THE MISSION OF TEMPLE SOLEL IS TO BE A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGED REFORM COMMUNITY, GROUNDED IN RELATIONSHIPS AND DEEDS,

AND ELEVATED BY SHABBAT AND TORAH.

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Pathfinder Message from Our Board President

O ver these past two years, we have seen

challenges and we have welcomed

opportunities. We have endured change, we

have smiled or cried together as families in our

community have faced celebration or a loss. Throughout

times of change over the past two years, one thing has

been constant. We have endured together as a community

in good times and when facing challenges.

I realized sitting on the bimah at our 50 year anniversary

Shabbat service on April 15 and listening to a historic

presentation about Temple Solel, that while things change,

one important thing does not. Temple Solel has been and

will continue to be an important spiritual home for our

families.

Yes, these last few months of my tenure as president of

Temple Solel have been a bit challenging. But in times of

challenge, the strength of character in our board, its

officers and our clergy has shined. Kudos and

congratulations to Robert Danoff, Scott Cohen, Sharon

Fixman Bricker and David Weissman for your years of

service to Solel. As you rotate off the board, go with

thanks from a grateful congregation. Welcome to Brian

Weinberger, Peter Pishko, Lauren Brown, Deena Goldstein

and Rebecca Goldberg and thanks for stepping up and

serving your congregation. And a sincere note of thanks to

Larry Fink who as Solel’s incoming president is about to

embark on a new and worthwhile journey promising to

bring our congregation steady and professional leadership

throughout his tenure. And lastly, a sincere thank you to

Rabbi Linder for your rabbinic stewardship. My family and I

have been blessed to be a part of this congregation thanks

in no small part to how you have touched our lives. It has

been a pleasure working with you these past two years.

Our congregation is a special place and I am confident that

it will continue to be a special place for at least the next

fifty years. Thank you from myself and my family for the

opportunity to serve as Solel President over the past two

years.

Randall Udelman

Board President

You Are Cordially Invited to Attend the TEMPLE SOLEL ANNUAL MEETING

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2015 AT 6:00 PM / APPETIZERS IN LOBBY AT 5:30 PM

Come and hear updates about the congregation, vote to approve the annual budget and vote to elect the new Board slate. Each member of Temple Solel is encouraged to attend this important session. We want your participation and your vote is important, so come and be heard!

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 2 Service Schedule

Friday, May 6, 2016 Tot Shabbat & Dinner 5:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service 6:15 pm An oneg will precede the service at 5:30 pm. Anniversaries will be announced.

Saturday, May 7, 2016 Torah Study 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 am During the service Matthew Linhart will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah.

Friday, May 13, 2016 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm An oneg will precede the service at 5:30 pm.

Saturday, May 14, 2016 Torah Study 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 am During the service Alexa Flader will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah.

Friday, May 20, 2016 Shabbat Service 6:15 pm An oneg will precede the service at 5:30 pm. During the service we will thank our volunteers, install our new Board Members, and send off those attending college, summer camp, and Israel programs.

Saturday, May 21, 2016 Torah Study 9:00 am

Friday, May 27, 2016 Shabbat Service 6:00 pm An oneg will precede the service at 5:30 pm.

Saturday, May 28, 2016 Torah Study 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 am During the service Maya Beneke will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah.

MAY ANNIVERSARIES Andy and Ann Abraham ........................ 33 yrs Dave and Barb Adelson ......................... 23 yrs Joshua and Maxine Becker .................... 13 yrs Bill and Mindy Brandt ........................... 38 yrs Scott Brenner and Stephanie Viviano ... 15 yrs Steven and Shari Cohen ........................ 40 yrs Marvin and Florence Covinsky .............. 56 yrs Cliff and Robin Cutler ............................ 33 yrs Leon and Marilyn Driss ......................... 32 yrs Harley and Doreen Feldberg ................. 26 yrs Justin and Gayle Field ........................... 15 yrs Rich and Michelle Fillman ..................... 32 yrs Herb and Judith Gold ............................ 32 yrs Andrew Goldstein and Maria Colombo . 15 yrs Steven Gross and Stacey Wacknov ......... 9 yrs Derrick and Amy Hall ............................ 24 yrs Dick and Sandi Harte ............................. 21 yrs Michael and Diane Jacobs ..................... 25 yrs Jonathan Koppell and Jennifer Steen .... 15 yrs Mark and Tamara Lieberman .................. 7 yrs John and Nancy Linder .......................... 31 yrs Gary and Julie Linhart ........................... 16 yrs John Schaller and Joli Marks ................. 23 yrs

