Messenger - December 2018

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RABBI THECALENDAR SYNAGOGUE | CONGREGATION B’NAI EMUNAH | TULSA | DECEMBER 2018 | NO. 12

COOKIEBAKE AND 24 FOR 24—SEE PAGE 6 FOR DETAILS

MILESTONES

DIRECTORY

IN MEMORIAM

Marc Boone Fitzerman.................................................Rabbi Daniel Shalom Kaiman..................................................Rabbi Sally A. Donaldson................................................ President Dr. Elana Newman........................................ Vice-President Ross Heyman........... Vice-President for Finance/Treasurer Nancy Cohen.......................................................... Secretary Jeremy Rabinowitz......... Synagogue Foundation President Janis Finer, M.D.................................. Sisterhood President Sara Levitt..................Director of Jewish Life and Learning Betty Lehman.............................. Synagogue Administrator Shelli Wright........................................... Preschool Director Didi Ralph........................................................... Bookkeeper Valerie Henderson.........................................Rabbis’ Offices Gwenn RedCorn......................................... Co-Receptionist Nicki Johnson............................................. Co-Receptionist Nancy Cohen............................ Sisterhood Gift Shop Chair

Ken Renberg Widower of the late Lillian Renberg and Marjorie Singer Brother of Werner Renberg Stuart Goodall Husband of Sherri Goodall Father of Denise Goodall Glimcher and Kevin Goodall Brother of Cookie Block Kaiser Victims of the Tree of Life Shooting Joyce Fienberg Richard Gottfried Rose Mallinger Jerry Rabinowitz Cecil Rosenthal David Rosenthal Bernice Simon Sylvan Simon Daniel Stein Melvin Wax Irving Younger

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Steven Aberson Brian Brouse Randee Charney Mark Goldman Ross Heyman Matt Katz Jeremy Rabinowitz David Sandler, M.D. John Schumann, M.D. Eva Unterman

ART FROM THE HEART

Emily Melton Bolusky Sharon Cash Nancy Cohen Sally Donaldson Barbara Eisen Terry Marcum Dr. Elana Newman Debby Raskin Angela Taubman Ricki Wimmer

Janis Finer, M.D.

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AT THE SYNAGOGUE.

CONGREGATION B’NAI EMUNAH 1719 South Owasso Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120 Office: (918) 583‑7121 School: (918) 585‑KIDS Fax: (918) 747-9696 Website: www.tulsagogue.com

ON THE COVER We wish that this were a public celebration of Chanukah, but it’s actually an image of one of the many vigils held in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh shooting.

Many people turned out all over the country to pay their respects and express their solidarity with the victims, their families and the Jewish community. Please see Rabbi Fitzerman’s comment on page 5.

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THE DECEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1

BAT MITZVAH OF BELLA LEVINE

Bean to Bar, in the Tulsa Arts District. Spend the seventh night of Chanukah learning all about chocolate, from that cacao bean harvested in South America to high-end consumer chocolates. We’ll even learn to make our own. The fun begins at 7:00 p.m., and the cost is $20 per person. Please RSVP to Sara Levitt by Thursday, December 6, to hold your spot.

The Synagogue notes with pride the upcoming bat mitzvah of Isabella Mattie Levine, daughter of Dr. Jonathan and Dee Dee Levine. Bella’s preparations have been led by Morah Alin Avitan and Morah Sara Levitt. The Havdalah celebration will take place on December 1, beginning at 4:15 p.m.

Mazal tov to the entire Levine family.

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TO|GATHER: SUNDAY FOR BABIES

It is the darkest time of year, but don’t let that get you down.

Join friends, family, and community for a joyous celebration of the Chanukah season. At 5:45 p.m., we will begin our evening with a special Seventeenth Street Deli meal featuring latkes! Following dinner, we’ll invite our neighbors, friends and fellow faith communities to join us in dancing, singing, and warm treats. The evening will culminate with a beautiful light display and a mass Chanukah candle lighting.

While no reservation is necessary for the 6:30 p.m. party, please do call the Office or visit our website to make your deli meal reservations at $18 for adults and $9 for kids.

It’s a Sunday morning program for young children and their families. The theme this month is Shine Your Light. Students age 4 and below, along with their parents, are invited to participate in a morning of singing, story, and art. The fun begins at 10:30 a.m. and will conclude in time for our families to join the ShulSchool end-of-school singalong. If you have any questions or want to RSVP, please be in touch with Sara Levitt at slevitt@bnaiemunah.com.

