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SERVICES
Fridays, 6:15 pm
4 – Shabbat w/ Birthday Blessing,
BEET Dinner at 7:45 pm
11 – Shabbat w/Shabbat Conversation at 7:30 pm
18 – Shabbat
25 – Shabbat w/Potluck Dinner at 7:30 pm
Saturday
5 – Shabbat Services and Bat Mitzvah of
Emma Orland at 10:00 am
Monday
21 – Pesach Shacharit w/Yizkor, 8:00-8:30 am
PROGRAMS
3 & 10 – My Promised Land: Book Discussion
w/Rabbi Adelson, 6:30 pm
5 – Torah Study at 9:00 am
6 – Sisterhood Program on Health & Healing
Bagel Brunch at 10:30 am
– Food For Families, 12 noon. ADDED DATE!
17 – Sisterhood Lilith Seder (RSVP), 6:00 pm
23 – Meditation at 6:30 pm
23 & 30 – Shira with Shira at 6:15 pm
26 – Erev Yom Hashoah joint program at Brotherhood
Synagogue at 5:00 pm (28 Gramercy Park South)
27 – Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Potluck Brunch (RSVP)
at 10:30 am
FROM THE RABBI’S STUDY
Dear Friends,
I want to share an idea I have been
working on about the direction of
life at East End Temple, and Jewish life
in America. Recently, the Pew Research Center’s
2013 Survey of U.S. Jews established that of
non-Orthodox Jews who marry, 72% marry
non-Jews. That is the rate of intermarriage. Outside
of Orthodoxy, almost three-quarters of the time, Jews
intermarry.
N ow let’s add to that fact the reality that we know
about Jewish life from East End Temple. We
have lots of interfaith families here. And we have a
lot of non-Jewish partners who not only support the
rest of their families’ Jewish life, but participate in it
actively. Not all, but many. And we have, for a
while now, prided ourselves on being welcoming and
inclusive. It is a core value of the temple that lots of
people can feel they have access to what we do here,
and feel comfortable when they get here.
I propose that we may have moved beyond the era of
welcoming. It may no longer be enough for “us” to welcome non-Jews, (continued on page 2)
Yom Hashoah Commemoration Program Saturday, April 26 at Brotherhood Synagogue
Join the downtown congregations in commemoration of
Yom Hashoah, Saturday, April 26, at Brotherhood Syn.
(28 Gramercy Park South @ 20th Street) at 5:00 pm.
The service includes a guest speaker, candle lighting,
memorial prayers and musical selections sung by the
joint synagogue choirs together with their Cantors.
Yom Hashoah marks the time we
remember our loved ones as well as
all who were lost in the Holocaust.
Join us on this date.
Pesach, known in English as Passover, is a spring
festival commemorating our Exodus from Egypt over
3,000 years ago. The observance of this holiday centers
around a special meal at home called the seder (meaning
"order"); refraining from eating chametz (breads, grains,
and yeasted foods); and eating matzah (an unleavened
bread). During the seder we read from the haggadah,
(meaning "telling”), a booklet containing blessings, rituals,
readings and songs. The goal of the seder is to retell and
celebrate freedom.
Chag Pesach Sameach – Happy Passover!
