunday, June 3 at 7:30 a.m. for an anniversay show with host Rabbi Zecher and special guests Rabbi Mehlman and Rabbi Friedman!

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LIFE CYCLES (BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES CELEBRATING MILESTONES WHOSE YEAR ENDS IN 0 OR 5)

MAY ANNIVERSARIES

5 years Michael Kalin and Rebecca Lambert

50 years John and Frances Godine Stephen and Carol Silver

10 years Mike Offner and Lonna Steinberg

55 years Michael and Beth Davis

20 years Ron and Nancy Shaich

60 years Merwyn and Marion Bear Mitchell and Carol Kur

30 years Robert and Gail Ames Carl and Barbara Berke David Danning and Nancy Wagman Mark and Marie Schwartz 50 years Stephen and Roberta Weiner

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES 5 years Avery and Scott Vafai Daniel and Randi Zimman

10 years Jennifer and Eric Aronson Jonathan Lewis and Jonathan Adler

15 years Benjamin Sommers and Melissa Wachterman Jessica and Shane Baron 20 years Matthew and Kim Kozol Barbara and Carlos Cevallos 25 years Edward Hofeller and Cheryl Ebenstein Marc Draisen and Sara Barcan Andrew (A.J.) and Cindy Janower 30 years Michael Rubenstein and Elizabeth Skavish 35 years Gerald and Susan Cohen Jonathan Strongin and Ellen Seely Cameron Kerry and Kathy Weinman

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65 years Michael and Marilyn Winer 70 years Edward and Caroline Greene

JULY ANNIVERSARIES 5 years Adam and Liza Mazo Marisa Segel and Matt Thaler 15 years Adam and Lauren Berkowitz 20 years David Rose and Sharon Broder 25 years Daniel Green and Jamie Scarborough 35 years Ruthanne and Joseph Fuller

MAY BIRTHDAYS

William Alfond Lauren Backman Locke Alexander Berger Elsie Bernaiche Andrea Braver Alan Drabkin Lynn Dreyfus Liza Gates Phyllis Giller Michael Glazer Leon Glicksman Brigid Goggin Lloyd Gordon

Erik Gupp Alexa Halberg Susan Horwitz Crandall Huckins Linda Klein Joshua Krefetz Ralf Kuriyel Aaron Lapat Lauren Lapat Barbara Levin Allan Z. Loren Beth Lowd Rhiannon Menn Natasha Minsky Catherine Mitkus Elizabeth Morse Fiona Murray Linda Myers Melisa Noriega Murray Sackman Yotam Schachter Shelby Schrier Jennifer Solem Karen Stern Rhonda Weinstein

JUNE BIRTHDAYS Lauren Berkowitz John Berylson Martha Bixby Lee Coombs Andrew Danford Kelly Davidson Jonathan Davis Estelle Dine Sandra Feibelmann Georgia Feldman Elizabeth Frankl Laurel Friedman Elissa Goldman Edward Greene Alyssa Haley Ruth Harcovitz Roger Herzog Rachel Jarnes Robert Kagan Ann Katz Howard Katz Bruce Koplan Seth Kroll Lois Kunian

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LIFE CYCLES

Lori Laffel Alfred Lanes Meredith Lesser-Gonzalez Leonard Lewis Robert Mayer Michael Miller Peter Miller Margaret Minkin Amy Parsons Clinton Pong Ben Poor Marli Porth Robert Sege Lindsay Silverman Robin Smith Richard Steinberg Steven Targum Adam Weiner Beverly Weiss William Welt Valerie Zimber

JULY BIRTHDAYS Beverly Barisano Susan Barron Herman Chernoff Steven Feinberg Marsha Feinberg Michael Fishbein Tracy Friedman Karen Frostig Eli Gerstenlauer Leonard Goodman Marissa Hauptman Allison Hertz Jessica Klapman Diana Krefetz Charles Ledley Anne Licciardello Matthew Lowe Andy Mann Steven Minsky Loraine Obler Nathaniel Obler Aaron Paul Lara Pollack Gregg Ribatt Benjamin Roin Faye Romm Scott Rosen David Rosenthal

Andrea Rosenthal Carol Sandler Edward Saxe Arlene Sharpe Alice Sherman Diana Shklyarov Julie Watts

Mazal Tov!

MAY B’NEI MITZVAH

• Max Barcan son of Leah and Daniel Barcan on May 5 • Aaron Withey Cohen son of Bruce Withey and Steven Cohen on May 19 • Jason Harrison Cownie and Samuel James Cownie sons of Lori Landay and Richard Cownie

JUNE B’NEI MITZVAH

• Solomon Berg husband of Jean Berg

• Thomas Bonfiglio father of Suzanne Baumann and grandfather of Ruth • Donald Brightman husband of Louise Brightman • Fay Canter mother of Arthur Canter • Terry Cohen • Roy DiCicco father of Britany DiCicco • Iris Feldman cousin of Bruce and Stacey Gore • Charlotte Freedman grandmother of Ezra Freedman and great-grandmother of Zev and Talia

• Sarah Soroca daughter of Adam and Karen Soroca on June 2

• Arnold Perlman Gold father of Maggie Gold Seelig and grandfather of Asher, Max, and Koby

• Ryan Kravitz son of Marla Dubin and Jason Kravitz on June 9

• Marc Gozlan son-in-law of Alfred Lanes

• Marcella Huang daughter of Nicole Monahan and SiJing Huang on June 16 • Helen Krakoff daughter of Hope Krakoff on June 16 • Ari Zeren and Anna Zeren children of Deborah Hahn and Mark Zeren on June 23 • Michael Benjamin Glazer son of Liane Clamen Glazer and Paul Glazer on June 30