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THE DECEMBER CHALLAH BAKE

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We’re back with challah baking and are hoping to make this a regular deal on the first Wednesday of the month. Join us in the Dairy Kitchen at 5:45 p.m. By the time you’re done, you’ll have dough enough for two challahs on Friday afternoon. Please call Valerie Henderson at the Synagogue at (918) 583-7121 to reserve your space at the kneading table.

Space is limited, so please call early. No cost to anyone.

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BAT MITZVAH OF SOPHIA ROYTMAN

We’re so pleased to announce the upcoming bat mitzvah of Sophia Roytman, daughter of Oleg Roytman and Romy Roytman. Sophia’s preparations have been led by Morah Sara Levitt. The Shabbat morning celebration will take place on December 15, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Mazal tov to the entire Roytman family.

SHABBAT FOR EVERYONE: CHANUKAH!

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Chanukah and Shabbat make one fantastic combination!

Our monthly, kid-friendly Shabbat experience begins with a delicious dinner prepared by Alin Avitan and Co. It’s a feast designed for you just to relax and enjoy. We’ll then move into the sounds and movements of a joyous Friday night celebration. In honor of Chanukah, Zemer, our youth choir, will lead us in festive songs of the season. Beginning this month, we will honor two children of the congregation with the Crowns of Shabbat. Your feet will be stomping as the music carries us forward into the night. No reservation is needed for the service at 7:00 p.m., but please call or visit our website by Wednesday, December 5, to guarantee your place at the dinner table.

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WINTER|LIGHT CHANUKAH FESTIVAL

SALON EMUNAH: BOB TALKS RUSSIA

The current relationship between the U.S. and Russia is routinely defined as “adversarial,” with many observers declaring that a new and dangerous Cold War has broken out.

To help navigate the nuances of the current relationship, Dr. Bob Donaldson will deliver a talk titled U.S. – Russian Relations: The Helsinki Summit and Beyond as part of our Salon Emunah series. Dr. Donaldson is Trustees Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of Tulsa, where he was President from 1990 to 1996. Salon Emunah gatherings invite speakers to address relevant topics in a salon-style conversation. This month’s talk will be held in the home of Dr. Bob and Sally Donaldson. Coffee and treats will accompany the 7:00 p.m. talk. Please note that there is no cost for this event, but we ask that you call the Synagogue Office to let us know you’re coming and to get directions to the private residence.

MILLENNIALS DO BEAN TO BAR

Jewish millennials will gather this Chanukah season at one of Tulsa’s newest culinary destinations, Glacier Chocolate’s

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DECEMBER CALENDAR [CONT.] BAT MITZVAH

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BELLA LEVINE

BIBI-DIBI: SHABBAT FOR LITTLE ONES

Isabella Mattie Levine, daughter of Dr. Jonathan and DeeDee Levine, will become a bat mitzvah during a late-afternoon Havdalah service on December 1, 2018, 24 Kislev 5779, at Congregation B’nai Emunah.

Very young children and their parents are invited to join us for another soft and cuddly Shabbat experience. Parachutes, rattles, and toys sit at the center of our circle while parents and kids share in the blessings of peaceful Shabbat. A kidfriendly Shabbat dinner accompanies this program. Please visit our website or call our offices by Wednesday, December 19, to reserve your spot. It all begins at 6:00 p.m.

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Rabbis Marc Fitzerman and Dan Kaiman, Alin Avitan, and Sara Levitt have been preparing Bella for this special moment.

Bella is a graduate of Mizel Jewish Community Day School and currently a seventh grader at Holland Hall Preparatory School, where she plays volleyball.

HELPING OUT FOR CHRISTMAS

Two projects will run concurrently on this date. 24 for 24 is an effort to provide turkey dinners to as many homebound hospice families as possible. CookieBake 2018 is a project where we deliver delicious trays of baked goods to hospital emergency rooms, waiting rooms, police and fire stations— wherever essential services are offered on Christmas Day. For more information about both these projects, please see our featured article on page 6.

In her spare time, Bella has been studying ballet at Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education since the age of four.

In addition to ballet, Bella is an equestrian in the Hunter Jumper discipline, riding at SonRise Stables. Although Bella is very busy, she always makes time for snuggles with her favorite cat, Shadow.

Bella is the granddaughter of Dr. Martin and Laura Levine, of Glasgow, Scotland, currently living in Norman, OK, and Chela Pedrozo, of Barranquilla, Colombia, currently living in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

THANKS TODAH RABAH

We look forward to Bella’s contributions to the Jewish community in the years to come.

In the wake of the attack in Pittsburgh at the end of October, our community quickly organized to host a Memorial Vigil for those lives lost in the attack. Please see Rabbi Fitzerman's article for a comment about this event.