Union for Reform Judaism Passover resources
http://urj.org/holidays/pesach/plate/
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STAFF David Adelson ………………………………… Rabbi
Shira Ginsburg ……………………………… Cantor [email protected]
Nitzan Mager……..……………... Education Director [email protected]
Sharon Shemesh……………… Temple Administrator [email protected]
Yael Rooks-Rapport………………... Rabbinic Intern [email protected]
Seth Slaton …………………… Youth Advisor [email protected]
Elaine Lavin/Rachel Weiss ……… Admin. Assistants [email protected]
Raji Samant……………………………… Bookkeeper [email protected]
OFFICERS Karen Feuer………………………………... President
Evan Bell………………… [email protected]
Lisa Denby………… [email protected]
Elaine Lavine…………………... [email protected]
Brian Lifsec……………………... [email protected]
Rebecca Shore……………… [email protected]
Jonathan Wells……………………………… Treasurer [email protected]
TEMPLET CONTRIBUTORS
Florence Peloquin……………………………... Editor [email protected]
Fran Kolin……………………………... Judaica Shop [email protected]
Judith Lorber…………………… Sisterhood President [email protected]
Marcia Muskat………………………………… Voices [email protected]
Barbara Ringel…………………………... Library Buzz [email protected]
FROM THE RABBI’S STUDY (continued from page 1)
because who the “we” is has shifted. “We” are no longer
only Jews. “We” are Jews and non-Jews. Non-Jews are
leaders of our community and have a stake in it. They create
cohesive community, organize activities, strategize for our
growth and pray in our services. And increasingly, more
Jews are married to non-Jews than to Jews. And all of us are
now part of the “we.”
T herefore, I propose that Judaism in America may no longer be a religion
of the Jewish people exclusively. It may be becoming a religion of Jews
and non-Jews together. It is still based on Torah, liturgy and other Jewish
sacred text. But Judaism today may, in fact, be a religion that serves the life
needs of Jews and non-Jews alike. The great questions of life, after all,
belong to all of us. Where does meaning come from in this life? How
should I treat other people, and expect to be treated? How do I live with so
much uncertainty? What is my part in the bigger story?
J udaism can help Jews and non-Jews alike find answers to those ques-
tions. And that is my point. The debate about whether intermarriage is
good or bad is both moot, and for many of us, a bit offensive. It is simply
reality, and for most of us, it is the reality of our own families’ lives. But to
me, there is no question that Judaism can be all of our religion. That is, the
religion of all of us who find support in its structure and guidance in it for
living a meaningful life. Synagogue community, text study, pursuit of
justice and yes, prayer in Hebrew that starts with “Blessed are You, Adonai
our God…” can be cornerstones of meaningful life for Jews and non-Jews
alike, who find themselves in the sphere of our community. It may be time
that we tell it like it is.
I must concede that there is loss associated with this new reality. As we
move further from the immigration to the United States, further from
Eastern Europe and from our grandmothers’ kitchens, we lose a lot that has
been meaningful. And even the modes of what Jewish life looked like 100,
50 and even 25 years ago in New York City are quite different than what
they are today. Those of us who have such nostalgic attachments should
cherish them and keep them alive for ourselves. But we must recognize how
much is now different, and live in the reality of today, embrace it, and look
forward to a robust, and ever developing, future.
W ill more and more interfaith families and non-Jews choose to join us?
We should only be so lucky.
In hope,
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Passover is a time for questions.
Most of us are familiar with the four
questions, Ma Nishtana, what makes
this night different than all other
nights. On this evening we challenge
ourselves and our children to look
back, to recount where we have been,
and to acquire some new perspectives
that perhaps we did not have the year
before.
In his commentary to ‘A Passover Haggadah,’ Elie
Wiesel writes, “Each song, each gesture, each cup of wine,
each prayer, each silence is part of the evening’s spell. The
goal is to arouse our curiosity by opening the doors of
memory.” He writes of his own anguish, adding his
questions to those that are historically posed by the four
children. Wiesel asks, “What significance does Passover
have, if not to keep our memories alive?”
We are instructed to retell the story as if each one of us
walked out of Egypt on our own two feet. What if while
we do that, we ask some questions of our own? If as
Wiesel states, “To be Jewish is to assume the burden of the
past, to include it in our concerns for the present and the
future,” then it is incumbent upon us to return to the origins
of the story and ask questions of ourselves. What would I
have done? How would I have acted? Maybe the way to
carry our story forward is not only to recount, but to put
ourselves in the place of our ancestors and ask of ourselves,
what now? What next? We grow when we ask questions.
We shape our personal and collective future by melding our
questions of today with the questions of the past. I’m going
to start writing some questions now. How about you?