JULY BAT MITZVAH

• Milton “Mickey” Gussow grandfather of Nicole Vengrove Soffer and greatgrandfather of Caleb and Carmel • Beatrice Heckendorn grandmother of Ben Poor • Sylvia Levine cousin of Nancy Sandman • Icek Litwin father of Sharen Litwin • Elizabeth Sarah Ommen daughter of Judy Herman • Robert Roy

• Avigail Neiger daughter of Shachar Hecht and Lior Neiger on July 2

• Rhoda Sapers wife of Bill Sapers, mother of Aviva Sapers, and grandmother of Jonah and Ari Sapers-Sydney

May their memories bring blessing.

• Arthur Schatz husband of Natalie Schatz

RECENT DEATHS

• Carol Sege mother of Robert Sege and • Robert Alpern father of Eve Alpern grandmother of Rachel, Adam, and Aaron and grandfather of Isaac and Jaden Morris www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960

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LIFE CYCLES

• Glenn Shriber father of Ali Freedman and grandfather of Zev and Talia

• Anita Bender on the birth of her greatgrandson Zachary Arnold Dildine

• Andrea Shuman niece of Arthur Winn and cousin of Gil Winn and Jennifer Aronson

• Jim Conviser and Holly Adorno on the birth of their son Harrison George Conviser

• Edward Siegel father of Adam Siegel and grandfather of Benjamin and George

• David and Katie Friedman on the birth of their son George Douglas

• Edward Sleeper

WE CONGRATULATE

• Jane and David Akiba on the engagements of their children Rachel to Josh Sherman and Isaac to Yuki Ogasawars • Kayci and Sam Balto on the birth of their son Lev James

• Paula Folkman on the engagement of her daughter Marjorie to Peter Klebnikov • Ethan and Matt Kernkraut on the birth of their daughter Ella Leavy • Arthur Segel and Patti Saris, grandparents, and Ruth Saris, greatgrandmother, on the birth of Malcolm Earl Segel

• David and Ariana Sicairos-McCarthy, parents, and Jose Luis and Amy Sicairos, grandparents, on the birth of Nicolas Angel Sicairos McCarthy • Pat and David Squire on the birth of their great-grandson Bennett Weener • Courtney Swartz and Katherine Moskop on the birth of Avery Sloane Swartz Moskop • Roger and Maryanne Tackeff on their marriage of their son Michael to Samantha Beik • Ron White and Andrea Stern on the birth of their grandson Julian Maleek Oliver

YAHRZEITS

APRIL 29 - MAY 5

Milton G. Abramson Morse J. Alland Hyman Allen Joseph Baker Edward Bean Gabriel A. Beckhard Sara Rebecca Berkman James Victor Bickow Rebecca Borovoy-Goldman Morris Burstein Max Chernis Alexander Cohen Harriet Segal Cohn Herbert I. Corkin Sashe Epstein Julene Engelman Fields Robert Finn Isadore B. Green Esther Loitman Grossman Florence Haber Louis S. Harris Nat Jacobs Ethel F. Jolles Esther S. Kaplan

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Kivie Kaplan Charles Kaufman Philip King A. Henry Lappin George N. Levy Albert Malkin Elias J. Menkes Ruthe Orell Porter David Presson Norman Saul Rabb Lester E. Rosenburg Milton I. Rudman Phyllis Milgroom Ryan Bennie Silverstein Minnie Comins Sleeper Edith Litner Starr Anny Steiner Wolfner Henrietta Steinfeld Harry Tiemann Celia Weinstein Gustave Winter Rudolph H Wyner Henry Wyzanski Mary R. Ziman

MAY 6 - 12

Maida Stocker Abrams David Altschuler Helen G. Baker Deborah Levy Berkman Abraham Botkin Penny S. Braude Gertrude H. Brown Jack H. Bufferd Leonard Jacob Byer Anna Levensohn Byer Harold Cohen Milton L. Cohen Myer Cohn Harry P. Cole Manuel Davis Ruth Dobrow Charles Sidney Elkind Celia Ellis Samuel I. Fanger Naomi Krauzer Feinburg Samuel Nathan Ficksman Alvan David Finn Bernice Frieze Arthur Gabelnick

Burton Stanley Goldberg Irene M. Goldman Rose Morse Greenfield Maurice Hanauer Vitta G. Hertz Barney Israel John Jacob Katz Henry L. Kaufmann Mildred “Micki” Lee Aleck Levine Kenneth H. Malkin Betsey Dorothy Berkman Marcus Samuel H. Maslon Herbert Morris Mass Rose G. Medoff Rosemarie Misselbeck Harold Adolph Myers Leon Sidney Newton Dorothy G. Ramler Sadie Rice George M. Rothberg Emma Drosin Sabsevitz Louis Selig Jules J. Sherman

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YAHRZEITS

Anna Silver Sarah Smith David B. Stearns Edward Mitchell Swartz Sigmund Warner Rhoda Weintraub Claire Katz Winter Joseph Wise Benjamin Zakon

