May 2006 |
Iyar-Sivan 5766
Temple Rodef Shalom
Bulletin
May Shabbatot & Other Services
Temple Rodef
Shalom and
Rabbi Laszlo
Berkowits
invite you to
attend an
outstanding concert of Jewish
music by world renowned
cantor Emil Toth of Budapest,
Hungary.
Saturday, May 20, 8:00pm
Shabbat Achare Mot – Kedoshim May 5 & 6
Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27
Friday, May 5
6:30 pm
Bo’i Shabbat Service
8:15 pm
Learners Shabbat Service
Saturday, May 6
9:00 am
Torah Study
9:00 am
Tot Activity
10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service
B’not Mitzvah of Yael Urbach & Thalia Aoki
5:00 pm
Afternoon B'nai Mitzvah Service of Andy Gross &
Elias Chajet
Shabbat Emor – May 12 & 13
Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23
Participating with Cantor
Toth will be Rabbi Laszlo
Berkowits and our
distinguished TRS Professional Quartet
Accompanied by TRS Choir Director, Frank
Conlon
Don’t miss this once in a lifetime musically
spiritual experience!
Cantor Toth has performed in the major cities of Europe
including London, Berlin, Helsinki, Stockholm and also in
Jerusalem.
Cantor Toth will also partici pate in the Erev Shabbat W orshi p Service
With Rabbi Laszlo Berkowi ts
May 19 at 8:15 pm
The Clergy, Staff, & Board of Directors
of Temple Rodef Shalom
Invite you to celebrate with
Rabbi Marcus Burstein and Mr. Eric Larson
At their Auf Ruf
When they will be
called to the Bima for
a special blessing
Prior to their wedding
Friday, May 26, 2006
at the 8:15 pm Erev Shabbat Service
Friday, May 12
6:30 pm
Teacher Recognition Shabbat Service
8:15 pm
Israel Shabbat Service
Saturday, May 13
9:00 am
Torah Study
10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service
B’nai Mitzvah of Ryan Swirsky & Daniel Heins
Thursday, May 18
6:45 pm
Service of Strength, Comfort & Healing
Shabbat Bahar-Bechukotai – May 19 & 20
Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34
Friday, May 19
6:30 pm
Erev Shabbat Service for Younger Families
8:15 pm
Volunteer Shabbat Service; we also welcome
Cantor Emil Toth
Saturday, May 20
9:00 am
Torah Study
9:00 am
Tot Shabbat Service
10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service
B’nai Mitzvah of Nina Zegler & Jake Saunders
10:30 am Parallel Shabbat Morning Minyan
Shabbat Bemidbar – May 26 & 27
Numbers 1:1 – 4:20
Friday, May 26
6:30 pm
Erev Shabbat Service for Older Families
8:15 pm
Erev Shabbat, Koleinu sings
Aufruf of Rabbi Marcus Burstein and Eric Larson
Saturday, May 27
9:00 am
Torah Study
10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service
B’nai Mitzvah of Eric Villani & Theodore Aronson
SERVICE SCHEDULE
For descriptions, please view our Temple
website at www.templerodefshalom.org
FIRST SHABBAT OF THE MONTH
• Friday 6:30 pm – Bo’i Shabbat
• Friday 8:15 pm – Shabbat Evening Worship
• Saturday 9:00 am – Tot Shabbat Activity
• Saturday 10:30 am – Shabbat Morning Worship
• Saturday 5:00 pm – Shabbat Afternoon Mincha
Worship
SECOND SHABBAT OF THE MONTH
• Friday 6:30 pm – Younger Family Shabbat
Worship (K-3)
• Friday 8:15 pm – Shabbat Evening Worship
• Saturday 10:30 am – Shabbat Morning Worship
THIRD SHABBAT OF THE MONTH
• Friday 6:30 pm – Early Erev Shabbat Service
• Friday 8:15 pm – Shabbat Evening Worship
• Saturday 9:00 am – Tot Shabbat Service
• Saturday 10:30 am – Shabbat Morning Worship
• Saturday 10:30 am – Parallel Shabbat Morning
Minyan
FOURTH SHABBAT OF THE MONTH
• Friday 6:30 pm – Older Family Shabbat Worship
(Grade 3- and up)
• Friday 8:15 pm – Shabbat Evening Worship
• Saturday 10:30am – Shabbat Morning Worship
Our Onegs for early services will precede the service.
There will be Israeli Dancing immediately following
the young family and older family services.
SUMMER SERVICE
SCHEDULE BEGINS IN JUNE!
Please join us on Friday, June 2 at 7:30pm for our
Shavuot/Confirmation Service. This will be our only service
for the evening. Please note the special time.
Beginning June 9 through August 25, there will be one
Erev Shabbat Service each Friday, beginning at 6:30
pm. A Wine and Cheese Welcome will be hosted by
our Membership Committee on second Friday of each
month beginning at 6:00pm during summer months.
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For information on Summer Shabbat Dinners, please see
future postings on our TRS Weekly E-letter. If you are not
already subscribed to receive this weekly e-mail and would
like to be included, please e-mail [email protected] and include your membership number in the
body of the e-mail. Your membership number can be found
on the back of your monthly bulletin, and on your quarterly
statement. This important weekly e-mail will keep you up to
date on weekly programs and services, messages from the
clergy, program additions and changes, deadline reminders,
membership mazel tovs and condolences and much more!
Table of Contents
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ARZA-Bridge to Israel
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B’nai Mitzvah
Calendar
18
Caring
03
Clergy
19
Donations
17
Library
05
Membership
13
Men’s Club
09
Outreach
06
Religious School
15
Scrapbook
12
Sisterhood
14
Social Action
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TRSTY & Jr. TRSTY
From the Clergy
OPEN FORUM
ON WORSHIP
Reflecting on Worship
Sunday, May 21 • 7:30 pm
Dear Friends,
Just after the High Holidays this past year we instituted a new
worship schedule. The primary change was the option of two
services each Friday night. It was our goal to offer more diverse
worship as well as new times that might accommodate different
schedules. This experiment in worship, which we created in response to the congregation’s feedback over the past few years, has gone well in many regards. We have learned
more about what you are and are not looking for in your worship experience. We have
seen which groups want to worship early and which prefer to come to Temple later.
The past seven months have given us helpful information which we will use to plan for
next year. However, before we do that, we want to hear more from you about your
thoughts on our worship options. Please take advantage of this invitation to attend an
open forum on worship on Sunday evening, May 21 at 7:30 pm. There we can discuss
not only the times of worship, but also the style of our service and other questions you
may have or issues you may want to raise. Please join me.
Rabbi Amy Schwartzman
There we can discuss not only the
times of worship, but also the style of
our service and other questions you
may have or issues you may want to
raise.
Camp Rodef Shalom is seeking a Camp
Art Counselor for Summer 2006. We are
looking for an art counselor who will
create art projects for the campers that
include Judaic content. Hours are 8:30
am–4 pm Monday-Friday from Monday
June 19–Friday August 4. Contact Camp
Director Jay Rapoport at [email protected] or 703/532-2241
x251.
A TRS Trip to Jewish Spain
or hundreds of years Spain hosted wonderful and
varied communities of Jews. The Jewish people
enriched the country in many ways – philosophy, medicine, the arts, culturally, financially, and in other ways too.
Our traditions and contributions left a powerful mark on the
Spanish people. Unfortunately, our official presence in Spain
came to an end with the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 under
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Yet our influence still
survives–Spain is rich with many remnants of Jewish
existence that have endured hundreds of years. More recently,
smaller Jewish communities throughout the country continue
to thrive.
Many of you know that I studied in Madrid for part of my
junior year of college in 1992 – the perfect year to be in Spain.
That year Madrid was the Cultural Capital of Europe, Seville
had the World’s Fair and the Olympic Games took place in
Barcelona. The 500th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews
was commemorated by many events as well. One of my most
special experiences was singing for the King and Queen of
Spain as they attended services in Madrid’s synagogue – it was
the first time that both reigning monarchs had ever been in a
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synagogue. Throughout my six months in Spain I had the
opportunity to travel to many places and in future trips to
Spain I continued to learn about the country and the Jewish
communities there.
I would love to share my love and knowledge of Spain
with you on a trip this December 2006. Although plans are
not finalized, I would like to see if there is enough interest to
lead a tour of Jewish Spain from December 21-January 1,
2007. Even though it may be too ambitious for 10 days my
hope is that the trip will include visits to Madrid, Toledo,
Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Barcelona and Girona. My guess is
that it would cost $3000-3500 per person. Details are still
being worked out.
If you are interested in joining other members of our
community to experience Jewish Spain, please be in touch
with my assistant Stacy Twersky at: [email protected]. As we figure out more of the details we will be in
touch with you.
