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Welcome Tobin Family
We would like to introduce you to Rabbi Robert and
Lisa Tobin and their family: Avi (1), Ezra (4), Maya (6)
and Yosef (6). Rabbi Tobin and Lisa, who will be
married 10 years in August, recently bought a home in
Leawood, Kansas and are in the process of settling in
and getting to know our congregation.
L-R, F-B: Ezra, Avi, Yosef, Rabbi Tobin, Maya,
and Lisa Tobin
Rabbi Tobin loves being a rabbi and his mission is to
be part of our congregants’ lives, particularly in our
moments of greatest sorrow or joy. His favorite quote
is: “Talmud Torah k’neged kulam” (the study of Torah
is paramount). Rabbi Tobin loves to teach and seeks
to work with people who want to bring Judaism to
life in our community. His strong background in
family programming, community leadership, teaching,
preaching and counseling will be an asset in guiding our
congregation. The Rabbi’s hobbies include Torah study,
baseball, college basketball, history, astronomy, biology,
chess, movies, and being a husband and father.
Lisa Tobin was born in Central America and brought up in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She and the
Rabbi met at The Kane Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, where they were married.
Lisa studied psychology at Brooklyn College. She has also earned three Master’s Degrees:
Master’s in Education from NYU, Master’s in Social Work from the University of Maryland,
and Master’s in Judaic Studies from Baltimore Hebrew University. Lisa also holds a certificate
in Jewish Communal Service from the Darrell D. Friedman Institute for Jewish Communal
Service in Baltimore. Lisa has a background in summer camping and educational evaluation as
well. She has worked as a community planner for the Jewish Federation in Baltimore, MD and
coordinated a volunteer literacy program called Reading Partners for the Stamford, CT Jewish
Federation. She enjoys musical theater and has a goal of taking the entire family to Israel.
Maya and Yosef will attend the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy in the fall and Ezra will attend
the Rose Family Early Education Center at Beth Shalom.
February
2006
July 2008
Shevat 5766
Sivan-Tammuz
5768
Vol. 78, No. 10
We welcome the Tobin family to Kansas City and to Beth Shalom.
Join us Friday, July 4th
for a
Star Spangled Shabbat with...
Rabbi Tobin, Lisa and their Family
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Shabbat Services Wornall
personal perspective
ser v i c e s ch e d u l e
The March of the Living: March for Life
JULY
Ma
Shabbat Services will be held
at the Wornall Campus,
9400 Wornall Road
Sunday morning Shaharit will
be held at the Lamar Campus,
14200 Lamar
by Michael Gasser
Daily and
Sunday Services
Shaharit: Monday–Friday, 7 a.m. -Wornall
Sunday, 8:30 a.m. -Lamar
Friday, July 4, 8 a.m. -Wornall
Minha:
Monday–Friday, 6 p.m. -Wornall
Sunday, 6 p.m. -Wornall
Friday, July 4, 8 p.m.
Traditional and Family Service
Lamar
(No Services will be held at Wornall)
Shabbat Services Wornall
Main Sanctuary 9:30 a.m.
Library Minyan 9:30 a.m.
Tots for Torah 9:30 a.m.
B’Yahad - Will resume August 2
No B’Yahad will be held in July
Minha
6 p.m.
Learn to Chant Eikha
for Tisha B’Av
Thursdays, July 3 and 10
7:30 - 9 p.m. Lamar Campus
Beginners welcome! It’s not
too late to sign up. For more
information contact Debby Agron
[email protected] or
(913) 647-7281.
July 2008
Kansas City participants in Israel as a part of March of the Living 2008
The March of the Living is a program I had heard about for many years,
but never dreamed that I would actually be a participant. In April 2008, I
was lucky enough to be one of 59 students from the Kansas City area and
one of 12,000 from around the world to travel to both Poland and Israel.
Our group consisted of approximately 85 students from Kansas City,
Chicago, San Antonio, Seattle and New Jersey.
The first few days we explored Auschwitz I and Majdanek. We also viewed
the monuments at Plazhow, Belzec, and Treblinka. It was hard to grasp the
meaning of these sights when the sun was shining on a beautiful spring day.
Everything changed on the fourth day of the trip. Our group traveled back
to Auschwitz I for the March of the Living. Assembled with 12,000 Jews
from around the world, we began the 1.9-mile march from Auschwitz I to
Auschwitz II, or Birkenau. As we marched in rows of eight, some in silence,
others in solemn song, the day turned from sunny to grey and cold. After
30 minutes of walking, the train station appeared in front of us. People
were putting signs of loved ones on the tracks, some were taking pictures,
and others were just reflecting. As we walked through the train station and
into Birkenau, anxiety mounted. Everything we had learned for 18 years we
were now experiencing first hand. “The emotions were so intense because
we were actually there and not just looking at pictures,” explained Seth
Hermanson, a participant from Kansas City.
We completed our Poland experience by observing Shabbat in Warsaw.
After Havdalah, we made our way to the Warsaw airport. We were never so
excited to finally arrive in Israel. One of the highlights was to spend Yom
Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, in the Holy Land. The March of the
Living was truly the March of a Lifetime.
Calling All Mah Jongg-ers
A new Monday night Mah Jongg group is now forming. Everyone is
welcome. For information, please contact Nata Scharf at 913-402-0738.
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off the bima
A Life-Changing Experience
The decision to come work at
Beth Shalom three years ago was
a life-changing one for me. Rabbi
Cohen has been a wonderful
mentor. And I have thoroughly
enjoyed working with Joel
Krichiver and Hazzan Menes. I
understand synagogue life now in
a way that I did not when I first
came and am so grateful for all I have learned. I have had
an opportunity to learn about the role and responsibilities
of a pulpit rabbi, including pastoral responsibilities, and
am familiar with the many different settings in which a
rabbi can teach. Lifecycle events no longer intimidate me
and I have had the opportunity to learn about, and work
within, the organizational structure of a synagogue.
When I first came, I was particularly anxious about
delivering sermons. I was comfortable teaching in a
classroom, but the sanctuary intimidated me. Since then
I have developed a philosophy for preaching, deciding
to organize my divre Torah around three general themes:
believing, behaving and belonging. I have long been
attracted to Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan’s idea that we must
know what we believe, how we are to behave and where
we connect to the Jewish people. I believe that as I begin
my career as a senior rabbi, this will be the framework
that guides me as I work with the professional staff and
lay community to create a synagogue where we are seeking
God, creating community and doing mitzvot.
I leave Beth Shalom with warm feelings and am grateful for
all the learning opportunities that were made available to me.
I hope the next chapter in the congregation’s life is a good one
and that you will all help Rabbi Tobin in his transition.
Ken joins me in wishing you a restful and relaxing summer.
Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
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Tisha B’Av Reminds Us
The month of July encompasses the greater part of the
“Three Weeks,” the time when we are bein hametzarim,
“in the straits.” This is the period between the Seventeenth
of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av. We are under siege, our
walls have been breached, and the Temple will soon be
destroyed. Of course, this we know from our vantage point
of the future. While we are in the straits, we only hope
that a miracle will come to save us.
I try to imagine what the Israelites were doing, what
they were singing, what they were praying, in those three
weeks. Was it all despair and kinot? Were there moments
of elation, belief that this was the precursor to the coming
of the Messiah? I imagine a whirlwind of emotion, fear,
despair, surrender, defiance, and hope. Many of us live in
that world of turmoil every day. The three-week period
is not simply a time of remembrance. It is also a time to
experience that confusion of emotion.
As Shabbat is a taste of the world
to come, so the Three Weeks are a
bitter reminder of the world as it
is. If we are to deal with the pain
of our world, the loss and illness,
which must come to all of us,
at one time or another, we must
practice descending into that pit,
going to those dark places, and
ultimately finding our way out. As Jews, we have collectively
descended into the darkest of places, abandoned by the
world, seemingly abandoned by God. Yet we have found
a way out. Ultimately, we have found a way back to Israel.
Ultimately, finding clarity, finding Torah.
Hazzan Robert Menes
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Youth & Informal Education Department
Stefanie Williams, Director | [email protected] | 913-647-7292
Elana Goldberg, KCUSY President | Daniel Goldberg & Ashley Ruben, Kadima Co-Presidents
Beth Shalom Students Enjoy Summer Programs
A large number of Beth Shalom students are spending all or part of their summer vacations participating in various
Jewish summer programs. The following information was compiled from responses to emails and phone calls to families.
We apologize for the inadvertent omission or incorrect listing of any names.
