VOLUME 31 NO. 5
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom
TEMPLE
TOPICS
AYAR/SIVAN/TAMUZ 5775
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Saturday, May 2
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MAHWAH, NEW JERSEY 07430
MAY/JUNE 2015
Youth Group Creative Service
Congregational Dinner following services by RSVP
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Hoffert and Sipper families
B'not Mitzvah of Abigail Hoffert and Carly Sipper
Family Service, Teacher Appreciation Shabbat, 4th & 5th grade Shabbat
May birthdays will be celebrated.
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Eichner and Schwartz families
B'nei Mitzvah of Samuel Eichner and Jack Schwartz
K, 1, 2, 3 Shabbat, Grandparents’ Shabbat
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Ehrman family
Tot Shabbat
Bar Mitzvah of Tyler Ehrman
Shabbat Evening Service
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Gold and Schulman families
B'nei Mitzvah of Harley Gold and Jason Schulman
Erev Shavuot/Confirmation Service
Shavuot Festival Service including Yizkor
Shabbat Evening Service
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Kovar family
Bat Mitzvah of Alyssa Kovar
Shabbat Evening Service
Congregational Dinner following services by RSVP
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Cohen and Freitag families
B'nei Mitzvah of Caroline Cohen and Kyle Freitag
Brotherhood Shabbat. June and July birthdays will be celebrated.
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Polansky and Schlissel families
Tot Shabbat
B'not Mitzvah of Jordan Polansky and Carleigh Schlissel
Board Installation, Honoring Rabbi Daniel Kirzane
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Kaplan and Landis families
B'nei Mitzvah of Alex Kaplan and Brandi Landis
Shabbat Evening Service
Oneg Shabbat hosts: the Blankman and Orlick families
B'not Mitzvah of Rebecca Blankman and Melissa Orlick
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President’s Message
from Jen Cole
I was sitting with a fellow
congregant the other day, feeling a
bit nostalgic as we anticipated our
6th graders’ upcoming “graduation.” Our children, a handful
of whom have been together since preschool, will be soon be
making the move from Family School to Kadimah. whew…
where did the time go?
Seuss’s words from Horton Hears a who in our first ever
Social Action Shabbat service. I would have attempted to
depict our first assistant rabbi, Daniel Kirzane, but portraits
have always been beyond my artistic capability. There are
several references to food – Prenegs, Onegs, congregational
dinners and Dine-A-Rounds. And it also includes some
practical notes, like Iris’s phone number.
It’s also difficult to believe that I am writing my final Temple
Topics article as my term as BHSS president soon comes to
an end.
Credits for my most recent addition go to our scholar-inresidence, Dr. Gary Zola. As we greeted and welcomed Dr.
Zola to BHSS, he struck up a conversation with Emily, who
was smiling by my side and happy to be at BHSS. I relayed
to him how on the way to temple she expressed her
enthusiasm to come to the “circus” (aka “service”) where there
would be “songs, holding hands (she now anticipates the
entwined hands projected on the wall during the Mi
Shebeirach), prayers, a parade (we assume she is referring to
when we carry the Torah out into the congregation) and after
all that, cookies and cake!”
It seems like just yesterday we were doing a Jewish-themed
$10,000 Pyramid-type activity which involved holding a
word above someone’s head while their partner offered clues
to prompt guesses. when it was our turn, Rabbi Mosbacher
stepped in and quickly scribbled a word on the index card and
held it above me. Brady smiled, and said slowly, “It’s what
Harvey is now and what you will be.” His face then turned
bright red. I incorrectly assumed he was unsure if he should
have publicly divulged my forthcoming role, but later
discovered he was actually concerned that it was disrespectful
to not have instead said, “Mr. weinberg.” In any event, the
announcement was out there. The Family School community
congratulated me, offering their support and appreciation. It
was a nice way to let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.
I held on to the index card. My original intention was simply
to have it as a keepsake. But then one day something touched
me deeply at a Friday night Shabbat service, so I decided to
write it down. The following week a congregant sent me a
beautiful letter offering his support and expressing his
confidence in me, and I added that to my card… and so it
went. Basically just a collection of words which will serve to
remind me of my time as president of BHSS. Some are
reminders of good times and celebrations, retreats, b’nei
mitzvah, shpiels, bathroom renovations and holidays; others
reminders of particular services and sermons which moved
me; and others are bittersweet, triggering times when we came
together to pray, mourn, and support each other as we faced
challenges and losses. I even tried my hand at some pictures,
representing moments like the kids’ faces when they
“conducted” the shofar blowing at High Holidays, and the
speck of dust that flew by my face just as the reader read Dr.
Dr. Zola then shared a wonderful wordplay story of his own.
He taught me that the term “president” first emerged during
the colonial period, and that prior to the Revolutionary war
the Hebrew word “parnass” was used (and actually still is in
some congregations). when translated most directly,
“parnass” actually refers to a “warden.”
I got his joke, but fortunately, I have never really felt like a
ringleader, let alone a warden (at least not at synagogue -home is at times a different story!). I have always felt
tremendous support from our congregation, and for this I am
grateful. In my two years as president, I have learned much
about the many facets of clergy, the wonders of music and
prayer, the incredible power of faith communities, and of
course, myself.
needless to say, my index card is just about filled, but I will
forever treasure it and all that it archives. I want to thank our
phenomenal clergy team, our dedicated staff, and our
amazing teachers for filling the past two years with so many
experiences worth remembering. I have also been blessed to
have the constant support of a dedicated Executive
Committee and Board by my side. Finally, I am grateful to
our entire congregation for permitting me the opportunity to
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Beth Haverim Shir Shalom Temple Topics
From the Rabbi
“If not now, when?”
How do you measure a year?
In this column, I want to measure this program year in
gratitude.
I am grateful to the congregation for the opportunity you
have given me to serve half-time as national co-chair of the
Do not Stand Idly By campaign to reduce gun violence this
year. I have spoken to hundreds of congregational clergy in
this work, and each of them has reminded me how blessed I
am to serve a congregation that could imagine making such
an arrangement work.
To our patient and persistent president, Dr. Jennifer Cole, to
the visionary leaders of our Board of Trustees, to the best
professional staff in congregational life anywhere, and to each
of you who have made it possible for me to do this work,
words fail me to express my gratitude.
I am grateful, too, to our assistant rabbi, Daniel Kirzane, who
came into this congregation knowing that the position would
only last a year, no matter how well he did. Rabbi Kirzane has
been a blessing to me, to our staff and leadership, and to our
sacred congregation. I have often privately said that if Rabbi
Kirzane had needed as much handholding as I needed when I
was ordained 17 years ago, this year was never going to work.
As we all now know, he didn’t need any handholding. He
held our hands in the hospital when we were ill, and he held
our hands as we grieved. He held our hands as a brilliant
teacher of Torah.
we will miss Rabbi Kirzane, his beloved Jessica, and their
adorable son Jeremiah as they take their talents to Kansas
City, where Rabbi Kirzane will continue his career as an
assistant rabbi. But we always will be grateful to them for
immersing themselves fully in the life our community, and for
bringing the fullness of their neshamot, their souls, to the life
of our congregation. we are better as a community because
you have been a part of it.
I invite all of you to join us as we celebrate Rabbi Kirzane’s
contributions to our congregation during services on Friday,
June 19 at 7:30 p.m. That night, we will also thank our Board
of Trustees and our president for their incredible and
dedicated service to the Jewish people. Please be with us.
I am grateful most of all, as always,
to my amazing family for their love
and support. Anytime you think to thank me for what I
contribute to this amazing congregation, I hope you’ll thank
them. Everything I do is bolstered by the strength and
blessings that Elyssa, Ari, and Lev bring into my life every day,
and nothing I do is possible without their pride and
encouragement.
The Do not Stand Idly By campaign began in our sanctuary
2 years ago with an assembly of 200 leaders from 20
congregations from across Bergen and Rockland counties, one
month after the Sandy Hook massacre. Our community
organizing team ran that assembly and began to flesh out
what a different kind of effort to reduce gun violence could
look like. I am so grateful to that team, and to the leaders of
our congregation who continue to see community organizing
as one way for us to act powerfully in the world.