MAY 13 - 19

Gertrude Lefkowith Baron Julius J. Cohen Arthur L. Damon Ralph A. De Jur Samuel Diamond Pauline “Bess� Feldman Winifred Collat Friedman James D. Glunts Robert H. Goldberg Charles M. Goldman Jeanette C. Goodman Edward William Greenberg Dora Gertrude Hirshson Mary S. Huberman Fanny Esther Hyman Edward Jacobson Herbert Hauser Klein Joseph Krosner Newell Bernard Kurson Myles Stanley Lewis Ilaine Beatrice Lieberman Beatrice HollanderMandel Meyers Alan Sydney Morrison Katherine Morse Morris M. Morse Donald Harmond Phillips Sylvia Salzman Richlin Joel Rome Rabbi Albert Ruskin Sara Ruskin Albert George Samburg Harmon A. Shohet Enid Starr Fay Fisher Stein Bertha Snow Stern Samuel H. Vernon Anne L. Weinman Nathaniel P Wharton Charles D. White Isaac White Lillian Isenberg Wilinsky

MAY 20 - 26

Leonard L. Abramson Sadie Alland Lena Alpern Bertha Appel Harold Bengloff Robert Clayton Louis Cohen Edward Simeon Dangel Louis Epstein Jeannette B. Fine Philip E. Fisher Pearl Freedman Joseph Norman Gibbs William Glaser Herbert Ray Goldman Minnie Goldstein George Alan Gordon Sara R. Gordon Bertha Solomont Gordon Sydney R. Green Ethel Goldsmith Gryzmish Solomon Haber Ethel Jacobson Arthur B. Jacobson Hannah Kabatznick Henry Samuel Kaplan Anne S. Kaplan Pauline Kusmin Hyman J. Levy Eugene Lewis Carolyn L. Lowe Henrietta R. Maron E. Geoffrey Nathan Stella D. Obst Lawrence Palder Esther Mickey Rosenberg Joel Jay Rostau Rabbi Max Schenk Professor Alvin Sloane Harold M Watchmaker Edward H. Weiss Ruth Ehrlich Werman

MAY 27 - JUNE 2

James Alland Martin M. Barlow Edward Milton Berke Mark Bortman Helen S. Brahms Harriet Widetsky Chernis Ethel Rome Cole Ruth Jacobs Dangel

Nellie Diamond William Diller William Falk Henry Gesmer Samuel Goodman William J. Grossman Harold Harmon Rose D. Helpern Frieda Hidasi Joseph L. Hozid Muriel Theise Hyde Seymour Kaufman Louis Kimball Hortense M. Lappin Helen S. Levensohn Lawrence J. Levin Benjamin B. Levy Robert S. Lipman Gertrude Ann Mendelson Alan S. Miller Samuel L. Milton Ruth Botkin Morse Robert Marchand Neumann Andrew Merrill Pastor Charles E. Perkit Sumner Lester Poorvu Samuel H. Proger Justin L. Richman Sidney Kamber Robbins Beatrice Rebecca Schlager Pearl Seegel Ralpha Senderowitz Morris M. Shamus Sumner Everett Shikes Frances E. Simons Philip Solomon Isaac Trugman Theresa A. Ullian Charles Kenneth Vigman Manuel Wyner

JUNE 3 - 9

Hyman Canter Samuel K. Casson Leo Cotton Harry Dollin Rachel Ehrenfried Alice Resnick Finn Rose Freedman Harold I. Fruitman Louis Gilman Charlotte Cahners Glass Nathan Gordon

Stanley Gordon Nehemias Gorin Bertram Gottesman Ruth Winer Gottlieb Samuel M. Grass Morris Grossman Neil J. Grossman Seymour Hambro Shirley Hozid Maurice Krasnoff Ruth Salmansohn Krasnoff Sonia Ellenhorn Krinsky Sydelle Levine Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman Arthur Joshua Livingston Cheryl K. Nicholas Esther Cohn Rabb Joseph George Riesman William Rosenberg William J. Ryan Mabel Salter Dora Feldman Saxe Edward Aaron Schulman Sarah Schwall Sarah Shapiro Dorothy Shief Dorothy Shiffman Sarita Rosenberg Shuman Lilley Silverstein Kathleen Simmons Abraham Snyder Mary Springer Anne F. Stoneman Gertrude Weisman Swartz Morris J. Weinbaum Mark Weintraub Israel Weisman Frances Werman Phoebe Woolf Joseph David Zamore Jay Zimmet Maurice J. Zucrow

JUNE 10 - 16

Lillian Nelson Alexander Bruce Baron Max C. Barron Annette S. Bechek Lionel Benado Bernard Bernstein Emma Blumstein Ina Bebchick Burstein Flora G. Byer

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YAHRZEITS

Lena G. Cooper Ruth R. Corkin Muriel Schiff Dimond Fanny Shine Dinner Musia Epstein Henry E. Friedman Fannie T. Furshman Robert Myron Gargill Ida Wachstein Geller Nettie Grubinger Eda Green Hoffman Sydney B. Karofsky Esther Jacobs Koblenzer Harold Lane Max Levensohn Rabbi Harry Levi Samuel L. Lowe Walter Marcus Anna C. Marder Samuel Pearlman Julius H. Porter Samuel George Rovner Ruth Rudnick Irving Sabsevitz Marvin Saffer Albert Salter Morris Saris Joseph Shapiro Melville Carl Shine Jr. Samuel Sidd Louis M. Silverman Gertrude B. Singer David B. Smith Eileen Smith May Kaffenburgh Sondheim Bertha Stone Dora Weinbaum

JUNE 17 - 23

Felix Alland Samuel Bortman Abraham B. Casson Abraham B. Cibel Elizabeth J. Collat William Copel S. David Ellenbogen Sydney S. Feinberg Benjamin W. Fink Israel Friedlander Orrie M. Friedman Rosalind Naigles Ginsburg Meyer Goldstein Louis Jonathon Greenberg