Gracias,
Rabbi Marcus Burstein
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The Clergy, Staff &
Board of Directors of
Temple Rodef Shalom invite you
to a Service of Confirmation
Friday, June 2 • 7:30 pm
6 Sivan 5766
Chloe Berk
Joseph Huennekens
Halle Ritter
Julia Berkson
Benjamin Jardot
Benjamin Roberts
Jacqueline Birnbaum
Michael Kalish
Effe Rosenzweig
Jamie Breitner
Katie Klein
Emily Schwartz
Michael Brill
Ariel Lepon
Alyssa Shames
Jody Davis
Drew Levin
Stephen Silverstein
Alana Dreiman
Laura Miller
Alexander Sirlin
Samantha Duberstein
David Milstein
Natalie Stearman
Evan Felser
Sarah Moser
Samuel Strongin
Michael Fink
Maggie Nice
Charles Wexell
Alex Geralnick
Samantha Penenburgh
Dana Whitman
Mark Goldberg
Daniel Pollack
Margaret Winters
David Gorsky
Jennifer Polo-Sherk
Rachel Wolman
Bradley Himelfarb
Alexander Ray
Samantha Zito
Scott Hoffman
Cory Rich
Parents, relatives and friends of each confirmand are encouraged to send Mazel Tov
greetings in the form of Uniongram Certificates that are available from TRS Sisterhood.
These certificates benefit the Women of Reform Judaism's YES Fund (Youth, Education
and Special Projects) For further information, please contact Joan Neiman at 703/2412729 or [email protected]
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Blood, the Gift of Life
Give
Blood
Drive
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On June 5th from 1:00 to 7:00 the TRS semi-annual blood drive will take place. As usual, it will be held in
the Social Hall. Giving the gift of life is safe and simple. It takes only an hour of your time.
As summer approaches, there is even more need to replenish our blood supply. The Temple has been a loyal
friend in these drives and INOVA relies on us.Giving blood is healthy and it makes you feel
good about yourself. Harriet Beckman 703/356-3586 [email protected] and Karen Hecker 703/7595618 [email protected] are the Sisterhood contacts for the Temple. We hope to hear from you.
Volunteer
Shabbat
Friday, May 19
8:15 pm
Join us for this special
opportunity to recognize
all
wonderful
of
our
volunteer
activities and projects that our
temple members have participated in over the past year. A
flower will be added to our
bema vase for each volunteer
project that has been worked on
over the past year. By the time
we finish acknowledging projects, the vase will be overflowing
with beautiful flowers and our
bema will be filled with representatives of each project who
will receive a blessing from our
clergy. Please contact the chair
of your committee to make sure
your project is on our list to be
honored. If a Temple volunteer
project you were involved in was
done independent of a TRS
committee, please contact Anita
Thornton, Program Director, at
703/532-2217 ext 301 or e-mail
[email protected] to have your volunteer project added to the list.
We will also be welcoming guest
Cantor Emil Toth, to the bema
on this evening. Cantor Toth
will be presenting a concert on
Saturday, May 20.
Membership
Membership Chairs:
Tamar Abrams • 703/526-0090 • [email protected]
Mike Rankin • 703/536-5698 • [email protected]
TRS Renaissance –
Upcoming Events
Wine and Cheese Welcome
May 12th • 7:45 PM
Sunday, May 7, Jewish Film Festival held at the
Cinema Arts Theatre. We will view the film,Ushpizin,
following dinner at a local restaurant for Renaissance
members.
Sunday, May 21, all day trip to Jewish Brooklyn
co-sponsored with JCCNV. Contact Carla Rosenfeld
at [email protected] or call 703-323-0880X37.
June 23, Round Robin Shabbat Dinner.
Sunday, June 25, Renaissance Book Club.
ur Wine and Cheese Welcome is held the second
Shabbat of every month in the library from 7:45
P.M. to 8:10 P.M. Come schmooze with members,
both new and those who have been around for a
while. Go into services with the group at 8:15. It’s more fun than
sitting alone. Please join us!
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Chaverim- Single Parent Families
Chaverim means friends! Please make new friends with our wonderful group!
Come to our fun, meaningful events! For more information, please contact
Laurie Solomon at 703/532-3847.
Keshet-Keshet is Temple Rodef Shalom’s gay
Ongoing Activities
• Dining Out Together
Renaissance provides social activities for TRS members and
their spouses who are in their 50’s and 60’s. To learn more
details about TRS Renaissance events, please check the
Renaissance email letter. To add your name to the email list or
to volunteer to help to coordinate an event, please contact Tibor
or Barbara Schonfeld at [email protected] or call 703-242-7564.
and lesbian affinity group. Please contact our new
coordinator Bruce Laird
E-mail [email protected]
or 703/732-7376 for more information.
Vatikim-
(A social group for our senior members ages 70+) Stimulating
activities including lunch gatherings, guest speakers, holiday meals, trips to the
theatre and museums provide wonderful day time opportunities for our
seniors. Transportation is provided for all of our Vatikim offsite events.
“What a Difference Five Years Makes”
Upcoming Congregational Survey
Five years is not a very long time in the history of the Jews. But in the history of TRS a sea change has occurred in the last 5 years, including the renovation of, and addition to, our building. It was in June, 2000 that the Long Range Planning Committee surveyed the
Congregation to determine how congregants felt about the Temple. We received a huge response -- 45% of the Congregation returned
our survey, more than double the usual number of respondents to such surveys. And those survey results helped us formulate a Strategic
Plan for TRS in 2002.
Today it is hard to recall the old building. (Remember that one small staircase clogged with up and down traffic and the old social
hall that did not encourage socializing?) So the Strategic Plan is due for an update. The Long Range Planning Committee is gathering
information for the next strategic plan and has prepared a new survey for the Congregation.
Five years has also made a world of difference in administering the survey. No need to find paper and pencil. We encourage you to
take this survey on-line. This will streamline the data gathering and minimize the time to analyze the results. If you don’t have access
to the Internet, or don’t want to take the survey on-line, please call TRS at 703-527-2217 or pick up a survey from the receptionist.
To take the survey on-line, go to the TRS website at www.templerodefshalom.org (or access from the e-newsletter.) Click on the
Survey link and take 15 minutes to help us assess where we are today so that we may build a better future for our congregation.
Please note that each and every adult in your household is a member of the Congregation and we want to hear from all the adult
members in your family, not just one.
Any questions?: email [email protected].
We need your responses and look forward to hearing from you.
Long Range Planning Committee
Cory Amron, Chair
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Religious School
From the Educator
t’s hard to believe that the end of our year is right around the corner. In just a few weeks, we will wrap up on of our most successful
years of learning! It has been a fantastic year with lots of incredible
programs and events that will be memorable for a long time… PACT
days, class plays, new Hebrew words, holiday celebrations, the mock
Wedding, T’filah each week for grades 3-5 with the Clergy, Grade 6
leading their own T’filah, Grades K-2 having T’filah once a month
with Cantor Robbins, Music and Dance with our talented specialists
Michael Smolen, Joe Cohen, Joanne Stefanick and Jody Wager…. The
list could go on and on and I hope you will take a moment as a family to remember your own special favorites!
Our teachers are the foundation of our wonderful program. Each
week, they think and plan for the wonderful creativity that happens in
our rooms. They truly care about their students and work hard for
them each week to ensure the best of experiences. I know that you all
join me in my gratitude to each of our staff who give tirelessly to our
kids! I hope you will all join us at the Family Shabbat service on May
12 at 6:30 as we celebrate Teacher Recognition Shabbat. This is a
chance to show our teachers just how much they mean to us!
Our teachers receive much support from our Religious School
office. Our Assistant Principals, Barbara Brot Bailey, Janis Wexler, and
Judy Cincinnati are incredible at providing all that teachers need to
make their classes successful. I am so appreciative of their dedication
to the program and to the teachers and the students. Each week they
carefully plan, accounting for every needed detail from space to supplies to background material to teacher guidance in planning. The
multitasking accomplished by them is surpassed only perhaps by our
Religious School secretary Jen Schall. Working with unprecedented
efficiency, Jen manages our office and keeps us all looking great! It is
her talent that gets all of the administrative work done and done well.
Every bus, every flier, every mailing, every traffic reminder, every sign
in sheet, all the Xeroxing , all the Tzedakah monies, all the everything!!!! We are all so thankful to have her as part of the team!
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Congregational Meeting
Tuesday, June 6 • 7:00 pm
The Religious School doesn’t operate in a vacuum and we are
pleased to celebrate our many partnerships: first, with Administrator
Beth Silver, Program Director Anita Thornton and the entire
“upstairs” support staff , Laura Jacobs, Robin Mathews, Barb
Coleman, Simin Shahard, Anne Duncan, Danielle Parmenter, Stacey
Twersky and Martha Hill. Secondly, with youth directors Michelle
Sandler and Shelli Hutchinson and with Karen Simpson and the
Nursery School staff. Oh what we all know about shared space! We
are also thankful to Jose Morales and his staff for keeping the building
running for all of our very busy days! Cheers to Chris Gardner for
keeping our computers up and running. And, we are blessed to have
Clergy who are not only supportive but participatory in so many of
our events and programs. Rabbi Schwartzman, Cantor Shochet,
Rabbi Burstein, Rabbi Berkowitz, Student Cantor Robbins and Rabbi
Weiner (of PEP class fame!) are all important parts of our learning
during the year. Thank you all!
Last but certainly not least, we are grateful to you, the parents and
families for giving us the opportunity and the honor to work with
your kids and to help shape the future of Judaism. So many of you
take active roles in the school from room parenting to seder volunteers to book fair and candy sorter. A special thank you and much
gratitude goes to our Religious School committee ably chaired by Lee
Berner and Ellice Halpern Barnes with help from Vice President in
charge of Education, Hannah Moore.
