Messenger March 2016

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FROMB’NAI THE RABBI HIGHLIGHTS THECALENDAR SYNAGOGUE | CONGREGATION EMUNAH | TULSA | MARCH 2016 | NO. 3

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DR. JEFFREY GUROCK, CENTENNIAL YEAR SCHOLAR-IN RESIDENCE | SEE PAGE SEVEN

PERSONALS

DIRECTORY

BIRTHS

THE MESSENGER

Ezra Norman Borg Maxwell and Harrison Isaac Borg Maxwell, born on February 5, 2016. Mazal tov to parents, Ruth Borg-Maxwell and John Maxwell. Maternal grandparents are Richard and April Borg. Paternal grandparents are Jack and Ruby Maxwell.

March 2016 - Published Monthly

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

MAZAL TOVS Congratulations to Joseph Secan, who was recently recognized by the Jewish Family Service of Houston for his work establishing the Senior Chavurot Program, a successful Jewish learning community in Houston. A joyful ceremony of appreciation was held in Houston in his honor.

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news. (Isaiah 52:7)

CENTENNIAL NOTES

Kudos to Ruth Kaiser Nelson, who has just concluded 27 years of sterling service to the Tulsa Housing Authority. In recognition of her significant contributions to unprivileged citizens of Tulsa, she was honored by the Tulsa Area United Way and the Tulsa World.

YOUR HELP NEEDED Will you be 90 years old by April of this year? Please be in touch with Valerie or Gwenn at the Synagogue Office as soon as possible. We’d like to make sure that you are honored in the upcoming celebration of Milestone Shabbat.

The number to call is (918) 583-7121, and we’d love to hear from you as soon as possible.

Mazal tov to the Congregation B’nai Emunah Sisterhood on the publication of Kum Essen V. By the time this reaches you, the release party will have taken place and we will be busy filling orders in Tulsa and beyond. Kudos to Carol Mandlebaum, Sisterhood President, and the entire Sisterhood leadership.

We’re planning a big Centennial Year display of yarmulkas (kippot) imprinted for special occasions/life cycle events.

If your drawers are full of them, please drop your surplus at the Synagogue. We are also eager to accomplish a project that will require many unused tallitot (tallises). Whatever you can pass along would be very helpful!

Congratulations to Alice Blue, who will be honored at Iron Gate’s Annual Founder’s Dinner on March 31. Alice will be recognized along with Bishop Edward Knieczny, Sterlin Harjo, and Jonathan Moosmiller for their service to one of Tulsa’s largest food insecurity programs.

We’re grateful to say that many of you have started to send your historic pictures over to the Synagogue. Please keep them coming, either for the purpose of copying or direct donation. Our archive needs your help this year!

Mazal tov to Dr. Larry Lieberman on earning his black belt in American Combat Kempo. This marks a significant accomplishment in his studies under the leadership and guidance of instructor Carter Hargrave.

UNVEILINGS

ON THE COVER

A monument in memory of the late Barbara Rambach will be unveiled on Sunday morning, March 20, at 11:30 a.m. at rose Hill Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to attend.

Born in Germany in 1894, Arye Leo Peysack immigrated to pre-war Palestine in 1924. For years, he toured the country, enchanted by the new agricultural landscape of pioneer kibbutzim.

His glowing vision shows us both cities and the countryside, where Jews and Arabs live in harmonious relationship. This genre painting of Arab Quarter Jerusalem hangs in the courtyard hallway of the Synagogue, near Sanditen Hall.