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Judith F. Greene Lillian K. Hall Maxwell Charles Hyde William H. Jacobs Abbott N. Kahn Ora London Katz Jacob Koss Richard Franklin Koss Carol Levin Rebecca Levine Irving Levine Marcia Zoe Martin Etta L. Morrison William M. Olin Ferdinand N. Phillips,Jr. William Riseman Cecil S. Rose Joseph R. Rosen Eric J. Seegel Bertram A. Sugarman Mae Goldstein Tack Miriam Coplan Towvim Abraham C. Webber Stanley Daniel Weinstein Joan Wernick Sophie Alland Wit

JUNE 24 - 30

Samuel Barron, Jr. Beatrice S. Bass Mary Bierbrier David Samuel Bond Benjamin Castleman Leah Dektor Julia Epstein Besse Grass Finkelstein Herbert I. Freeman Samuel Ginns Benjamin Goldberg Gertrude E. Gordon Rose S. Gossman Arnold D. Helman Milton Kahn George I. Kaplan George J. Katz Nancy G. Katz Harry A. Kimball Lillian Koster Adrian Kramer Barbara A. Levine Bessie Fisher Novins Bessie Palder Deborah Simons Pearlstein

Genesia Perlmutter Shari Barbara Phillips Warren Presson Annie Frank Robbins Stanley J. Rosenbaum Clara L. Rosenburg Sylvia Beizer Seder Samuel Silverman Lena Newburg Solar Eleanor Robbins Young Barry Zimman Phyllis Virginia Fisher Zimman Barnett L. Zolloto

JULY 1 - 7

Hyman Abrams Samuil Alland Robert Aronowitz Jeanne H. Benjamin Alexander Moses Berger Evelyn Sachs Berman Arnold Bronstein Leland Jeffrey Brown Albert Nathaniel Burmon Roberta “Bobbie� Burstein James Cohen Haskell Cohn Robert Lloyd Corkin Dr. Robert F. Dine Julius Fellman Harry H. Fienman George M. Freedman Risa Gara Ira Gerler Arnold B. Goldstein Joseph Harry Gorin Rosalind L. Herrmann Mildred Schulman Hurwitz Etta Landau Isenman Ethel L. Kaufman Sidney A. Koblenzer Doris Locke Aron O. Lurie Dora S. Marks Alan David Mendelson Robert D. Miller Sylvia Dane Nathanson Col. Abraham Nemrow Sidney C. Philip Ferdinand N. Phillips Bessie Wit Phillips Anna G. Pinanski Samuel William Poorvu

Belle Ostrofsky Redstone Frances Lewis Rosenstein Morris Mendell Roud Alexander Salamon Roy Grant Sallen Herman D. Scheff S. Julia Sherman Leo Silbert Joseph B. Simberg Arthur Maxwell Simmons Ruth W. Singer Virginia Marcus Stern Betty L. Stone Donald William Tattenbaum Katherine Wayner Frieda Golda Weis Zussman Weis Gertrude S. White Charles F. Wilinsky Murray Zuckerman

JULY 8 -14

William Stephen Addelson Mildred Daniels Arbetter Robert L. Barron Bernard Henry Brightman Benjamin Bunshaft Hyman H. Burstein Myer Cohen Doris Brewer Cohen Minnie J. David Annette Fritz Dollin Sidney Dunne Gertrude Davidson Feinberg Margery M. Feinberg David Freeman Maurice Gerstein Anne Giller Edward I. Giller Sumner Slater Gordon Cecil Robert Gordon Marilyn S. Grossman Samuel Bertram Horovitz Etta Kamentsky Frances Winer Kane Mary Schnittman Kaplan Tommy Kaplan Benjamin J. Kaplan Joseph Jacob Kot William Lebow Miriam G. Lewis Samuel H. Marder Joseph Margolis

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YAHRZEITS Fannie Barban Mehlman Florence Berlow Michelson Richard Bruce Miller Isadore J. Nye Jacob Palder Alan Palder Edith Juliet Phillips Nettie Putnoi Charlotte S. Robinson Sidney A. Rosenburg Leon Rothenberg Stanley Rothenberg Mae Rita Shapiro Rose Shapiro Gertrude B. Sherman Coleman Silbert John S. Slater Enid Goldman Slatoff Philip Smith Solomon Stern Marjorie Roberts Stone Sylvia Tarlin Jo Ann Tackeff Toledano Rebecca C. Ulin David M. Wartel

JULY 15 - 21

Israel Alexander Barbara Ellen Bakke Maurice Begal Frances J. Bronstein Abraham Caplan Edith F. Davidson Eleanor Epstein Rabb

Mollie H. Falk Benjamin Feinberg Goldie Sedar Feinberg Franklin H. Fox Jesse Saul Friedman Sheila Rosalie Gilbert Benjamin Gluck Helen Fish Goldfarb Robert Slater Gordon Hubert M. Gordon Joseph M. Greenberg Bessie V. Kaffenburgh David Koster Gabriella Kovacs Jeffrey Byron Lepie Charlotte Dane Levin Joseph P. Levy Maurice E. Marder Arnold Philip Mork Edith Nessen Ann Davis Randall Jennie Reisman Julius Rosenberg Martha Rottenberg Sidney P. Saunders Isadore Seligman Hilda Shiffman Alfred Sigel Harry Singer Isaac M. Slocum Flora W Slonim Harold D. Smith Adele Salomon Stern Franciska Stieber