Mazal tov to our April bat mitzvah,
Emma Orland and her family.
CANTOR’S Shira Ginsburg
SH’MA HAPPENINGS…
BEFORE PICK-UP / PICK-ME-UPS
Tuesday & Wednesday, April 8 & 9 @ 5:30 pm
Thursday, April 10 @ 5:00 pm
Join your fellow parents for wine and cheese when
you come to pick up your kids at religious school.
EDUCATION NEWS… Nitzan Mager
Dear EET Families,
The snow is finally melting, we can eat
dinner by sunlight – almost – and tiny
buds are starting to bloom. And speaking
of a flower bud – or a nitzan as it is called
in Hebrew – my namesake often reminds
me of the great potential that spring holds,
just waiting to burst forth, to be set free.
The Jewish people even have a holiday to commemorate
the anticipation, the energy, and the joy in being set free:
Pesach, or Passover.
Of course the meanings of this holiday are layered and this
is just one, but the ideas of the renewal and freedom that
spring brings are deeply embedded in this story of slavery,
heroic acts and astonishing miracles.
Especially after a winter such as this, does spring itself not
feel miraculous? That lightness you feel the first day a heavy
coat is unnecessary. The warmth of sun on your skin at
midday. The bright and unmistakably promising shade of
green that covers barren trees.
We have many reasons to celebrate on Passover, having
the freedom to burst forth like flowering buds with all of our
pent-up energy from the cold winter months is certainly one
of them.
I say this with caution, but I am still excited to encounter the
newly energized students at our religious school this time of
year. Where previously they seemed to be lulled to sleep by
winter's short days and the darkness that already started to set
in by their arrival at EET on weekday afternoons, they now
come with a strength of spirit, a zing of zeal, and smiles.
All of us at EET's Religious School are excited to delve into
the great story of Passover and spring.
From your very own EET bud, Nitzan, I wish you a chag
sameach – and look forward to hearing
of your own family's Passover Seders
and spring adventures.
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DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO
Loren Greene on the death of her mother, Aileen Wissner
FOOD FOR FAMILIES M E AL T I CK E T
for the hungry of New York
Our highly praised temple program, Food For Families, feeds
the city’s hungry men, women and children, and needs your
support. Your contribution will provide meals for hungry
families. Return this Meal Ticket with your check, payable to:
“EET Sisterhood,” and write “FFF” on the memo line.
Your contribution of:
$18 will provide 10 meals
$36 will provide 20 meals
$54 will provide 30 meals
$360 will provide 200 meals, + designation of co-sponsor
for a day (which is less than actual cost of more than $1,000
to make between 700-800 meals).
Name
Amount Enclosed $
Phone No.
In honor/memory of
Mail check to: East End Temple, 245 East 17th Street, NYC 10003.
FOOD FOR FAMILIES Celia Vimont
NEW DATE ADDED – APRIL 6
New Date Added: Sunday, April 6, 12 noon - 2:00 pm
“Thank you” to the generous members who have already
offered to co-sponsor this extra FFF date. We are still
looking for co-sponsors. Contact Celia Vimont at
[email protected] If you are planning to attend,
please let Sharon know at [email protected] to
help us decide how much food to order.
Objective: Feeding hungry New Yorkers.
Where: EET Social Hall
How: Making sandwiches, packing meals
Bring: Five loaves of wheat bread; 16 pieces of
fruit per person. We need plastic grocery
bags. Please bring your clean, used ones to us.
Wear: Health Dept. says wear cap or hat.
Sponsors: Eric Schwartz and Jessica Moser.
Mitzvah: Definitely. Please become a sponsor.
March total: A record 1018 meals!
Contact: Marian Fish [email protected] or temple.
"Let all who are hungry…" – the Haggadah
Every year EET gets a few requests for
Passover hospitality for members of our community who
find themselves needing a seder invitation. If you are
planning or attending a seder and there is room for another
guest or two, or if you are interested in attending a seder,
please contact [email protected] and we’ll try to
make a match.