None of this would have been possible without many contributions from fellow organizations and individuals.

Thank you to our conveners: All Souls Unitarian Church, the City of Tulsa, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa, First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, Jewish Federation of Tulsa, Kansas Oklahoma Conference of the United Church of Christ, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, Oklahomans for Equality, Temple Israel, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries, and Tulsa Public Schools.

Our thanks go to the many volunteers from the Synagogue community who stepped forward to help facilitate the evening. Thank you to Memorial ushers Craig Abrahmson, Amy Anderson, Alin Avitan, Howard Berkson, Alice Blue, Klara Bode, Emily Bolusky, David Charney, Ann Dunagan, Rebecca Fine, Rachel Gold, Patty Hipsher, Terry Marcum, Hal Narotzsky, Elana Newman, Jolene Sanditen, Mimi Tarrasch, and Elliott Wulff. Thanks also to Stephanie Marshall of Temple Israel for her support.

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FROM RABBI FITZERMAN

MAZAL TOVS

SQUIRREL HILL

KUDOS

The events in Pittsburgh are now behind us, but that won’t really be true for a very long time. They will continue to reverberate for decades hence. We have been in this country since 1654, and there has never been a mass killing of Jews before. That’s an astonishing record for a Jewish community, but we have now been joined to a larger story—darker, older, and more unsettling.

If you got the last edition of Hadassah magazine, you know that Richard Borg has embarked on a project to chant a haftorah in each of the fifty states. Now that the word is out, we expect that the process will accelerate. For a look at the original article, please check the Synagogue’s Facebook page. Mazal tov to Richard on national notice!

And yet, I hold on to the hope that this episode will not be formative. Pittsburgh was not a state-sponsored pogrom. It was not part of a program of industrialized killing. Neither was it a populist uprising, although it carried an undercurrent of nativist sentiment. The killer was motivated by a zealous, nationalist belief that immigration is dangerous and that the Jews promote it. That ideology needs to be opposed, and we should not be shy about raising our voices, calling our country to its tradition of generosity.

Mazal to Dr. Eduardo Faingold on the publication of his most recent book: Language Rights and the Law in the United States and its Territories. The book is published

by Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.

Mazal tov to Mindy and Harris Prescott on the recent wedding of their son, Alex, to Josie Villanueva. The wedding took place on November 19 in Washington, DC. Mazal tov as well to Alex’s grandmother, Isrella Taxon. Alex is a manager with the American Dental Education Association and Josie is a Legislative Assistant for Senator Tammy Duckworth.

The couple resides in Washington, DC.

In the meantime, we should take satisfaction in the care of our neighbors and the great wave of support for the safety of our community. The cover picture on this edition of the Messenger is the scene of a vigil right after the events in Pittsburgh. Thousands of citizens in that city and elsewhere gathered to express both sorrow and outrage.

And the same occured right here in Tulsa. In very short order, 1,500 of our fellow citizens poured into the Synagogue for a community-wide memorial. The event was a spontaneous show of strength, involving faith leaders of our own community and responsive others. Everyone was present, thoughtful and mobilized. Along with many of you, I found it deeply reassuring to hear Mayor Bynum say with great emotion that the diversity of our communtiy was precious to him, and that it was an essential part of our history and experience.

TIME TO START BAKING FOR COOKIEBAKE 2018.

PLEASE FREEZE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND GET THEM TO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 24 BY 9:30 A.M. WE ALSO NEED PEOPLE TO TRAY, DELIVER AND

All of this makes me feel deeply grateful. As always, there are many choices before us. We can retreat into a safe and private bunker, walled off from the world and looking only at each other, or we can continue to stand in the public square as American Jews with a job to do. That job is to model courage and self-confidence and to say that we stand for an inclusive society that embraces the Other with forthcoming warmth. My goal is to live with meaning and feeling, and nothing at all will keep me from trying.

PREP FULL CHRISTMAS DINNERS FOR HOSPICE PATIENTS. CALL (918) 583-7121 TO VOLUNTEER.

HOUSEKEEPING

MLK PARADE

You can make reservations for any Synagogue event by calling Gwenn or Nicki at the Synagogue Office: (918) 583-7121.

You can also use the Reservations Page on the Synagogue website at www.tulsagogue.com.

This is a quick reminder that we will be out in the streets in January, marching with the rest of Tulsa in the parade honoring the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please reserve the morning of Monday, January 21, and park in the lot of the business formerly known as the Spaghetti Warehouse. In keeping with our longtime practice, we’ll convene there at 10:30 a.m. Call Valerie at (918) 583-7121 to let us know you’re coming, and we’ll have a complimentary T-shirt ready for you!