PURIM AT B’NAI EMUNAH Reading March 23 | Carnival March 27

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THE SYNAGOGUE ARCHIVE

Many veteran members will recognize virtually everyone in this photograph. These are the Blend, Schlanger, and Weisman families, gathered to celebrate the fortieth wedding anniversary of Louis and Bessie Blend, pictured at the center and flanked by their daughters Gete Weisman (left) and Rose Schlanger (right). Apart from their role in the life of their family, Louis and Bessie presided over an archetypal “third place,� the New York Bakery and Delicatessen, for much of their working lives. The deli was an informal meeting place apart from the Synagogue and Temple, where Jewish customers came together to affirm their shared taste for the cuisine of Ashkenaz and the family feeling of neighborhood and community. The new Seventeenth Street Deli, another Centennial Year project of the Synagogue is, in a sense, a tribute to the Blends and their successful, productive work over four decades in Tulsa.

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SHABBAT FOR EVERYONE

TULSA PURIM EXTRAVAGANZA

It’s not just for you. It’s not just for me. It’s Shabbat for Everyone at CBE! Our monthly, kid-friendly Shabbat experience begins with a delicious dinner, so you can just relax and enjoy. We then move into the sounds and movements of a joyous Friday night celebration. Your feet will be stomping as the music carries us forward into the night. Top it all off with a delightful story and you’ve got yourself one can’t-miss evening. No reservation is needed for the service at 7:00 p.m., but please contact us by Wednesday, March 2, to guarantee your place at the dinner table.

It’s our vision of Shushan Purim, the second day of the big event. Dust off your groggers, pull on your costumes, it’s time for Purim! Join us for a participatory English reading of the story of Esther. Followed by the legendary Shushan-aRama, a Purim carnival for kids young and old. Entertainers, dancing, balloon artists, jugglers and face-painting abound as we celebrate with treats, more hamantaschen, popcorn, cotton candy and so much more! Hope to see you there.

Check out Featured Events on page 7 for more details about this awesome morning of fun.

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DOING JEWISH: TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Bringing to life old world flavors with a twenty-first century flair. We hope that The Seventeenth Street Delicatessen will be a hub of community, culture and one incredible sandwich. We are the deli revolution! We’re forced to say that the February event sold out over a month in advance. The March version is also fully booked, but we are now taking reservations for May. The restaurant operates between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Space is limited, so visit tulsadeli.org to make your reservations soon.

For a religious community that rejects iconography and idols explicitly, Jews sure do have a lot of religious tools at their disposal. In this hour-long workshop, we’ll take a look at some of the essential tools for the Jewish home. What are the key items to furnish your home and navigate the particularities of the Jewish year? Join us at 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning to find out.

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JEWISH FOLK DANCING

Grabbing hands, moving in a circle, and celebrating life is a fantastic way to connect to community and explore the rich cultural heritage of Jewish and Israeli folk dance. Under the leadership of Avi Gelfand, all are invited to participate in a monthly informal evening of dance. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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APRIL AT A GLANCE

VISITING SCHOLAR: JEFFREY GUROCK

This is the beginning of our Centennial Year experience with Dr. Jeffrey Gurock. We’ll start this evening with the history of the congregation as a battleground between Conservativism and Orthodoxy, and then continue on Saturday morning and evening with two related sessions. Please see Featured Events on page 7 of this edition.

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SEVENTEENTH STREET DELI

PURIM MEGILLAH READING

An occasion for joyous celebration. Join us at 5:30 p.m. as we publically read the Book of Esther to mark the holiday of Purim. Hearing this story is essential to our lives as Jews.

The service will be followed by a scrumptious array of hamantashen. Please see Featured Events on page 7.

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FETO: THE JERUSALEM QUARTET

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MILESTONE SHABBAT | 100 YEAR EDITION

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BAT MITZVAH: ALEXI SOTKIN

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JEWISH FOLK DANCING

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FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER

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SECOND SEDER AT THE SYNAGOGUE

FROM RABBI MARC BOONE FITZERMAN

SISTERHOOD night of the seder, there was an indoor forest in Kaiser-Miller Auditorium, with sturdy saplings crowded in the vestibule.

Many participants took trees home that night. We hope that many others will now do the same.