That campaign, which began in Mahwah, has now grown to
include over 70 mayors, police chiefs, sheriffs, governors, and
leaders of faith from coast to coast in 13 states so far. This
effort to press gun manufacturers to help create safer
distribution systems that would dramatically reduce gun
trafficking, and safer gun technology that would reduce
accidental shootings, suicides, and danger for law
enforcement, was something that leaders of Beth Haverim
Shir Shalom were the first to imagine and the first to explore
and engage in. For that, literally millions of Americans all over
the country owe a debt of gratitude to each and every one of
you. You have helped start an effort that will reduce gun
violence in America.
we are taught by our Torah not to stand idly by as our
neighbors bleed. You, together with leaders all over the nation
have said: we will not stand idly by. we will not throw up
our hands in despair and helplessness. we will make the
world better because we are in it, and because we have the
power to do so.
My cup runneth over.
—Rabbi Joel Mosbacher
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2014/2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Rabbi Joel Mosbacher
201-337-4803
Asst. Rabbi Daniel Kirzane
646-508-6540
Cantor David Perper
201-934-1894
Educator , Rebecca McVeigh
201-512-1983
President, Jennifer Cole
201-891-2438
Past President, Harvey weinberg
646-364-8417
Vice President, Michelle Cassel Siegel
201-612-4389
Vice President, nancy Levene
201-236-6059
Vice President, Eric Aronson
201-962-2641
Treasurer, Mitchell Miller
201-337-4503
Asst. Treasurer, Jeff nimerofsky
201-995-0042
Secretary, Gail Darrow
201-831-0164
Trustee, Ellen Fasanaro
201-934-6710
Trustee, Jackie Lowenfels
845-357-1557
Trustee, Jerry Kirshman
201-962-2249
Trustee, Harris Reinstein
201-652-0898
Trustee, Douglas wright
201-825-6265
Trustee, Linda Vogel
845-357-5640
URJ Liason, Al Levene
201-236-6059
Sisterhood Co. Pres., Jodi Lyons z”l
Sisterhood Co. Pres., Jane Young
201-679-6895
Broherhood Pres. Jonathan Theodore
845-357-5378
Michelle Mitzvah Group, Chair, Ilyse Smith
201-995-1177
Dir.of Informal Youth Programming, Stacey Butler845-629-8069
Sr. Youth Group Pres., Samantha Spencer
201-818-0212
SR. Youth Group. Pres. Rachel Teichman
551-579-1522
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2014/2015 COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Life Long Learning, Co Chair, Leslie Sapienza
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Life Long Learning Co Chair, Deborah Klein
201-934-1623
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BUILDInG & GROUnDS, Jim Dubroff
201-327-7014
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CARInG, Co Chair Candy Kassover
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CARInG, Co Chair, Laura Miller
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COMMUnICATIOnS, Lisa Lamster
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EnDOwMEnT, Chair, Ranan wichler
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EDUCATIOn, Lauren Einhorn
201-447-7094
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LIBRARY, Sheryl Ives
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LIBRARY, Ruth Turner
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MEMBERSHIP, Chair, Gail Darrow
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MUSIC, Chair, nora Berger
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OUTREACH, Jane Young
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RITUAL, Chair, Stacey Coyne
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SOCIAL ACTIOn Co Chair, whitney Speer
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Candlelighting times:
May 1 – 7:34 pm Acharei Mot/K’doshim
May 8 – 7:41 pm Emor
May 15 – 7:48 pm B’har/B’chukotai
May 22 – 7:54 pm B’midbar
May 29 – 8:00 pm Nasso
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June 5 – 8:05 pm B’ha-a lot’cha
June 12 – 8:09 pm Sh’lach L’cha
June 19 – 8:12 pm Korach
June 26 – 8:13 pm Chukat
May
Birthdays
Matthew Altman
Noah Arum
Melissa Brodsky
Caroline Cohen
Emily Cole
Jesse Dann
Molly Darrow
Tanner Dweck
Brendan Ehrman
Tyler Ehrman
Ethan Fleischmann
Samantha Fox
Kyle Freitag
McKenna Furst
Matthew Grobman
Tyler Grobman
Ally Grobman
Noah Hirshfield
Turner Katz
Sarah Katz
Emma Kaufman
Samuel Kirshman
Alyssa Kovar
Jessica Lapinson
Alexander Lipkin
Isabella Login
Jaden Mabry
Jacob Moskovitz
Emma Popowitz
Brian Ritchin
Daniel Roth
Ian Roth
Mady Seif
Remi Strauss
Gabrielle Strauss
Molly Terdiman
Jack Torrente
Jacob Wolf
Zachary Ryder Wolpov
From the Assistant Rabbi
Blessed are you in your coming in, and blessed are you
in your going out.
-Deuteronomy 28:6
blessing through all moments of
transition—large and small, good
and bad, planned and unexpected.
Sadly, the time of my going out has arrived – this will be my
last BHSS Temple Topics. It has been my distinct pleasure
and honor to serve this congregation while Rabbi Mosbacher
has dedicated so much time to the Do Not Stand Idly By
campaign. This community has left an indelible mark on me,
on my family, and on my rabbinate.
As I prepare to bring my BHSS experience with me to my
new role in a new congregation, I bring all of the love and
appreciation of this community as well. A midrash teaches
that through all of our comings and goings, the Shechinah—
the presence of God that holds people together—never
departs. I take comfort in the assurance that this community
will always be a part of me, and I am grateful for all the
blessings I’ve experienced, in my coming in to BHSS, and in
my going out.
naturally, at this time of transition, I’ve thought a lot about
beginnings and endings:
My tenure at BHSS comes to a close, and a new congregation
welcomes me and my family to Kansas City, KS, where I’ll be
the second rabbi of The Temple, Congregation B’nai
Jehudah. I’ve lived for thirty years on the East Coast, and
now a whole new adventure awaits. The first year of my
rabbinate concludes, and the first year of the rest of my
rabbinate is about to begin.
But isn’t this sort of transition happening all the time? Even
when we’re not experiencing radical change, nevertheless we
find ourselves, in one way or another, constantly in motion.
Our job may be stable, but our families grow and change over
the generations. new works of art (or discoveries of old ones)
make us think and feel differently about life. world events
swirl around us, shaping a world of tomorrow so different
from the familiar world of yesterday. My current experience
of entering a new Jewish community is a stark example of the
more subtle changes that accompany us throughout each of
our days.
Indeed, I believe this lesson lies embedded in the blessing God
offers to our people before entering the Promised Land:
“Blessed are you in your coming in, and blessed are you in
your going out.” Sure, this may refer to the BIG things, the
major life-and-death moments – that’s what Rashi (10401105 CE) thinks. But it may also refer to the small things as
well. The Spanish commentator Ibn Ezra (1089-1164 CE)
teaches that God’s blessing refers to every daily coming and
going, and a midrash suggests that these blessings flow every
time we enter or leave a room. Thus we encounter God’s
- Rabbi Daniel Kirzane
President’s Message
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serve as president. I wrote in my first Temple Topics article
that my vision for the presidency was to further the creation
of a Kehilah Kedosha, or sacred community. Two years later,
as I look around on any given day at Beth Haverim Shir
Shalom, I see engaged people connecting and sharing,
teaching and learning, worshipping and singing, and doing
all kinds of work to repair the world. If I had even the
slightest bit to do with facilitating any of it, it was all
worthwhile.
There is always, of course, still work to be done. On
Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30 pm, nancy Levene will be
confirmed as the new president of BHSS. nancy has made
great contributions to BHSS to date, and I am overjoyed that
she will be assuming this role I have so treasured. nancy will
be leading alongside trusted experienced officers and board
members, as well as new faces who can offer fresh
perspectives and energy to our leadership circle – a circle
where, by the way, there is always room for more….
Jen Cole, President
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From the Educator’s Office
“Get for yourself a teacher,
and make for yourself a friend.”