On the back inside page of this edition, you’ll find the monthly calendar of the Synagogue, with candlelighting times, our regular service schedule, the ShulSchool and Hebrew Lab calendars, and other regular events.

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FROM SARA LEVITT

FEATURED PROGRAMS

SHARED VISION

VOLUNTEER ON DECEMBER 24

In Judaism, our learning is truly never complete. We are always encouraged to learn new things or even to look at the same text in new ways throughout our lives. It is no surprise, then, how important professional development has become in the field of Jewish education. I am proud to be a part of cohort of Jewish educational leaders from across the country in a professional development cohort called the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute. This two-year program reminds us that our schools and institutions are only as a great as our teachers.

In our darkest moments, we can find joy, gladness and fellowship in the service of others. This winter season, the Synagogue once again undertakes two ambitious volunteer projects. As our brothers and sisters celebrate Christmas, there’s important work we can do to make the day sweeter.

Cookiebake 2018 is one good way to accomplish this goal. We invite all members of the community to bake their favorite cookies and bars at home for this project any time during the month of December. If you begin early, please wrap your contribution securely and freeze it at home. Please drop off your baked goods at the Synagogue on December 24, by 9:30 a.m.

Our conferences center around developing our skills and filling our tool box as Jewish educational leaders to bring back for our own faculty in our school settings. In our own ShulSchool and Hebrew Language Lab programs, this has resulted in a year-long professional development journey in search of a shared vision for great teaching in our schools.

At the halfway point in our program, I am excited to share where we are at as a team in thinking about our teaching standards and where we hope to go through the rest of the school year.

We will tray everything for eventual distribution to hospital emergency rooms, waiting rooms, police and fire stations, the Ronald McDonald house—wherever essential services are offered on Christmas Eve and Day. In addition to baking, a team of volunteers is needed to help tray and arrange the platters. Another volunteer role is hand delivering these trays to the various locations throughout our city.

We began the year reviewing our own internalized views of good teaching, looking at researched perspectives and, most importantly, began to think about good teaching in our own settings. With that groundwork laid, we have most recently put pen to paper thinking about what we want our students to look like when they graduate from our program. This backwards design thinking allows us as a team to imagine the lens through which our teaching standards are set.

For our 24 for 24 project, volunteers help prepare and deliver 24 complete turkey Christmas meals for families in hospice care who may not have the ability to provide a festive holiday meal for themselves. In the days leading up to the holiday, kitchen volunteers cook a meal worthy of the season. Another team of volunteers delivers these Christmas eve meals to the homes of the recipient families. Finally, as part of our 24 for 24 project, we invite families and individuals within the Synagogue community to underwrite the cost of these Christmas meals. Your contribution helps us all serve together.

Our team worked together to develop our goals for each student when they leave our program. We imagined that our students should have mensch-like behavior, be proud to be Jewish, understand the value of give-back to community, have tangible Hebrew and Judaic skills to navigate Jewish life, and be able to articulate and share their passion for Judaism with family.

If you’d like to involve yourself in either of these projects, please call the Synagogue Office to speak with Valerie Henderson. The number is (918) 583-7121. Alternatively, you can e-mail us at info@bnaiemunah.com.

As the year continues, we will take these goals and establish standards for teaching in our school based on student outcomes, our unique community needs, teacher strengths and data from experts in the field. Over the summer, we will use these standards to continue to develop our teaching staff, onboard new teachers, and help us to shape the future of our school programs. I am excited to continue to share our progress with all of you! Please feel free to be in touch with any questions or concerns.

ADULT LEARNING Rabbi Fitzerman’s new class, Greatest Hits from the Babylonian Talmud, is now fully subscribed in December. If you’d like to be included in the next round in February, please call Valerie Henderson at (918) 583-7121 or write vhenderson@bnaiemunah.com.

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SISTERS | JANET DUNDEE

FROM RABBI KAIMAN

UPCOMING (CONCLUDED)

SAVE THE DATE FOR BOOK CLUB

DIFFERENCE

On February 3, at 1:00 p.m. in the Synagogue Library, Sisterhood will meet for a conversation about Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s novel Waking Lions. Dr. Jennifer Airey will facilitate the discussion.

As many of you know, my earliest years were spent in a small-town Jewish community that was very similar in terms of demographics and style to that of our Tulsa Jewish community. To be Jewish in Pensacola, Florida, meant that you always felt your differences. Our kind and hospitable neighbors always made room for diversity and inclusion, but a regular feeling was that by dint of identity and heritage we were different.

Waking Lions is the story of an Israeli man who, after one night’s deadly mistake, goes to great lengths to save his family and his reputation.