LOGO The Ark at the end of the Synagogue Lobby was originally built in 1941. For all of its life as a working Aron Kodesh, it was the central feature of Zarrow Sanctuary, the main prayer space of the congregation. You entered the building through the Rotunda on the Owasso side and then straight through the lobby into a brightly lit hall. The seats were upholstered in a beautiful soft green, one of the signature colors of B’nai Emunah.

All of this came to us courtesy of Up With Trees, Tulsa’s premier urban forestry program. We asked for advice and the next thing you know, Up With Trees gifted us a first delivery.

Many others are scheduled for the coming weeks. They will include river birches, maples, and a couple of different oaks.

There is no bad time to plant a tree in Tulsa, except on the hottest days in July and August. If you plant now, your sapling will have a better chance to establish itself.

The Ark, itself, had many charming features, including a beautiful combination of colored stone and wooden doors that looked as if they had been dipped in caramel. We saved the stone so that the Ark could be rebuilt and refinished the doors in a soft, deep walnut. It was part of the effort to preserve continuity. Even though Zarrow Sanctuary no longer exists, it lives on in the Ark and many other appurtenances, including the chrome menorahs that we use on every Chanukah, the chairs on the Sanctuary bimah, and the Reader’s Desk in the Chapel.

So please come by the Synagogue soon. Take whichever tree pleases you and plant quickly and with care. There’s a planting guide on the Synagogue website. Look for the feature on the congregational Centennial.

All we ask is that you leave us your name and e-mail address. We’d like to have you as part of our permanent registry of those who feel connected to B’nai Emunah and want to contribute to the city at large. Even if the tree is growing on your own property, it offers shade, shelter, and a hundred other benefits that come from being part of an urban forest.

Our thanks to Up With Trees and our thanks to you!

But the most charming of its artifacts was the Eternal Light. Made of pierced metal with insets of colored glass, it reflects the esthetic tenor of the time. Even in faraway Oklahoma, architects and designers were taken with the new Jewish world in then-Palestine, adopting Arab metalwork and Islamic geometry to create something that had not been seen in America: a fusion of Bauhaus Europe and the Middle East. The unexpected element in our example is the proud little lioness that strides across the bar from which the light is suspended. She’s a friendly, folkloric Lioness of Judah, with a snapping tail and upright carriage.

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And she is now the logo of our Centennial Year celebration.

Thanks to the artistry of Bhadri Verduzco, our member and Philbrook’s gifted graphic designer, Emunah the Lioness has now found a new role. Bhadri gave her face a little more character and set her legs and feet in a more naturalistic way. He then framed her out with the name of the congregation and finished this new logo with a reference to our Centennial. If you haven’t yet looked at every page in this issue, Bhadri’s work is near the top of the back cover. I think that it’s a beautiful addition to our Centennial celebration.

For quick reference, please check the Synagogue’s website at

www.tulsagogue.com

Thank you, Bhadri, for your graceful design. I hope that our members look with new eyes at the Ark and see our lioness as a sign of strength and continuity.

You’ll find a useful calendar and many other helpful features.

AN EVENING AS LOVELY AS A TREE Since January 24, the night of our Tu Be-Shevat Seder, we have been distributing trees for a community-wide mass planting. The idea is a hundred trees for a hundred years. On the 5

FROM JANET DUNDEE

SPOTLIGHT

UPCOMING (CONCLUDED) ALL ABOUT THE KITCHEN

RICHARD BORG | BY SHIRLEY BURGER

This month is all about the kitchen. First, we want to thank Molly Berger and her committee for baking wonderful treats for the Kiddush following Sisterhood Shabbat in January. What would we do without women and men who have that special talent in the kitchen?

One of my favorite quotes is the popular phrase, “Standing on the shoulders of those who came before us.” Richard Borg has taken this lesson seriously. Following the example of his uncle, Joe Borg, Richard has aspired to fulfill the important ancient task of haftorah reading, which has consistently continued during Jewish worship services since the First Temple in Jerusalem.