As one year closes, we are already preparing for next year which
promises to be the best yet! Hold this year’s memories in your heart
but get ready for what is yet to come!
Kudos and thank you once again to everyone for a fantastic year!
Yashar Koach!
L’shalom,
Dina Backer, RJE
Principal
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Tuesday, May 2
Friday, May 12
Weather permitting, we will meet in our beautiful
garden--come meet and socialize with other congregants
and have an input!
Important Agenda Items:
• FY 2007 Budget and new 5 year Financial Planning
• New slate of officers
• Religious School update
Sunday, May 14
Tuesday, May 16,
Wednesday, May 17
Sunday, May 21
• Youth Group update
• Nursery School update
Aliyah, Haskalah closing Night of classes:
FAMILY NIGHT FOR ALL 6:30-8:15
Teacher Recognition Shabbat
Younger Family Shabbat Worship 6:30
Faculty Shabbat Dinner (by reservation)
7:30pm
Aliyah (grade 7) closing Jewish Studies
Program 9:30-11:30
Closing days of Madregot Hebrew classes
Closing day of Yisodot and Madregot
Sunday Classes watch for information
about an exciting day!
LOOKING AHEAD
Friday, June 2
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Shavout and Confirmation 7:30pm
Religious School
RELIGIOUS
SCHOOL OFFICE
FAREWELLS
This summer will mark a change in
the Religious School office as we bid
farewell to 2 very special people.
After 16 years combined as a teacher
and an administrator, Judy Cincinnati
is leaving her position as Assistant
Principal of Aliyah and Haskalah,
and, after 3 years, Janis Wexler will
be leaving her position as Assistant
Principal of Madregot.
We offer
heart felt thanks to both of them for
a tremendous job done well and we
wish them both the best of luck as
they move onto new endeavors!
Mazel tov to Janis and fiancé, Matt
Lehrer, who will be married in June!
YISODOT &
MADREGOT PRESENT:
MAZEL TOV AND THANK YOU
TO OUR OUTSTANDING
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FACULTY
2005-2006
Robyn Abzug
Jennifer Berenholz
Fred Blumenthal
Suzi Burnside
Maya Chertok
Joe Cohen
Jen Cowen
Julie Featherman
Lisa Fried Mackem
Nurit Glaser
Jessy Gross
Carole Heller
Shelli Hutchinson
Adam Kwasman
Michael Lindner
Robin Madison
Lisa Ortmayer
Student Cantor Rebecca Robbins
Nitsa Rosensweig
Nancy Siegel
Michael Smolen
Joanne Stefanick
Sarah Stone
Dana Stroul
Jesse Thornton
Jody Wager
Rebecca Weiner
Judy Weiss
Elliot Bell Krasner
Katie Blalock
Melissa Blye
Rabbi M. Burstein
Anna Aslin Cohen
Babette Cohn
Sylvia Csongos
Judy Fine
Amy Friedman
Heather Glick
Jordan Heiber
Danielle Heyman-Feist
Shaina Korman Houston
Carly Lindauer
Erica Lipper
Karen Majercsek
Josh Renne
Elise Rubin
Suzanne Sauders
Rabbi Amy Schwartzman
Cantor Michael Shochet
Phyllis Smelkinson
Rachael Smolen
Laurie Steiger
Brian Strongin
Gay Sullivan,
Jen Unger
Nathan Weiner
FAMILY FUN DAY
Sunday, May 21
9:30-12 noon
Come one come all!
Attendance will be taken for K-6 students
9:30-10:40 am
grade wide programming
(coffee for parents!)
10:45 am closing program for parents and
students followed by an Ice
Cream social! (Parents are invited to join us for the closing
ceremonies and are needed to be
to be present for students in the
ice cream social. )
MANY THANKS TO OUR CONFIRMATION AND
POST CONFIRMATION CLASS ASSISTANTS
Alexis Abbey
Michael Abrahams*
Jodi Abrams
Emily Bass*
Chloe Berk
Jamie Breitner
Michael Brill
Erin Briskin*
Jenny Chalmer*
Daniel Cincinnati*
Elise Cohen
Leah Corr
Jody Davis
Alana Dreiman
Jamie Facenda
Dave Fink*
Mike Fink
Laura Fletcher*
Larissa Flores*
Liz Freeman
Rachel Fried
Jonathan Gayer
Alex Geralnick
Mark Goldberg
David Gorsky
Dana Greenlee
Brad Himelfarb
Scott Hoffman
Joey Huennekens
Rachel Jacobson
Ben Jardot
Matt Jones*
Michael Kalish
Jesse Katzman
Sam Klausner
Caroline Kleger
Wendy Leitner*
Ariel Lepon
Joe Levy*
Lori Marshall*
Eli Mellen
David Milstein
Evan Monat-Edelstein
Sarah Moser
Sammy Penenburgh
Adina Pollack
Danny Pollack
Jennifer Polo-Sherk
Alex Ray
Eric Reif*
Cory Rich
Jessie Richardson
Halle Ritter
Karina Rosenbaum
Etay Rosenzweig
Malka Roth
Meredith Rubin
Suzanne Schlossberg
Emily Schwartz
Alyssa Shames
Stephen Silverstein
Alex Sirlin
Avra Stackpole*
Natalie Stearman
Sam Strongin
Andrew Sullivan
Charlie Wexell
Dana Whitman
Maggie Winters
Rachel Wolman
Samantha Zito
* designates graduating seniors who have assisted in classrooms for 3 years
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B’nai Mitzvah
May 6 • Yael Urbach
May 13 • Daniel Heins
Yael is the daughter of Jeff Urbach and Janet Kahn.
She is in the seventh grade at Mary Ellen Henderson
Middle School. Yael likes taking part in school plays,
The Science Fair and Math Olympiad. She plays
soccer with the Rascals, enjoys the Girl Scouts and
reading. Yael organized her scout troop to collect kid-friendly
band-aids for INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children. Yael wants a
career in which she can apply her interest in science.
Daniel is the son of Leslie and John Heins. He is an
8th grader at the Sidwell Friends School in
Washington, D.C., where he competes on the math
and tennis teams. Daniel loves music: he plays piano
and sings in three school choruses. In his spare time
he also enjoys reading Japanese manga, playing video games and
doing a wide variety of crafts from knitting to origami. As part of
his community service, Daniel organized a bake sale at his school
to raise money for Cows for Kids, an organization that donates
cows to poor nomadic families in Kenya.
May 6 • Thalia Aoki
Thalia is the daughter of Ann and Steven Aoki. She is
in the seventh grade at Longfellow Middle School on
the Yagottawanas team. She enjoys reading fantasy
and historical fiction and recently started jazz dance.
Thalia also loves history and science and plans to be
an archeologist or a biologist. For her mitzvah project Thalia is
collecting money to pay for bednets in malaria-stricken countries.
May 6 • Andrew Gross
Andy is the son of Gary and Beth Gross. He is in the
seventh grade at Thoreau Middle School. Andy lists
baseball under team sports; he also likes spending
time with friends and family, listening to music and
making people laugh! He tutored elementary school
students and participated in TRS Mitzvah Day projects. Andy’s
career aspirations at this time are to become a professional baseball player.
May 6 • Elias Chajet
Elias is the son of Henry and Nancy Chajet. He is a
seventh grade student at Cooper Middle School.
Elias enjoys playing drums and is in the Percussion
Ensemble at school. He also plays tennis, racquetball
and squash but his favorite sport is baseball. Elias
likes snorkeling, scuba diving, fishing and snowboarding. He loves
to go to the beach with his family, hang out with his neighborhood
and temple friends and participate in Jr. TRSTY activities, including
the Leadership Group. Elias worked with Noah’s Ark Foundation
for the past several months, helping to find homes for abandoned
dogs and cats.
May 13 • Ryan Swirsky
Ryan is the son of Keith and Marjorie Swirsky. He is
a seventh grade student at Cooper Middle School.
Ryan has a sister who is also a student at TRS. Ryan
loves reading and reads an enormous amount of fiction. He enjoys playing games on the computer and
playing with his pet guinea pigs. Ryan also likes playing tennis and
basketball. Ryan combined his love of reading with his Mitzvah
Project. Ryan organized collecting money so that he could buy
new storybooks to give to sick children in area hospitals. He raised
enough money so that each book could be given along with a
stuffed animal.
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May 20 • Nina Zegler
Nina is the daughter of Ella Berkowitz and Thomas
Zegler. She is in the 7th grade at Longfellow Middle
School where she plays the clarinet in the Wind
Ensemble Band. She has played soccer with McLean
Youth Soccer since kindergarten and has also been
on the McLean Marlins Swim Team since the summer of 1999.
She swims in the winter for York Swim Club as well. She enjoys
reading, down hill skiing, going on bike rides and shopping at the
mall with her friends. She volunteered to babysit during the High
Holy Days at the Temple.
May 20 • Jake Saunders
Jake is the son of David and Cindy Saunders. He is in
the seventh grade at Cooper Middle School. Jake’s
team sports include baseball, basketball and flag
football. He is a volunteer for the Fairfax County
Adapted Aquatics Program working with special
needs children in the water. Jake spends his summers at Camp
Nock-A-Mixon in Pennsylvania.