Israel Programs
J Bar CC – Elana Goldenberg, Lindsey Paul,
Michael Paul, Sophia Porter, Pearl Sonnenschein
USY Spain/Israel – Anna Carl, Noah Eisemann,
Elana Goldberg, Roni Grant, Ethan Kaseff
USY Eastern European/Israel – Alana Gaffen
Euro Quest – Abby Fromm, Laura Fromm
Shwayder – Cathy Liebenau, Leslie Liebenau
Young Judea – Elana Loftspring, Ethan Loftspring
Jewish Programs
Olin Sang Ruby – David Helfand, Molly Kavanaugh,
Tyler Kavanaugh
Genesis-Brandeis Program – David Handler
Tel Yehudah-NY – Alex Reneau
Jewish Camps
Herzl – Moriah Abrams, Sam Abrams, Hannah Azorsky,
Scott Bratt, Marla Daniels, Jonathan Edelman, Emma
Eisemann, Josh Eisemann, Jacob Flekier, Lily Friedman,
Melissa Friedman, Adena Goldberg, Daniel Goldberg, Ally
Grant, Hannah Hollander, Josh Hurst, Eli Kahn, Kayla
Kahn, Anna Kaseff, Lainie Kaseff, Rachel Kaseff, Leah Pack,
Stephanie Pollack, Ashley Ruben, Austin Ruben, Jonathan
Ruben, Ryan Shapiro, Ricardo Zepeda
Ramah Wisconsin – Gabi Cabell, Natalie Cabell,
Matthew Kavanaugh, Grant Sander, Max Sosland
Sabra – Rose Azorsky, Ellie Bodker, Andrew Borowick,
Sara Carl, Steven Carl, Scott Fromm, Levi Gerson,
Jonathan Hermanson, Seth Hermanson, Phoebe Markley,
Sydney Nadler, Emily Newman, Alex Sher, Davi Sher,
Adam Sitzmann, Jay Sitzmann, Gabrielle Ullman
Ramah Darom – Jonah Golder, Sarah Golder,
Avi Sonnenschein, Gabriella Sonnenschein
Ben Frankel – Becca Adler, Emi Adler, Miriam Adler,
Hayley Berger, Melissa Berger, Asher Kantor,
Deborah Klein, Sadie Klein
Ma’asim Tovim – Josh Azorsky, Mallory Bodker, Scott
Fromm, Deborah Klein, Ariel Silverman, Jay Sitzmann,
Allison Ullman, Kyle Wordsworth
Barney Goodman – Asa Abrahamson, Rose Azorsky, Gabi
Cabell, Clay Cubbage, Abby Flekier, Elisa Galapo, Sammy
Galapo, Kayla Goldenberg, Mirra Goldenberg, Jonathan
Hermanson, Dillon Hollander, Hallie Hurst, Josh Hurst,
Molly Kavanaugh, Paige Kuluva, Cathy Liebenau, Leslie
Liebenau, Ethan Matsil, Sam Matsil, Ethan Newman,
Daniel Rose, Julia Ruben, Kayla Scharf, Nathalie Scharf,
Jared Schultz, Nina Schultz, Dean Scicchitano, Gabrielle
Scicchitano, Hannah Silverman, Joel Silverman, Jack
Ullman, Abby Wordsworth, Brady Wordsworth
CDC – Andrew Flekier, Zachaiyah Gillom, Jonah Kahn
Theater/Dance-JCC – Tess Gerson, Kayla Goldenberg,
Sadie Klein
Beth Shalom – Riley Ellis, Ella Evans, Noam Evans,
Caden Finkelstein, Andrew Flekier, Max Gershon, Sadie
Gershon, Asher Ginden, Forrest Jacobs, Cady Koffman,
Quinn Koffman, Nathan Rose, Emma Rosenthal, Emma
Sandler, Melanie Schwartz, Ari Shafton, Leah Snitz, Ethan
Sosland, Avi Tobin, Mason Warner
KCUSY Says “Shalom”
KCUSY held its annual Chapter Membership Training (CMT) program June 3-4. A highlight of every year, CMT is the time when
KCUSY says “Hello” to the incoming 8th graders and “Goodbye”
to the graduating seniors. Thirty-three members enjoyed an excursion to the T-Bones game. At the beginning of the game, two of our
staff members competed against each other in a karaoke battle. Also,
USY members, Michael Bodker and Adam Sitzmann, participated in
a Sumo wrestling match between innings. An overnight in the Youth
Lounge capped off the event. It was an evening to remember!
July 2008
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Transition Committee Activities Continue
Rabbi Tobin will begin his affiliation with Congregation
Beth Shalom on July 1. He has been collaborating with
a Transition Committee in order to help him integrate
into the congregation and the community.
Most important will be his orientation with the many
families in the synagogue and becoming acclimated to the
rhythms and culture of Beth Shalom. There will be small
social get-togethers with havurot, religious school, camp
and nursery school families, multi-generational families
and Sisterhood members as well. If you wish to host an
informal gathering at your home, please contact Diane
Azorsky at [email protected] or 469-0515.
Rabbi Tobin is also looking forward to teaching in many
venues, including an Elul Institute as preparation for the
High Holidays and other study sessions. Another major
task will be his integration with the staff. Rabbi Tobin will
also work to ensure he has a significant role as spiritual
leader and teacher in all services during the High Holidays
and to touch the entire congregation.
Another venue will be Rabbi Tobin’s orientation into the
greater Kansas City Jewish Community and the general
community. He will make connections with all the rabbis and
organizations. The last area of focus is the history of Beth
Shalom, to learn about where we have come from in the past
125 years. He hopes to do this through listening as we tell our
stories of our families’ involvement in Beth Shalom.
Diane Azorsky, Committee Chairperson said, “Everyone
is very excited to work with Rabbi Tobin and his family.
We can hardly wait to welcome his family into our
Beth Shalom family. I have been so impressed by his
enthusiasm, warmth, and his strategic thinking, which I
know will be contagious throughout our congregation.”
The committee energetically working on the transition
includes: Diane Azorsky, chairperson, Michael Abrams,
Fred Bodker, Marla Brockman, Ronald Coppaken, Gary
Cortés, Rita Cortés, Milisa Fleckier, Joel Goldman, Steve
Israelite, Beth Jacobson, Stacey Kahn, Joel Krichiver, Sharon
Loftspring, Hazzan Rob Menes and Ernie Rosenthal.
Work Begins on Strategic Plan for Beth Shalom
A steering committee has been formed to develop
a strategic plan for our congregation. Working in
conjunction with professional consultants, the committee
will ensure that the process is complete by ultimately
soliciting feedback from each and every congregant. The
result will be a comprehensive three to five year plan,
which will assist the Rabbi and Board of Directors in
leading Beth Shalom successfully into the future.
The process will begin with focus group meetings.
Based on data collected, the steering committee and
consultants will craft a survey for all members. The
next step will be the establishment of an enlarged
committee consisting of 20–25 people who will come
together in a retreat setting to draw up a road map of
the strategic plan. In addition to the survey results,
L-R, F-B: Gary Cortés, Kurt Kavanaugh, Gina Kaiser, Joan DeMerchant,
Robert Jameson, Bob Palan, Jeff Mallin, Diane Azorsky, Fred Bodker, Susie
a key component of this analysis will be a review of
Goldsmith and Judy Jacks Berman
the strategic plan that was produced in 1999-2000 to
determine which items are still relevant priorities. Following the retreat, the consultants will complete the written plan
document, which will be presented to the officers, directors and the congregation in spring 2009.
Co-chairs of the steering committee are Gary Cortés and Susie Goldsmith. Steering committee members are Diane
Azorsky, Judy Jacks Berman, Ron Coppaken, Gina Kaiser, Kurt Kavanaugh, Jeff Mallin, and Bob Palan. Facilitators
are Joan DeMerchant and Robert Jameson. Ex-officio members are Rabbi Robert Tobin, President Fred Bodker, and
Executive Director Joel Krichiver.
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Polsky Religious School
Patti Kroll, Director of Education | [email protected] | 913-647-7290
Tzedakah–How Our Students Give
Each week, students in the Polsky Religious School come
to class with their nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar bills,
and each class collects tzedakah at the start of the class.
But, what happens to the money once it is collected?
money is given to one of the 1st grade families to use for a
family tzedakah project, which is documented in a scrapbook
shared with the other children. The family involvement with
this 1st grade project has been truly amazing.
One component of the 8th grade program is to decide how
our tzedakah money will be distributed. Students are
asked to make informed choices as they consider many
worthy organizations. Class time is spent in text study on
who is obligated to give tzedakah, how much do we give
and what are the criteria for deciding to whom to give.