Chag Pesach Sameach! (Happy Holiday of Pesach!)
Chag Aviv Sameach! (Happy Holiday of Spring!)
Z'man Cheruteinu Sameach! (Happy Season Of Our
Freedom!)
Potluck Dinner, April 25
We will share a Congregational Potluck
Shabbat Dinner on Friday, April 25, following our
service. Please bring at least six servings of purchased or
homemade dinner food (no meat or shellfish, please).
Suggestions from past potlucks include: vegetarian chili,
whitefish, egg or tuna salads with bagels; meatless
casseroles; cold poached fish; baked pasta; quiches; grain or
pasta salads; pizza; vegetarian Indian or Chinese food. Fruit
will be provided by EET. Bring cooked food warm or at
room temperature to minimize oven re-heating time. Please
let Michelle Miller [email protected] know what you’ll
be bringing, so we’ll know what else is needed.
OUR TEMPLE COMMUNITY
PESACH SHACHARIT W/YIZKOR
Monday, April 21, 8:00-8:30 am
Before you head out to start your day, join us
at a brief Shacharit service to pray and remember those
loved ones who are no longer with us, with Yizkor.
Breakfast is on us. Coffee, matzah and schmeer will be
provided.
My Promised Land: Book Discussion w/Rabbi Adelson
Two Thursdays, April 3 & 10,
6:30-8:00 pm We will discuss the complex issues in
Israel's history as presented in the excellent
new book My Promised Land, by Ari Shavit.
Read the book and join the discussion.
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VOICES Marcia Muskat
Liz Taub:
Her Storied Jewish Identity
Liz Taub grew up on family stories about her rabbinical
and philanthropic ancestors from the 1600’s. Now she’s got
her own stories to tell.
Liz’s dad grew up in a Jewish orphanage and joined the
U.S. Army at sixteen. He met Liz’s mom on a farm in
Wappingers Falls, NY. They trained as kibbutzniks, married,
and then moved to Israel in November, 1948. Liz’s older
brother was born in April 1949 at Kibbutz Hasolelim. The
family returned to the U.S. in 1950.
Liz and her three siblings were raised in East New York
and then in Valley Stream. After Shabbat dinners, Liz loved
maternal Grandpa “Poppa” Harry’s melodic nigunim. At
morning services, she sang along with every prayer. The
Brooklyn Jewish Center allowed six-year-old Liz to begin
school early so she could learn Hebrew “... just like her sister
and brothers.” Liz’s first raffle win was a shofar. Her first
nonclassical violin piece was “The Theme from Exodus.”
While at SUNY Oneonta for a BA in Psychology, Liz
played violin for the Catskill and Utica Symphony Orchestras
and the Susquehanna River Basin Band. The World Zionist
Organization brought Liz to Jerusalem to study at Chaim
Greenberg College. She was a part of the Hebrew University
and Jerusalem Opera House Orchestras and played bluegrass
at cafes in Jerusalem. She visited
the kibbutz where her dad had
driven tractors and her mom had
worked in the garden, kitchen and
baby-house.
In 1990, Liz married photographer
and IT specialist Matthew
Warschauer. They raised sons
Danny (a junior at Hunter College)
and Jonny (a sophomore at the
Institute for Collaborative
Education) in Stuyvesant Town.
They summer in Hemlock Farms, Pa. East End Temple
members since 2002, Liz is a regular at Book Club, BEET
and Simchat Shabbat and the boys are EET b’nei mitzvah. A
new retiree from a Department of Education social worker
position, Liz is now in private practice as a psychotherapist
and with Synergywellnessny.com as a Reiki hands-on
healing/hypnotherapy/stress reduction practitioner.