Brian and Jaimee Marks............................. 16 yrs Brent McKesson and Nina Tobias ................ 7 yrs Adam Nach and Beth Jo Zeitzer ................. 29 yrs David and Deborah Nach ........................... 20 yrs Joel Nomkin and Betsy Grey ...................... 29 yrs Bob Orenstein and Amy Foxx-Orenstein ... 29 rys Matt and Kirsten Rinzler .............................. 4 yrs Leo and Amy Rosales ................................... 9 yrs Allan and Liz Rosen-Ducat ......................... 32 yrs Jim and Norma Rubin ................................ 51 yrs Rubin and Elaine Sabin .............................. 41 yrs Jerry and Farol Sax ..................................... 47 yrs Scott and Susan Spier ................................ 20 yrs Mark and Marcey Strick ............................. 21 yrs Charles and Jane Vogel .............................. 37 yrs Howard and Bessieanne Weinstein ............. 5 yrs Jimmy and Miriam Weisman ..................... 38 yrs Paul and Karen Whitney ............................ 21 yrs David and Nicole Zeff ................................. 14 yrs Thierry and Robin Zerbib ........................... 31 yrs Mike and Ellie Ziegler................................. 31 yrs Norman and Susan Zitomer ....................... 29 yrs

KOL HAKAVOD/MAZAL TOV Brian Grobmeier, temple member, for being accepted to the Alexander Muss

High School Summer Program in Israel.

Ethan Lipson, temple member, for being accepted to the Bronfman Youth Fellowship program, an educational journey for high school juniors which includes seminars in Israel and also North America during the summer.

Matthew Eli Linhart, son of Julie and Gary Linhart, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 10:30 am. Matthew attends Phoenix Country Day School and enjoys playing basketball, baseball, football, and soccer. He also plays the trombone in his school band and jazz band. For his mitzvah project, Matthew and three friends founded Kidz 4 Causes, which has raised over $15,000 for TGEN’s Childhood Rare Diseases Center.

Alexa Jordyn Flader, daughter of Katherine and Allan Flader, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 10:30 am. Lexi attends Phoenix Country Day School

and enjoys dance, hanging out with friends, and baking. For her mitzvah project, Lexi raised money for Susan’s House, a place for at-risk teens in Israel.

Maya Rose Beneke, daughter of Rachel and Steve Beneke, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 10:30 am. Maya attends Mountainside Middle School and enjoys playing softball and volleyball, and baking cookies and cakes. For her mitzvah project, Maya baked homemade grain-free dog treats and handed them out in exchange for donations to Paw Placement, a dog adoption organization. The money will go towards vaccines and food for homeless dogs.

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 3 NEW MEMBERS

Michelle and Dan Glicksman and children Brian and Hailey

Brad and Michele Grossman and sons Jacob and Maxwell

Rick and Kathy Klein

To all our Yiddish friends and supporters of the Yiddish Club

here at Temple Solel, we want to invite you to join us for our last meeting of the season to take place Wednesday, May 4, 1:30-3:00 pm. We invite you to bring your favorite Yiddish item to share. After May, our meetings will resume after High Holy Days this fall. Until then, Zay Gezunt and we hope to see you on the 4th!

The Al Feldman Y i d d i s h Club

A Tree Grows in Solel

The purchase of a leaf on Temple Solel’s Tree of Life provides a special

way to commemorate a life-cycle event, while at the same time

providing needed funds for our children’s religious education. You

have probably noticed the inscribed leaves, each one reminding us of a

special Simchah or thought celebrated by a temple member or organization.

These leaves can be purchased for $180 each. All funds are used to

support various Temple Youth and Education Programs.

A leaf has been purchased:

In celebration of Rachel Brachman’s Lucky March 4, 2016

From Jeanine Korer

Blooms with

ample sunlight and water.

Give them what they

need to grow this summer.

Featuring our outdoor

water play area!

www.solelpreschool.org

480.991.4545

6805 E. McDonald Dr.

Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

JOIN US FOR THIS SPECIAL SHABBAT!