Arthur Tapper Betty Tattenbaum Ralph Tobis Muriel F. Wolfman

JULY 22 - 28

Arnold Bernard Adelman Julius Aisner Jr. Cori S. Auerbach Altman Solomon J. Barnet Ida Benari Charles G. Bilezikian Mayer Zvi Brenner Nancy Jean Brudno Fannie Clayton Samuel P. Cohen Pifla Cohen Charles Corkin David Dangel Herbert S. Diamond Max E. Falik Sara Faneuil Herman L. Feer Rose L. Frank Harry Freeman Louis Gale Sylvia Pollner Gluck Harry Goff Henry Maurice Goldman Ethel Haas Saul Hertz Mark Michael Horblit Dorothy F. Huberman Frances Patricia Kannon

Ethel Bratt Kaplan Zipora S. Kingsdale Lewis Krosner Robert Jay Kurland Bess R. Kurland Peter M. Leavitt Benjamin A. Levy Irving Lotter Luella R. Maslon George B. Nathanson Abraham Noble Nathan Pearlstein Barbara Bloom Ranson Lilian Kuhns Reichert Mark Eliot Robbins Edwin Robbins Benjamin Bela Rosenberg Etta Gelerman Rudofsky Samuel Sandler Adele Schaye Ruth Tannenholz Scheffreen Dora Binder Schulman Charlotte Samet Shikes Schwartz Jacob N. Segal Joseph Segal Rose G. Stein Maurice Ulitsky Rachel White Meyer Victor Wunsch Herschel I. Yesley

The Temple Israel Cemetery in Wakefield is a place of communal memory, preserving more than 160 years of the rich history of the congregation and of Boston’s Jewish community in a lakeside setting of dignity and natural beauty. For more information, please call Temple Israel at 617-566-3960.

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Temple Israel Cemetery Service of Commemoration, Celebration, and Rededication

On Sunday, June 3, 2018 the dedication of the newly restored Wyner Gatehouse will take place at Temple Israel’s historic cemetery in Wakefield. The dedication will be part of the annual Service of Remembrance as we gather to commemorate and celebrate the lives of those we remember in our personal families and in the communal family of Temple Israel. The event will take place at 11:00 a.m., rain or shine. www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960

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CONTRIBUTIONS (JANUARY 1 - MARCH 15, 2018) ABRAHAM D. SHAIN BOOKSHELF

Jennifer Gold • In appreciation of Cantor Einhorn for his beautiful memorial service for my mother, Janet Gold

ANITA FEINS CHILDREN’S BOOKSHELF

Daniel Green and Jamie Scarborough • In honor of Cantor Roy Einhorn and all the TI clergy for their help in preparing Aaron Green for his Bar Mitzvah

Elaine Shain • In memory of Lewis Case

Michael & Nancy Sandman and Family • In loving memory of Estelle Lynch Gould on her yahrzeit

BARRON BIBLICAL GARDEN FUND

Arlene Seal • In loving memory of Etta and Robert Barron and Lillian Robbins Bob Krim • With thanks for maintaining the small stone in the garden in honor of our giving dynamic mother Kenneth & Marian Barron • In loving memory of Lillian Robbins

CEMETERY CAPITAL PROJECT FUND Barry Weisman and Michele Fishel

CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUND Anonymous (5)

Anonymous • In memory of Arthur Schatz Elaine Abrams • Thanks to the clergy, staff, and congregation who reached out in comfort and condolence upon the passing of my mother, Sylvia Abrams Claudine Bing • In loving memory of my husband, David Bing, on his yahrzeit Carol Comras and Jane Quinn • In appreciation of Rabbi Gubitz for her officiation at the funeral of our mother Catherine Frankl Sarkis and Ramzi Sarkis • In loving memory of Rhoda Frankl on her yahrzeit

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Hebrew College • In appreciation of TI’s gift of hospitality for the Tisch Fellow Retreat Judith Herman • In honor of Baby Jacobson and his proud parents Geraldine Jacobs • In honor of Rabbi Jen Gubitz for being with our family at Mayyim Hayyim Robert and Ellen Jaffe • In loving memory of Ronny Zinner on her yahrzeit Ellen Kaplan Kardon • In loving memory of my beloved husband, Stephen B. Kardon, on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of my dear brother, Peter J. Kaplan, on his yahrzeit Ann and Howard Katz • In loving memory of Mildred Kharfen Lehman on her yahrzeit Richard and Wendy Levine • In memory of my father, Robert Wyner on his yahrzeit • In memory of Moses Brudno on his yahrzeit • In memory of Bernice Brudno Posnick on her yahrzeit Susan Roberts and Bunni Roberts • In loving memory of Alan Roberts, Gerry Roberts, and Max W. Beck on their yahrzeits Diane Rose • In loving memory of my son, Jimmy Rose • In loving memory my Grandmother Rose and Uncle Louis on their yahrzeits

Edward and Claire Saxe • In loving memory of Joseph Rosenthal on his yahrzeit Susan Siegel • In appreciation of Rabbi Soffer for officiating at the funeral of my husband, Edward Siegel Karen Victor and Robert Sege • In appreciation for Rabbi Zecher leading us in prayer and reflection during Shiva