Liz is a versatile violinist who plays classical music with the
U.N. Symphony Orchestra, rock with the Val Kinzler Project,
bluegrass with Bluestone 739 and flamenco/SpaiNYC with
the Mar Sala Band. At an East End Temple Talent Show, she
transcribed and performed a poem written by her
mom. Look for her Violizzy & Friends shows at
the Sidewalk Cafe!
We’d love to hear your story.
Call Marcia Muskat at 212.477.6444.
EAST END TEMPLE DONATION FORM
Please use this form to make contributions to all East End Temple funds. Make checks payable as indicated below and write the name of the
fund(s) on your check. Some funds require separate checks. All contributions are per listing. With the exception of the Helene Spring Library Fund,
send all checks to the temple office. Your canceled check is your receipt. Call or email the temple office at 212.477.6444,
[email protected] for further information.
FOR THESE FUNDS MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO EAST END TEMPLE
Name of contributor: Phone Number:
Name & address of recipient to be notified:
Message:
Amount Enclosed: $
El Emet Fund
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund
(Separate check required)
Fund For The Future Hamermesh Music Fund
$10 min.
$36 min.
$100 min. $18 min.
Leonard Spring Memorial Fund
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
(Separate check required)
Sara A. Spencer Children’s Ed. Fund Simchat Shabbat Programs
$18 min.
$36 min.
$18 min. $54 min.
For the following funds/gift opportunities, please contact the EET office via phone or email:
Floral $75, Kehila min. $5,000, Memorial Board Plaque $724 each, Oneg/Collation $400/$250, Simcha Tree Leaf $234 each
FOR THESE FUNDS MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO EET SISTERHOOD
Food For Families, Chair: Celia Vimont
Food For Families Day Sponsor
$18 min.
$360 min.
Sisterhood Birthday Fund
Chair: Jodi Malcom
$18 min.
Helene Spring Library Fund
Chair: Barbara Ringel (Separate check required,
made out to East End Temple Library.)
$10 min.
Torah Fund
Chair: Wendy Heyman
$18 min.
Liz Taub
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JUDAICA SHOP Fran Kolin
The Judaica Shop has lots of things that you may need for
Passover. Beautiful seder plates, Sisterhood's Cookbook,
inflatable Matzah Balls, and “G.I. Jewelry.” These unisex
necklaces make great gifts for finding the afikomen! Made
in the U.S.A. of 100% stainless steel, the G.I. Jewelry
necklaces come in an assortment of designs, all with 24"
beaded chains. Come take a look, and shop The Shop.
SISTER TO SISTER Judith Lorber
WOMEN OF VALOR
An important part of each year’s Lilith
Seder is the celebration of three women
of valor with the first three cups of
wine. At our 2014 seder, we will honor
three exemplary Jewish women who
died this year: Alice Herz-Sommer,
musician and the oldest Holocaust
survivor, age 110; Shulamit Aloni, outspoken progressive
member of the Knesset, age 86; and Mariam Chamberlain,
“the fairy godmother of women’s studies,” age 94.
Alice Herz-Sommer, an eminent pianist at the time of her
deportation to Terezin in 1942, attributed her survival and
that of her son (her husband was killed) to the music she
played in the camp orchestra. She took her son, Raphael, to
Israel in 1949, where she taught music for many years. Her
son became a professional cellist. She followed him to
London in the mid-1980s. She continued to be sustained by
music, mostly Chopin’s Etudes, after her son died in 2001.
Her last documentary, “The Lady in Number 6: Music
Saved My Life,” recently won an Oscar. She is quoted in
Jewish Week as saying, “Music is my life, music is God.”
Shulamit Aloni was a sabra and fought in Israel’s War of
Independence in 1948. She helped create the Citizens’
Rights Movement and, later, the Meretz party. When she
left elected office in 1996, progressive parties held almost
half the seats in the Knesset. Early on, she spoke out for
civil rights for Israeli Arabs and against the occupation of
the Left Bank. When she died, according to The New York
Times, the advocacy group Peace Now lamented, “The pillar
of fire has been extinguished.”