Volunteer Shabbat Installation of Temple Solel Board

College/Summer Camp/Israel Program Send Off Friday, May 20, 2016, 6:15 pm

Join us as we honor and thank all of our wonderful volunteers for their time and participation this year, thank all of our Board members for their service to the congregation for the 2015-16 year and send off our college/summer camp/Israel program participants with a proper blessing and bon voyage! We will also install the new board members this evening. If you are attending college, please wear your college sweatshirt/t-shirt.

Final Session of the Season! Downtown Study Group

Wednesday, May 4, 12:00 pm Join Rabbi Linder and others at the law offices of Engelman Berger, PC at 3636 N. Central Ave., Suite 700, Phoenix for this study group. RSVPs are needed and should be made to Jelena Santiago at jsantiago@templesolel.org by May 2nd. Our generous hosts at Engelman Berger will provide lunch that day.

Temple Solel Movie Club Tuesday, May 3 at 7:00 pm

Go and see “Eye in the Sky” then join us as we discuss this emotional, edge-of-your-seat, thriller about the tactical, legal, and moral conflicts that arise during a terrorist drone operation in East Africa. This will be our final gathering of the season and all are invited to attend. Contact Sue Silvert, sudonym@cox.net or Diane Reuss, dreuss@cox.net for info.

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 4 The Solel Preschool

Mateo and Case really enjoyed our “Blue Wednesday.” when some PVPD officers came to have lunch with us!

Maxen loves riding the plasma cars on the playground. Grace and Collins experiment with clothespins

and cotton balls, trying out a new painting technique.

The Solel kids enjoyed showing off their favorite costumes for Purim.

Our Director, Leslie Scheck and several teachers put on a Purim Play for all the kids

Sydney and Kennedy participated in the carnival games during the PreK trip to Kivel Campus of Care, our annual Purim field trip celebrating the mitzvah of honoring elders.

M ay is a busy month at The Solel Preschool. As we wind our school year down, we are also gearing up for the beginning of Camp Solel. We say goodbye to our Pre-K graduates and welcome a new group of kids who will be joining us for camp.

The end of the school year is a bittersweet time. Our teachers say goodbye to a group of students who have taken up residence in our hearts. We rejoice in how much

they have learned and grown. We are so proud of all they have accomplished. This year, we have loved them, cared for them, and started their educational journey on the right path. We send them on to their new teachers or new schools with so much love, knowing that they will do great things in this world.

Leslie Scheck Director of Early Childhood Education

The Solel Preschool has something new for our summer camp this year.

We will be offering camp for children ages infant through 3rd grade this summer! For the younger kids (3mo-5yrs) our KATAN camp’s theme will be “Around the World in 50 Days”

with lots of fun activities from various countries and continents from Brazil to Italy! We will have several special visitors throughout the summer, including Magician Matt Lemm, The Singing Cowboy Gary (with his horse Dusty) and The Fantastic Fire Department! For older children (entering

1st-3rd grades) our GADOL camp will offer different themed camps each week including Bricks for Kids, Sports, Cooking, “Mad Science” and Drama. We are even including several exciting field trips for our Gadol campers.

For more information and registration materials, please visit our website, www.solelpreschool.org or call 480.991.4545 and ask for me, Karen Aland, Camp Solel Director.

Karen Aland

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 5 Raker Religious School

Preparing for Passover: Our students enjoyed a variety of pre-Passover activites including making chocolate matzah, designing Passover plates and attending the Temple Solel Women’s Seder.

Our religious school year draws to a close with a wrap up of the year’s learning and a focus on Israeli culture in some religious school classrooms for Yom Haatzmaut (Israeli Independence Day).

Fifth grade teachers Ariella Feld, Sharona Feld and Moshe Blenkitni, (all from Israel) incorporate singing prayers and learning traditional melodies into their class. In celebration

of Yom Haatzmaut they plan to enhance their regular studies by including a focus on Israeli dancing.

Sixth grade teachers, Kathy Shulman, Ruth Goldman and Jerry Flint have been teaching students about Israel’s people, places, food and popular music. They will culminate their study with a specially planned Israeli breakfast to include 6th grade parents on Sunday, May 1 from 11:00 am–12:00 pm.

April Goodman Interim Raker Religious School Director

Upcoming Dates to Remember for Raker Religious School: May 1: 6th Grade Israeli Breakfast May 11: Last Wednesday for RRS-Yom Hazikaron-Israel’s Memorial Day May 12: Yom Haatzmaut-Israeli Independence Day May 15: Last Sunday for RRS

Registration Forms for 2016-2017 School year will be available in May

Women’s

Seder &

Raker

Religious

School

Highlights

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“Bird of God” at Torah Study

Temple Teen Tracks Our year and spring workshops come to a close with a special reception to celebrate the unique perspective and personalities of our Solel teens and to highlight their connections within our community.