By both learning and doing, we hope to give our students
a strong understanding of why we give tzedakah and some
ideas of where they can contribute, in the community, the
synagogue and in Israel. As our children return to classes
in the fall, they need their school supplies, books and
tzedakah money as well. It is part of what we do.
This year, under the guidance of their teacher, Donna Riss,
students researched one or more organizations and made a
recommendation of how much each organization should
receive. Based on the group decision, the Polsky Religious
School distributed a combined $950 to the following
organizations here and in Israel: The Jerusalem Shelter
for Battered Women, Yachad—Kansas City’s Kosher Food
Pantry, and Concern for Helping Animals in Israel.
Our 1st grade students and teachers, Stacey Bell and
Rhonda Fromm, have done a class tzedakah project of a
different nature for the last seven years. Their tzedakah
For the last day of Sunday School for the year, the first grade class “took a
trip to Eilat, Israel.” Pictured “on the beach,” L-R: Alina Bell,
Ethan Newman, Jacob Cohen, Ethan Matsil, Eric Blank, Ryan Blank,
Noah Davis, Shawn Kramarovsky and Max Fogel, madrikh.
sisterhood
Harryette Cooperman, President
Sisterhood Installs Board Members
Rosalyn Burnstein is honored
as a life board member by
Rhea Salasche-Kaseff
Berenice Haberman
is modeling an outfit
during the program.
July 2008
Sisterhood met on Thursday, May 29 for a delicious dinner and fashion show,
as well as to install their new board members. New three-year board members
installed by past-president Rhea Salasche-Kaseff include Maxine Frank, Shirley
Gottstein, Dodie Krambeck, Lisa Hurst, Sondra Friedman, Rhonda Fromm,
Evie Grant, Kerry Kuluva, Margot Menes (serving one year for Rosalyn
Burnstein), Sharon Rosenthal, Nata Scharf and Beryl Silberg. Rowena Turk
will also serve as a one-year co-opt board member. Rosalyn Burnstein became
a life board member after serving eighteen years on the Sisterhood Board
of Directors. Harryette Cooperman, Sisterhood president, presided over a
ceremony honoring Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz for her service to Beth Shalom.
Cathy Newman, program vice-president, planned the event.
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straight talk
Adapted from a speech given at
installation of officers on June 1.
In the book of Bamidbar or
Numbers which we began reading
this past week, we find a group
of Hebrew slaves wandering
in the wilderness. They were
unaccustomed to their freedom
and didn’t quite understand
their purpose. A transition
occurred, which allowed the slave
generation to be nearly replaced
by a fresh generation, which would have the vitality to fulfill
the promise of redemption and build a homeland.
This transition is reminiscent of another transition, on a much
smaller scale, which is taking place today at Beth Shalom. With
the installation of a new board and new officers comes a fresh
start. We are keeping many members of our team, saying an
appreciative goodbye to a few, and adding several new faces.
My goals for this term can be summarized by #1: insuring
successful transition and #2: expanding our base of
volunteerism. With regard to transition, we have not one
but two transitions to address: clergy and lay leadership.
We have recruited an outstanding new rabbi. Rabbi Tobin
brings with him a wonderful reputation for teaching and an
ability to create a vision for our congregation. His emphasis
is much like that of his predecessors, but his style will be
different. We must support him as he represents our future.
With regard to expanding our base of volunteerism, I am
referring to enhancing the investment of our lay leadership.
Our collective leadership experience can be an incredible
asset if utilized for the benefit of Beth Shalom. Our
synagogue members have a long history of involvement in
the community. It is now time to step forward and become
engaged in the congregation. I now want to challenge
each of us to reach a little further and give a little more of
ourselves to build Beth Shalom. I believe that we have what
it takes to have a winning season.
Fred S.Bodker
President
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Rose Family
Early Childhood Education Center
Judy Jacks Berman, Director | [email protected] | 913-647-7287
Camp Has Begun!
A wonderful five weeks of fun are planned for Beth
Shalom Summer Camp. Each week has a special theme
including “Going Green,” “Red, White and Blue, America
Goes Green,” “Outer Space,” “Zoo” and “The Olympics.”
The lucky campers will be planting and taking care of
a garden, making art projects from recycled and fresh
materials and having plenty of time for water play and
jumping around with Wacky Bananas.
In addition to all these activities, there will be three concerts. Funky
Mama, Eco-Elvis and a performer from the Pacific Northwest,
Eric Herman, will all delight our young campers. There will
be some surprise visitors to teach the campers more about
making our world a better place and taking care of animals.
A fun-filled learning experience is in store for all the lucky
children who will attend Beth Shalom Summer Camp!
The RFNS end of year
picnic was the “place to
be.” The children and
their parents enjoyed a
delicious hot dog lunch,
pony rides and visiting
with their friends.
David Sosland and
Gabrielle Sosland
Joe Zwillenberg and
Jack Zwillenberg
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Jennifer Conoley and Avi Silverberg
cycles
C E L E B R AT I N G L I F E C YC L
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Mazel Tov ... Sylvan Siegler
on the occasion of his 2nd Bar Mitzvah
July 19, 2008 • 16 Tammuz 5768
Sylvan Siegler will be
called to the Torah as a Bar
Mitzvah for the second time
on Shabbat morning July
19. Sylvan is the husband
of Merna Siegler. Their
children are Mitchell and
Elizabeth Siegler of San
Diego, CA, Jeremy and
Stacy Siegler of Memphis,
TN and Suzy and Rabbi
Moti Rieber of Wichita.
Sylvan and Merna have eight
grandchildren.
Relatives and friends are invited to worship with the family
and attend the Kiddush Luncheon following the service.
Legacy Endowments
Our grandparents made plans to insure that the
synagogue would be here for us and our children. Do
you in turn wish to help insure that Beth Shalom will
be here for future generations to come? Do you want
to insure that the religious school, the preschool, the
cemetery or some of our other educational programs
will be here for them? We each can help do so by
leaving a lasting legacy in the form of an estate bequest
of a fraction of our estate. No gift is too small. Tax law
provisions even allow us to make gifts now and enjoy
income as long as it is needed. Your financial advisor can
explain what structure will work best for you. We can help
acquaint you with our various program areas. For more
information contact Joel Krichiver, executive director,
[email protected] or 913-647-7293.
July 2008
July Anniversaries
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Joel & Jean Bratt
Kevin & Debra Jones
Andrew & Amy Nemiccolo
Allan & Nancy Reichman
Seymour & Marsha Krinsky
Jeffrey & Wendy Sitzmann
Peter & Sarah Beren
Uriel & Marlene Seiden
Matthew & Karen Davis
Norman & Elaine Polsky
Ronald & Denise Coppaken
Nikolay & Svetlana Danilov
Nathan & Charlotte Gilbert
Morris & Helen Rogozenski
Michael & Rebecca Braverman
Stanley & Norine Rosenblum
Randy & Meg Adler
James & Fern Badzin
Henry & Clarice Epstein
Edward & Magda Haber
Steven & Susan Hammer
Robert & Elissa Goodman
Edward & Cheryl Alexander
Arthur & Donna Malcy
Larry & Roberta Rosen
Bernard & Barbara Birnbaum
Stuart & Sharon Pase
Ben & Debra Rubin
Robert & Jacqueline Kaufman
David & Judith Parelman
David & Lynne Bock
Samuel & Maurine Agron
Morris & Linda Zwillenberg
Michael & Barbara Katz
Jeffrey & Melissa Goldenberg
Ken & Karen Liebenau
Robert & Jean Zeldin
Ronald & Harryette Cooperman
Arthur & Kathryn Stoup
Jonathan & Ellen Chilton
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E S O F T H E B E T H S H A LOM FA M I LY
Mazel Tov to...
Jonathan Freiden and Rebecca Dragon-Freiden on
the birth of their son, Jonah Benjamin Freiden, May 6.
Jonah is the grandson of Floyd and Bari Freiden and
Leon and Carol Dragon of Highland Park, IL. His greatgrandparents are Harry Hellman of Lincolnwood, IL,
David and Shirley Dragon of Niles, IL, Elvin Klein of
Laguna Nigel, CA and Gerald Gershon.
Linda Gibian and Mark Fishman on the civil union of
their son, Levi to Angela Jeffers, April 21 in New York
City. Levi is the grandson of Evelyn and Marvin Gibian
and Shirley Fishman and the late Charles Fishman.