Remember, Sisterhood is also continuing to prepare food for congregants who are just home from the hospital, need a little extra help with meals, etc. If you want to join in the fun we have in the kitchen, just let Carol Mandlebaum hear that you are ready to don an apron and get to work!

The latest Kum Essen cookbook has been launched! There will be more details about the Cookbook Release Party in the April Messenger. In the meantime, if you haven’t purchased this cookbook (filled with traditional and brand new recipes, as well as anecdotal stories about Sisterhood and our congregational history), you still have time to get your copy.

Richard remembers that Uncle Joe Borg would chant haftorah “cold,” without any rehearsal, for many years at B’nai Emunah. Joe learned this skill as a child in Russia. In January 1998, Richard began studying haftorah trope with Educator Amy Jackson at an Adult Institute class. Richard chanted haftorah for the first time during a service on October 24, 1998. Anyone who knows Richard knows that he would keep accurate records of every chanting! Additionally, to remember and honor his parents, Richard wears a special necklace made from his mother’s buttons and one of his father’s ties or jewelry almost every time he chants.

Kum Essen V is on sale at the Sisterhood Gift Shop. The cost is $36 per book or a bonus discount of 3 cookbooks for $100. Over 500 recipes are in this latest edition of Kum Essen. The index allows you to find a certain recipe or a certain chef. Sections of the cookbook include appetizers, vegetarian entrees, fish, cookies, cakes, Passover and a whole lot more.

Proceeds from the sale of the cookbook will benefit both the Sisterhood and its programs, as well as helping to assist members of B’nai Emunah to attend congregational events.

On March 12th during the Saturday morning Shabbat service at Congregation B’nai Emunah, Richard Borg will chant haftorah, as he has done many times since 1998. However, this haftorah chanting will mark his accomplishment of chanting all possible haftorah portions. Richard has chanted approximately 307 times since 1998. Richard’s favorite reading is on Shavu’ot, which has a special portion with a unique trope.

Uncle Joe taught him the special trope. . . truly “standing on the shoulders” of his Uncle Joe.

KUM ESSEN V COOK BOOKS

Watch for further information on Kum Essen V in the April Messenger. Speaking of April, Passover is just around the corner and the Sisterhood Gift Shop is ready for your shopping. Do you need games, paper goods, decorations, and other ritual items for your Passover Seder?

Richard and April Borg invite the community to hear his final accomplishment of chanting every haftorah portion on Saturday, March 12, during the Shabbat morning service at B’nai Emunah, 9:00 a.m. Richard will continue to perform this honor during times of Jewish worship, as in “days of old.” Richard commented, “Perhaps, God willing, one of my grandchildren will take it on in the future!”

Shop local! Your purchases will help fund B’nai Emunah Religious School and other important programs.

[For an extended version of this article, please see the March edition of the Tulsa Jewish Review.]

SYLVAN TRANSPORTATION FUND CENTENNIAL PUBLICATIONS

We’re glad to bring members to Synagogue events when they cannot drive themselves. Please call us at (918) 583-7121 to reserve a ride.

Please note that our next Centennial Year publication, “Praying at the Synagogue,” will be distributed on the first evening of Dr. Gurock’s visit, Friday, March 11.

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FEATURED EVENTS AT THE SYNAGOGUE bat Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Gurock will speak at 7:00 p.m. about “Battle for the Soul: B’nai Emunah and the Struggle Between Orthodoxy and Conservativism.” On Saturday, Dr. Gurock will lead a noon lunch session on “From the Sources: The Journals of Mordecai Kaplan and the Jewish History of Tulsa.” On Saturday evening, he will close the Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Havdalah at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Karen and Alex Goldberg. At that time, he will reflect on “The State of Disunion: Two Seminaries and the Turmoil of American Jewish Life.”

JEFFREY GUROCK ON MARCH 11 - 12 There’s a classic Jewish phrase about beginnings: kol techilot kashot; all beginnings are hard.