I thank the dedicated teachers and aides of
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom religious school
for a wonderful year:
Rabbi Joel Mosbacher
Rabbi Daniel Kirzane
Cantor David Perper
Cantor Faith Steinsnyder
Stacey Butler (also Director of Informal
Youth Programming)
Elyssa Mosbacher (also Family School and
Kadimah Coordinator)
Jane Koch (also Music)
Leah Rosenberg (also Grade 6 Coordinator)
Sharon Halper, Family Education Specialist
Terry Sitomer
Karen Silverman
Shelley Jaffe
Barbara Schwartz
Brittany Silverman
Steve Schulner
Meri Greenberg
Stacey Swirnow
Stacey Coyne
Dede Adika
Ian Coyne, Guest Instructor
nancy Teichman, Guest Instructor
Ari Mosbacher, Administrative Aide
Rebecca Silver, Administrative Aide***
Ethan Coyne, Family School***
Rachel Teichman, Family School &
Morah Derech***
Gavriela Mitnick, Morah Derech
Samantha Spencer, Morah Derech***
Sarah Coffel, Morah Derech
Sarah Miller, Morah Derech
Anna Muni, Morah Derech
Melanie Oventhal, Morah Derech***
Rachel Straining, PreK Assistant***
Matt Krane, Moreh Derech
Mitchell Falkow, Moreh Derech
Samantha Lamster, Morah Derech
Lauren Landis, Morah Derech
Ari Lachenauer, Moreh Derech
Phoebe Lachenauer, Morah Derech
Jamie Ratowsky, Morah Derech
Danielle Ratowsky, Morah Derech
Bobby Seif, Moreh Derech
I thank Iris, Lisa, and walter for keeping us going.
And I thank the Education Committee and Chair Lauren Einhorn and
all of the parents who contributed to making our celebrations possible.
On Friday night, May 8, we have our
Teacher Appreciation Shabbat.
I hope to see you there!
—Rebecca Bernstein McVeigh, Educator
***Graduating Seniors - Good Luck in College (and come back to visit!)
If your child will be in 8th grade next year and enrolled in Kadimah,
encourage him/her to apply to be one of our Morei Derech!
We have openings and are happy to discuss the possibilities with
you and your interested student; call or write to find out more.
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June
Birthdays
Hailey Abel
Haley Davis
Amanda Davis
Shea Ehrman
Emma Freeman
Casey Gold
Jacob Graham-Bialer
Kyler Horowitz
Abigail Johnson
Alex Kaplan
Lily Kay
Leah Kovar
Brandi Landis
Zachary Lapinson
Ethan Levine
Matthew Lokshin
Rachael Lokshin
Jared Newmeyer
Melissa Orlick
Leah Reinstein
Jack Reinstein
Dylan Reissman
Sophia Roth
Victoria Savoy
Jason Schulman
Alexa Schwartz
Ella Selfon
Eliana Silver
Jaden Slivka
Jacob Toomey
Madison Torrente
Lilah Wainland
Jordan Weinberger
Rachel Weisensel
Leah Wolf
Carson Reece Wolpov
Dylan Reid Wolpov
May Calendar
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
3
4
5
6
9 am
School FS & 6
9:00 am Garden
12 Hebrew 201
12 YG Elections
7:30 pm
Ritual Comm
4 pm School K-3
6:45 pm Kadimah
4 pm School 4/5
6:30 pm
Omer Spirituality
7 pm Mah Jongg
7:15 pm Beit Midrash
8 pm Adult Choir
10
11
12
13
9 am
School FS & 6
12 pm Hebrew 201
4 pm School K-3
4 pm PreK
5 pm
Group Prayer Class
6:45 pm Kadimah
4 pm School 4/5
6:30 pm Group Prayer
Class
6:30 pm
Omer Spirituality
7:30 pm - Exec Comm
Mtg
7:30 pm - MMG Mtg
8 pm Adult Choir
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20
18
19
9 am
School FS & 6
12 Garden Planting
12 Hebrew 101
12 Hebrew 201
12 YG Lucky Strike
1 pm Book & Bagel
3 pm Main St Singers
4 pm School K-3
5 pm Group Prayer Class
6:45 pm Kadimah
4 pm School 4/5
6:30 pm Group Class
6:30 pm
Omer Spirituality
7:30 pm
BHSS Annual mtg
8 pm Board mtg
7:30 pm
Adult B'nei Mitzvah Class
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25
26
27
OFFICE CLOSED
6:30 pm
Group Prayer Class
7 pm Mah Jongg
7:30 pm
Music Comm mtg
10 am Festival Yizkor
Service - Shavuot
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Thursday
7
14
21
28
Friday
Saturday
1
2
6 PM Tefilot
BHSSTY Creative Service
7 PM Dinner by RSVP
ACHAREI/K'DOSHIM
8:15 Torah Study
10 am
Abigail Hoffert
& Carly Sipper
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6:15 4th/5th Dinner
7:30 PM Tefilot
Family Service Teacher
Appeciation 4th/5th
Service
EMOR
8:15 Torah Study
10 am
Samuel Eichner & Jack
Schwartz
15
16
6:15 K/1/2/3 Dinner
7:30 PM Tefilot
K/1/2/3 service
Grandparents Shabbat
B'HAR/B'CHUKOTAI
8:15 Torah Study
9:30 am Tot Shabbat
10 am
Tyler Ehrman
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23
7:30 PM Tefilot
B'MIDBAR
8:15 Torah Study
10 am Harley Gold &
Jason Schulman
7 pm Confirmation &
Erev Shavuot
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7:30 PM Tefilot
Lobby Screen
Dedication
NASSO
8:15 Torah Study
10 am Alyssa Kovar
Notes:
9:30 am
Makeup Class 1A
10:30 am
Makeup Class 1B
noon Hebrew 101
noon Hebrew 201
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June Calendar
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
3
4 pm
Makeup Class 2A
5 pm
Makeup Class 2B
5 pm
Group Prayer Class
4 pm
Makeup Class 3A
5 pm
Makeup Class 3B
6:30 pm
Group Prayer Class
8 pm Adult Choir
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8
9
10
noon Hebrew 101
5 pm Mock Trial
7 pm
Ritual Comm mtg
5 pm
Group Prayer Class
7 pm Mah Jongg
6:30 pm
Group Prayer Class
7:30 pm MMG Mtg
7:30 pm
Exec Comm mtg
8 pm Adult Choir
14
15
16
17
noon Hebrew 101
5 pm
Group Prayer Class
6:30 pm
Group Prayer Class
7:30 pm Board mtg
8 pm Adult Choir
21
22
23
24
Hebrew 101
5 pm
Group Prayer Class
7 pm Mah Jongg
6:30 pm
Group Prayer Class
7:30 pm
Music Comm mtg
28
29
30
Friday
Saturday
4
5
6
6 PM Tefilot
7 PM Dinner by RSVP
B'HA'A LOT'CHA
8:15 Torah Study
10 am
Caroline Cohen
& Kyle Freitag
12
13
7:30 PM Tefilot
Brotherhood Shabbat
Family Service
SH'LACH L'CHA
8:15 Torah Study
9:30 am Tot Shabbat
10 am
Jordan Polansky &
Carleigh Schlissel
19
20
7:30 PM Tefilot
Honoring
Rabbi Kirzane
BHSS Board Installation
KORACH
8:15 Torah Study
10 am
Alex Kaplan &
Brandi Landis
26
27
7:30 PM Tefilot
CHUKAT
8:15 Torah Study
10 am
Rebecca Blankman &
Melissa Orlick
11
18
25
8 pm Adult Choir
Hebrew 101
Mazel Tov from the Congregation
to the families of our B’nei Mitzvah Class of 5775
wesley Collins
Olivia Schick
Bobby Seif
Jared Marder
Kyle Dubroff
Marissa Chuck
Julia Simon
Jessica Shulman
Brooke Surgan
Jacob Steinberg
Jonathan Ovadia
Juliette and Owen Kulick
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Dylan Fisherman
Haley Popowitz
Samantha Stein
Lily Gordon
Justin Manne
Jordan Gutierrez
Lili Shmaruk
Max Goldberg-Kaplan
Jordan Stone
Dylan Kelman
Joseph Hittman
Josh Simon
Madeline Abramson
Jake Ravett
Logan Buchalter
Andrea Mitchell
Owen Schwartz
Skyler Murphy
Sophie Dweck
Carly Sipper
Abigail Hoffert
Jack Schwartz
Samuel Eichner
Tyler Ehrman
Harley Gold
Jason Schulman
Alyssa Kovar
Caroline Cohen
Kyle Freitag
Jordan Polansky
Carleigh Schlissel
Alex Kaplan
Brandi Landis
Melissa Orlick
Rebecca Blankman
...will be called to the Torah...