EDUCATION FUND

Elaine Abrams • Congratulations to Rabbi Suzie and JoJo Jacobson on the birth of their baby, Nathan Judith Herman • In memory of Ralph Abrams, brother of Ann Abrams Peggy Morrison • In memory of Keren Holtz on her yahrzeit Rubylee Shuman • With love and gratitude to the Religious School family who delivered a Purim bag filled with sweets and hamentaschen to me Jonathan Warburg • In loving memory of Benjamin Max Warburg on his yahrzeit

FRANCES JACOBSON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Ruth Gordon • In loving memory of my sister Ellie Frumkin Feldman on her yahrzeit

GALE RAPHAEL SUSTAINING TILLI FUND Sylvia Green • In loving memory of my husband Malcolm C. Green on his yahrzeit

Ruth Klepper • In memory of Arthur Schatz, husband of Natalie Schatz

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CONTRIBUTIONS (JANUARY 1 - MARCH 15, 2018) Helen Kolsky • In memory of Elizabeth Sarah Ommen, daughter of Judy Herman Nancy Raphael • In memory of Elizabeth Sarah Ommen, daughter of Judy Herman • In memory of Sylvia Levine, cousin of Nancy Sandman • In memory of Arthur Schatz, husband of Natalie Schatz Richard and Harriet Steinberg • In loving memory of my sister, Emily Mehlman, on her yahrzeit • In loving memory of Lewis Steinberg on his yahrzeit Elanah Traub • In memory of Elizabeth Sarah Ommen, daughter of Judy Herman Rhoada Wald • In memory of Elizabeth Sarah Ommen, daughter of Judy Herman

H.M. KAROL MUSIC FUND Ruth Gordon • In memory of Rhoda Sapers

Florence and Joseph Steinberg • In memory of our son-in-law, Dean Witten, who enjoyed the music program when he came to Temple Israel. May his memory be a blessing.

JOHN COYNE BOOKSHELF

Leonard and Christine Bierbrier • In loving memory of John G. Coyne on his yahrzeit

DR. ARNOLD L. SEGEL LIBRARY FUND

Priscilla Gould and Harry Malone • In honor of Nancy Sandman’s 75th birthday Josephine Kivort • In loving memory of my mother Gladys F. Goldman, on her yahrzeit

Jerome and Miriam Smulow • In memory of Ralph Abrams, brother of Ann Abrams • In memory of Ann Weber Rachlin, mother of Joan Rachlin • In memory of Joseph E. Yelle, Jr., brother of Mary Pforzheimer Sam Starobin and Ina Friedman Starobin • In memory of Ralph Abrams, brother of Ann Abrams Richard and Harriet Steinberg • In memory of Ralph Abrams Joseph and Florence Steinberg • In memory of Ralph Abrams, brother of Ann Abrams Rhoada Wald • In memory of Ralph Abrams Bill and Patty Weisberger • In memory of Donald Brightman Marlene Yesley • In memory of Ralph Abrams

LOUISE A. FREEDMAN CHILDREN’S BOOKSHELF

Louise Freedman and Family • In memory of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Howard Freedman, on his yahrzeit

MAE AND I. OBIE GOVERMAN BOOKSHELF

MIKE & MARILYN GROSSMAN CARING COMMUNITY FUND

Ruth Aisner • With gratitude for the Purim bag full of goodies Mike Short and Elizabeth Frankl, Zeke and Sari • In loving memory of our wonderful mother and grandmother Rhoda L. Frankl on her yahrzeit Joseph and Florence Steinberg • With gratitude to the lovely mother and her two wonderful children who visited and brought flowers, sweets, and great conversation

MISHKAN HANEFESH PRAYER BOOK Lynn Jeffrey • In honor of my children Diana, Todd, and Carolyn Jeffrey

RICHARD B. ROSS BOOKSHELF Irene Ross • In loving memory of my mother, Mary Sonia Ross, on her yahrzeit

RIVERWAY PROJECT FUND

Rebecca Lowenstein-Harding Virginia and Richard Seegel • In loving memory of A. Alfred Franks on his yahrzeit

George Goverman • In loving memory of I. Obie Goverman on his yahrzeit

RABBI RONNE FRIEDMAN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM FUND

MARK YESLEY BOOKSHELF

Barry Weisman and Michele Fishel

Marlene Yesley • In memory of Midge Lipkin, mother of Amy and David Robbins

MERLE AND DORIS LOCKE YOUTH FUND

Alan and Jean Miller • In loving memory of our fathers, Merle I. Locke and Albert Miller on their yahrzeits

Dayl Cohen

SAMUEL A. AND SOPHIA NEMZOFF RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND

Judith and Alan Josephson • In loving memory of Samuel A. Nemzoff and Sophia Nemzoff, from their children Alan and Judith Josephson, their grandchildren Jeff Josephson and Jamie Brown, and their great-grandchildren Josh, Krya, and Talia Brown

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CONTRIBUTIONS (JANUARY 1 - MARCH 15, 2018) SMITH FAMILY INNOVATION FUND IN HONOR OF RABBI RONNE FRIEDMAN

The Smith Family Foundation • Richard Smith • John and Amy Smith Berylson and James Berylson • Jonathan Block and Jennifer Berylson Block • Robert Katz and Elizabeth Berylson Katz • Robert and Dana Smith and Madeleine Smith • Debra Smith Knez, Jessica Knez, and Andrew Knez

SOCIAL ACTION FUND Sharon Bort • In honor of Joan Rachlin

Cameron Kerry and Kathy Weinman • In memory of Beatrice Heckendorn, grandmother of Ben Poor Henry and Linda Okun • In memory of Saul L. Victor, father of Karen Victor, and loving grandfather to Adam, Rachel, and Aaron Sege Fern Remedi Brown • In loving memory of Dorothy Delson and Dennis Brown on their yahrzeits