That was certainly the case with Congregation B’nai Emunah. Side by side with a capacity crowd for the first High Holidays and the daring to construct Tulsa’s first Synagogue building in the middle of a world war, the congregation was beset by debt, class differences, and internal dissension. B’nai Emunah was a battleground between traditionalists and progressives, and the struggle was played out at the national level, with different seminaries competing for the loyalty of the congregation.

Please call the Synagogue’s Reservations Hotline at (918) 935-3373 to reserve your place. The cost for Friday evening is $15, with lunch on Saturday at $10. The Havdalah session with Dr. Gurock is complimentary, but please call the Synagogue to let us know that you plan to attend.

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock is a specialist in this period, and deeply familiar with the primary sources archived at Yeshiva University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, the flagship institutions of American Orthodoxy and Conservativism. He will be in Tulsa beginning Friday evening, March 11, for a Scholar-in-Residence Weekend, concluding with Havdalah and a final conversation on Saturday evening.

PURIM-PALOOZA, PARTS I AND II It’s the Jewish carnival season at Congregation B’nai Emunah. Costumes, dancing, confetti, toys! The holiday of Purim is that time when we recall the story of Queen Esther and the triumphant victory over the evil Haman, who plotted to destroy the Jews. On this day, we celebrate the distinction between good and evil, and the ability for the righteous to prevail even in the most perilous circumstances.

On Wednesday, March 23, we’ll do our first reading of the Megillah, beginning at 5:30 p.m. We’ll make all the right (continued on page 9)

Professor Jeffrey S. Gurock is the Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University and former chair of the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society. Gurock served from 1982 to 2002 as associate editor of American Jewish History, the leading academic journal in that field. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism. Another volume, Jews in Gotham, deals with the changing fortunes of New York Jews in America’s most populous Jewish city.

Felipe and Damaris Oyarzo at Purim, 2015

NEXT SHABBAT FOR EVERYONE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 4. PLEASE JOIN US!

There will be three opportunities to hear Dr. Gurock speak. On Friday evening, we will begin with Shab7

FROM RABBI KAIMAN

MANY THANKS

BAT MITZVAH

JERUSALEM QUARTET

TODAH RABAH

It was the visionary Zionist thinker Ahad Ha’am who eloquently professed a dream of Cultural Zionism. This ideology suggested that at the heart of Jewish nationalism would be a center of culture and creativity. From this pulsing heart would circulate intellectual curiosity and world-class artistic endeavors. Indeed, in many ways today’s Jerusalem has lived up to Ahad Ha’am’s dream. Walk her streets and you will encounter vibrant art galleries, a thriving literary scene, and world-class music. So it is no surprise that the Jerusalem Quartet is an award-winning, internationally renowned string quartet.

At our second annual Tu Be-Shevat Interfaith Seder, KaiserMiller Auditorium was transformed into an elegant indoor forest, making for a magical evening for all who participated.

Thank you to Sharon Cash (Chair), Terry Marcum, Molly Berger, Hillary Roubein, Nancy Cohen, and Alin Avitan.

Karen Kantor’s gorgeous photographs of Tulsa gardens and landscapes were an essential part of this event.

Because this was an interfaith event, officiants included Rabbis Fitzerman and Kaiman, Rev. Barbara Prose of All Souls Unitarian Church, Rev. Ray Owens of Metropolitan Baptist Church, and Pastor Rob Martin of First Evangelical Lutheran Church. Pastor Martin is also a member of the new Cherry Street Faith Alliance which includes the four religious institutions that border historic Cherry Street.

As the Tulsa arts and culture scene continues to gain influence and prominence, it is only natural that these two worlds should collide. In early April, Chamber Music Tulsa will welcome the Jerusalem Quartet for two public performances at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. This is a fantastic way to experience some of Israel’s finest classical musicians.

We are also grateful to Synagogue Board member and environmental activist Eva Unterman, whose deep love for the created world continues to inspire this event.