Abby Hoffert - May 2, 2015
Lives in Allendale, new Jersey.
Mother, Lana, Father, Ken, Sister,
Emily, 15, Brother, Sam, 7 ...............
is a 7th grader at the Brookside
School .......... Her interests include
theater, bike riding, and being with
friends. “I am looking forward to
becoming a Bat Mitzvah. For my
community service I spent time at a soup kitchen
making and giving food to people who need it.”
Carly Sipper - May 2, 2015
Lives in Ramsey, new Jersey. Mother,
Debra, Father, Bill, Brother, Andrew,
16 ................ is a 7th grader at Eric
Smith Middle School ........... Her
interests include soccer and hanging
out with friends. “I would like to have
a career in the health and fitness field.
I’m excited about my Bat Mitzvah and
can't wait for this day to come. For my
community service project I volunteer at Sunrise
Senior Living interacting with the residents and
helping out as needed.”
Samuel Eichner - May 9, 2015
Lives in woodcliff Lake, new Jersey.
Mother, Kathy, Father, Randy,
Brother, Jacob, 10 ................. is a 7th
grader at woodcliff Middle School
......... His interests include video
games, logic games, and soccer. “I
would like to be a technological engineer.
I am excited to be recognized as a Jewish
man. For my community service I helped an
animal rescue group that works with dogs.”
Jack Schwartz - May 9, 2015
Lives in Upper Saddle River, new Jersey.
Mother, Meredith, Father, Burt, Brother,
Griffin, 11, Sister, Drew, 8 ............... is a
7th grader at Cavallini Middle School
............ His interests include baseball.
“I’d like to be a professional baseball player.
I am very excited to celebrate this special day
with friends and family. For my community
service project I participated in Buddy Ball, playing
basketball with some really special kids.”
Tyler Ehrman - May 16, 2015
Lives in Upper Saddle River, new Jersey.
Mother, Brooke, Father, Ken, Brother,
Jake, 11 ............... is a 7th grader at
Cavallini Middle School ............. His
interests include basketball, snow
boarding, and golf. “I would like to become
a doctor if becoming a professional athlete
doesn’t work out. I am excited to be a Bar
Mitzvah but I am also a bit nervous.”
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...will be called to the Torah...
Harley Gold - May 23, 2015
Lives in Montebello, new York.
Mother, Jill, Father, Lew, Sister,
Casey, 10 ................. is a 7th grader
at Suffern Middle School ...............
Her interests include school field
hockey, lacrosse, tennis, skiing, and
camp. “I would like to continue to
work hard in school and work with
abandoned animals. I am really excited to share
my special day with family and friends. For my
community service I am collecting supplies
needed for cats and will donate supplies to local
animal shelters.”
Jason Schulman - May 23, 2015
Lives in Montvale, new Jersey. Mother,
Lisa, Father, Jack, Sister, Rachel, 10
................ is a 7th grader at Fieldstone
Middle School ................ His interests
include basketball and baseball.
“I would like to be a professional
basketball or baseball player. I am very
excited about sharing this day with my
friends and family. For my community service I
taught basketball skills to developmentally
challenged children, helped run the Fairlawn
Breast Cancer Challenge to increase breast cancer
awareness, and raised money for and participated
in the nYC Alzheimer's walk.”
Alyssa Kovar - May 30, 2015
Lives in Upper Saddle River, new
Jersey. Mother, Beth, Father, Lance,
Brother, Jacob, 15, Sister, Leah, 9
................. is a 7th grader at Cavallini
Middle School ............ Her interests
include dance, tennis, and hanging out
with friends. “I would like to be
successful and happy in whatever I choose
to do. I am so excited to become a Bat Mitzvah
and to share this special time in my life with
family and friends.”
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Caroline Cohen - June 6, 2015
Lives in Upper Saddle River, new Jersey.
Mother, Barbara, Father, Stephen,
Brother, Jesse Pakula, 20 .............. is a
7th grader at Cavallini Middle School
............ Her interests include the
performing arts, forensic science,
photography, and traveling. “I would like to
be a famous singer or forensic scientist. I want
to entertain people, help people, and save lives.
Although this preparation was difficult, it was worth
it. I feel more mature than I was and I can see what I
can do for the world. For my community service I
worked with the Linking Hearts group and we helped
senior citizens, made crafts, and talked with them.”
Kyle Freitag - June 6, 2015
Lives in Ramsey, new Jersey. Mother,
Janet, Father, Bernard, Sister, Justine, 9
................. is a 7th grader at Eric Smith
Middle School ............. His interests
include computer gaming, bowling,
hiking, student council, and debate club.
“I would like to be a professional game
developer and to be a counselor at a camp. I
am excited to be called to the Torah for the honor of
my Bar Mitzvah and to share this special occasion
with my family and friends. For my community
service I learned about the many ways that I can help
in my community. I volunteered at a soup kitchen,
and organized a bake sale at Family School and
donated the profits to the Center for Food Action.”
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom Temple Topics
...will be called to the Torah...
Jordan Polansky - June 13, 2015
Lives in Ringwood, new Jersey. Mother,
Theresa, Father, Glenn, Sister, Tyler,
17, Brother, Ryan, 10 .............. is a 7th
grader at the Martin J. Myerson
Middle School ............ Her interests
include soccer and video editing. “I’m
excited to take this step in becoming a
Jewish adult. For my community service,
over the course of the school year, I helped out
students at Skylands School for mentally and
physically handicapped children.”
Carleigh Sarah Schlissel June 13, 2015
Lives in Airmont, new York. Mother,
Janet, Father, Andrew, Brother,
Zachary, 11......................is a 7th grader
at Suffern Middle School..............Her
interests include diving, swimming,
making my friends laugh, and playing with
her dog. "I hope to become an Olympic diver
and an anesthesiologist. I am excited to have all my
family and friends from near and far share this
special day with me. For my community service, I
am working with the organization Souls4soles. They
donate shoes to underprivileged individuals. By
donating shoes, you can change peoples' lives."
Alex Kaplan - June 20, 2015
Lives in Mahwah, new Jersey. Mother,
Linda, Father, Rick, Brother, Jared, 19
.............. is a 7th grader at Ramapo
Ridge Middle School ................ His
interests include basketball, lacrosse,
math, science, and Spanish, and hanging
with friends. “I want to be an athletic
trainer or physical therapist to help athletes
who are injured/recovering. I am a little nervous
about reading from the Torah. For my community
service I am working with special needs kids in
basketball and also helping with a baby who has
Spastic Quadroplegia.”
Brandi Landis - June 20, 2015
Lives in Oakland, new Jersey. Mother,
Lisa, Father, Steve, Sister, Lauren, 15
........... is a 7th grader at Valley Middle
School .............. Her interests include
soccer, lacrosse, going hiking, skiing, and
going to the beach. “when I’m older I
would like to be a doctor. I feel that I'm
finally growing up into a mature young woman
once I become a Bat Mitzvah. For my community
service I am doing a bake sale and giving all the money
to the charity “Save the Children” for kids in
nicaragua, because I went to nicaragua and Costa
Rica for a vacation and saw how all the kids lived in
poverty.”
Rebecca Blankman - June 27, 2015
Lives in Upper Saddle River, new Jersey.
Mother, Elena, Father, Alan, Sister,
Hannah, 10, Brother, Ethan, 10
............... is a 7th grader at Cavallini
Middle School ......... Her interests
include reading, playing the trumpet, and
Minecraft.
Melissa Orlick - June 27, 2015
Lives in Airmont, new York. Mother,
Lorraine, Father, Marc, Brother, Russell,
16 .............. is a 7th grader at Suffern
Middle School ............ Her interests
include softball, music, and art. “I would
like to help people in need while doing
what I love. I feel that becoming a Bat
Mitzvah is a special tradition that I should
carry on. For my community service I will be
donating art supplies to donation centers that help
people who cannot afford them.”