Angela is the daughter of Bonnie and Ed Jeffers and the
granddaughter of Fred Kersten, all of Eau Claire, WI.
Gary and Debby Cortés on the birth of their
granddaughter, Miriam Ava Cortés, June 1. Miriam’s
parents are Marc and Emily Cortés of Portland, OR. She
is also the granddaughter of Bill and Eva Cummings.
Rabbi Alan and Linda Cohen on the birth of their
grandson, Benjamin Zvi Cohen, on May 13. Benjamin’s
parents are Michele Weber and Rafi Cohen of New York.
He is the grandson of Lynda and Stephen Weber of Cherry
Hill, NJ and the great-grandson of Flossie Goldberg of FL,
Ruth Herring of Philadelphia, PA and Toby Appel of
Ottawa, Ontario.
Rabbi Alan and Linda Cohen on the birth of their
grandson, Eli Jaron Gorodzinsky, on June 13. Eli’s parents
are Reena Cohen and Uri Gorodzinsky of Toronto. They
are also the parents of Ami Noah. Eli is the grandson of
Fabian Gorodzinsky and Adela Gorodzinsky of London,
Ontario, Canada, and the great-grandson of Bertha
BenAbib of Mexico City, Malka and David Gorodzinsky
of Mexico City and Toby Appel of Ottawa, Ontario.
Why Do We…?
Elaine Gordon and Paul Grollman on the marriage of their
son, Scott Howell Gordon to Cathy Nettleingham on June 4.
Scott is also the son of the late Harold S. Gordon. Scott’s
grandparents are the late Mildred and Harry Bornstein.
Morty and Taena Rock on the marriage of their daughter,
Anna Michelle Rock to Logan Sammons on June 6.
Logan is the son of Rick and Georgia Sammons. Anna’s
grandparents are the late William and Hannah Rock and
Fred and Gloria Schramm of Chesterfield, MO.
David and Judy Weinstein on the Bat Mitzvah of their
granddaughter, Rachel Lauren Gaspar, May 10 at Temple
Shalom in Dallas, TX. Rachel’s parents are Richard and
Deborah Elick Gaspar.
Welcome New Members
Brian and Liza Thomas & Family
Bryan and Janet Unterhalter & Family
Question: Why do we recite blessings?
Blessings go back a very long time, to the men of the Great Assembly, who lived about 2300 years ago. According to the
great medieval Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides, also known as the Rambam, there are three types of blessings:
1. Blessings we recite prior to eating, drinking, or smelling nice things, are called Birchot Hanehenin.
2. Blessings recited prior to the performance of a mitzvah, are called Birchot Hamitzvot.
3. Blessings that express praise of God, thanks to God, and those blessings that ask God for things, are called Birchot Hodaah.
We can say blessings in English and they begin with a basic formula “Praised are You, Adonai our God, who...”
and then you supply the rest. When we recite a blessing that is the performance of a mitzvah, the blessing is
recited and the action is done. The one exception to this is if one is lighting Shabbat or holiday candles, we light
first and then say the blessing with our eyes covered.
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D ay a n H a E m e t
Of Blessed Memory
Shifra Stein, May 29
Beloved Sister of Judith Epstein
Arnold Davidner, May 30
Beloved Father of Mark Davidner
George Atkin, June 3
Beloved Father of Susan Lebovitz
Patricia Lee Freedman Leighty Fellinger,
June 6
Beloved Mother of Gail Lerner-Connaghan
Paul Brown, June 8
Beloved Step-Father of Irene Ellis
Betty Sender, June 16
Beloved Mother of Evelyn Lowenthal
Yahrzeits
28 Sivan-Jul 1
Issie Cohn
George Durbin
Solomon Eisenberg
Samuel Goldstein
Gertrude Jacobs
Himan Kraft
Steven Loeffler
Samuel Ozar
Annalee Pollack
Jacob Reingenheim
Libby Rittmaster
Harry Rosenblum
Fanny Sandler
29 Sivan-Jul 2
Fannie Garfinkle
Mollie Gladstone
Udes Glass
Pessye Glatt
Herman Glazer
Paula Kitrick
Sarah Luke
Sam Mokofsky
Benjamin Parnes
Robert Rubin
Egon Seiden
Louis Taubin
Morris Wilk
May Zeligman
30 Sivan-Jul 3
Mike Capito
Max Clemensberg
Rebecca Engel
Rae Jagoda
Ida Kopec
Sarah Lewin
Morris Paven
Rheva Spitcaufsky
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July 2008
1 Tammuz-Jul 4
Della Bercu
Adolf Brenner
Joseph Cohen
Kate Eisemann
Amy Freed
Richard Garfinkel
Tom Gershon
Fanny Gross
Sarah Gutovitz
Ike Kaplan
Celia Kort
Leah Levi
Henry Lowenthal
Celia Marks
Clayton Morris
Mordecai Schoop
Jeanette Seiden
Fannie Traxler
Ella Werby
2 Tammuz-Jul 5
Ben Bell
Ruth Brenner
Dorothy Cohen
Henry Duni
Fannie Galitzky
Ann Jacobs
Meyer Kaplan
Adolph Kleiman
Minnie Monovitz
Bertha Naron
Michael Novorr
Esther Nowick
Louis Simons
Hyman Zeligman
3 Tammuz-Jul 6
Jess Chambers
Ira Friedson
Mollie Glazer
Robert Gross
Rebecca Kaufman
Louis Risburd
Victor Silverstein
4 Tammuz-Jul 7
Marian Asher
Zona Cohn
Morris Eichenberg
Helen Glass
Herman Goodman
David Hirsch
Reuben Levine
Abraham Oler
Joseph Oliver
Saul Rosen
Mary Schlozman
Maurice Spector
Hannah Stolov
5 Tammuz-Jul 8
Moses Berger
Shayne Bernstein
Abe Boresow
Zyssa Borinstein
Sophie Edelstein
Harry Fishman
Rose Fishman
Tobie Gilgus Galler
Jack Glazer
Sam Goldstein
Ben Grozow
Neddy Kalinsky
Arthur Kaplan
Morris Kern
Gertrude Lieberman
Charles Milens
Mildred Oelbaum
Susan Puritz
Leo Rubenstein
Mike Schlien
Samuel Schwartz
Samuel Swartz
6 Tammuz-Jul 9
Dora Bobrov
Fannie Eisen
Vita Goldberg
Freida Klein
Hannah Klein
Sadye Lerner
Fannie Levi
Henry Mack
Jeanette Present
Frank Steinberg
7 Tammuz-Jul 10
Sarah Agron
Bessie Benjamin
Abe Bernstein
Mollie Blond
Regina Friedman
Dorothea Jagoda
Gertrude Lazarow
Frances Yukon
8 Tammuz-Jul 11
Etta Gershon
George Kern
Flora Levin
Sam Litman
Sylvia Minkin
Bernard Stein
Esther Tonkin
Harry Westerman
9 Tammuz-Jul 12
Ruth Cohen
Sam Feinberg
Charles Horowitz
Anna Krockover
Thomas Litwin
10 Tammuz-Jul 13
Berche Cohen
Julia Eisen
Samuel Gold
Sarah Gottlieb
Fanny Hurwitz
Irma Kessler
Abraham Lapin
Frances Mallon
Louis Pack
Esther Rosenthal
Amalie Siegler
Louis Silverstein
Rose Stevens
Bertha Walters
11 Tammuz-Jul 14
Levi Alexander
Lydia Brooks
Barney Dubinsky
Anna Goldman
Sam Krashin
Aaron Lieberman
Alexander Margolis
Robert Morris
Alexander Rieger
Sander Siegel
Anna Trilinsky
Sam Vile
12 Tammuz-Jul 15
Harry Brown
Della Glass
Sol Kopitnik
Ben Pateck
Tillie Pelofsky
Nehamah Plotsky
Hannah Rock
Jacob Rosenblum
Wilbur Tigerman
Simon Wolfberg
13 Tammuz-Jul 16
Leonard Bayzman
Bessie Cortez
Sam Friedman
Alice Friedman
Anna Glaser
Abe Gutovitz
Samuel Kalinsky
Jacob Kanter
Nellie Klein
Praised is the True Judge
Fannie Krashin
Golda Rosen
14 Tammuz-Jul 17
Nina Apple
Max Bergmann
Rose Bramson
Sarah Dubinsky
Morris Galler
Joseph Glaser
Meyer Gottlieb
Ruth Hyman
David Jacobson
Abe Katz
Max Kopin
Sol Lapin
Theodora Oshiver
Sadie Remer
Nettie Stone
15 Tammuz-Jul 18
Edith Agron
Fanni Epstein
Bess Gale
Pearl Herowitz
Stephen Hershman
Meyer Pachter
Fanny Puritz
Libby Rittmaster
Bertha Rogovein
Herman Rose
Phillip Rositzky
Irving Rubenstein
Phineas Schwartz
Alter Shankman
Harriet Sherman
Henrietta Silverforb
Sarah Wienstein
Paul Winett
16 Tammuz-Jul 19
Rose Alisky
Lena Bloom
Dorothy Copaken
William Freiden
Ray Friedson
Tillie Horwitz
Anna Karol
Gussie Kort
Anna Marks
Jacob Pilz
Mary Rosenberg
Naomi Rutlader
Max Spitcaufsky
Rose Zurovsky
17 Tammuz-Jul 20
Elishu Bayless
Myer Cohen
Ethel Eisen
Herman Greenstein
Carl Hipsh
James Kunellis
Alexander F Muller
Joanne Pack
Etha Walsky