May 27 • Eric Villani
Eric Villani is the son of Gary and Phyllis Villani. He
is a seventh grader at Lanier Middle School. Eric is
an avid baseball fan and his favorite team is the
Baltimore Orioles. He likes both playing and watching baseball, skiing, cycling and playing video games.
He really enjoys hanging out with his friends and family. One of
Eric’s goals is to attend a baseball game at all 30 major league stadiums with his family. For his Mitzvah project Eric helped plan a
bicycling event to raise money for cancer survivors.
May 20 • Theodore Aronson
Teddy is the son of Jesse and Valerie Aronson and a
student at Swanson Middle School where he plays
percussion in the school and marching bands.
Teddy has participated in various academic competitions. An active Boy Scout, Teddy eagerly looks for
opportunities to help others: he worked on Scouting for Food and
taught origami to developmentally disabled youth. His community
service includes restoring nature trails at Long Branch Nature
Center. Teddy enjoys computer games and web development.
Above all, Teddy loves penguins! He is an avid collector of
penguin paraphernalia and longs to visit Antarctica.
Outreach
Outreach Chair:
Mindy Facenda
703/255-3941
[email protected]
OPENING DOORS TO SHABBAT A LEARNER’S SERVICE
Friday, May 5 • 8:15 pm
The Learner’s Shabbat will help guide you through the Shabbat
evening service. We especially invite those who are new to Judaism
or less familiar with our service to join us. However the service is
designed for all to attend. There is always something new to learn!
Babysitting by reservation only. Please call Mindy Facenda by
Wednesday, May 3rd.
Thank You to
Parallel Shabbat Morning
Minyan Participants
(September 2005 -March 2006)
Jewish Traditions Helpline:
A joint venture of the temple's Outreach Committee and
Sisterhood, this is a very easy way to anwser your questions
about Jewish traditions. When you have a question simply go to
the temple's website, click on the Sisterhood site and then onto
the Helpline. To give you an idea of how we might help you,
here are some sample questions. The answers can be found on
the Sisterhood page in this bulletin.
1. What do you take to a Shiva call?
2. Should young children be brought to pay a Shiva call?
3. Why is the mourning period called “Shiva”?
Please extend a warm welcome to Stacy Twersky, our new
Clergy Secretary. Stacy has taken over from Danielle
Parmenter who is moving to Philadelphia with her husband to pursue her dream of going to rabbinical school.
Stacy grew up in Philadelphia , but has been in Washington since
she moved here to attend George Washington University. Since her
graduation from GW, Stacy has worked at the Investor Responsibility
Research Center , and the American Resort Development
Association. Her duties include supporting Cantor Shochet, Rabbi
Burstein, and Student Cantor Rebecca Robins, along with providing
administrative support for our Bar and Bat Mitzvah program.
An Arlington resident, Stacy has become a Temple member, and
enjoys attending our different services and programs. Please be sure
to introduce yourself and say hello when you see her.
Leader: Ellen Blalock, Carol Cohen, Jonathan Kosarin,
Devora Lynn, Mike Rankin, Rebecca Robins,
Anita Thornton
Torah Reader: Ellen Blalock, Carol Breitner,
Danielle Heyman-Feist, Cyrelle Gerson, Stephen Gross,
Catharina Jacknow, Cecilia Kalish, Jonathan Kosarin,
Devorah Lynn, Muriel MacDonald, Danielle Parmenter,
Claire Reiss, Effe Rosenzweig, Ronnie Schulman,
Judy Sue, Richard Swerdlow, Chuck Thornton
D’var Torah: Ellen Blalock, Jerry Greenwald, Stephen
Gross, Julie Krachman, Mike Rankin, Michelle Sandler
Ethical Portion: Jackie Birnbaum, Catharina Jacknow,
Devora Lynn, Mike Rankin
Yasher Koach!!
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YOUTH PAGE
jr. trsty
Contact JR TRSTY Youth Director Michelle Sandler at 703/448-3532 or
[email protected] with questions. Visit www.templerodefshalom.org
to register for events or to download a calendar for the year.
The year has ended for the 7th Graders but there are still
activities for the 8th graders. 8th Graders, - see the TRSTY
page if you’re interested in any of the following events:
invited to run for TRSTY Board on May 7. Even if you don’t want to run, you’re invited to join
✔You’re
❑
us for the elections picnic!
Plus, don’t miss the last 2 TRSTY events of the year – the BBQ on May 13 and Kings Dominion on
✔June
❑
4! These are great end-of-the-year events so don’t miss the fun!
TRSTY 56
Contact TRSTY 56 Advisor Shelli Hutchinson
[email protected] at 703/862-7220 with any questions.
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TRSTY
TRSTY is the Youth Group for Grades 9-12 .
Contact Michelle Sandler with any questions
at 703/448-3532 or [email protected].
Interested in running for TRSTY
Board? Elections will be held Sunday, May 7 at our annual
Elections & Inductions Picnic from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm. Anyone interested in running must read the TRSTY Constitution which is available at
www.templerodefshalom.org/youth.htm.
The constitution details the
positions available and descriptions of what the position entails. It also
outlines what needs to be done in order to run in the elections. Everyone is
invited to the elections – even if you’re not running! RSVP to http://boardelections06.mollyguard.com. The Board Retreat will be on Saturday, May 20
– please plan to attend should you be elected to the Board.
BBQ Blowout
Saturday, May 13
6:30 – 10:00 pm
Teen Shabbat
is at
Washington
Hebrew this
month!
Don’t miss this teen led
service on Friday, May 12.
RSVP to Laura Miller at
[email protected].
Mark your
calendars
now
for the LAST
Attention
11th & 12th
graders!
event of the
year –
Kings Dominion!
Sunday, June 4
from
8 am – 6 pm
Join us
It's our annual BBQ! Like casual,
hang-out events? This is the one for
you! You will have lots of time to chill
out with your friends - plus, meet new
Look for a flyer with more
friends! And, of course, there's always
details soon or visit our website at
Don’t miss the last Post
Confirmation meeting of
the year on Sunday, May
7 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm.
We will be discussing a
movie called “The Tribe”.
RSVP to http://postconmay06.mollyguard.com.
great food. RSVP to
http://trstybbq06.mollyguard.com.
www.templerodefshalom.org/trs_events.htm.
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Sisterhood
Sisterhood Co-Presidents:
Joan Ossakow • [email protected] • 703/690-2789
Joan Neiman • [email protected] • 703/241-2729
Blood Drive: June 5 1:00-7:00 pm
Sisterhood Presidents’ Corner
Thanks to Judith Yavner who has, for some time, been planning
monthly museum visits. This year, with her co-chair Susan Saffran,
all of the major exhibits in the DC area have been visited by
Sisterhood members.
Flo Kittiver and Janine Bland worked on the beautiful
Sisterhood Shabbat and we are grateful for their efforts in bringing us a speaker with first-hand experience of the loss many of our
friends have suffered.
Our friends at Touro Synagogue in New Orleans received 100
Seder plates and expressed their appreciation for a gift that enabled
many to celebrate the holiday.
Those who have worked with Sisterhood will be honored at the
Donor Luncheon this month. Through the year more than one
hundred women volunteer for Sisterhood activities. They work
alone, in pairs and in groups. Whatever time you have to give, there
is a place and a need for you. Please call.
The next semi-annual blood drive at TRS will take place on
June 5. Giving the gift of life is simple. Most healthy individuals
can be blood donors. Please eat a meal and drink extra fluids within 6 hours before donating. You will feel good about yourself.
Contact Harriet Beckman at 703/356-3586 or [email protected]
or Karen Hecker at 703/759-5618 or [email protected] to
volunteer to give blood.
Regularly Scheduled Events:
BOOK GROUP: May 19th at 10:00 am. The book is Night by
Elie Weisel. The hostess will be Lisa Katzman, 13610 Bare Island
B’Shalom, Joan Neiman and Joan Ossakow
Drive, Chantilly, Virginia. Call Harriet Beckman at 703/356-3586 if
you are interested in coming as we will carpool.
Donor Luncheon: Wednesday, May 10
It’s not too late to RSVP! Please make your entrée selection and
join us for a delightful luncheon at the very pretty Bistro 123 at
Tysons Corner Center on Wednesday, May 10. We are pleased to
have Vincent Lash, a certified jewelry appraiser and author share
his stories about jewelry appraisal. Please contact Nancy Bleeker at
703/847-5735 or Marjorie George at 703/404-0136 if you have not
received an invitation and would like to attend.
Jewish Traditions Helpline:
The Jewish Traditions Helpline is available to answer some of your
questions. To ask a question, go to the Temple’s website; go to the
Sisterhood link and from there to the helpline. Below are the
answers to the three questions posed on the Outreach page:
1. Usually people bring food. If you know the family well, this is a
good choice. If you don’t know the mourners well or if it is a
kosher household you need to make sure the food is kosher. If that
isn’t an option, a safe choice would be a fruit basket. Traditionally
one brings sweet things to remember the sweet memories of the
deceased.
2. It depends on how young the child is and what the relationship
is to the family in mourning. If you are related or close family
friends, a young child could bring comfort. If the child is likely to
be disruptive, then it is best not to bring him/her along. You could
also call either the family or a person close to the family in advance
of the visit.
3. It comes from the Hebrew “sheva” which means seven and is the
week of mourning.
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MUSEUM TRIP: : Friday May 12 No subway this time; we are
going to the Woodlawn Plantation Historical Site which includes the
Frank Lloyd Wright Pope-Leighy house.