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Summer
Candlelighting Times
July 3 – 8:12 pm Balak
July 10 – 8:10 pm Pinchas
July 17 – 8:06 pm Matot/Masei
July 24 – 8:01 pm D’varim
July 31 – 7:54 pm Va’etchanan
August 7 – 7:46 pm Eikev
August 14 – 7:37 pm Re’eh
August 21 – 7:27 pm Shof’tim
August 28 – 7:16 pm Ki Teitzei
We wish you a happy
summer and hope
to see you!
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July
Birthdays
Ethan Blankman
Hannah Blankman
Rebecca Blankman
Joshua Brown
Avery Buchbaum
Austin Calarco
Fiona Calarco
Max Cohen
Hudson Ehrman
Samantha Freed
Justine Freitag
Alexander Frisch
Melanie Gilbert
Rachel Gilbert
Harley Gold
Samantha Grossman
Elyssa Hyman
Nolan Irizarry
Logan Kay
Madison Marano
Simon Newhouse
Arielle Ravett
Charlie Reissman
Carleigh Schlissel
Kate Stoianov
Emily Tocci
Abbie Torrente
Ashley Trattner
Addyson Wachtel
Michael Weinstein
Tai Weiss
Jonah Wunder
August
Birthdays
Note that August birthdays will be
celebrated during our September
family Shabbat service!
David Abramson
Brett Amendola
Noah Brown
Sarah Cassell
Mitchell Chernick
Alexandra Dain
Zachary Dobrow
Kate Dweck
Robin Falkow
Chase Fishman
Scott Fleischmann
Joseph Gelb
Madeline Gelb
Matthew Gershengorn
Julie Grippo
Blake Grossman
Jayden Grossman
Hana Hayes
Jacob Hayes
Samantha Klein
Emerson Grace Kossar
Gus Kraft
Isabella Laddy
Parker Leipzig
Alexander Lapinson
Jonah Marano
Ethan Marder
Tamara Bo Rabin
Jordana Reissman
Jason Ritchin
Amaya Sachs
Rachel Schulman
Jaden Skier
Rebecca Skier
Dayna Tidwell
Drew Vandersnow
Matthew Wainland
Stephen Weiner
Sisterhood News
It’s spring—do you know how we know? Sisterhood’s spring
season is off to a flying start!
were you a part of our wonderful Miriam Seder? Our
members and guests who were in attendance enjoyed a very
special evening of storytelling, music, friendship—and of
course, a delicious meal. we thank our seder leaders and
committee members for a memorable evening. And it’s one
we repeat every year -- if you missed this one, mark your
calendars now, to remind yourself to be there in 2016!
The “formal” Sisterhood year caps off with our Installation
Dinner, to be held this year at Marcello’s Ristorante of
Suffern, on Monday, June 1 at 7 pm. The dinner is our
chance to thank our officers for a job well done this year and
to welcome in the new slate, already busy preparing for
Sisterhood’s next year. It’s always an evening of friendship
and fun. And if you’ve never been to Marcello’s, dining there
is a not-to-be-missed experience.
Sisterhood will be busy over the summer, too—watch the
BHSS Sisterhood website, and the weekly e-blasts for details
of upcoming programs.
Membership renewals will arrive with your BHSS packets
over the summer—don’t forget to join Sisterhood this year,
and help us continue to support everyone in our BHSS
community.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Notes from Music
The Music Committee is hard at work on next year’s
programming. Our main event will be Cantor’s 10th Year at
BHSS Celebration. Please mark your calendars for
October 24, 2015. Much more news will be coming your
way!
If you enjoy singing, please consider joining our Adult Choir.
we are always welcoming new voices. It’s never too late.
Summer is a great time to start, as that is when rehearsals for
the High Holidays really gear up. Please contact Cantor
Perper for more information.
As always, our Junior Choir is also welcomes new members.
Children must be in third grade or older to participate. The
kids get a great start learning for their b’nai mitzvah while
having fun and developing a great rapport with Cantor
Perper. Lisa Lamster is our contact person for those interested
in more information. That season coincides with the school
year. Please get in touch with her at [email protected].
This year will be filled with lots of planning and lots of fun.
Singing is not a requirement for membership on the
committee! we always are looking for new ideas, and there is
always a free chair at the table for you, my reader, so come
join us. we meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at
7:30 pm at the synagogue. Contact me any time at
[email protected], and let’s chat!
Musically yours,
nora Berger
SAVE THE DATE!
BHSS Intergenerational Retreat
February 5-7, 2016 at
URJ Camp Harlam
Kunkletown, PA
look for more information and registration materials in the early fall
Brotherhood 2.0
Shalom, BHSS!
Brotherhood has many great events -- some new, and some
traditional. we still meet most months for dinner, we still
March and April brought many challenges and changes.
host Shabbat, we still will have a baseball game, a bike ride,
Because BHSS had so much awesome stuff going on, we
and a membership drive. we had a successful coat drive, we
created a modified event schedule. we had a wine sale for
had a successful volunteering at the Suffern Soup Kitchen,
Passover, but no Men's Seder. we supported Lifelong
and much more.
Learning, Social Action, and the Youth Group... anyone
notice that we sold out of everything at the Purim Carnival?
Upcoming Events (dates to follow):
It was awesome! Regarding the apparent absence of our
Springtime Bike Ride
annual Men's Seder, next year we locate a venue, and we will
Brotherhood Shabbat
write our own Men's Haggadah!
Brotherhood Membership BBQ
Rockland Boulders Game
Brotherhood 2.0 continues to be ever present in our
Dinner (yes, dinner)
community. I would like to answer a question that people
maybe haven't asked. what does Brotherhood actually do?
well, first and foremost, we are a social action and
Social Action
community group within BHSS. we support all the other
groups as well as providing a social action and also just social
outlet for the men of our community. Something unique you
should know about BHSS Brotherhood 2.0: we not only
have brothers, we also have sisters! Plenty of our Sisterhood
counterparts are regulars in our community service and social
action work, and our joint events for fun as well!
Garden Volunteers Needed
The garden’s season begins! On May 3 at 9 am, we will start by
laying the foundation for a great growing season: We will
refresh the beds with some new soil, weed, fix the fence to
keep the groundhog out, and lay down wood chips between
the beds. On May 17 at noon, we will plant seedlings from
Most of the dues that are paid to BHSS Brotherhood go to
Family School and other donated sources. We plan to have the
subsidize our events, but also to contribute to b’nai mitzvah
usual fare of eggplant, squash, cucumbers, beans, tomatoes,
gifts, food for carnivals, BBQs and events, and to subsidize
peppers, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, and kale. This year we will
the costs of some of our events. If you have been a member in
experiment in our two smaller beds with sweet potatoes and
the past but have not paid dues for 2014-2015 yet, please
lentils. Starting on Sunday, June 21 at 9 am and continuing
send in your dues now. If you haven't joined, please consider
until October, the weekly TLC of the garden will begin. Can you
coming to an event and, if you like us and like what we're
and your friends take a Sunday or two? Can your family, or just
about, please join. There are only two more months in the
you? There will always be a “garden know-it-all” present to
year, but if you're willing to pay for the 2015-2016 dues up
front now, I'm willing to talk about half price dues now
through June.
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help direct activities, but we need hands to encourage the
garden’s success. Our goal is to donate 350 pounds of produce
to Center for Food Action and the Suffern Soup Kitchen. It is an
easy way to do something for your community and for yourself!
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom Temple Topics
Michelle Mitzvah Group
In March, the Michelle Mitzvah Group participated in the
communities that surround us. We meet on the second
temple-wide Social Action Service. It was absolutely beautiful,
Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm at the temple. There are
but, more than that, it was truly inspirational. we are so
so many opportunities, whether you have an hour a week
fortunate to have so many wonderful groups within our
or an hour a month. If you have any questions or are unable
temple who do so much for the community that surrounds
to make a meeting, but are interested in volunteering,
us. A heartfelt thank you to whitney Speer and Hermine
please contact Ilyse at [email protected].
Aronson for planning it.