18 Tammuz-Jul 21
Esther Bernstein
Morris Bodker
Kalman Brand
Rae Broun
Rebecca Droher
Joseph Feingold
Stanley Goldberg
Albert Kort
Bernice Peltzman
William Pesman
Simon Rope
Irving Saskin
Ida Schlosberg
David Sosland
19 Tammuz-Jul 22
Marie Bernstein
Esther Blasbalg
Pauline Cohn
Lillian Hochberg
Sonia Laner
Beatrice Mindell
Abraham Prussack
Rosa Sosland
Dora Stern
Samuel Westerman
Ruth Yukon
20 Tammuz-Jul 23
Tzeitel Feinberg
Bertha Glatt
Sharlene Kantor
Louis Klein
Michael Panich
Goldie Rosenthal
Herman Tonkin
Henry Zwern
21 Tammuz-Jul 24
Gary Bitner
Elsie Boolkin
Herbert Feder
Sadie Gordon
Fannie Greenstein
Toby Herowitz
Abraham Smith
Robert Tonkens
Davida Trochtenberg
22 Tammuz-Jul 25
Samuel Brown
Arnold Coppaken
Harry Gross
I.Pete Pesmen
Joseph Plotsky
23 Tammuz-Jul 26
Sidney Bender
Elaine Brown
Elizabeth Ginsberg
Al Jacobs
Frieda Kanter
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High School Seniors off to College
Mazel Tov to all our high school graduates and their families. Congregation Beth Shalom extends
them our very best wishes as they enter the next exciting phase of their lives. Following is a list of
graduates and their plans for the fall of 2008:
Dahlia Berger, daughter of David and Karen Berger, will
attend Penn Valley Community College.
Joel Berger, son of Gary and Randi Berger and the late
Helayne Berger, will attend the University of Kansas.
Sarah Blackman, daughter of Jeff and Corrine Blackman,
will attend Winona State University in Winona, MN.
Charlie Bock, son of David and Lynne Bock, will attend
the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Jeremy Borowick, son of Jerry and Karen Borowick, will
attend the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Scott Bratt, son of Joel and Jean Bratt, will attend the
Nativ Program in Israel.
Debbie Braverman, daughter of Michael and Rebecca
Braverman, will attend Longview Community College in
Lee’s Summit.
Steven Carl, son of Larry and Nancy Carl, will attend the
University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Jonah Chilton, son of Jonathan and Ellen Chilton, will
attend Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
Marla Daniels, daughter of Rob and Cindy Daniels, will
attend the University of Kansas.
Emma Eisemann, daughter of Mark Eisemann and Leslie
Mark, will attend Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Lenni Enslein, daughter of Jerry Enslein and Terri Turner,
will attend Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI.
Zach Feldman, son of Cindy Foss, will attend the Young
Judea Year Course in Israel.
Josh Fried, son of Ed and Sandi Fried, will attend Purdue
University in West Lafayette, IN.
Melissa Friedman, daughter of Gary and Patti Friedman,
will attend the University of Kansas.
Beth
Shalom
Graduates
Michael Gasser, son of Jeff and Valerie Gasser, will attend
the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Lindsey Gerson, daughter of Howard and Cherice Gerson,
will attend the University of Texas in Austin.
Carrie Grossman, daughter of Robert and Bette
Grossman, will attend the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Stacy Handler, daughter of Michael and Gabrielle
Handler, will attend Brandeis University in Boston, MA.
Zach Heisler, son of Norman and Alison Heisler, will
attend the University of Kansas.
Seth Hermanson, son of Phil and Jackie Hermanson, will
attend the Young Judea Year Course in Israel.
Josh Kantor, son of Barry and Cheryl Kantor, will attend
the University of Kansas.
Megan Kelly, daughter of Tim and Francie Kelly, will
attend Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.
Stephanie Malyn, daughter of Michael and Wendy Malyn,
will attend Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA.
Danielle Lipsman, daughter of Frank Lipsman and Janet
Mark, will attend American University in Washington D.C.
Jordan Pollack, son of Stuart Pollack and Roberta Pollack,
will attend the University of Kansas.
Gordon Reiz, son of Nathan and Nancy Reiz, will attend
Trinity University in San Antonio, TX.
Kaity Rydell, daughter of Gary and Marcy Rydell, will
attend the University of Kansas.
Morgan Sonnenschein, son of Ken and Sheila Sonnenschein,
will attend Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.
Elizabeth von Ende, daughter of Richard von Ende and Harriet
Langley, will attend Brandeis University in Boston, MA.
Do a Mitzvah - Feed the Hungry
Join our Lehem (“bread” in Hebrew) Committee in its
campaign against hunger when it serves at the Willa Gill
Community Center located at Sixth and Nebraska in Kansas
City, KS, Thursday, July 31. Marna Dolginoff and
Marcia Eveloff chair the committee.
The Lehem Committee has its roots in the old Beth Shalom
community service committee. “When we started, there was
no group serving on the 31st day of the months. We took
those and also Christmas Day so the Christian volunteers
could celebrate their holiday,” said Marna Dolginoff.
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Volunteers are always needed to assist the committee. Help us to ensure those who are hungry are able to have
at least one hot meal a day. All ages are welcome to help
the committee cook turkeys, prepare the food and serve
lunch on July 31 as well as August 31, October 30, and
December 25, 2008. Financial donations are also needed.
If you are interested in volunteering, have questions, or
wish to make a donation, please contact Marna Dolginoff
at 913-266-8163 or Marcia Eveloff at 913-491-1904.
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todah rabbah!
The following contributions have been made in honor or memory of Beth Shalom family members and friends
and reflect donations thru June 13, 2008 Donations of $10 or more per tribute are acknowledged in The Scroll.
To make a donation, please contact the synagogue office at 913-647-7279.
Ada Hoffman Camp
Ramah Scholarship Fund
In Honor of:
Barbara Cosner’s B/BM
Donna Krichiver’s B/BM
Gary & Debby Cortés
In Memory of:
Bernice Baum
Ben & Debra Rubin
Beth Shalom
General Fund
In Honor of:
Estelle Parnes’ 80th BD
In Memory of:
Estelle Berman
George Atkin
Floyd & Bari Freiden’s
Gary & Debby Cortés
Grandchild
Shirley & Todd Stettner
Ruth Diamond
Alice & Tom Lewinsohn
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Brent & Lisa Suffian
Barbara Fromm
Cindy Tavernaro & Pat Caldwell
Harold & Natalie Klopper
Daniel & Jennifer Stolper
Harriet Epstein & Family
Donna & Sam Zavelo
Leo & Arlene Shalinsky
Harold & Judy Esrig
Meyer & Lois Singer
Harold & Natalie Klopper
Rhea Salasche Kaseff &
Janice Lettas
Harold Kaseff
Jerry & Barbara Cosner
Stan & Joyce Zeldin
Leslie & Marilyn Kaufman
Miss Vicki & Miss Sunni’s Class Gerre & Rod Minkin’s B/BM
Robert & Sandy Lehman
Steven Fishman & Derry Fishman
Isabelle Kramer’s B/BM
David Sosland &
Benjamin Ryweck
Rachel Pase Sosland
Torah Fund
Joan Jacobson’s B/BM
In Honor of:
Sylvan & Merna Siegler
Anne Bratt’s Special BD
Joann & Leo Stein
Janet R Salle’s BD
Maury & Eva Rydell
Walter & Joan March
No
Name Listed
Joan March’s BD
Maurice Ommerman
David & Judy Jacobs
Michael Penzner
Susan Zale
Rickie
& Ed Haith’s 50th Ann.