The address is 9000
Richmond Highway, Alexandria, Virginia. Car pools will originate
from Julie Krachman’s house at 9:30 am. Please contact Judy Yavner at
[email protected] or 703/527-0947 if you want to come or
would like additional information.
BRIDGE CLUB: May 24
Sisterhood Treasures
Regular Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11:00 am until 12:30
pm and 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm. Sundays 8:30 am until 1:30 pm
Appointments: Toni Sandler 703/734-9533, Susan Lerner
703/241-1055, Eleanor Linde 703/821-3767
Come to Treasures to choose a Confirmation gift.
Men’s Club
Men’s Club Chairs:
Ric Cooper • [email protected]
Al Krachman • [email protected]
Purim Festival (well, next year)
The Purim Carnival is YOUR event, a chance for YOU to have fun
at the temple. Please let us know what we did well and what you
would change. Now is the time to start planning for next year. Let’s
start a planning committee now to make sure that next year is the
best Purim Festival ever! (contact [email protected]).
Hoop Dreams
We were too late to organize a March Madness party (who knew
GMU would go so far?), but we’re still eager to get the hoops going
at TRS. How about a series of summer pickup games? Any leagues
out there? E-mail [email protected] to schedule a game or find out
more.
Donations to Hillel
We’re big fans of Hillel. We are privileged to have a direct connection to the GMU Hillel through Barbara Brot-Bailey and Scott
Bailey (Director of GMU Hillel). Please join the Men’s Club in
supporting the GMU Hillel by sending donations to support their
activities.
Donations to Darfur
The ongoing tragedy in Darfur is a crime against humanity. Please
join the Mens’ Club in supporting efforts to bring humanitarian
aid to those in desperate need in Darfur. All of the “shekels for
charity” from the Purim Festival will be donated to this effort.
Planning meeting in early May
The Mens’ Club would like to treat YOU to a nice dinner! We will
hold a planning dinner in early May to discuss options and ideas
for next year. Please e-mail [email protected] to get involved in
YOUR Mens’ Club.
RETIRED FROM GOVERNMENT AND
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING COOL TO DO?
PART-TIME or FULL-TIME
and advisors
We are a Federal business development agency for
small innovative companies with neat ideas for
technology products and services. We support
US companies, and soon, Israeli companies.
We need both hourly part-time and full-time
consultants who are conversant in the mission
and workings of at least one Federal Civilian or
Defense agency and have a strong understanding
of procurement policy.
We're also developing an Advisory Board of
government, industry, and legislative experts.
Please contact Mike Fox, TRS member, for more
information. All inquires are welcome.
(703) 749-1290 or [email protected]
SYNAPTIC SOURCE
Connecting Small Business with Government
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Social Action Shabbat
n Social Action Shabbat April 28th, the Social Action Committee presented the
Richard Sternberger Award to Joseph’s House, a hospice in Adams Morgan that
serves the medical needs of both men and women in the last stages of terminal
illnesses. This was a special presentation for many long-time members of the congregation who remember Henry Burrows, a talented baritone in our Professional Choir, who
spent his last days at Joseph’s House.
Joseph’s House was founded in 1990 as the AIDS epidemic spread into the poorest
communities of the District. It provides a home and nursing services to care for and
comfort the poorest, the sickest, and the most vulnerable individuals in our nation’s
capital during the end stages of their illnesses. Although the primary mission of Joseph’s
House is to those with AIDS, when space is available men and women with other terminal illnesses are also welcomed. While Joseph’s House provides a continuum of medical
care and support to each resident as he or she progresses through the final stages of life,
perhaps its most important function is to offer a caring human presence to men and
women who would otherwise face a lonely and isolated death on the street.
Those who know and love Rabbi Richard Sternberger and his commitment to social
justice will agree that Joseph’s House is a worthy recipient of the award created in his
honor. Congregants wishing to send a donation to this very worthy organization can
mail it directly to Joseph’s House, 2482 Ontario Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009.
Social Action O
Many people are involved in making the
Food Caravan the success that it is.
Volunteers include Temple members, teenagers, nursery school staff, kindergartners
at the Religious School, and even nursery
school children. Thank you to all of you
and also to Panera's on Route 7 in Falls
Church for their kind donations of bread
and pastry. Summer will be upon us soon
and that means volunteers take vacations,
however the homeless still need to eat. If
you can work for 1-2 hours once or twice
during the summer to be a replacement in
one of the Caravans, please contact
Barbara Schonfeld at 703-242-7560 or
[email protected].
Your Next Cup of Coffee Can Help to Alleviate Poverty –
Buy Fair Trade Coffee!
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Coffee is the second most valuable commodity in the world market after oil. The United
States is the world’s largest consumer of coffee and Americans today drink one-fifth of
the world’s beans.
But few Americans realize that coffee
farmers, who live largely in Latin America,
Asia and Africa often toil in "sweatshops in
the fields.” More than 25 million farmers and
coffee workers in over 50 countries rely on
coffee sales for their livelihood. In July of
2002, the Wall Street Journal reported that,
“In lush coffee-growing regions from Central
America to Africa, the collapse of world
coffee prices is contributing to societal meltdowns affecting an estimated 125 million
people, [resulting in] a combustible brew of
unemployment, hunger and migration.”
One response to the devastation caused by
traditional coffee farming practices has been
a growing demand for “Fair Trade” coffee
made without exploitative labor. Fair Trade
Coffee is a real solution for some of these
farmers. Fair Trade certification ensures coffee farmers are paid a decent, living wage for
their harvest; encourages democratically
organized farming cooperatives; provides
access to affordable credit, which helps farmers stay out of debt; and promotes sustainable
practices, such as organic farming, which
helps protect the environment.
In the United States, TransFair USA is the
certifying organization for Fair Trade products.
In addition to directly improving the lives of
coffee farmers and their families, Fair Trade
coffee is often grown using more environmentally friendly methods than regular coffee.
In an age of increasing economic disparity
between rich and poor, both locally and
globally, it is easy to feel powerless to make a
difference. By choosing to spend a few cents
more on Fair Trade certified coffee, we
support a living wage for farmers, increased
educational opportunities for rural children,
and improved environmental standards. Fair
Trade coffee, which can be caffeinated,
de-caffeinated and flavored, is growing in
popularity in the United States.
FAIR TRADE MEANS:
FAIR WAGES >Fair trade guarantees small
farmers and artisans prices that exceed their
production costs. This increased income
allows them to feed their families, stay out of
debt and keep their land.
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS >Many children's
rights are violated when families are forced to
choose between sending a child to work or to
school. Fair trade increases family income,
helping families better afford education and
health care for their children.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS >Fair trade cooperatives
must demonstrate that women have equal
rights and responsibilities. They are required
to document how many women are members
of the cooperative, how many hold leadership
roles, and how many own or co-own land.
ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS >Fair trade
promotes organic farming which is better for
the environment and encourages chemicalfree farming, composting, crop rotation and
other beneficial practices. Nearly 85 percent
of Fair Trade Coffee sold in the U.S. is certified
organic.
ADVOCACY
Consumer advocacy is
slowly making an impact.
On October 4, 2000,
Starbucks -the world’s
largest specialty coffee
chain – introduced whole bean Fair Trade
certified coffee at over 2,300 stores, bringing
the number of Fair Trade outlets to more
than 10,000 nationwide. Fair Trade activists
are now urging Starbucks to not merely stock
fairly traded coffees but to actually promote
them. In August 2001, the Seattle Coffee Co.
joined the Fair Trade movement, agreeing to
sell Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified
coffee in about 1,400 Safeway stores throughout the United States. In November 2004,
Starbucks agreed to ensure that coffee sold in
its stores comes from environmentally friendly
farms paying workers a fair wage. By 2007,
Starbucks expects that 60 percent of its coffee
will come from farmers following strict rules
on everything from reforestation to pesticides
to labor practices and will work with Oxfam
to make this happen.
To locate a store near you that sells Fair
Trade Coffee go to: http://www.transfairusa.org/
do/whereToBuy
These national brands also sell Fair Trade
Coffee:
• Green Mountain Coffee (all)
• Newman's Own Organics Fair Trade Coffee
• Starbucks (only their Fair Trade Blend)
• Dunkin' Donuts (their new line of espresso
drinks are made exclusively with Fair Trade
Coffee)
Scrapbook
TRS members and clergy welcomed Ambassador Petr Kolar, of the Czech Republic as our guest speaker
on the bema on April 23. He was accompanied by his wife, as well as several associates from the Embassy.
Author Aviva Kempner was present at the screening and discussion of her film Partisins of Vilna. Following
the program, members of TRS Renaissance hosted a dinner in her honor.
Rabbi Henry Weiner(left) with Temple member
Gabor Katona, following the Rabbi's workshop on
Prayer Without Words
Over 150 of our TRS members came out for Family
Game Night and Ice Cream Social in April! A great
time was had by all!
A Sisterhood Shabbat Dinner was held prior to the
Sisterhood Shabbat Service on April 21. Janine Bland
made the blessing over the Challah.