As a neurosurgeon, Eitan Green has the perfect life until one moonlit night he hits someone with his car. Seeing that the man is beyond help, Eitan leaves the scene of the accident. When the victim’s widow knocks at his door, Eitan discovers that the price he will pay for her silence is not money.

Of course, there were plenty of times when that feeling of difference could fade into the background. There are lots of ways in which values overlap, and the American Judaism we currently inhabit is one that has acculturated itself quite nicely to the trappings of broader society. But every year as the winter holiday season rolls around, I am reminded quite clearly that to be Jewish is to be different.

This novel is a vehicle for exploring big moral issues, as well as a gripping, suspenseful literary thriller. We hope that there is time enough to read the book and be ready for the discussion on February 3. Sisterhood would love to see you!

And difference can sometimes feel lonely. But loneliness need not be a default setting as we encounter this time of year. Rather, there is much beauty to be found in the way we gather to provide warmth and comfort on these dark winter days. Over the coming days and weeks, there will be many ways that community gathers in public and private celebrations of the season. Some of these public festivities will not be designed with a Jewish audience in mind. There will inevitably be moments that remind us that we are different.

CALLING ALL MAH JONGG PLAYERS The Second Annual Sisterhood Mah Jongg Tournament will be held on Sunday, January 13, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. in the Kaiser Miller Auditorium. The tournament is open to anyone in the Tulsa area who enjoys playing Mah Jongg. You do not have to be a Sisterhood member to join in the fun.

Our work of this season is to see holiness in these differences and find strength in the diversity of community.

And “holiness” is an important word for us to hold onto in the days ahead. As a religious concept, we tend to think of the word “holy” as denoting something that has been consecrated for a religious purpose or function. But the Hebrew word for “holiness,” kadosh, can also be translated as “something different or set apart.” The holiness of this season is not something that values one set of practices and beliefs above others. Rather, the holiness of this season can be found in our differences and distinctions. As we encounter what it means to be Jewish in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the winter holiday season this year, may we remember the strength that comes from our diversity. So may this be a blessing for us and for our whole community.

The tournament features both advanced and intermediate levels of play. Prizes will be awarded to the top winners. A suggested donation of $25.00 is appreciated, with proceeds benefiting the Tulsa Girls Art School, an organization which empowers underserved girls to improve their lives through visual arts education. Registration forms will be available at the Synagogue and online through the weekly email blast. For more information, call or email Barbara Eisen at beisen1@me.com or (918) 645-7452. If you are not yet a Mah Jongg player, but want to learn how to play, contact Rhonda Lhevine Wagnon at rhondawagnon@yahoo.com or at (918) 906-3396.

IRON GATE BREAKFAST CLUB Sisterhood is continuing to serve breakfast to Iron Gate guests on the last Sunday morning of each month, from 8:15-10:30 a.m. If you are 13 years or older, contact Dr. Sarah-Anne Schumann at hennschu@gmail.com.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION?

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PLEASE CALL RABBI KAIMAN AT (918) 583-7121.

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JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS

BAT MITZVAH SOPHIA ROYTMAN

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SHULSCHOOL RESUME

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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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DAVE EGGERS | BOOKSMART AND CBE

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PAJAMA HAVDALAH

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SISTERHOOD MAH JONGG TOURNAMENT

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A BOTANICAL TU BE-SHEVAT

Sophia is the granddaughter of Mark Roytman and Marina Roytman of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Dr. Michael Fisch and Lois Fisch of Columbia, Missouri. Sophia is the loving older sister to Ava Roytman.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE

Preparations for her bat mitzvah have been led by Morah Sara Levitt and Morah Lianne Torianyk.

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SHABBAT FOR EVERYONE

Sophia Elizabeth Roytman, daughter of Oleg Roytman and Romy Levine will become a bat mitzvah on December 15, 2018 (7 Tevet 5779), at Congregation B’nai Emunah.

Sophia is an eighth-grade student at Riverfield Country Day School, where she enjoys performing in the rock band. She enjoys music, art, comedy, and fashion.

SISTERHOOD (continued from the previous page)

CARE KITS Sisterhood has come close to completing the goal of creating 200 kits for homeless people in Tulsa. Jolene Sanditen, chair of this very important project, wishes to thank all those who contributed items for the kits and who, through their donations, have reached out to lend a hand to those in our community who need help.