Merna & Sylvan Siegler
Rhea
Salasche
Kaseff &
- NCJW Award
Harold Kaseff
Shirley Gottstein
Rod & Gerre Minkin’s B/BM
Neil & Blanche Sosland’s
Sylvan & Merna Siegler
50th Ann.
Mark & Mandy Lehman
Joan & Walter March
Stephen & Ellen Kort’s
Rabbi Alan & Linda Cohen
Birth of Granddaughter
Birth of Grandson
Shirley & Todd Stettner
Shirley Gottstein
Steve & Pam Gollub’s Marriage
Walter & Joan March
Harvey & Esther Greenstein
Rabbi Alan & Linda Cohen’s
38th Ann.
Rickie & Ed Haith’s 50th Ann. In Memory of:
Abe Bain
Walter & Joan March
Alegria & Jerry Bain
Walter & Joan March’s 51st Ann. Abe Frost
Susan Zale
Victor & Linda Frost
Al Klugman
In Memory of:
Janice Klugman
Arnold Davidner
Anita Baker
Bessie Lipsky
Edward & Gloria Feinstein
Shirley Gottstein
Ann Phillips
Dorothy & Jack Baraban
Betty Jahr Halpert
Walter & Joan March
Anne Reichman
Ruth Diamond
Elaine & Jacob Mondschein
Shirley Gottstein
Michael & Linda Beglieter
Arnold
Davidner
Bernice Baum Food &
Michael & Gloria Azorsky
Shelter Fund
Arnold Parnes
In Honor of:
Daniel & Melanie Allmayer
Arvie Cooper’s 85th BD
Benjamin Bell
Ben & Debra Rubin
Marian Klebanoff
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Bernard Kanter
Sid Kanter
Bessie Kaplan
Lawrence & Sheila Pakula
Betty Agron
Jack Forman
Bev Bodker
Barbara Fromm
Beverly Mann
Carl & Jeanette Galler
Donald & Betty Kopin
Elliott & Katherine Hollub
Esther Bitner
Gene DeLeve
Harold & Natalie Klopper
Howard & Sharon Levitan
Jack & Bess Sokolov
Mason & Marianne Kessler
Morton Mann
Paul & Susie Gershon
Steve & Eileen Gaffen
Blakely Kay
Leo Feingold
Charles Fishman
Andrea Goldberg
Anne Bratt
Bruce & Devra Lerner
Carl & Jeanette Galler
Donald & Betty Kopin
Edward & Cheryl Alexander
Evelyn Henner
Gertrud Dale
Jordan & Sean Bratt
Lillian Rubin
Scott & Gloria Hecht
Wesley & Marna Dolginoff
David Spector
Harold & Natalie Klopper
David Sperry
Ben Sperry
Dmitry Zeifmacher
Oleg Kheyfets
Donald Ellis
Esther Bitner
Ella G. Glazer
Paulette Ramm
Fred Waldner
Robert Waldner
Harry Feder
Gloria Schoolman
Helen Feder Gordon
Gloria Schoolman
Helen Jacobs
Rose Carr
Isaac Chocron
Alegria & Jerry Bain
Jack Dagerman
Adela Dagerman
Jacob Taylor
Margaret Smith
Jacques Choikhit
Elaine Choikhit
Steve Choikhit
Jeanette Wishna
Andrew & Krista Mondschein
Janet Mark
Julius H. Levin
Lillian & Frank Kolkin
Kenny Klugman
Janice Klugman
Leah Grollman
Paul Grollman
Leah Klopper
Harold & Natalie Klopper
Leo Tivin
Larry Gourse
Leon Fish
Gloria Fish
Leonard Enslein
Barbara Enslein
Louis Friedman
Phyllis Winer
Marsha Carr
Leon & Carol Kusnetzky
Max Fox
John Goldberg & Marla Brockman
Max Zurovsky
Debra Faigen
Roberta & Brian Miller
Frances Sandhaus
Meyer Chaikin
Michael & Linda Hoffman
Milan Blumenthal
Bea Flam
Morris Oliver
Phyllis Arenson
Myron Straus
Ben Sperry
Natalie Frost
Victor & Linda Frost
Ralph Passman
Shirley Passman
Robert Handler
Gabrielle Handler
Ruth Diamond
Andrew & Terri Miro
Bruce & Devra Lerner
Donald & Betty Kopin
Edward & Cheryl Alexander
Jeffrey & Sharon Mallin
Sam Daniels
Dina Jaben
Sam Lewin
Michael Lewin
Sarah Bromberg
Kessel Schwartz
Sophie Levin
Lillian & Frank Kolkin
Sophie Rotman
Dorothy Tonkens
Ross & Candace Tonkens
Theresa Shear
Marshall & Sylvia LaVine
Toby Waldner
Robert Waldner
Violet Burstein
Elaine Mondschein
Willard Small
Maynard Small
Beth Shalom Hesed
Committee Fund
In Honor of:
Hesed Committee
Pauline Fish
In Memory of:
Abraham Noah
Joseph Noah
Ruby Noah
Mollie Burnstein
David & Rosalyn Burnstein
Beth Shalom Lehem Fund
In Honor of:
Barbara Cosner’s B/BM
Rhea Salasche Kaseff &
Harold Kaseff
Sylvan & Merna Siegler
Brady Warshawsky &
Jamie Katz 1st Ann.
Dennis & Donna Katz
Corey Helfand &
Jenny Ackerman’s Engagement
Wesley & Marna Dolginoff
Dorothy & Herman
Mondschein’s 60th Ann.
Melvin & Frances Frankel
Harrison Rosenthal’s B/BM
Jerry & Barbara Cosner
Lehem Volunteers
Kenneth & Sandi Lerner
No Name Listed
Lloyd & Jackie Stahl
Alfred & Marcia Carr
Rod & Gerre Minkin’s B/BM
Rhea Salasche Kaseff &
Harold Kaseff
Wesley & Marna Dolginoff ‘s
58th Ann.