Participants in our Jewish Lens photography workshop will be unveiling their photos about being Jewish in a show in our very own Solel gallery. Along with this, participants in our Cooking Like a Bubbe workshop will

provide a tasting of their favorite recipes and will share submitted recipes in an original cookbook.

The reception scheduled for parents, teens and special guests, with the support of the Art @ Solel committee, is being held on Sunday, May 15 from 1:30 pm-2:00 pm. The exhibit will be up all summer at Temple Solel and the collected recipes will be available to share!

April Goodman T3 Coordinator

Upcoming Dates to Remember for T3: May 1: Sunday Teen Scene Workshops May 1: After STS-Temple Solel Temple Youth Elections May 15: Last Sunday Teen Scene Workshops May 15: 1:30 pm-2:00 pm-Jewish Lens Photography reception for teens, parents and guests

Teen Registration Forms and Madrichim applications will be available in May

One of my favorite characters in the Torah is Zipporah, daughter of the Midianites, a nomadic desert tribe. In my imagination, I see her as a priestess with an enchanted life. When she was born, her family named her “Zippor” (bird). They said that she was a descendant of the timeless bird who perched in the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:9). Like a guardian angel, this original bird kept her eye on all the creatures below, singing, “God gives wisdom through the birds of the sky” (Job 35:11).

I also imagine that when Zippor became a priestess, God added the divine letter hay to her name, rendering it “Zippor-ah, Bird of God.” God felt a special kinship with her because of their shared ability to fly. As the Bible relates, “Blessed is the Eternal, who walks upon the wings of the wind, beyond trees glistening with dew, where birds make their nests” (Psalm 104).

My musings about Zipporah stem from her appearance in the Torah as Moses’ wife and desert guardian. When the young Moses flees Pharaoh’s palace and runs into the desert, Zipporah finds him there and marries him (Exodus 2:11-22). Later, she saves him from an avenging angel (Exodus 4:24-26). Zipporah’s clan, the Midianites, help Moses because they share a common ancestor—Abraham. Midian was Abraham’s sixth son (Genesis 25:2). While the enslaved Israelites forgot the ways of justice and mercy that Abraham received from the Eternal, the Midianites retained that memory. With Zipporah’s blessing, they teach it to Moses, who records it in the Torah (Exodus 18:1-27). For us today, the Torah remains a fascinating text, engaging our imaginations and inspiring us to write stories of our own!

Torah study meets every Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the temple library. Please come!

Matthew Kozinets

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 7 50th Anniversary Highlights

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Thank You to All of Our Sponsors!

The Milton & Miriam Waldbaum Family Foundation

Suzanne and Richard Swift

Doreen and Harley Feldberg

Siamon Family

Stephen and Bobbie Slogoff

Jo Ann and Bob Burgess

Laura, Jeff, Daphne, and Zack Beraznik

Lieberman Family

Boninger Family

Chavurah Hineini

Ben Davis and Amy Davis

Bobbi and Jim Moss

Julie and Ira Schwartz

The Tribe Chavurah

Ira and Myrna Wechter

A Special Thank You to Sarah and Charles Superfon

for generously opening their home for our Saturday evening festivities.

The Grossman Family

Steve Shobin

Temple Solel and The Solel

Preschool Staff

Raker Religious School

Prostate Solutions of Arizona

Anonymous

Viewpoint Group @ Morgan Stanley

Ori, Mirit, Dan & Ariel Eisen

The Marks Family - Brian, Jaimee and Dylan

The Gerbers

Judy and Richard Ackerman

The Segal Family

Frank and Becky Weinberg

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 9 Thank You to All of Our

Committee Members & Volunteers!