With our hearts and minds often turning to Israel in her times of sorrow and pain, we are lucky to be able to celebrate her successes and triumphs. I hope many of you will join us on Sunday, April 3, as the Jerusalem Quartet visits the Synagogue as part of our Sunday Morning Seminar series.

At 9:30 a.m., a free-eggs-to-order (FETO) breakfast will be served in the Synagogue kitchen. The program will begin at 10:30 a.m., with Scott Gregory of Public Radio Tulsa (KWGS –89.5 and KTTU–88.7) interviewing the visiting artists. Following a short performance, there will be an opportunity for Q and A. This should make for an incredibly enlightening and fulfilling morning.

Itzik Levin does a beautiful job each year of bringing Israeli chefs to Tulsa. This year we were visited by Zohar Chen and Chana Sasson, who prepared a beautiful meal for 100 participants at the Synagogue. Thanks to all three, along with Alin Avitan and Jeffery Bonem who filled out the kitchen corps.

A special thanks to the students of Mizel Jewish Community Day School, who sang beautifully at Shabbat for Everyone on February 12. Our students were confident and well prepared!

For details about the Chamber Music Tulsa concerts, visit www.chambermusictulsa.org. For more information about the Sunday Morning Seminar, visit www.tulsagogue.com.

While this program is free and open to the public, we do ask that you RSVP for the meal by visiting our website or calling (918) 583-7121. We look forward to celebrating Israel’s beauty together.

BBYO BBYO PRESENTS Please save the date and join us for an evening of music and dance performed by our talented BBYO members. This entertaining evening will include delicious desserts and will take place on Sunday, April 3, at Congregation Bnai Emunah from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Admission will be $5.00/student, $18.00/adult, or $36.00 for the entire family. Your invitations will arrive in the mail shortly.

PUTTING ON THE RITZ AT MIZEL April 9, 2016. Call 918.494.0953 for details!

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FROM DANNY KRAFT

MEMBERSHIP Please let us know if there is a newcomer to Tulsa who needs to be welcomed by the Synagogue. Steve Aberson, our Membership Chair, would love to extend hospitality and a helping hand. In the meantime, we’re delighted to welcome

THE MEDITATIVE MOMENT You might have heard me or Rabbi Kaiman mention B’nai Emunah’s meditation group, which meets every Thursday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A few community members have asked for a sense of what takes place in our meditation group, so I wanted to use this space to provide a little bit more information.

Talia Feinberg and Seth Feldman Noa Cohen 4340 South Birmingham Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105

Avram Davis, founder of the Jewish meditation center Chochmat Ha-Lev, writes that “meditation is meant to transform us from a state of ignorance to a state of wisdom; from a state of bondage (be it psychological or personal) to a state of being free.” This seems to me to be the best, succinct definition of meditation I’ve heard.

We hope that this new relationship brings much pleasure and new strength to the congregational family.

FEATURED EVENTS [PART 2]

Sometimes people assume that meditation involves going into trances and removing ourselves from the world, or sitting motionless on cushions for hours in a cold silence. Our meditation group at the Synagogue is based around the opposite idea: we strive to be fully present to our experience of the world around us. I’ve found that when I’m committed to this presence, mundane and daily experiences reveal themselves as yet another manifestation of holiness. And though some of our members sit on cushions, chairs are totally acceptable, as well. We also have a study and discussion component in every group meeting—no dour silence here. If you have any questions about meditation, please don’t hesitate to join our group or to reach out either to Rabbi Kaiman or to myself.

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noises and close with a spread of delectable hamentaschen to break the Fast of Esther.

On Sunday, March 27, at 9:00 a.m., we’ll kick things off with a delicious Purim breakfast feast. By 9:45 a.m., we’ll move to the Sanctuary for an interactive, musical Megillah reading to remind ourselves of this important story. We will then jump to Kaiser-Miller Auditorium, which will be transformed into a carnival wonderland. There will be new games and toys. Balloon artists, face painting and entertainers will delight and engage people of all ages. And don’t forget all the necessary delicious treats. This multi-generational event is fun for the entire family.