Children’s Aid and Family Services is always looking for
individuals to mentor a child. Or, if you have a special talent,
there would be an opportunity to work with a group of
children. It’s very fulfilling, so if you have an interest, but are
Education
Committee
unsure, and you'd like to ask some questions, please contact
Ilyse Smith at [email protected].
The Religious School year has flown by!
we are also looking for people to help pick up produce from
The Education Committee would like to thank all the
religious school families for a great school year! we would
also like to thank Rabbi Mosbacher, Cantor Perper, Rabbi
Kirzane, Educator Rebecca McVeigh, Elyssa Mosbacher,
Administrator Iris Greenberg, Lisa Barrack, and walter
Vasquez, for all their help and support throughout the year.
Abma's Farm in wyckoff, nJ, to take it to Oasis in Paterson.
Abma's is being very generous by donating fresh fruits and
vegetables to Oasis, which feeds more than 200 people a day,
but we just have to get the food there. Any help you can give
would be appreciated, whether it is once a month, twice a
month, etc.
And, finally, on Saturday, May 9, please consider
participating in the “Grape Gallop,” an event supporting
Oasis, where you can "walk or run and taste!" wine, that is!
Held at the beautiful Alba Vineyard in Milford, nJ, enjoy a
morning of walking or running through the vineyard and end
with a wonderful wine tasting. The entry fee includes race
A giant thank you also goes out to the members of the
Education Committee. Thank you for all your time and
energy! If YOU are interested in making a difference in our
children's religious education, please feel free to contact me
at [email protected] to join the Education
Committee in the fall.
If your child will be in religious school next year, there will
be a letter coming shortly with the calendar for next year.
Please make sure to read it CAREFULLY!
participation, the wine tasting, a wine glass, an event T-shirt
and a tote bag. It would be great to have a “BHSS MMG”
team. It’s sure to be a perfect way to start off a spring
we would like to encourage you all to attend the Teacher
Appreciation Shabbat on May 8. It’s a great day to show
your religious school teachers a little love!
Saturday! For more information, check out the web site at
http://www.grapegallopnj.com/.
Thank you for a great year, and have a great summer!
-Lauren Einhorn, chair, Education Committee
MMG is a great group helping many in need in the
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Contributions
Rabbi Mosbacher’s
Discretionary Fund
in memory of Hella wexler and Flora Vogel-Lirtzman
- Linda & Ed Vogel
in honor of Owen Schwartz becoming a Bar Mitzvah, and
for Rabbi Mosbacher's kindness and inspiration
- Linda & David Schwartz
to Sheryl and Joel Ives, in honor of your 50th wedding
anniversary, with much love
- Maxine & Alan Weinstein
thanks to you as we come to temple for services
and have enjoyed them
- Dr. Ari DeLevie & Judi Biderman
Rabbi Kirzane’s Discretionary Fund
in honor of Owen Schwartz becoming a Bar Mitzvah, and
for Rabbi Kirzane’s kindness and inspiration
- Linda & David Schwartz
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund
in honor of Owen Schwartz becoming a Bar Mitzvah, and
for Cantor Perper’s kindness and inspiration
- Linda & David Schwartz
with thanks for helping our friend Annette Sondack through
a difficult time
- Bonnie & Rich Berens
to the Spencer family, in memory of Todd Spencer
- Lynn & Michael Zall
to the Koch family, in memory of Leonard London
- Lynn & Michael Zall
Educator’s Discretionary Fund
in honor of Owen Schwartz becoming a Bar Mitzvah, and
for Rebecca's kindness and inspiration
- Linda & David Schwartz
in memory of Alfred Stewart
- Barbara & Jeff nimerofsky
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to the Koch family, in memory of Leonard London
- Candy & Michael Kassover
- the Lamster family
to the Youth Group of BHSS, with thanks and in honor of
hosting the children of CAFS at the pancake breakfast
- Ilyse & Floyd Smith
in memory of Sally J. Paris
- Joyce & Stephen Weinberg
in memory of Irving Pesin
- Barbara & Phil Moss
in memory of Joseph Schwartz
- David Schwartz
in memory of Julia Fihrer
- the Lamster family
in memory of noel Lamster
- the Lamster family
to Judy Blackman, in memory of her mother Martha Maier
- Sue-Ellen & Ron Johnson
- Helen Milstein
- Stacey & Seth Blackman
to Craig Frisch, in memory of his grandmother
- Lisa Lamster & family
Life Fund
in memory of my brother Gregg
to the Spencer family in memory of Todd Spencer
- Candy & Michael Kassover
- Shirley & Howard Fielder
- Maria & Thomas Charbonneau
- the Kaufman family
- the Lamster family
- Sheri & Allan Schott
- Marissa & Peter Sacher
- Suzanne DuCharme
to Bill Sipper and family, in memory of his mother
- Lisa Lamster & family
to Alison Axelrod and family, in memory of her mother
Janice Kaplan
- Judy & Joel Dorfman
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom Temple Topics
Contributions
in memory of beloved mothers Rose Rubin and
Charlotte Dorfman as well as cousin Frieda Cohen
- Judy & Joel Dorfman
speedy recovery to Joel Dorfman
Ramapo Bergen Animal Refuge
donated by their families
in honor of the following simchas:
- Judy Dorfman
Bat Mitzvah of Madeline Abramson
Bat Mitzvah of Skyler Murphy
Bat Mitzvah of Harley Gold
Bar Mitzvah of Samuel Eichner
in memory of grandmother Betty Schott
- Sheri & Allan Schott
in memory of Uncle Juan Hans Lowenstein
- Sheri & Allan Schott
to the Spencer family, in memory of our cousin
Todd Spencer
- Lynn Shrensel, Sharon & Charles Zadikow
Jewish Family Services of Rockland
donated by their families
in honor of the following simchas:
to Janet Moskowitz and family, in memory of
Ruth whitman
- Cheryl Kendall & Joel London
in memory of Jack Lazar
Bar Mitzvah of Owen Schwartz
Bat Mitzvah of Alyssa Kovar
- Sandy & Newt Parks
in memory of Gerald Klein and Sylvia Mandel
- Arlene & Rich Mandel
to Joyce and Stephen weinberg, in memory of your
brother Lawrence weinberg
- Lisa Lamster & family
High Holy Day Appeal
nat Stern & whitney Speer
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Center for Food Action
donated by their families
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Ritual Committee
Spring has sprung. If I had written this article on time, I
would not have been able to say that, but I’m finally starting
to believe that the snow is over and that April showers may
really bring May flowers. And with May comes Shavuot, a
major Jewish holiday that, due to its timing, has somehow
been forgotten by many Reform Jews. Shavuot usually falls in
mid-May to mid-June, often after the religious school year
has ended, so our children do not come home with stories or
songs about the holiday. Though the holiday is associated
with dairy foods (thumbs up for cheesecake and blintzes), it
has no special individual item like latkes or hamantashen to
make it more enticing. It is not silly like Purim, or a big
dancing party like Simchat Torah. And this year, Shavuot
falls on Memorial Day weekend, and will have to compete for
your time with barbeques or the annual family trip to the
Jersey shore… not an easy task.
So what does Shavuot have that makes it a favorite of mine?
Shavuot traditions revolve around learning, and I am proud
to call myself a lifelong learner. For a number of years now,
Hebrew has been a focus (passion? obsession?) of mine.
Every week, I study Hebrew with our “rebbetzin” Elyssa
Mosbacher, and our educator, Rebecca McVeigh. To
accommodate our ever-changing schedules and commitments, we meet on different days at different times, but most
importantly, we meet, pretty much every week of the year, all
year round. we study vocabulary, conjugate verbs, learn
grammar rules, write short (very short) essays in Hebrew, and
yes, we do homework. I can’t speak for my fellow students,
but my homework takes a couple of hours a week… and I
love it. I love challenging myself. I love that I am getting
better at reading Hebrew without vowels. I love trying (often
unsuccessfully) to translate my thoughts into Hebrew. I even
love how frustrating and humbling it is that my vocabulary is
nowhere near where I want it to be. I love to learn. And I love
Shavuot because it is celebrated by learning.