Celebrate 50 Co­Chairs Richard Lamden & Robert Siamon

Celebrate 50 Book Committee Interviewers Lisa Banen, Mary Ann Bloom, Jan Carp, Shirley Dubow, Melissa Gulinson, Jay Levinsohn, Lynn Mizel Leinwohl,

Becky Lieberman, Peter Pishko, Marilyn Reinherz, Linda Ribnik, Janet Robinson, Leslie Scheck, Ira Schwartz, Kay Segal,

Phyllis Stone, Diana Turk, Sue Waldbaum, & Frank Weinberg

Book/Website Photographers Matt Cohen & Larry Kane

Editors Sandra Harris, Barbara Stern, Mark Stern, & Ira Thomas

Coffee Klatch Bonnie & Sheldon Levitt

Sponsorship, Donation & Ad Committee Randall Udelman, Geoffrey Harris, Robert Siamon,

Richard Lamden, & Julie Knoller Schwartz

Weekend Festivities: Friday Night: Amy Davis, Fran Lamden & Julie Knoller Schwartz

Torah Study: Peter Pishko & Judy Schaffert Saturday Night: Sarah Superfon & Hank Arens

Sunday: Tami Miller, Laina Freedberg, Margo Fink, Nicole Klissara, Mara Kotansky, & Hank Arens

Photographers Friday & Saturday: Larry Kane

Sunday: Lori Krenzen

Art & Soul of Solel Karen Bell-Zinn, Deena Goldstein, Rae Rader,

Janet Robinson, & Ira Thomas

50th Logo Design Samantha Rosenberg

50th Website Setup Eve Danoff

Thank you to the Town of Paradise Valley & the Paradise Valley Police Department

The following friends offer their heartiest Mazel Tov to Temple Solel on our 50th Anniversary

Rabbis Mari Chernow, Bonnie Koppell and Cantor Ross Wolman, Temple Chai

Rabbis Michael Wasserman and Elana Kanter, The New Shul

Rabbis Rabbis Steven Kahn and Rony Keller, Congregation Beth Israel

Rabbi Jeremy Schneider, Temple Kol Ami

Rabbis Dean Shapiro and Jason Bonder, Temple Emanuel

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Valley Beit Midrash

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 10 Thank You Volunteers

Volunteers are an essential part of Temple Solel. We would like to thank the following volunteers for their time, hard work and efforts:

Art @ Solel Larry Kane’s exhibit of the Faces of Israel continues through May in the North Hallway Gallery. His book, featuring these images and the stories about each, has been a big seller in the Gift Shop, available for $18, with all the proceeds going to the temple. Art Showcase will resume in September with a display of the beautiful quilts of Sheila Groman.

Volunteer Opportunities: If you would like to volunteer, or learn about volunteer opportunities, please contact Adina at 480.991.7414 ext. 134 or azarchan@templesolel.org.

Knitting for a Purpose Wednesday, May 11, 1:00-3:00 pm

A big thank you goes once again to Carol Brillman for running the April Knitting group during my recovery. It is with a heavy heart that I enclose the last note from Sue Murphy, R.N. at P.I.M.C. dated March 11, 2016 .The following week our dear friend passed away suddenly. We will all miss this wonderful lady but hope to still send blankets and hats to P.I.M.C.

Arlene and beautiful Ladies of Temple Solel,

On behalf of Phoenix Indian Medical Center, we are so grateful for your time and energy and especially the love that goes into knitting these baby blankets and hats. The new mothers truly appreciate them, what a blessing. Thank you so much,

Sue Murphy and Ruby Sumanego

We will meet May 11th at Temple Solel. Please plan to join us. We will be waiting with a cool drink, a cool room and lovely yarn for you to work with. Questions? Contact Arlene Bonime, 480.391.1645 or abonime1@cox.net.

Omission We regret that Mark Neufeld was omitted from the LimmudAZ 2016 Highlights article in the March Pathfinder.

50th Anniversary Committee See page 9 50th Anniversary Volunteers Levi Aitken Ashlyn Bradshaw Carol Brillman Barbara Chassin Eve Danoff Dan Eisen Mel Epstein and Inalou Raznick Nicki Federman Ben Gavartin Alexandria Giannini Betsy Gometz Alejandra Gomez Sharon Gordon Phil Hawkes

Susan Hall Jonah Hopkins Sam Hopkins Aidan Jacobson Larry and Fern Kane Elissa Katz Jerri Kelly Kyle Levy Maddy Levy Shoshana Lieberman Barbara and Ken Love Tami Miller Bobbi Moss Allan and Beverly Nathan Jeff Parker Kendall Pine Frank and Rae Rader Saralee Rahm Janet Robinson Linda Ribnik Michelle Rosenbloom