We welcomed over 150 of our most recently joined members at an April 2 dinner
Putting up the exhibit "Disappeared Neighbors" was a group
effort! Members of the Disappeared Neighbors Exhibit
Committee pose following the April 23 Panel Discussion:
l to r: Geri Maskell, Henry Hahn, Eva Kuzelova
(Docent from Czech Republic), Katja Gibson, Terri Rea and
Anita Thornton, Program Director
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ARZA-Bridge to Israel
ARZA Co-Chairs:
Russ Bikoff • 703/790-0671 • [email protected]
Norma S. Tucker • 301/897-5124 • [email protected]
MAY 12, 8:15 pm SERVICE -ISRAEL SHABBAT
SPECIAL ONEG SHABBAT - CELEBRATION OF
YOM HA’ATZMAUT, ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE
Our guest speaker for this 2006 Israel Shabbat is
Abraham (Avi) Sagi-Schwartz, professor of psychology and social work at the University of
Haifa in Israel. He is presently a Senior Fellow,
Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the
prestigious United States Institute for Peace
(USIP) here in Washington. In this position he
serves as a resource on topics and issues of the Middle East,
Human Development Across Cultures, Child Development Under
Social Adversities, and Civil Society. The subject of Dr. SagiSchwartz’s remarks will be “The Life of Children in Israeli Society
Today: Between Myth and Reality.”
Join us for this special Shabbat Service to be followed by a festive
Israeli Oneg Shabbat to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut with music by
Hook, Line and Simcha, special Israeli foods, and Israeli dancing.
ELECTION RESULTS, World Zionist
Organization (WZO)
Thank you to all TRS members who participated in the 2006
United States (US) elections to the 35th WZO Congress--the
Congress of the Jewish People. Over 85,000 valid voters registered
and 88.27% of those voters cast their ballot. ARZA received the
highest number of delegates from the US.
Here are the results of the US Zionist elections:
Slate
Delegates
ARZA
55
Baltimore Zionist District
1
Dor Zion
2
Green Zionist Alliance
2
Hatikva
5
Herut, NA
2
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
2
Likud
3
Mercaz USA
32
Religious Zionist Slate
35
Russian American Jews for Israel
1
Zionist Organization of America
5
Total
145
For more information about the 2006 elections, the slates, previous
elections, and the upcoming Congress: http://congressofthejewishpeople.com
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RIDE4REFORM
3RD ANNUAL BIKE RIDE IN ISRAEL
ARZA-Bridge to Israel Committee
supported Guy Immerman in his
ride ACROSS Israel for Reform
Judaism March 26-30.
The purpose of Riding4Reform
is to raise funds to promote
Progressive Jewish communities in
Israel. This includes a wide range
of community programs run by
the different institutions, congregations and departments of the
Israel Movement for Progressive
Judaism.
The following examples show the
diversity of the programs:
• 45 kindergarten classes around
Israel provide a unique egalitarian Jewish experience for 1,250
young Israelis.
• The new Mechina program in Jaffa offers a year of study, work
and community service for high-school graduates before they join
the Israel army
• Hundreds of new immigrants attend Jewish study programs in
Russian, Spanish, English and Hebrew.
• The School Involvement Program trains teachers from secular
public schools around the country to teach Jewish studies in a
meaningful and pluralistic way.
Guy was born and raised at Kibbutz Yahel, the first Reform
kibutz in Israel. He believes “that the youth have the power to
make a difference.”
WHERE ARZA
MEMBERSHIP DUES GO
18% Israel Reform Movement Projects
$5 to Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
$2 supports Israel Programming within congregations
Balance supports ARZA’s mission in the United States
and within the international Jewish community.
Library
REFERENCE
• Ethelyn Simon, Irene Resnikoff and Linda Motzkin. The First
Hebrew Primer: The Adult Beginner’s Path To Biblical Hebrew. 3rd. ed.
Library Use Only, shelved on book cart to left of desk as you enter
RELIGIOUS
• Marc Zvi Brettler. How To Read the Bible…understanding the
Hebrew Bible within the cultural context that produced
it…“accessible…shrewd interpretation”
• Elliot N. Dorff. The Way Into Tikkun Olam (Repairing the
World)…a comprehensive introduction
• Neil Gillman. Traces of God: Seeing God in Torah, History and
Everyday Life…Winner of the Jewish Book Award…a thoughtful,
spiritual guide
• James Kugel. On Being a Jew…“A compelling introduction to
being a religious Jew”-Moment…Includes a thoughtful dialogue
chapter on “Marrying a Protestant”
CONVERSION
• Michael A. Meyer. Response To Modernity: a History of the Reform
Movement…one copy in regular shelving, one on Conversion
Shelf…recommended by Rabbi Amy Schwartzman
HOLOCAUST
• Samuel Moyn. A Holocaust Controversy: the Treblinka Affair In
Postwar France. …the story of the 1943 revolt at Treblinka involving controversy, scandal and polemics
HISTORY
• Jane S. Gerber. The Jews of Spain: a History of the Sephardic
Experience
• Andrea Greenbaum, ed. Jews of South Florida.…an unusual mix
of Jews…Atlantic seaboard retirees… Spanish speaking….the
largest community of Holocaust survivors…Jews from Arab
nations, the Soviet Union and Israel…covers the end of the 19th
century to the beginning of the 21st
• Susan Neiman. Slow Fire: Jewish Notes From Berlin…“a book
about the way Germans confront their past and the Nazis”
• Robert B. Goldmann. Wayward Threads….A refugee story…from
Germany to a career in the U.S. with the Voice of America, a brush
with McCarthyism and later experiences with Germany
• Herman J. Obermayer. Soldiering For Freedom: a GI’s Account of
World War II…written by TRS member…a commentary on the
support side of World War II, patrolling a pipeline in France…See
also: bound reviews and commentary
FICTION
• Andrew Meisels. Son of a Star…the story of Simon Bar Kochba’s
rebellion against Rome in A.D. 132
JUVENILE
• Lawrence Kushner and Gary Schmidt. In God’s Hands….a fine
new interpretation of a traditional folktale
YOUNG ADULT
• Sondra Henry & Emily Taitz. Written Out of History: Our Jewish
Foremothers….good for a school report on interesting, forgotten women
• Esther Nisenthal Krinitz and Bernice Steinhardt. Memories of
Survival…a moving, unforgettable book…the story of living
through the Holocaust in Poland told through hand-stitched
embroidery panels
DVDS AND VIDEOS
• Our movie maven Laura Jacobs, has taken another trip to eBay!
We will be showcasing her choices on the New Book truck as fast
as I can catalog them. Here are a few from the first shipment:
VID “ Ben-Hur” with Charlton Heston…a search for revenge, a
violent sea battle and THE famous chariot race
VID “ Come Blow Your Horn”…a Neil Simon comedy with Frank
Sinatra and Molly Picon
DVD replacement of “ Exodus” with Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint
DVD “Paper Clips”…a Tennessee middle school paper clip project turns into a Holocaust memorial…award winning documentary…we also have the book
DVD “When Harry Met Sally”…an adult, romantic comedy starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan
I am generally in the library Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
mornings but can be reached at x402, at home at 202-363-6172 or at
e-mail: [email protected].
Martha Hill, Library
ARCHIVES—HERITAGE MOMENT
1964 Our congegation took part in a joint service
of Reform congregations
to hear the president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis speak on
the "plight of Soviet Jewry and the challange to American Jewry." Religious freedom had been taken away, they were discriminated against in their professional life and rights to emigrate were denied.
1971 Protests were staged by our members every day at noon opposite the
Soviet Embassy. Brief religious services were held. A series of rallies were held
during the next years.
1972 Demonstrations were held at Lafayette Park. Soviet policy was
denounced and President Nixon petitioned to intercede. The congregation
"adopted" Jewish prisoners of conscience in Russia.
1976 TRS once again "adopted" a prisoner of conscience. A chair was
'reserved' for the prisoner and was kept on the bema. Letters of support, petitions and protests to American and Russian authorities were maintained
through the Social Action Committee. Finally, many prisoners of conscience
were freed.
1977
Restriction on emigration gradually eased.
change, well into the 80's.
Soviet policy
began to
1981 A Soviet Jewish couple renewed their vows at TRS.
1985 Rodef Shalom raised funds to assist Ethiopian Jews
1986 Our congregation sponsored vigils at the Soviet Embassy once again on
behalf of Jews wanting to emigrate. A sign was displayed in front of the
temple-----"Freedom for Soviet Jews." Our temple , along with the Falls Church
Presbyterian Church, supported a third prisoner of conscience.
2005 The Darfur region of the Sudan----Once again , Rodef Shalom is speaking
out against genocide and ethnic cleansing. A banner has been displayed at the
temple.making people aware of the crisis in Darfur.
2006 The banner now says ' a call to your conscience '--Save Darfur.com
Compiled by Marge Kestenbaum
member of Archives Committee
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Caring Committee
Caring Committee Chair:
Lisa Kaplan Gordon • 703/241-7807 • [email protected]
View the latest Caring Committee information
on our Temple Website, www.templerodefshalom.org.
S
ince Jews are commanded to perform g’milut chasadim —
deeds of loving kindness — every Temple member automatically is a member of the Caring Committee which
helps members deal with the difficult transitions and crises
that life presents. Caring Committee services are described
below. If you want to volunteer — and we hope all Temple members
will participate — call the subcommittee coordinator. If you know of
someone in need — and we all need help from time to time — call the
contact number. The Temple must assign some services; others can be
arranged through the coordinator.