Dennis & Donna Katz
In Memory of:
Beverly Mann
Kenneth & Sandi Lerner
Sylvan & Merna Siegler
Frances Malcy
Arthur Malcy
Harold Katz
Dennis & Donna Katz
Jacob Rosenfeld
Jerry & Barbara Cosner
Norbert Sender
Betty Sender
Rebecca Kaufman
Lei Kaufman
Ruth Diamond
Betty Sender
Fran & Bob Becker
Kenneth & Sandi Lerner
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Beverly & Harvey Bodker
Endowment Fund
In Honor of:
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Bernie & Ella Ullman
Chad & Julie Ullman
David Gerson
Dolores Sosnow
Jerry & Barbara Cosner
Lee & Susan Ullman
Sandra Moses
In Memory of:
Anna Ace
Sally Glass
Harry & Hedra Merson
Phillip Millstein
Irving & Gertie Millstein
Florence & Meyer Kaplan
Sukkot Festival Fund
In Honor of:
Rabbi Alan & Linda Cohen
Birth of Grandson
Florence Kaplan
Frank Schlozman
Scholarship Fund
In Honor of:
Ashur Bratt’s Graduation
Scott Bratt’s Graduation
Frances Schlozman
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund In Memory of:
Bessie Sokolov
In Honor of:
Frances Schlozman
Ally Grant’s B/BM
Irene Malyn
Evie & Bob Grant
Michael & Wendy Malyn
Rachel Kaseff ’s B/BM
Eric & Miriam Kaseff
Freiden Family Fund
In Memory of:
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Beverly Mann
Jean Hurwitz
Milton Mann
Floyd & Bari Freiden
Max Shapiro
Rita Shapiro
Gale & Maxine Grossman
Religious School Fund
Cemetery
In Memory of:
Maintenance Fund
Gary Tabolsky
In Appreciation of your
Jack & Lea Bell
support of Mt. Carmel
Sandra Newberg
Cemetery:
Gale & Maxine Grossman
Clarence & Alice Winer
Sandy Bass Newberg
Clifford Cohn
Marty & Diana Bass
Cynthia Feldman
Diane Jaben
George & Esther Nowick
Esther Bitner
Scholarship Fund
Frances Emmer
In Memory of:
Gabriel & Sandra Seidman
Nathan Levine
Inez Kaufman
Ruthye Nowick
Larry & Ronna Nussbaum
Marilyn Cohen
George B & Marian
Marilyn Margolis
Nathan & Geraldine Salvay Durbin Prayer Book Fund
In Honor of:
Paul & Andrea Plotsky
Zachary Mallin Confirmation
Robert Waldner
Stanley & Marlene Katz
Sadie Davidoff
Shirley Fishman
In Memory of:
Beverly Mann
Clara Small Floral Fund
Charles Fishman
In Memory of:
Stanley & Marlene Katz
Willard Arthur Small
Jordan & Debbie Abel
Gershon Hadas
Scholarship Fund
Dr. David Ellis Memorial
In Memory of:
Breakfast Club Fund
Anne Hadas
In Memory of:
Hedva H Glickenhaus
Harry Gimbel
Anne Hadas
Cynthia Ellis & Carl Puritz
Judith Florman
Etta Price Library Fund
Hanan Wedlan Family
In Memory of:
Fund
Joshua Price
In Memory of:
Harold Price
Ida Wedlan
Eleanor Abrams
Eugene & Shirley Novorr
Mary Ann Mour
Tots for Torah Fund
In Honor of:
Richard Mour
Sylvia Levinson’s Special BD
Dolores Wedlan
Eugene & Shirley Novorr
Eleanor Abrams
Mary Ann Mour
In Memory of:
Florence Merker
Fred Sachs
Eugene & Shirley Novorr
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Harry & Anita
Daniels Camp Ramah
Scholarship Fund
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Charles Fishman
Eleanor Kopin
Ruth Diamond
Sam Daniels
Anita Daniels
Harry Puritz
Scholarship Fund
In Memory of:
Abraham Puritz
Carl Puritz
Jacob H & Rose Levine
Teacher Development Fund
In Honor of:
Barbara Cosner’s B/BM
Gerre Minkin’s B/BM
Rod Minkin’s B/BM
Peter & Bev Newman
Joel Polsky USY Fund
In Honor of:
Renee & Larry Silver’s Marriage
Judith Bell
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Jimmy & Sunni Rosenbloom
Judaica & Art Fund
In Honor of:
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Joan March’s BD
Bob & Aletha Simon
Kaiser Family Bar/Bar
Mitzvah Tutoring Fund
In Memory of:
Anne C Reichman
Bill & Marcelle Kaiser
Karbank Family Fund
In Honor of:
Levi Fishman &
Angela Jeffers’ Marriage
Mark & Diane Davidner
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Ruth Diamond
Mark & Diane Davidner
KCUSY
In Honor of:
Emma Eisemann’s Graduation
Michael, Vicki, Jamie &
Emily Diamond
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Alan & Jackye Goldberg
Ruth Diamond
Jeff & Linda Sander and Family
Phillip & Jackie Hermanson
Robert & Evie Grant
Kiddush Fund
In Memory of:
Harry Silverberg
Rhea Salasche-Kaseff
Leon & Miriam Cohen
Torah Repair Fund
In Memory of:
Beverly Mann
Arnold Cohen
In Memory of:
Anne Reichman
Sylvan & Merna Siegler
Morton Swartz
Virginia Chaikin
Marcus Brand
Scholarship Fund
In Memory of:
Betty Brand
Charles Fishman
Joseph Brand
Marcus Brand
Rosalie Laner
Milton & Marilyn Ozar
Rabbi Alan L. Cohen
Senior Rabbi Chair Fund
In Honor of:
Rabbi Alan & Linda Cohen
Dr & Mrs Donald Cohen
Phillip & Jacklyn Hermanson
Mr & Mrs Matthew Rubel
Sylvan & Merna Siegler
Marga Joseph Educational
Endowment Fund
In Memory of:
Gerta Baruch
Martin Silverman
Michael, Marcia, Rebecca &
Jana Silverman
Max Benjamin Braille
Teachers Fund
In Memory of:
Delores Benjamin
David Hakan
Meyer J Pachter Video
Library Fund
In Honor of:
Harrison Rosenthal’s B/BM
Regina Pachter
Morris & Rose Weinberg
Endowment Fund for
Camp Shabbat
In Honor of:
Derek Gale & Amy Kaelter’s
Marriage
Gray Von Friedly’s
Conversion
Stewart & Esther Stein
Birth of Grandson
Linda Weinberg Hammer
In Memory of:
Ida Deutch
Morris Weinberg
Linda Weinberg Hammer
Naman, Pollack, Block
Youth Fund
In Honor of:
Doug Alpert’s Engagement
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Elyse & Randy Block
In Memory of:
Beverly Mann
Ruth Diamond
Randy & Elyse Block
Neil F Miller
Endowment Fund
In Memory of:
Bella Gitelman
Evelyn Simons
Louis Friedman
Sue Miller
Prayer Book Fund
In Honor of:
Rickie & Ed Haith’s 50th Ann.
Jack & Liz Bohm
Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
Discretionary Fund
In Honor of:
Ally Grant’s B/BM
Evie & Bob Grant
Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
Seymour & Esther Rudnick
Rabbi Katz’s Recovery
Allan & Nancy Reichman
& Family
Rachel Kaseff ’s B/BM
Eric & Miriam Kaseff
Stan Samberg
Carol Lapin
No Name Listed
Arthur & Margaret Berger
Eric & Shanny Morgenstern
In Memory of:
Jeanette Wishna
Mary Ann Allin
Sid DeLott
Irene Ellis
Rabbi Cohen
Discretionary Fund
In Honor of:
Barbara Cosner’s B/BM
Walter & Helaine Reed
Hunter Mathew Brown’s Naming
Carole & Bernard Ellis
Joan Jacobson’s B/BM
Walter & Helaine Reed
Leibert Kaufman
Leon & Iris Goodhart
Rabbi Alan & Linda Cohen’s
38th Ann.
Pauline Fish
Rabbi Alan & Linda Cohen
Birth of Grandson
Allan & Nancy Reichman
Rachel Kaseff ’s B/BM
Eric & Miriam Kaseff
In Memory of:
Anne Reichman
Bob & Beverly Friedman
Gary & Debbi Galler
Helen Coppaken
Berek Wishia
Marcia, Michael, Rebecca &
Jana Silverman
Beverly Mann
Jerald & Rochelle Pelofsky
Milton Mann
Chas Fishman
Marian Berkowitz
Harriett Schrader
Jeff & Carol Katz
Irving Herman
Sanford & Gloria Herman
Continued on page 14
July 2008
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Mystery Congregant
Fred Bodker
quite productive. You have seen her at services, on the
bima as a gabbai, in the synagogue as a tutor and in the
preschool as a loving mother. She and her family have
Did you see last month’s Mystery
been active at Beth Shalom for three generations. Her
Congregant and identify him? It is our
favorite thing about Beth Shalom is that the Beth Shalom
new president, Fred Bodker. Good luck
community is an extension of family for her. What may
to you Fred, and your officers and board. not be common knowledge about this month’s Mystery
Now here comes this month’s Mystery
Congregant. No clues this time, just facts. Congregant is that she has lived both in the state of
Washington and on the East Coast. We are most happy
This month’s Mystery Congregant can be that she decided to come “home” to Kansas City to live. seen everywhere you look at the synagogue. Look carefully at all female congregants and see if any fit
She is busy, active, knowledgeable and
this description...and then look to see if she is left-handed.