MEMBERSHIP Welcome one and all to the Synagogue Family. We’re delighted to see newcomers this month and hope that you will help greet them and make them feel at home. Here’s our list for November, 2018: Leslie Sanditen Zigmond and Frank Zigmond Baby Scott Zigmond Jochen Talmon and Kimberly Butler Claire, Julian, Henry, and Coleman Talmon

THIS IS THE RIGHT MONTH FOR FINAL DUES PAYMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Elliot Wulff

TO THE SYNAGOGUE. THANK YOU!

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYNAGOGUE Altamont Bakery Fund

Cindy and Michael Guterman Debbie and Barry Lederman

Ann Beerman Flower and Garden Fund

Norman and Shirley Levin Fund for Prayerbook Publication Shirley and Norm Levin

Rabbi Daniel S. Kaiman Discretionary Fund

Estelle Finer Frieda Grossbard Cindy and Michael Guterman

Julie Frank Rebeca Shalom and Rabbi David Kaiman Barbara and Dave Sylvan

Bikur Cholim Fund

Rabbi Marc Boone Fitzerman Discretionary Fund

Jeff Bonem

Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund

Dr. EN Lubin and Marjorie Lubin Charitable Fund

Dave Sylvan Joyful Music Fund Phyllis Raskin

Vellie Bloch O’Neil Cobb Drs. Judy and Andrew Kaiser Coleman Robison Barbara and Dave Sylvan Carla and Les Weston Barbara and Glen Zelkind

Rose Borg Sukkah Fund

Davis-Goodall Chapel Fund

Rosalyn Borg (St. Louis) and Family Bonnie and Louis Spiesberger

Foundation General Fund

Sam and Pan Marks Helping Hand Fund

Frieda Grossbard

Drs. Linda and Richard Young

Joe Kantor Hebrew School Fund Jonathan Kantor

Khalid Jabara Memorial Tikkun Olam Library Christ Church Episcopal

Ann Carlyn

Schlanger-Blend Kitchen Furnishings Fund Andrea Schlanger Barbara and Jerry Selzer Bette and Wynn Wozobski

Scott Foreman Zarrow Rabbinic Endowment

Lenny Seigel Playground Equipment Fund

Drs. Linda and Richard Young

Meyer Rozen Prayerbook Fund

Scott Sanditen Memorial Community Service Fund

Sheila and Robert Seigel

Carla and Les Weston

Morris and Edith Sylvan Transportation Fund Jan Brickman Barbara and Dave Sylvan

Laurie and Bob Berman Terry and Andy Marcum Faye Rich Isabel Sanditen Harold Sanditen Will Sanditen

Stuart and Sherri Goodall/Blanc Art Education Fund Susan and Jerry Sokol Barbara and Dave Sylvan Bette and Wynn Wozobski

Synagogue Endowment Fund Barbara and Dave Sylvan

Synagogue General Fund

Anonymous Sam Brenner Marcy and Michael Cyter Sally and Bob Donaldson Frederic Dorwart Jean Fausser Chelsea Fry Joan Green Cindy and Michael Guterman Elaine and Allan Jeffy Max Katz Philanthropic Fund Carol Kallmeyer Joe Kleiner Ruth Lebow Cheryl and Greg Myers Mindy and Harris Prescott Irene Silberg Kristi and Jacob Tarabolous Trust Company of Oklahoma Ann Weisman and Charles King

The Religious School Fund Curtis and Joan Green Philanthropic Fund

In Loving Memory

Sam Abravanel Ann Beerman Stuart Beerman Bessie and Louis Blend Rose Glassgold Borg Kenneth Brown Ruth and Morris Dubin Michael David Frank Ted Ginsberg Stuart Goodall Martha Grossbard Harry A. Harris

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYNAGOGUE In Loving Memory ( continued) Mouma Jabara Anna Kaiser Bebe Kantor Helen Kassel Sadie Klein Lillie Krisman Dora Wain Lenske Gertrude Levin Dorothy Miller Muriel and Max Pepper Beverly Jeffy Raines Jean Sanditen

Scott Sanditen Sol Shalom Edith Sylvan Morris Tureck Gete Weisman Corry Weston Rowena Zelkind

In Honor Of

[CONT.] In Honor Of (continued)

Rabbi Daniel Shalom Kaiman Shula Kaiman-Gold, on her first birthday Betty Lehman Kay Oleinick, on her birthday Bonnie Borg Spiesberger, on her birthday The Professional Staff of B’nai Emunah Debbie and Dr. Garrett Zelkind

Laurie and Bob Berman April and Richard Borg, on their anniversary Rabbi Marc Boone Fitzerman

Speedy Recovery Of Judy Bloch Jeff Bonem Brian Brouse

2nd Annual Mah Jongg Tournament Hosted by Congregation B’nai Emunah Sisterhood

Sunday, January 13, 2019 • 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Congregation B’nai Emunah • 1719 South Owasso Avenue

Suggested donation $25 per person-Beverages and snacks will be provided.

