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March 21 - April 3, 2015
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Temple Havurat Emet to hold Second Seder at Chompie’s The community is invited to the Second Seder on Saturday, April 4, at Chompie’s, 3481 W. Frye Rd., Chandler. The menu will include gefilte fish with beet horseradish, chicken soup with matzo ball, tender braised brisket of beef with pan gravy, roasted potatoes with caramelized onions, glazed carrots and holiday cake. The meal will be served family style. It is $40 per person for the Second
Seder. The starting time is 5:30 p.m., followed by a service led by Mel Moss and the Seder meal at 6:30 p.m. Attendees with dietary concerns should inform Temple Havurat Emet so the necessary arrangements can be made for the meal. The usual glass of wine, three extra bottles will be provided, as well as Matza plate and Charoset will be available. Place registrations by Friday, March 27, by emailing Gigi at gmil8@mac.com or
Czech Torahs remembered On Monday, Feb. 9, the Memorial Scrolls Trust of London held a workshop and an evening program commemorating the 51st anniversary of the liberation of the Czech Torahs. The event took place at the Jewish Historical Society in Phoenix. Jeffery Ohrenstein, CEO of the Memorial Scrolls Trust, and Michael Heppner, research director of the Trust, visited from London, while Susan Boyer, a Western U.S. Trust representative, attended from California. Phoenix Trust Representative Lee Shedroff coordinated the event. The afternoon workshop, conducted by Heppner, was entitled “An Obligation and an Opportunity.” It provided attendees with many ideas about how the Scroll Congregation can build a bond with its Memorial Scroll. Attendees were also given a pledge to take to honor the
memory of the Jews of the town of Kolin from which the scroll came to dedicate one Shabbat each year to their memory and to include them in the Yom Kippur Memorial Service. The evening ceremony, which was a full house, was open to the public. The Torah Processional of approximately 20 Torahs from Arizona was very moving, as was the recessional after the program. Gloria Bitting proudly carried the Torah, which was most impressive with its embroidered mantle befitting the reverence of it and for its age, 365 years old. It drew a lot of attention and honor. After a moving service with Holocaust survivors, lighting candles after the Torah processional, Heppner spoke about “The Myth of the Museum” and how these Torahs were saved by the Czech Jews and not the Nazis, as was previously thought.
calling (480) 785-7767. The title for Haggadah is “A Family Haggadah” edition II by Shoshana Silberman. Let Temple Havurat Emet know if copies need to be borrowed. April service Temple Havurat Emet will not have service on the usual first Friday of the month, due to April 3 being the First Seder of Passover. The April service will be held at 7:30
p.m. Friday, April 17, at the Lecky Center of the Robson Library, 93300 E. Riggs Rd., Sun Lakes. The special service will celebrate the B’nai Mitzvah of the 2015 adult class. Three very special women have been studying for their Bat Mitzvah for quite some time and are going to make this happen at this ideal time and place.
Peterman to perform at King of Glory Lutheran Church At 7 p.m. Friday, March 27, Dr. Jeremy Peterman will be giving an organ concert in Tempe at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 2085 E. Southern Ave., on the 53-rank KOG Organ. Featured on the concert will be works of Bach, Haydn, Bruckner and Liszt, as well as American spirituals. As he plays, attendees will be able to see his hands and feet work projected on the front wall. The concert is free of charge, but donations are encouraged. For more information, contact Dr. Jeremy Peterman will play on the 53-rank KOG Organ at Cyndee Chafee at (480) 838-0477 King of Glory Lutheran Church Friday, March 27. or email cyndeec@kogaz.org. Submitted photo