I also want to extend a sincere thank you to those musicians who have helped to lead our Religious School students in a beautiful music session on Sunday mornings. To Felipe Oyarzo, Dr. Larry Lieberman, Jacob Lieberman, and Greg Raskin: todah rabah!

Tradition dictates that we include the neediest among us as we dance and sing and play. There will be a special opportunity to take part in a service project as we recognize the need to blot out the evil and unfair circumstances that exist in our broader community. It turns out this time of year is not just about celebration—it is about cultivating a greater sense of our society and ourselves.

Centennial Highlights

As we recognize the difficulty in distinguishing between good and evil, we dress in costume. So come in your most creative outfits. While the whole morning is complimentary, we do ask that you RSVP for the meal so we can be sure there’s space for you at the table. If you’d like to volunteer for the carnival itself, please be in touch with Rabbi Kaiman. We are all in for Purim at Congregation B’nai Emunah!

Scholar-in-Residence Jeffrey Gurock Friday, March 11 - Saturday, March 12 Milestone Shabbat: The Centennial Edition Friday, April 8, at 6:00 p.m.

The Touro Banquet: Honoring Our Presidents Sunday, May 22, at 6:00 p.m.

The Centennial Gala Sunday, December 11, at 6:00 p.m.

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Tuesday

1:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service

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9:00 AM Religious School 11:00 AM Doing Jewish: Tools of the Trade 5:30 PM Service

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5:30 PM Service

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1:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service 7:00 PM Board of Directors

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Wednesday

9:00 AM Altamont Packing 3:30 PM Hebrew School 5:30 PM Service 6:45 PM Midrasha

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9:00 AM Altamont Packing 3:30 PM Hebrew School 5:30 PM Service 6:45 PM Midrasha

Thursday

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4:30 PM Meditation 5:30 PM Service

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4:30 PM Meditation 5:30 PM Service 7:00 PM Jewish Folk Dancing

Rosh Chodesh Adar II

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5:30 PM Service

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5:30 PM Service

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1:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service

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9:00 AM Altamont Packing 5:30 PM Service

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5:30 PM Service

9:00 AM Religious School 5:30 PM Service

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5:30 PM Service

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1:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service

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9:00 AM Altamont Packing 3:30 PM Hebrew School 5:30 PM Purim Megillah Reading and Service

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4:30 PM Meditation 5:30 PM Service

Purim

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9:00 AM Shushan | Tulsa Purim Extravaganza 5:30 PM Service 6:00 PM Seventeenth Street Delicatessen Dinner

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5:30 PM Service

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1:00 PM Altamont Baking 5:30 PM Service

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9:00 AM Altamont Packing 3:30 PM Hebrew School 5:30 PM Service 6:45 PM Midrasha

5:30 PM Service 6:15 PM Shabbat Dinner 7:00 PM Shabbat for Everyone Service

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4:30 PM Meditation 5:30 PM Service

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Saturday

9:00 AM Shabbat Service 6:30 PM Service

Candles: 6:02 PM

Torah: Vayakhel Havdalah: 6:45 PM

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Candles: 6:08 PM Rosh Chodesh Adar II

Torah: Pekuday Havdalah: 6:50 PM

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5:30 PM Service 6:00 PM Shabbat Dinner 7:00 PM Centennial Scholar “Orthodox and Conservative at B’nai Emunah”

5:30 PM Service

Candles: 7:15 PM

Midrasha Spring Break Trip to New York City

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5:30 PM Service

Candles: 7:21 PM

9:00 AM Shabbat Service 12:00 PM Centennial Scholar “Kaplan and Tulsa” 6:30 PM Centennial Scholar “Institutions in Turmoil” + Service

9:00 AM Shabbat Service 7:40 PM Service

Torah: Vayikra Havdalah: 7:55 PM

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9:00 AM Shabbat Service 7:50 PM Service

Torah: Tzav Havdalah: 8:05 PM