Below is from the Reform Judaism website:
Shavuot is the Hebrew word for “weeks”and refers to the Jewish
festival marking the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, which
occurs seven weeks after Passover. Shavuot, like many other
Jewish holidays, began as an ancient agricultural festival that
marked the end of the spring barley harvest and the beginning of
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the summer wheat harvest. In ancient times, Shavuot was a
pilgrimage festival during which Israelites brought crop offerings
to the Temple in Jerusalem. Today, it is a celebration of
Torah, education, and actively choosing to participate in
Jewish life.
Torah, education, and choosing to participate in Jewish life.
Add in some cheesecake and what’s not to love?
This year Shavuot will be celebrated on Saturday, May 23 at
7 pm. To show their love of Torah and education and the
choice to participate in Jewish life, 10 of our BHSS 10th
graders will be confirmed as part of the service. The
celebration continues on Sunday morning, May 24 at 10 am.
I hope that you will come, and celebrate, and study, and
learn, and support our confirmands and their families. I look
forward to seeing you there (and I’ll bring the cheesecake).
Stacey Coyne
Ritual Chair
From the Sifriyah
Do you ever wonder what Library Ladies do when they greet
each other? That’s right: they immediately extend their arms
in a warm embrace. Then, without fail, they launch into a
major discussion of the latest books they have read. Happily,
many of these books are Sifriyah books.
This ritual, if you will, started us thinking. If this unplanned
custom has hooked us and further bonded us, then perhaps
we can create an environment where congregants also feel this
kinship, enthusiasm, and love for the printed word.
So, beginning in the May issue of our weekly
announcements, we will recommend a favorite Library Ladies
pick -- just a snippet to capture your interest, bring you into
the library, extend your reading pleasures, and provide
another source for intriguing reading, for all ages. It’s a
journey well worth taking.
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom now has SCRIP!
Convenient gift cards - and you help BHSS!
Great for all kinds of gifts, including B’nai Mitzvahs, birthdays, teachers’ thank you gifts, holidays,
and your personal shopping. Participating retailers include all shown here - plus more!
There are over 350 retaliers participating in this program. There are no activation fees when you
purchase these cards. Beth Haverim Shir Shalom receives a percentage each time a card is purchased.
So why pay extra fees at the store when you can just order your gift cards from your synagogue?
Please contact Lisa Lamster at 201-760-1935 or [email protected].
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May Yahrzeits
Ruth Baum
Mollie Blackman
Maurice Sonny Israel
Simon Kasper
John Rothman
Herbert Sakow
Harold Brody
Carol Kelman
Benjamin Santo
Esther Citrin
Robert Kopelman
Jacqueline Schechtman
Herman Coffel
Ann Krane
Janice Schwartz
Harry Cohen
Seymour Kulick
Rose Schwartz
Florence David
Blanche Lambert
Simon Seidner
Isabella Leah Debethencourt
Betty Landis
Dorothy Seligman
Gregory DuCharme
Jennifer Lateiner
Anita Silverman
Joseph Eisberg
Paul Levitt
Elias Silverstein
Carole Farfel
Gerad Levy
Stanley Spellman
Arthur Fassler
Jeanette Lichter
Sophie Squires
Charles Fein
Bertha Lipsker
Marion Stansfield
Harvey Felber
Melvin Lisk
David Steinman
Donald Feuchtbaum
Joan Littman
Jane Steinsnyder
Dorothy Finn
Allen May
Hilda Wagner
Regina Fisherman
Felix Mellin
Harold Weinberg
Sadie Gettleman
Pearl Mellin
Rabbi Milton Weinberg
Jack Gold
Sadie Miller
Willaim Weinberg
Lillian Gold
Frank Nathanson
Irving Weiss
David Goldman
Scott Newhouse
Ruth Weiss
Jerome Goldstein
Saul Okon
Aaron Whitman
Edward Gordon
Lucille Pall
Esther Wolf
Harriet Gordon
George Perten
Gilbert Wunsch
Frances Grossman
Samuel Potter
Seymour Yanowitz
Madeline Gunther
Norma Resnik
Rose Zahm
Nathan Gurian
Helen Rifkin
Leo Zucker
Fajgla Sara Gutman
Stephen Ripps
Max Zukof
Moszket Matylda Gutman
Ruth B. Rose
Rachela Sara Gutman
Edward Roth
Our Tree of Life commemorates joyous
family life cycle events. The brass
leaves are waiting for YOU to inscribe
them with your memories! As we
come to the end of each book of the
Torah, we say, “chazak, chazak,
v’nitchazeik” – be strong, be strong,
and we shall be strengthened. May our
Tree of Life be a symbol of the strength
of our community for many years.
Leaves are $100; to order, please call
Iris in the office: 201-512-1983.
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June Yahrzeits
Ruth Abner
Jose Amaral
Monroe Gunther
Sol Heilbraun
Edith Roth
Morris Roth
Sara Aronson
Edna Homnick
Samuel Rubin
Brian Bandremer
Howard Israel
Jeanette Saiff
Irving Baum
Mende Jaffe
John Schiavo
Sanford Bell
Robert Kanzer
Jack Schwatz
Pearl Berger
Goldie Kessel
Clarence Shapiro
David Berman
Hubert Klaskow
Mack Shiffman
Jill Bernstein
Nathan Landau
Aleksander Shlahet
Louis Bernstein
Ronald Landau
Philip Simon
Frieda Bibi
Jill Leipzig
Mildred Sitomer
Rose Bloom
Phyllis Leipzig
Lois Startz
Samuel Clarke
Saul Lessen
Katherine Towell
Rita Cohen
Arthur Levine
Robert Towell
Victor Cohen
Shirley Levine
Morris Trepper
Esther Cole
Rose Mellin
Barney Victor
Blanche Cramer
Ida Meyers
Helene Weinberg
Irving Dorfman
Helen Miles
Norman Weisenfeld
Larry Elkins
Max Miller
Charles Wiseman
Abe Feit
Sandor Mittleman
Max Wolf
Seymour Friedman
George Orlick
Thomas Grossman
Anne Robinovitz
Dedicate a Mishkan HaNefesh High Holiday Machzor!
Dedications can be made in honor or in memory of a loved one. Please send in with a $36 donation
(via check or credit card) to Beth Haverim Shir Shalom.
Dedication made by:
__________________________
Dedication to read: (Circle one)
In Honor or In Memory of:
__________________________
A label will be placed in a machzor acknowledging your generous donation
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July Yahrzeits
Jerald Afir-Heffler
Julian Hauser
Rose Piekarsky
Meyer Alpert
Margot Howard
Augusta Potter
Shirley Anesetti
Jerome Hyman
Harvey Resnick
Miriam Aronson
Benjamin Israel
Ben Rice
Ben Bendalin
Jeff Jaffe
Rose Rosenthal
Abraham Berkowitz
Jerome Johnson
Samuel Rosenthal
Sidney Blumenfeld
Dana Kantor
Dorothy Row
Jacklyn Bofford
Alan Karasik
Charles Sankel
Grace Clarke
Benjamin Kassover
Doris Schachter
Andrew Cohen
Ada Kohlreiter
Ralph Schechtman
Barry Cohen
Morris Kohlreiter
Aaron Scheinin
Charles Cole
Sandra Kopelman
Stanley Schick
Victor Cooper
Alan Lefkowitz
Werner Schott
Leatrice Erlman
Marie Lipson
Julius Schwartz
Christopher Fields
Millie Marks
Blanche Seidner
Rachel Fields
Mildred McDonald
Esther Senzel
Sol Fishkin
Pauline Meisner
Milton Startz
Irving Frank
Ruth Meltzer
Evelyn Straus
Ethel Freeman
Harry Meyers
Sharon Suss
Harry Freeman
Fred Moser
Vernon Taylor
Iris Glucoft
George Moss
David Teichman
Rosalie Goodman
Milton Novock
Thomas Towell
Milton Gralla
Robert Oelbaum
Paul Weiskop
Dorothy Greenberg
Bonnee Orlick
The Caring Committee is continuing to do the
us by providing guidance and insight when dealing
best it can to assist our members in times of need.
with challenging issues. We are always available to
We are grateful to the Brotherhood who has
listen and/or visit, and everything is confidential.
teamed up with us to better serve our members.