Knitting for a Purpose Frieda Allweiss Arlene Bonime Carol Brillman Carol Finch Cecile Kaufman Arline Kossoff Jill Loebel Norma Power Margie Rahilly Janet Robinson Judy Sirkis Beth Sennett Debbie Smith Joanne Thompson Adele Ware Nancy Weinstein Yahrzeits Cynthia Marcus

Lisa Ruffcorn Milena Santiago Suzanne Serlin Ben Siamon Sue Silvert Lawrence Stern Phyllis Stone Ira and Susan Thomas Josh Traulsen Marlene Tucker Talon Tucker Tanner Tucker Diana Turk Leah Valadez Sue Waldbaum Barbara Wasserman Paul Whitney Nancy Wise Ella Zeff Birthday Calls Arlene Bonime

Women’s Seder Toby Goldberg Dot Braun-Cohen Pamela Ornstein Shirley Rosenblum Jenny Kelly Annual Meeting Mailing Jan Carp Jeff Parker Suzanne Serlin Ruth LeGrand Bubbe Brigade Tot Shabbat Ushers Sheila and Stuart Schwalb Book Club Nina Tobias Diana Turk

Join us for a Town Hall Meeting on May 9th. We want your input. What topics would you like to have covered at our Rosh Chodesh meetings? Join us for the dairy potluck dinner at 6:30 pm, Town Hall Meeting at 7:00 pm, followed by this month’s presentation, “Little

Known Facts About the Original Jewish State” at 7:30 pm. RSVP to Marilyn Carson at marilyncarson6@gmail.com. Babysitting will be available upon request.

ROSH CHODESH WOMEN’S GATHERING MONDAY, MAY 9, 6:30 PM

50th Anniversary Book Available A 64 page 50th Anniversary Book is available for sale in the Gift Shop. It chronicles Temple Solel’s past, gives details on current programs and services, and is really a must-have for all members. Cost is only $36, payable by check or credit card. Hurry while the supply lasts.

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Donations received after April 6, 2016 will be printed in the

next issue of the Pathfinder.

Rabbi Linder’s Discretionary Fund In honor of Rabbi Linder giving the

invocation at the House of Representatives

From Fran Garner In memory of Alvin Leff

From Marv and Karen Leff From Casper Braverman

In memory of Myron Braverman In memory of Bernard Lane

In memory of Joseph Braun From Dorothy and Robert Cohen

In memory of Fannie Binn From Eleanor and Norman Krumholz

Speedy recovery to Edie Bradt From Shirley Dubow

In gratitude for Judy Schaffert’s ongoing presence in and presents to our community

From Steve Shobin Thank you for making Dylan’s bat

mitzvah experience so memorable From Todd and Mindy Weiss

Thank you Rabbi Linder for making us feel so welcome

From Judi and Steve Goode

Executive Director’s Discretionary Fund Speedy recovery to Edie Bradt

From Debbie and Don Scharf

Building Beautification Fund From Ira and Susan Thomas

In memory of Miriam Pritkin Get well Edie Bradt

Education Fund In memory of Clara Andleman

From Ruth Goldman

Endowment Fund A donation was made by Robert Teper

Family Assistance Fund In honor of the 6th birthday of Joseph

and Paul Applebaum

General Fund In memory of Charles Braunstein

From Jerry and Elaine Gerber From Ruth Braunstein

In memory of Michael Brillman From Carol Brillman

Get well fast Edie Bradt From Cynthia Marcus

From Sy and Harriet Achtman In memory of Naomi Achtman Speedy and complete recovery to Edie Bradt

From Bonnie and Sheldon Levitt In memory of William Lipman In memory of Anna Kieval

Oneg Fund Sponsors In honor of the bar mitzvah of Matthew

Linhart From Gary and Julie Linhart

In honor of the bat mitzvah of Alexa Flader

From Allan and Katherine Flader In honor of the bat mitzvah of Maya

Beneke From Steve and Rachel Beneke

Prayerbook Fund In memory of William Dubow

From Shirley Dubow

The Solel Preschool Fund In memory of Shari Lewis and Dean

Lewis From Mary Ann and Pete Bloom

In honor of Michelle and Rich Fillman From Barbara and Harvey Wasserman

From Sandy and Ginger Wlody In memory of Shirley Wlody In honor of our wedding anniversary