Bereavement
It’s hard to know what to do when someone dies. Our Bereavement
Committee helps Temple members sort through the process of burying a
family member by providing funeral and cemetery resources and support.
If you need bereavement support, call Anne Duncan, clergy secretary:
703/532-2217. If you want to be a bereavement volunteer, call coordinator
Stu Weiss: 703/522-2524, or e-mail [email protected].
Visiting the Sick
(Bikkur Cholim)
TRS Shalom Baby
TRS Shalom Baby provides support for Temple
members celebrating the arrival of a new baby. At this
joyous, but sometimes stressful time, volunteers lend a
hand. They offer experience, a set of arms to hold the baby
while Mom takes a shower, meal assistance, referrals for other Jewish resources
and an introduction to the many family services and programs that TRS offers.
If you’ve recently had a baby or would like to volunteer, call coordinator
Nancy Chajet: 703/761-1234, or e-mail [email protected].
Support for Widows and
Widowers — Next Step
Next Step supports Temple members who have recently lost a spouse by
providing resources and a group that can help a widow or widower work
through their grief and move on. If you need support, call coordinator
Debbie Massey: 703/264-0297, or e-mail [email protected].
Breast Cancer Network
The network provides support and resources for breast cancer patients
and survivors. We meet monthly for a casual dinner and conversation.
If you need support, please call Anita Thornton, Program Director:
703/532-2217 ext. 301 or e-mail [email protected].
Torah commands us to visit the sick. When a Temple member returns from
the hospital, it is our tradition to pay a visit, deliver a challah and determine
if other help is needed.
If you have returned from the hospital, call Anne Duncan, clergy
secretary: 703/532-2217. If you want to volunteer to pay a visit, call coordinator Michael Raizen: 703/841-5421, or e-mail [email protected].
Meals
When a Temple member faces a crisis, cooking is often the last thing on
their mind. The Meals Committee helps by cooking and delivering meals
as often and for as long as needed.
If you need a meal, call Anne Duncan, clergy secretary: 703/532-2217.
If you want to volunteer to cook a meal, call coordinator Ronnie O’Connor:
703/642-0289, or e-mail [email protected].
JSSA IS HERE TO HELP
Thanks to the continuing partnership between Temple Rodef Shalom and
the Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA), we have available to us a licensed
professional counselor. The counselor is available as a consultant and can
provide support and referrals to congregants in need as a result of emotional, social, or physical challenges. Fees for the inital service through TRS
are covered by TRS. JSSA supports individuals, couples, and families
through mental health counseling, services for children and adolescents,
older adult services, career programs and adoption assistance. Please contact
Larry Uman, LCSW at can be found at 703/204-9100 X15.
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Donations
TRS GENERAL FUND
Associate Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
• A friend at Temple Micah in honor of the bar mitzvah of
Ethan Gaba
• Alma Rosenbaum in loving memory of Leo Rosenbaum
• Richard & Valli Swerdlow in loving memory of Sylvia
Swerdlow
• Elaine Zuppe in loving memory of my mother, Minnie
Steinberg
• Joanne & Tom Stefanick in memory of Gunther Erlebacher
• Janet & Russ Roseman in honor of the life and work of Dick
Friedman in our Temple community
• Beth Silver & Adam Gruen in memory of Leonard Suslowitz,
brother of Bob Suslowitz
• Lore Seligson in memory of Kurt Seligson
• Cheryl, Steve, Evan & Lindsay Sloane in memory of Dick
Friedman
• Wendy & Herb Bloom in honor of the engagement of Rabbi
Burstein & Eric Larson
• Sylvia Datner in memory of my mother, Vera Edelman
• Rhoda & Dan Gaba in honor of Ethan Gaba’s bar mitzvah
• Mark & Kim Savit in loving memory of Mark’s father, Carl
Savit
• Jacqui & Mike Falkenheim in appreciation of the beautiful
naming ceremony for our daughters
CLERGY FUNDS
Senior Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
• Ken, Julie & Jon Ende and Laura Sheppeard in loving memory
of Ken’s parents, Asher & Jeanne Ende
• Bill & Cherie Artz in appreciation for the moving Shiva service
for Bill’s father, Milton Artz
• Grazia Sher in memory of my mother, Amelia Riva
• Marilyn Renfield in loving memory of my mother, Irene
Lewis
• Howard Weiss in honor of Mattie Shepard’s bat mitzvah
• The Kintisch family in appreciation of the beautiful service
for Mae Kintisch
• Sandra Berger in loving memory of my mother, Bertha
Miller, and father, Ben Miller
• Bob & Iris Shamaskin with best wishes for a return to good
health for Anne Mazor Cohen
• Jeff Holden in memory of my mother, Shirley Holden
• Jules Cohen in loving memory of my father, Harry Cohen
• The Green-Zevin family in appreciation of Rabbi
Schwartzman’s warm & thoughtful support before and during Jeremy’s bar mitzvah
• Rhoda & Dan Gaba in honor of Ethan Gaba’s bar mitzvah
• Jules Cohen in memory of my sister, Gladys Shulman
• Isidore Greenberg in memory of my mother, Esther
Greenberg
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund
• Bill & Cherie Artz in appreciation for the moving Shiva service for Bill’s father, Milton Artz
• Jason & Carin Lomax
• Jason Hutchinson in appreciation for helping me on my
journey
• Rhoda & Dan Gaba in honor of Ethan Gaba’s bar mitzvah
• Barbara & Tibor Schonfeld in honor of our granddaughter,
Alexis Gina Agin
EDUCATION FUNDS
Religious School Fund
• Susan & Robert Hale in memory of Dick Friedman
• Michelle & Rob Cohen in loving memory of Michelle’s
father, Sumner Weisberg
• Jen & Kayleigh Schall in honor of the bar mitzvah of Eric
Backer, son of Dina & Stuart Backer
Adult Education Fund
• Louis & Toby Freeman with many thanks for the wonderful
cultural and educational programs
Library Fund
• Henry & Harriet Epstein in memory of Mae Kintisch
• Janice & Lester Mehlman in memory of our dear friend, Mae
Kintisch
• Pearl Rapoport Shuman with get well wishes for Marilyn
Brand
• Deana Shulman in memory of Leonard Suslowitz, brother of
Bob Suslowitz
• Wendy Fox in memory of Richard Friedman
• Jane L. Winer in loving memory of my mother, Elizabeth J.
Winer, and my father, Harold Winer
TIKKUN OLAM FUNDS
Caring Committee
• Trudy & Ed Lefrak and family in appreciation for the many
kindnesses shown to us during this difficult time
Temple Tzedakah Fund
• Stephen & Sandra Bogorad in memory of Melvin Bogorad
• Donna Schwartz & Gregg Maisel in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of Phyllis & Milton Meisner
• Geri Maskell in loving memory of my mother, Nora K.
Hoober
• Lucy Bernstein Radcliffe in loving memory of my brother,
Arnold Ira Bernstein, a casualty of World War II
Social Action Fund
• Clarine & Sid Schmukler in memory of Mae Kintisch
• Jan & Soop Saferstein in loving memory of Don Saferstein,
Soop’s brother
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Donations
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BUILDING AND GROUNDS FUNDS
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Lynn & Robert Fletcher
Flo & Alan Frey
Wendy Fox
Mark & Patricia Roth
Susan & Richard Gorsky
Marion Jacknow
Louis Olom
Ellen & Allen Rosenblum
Barbara Sarshik & Andy Pike
Laurie Rowe
Ellen & David Sher
Beth Silver & Adam Gruen
Michael & Rachael Smolen
Linda Hoffman & Marc Cohen
Marilyn Renfield & Marc Rosenblum
Zeev & Nitsa Rosenzweig
Ohel Ya’acov Fund
• Michael & Mary Canes in memory of Herman Canes
• Burton & Elaine Litman in loving memory of Bertha Litman
• Laszlo Berkowits
ARZA Ride4Reform
• Anne & Alan Gorenstein
• Jules Cohen
• Anonymous
TRS Fund for the Community
• Ilene & John Pachter in memory of Richard Friedman
• Shelley & Andy Prince in memory of Dick Friedman and
Leonard Suslowitz, brother of Bob Suslowitz
• Ruth & Izzy Zeitz in loving memory of our mothers, Anna
Zietz and Lillian Eisenberg, and with wishes for a speedy
recovery to Ruth and her niece, Amy Morris
• Ellen & Dan Blalock in memory of TRS past president, N.