Mariam Chamberlain was program director for the Ford
Foundation from 1971 to 1981, when she granted about $5
million in seed money to a few dozen groundbreaking
academic studies, sociological projects and statistical
surveys that laid the groundwork for women’s studies
departments and public policy research programs throughout
the US. In 1981 she followed up by forming and presiding
over the National Council for Research on Women, a
nonprofit organization of university-based research centers.
She said she gave women’s studies “the extra power to get
to the top.”
LIBRARY BUZZ Barbara Ringel
REMINDER
Join us Sunday, March 30
at 1:00 pm
for the Helene Spring Library Event
when we welcome bestselling author
Meg Wolitzer, who
will discuss her
acclaimed novel,
The Interestings.
Dessert reception and book signing
follow the presentation.
The February Rosh Chodesh session attendance was 22
Sisterhood members and guests, an all-time record.
Sisterhood president, Judith Lorber, led the discussion,
centered around Rahab, a complex woman, at the time the
people of Israel were at the edge of the promised land.
Next session is April 27.
Meg Wolitzer
Old Eyeglasses Cluttering up Your Drawers?
Bring them to the temple, and drop them off in the Office.
Sisterhood will make sure that they get donated to
organizations that re-purpose them for those in
need. Prescription glasses, prescription
sunglasses, and eyeglass cases are all welcome.
CARNIVAL OF JEWELS:
SPRING CLEANING FOR
A CAUSE
As you put away the warm hats and
scarves and get your closets ready for
spring, think about sorting through your jewelry, too.
Sisterhood is gearing up for Carnival of Jewels, a jewelry
sale that raises funds for Sisterhood programs like Food
For Families.
Carnival of Jewels will be held on Sunday, November 16,
from noon to 4:00 pm, and we’re accepting donations now:
vintage jewelry, new, costume, better jewelry, inherited
family pieces, gifts that weren’t quite your style.
Encourage your friends and family to contribute, too.
All donations are welcome and can be dropped off at the
temple office. If you have any questions or would like to
help, contact Linda Hetzer at [email protected]
TEMPLE FUNDS
El Emet Fund
helps beautify and maintain our temple;
underwrite holiday festivities, projects. Note
simcha, misheberach, yahrzeits.
Cantor Discretionary Fund
used for charitable giving; enrichment of the
congregation and community.
Fund For the Future
helps ensure future growth in all
temple activities.
Hamermesh Music Fund
provides special music programs and
resource materials.
Kehila Fund
ensures the growth and permanence of our
Temple. At the $1,800 level, your name will
be inscribed on the honor roll mounted on
the Sanctuary lobby wall. Starting at $5,000,
your name and/or the name of an honoree
will be engraved on a bronze plaque.
Leonard Spring Memorial Fund
for the safety and comfort at EET for those
with special needs.
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
used for charitable giving; enrichment of the
congregation and community.
Sara A. Spencer Children’s
Educational Fund
provides educational materials for the Reli-
gious School.
Simchat Shabbat Programs
provides musical Shabbatot, diversified com-
munity programs
Naming opportunities
- Memorial Board Plaque
- Simcha Tree Leaf
SISTERHOOD FUNDS
Collation/Oneg Shabbat Fund
provides refreshments after Shabbat
evening services.
Helene Spring Library Fund
helps purchase new and archival books,
library equipment and additional materials
for our library.
Floral Fund
purchase flowers to decorate our pulpit on
Shabbat and the High Holy Days.
Food For Families Fund
purchases the food and meal supplies
volunteers need to fill the bags of meals
prepared to feed the hungry.
Food For Families day Co-Sponsor
underwrites this social action program.
Contribution designates you as sponsor for
the day.
Torah Fund
purchase items needed for the Sanctuary,
the Ark, the Torahs, etc. Also provides
funds for Torah study books.
CONTRIBUTIONS We thank our donors for their contributions to East End Temple.
TEMPLE FUNDS
El Emet Fund
helps beautify and maintain our temple;
underwrite holiday festivities, projects.