Tzedakah Fund In honor of the 6th birthday of Joseph

and Paul Applebaum

In memory of Donald Goldstein From Sandy and Deena Goldstein

In memory of Lois Strass From Bernard and Arlene Strass

In memory of Harriet Lieberman From Paul and Yetta Gluck

In memory of Cecil Bowerman From Janet and Stephanie Seplow

In memory of Preston Weisman From Gloria Weisman

In memory of Charlotte Chassin From Barbara and Marvin Chassin

In memory of Simpson Meyers From Jerri and Gordon Schubert

In memory of Ann Hyman From Sol and Helen Epstein

In memory of David Schaffert From Mike and Judy Schaffert

From Saramae Teich In memory of Marvin Grossman In memory of Jenice Furstman In memory of Shirley Bloom

In memory of Cheryl Lernor From Matt and Patty Lernor

Thank you for the lovely Friday evening service

From Beryl and Stan Gershenson In honor of Dylan Weiss’s bat mitzvah

From Jeffrey and Susan Callen In memory of Shari Lewis and

Dean Lewis From Doris Perlmutter

In memory of Judith Sachs From Raymond Sachs

Thank you Temple Solel From Joan Lowell

From Bella Kazen To Barry and Judy Friefield in honor of becoming new grandparents Speedy recovery to the twin boys

In memory of Eva Noodlman From Russell and Leonor Jurgenson

Thank you to my Temple Solel family for all of the well wishes

From Edie Bradt In memory of Judge Sol Friedman

From Shirley Lipman From Florence and Marvin Covinsky

In memory of Hannah Hirsch In memory of Milton Hirsch

From Judy Seplow In honor of Judy Schaffert Speedy recovery to Arlene Bonime

In memory of Jay Holtzman From Gloria and Marty Holtzman

Contributions We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support Temple Solel by remembering and honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.

Men’s Group Happy Hour Tuesday, May 10, 5:30 pm

Blue 32 We hope you will join us for our last Men’s Group Happy Hour of the season. Come and visit with old friends and make some new ones too. Contact Steve Slogoff, sslogof@gmail.com or Dick Jacobs, logomerch@cox.net for info.

M ay 2 0 1 6 / N i s a n - I ya r 5 7 7 6 14 Yahrzeits

Kaddish will be recited on Erev Shabbat on the following dates:

May 6, 2016

Lewis Avren Michael Barnett Lawrence Bengis Abraham Berk Dorothy Birnbaum Bill Carter Edith Cohen Minna Dickman Maye Feld David Feldman Helen Friedman Richard Gash Max Gazer Simon L. Goldstein Sue Gordon Michel Guillais-Auray

Deaths We Mourn the Loss of:

Marty Gerber – cousin of Susan Zitomer Miriam Pritkin – mother of Nanci Fisher Elizabeth Goldfinger – grandmother of

Wendy Lieberman Shari Lewis – mother of Cyndi Leigh Applebaum Dean Lewis – brother of Cyndi Leigh Applebaum

In Loving Memory In memory of Maximo Piccione

From The Solel Preschool

May 27, 2016

Dorothy Schlemmer May Seligson Blake Shapiro Vizma Shaw Sid Siegel Leonard Siegel Sidney Siegel Melvin Silver Ludwig Stern Friedericke Suessel Samuel Wasser Ella Weinberg Robert Wilf Sheldon Wolt Murray Wood Joel Yonover

Stuart Jenkins Frieda Jozoff Jarril Kaplan Adele Kauff Charles Kranzberg Minita Levenson Murray S. Levine Jack Linhart Evy Lipp Ruth London Evelyn Markus Gladys Nomkin Irv Obstgarden Scott Okun Bernard Reicher Jacob Robbins, MD George Rudinger

May 13, 2016

Anita Abrams Mildred Alexander Samuel Bolno Eleanor Bowerman Beatrice Brace Malvina Braciejowski Frank Budd Elayne Chotin Hyman Danoff William Dees Sarah Denmark Irma Dym Katherine Forman

Philip Padden Lillian Razansky Lois Rosenbloom Allan Sachs Lillian Sandler Paul Sayrs Samuel Schafer Marcus Schiller Harold Schwartz Robert Siegel Joseph Smolens Edith Thomas Emma Zellerbach

Iza Gavartin Esther Gurovitsch Joseph Kopelson Libby Koplin Judith Leinwohl Myrtle Levenson Leonard Levine Gladys Lewis Sally Libman Shlomo Mikayton Gary Mozenter Harold Neuman Joseph Nowak