All proceeds benefit Intermediate...Play 3 rounds of 3 games per hour.

Please r.s.v.p. by Friday, January 4.

Questions? Call Barbara Eisen or Rhonda Wagnon.

Advanced.....Play 3 rounds of 4 games per hour.

Barbara Eisen • 918.645.7452 or beisen1@me.com Prizes will be awarded at each level.

Rhonda Wagnon • 918.906.3396 or rhondawagnon@yahoo.com Bring your Mah Jongg set and 2018 card.

Let us know your playing level.

Fill out the form below and include your check made payable to: Congregation B’nai Emunah Sisterhood Mail to: Barbara Eisen • 2417 East 33rd Street • Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105

Let’s Play!

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name Email _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address Phone Level of Play (Please check one) ______ Intermediate ______ Advanced Your check is your reservation. Please return your check and the bottom portion of the invitation by Friday, January 4, 2019.

december | kislev-tevet Sunday

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Tuesday

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Saturday

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8:30 AM Siddur Study 9:00 AM Shabbat Service 4:15 PM Bat Mitzvah of Bella Levine 6:50 PM Havdalah

Torah: Vayeshev

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9:00 AM ShulSchool 10:00 Altamont Bakiing 10:30 AM ToGather Kiddos 5:30 PM Service

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Light Chanukah Candle I

9:00 AM ShulSchool 5:30 PM Service 5:45 PM 17th Street Deli 6:30 PM Winterlight Festival

Light Chanukah Candle VIII

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9:00 AM ShulSchool 5:30 PM Service

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9:00 Altamont Packing 5:30 PM Service 7:00 PM Adult Institute

Light Chanukah Candle II

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5:30 PM Service

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1:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service

Light Chanukah Candle III

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9:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service 7:00 PM Board of Directors

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9:00 AM Altamont Packing 4:00 PM Hebrew Lab 5:30 PM Service 5:45 PM Challah Baking 6:30 PM Midrasha

Light Chanukah Candle IV

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9:00 AM Altamont Packing 4:00 PM Hebrew Lab 5:30 PM Service 6:30 PM Midrasha

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5:30 PM Service

Light Chanukah Candle V

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5:30 PM Service 5:30 PM Social Justice Story Hour

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4:49 PM Candles 5:09 PM Sunset 5:30 PM Service 6:15 PM Dinner 7:00 PM Shabbat for Everyone: The Chanukah Version

Light Chanukah Candle VI

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4:50 PM Candles 5:10 PM Sunset 5:30 PM Service

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8:30 AM Siddur Study 9:00 AM Shabbat Service 5:15 PM Closing Service 5:30 PM Havdalah 7:30 PM Millennials: Bean to Bar

Light Chanukah Candle VII

15

8:30 AM Siddur Study 9:00 AM Bat Mitzvah of Sophia Roytman 5:15 PM Closing Service 5:30 PM Havdalah

Torah: Vayigash

17

5:30 PM Service

18

1:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service 7:00 PM Salon Emunah | Dr. Bob Donaldson

19

9:00 AM Altamont Packing 4:00 PM Hebrew Lab 5:30 PM Service 6:30 PM Midrasha

20

5:30 PM Service

21

4:53 PM Candles 5:13 PM Sunset 5:30 PM Service 6:00 PM Bibi-Dibi

22

8:30 AM Siddur Study 9:00 AM Shabbat Service 5:20 PM Closing Service 5:35 PM Havdalah

Torah: Vayechi

23

9:00 AM ShulSchool 5:30 PM Service

30

5:30 PM Service

24

9:00 AM 24 for 24 Cookiebake 2018 5:30 PM Service

25

5:30 PM Service

Preschool and Offices Closed

31

5:30 PM Service

Preschool and Offices Closed

26

5:30 PM Service

27

5:30 PM Service

28

4:57 PM Candles 5:17 PM Sunset 5:30 PM Service

29

8:30 AM Siddur Study 9:00 AM Shabbat Service 5:25 PM Closing Service 5:40 PM Havdalah