Note: simcha, mishebeirach, yahrzeits.
Cantor Discretionary Fund
used for charitable giving; enrichment of the
congregation and community.
Floral Fund
purchases flowers to decorate our pulpit on
Shabbat and the High Holy Days.
Fund For the Future
helps ensure future growth in all
temple activities.
Hamermesh Music Fund
provides special music programs and
resource materials.
Kehila Fund
ensures the growth and permanence of our
Temple. At the $1,800 level, your name will
be inscribed on the honor roll mounted on
the Sanctuary lobby wall. Starting at $5,000,
your name and/or the name of an honoree
will be engraved on a bronze plaque.
Leonard Spring Memorial Fund
dedicated to supporting unfunded projects
to benefit East End Temple.
Oneg Shabbat Fund
provides refreshments after Shabbat
evening services.
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
used for charitable giving; enrichment of the
congregation and community.
Sara A. Spencer Children’s
Educational Fund
provides educational materials for the
Religious School.
Simchat Shabbat Programs
provide musical Shabbatot, diversified
community programs.
Naming Opportunities
Memorial Board Plaque
Simcha Tree Leaf
SISTERHOOD FUNDS
Sisterhood Birthday Fund
contributes to a social action fund benefit-
ting women & girls, to be selected annually.
Helene Spring Library Fund
helps purchase new and archival books,
library equipment and additional materials
for our library.
Food For Families Fund
purchases the food and meal supplies
volunteers need to use for filling the bags of
meals prepared to feed the hungry.
Food For Families Day Sponsor
underwrites this social action program.
Contribution designates you as co-sponsor
for the day.
Torah Fund
purchases items needed for the Sanctuary,
Ark, Torahs, etc. Also provides funds for
Torah study books.
For May/June listing of
contributions, please have your messages and
checks sent to the office before April 10.
Todah Rabah to our Donors and
Volunteers:
The Caine family for their ongoing donations of
cookies for our onegs; Don Sussman and family
for our landscaping; all our generous donors;
ushers, lay leaders, and volunteers who did their
good deeds and supported us this past month.
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tudy 10a S
habbat Services and B
at M
itzvah of Em
ma O
rland
6
10:30a Sisterhood P
rogram
on Health &
Healing
12p Food F
or Fam
ilies
7
8
4p R
eligious School
5:30p Before P
ick-Up / P
ick-Me-
Up
9
4p Religious S
chool 5:30p B
efore Pick-U
p/ Pick-M
e-U
p 7p E
Com
Meeting
10
4p R
eligious School
5p Before P
ick-Up / P
ick-Me-U
p 6:30p M
y Prom
ised Land: Book
Discussion w
/Rabbi A
delson M
ay/June Tem
plet Closing
11
6:15p S
habbat Services
7:30p Shabbat C
onversation
12
13
14
Erev P
esach
15
Passover
S
prin
g R
ecess
Office C
losed
16
Passover
S
prin
g R
ecess
17
Passover
Sp
ring
Recess
6p Sisterhood Lilith S
eder
18
Passover
6:15p Shabbat S
ervices
19
Passover
20
Passover
21
Passover
Office C
losed
8a Pesach
Sh
acharit an
d Y
izkor
22
Earth D
ay / Passover
Sp
ring
Recess
23
4p R
eligious School
6:15p Shira w
ith Shira
6:30p Meditation
7p BO
T M
eeting
24
4p H
EE
T 4p R
eligious School
25
6:15p S
habbat Services
7:30p Potluck D
inner
26
Erev Y
om H
ashoah 5p Y
om H
ashoah Program
with
Dow
ntown C
ongregations at B
rotherhood Synagogue
27
Holocaust D
ay 10:30a S
isterhood Rosh
Chodesh P
otluck Brunch
28
29
4p R
eligious School
5:45p EE
T T
eens Sem
ester II
30
4p R
eligious School
6:15p Shira w
ith Shira
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