May 20, 2016

George Achtman Ruth Alexander Henry Aptroot Morris Aronovitch Ben Bandel Elbert Bollyn Meredith Burke Bessie Clemons Albert Dennis David Erlich Samuel Feldberg Sidney Friedlander David Garrison Mary Gensman Thelma Gilbert

Jeanne Sarlat Jamie Sax Andrew Schwartz William Schwartz Alex Stern Ruth Stone Janet Strauss William Suckle Solomon Turk Donna Udelman Fannie Vinegar Min Waber Howard Waxenberg Josephine Winkelman

Alan Gleicher Eugene Glicksman Nathan Goldberg Frank Goodman Conrad Grossman Edith Jacobson Mary Klein Samuel Kris Bertha Krumholz Fannie London Charlotte Marx Gerty Meltzer Donald Raskin Anne Rosenbaum

Benjamin Ackerman Jean Boland Edis Cherin William Dobbs Rachel Dombrowsky Carl Dry Lois Epstein Robert Fillman Rina Fox Ethel Friedman Freida Gilman Leonard Haase Anafred Halpern

Jacob Reibel Laura Rothschild Robert Schechner Miriam Schwartz Melvin Segal Claire Shindel M. Benjamin Silberman Aria Simon Henry Slater Sarah Smulyan Elana Joy Steinberg Laurabell Thomas

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June 3, 2016

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May 2016

Rabbi John A. Linder rabbilinder@templesolel.org x.122 Rabbi Rabbi Ilana Mills rabbimills@templesolel.org x.171 Rabbi Todd Herzog therzog@templesolel.org x.136 Cantorial Soloist Maynard W. Bell Rabbi Emeritus

Ben Davis bdavis@templesolel.org x.124 Executive Director Leslie Scheck lscheck@templesolel.org x.163 Director of Early Childhood Ed. Adina Zarchan azarchan@templesolel.org x.134 Program Director April Goodman agoodman@templesolel.org x.123 Interim Religious School Dir./T3 Joan Giannini jgiannini@templesolel.org x.127 Accounting Associate Edie Bradt ebradt@templesolel.org x.120 Receptionist Jelena Santiago jsantiago@templesolel.org x.126 Executive Assistant Chelsi Johnson cjohnson@templesolel.org x.128 Administrative Assistant Holly Witzer hwitzer@templesolel.org x.121 Communications Associate Karen Aland kaland@templesolel.org x.164 Camp Solel Director Mary Ann Bloom mabloom@templesolel.org x.162 Assistant Preschool Director Sonya Placencia splacencia@templesolel.org x.135 Preschool Office Assistant Kathleen Manahan katmanahan@templesolel.org x.164 Preschool Education Assistant

Executive Committee

Randall Udelman .................................................................................................... President Larry Fink ........................................................................................ Executive Vice President Bettina Chow ............................................................................... Vice President - Education Doreen Feldberg .....................................................................Vice President - Membership Stephen Slogoff ............................................................................ Vice President - Accounts Andy Abraham ...................................................................... Vice President - Development Bobbi Moss ............................................................................................................ Secretary Phil Hawkes ........................................................................................................... Treasurer

Trustees

Sharon Fixman Bricker Julie Knoller-Schwartz David Weissman Dedrie Cohen Richard Lamden Scott Cohen Pamela Ornstein TSTY Co-Presidents: Robert Danoff Rae Rader Talia Boninger Leon Gavartin Sue Waldbaum Eva Turner

Torah Portions/Candle Lighting Times

May 6 Leviticus 18:1-30/Acharei Mot/6:57 m May 13 Leviticus 19:1-20:27/K’doshim/7:03 pm May 20 Leviticus 21:1-24:23/Emor/7:08 pm May 27 Leviticus 25:1-26:2/B’har/7:12 pm June 3 Leviticus 26:3-27:34/B’chukotai/7:17 pm

Gift Shop News

Return Policy The temple will cheerfully accept any returns for store credit only.

Thank You!

Just because Sunday School is over, doesn’t mean your Gift Shop is closed. We are opened for business all through the summer. Please let us know you’re coming as we would love to serve you for all your gift giving needs.

Weddings are still happening and we have beautiful gifts for the bride and groom. Babies are still being born, come see our lovely gift items. Keep us in mind and make the temple shop your shop.

We have many wonderful ideas, and before you know it, it will be time for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur...and we will have all those items for you as well. See you soon!

Carol Brillman Shirley Dubow Susan Hall Ruth LeGrand

Barbara Krich Leah Valadez