Brotherhood, under the direction of Jonathan
To request services or to become a volunteer,
Theodore, has stepped up to provide rides to
please contact Candy Kassover at
doctors and various other destinations. We
[email protected] or Laura Miller at
sincerely thank all those drivers who have
volunteered their time. Additionally, we have
continued to provide meals, shiva assistance,
pastoral visits and other much needed services to
members. Rabbi Mosbacher is always there to help
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[email protected].
August Yahrzeits
Caroline Alpert
Gertrude Jeanette
Ethel Pesin
Sydney Altman
Lee Johnson
Alexander Pittman
Ruth Ansin
Howard Kaplan
Eugene Reinstein
Irving Arfin
William Kaplan
Elinor Root
Saundra Arons
Robert Kassover
Betty Sankel
Leo Aronson
Roz Korek
George Sault
Edward Brickman
David Koretz
Rugh Schoenfeld
Harry Byalick
Ken Kresch
Irwin Selman
David Cohen
Stella Kupferberg
Bernard Silverman
Marion Cohen
Nathan Kusher
Marc Silverman
Sidney Demsky
Nathan Lambert
Pauline Smith
Burt Erlman
Irving Laskey
Loren Tedrow
Ellen Estrin
Dorothy Last
Otto Tuteur
Hattie Feit
Julius Levine
Pearl Wallison
Seth Fink
Michael Lipsker
Leonard Weiner
Frederick Flisser
Esther Lonow
Harold Weinstein
Augusta Frank
Dorothy Loranger
Bertha Weisser
Evan Garbus
Clara Lynn
Stanley Wells
Mac Gelfenbein
Izzy Meltzer
Sadie Widman
Irv Goodman
Lynn Michel
Marcia Witt
Roslyn Hess
Seymour Muney
Douglas Wright
Diane Granit Yalowitz
Ida Hieger
Inge Oelbaum
Arnold Horowitz
Natalie Orth
Phyllis Hymowitz
Esther Pastalove
Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah meeting
on Wednesday, May 20 @ 7:30 pm.
Are you interested, or ever thought
about becoming an
adult bar or bat mitzvah?
Informational meeting.
Contact temple office 201-512-1983
Have you admired the beautiful and
creative Bimah Baskets at a simcha?
A heartfelt thank you to Meri Senchak
for her help with them.
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Good &Welfare
from & for the congregation
Mazal Tov
To Gary & Renee Garbus on the birth of their granddaughter, nora Mollie
To Rabbi Kirzane on his position as the newest member of the rabbinic team at Congregation B’nai Jehudah
in Overland Park, Kansas. we wish Rabbi Kirzane, Jessica and Jeremiah all the best!
To Laurie and Mark Daniel on the birth of their granddaughter, Claire Annette
To Sam Chuck on his Broadway debut in Les Miserables
To our Confirmands – Sarah Coffel, Leah Dubiel, Mitchell Falkow, Matthew Krane, Samantha Lamster, Sarah Miller,
Gavriela Mitnick, Robert Romoff, Madisen Siegel, and Hunter Torchin
To our Kadimah graduates – Ethan Coyne, Kyle Dubiel, Melanie Oventhal, Caitlin Pavon, Jake Senchak,
Samantha Spencer, Rachel Teichman & Gillian Zingler
To all of our BHSS high school and college graduates!
Condolences
To Beth Wiesner, on the death of her husband, Michael wiesner
To Stacy Paton, on the death of her father, Jack Baskin
R’fuah Sh’leimah
(For a Full Recovery)
Nita Klaskow
To Nancy Levene, on the death of her father, Richard Boyle
Barbara Sternberg
To Stephen Weinberg, on the death of his brother, Lawrence weinberg
Arthur Sternberg
To Michael Collins, on the death of his mother, Evelyn Collins
To Karen Charne, on the death of her father, walter Hartwich
To Jan & Jane Simon, on the death of their cousin, Diane Schorr
To Judy Blackman, on the death of her mother, Martha Maier
To Bill Sipper, on the death of his mother, Lorraine Sipper
To Craig Frisch, on the death of his grandmother, Betty Resnick
Welcome New Members
Maggie & Daniel Hyman
and family, Suffern, nY
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MONTHLY
TOT SHABBAT
Tot Shabbat is back, and better than ever!
Families with children from
birth to 2nd grade
are invited to join
Miss Ilene and Rabbi Mosbacher
or Rabbi Kirzane for a story, singing,
a craft and a snack, from
9:30-10:15 am
on the following Shabbat mornings:
May 16 and June 13.
Please RSVP to the synagogue office at
201-512-1983 if you plan to come,
so we will have enough supplies for everyone!
And a great big Thank You to Irene Conroy
for everything this year!
Always wanted
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Join Rabbi Mosbacher's
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April 26 ~ May 10 ~ May 17
May 31 ~ June 7 ~ June 14
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July and August Services:
RSVP to the office today
by calling 201-512-1983
or writing to
[email protected]
July and August
Shabbat Evening Services
will begin at 7:30 PM
EXCEPT
Friday, July 3 and August 7 - 6:00 PM
10 a.m. Shabbat Morning Services
will be held on July 11 & August 8 only
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Beth Haverim Shir Shalom Presents
✡
A Mock Trial
The Jewish People vs Rebecca and Jacob
(a family-friendly event)
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Jury Selection at 4:45 p.m.
Call to order at 5:00 p.m.
Verdict at 6:30 p.m.
Presiding Judge - Amy Littman
Isaac - Rabbi Joel Mosbacher
Esau - Rabbi Daniel Kirzane
Jacob - Suzanne DuCharme
Rebecca - Rebecca McVeigh
JURY - Could be YOU!**
The
Jewish
People
Did Jacob and Rebecca conspire to deceive Isaac?
Did they “steal” Esau’s birthright?
Did Isaac REALLY bless the wrong son?
Is Esau really so innocent in all this?
Come and help decide!
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Jacob
&
Rebecca
**If you want your name in the jury pool,
send an email to [email protected].
YOU MUST BE PRESENT AT 4:45
in order to be eligible for jury selection.
Age minimum for jury participation is 10 years old.
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BETH HAVERIM SHIR SHALOM
280 RAMAPO VALLEY ROAD
MAHWAH, NJ 07430
Rabbi Joel Mosbacher
Cantor David Perper
Assistant Rabbi Daniel Kirzane
Rebecca McVeigh, Educator
Office Closing - Monday, May 25, and Friday, July 3
Last sessions of religious school:
Sunday, May 17, Monday, May 18, and Tuesday, May 19.
To do in May and June:
Youth Group Creative Service - Friday, May 1 beginning at 6 p.m.
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Torah Study beginning at 8:15 a.m. - Saturdays, May 2, May 9, May 23, and May 30; June 6, June 13, June 20, and Jun 27
Work day in the GARDEN! Sunday, May 3 beginning at 9 a.m. Planting Day is May 17 at noon
BHSSTY Elections and Cinco de Mayo (grades 8 - 12) - Sunday, May 3 beginning at noon
Spirituality During the Omer continues with Rabbi Kirzane - Tuesdays, May 5, May 12, and May 19 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Mah Jongg - Tuesday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m.; Monday, June 8 and Monday June 22 at 7 p.m.
Teacher Appreciation/Family Service with grades 4 and 5 participating - Friday, May 8 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Hebrew 101 with Rabbi Mosbacher continues on Sundays at noon - May 10, May 17, May 31, June 7, and June 14
Grandparents Shabbat with grades K, 1, 2, and 3 participating - Friday May 15 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Tot Shabbat - Saturdays, May 16 and June 13 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
BHSSTY & DaBears End of Year Party at Lucky Strike Lanes - Saturday, May 16 beginning at 6 p.m. (by RSVP)
Library Committee presents “Book and a Bagel” - Sunday, May 17 beginning at 1 p.m.
Congregational Annual Meeting - Tuesday, May 19 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Adult B’nai Mitzvah Informational Meeting - Saturday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Confirmation and Erev Shavuot Service - Saturday, May 23 beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Dedication of Lobby Screen donated in memory of Jodi Lyons - Friday, May, 29 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Brotherhood Shabbat and Family Service - Friday, June 12 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Honoring Rabbi Kirzane and Installing the new BHSS Board - Friday, June 19 beginning at 7:30 p.m.