Richard Friedman
• Gayle & Jonathan Kosarin in honor of Rabbi Marcus
Burstein and Eric Larson
• Geri Maskell in loving memory of my aunt, Rose K. Williams
PROGRAMMING AND CULTURAL FUNDS
Music and Volunteer Choir Fund
• Victor & Miriam (Louick) De La Cruz and family in honor
of the 40th wedding anniversary of our parents, Sidney &
Bettye Anna Louick
RITUAL AND WORSHIP FUNDS
Prayer Book Fund
• Sue & Carl Kalish in memory of William Ross, brother of
Phil Ross
• Carl & Sue Kalish in memory of Dick Friedman
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• Bea Finkel in loving memory of my father, Ben Finkel
• Debbie Massey in memory of Richard Friedman, husband of
Joan & father of Andrew
• Jonathan & Gayle Kosarin in memory of Dick Friedman
• Michael & Denise Shochet in memory of Susan Sirlin’s
grandfather, Joseph Moretti
Artz/Fish Fund
• Alan & Jane Kent
• Bill & Cherie Artz in loving memory of Bill’s father, Milton
Artz, and Cherie’s brother, Rabbi Judah L. Fish
• Debbie Massey in memory of Milton Artz, father of Bill Artz
• Catherine Benigno in memory of Milton Artz, father of Bill
Artz
• Sheryl & Arthur Silverman in memory of Milton Artz, father
of Bill Artz
Judy Seiff Special Projects Fund
• Stanley Wilson in memory of Rose Gleicher Appelbaum
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
TRS Endowment General Fund
• Margery & Gerson Sher in fond memory of Dick Friedman
• Leon & Marysue Wechsler in memory of Marysue’s mother,
Leah Jaffe
• Ronald & Nancy Bleeker in memory of Dick Friedman
• Jean Wise in loving memory of my parents, Dezo & Hedy
Levendula
• Sheryl Silverman in memory of Dick Friedman
Jennifer Blalock Memorial Fund
• Gail Dezube in honor of Dottie Bennett’s “Guardian of the
Bridge” from her friends in the TRS Breast Cancer Support
Group
• Ellen, Katie & Dan Blalock in loving memory of James
Schwab and Max Monarch
NEW MEMBERS
• Craig & Katya Bennett—703/442-0222
1239 Pine Hill Road
McLean, VA 22101
Samuel Bennett 7/16/1997
Tatiana Bennett 11/16/1998
• Bonnie & Howard Horowitz—703/716-7337
2690 Mattox Creek Drive
Oakton, VA 22124
Julia Horowitz 3/1/1994
Jeffrey Horowitz 1/22/1996
Nina Horowitz 11/16/2001
New Members
• S. Lillian & Eugene Kremer—703/243-6520
3800 Fairfax Drive, #310
Arlington, VA 22203
• Steven & Elisa Pilloff—703/207-9444
8152 Streamside Court
Vienna, VA 22182
Max Pilloff 1/04/2001
Alex Pilloff 1/04/2001
• Therese & Donald Rea—703/237-7683
118 Gresham Place
Falls Church, VA 22046
• Bruce Snyder—703/237-7549
1001 N. Harrison Street
Arlington, VA 22205
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MAZEL TOV TO
• Carin, Jason & Justin Lomax on the birth of Bennett Owen.
Bennett is also the grandson of Temple members Elaine &
David Lomax and Marla & Mel Wolf
• Sally Margolis on the marriage of her daughter, Pam to Seth
Haber
• Bonnie Breslar on the birth of her granddaughter, Jaffe
Wynne Smith, daughter of Zoe & Zerik Smith
• John & Roberta Birken on the engagement of their daughter,
Diane, to Mark Strasser
• Andy Pike, a law professor at American University’s
Washington College of Law, has been named by American
University as the university’s outstanding teacher of the
2005-2006 academic year.
CONDOLENCES TO
• Sandra Berger on the death of her father, Ben Miller
• Jo-Anne Goldman on the death of her grandmother, Lilian
Goldman
• Virgil Frizzell on the death of his father, Virgil A. Frizzell
• Phil Ross on the death of his brother, William Mark Ross
• Denise Dreiman on the death of her father, Leonard Carmel
• Jack Maskell on the death of his father, Seymour (Sonny)
Maskell
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TEMPLE RODEF SHALOM
NURSERY SCHOOL
invites you to the
S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 13, 2006
7:30 – 11:00 P . M .
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KAREN SIMPSON
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Thank Karen for her years of commitment
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Name __________________________________
Phone _____________
E-mail ___________________
_____ Number attending at $60 per person
$ _______
† I would like to make an additional contribution
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TOTAL $ ________
Please RSVP by visiting our website, www.bellagioball.mollyguard.com, and using a credit card
to register/make contributions. Or, please detach and return with a check payable to Temple
Rodef Shalom. A portion of your contribution to the endowment may be tax-deductible.
For further information, please contact Sheryl Garton at [email protected].
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May 2006
SUNDAY
MONDAY
1
10:00 am Play Group
7
9:00 am Beginning Biblical
Hebrew Class
11:00 am TRSTY Board Meeting
& Elections
11:45 am Rodef Chochma
1:30 pm Post Confirmation
Discussion Group
8
15
21
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No Religious School
9
7:30 pm Executive Committee
Meeting
7:30 pm Beginners Hebrew
10:00 am Play Group
9:30 am Religious School Family
Fun Day
7:30 pm Worship Schedule
Discussion
2
6:30 pm Final Haskalah Family
Night Program
7:30 pm Membership Committee
Meeting
7:30 pm Beginners Hebrew
10:00 am Play Group
14
Mother’s Day
9:00 am Rodef Chochma
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TUESDAY
16
Lag B’Omer
22
23
7:30 pm Beginners Hebrew Class
7:30 pm Board Meeting
7:30 pm Koleinu Rehearsal
10:00 am Play Group
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Memorial Day –Office Closed &
No Play Group
30
7:30 pm Beginners Hebrew Class
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
3
Yom Ha’atzmaut
9:30 am Sisterhood Board
Meeting
7:30 pm Advanced Hebrew Class
10
11
18
6:45 pm Service of Strength,
Comfort & Healing
7-7:30 pm Committee Night
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13
9:00 am Torah Study
10:30 am Shabbat Morning
Service
6:30 pm TRSTY BBQ –out of
bldg.
7:30 pm Bellagio Ball
19
10:00 am Sisterhood Book Group
(OOB)
6:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service
8:15 pm Volunteer Shabbat
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7:30 pm Rosh Chodesh
6
9:00 am Torah Study
9:00 am Tot Shabbat Activity
10:30 am Shabbat Morning
Service
5:00 pm Mincha Service
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10:00 am Sisterhood Museum
Trip
6:30 pm Teacher Recognition
Shabbat Service
7:30 pm Teacher Recognition
Shabbat Dinner
7:45 pm Wine & Cheese
Welcome
8:15 pm ARZA Israel Shabbat
Service
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10:00 am Sisterhood Bridge –out
of bldg.
7:00 pm Next Step
7:30 pm Advanced Hebrew
Class
5
4
6:00 pm JSSA Adoption Program 6:30 pm Bo’i Shabbat Service
& Dinner
8:15 pm Learner’s Shabbat
Service
11:30 am Sisterhood Luncheon
(OOB)
7:00 pm Advanced Biblical
Hebrew
7:30 pm Advanced Hebrew
Class
7:30 pm Intermediate Biblical
Hebrew
10:00 am Sisterhood Book Group
-out of bldg.
7:30 pm Advanced Hebrew
Class
7:30 pm Koleinu Rehearsal
SATURDAY
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9:00 am Torah Study
9:00 am Tot Shabbat Service
10:30 am Shabbat Morning
Service
10:30 am Parallel Shabbat
Morning Minyan
8:00 pm Concert with Cantor
Emil Toth
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6:30 pm Early Shabbat Service
for Older Families
8:15 pm Erev Shabbat, Koleinu
sing at 8:15 pm Service
Call time: 7:30 pm
Aufruf of Rabbi
Burstein & Eric Larson
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9:00 am Torah Study
10:30 am Shabbat Morning
Service
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7:30 pm Advanced Hebrew Class
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Temple Rodef Shalom
Senior Rabbi
Cantor
Associate Rabbi
Founding Rabbi
Student Cantor
Amy M. Schwartzman
Michael A. Shochet
Marcus L. Burstein, D. Min
Laszlo Berkowits
Rebecca Robins
OFFICERS
President
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Financial Secretary
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Volunteer Shabbat
Friday, May 19
8:15 pm
Join us for this special opportunity to recognize all of our
Robin Strongin
Marc Cohen
David Lawrence
Joan Levin
Hannah Moore
Marla Schnall
David Fish
Elliot Gruber
Ronnie Schulman
Beth Stroul
wonderful volunteer activities and projects that our temple
members have participated in over the past year. A flower will
be added to our bema vase for each volunteer project that has
been worked on over the past year. By the time we finish
acknowledging projects, the vase will be overflowing with
beautiful flowers, and our bema will be filled with representatives of each project, who will receive a blessing from our clergy. Please contact the chair of your committee to make sure
TRUSTEES
your project is on our list to be honored. If a temple volunteer
Marshall Berman, Jerry Greenwald, Susan Simon
project you were involved in was done independent of a TRS
STAFF
committee, please contact Anita Thornton, Program Director,
Administrator, Beth Silver — 703/532-2217 ext. 300
Program Director, Anita Thornton — 703/532-2217 ext. 301
Religious School Principal, Dina Backer, RJE — 703/532-2207
Nursery School Principal, Karen Simpson — 703/532-2227
Camp Director, Jay Rapoport — 703/532-2241 ext. 251
Youth Group Director, Michelle Sandler — 703/532-2217
at 703/532-2217 ext 301 or e-mail athornton@templerodef-
Temple Office 703/532-2217
www.TempleRodefShalom.org
Email: [email protected]
shalom.org to have your volunteer project added to the list.
We will also be welcoming guest Cantor, Emil Toth to the
bema on this evening. Cantor Toth will be presenting a concert on Saturday, May 20.
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