TEMPLE FUND

Emanuel and Lorraine (z’l) Balkin • In memory of Edward Markell on his yahrzeit Alison and Eliot Barry • In memory of Margery Goodman Marjorie Bloom • In loving memory of Florence Olenberg on her yahrzeit Mona Blumstein • In loving memory of Bette Rothman on her yahrzeit Nina Brodskaya • In loving memory of Mark Brodsky on his yahrzeit

Shirley Brown • In loving memory of Seymour Stadfeld on his yahrzeit

Marjorie Folkman • In loving memory of Judah Folkman on his yahrzeit

James Brown • In loving memory of Melville and Sophia Brown on their yahrzeits

Paula Folkman • In loving memory of my beloved husband, Judah Folkman on his yahrzeit

Rhea Bufferd • In loving memory of Jennie Smith Kot on her yahrzeit Mollie Ceder • In loving memory of my father, Joseph Fienman, on his yahrzeit Jerry Charm • In memory Margery Rose Goodman Herman and Judy Chernoff • In loving memory of Joseph Wise and Madeline Wise Levin on their yahrzeits Judy and Debby Close • In memory of Margery Goodman Nancy Cutler • In loving memory of my wonderful mother, Madeline Wise Levin, on her yahrzeit Clare Dana • In loving memory of Robert David Dana on his yahrzeit Wayne Diamond • In loving memory of Carole Diamond on her yahrzeit Cheryl Donohue and Michael Slater • In memory Margery Goodman Stephen Dretler • In loving memory of Elaine Roberts Dretler on her yahrzeit Richard Endlar • In loving memory of Lois Wayner Endlar on her yahrzeit • In loving memory of Lester Endlar on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of Josephine W. Endlar on her yahrzeit

Daniel Frank • In loving memory of Max Frank on his yahrzeit Stan Freedman • In loving memory of Nancy Freedman on her yahrzeit Ellen Freedman, Jane Hadley, and families • In loving memory of Howard Freedman on his yahrzeit Joy Gary Arthur Gold • In loving memory of George Warren Gold, Helen Zarling Gold, and Harold Elliot Zarling on their yahrzeits Marc Golding • In loving memory of Inez Golding on her yahrzeit Michael Goldberg • In appreciation of The Village and TGIS Pam Goodman • In loving memory of my father, Tom Goodman on his yahrzeit Brian Gordon • In loving memory of Reuben Hall on his yahrzeit Rochelle Gordon • In loving memory of Mary Sonia Ross on her yahrzeit Gina Graham • In memory of Margery Goodman Connie and Stan Grayson • In memory of Margery Goodman

Steven and Stephanie Fanger • In loving memory or Lillian Fanger on her yahrzeit

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CONTRIBUTIONS (JANUARY 1 - MARCH 15, 2018) Tom Grossman • In loving memory of Ethel Grossman on her yahrzeit • For all of the good work that Temple Israel does

Joseph and Nancy Marglin • In loving memory of our daughter, Laura Dayle Marglin, and our mother, Norma Lowe Fruitman on their yahrzeits

Perla Guralnik • In loving memory of Dora Rosenman on her yahrzeit

Pat and John Markella • In memory of Margery Goodman

Ronnie Hellman • In loving memory of Rhona Hellman on her yahrzeit Howard and Adele Israel • In loving memory of Hannah Levin Zauderer on her yahrzeit • In loving memory of Harold Edward Zauderer on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of Sylvia Israel on her yahrzeit Mark Kaplan • In loving memory of my wife, Regina H. Kaplan, on her yahrzeit Jonathan and Linda Kay • In honor of Rebecca Goodman’s Bat Mitzvah Claude and Seta Kebadjian • In memory of Margery Goodman Myra Kolton • In loving memory of Frank Kolton, on his yahrzeit Sandra Krakoff • In loving memory of Robert L. Krakoff on his yahrzeit Annette Kramen • In memory of Margery Goodman Arthur Krim • In loving memory of Beatrice B. Krim on her yahrzeit Linda Larkin • In loving memory of Charlotte Mintz Novick on her yahrzeit Alan and Margie Levin • In memory of Margery Goodman Robert and Sandra Marcus • In loving memory of Carolyn Jayne Marcus on her yahrzeit

Mr. and Mrs. William Mendelson • In loving memory of Martin Mendelson on his yahrzeit Carol Miller • In loving memory of Arnold Frank Miller on his yahrzeit Geoffrey Miller • In loving memory of Arnold F. Miller on his yahrzeit Betsy and Bill Pace • In memory of Margery Goodman Donald and Sandra Perrin • In memory of Rhoda Sapers, wife of Bill Sapers and mother of Aviva Sapers The Rashi School • In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Ella Goddess Dean and Pamela Richlin • In loving memory of Padie Richlin on her yahrzeit • In loving memory of Arlene Bard on her yahrzeit

Lawrence and Judith Schlager • In loving memory of Joseph Schlager on his yahrzeit Myron Sheinfeld • In loving memory of Robert Sheinfeld on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of Sayde Rosenberg Sheinfeld on her yahrzeit Lauri and Alan Slawsby • In loving memory of John Sherman on his yahrzeit Laura Steuer • In loving memory of Judah Folkman on his yahrzeit Patricia Strauss • In loving memory of Madeline Wise Levin on her yahrzeit Roberta Swerling • In loving memory Bruce Swerling on his yahrzeit Jerome Tuck and Richard Tuck • In loving memory of Arnold Tuck on his yahrzeit Ruth Weiner • Wishing good health and a speedy recovery to Ed Weiner Sally Wyner • In loving memory of my husband Robert E. Wyner on his yahrzeit