yahrzeits continued from page 10
23 Tammuz-Jul 26
Louis Katz
Ethel Pack
Tillie Pelzerman
Sam Schwartz
Heda Segal
Jake Shabason
Philip Spector
Isadore Stoup
Dorothy Stoup
Anna Tempofsky
Abe Trillin
24 Tammuz-Jul 27
Jennie Cohn
Lewis Fingersh
Joseph Kaufman
Fannie Mae Marder
Sidney Pakula
Louis Pelofsky
25 Tammuz-Jul 28
Clementine Blumenthal
Esther Bushman
Bessie Cheifetz
Fayge Cinnamon
todah rabbah continued from page 13
Jacob Hyman
Leon & Iris Goodhart
Jay Gottstein
Shirley Gottstein
Jean Minkin Horwitz
Morris & Helen Rogozenski
Jeanette Wishna
Mary Ann Allin
Ruth Hyman
Leon & Iris Goodhart
Sam Soslowitz
Jeffrey & Corrine Blackman
Vera Veenstra
Jeffrey & Corrine Blackman
Rose Family Early
Childhood Education
Center
In Honor of:
David & Judy Jacobs Birth of
Grandchildren Ezra & Rachel
Leo & Arlene Shalinsky
Donna Krichiver’s B/BM
Rod & Gerre Minkin’s B/BM
Hanan & Natalie Hammer
Steve Sherry’s 70th BD
Vivien & Dan Schlozman
Sharon & Al Cohen
Rabbi Morris Margolies
Adult Education Fund
In Honor of:
Bob Simon’s Recovery
Judith Wasserman
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Mike & Marlene Fishman
Fanny Kessel
Jeffrey & Corrine Blackman
Isadore Rosenberg
Larry & Beverly Mallin
Paul Siegel
Hannah Siegel
Ruth Diamond
Leo & Arlene Shalinsky
Rose Karbank
Sylvia Fagin
Berenice Haberman
Rabbi Morris Margolies
Adult Education Fund
In Memory of:
Natalie Frost
Robert Frost
Reuben Brenner Chapel
Maintenance Fund
In Memory of:
Shifra Stein
Judy & Bernard Rosenberg
Rosalie Siegel
Mezzuzah Fund
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Marvin & Carol Goldstein
Marvin & Evelyn Gibian
Stanley & Isabel Levin
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July 2008
Michael Goodman
Sadie Hoffman
Lina Neustein
Jennie Okonowsky
William Orlove
Anna Passman
Diana Silverman
Samuel Taylor
Adele Walker
Joseph Zwillenberg
26 Tammuz-Jul 29
Abe Bess
Susan Birnbaum
Joe Bormaster
Ida Adler
Marge & Mickey Adler
Morris B Shankman
Rosalyn Lerner
Ruth Diamond
Ben & Debra Rubin
William Nowick
Manuel Nowick
Ruby Fleider Choir &
Music Fund
In Memory of:
Ruby Fleider
Debra & Ben Rubin
Larry Fleider
Sara & Israel Mittelman
March of the Living
Education Fund
In Honor of:
Rickie & Ed Haith’s 50th Ann.
Sara Mittelman
Scholarship Fund
In Memory of:
Morris Rubinfire
Sylvia Braden
Shifra & Joe Gaba Fund
In Honor of:
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Barry Kaseff &
Jessica Rudnick-Kaseff
Rose S Levine & Doris L Flam
Arts & Education Fund
In Memory of:
In Honor of:
Beverly Mann
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Barry Kaseff & Jessica
Miles & Sally Ross
Rudnick-Kaseff
In Memory of:
Anne Reichman
Steve Berman &
Judy Jacks Berman
David Chambers
Fredle Epstein
Morris Kanter
Isadore Morris
Marion Rosen
Aaron Turock
Elias Wolarsky
27 Tammuz-Jul 30
Rebecca Block
Dobeh Gurtovnick
Mary Jedel
Samuel Josephson
Milo Minkin
Morris Morgan
Shirley S & Albert I Goller
Camp Ramah
Scholarship Fund
In Memory of:
Beverly Mann
Harold & Janet Price
Charles Fishman
Ruth Diamond
Harold & Janet Price
Sidney Ginsburg
Endowment Fund
In Honor of:
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Steve & Flossie Pack
Maggie & Michael Kolb’s Marriage
Stan & Janey Goodman
Sam Raskin’s 100th BD
Marilyn Cohen
In Memory of:
Ann Reichman
Stan & Janey Goodman
Leona Goldfinger
Byron Ginsburg
Rosalind Ginsburg
Steve & Flossie Pack
Simha Tree Leaf Fund
In Honor of:
Hazzan Rob Menes
Isabel A. Kramer’s B/BM
Rabbi Alan Cohen
Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
Robin Onikul
Jeff & Polly Kramer
Sol & Ruth Dennis
Scholarship Fund
In Memory of:
Abraham N. Marks
Marie Singer
Evelyn Marks
David Overbeck
Lena Peltzie Present
Leopold Shopmaker
Sarah Wengrover
28 Tammuz-Jul 31
Fanny Alexander
Lipman Goldman
Molly Goodman
Frank Kaple
Helen Lefkowitz
Mildred Mardiks
Bennett Walzer
Samuel Weinberg
Stein Family Youth Fund
In Honor of:
Fred Bodker’s Installation
Stewart & Esther Stein
In Memory of:
Charles Fishman
Ruth Diamond
Stewart & Esther Stein
Sam Viscosky
Jack & Liz Bohm
Teddy Oshiver
Memorial Fund
In Memory of:
Anne Reichman
Julian Reichman
Tefillah 2000 Fund
In Memory of:
Gilbert Dulsky
Steven & Susan Hammer
Jeanette Wishna
Adil & Emily Moiduddin
Arthur & Donna Miller
Daniel & Miriam Scharf
Edward & Shari Steadham
Fred & Cynthia Bodker
Isadore Bressel
Jeff & Linda Sander and
Family
Linda Weinberg-Hammer
Marilyn & Corey Baker
Marvin & Carol Goldstein
Michael & Jennifer Blum
Phillip & Jackie Hermanson
Rabbi Alan & Linda Cohen
Susie & Ron Goldsmith
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Please see page 2 for a complete service schedule.
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Daily Minyan
TUESDAY
28 Sivan
Morning
1
WEDNESDAY
2 30 Sivan
29 Sivan
Sunday-Thursday: 6 p.m. Wornall
Shabbat Afternoon: 6 p.m. Wornall
4 Tammuz
7
Eikha Class 7:30
5 Tammuz
8
1 Tammuz
4
SATURDAY
2 Tammuz
9
6 Tammuz
7 Tammuz
5
Hukkat
Independence Day
Rabbi Tobin’s
1st Shabbat
Morning Minyan
8:00
No Library Minyan
Offices Closed
Camp-Wacky
Bananas 9:30
Evening
6
3
FRIDAY
Rosh Hodesh Tammuz Rosh Hodesh Tammuz
Mah Jongg 9:30
Monday-Friday: 7 a.m. Wornall
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Lamar
3 Tammuz
THURSDAY
Star Spangled
Shabbat &
Dinner 5:30 8:30
10 8 Tammuz 11
9:30
9 Tammuz
12
Balak
Birthday Shabbat
Camp-Eric Herman
10:00
Eikha Class 7:30
10 Tammuz
13
11 Tammuz
14
12 Tammuz
15
13 Tammuz
16
14 Tammuz
17
15 Tammuz
18
16 Tammuz
19
Pinhas
Anniversary Shabbat
Mah Jongg 9:30
2nd
Bar Mitzvah
Sylvan Siegler
Camp-Funky Mama
11:00
Synagogue Board
Meeting 7:30
17 Tammuz
9:27
8:27
9:23
8:23
20 18 Tammuz 21 19 Tammuz 22 20 Tammuz 23 21 Tammuz 24 22 Tammuz 25 23 Tammuz 26
Matot
Fast of Tammuz
B’nai Mitzvah Shabbat
PrayerWorks 10:00
Camp-Wacky
Bananas 9:30
24 Tammuz
27 25 Tammuz 28 26 Tammuz 29 27 Tammuz 30 28 Tammuz 31
Mah Jongg 9:30
8:18
1
9:18
29 Tammuz
1 Av
August
Lehem Committee
12:00
8:11
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Sisterhood
Coming Attractions...
Gift Shop Hours
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
By Appointment
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
10 a.m.-noon
Alan L. Cohen
Senior Rabbis
Amy Wallk Katz
Rabbi
Robert L. Tobin
Rabbi
Robert Menes
Hazzan
Morris B. Margolies, Ph.D.
Rabbi Emeritus
Joel Krichiver
Executive Director & Scroll Editor
Patti Kroll
Director of Education
Judy Jacks Berman
Director of Early
Childhood Education
Stefanie Williams
Director of Informal
Education and Youth Activities
• Tisha B’ Av
Friday, August 9
• Back-to-School Shabbat Dinner
Friday, August 22
Fred Bodker, president, Ernie Rosenthal, immediate past-president, Mirra Klausner, Jen Paul, David
Sosland, Gary Cortés, Debby Cortés & Rita Cortés, treasurer
Scenes from the Installation Brunch held on June 1
Installaion Committee: Hildy Goldman, co-chairperson,Valerie Gasser, Evie Grant, Sheila Sonnenschein,
Shari Blank and Tensy Marcos-Bodker, co-chairperson
Fran Wolf
Librarian
Jill Goldstein
Program / Membership Coordinator
Norman Levitan
Membership Coordinator
Linda Sander
Scroll Editorial Assistant
Andi Katz Wildman
Scroll Design and Production
Fred Bodker, M.D.
President
Diane Azorsky
Executive Vice President
Michael Abrams
Vice President - Religious Affairs
Jeff Katz
Vice President - Education
Rita Cortés
Treasurer
Kurt Kavanaugh, D.D.S.
Secretary
Ernie Rosenthal
Immediate Past President
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