Torah: Shemot

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YAHRTZEIT CALENDAR­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ —23 KISLEV - 23 TEVET 5779 23 Kislev - Saturday, December 1 Darryl Edelman Hyman Furman Esther Glass Miriam Nacht Samuel Schwartz Morris Sitrin 24 Kislev - Sunday, December 2 Jullian “Jack” Appleton Jessie Blanc Adolf Cohen Millie Guller Nathan Lieberman Travis I. Milsten David Plost Herman Sanditen 25 Kislev - Monday, December 3 Joseph Finer Sylvia Marder Lillian Moskowitz Shoshanni Seri Ronald Sokol 26 Kislev - Tuesday, December 4 V.S.D. Aaronson Daniel Blue Jay Cohen Jane Margolis Jacob Olson Philip Robinson Norman Seidler Samuel Wiseman 27 Kislev - Wednesday, December 5 Dr. Sam S. Blanc Hannah Bortel Dr. Eric Glichouse Herbert J. Miller Betty Shalon 28 Kislev - Thursday, December 6 Rochel R. Fell Louis Fenster Nellie Finston Jerald Miller Janis S. Bolusky Molly Dorothy Brickman Sheilah Freedman Bertha Garfinkel Richard Gordon George Henry Lehrman Isaac Sitrin Lee Tublin 30 Kislev - Saturday, December 8 Morris Brown Anna Sarah Lasky

Elmer Livingston Abraham (A.J.) Sanditen Alex Taubman Abraham Travis 1 Tevet - Sunday, December 9 Rose Fabes Morris Singer Ida Stockfish Florence G. Storch 2 Tevet - Monday, December 10 Jerome Cardin William Stanley Haas Bella Jacobs Edna Marie Wolf Leah Zeldich Julius Zeligson 3 Tevet - Tuesday, December 11 Ethel Reba Cohen Sarah Kirschner Fannie Plost Yetta Schlanger 4 Tevet - Wednesday, December 12 Mervin Bolusky Fannie Gertner Lillian Goff Sherwin Miller Simon Solly Neuwald Charles Schusterman David Stone 5 Tevet - Thursday, December 13 Jack B. Wolfe 6 Tevet - Friday, December 14 Ceila Brodsky Julius Edward Edelman Elizabeth Frank Leon Ginsberg Frederick Gock Samuel Gussman Ora Harris Peggy Krigel Alan Utay 7 Tevet - Saturday, December 15 Maureen Fedman Curlee Harry Degen Sarah Roberts Betty Sanditen 8 Tevet - Sunday, December 16 Norman Axe Arthur Joseph Frey Walter Kaiser

Jennie S. Myers Myron Rubinstein Elizabeth Shapiro 9 Tevet - Monday, December 17 Abraham Beerman Jacob Borofsky Celia Brown Adolph W. Friedman Elaine Witrogen 10 Tevet - Tuesday, December 18 Leebeh Feldgreber Wally Heimlich David M. Scheer Irwin Schreier Sadie Sitrin 11 Tevet - Wednesday, December 19 Phillip Dunitz Robert Joels Jay Narotzky Sam Reichman Jerald Schuman 12 Tevet - Thursday, December 20 Clara Brooks Celia Cohen Phillip H. Gordon Anna Greenberg Donna Kraft Nathan Landa Erma Penny Miller Frances Robinowitz 13 Tevet - Friday, December 21 Esther Aron Louis Firestone Harry Goldner Christine Jackson Sylvia Polsky 14 Tevet - Saturday, December 22 Harry Cohen 15 Tevet - Sunday, December 23 Rosalind Bolusky Shirley B’tesh Samuel Davis Isadore Gordon Charles Hertwig Renetta Jacobson Al Morrison Ben Moskowitz Benjamin Rosen Ethel Ettie Sack Rose Steigman Edward Weinstein

16 Tevet - Monday, December 24 Abraham J. Freed Joseph Manes Charles Miller Sam Sanditen 17 Tevet - Tuesday, December 25 Rebbitzen Anna Kahn Adolf Neuwald Ida Soclof Donald Viner Ida Pertofsky Scott Zarrow 18 Tevet - Wednesday, December 26 George Paru 19 Tevet - Thursday, December 27 Sam Epstein Mary Goldstein Robert A. Jacobs Bernie LeVine Joseph Lewis Adeline Sara Singer 20 Tevet - Friday, December 28 Ivonne Goldstein Ely G. Sanditen Frances Shushansky Martha Strauss 21 Tevet - Saturday, December 29 Mandel Fischer Harry W. Glasser Pearl Watt Isralsky Ralph Jeffy Rebecca Olson Jacob Rozen Robert A. Stekoll Bessie Tureck 22 Tevet - Sunday, December 30 Maurice Abrams Bernard Finer Leona Gordon Ethel Zukerman 23 Tevet - Monday, December 31 Brandon Reed Fabes Max Katz Harriet Levinson Wallace Levy

May their souls be bound up in the bond of life everlasting. Please note that each yahrtzeit begins at sunset on the day before the date listed.