Judy and David Rosenthal • In loving memory of Beatrice Biller on her yahrzeit

Andrew Zelermyer • In loving memory of Marilyn Weinstein Zelermyer on her yahrzeit

Arlene Thim Rosenthal • In loving memory of Hilda Kleinfeld Thim on her yahrzeit

WYNER MUSEUM FUND

Jeremy Warburg Russo • In loving memory of Benjamin Max Warburg on his yahrzeit

Jane Larus • In loving memory of Flora Cohen Bortman on her yahrzeit

Robert and Phyllis Sage • In loving memory of Harry Sagansky on his yahrzeit Robert Sands and Paula Johnson • In memory of Anne Rachlin, mother of Joan Rachlin www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960

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FRIENDS ANNUAL FUND (JANUARY 1 - MARCH 15, 2018)

STRENGTH $10,000-$14,999

CONNECTION $1,000-$1,799

Shahar Hecht and Lior Neiger

Jason and Erinn Rhodes

Rabbi Suzie and JoJo Jacobson

FRIENDS UP TO $999

Laurence Koff and Barbara Smith Koff

Marc and Elayne Baskin

Helen Kolsky

Merwyn and Marion Bear

Michael Luckens and Sharon Schumack

Marjorie Bloom

Milan Merhar and Elissa Barr

David and Helen Cohen

Linda Myers

Jim Dalsimer and Ellen Steinbaum

Daniel Rabinovitz and Effie Chan

Lonn Drucker and Adrienne Goeller

Susan Richman

Norman and Judith Finn

Martin and Cindy Rowe

Nancy Gertner

Sean and Marcy Sacks

Alan and Pamela Goodman

Joseph and Florence Steinberg

Michael Rubenstein and Elizabeth Skavish

Joan Gordon

Rhoada Wald

Rob and Jodi Sokoloff

Ruth Gordon

Milton and Rhonda Weinstein

Michael and Emily Speicher

Rabbi Jen Gubitz

Marlene Yesley

Joel and Randi Cutler • In honor of Rabbi Elaine Zecher

KINDNESS $5,000-$9,999

Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe Rabbi Elaine Zecher and David Eisenberg

INSPIRATION $3,600-$4,999

Gary and Mary Pforzheimer Leah Rosovsky

VISION $1,800-$3,599

Aaron and Lauren Lapat Robert and Susan Michaels

Instead of Stepping Out, our annual fundraising gala, this year we invite you to...

Stay In and Step Up to support the Temple Israel Friends Annual Fund!

We are celebrating our community in a different way this year. Give those dancing shoes a rest and raise your paddles high in support of Temple Israel’s Friends Annual Fund.

Your support of the Friends Annual Fund sustains every opportunity to live Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.

Donate online at: www.tisrael.org/friends-annual-fund. Thank you for your support!

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SUMMER 2018

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

For the full schedule of events, please visit www.tisrael.org/events or email tlaichter@tisrael.org for a hard copy.

Join us for Qabbalat Shabbat every Friday at 6:00 p.m.

Weekday Minyan is at 6:15 p.m. every Monday - Thursday when Temple Israel is open.

Torah study begins at 9:00 a.m. every Saturday with a short service followed by a lively discussion.

SUNDAY, MAY 20 - 10TH GRADE CONFIRMATION

Tenth Grade Confirmation is the culmination of a year-long arc of learning and experiences.

All are welcome to join in this Shavuot morning service. Learn more at tinyurl.com/Confirmation5778.

“FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS” TI-GBIO COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Alongside other GBIO congregations, TI is launching a series of community conversations now through midMay. We will hear from all parts of Temple Israel what deeply concerns us so that together we build power to make a difference, both here at TI and in the wider community.

The connections we make and the stories we share will build up current initiatives particular to TI, give focus and energy to continuing work on housing, healthcare, and criminal justice reform with our GBIO partners, and, equally important, identify leaders and emergent issues. To be part of this conversation, contact: Dru Greenwood (drucgreenwood@ msn.com) or Michael Rubenstein (michaelcrubenstein@gmail.com).

FRIDAYS THIS SUMMER

Weather permitting, we will continue our new tradition of Outdoor Qabbalat Shabbat!

Welcome Shabbat under the open sky. Stay tuned for details.

SATURDAY, JUNE 2 Village Sha-Bar-BQ for Families with Young Children

FRIDAY, JUNE 1 Community Shabbat Dinner hosted by the Membership Committee

SUNDAY, JUNE 3 11:00 a.m.

THURSDAY, JUNE 7

Annual Gathering of the Congregation (see back cover)

Temple Israel Cemetery Service of Commemoration, Celebration, and Rededication (read more on page 23)

JUNE 26, JULY 31, AUGUST 28

Last Tuesday Book Group Contact Ann Abrams at aabrams@tisrael.org

THURSDAYS, JUNE-OCTOBER ReVision Urban Farm CSA Pick Up Contact Traci Laichter, tlaichter@tisrael.org

FRIDAY, JUNE 8 Riverway Project Soul Food Friday for 20s & 30s

SHA-BIKE SHALOM!

Celebrate summer weather, study the week’s Torah portion, and grab a bite to eat with fellow riders. Stay tuned for details.

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