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In This Issue:In This Issue:In This Issue:In This Issue:In This Issue:

Rabbi Levy’s Column .......... 1

From the Cantor............... 2

President’s Message .......... 2

Education Station ............. 3

Tu B’Shevat Outing ............ 4

Briana Frank Bat Mitzvah..... 4

Ryan Feldman Bar Mitzvah ... 4

SOJC: Orlando Magic Game . 5

Cantorial Corps News ......... 6

Torah Team News ............. 6

Sisterhood News .............. 6

Donations ....................... 7

Birthdays ........................ 7

Anniversaries ................... 7

Yahrzeit Memorial ............. 8

Dates of Interest .............. 9

Faithful Advertisers ....... 8-11

Board of Directors ........... 11

Calendar ....................... 12

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Submitted by Rabbi Jill Levy,Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Intern

them” paradigm. I havealso felt this same dy-namic in rabbinical school.We have become an in-creasingly polarized Con-servative Jewish commu-nity based on how we feelabout full inclusion of gaysand lesbians, egalitarian-ism, kashrut and otherissues.

Our challenge is not tocreate a homogenouscommunity where every-one thinks alike. Rather,it is to remember, espe-cially with the things forwhich we feel the mostpassionate, that Torah isa darech noam – a pathof peace. As a global Jew-ish community, our lovefor Torah should be whatbrings us together and notwhat pulls us apart.

was arrested for thecrime of a woman wear-ing a tallit at the WesternWall. I have also felt thisdivision on a personal levelwhen, for example, I at-tended a Jewish Justicethemed conference inCalifornia. There were300 Jews all committed tobringing justice and peaceinto this world. The pro-gram was great and theenergy was high. At thesame time, one of thekeynote speeches beganwith “the republicans andthe conservatives are tak-ing over”, “this countryis more conservative thanit ever has been” (notexact quotes, but simi-lar). I was disturbed bythis opening remark be-cause it automatically setup a divide - an “us vs.

Every Shabbat as we re-turn the Torah to the

ark, we sing: “etz chaimhe” - it is a tree of life…its pathways are paths ofkindness and all of its sup-porters are/have peace.The words we sing serveas a reminder that Torahis supposed to be a pathof comfort and that as Igrasp onto it I am sup-posed to both feel peaceand bring peace into theworld.

Unfortunately, therehave been too manytimes where I have feltthe Torah as pushing com-munities and people apartinstead of bringing themtogether. I feel the pullapart on a global commu-nity level when I read theJewish newspapers. Mostrecently, Nofrat FrenkelI

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the exodus from Egypt. A great army and a power-ful Pharaoh had been inexplicably defeated by a rag-tag and under-armed band of freshly freed slaves.All Amalek could see was an opportunity for exploita-tion.

So what is it we are to remember when we fol-low the command, “Remember…Amalek…”? It is acommand to see evil when we encounter it and toexpose it for the evil that it is. This is a commandto confront evil even as it lurks about on the fringesof legitimacy. Because evil will prey on the weakestof our society: the poor, the homeless, the sick, andinfirm. We Jews have been the prey countless times,but it is not enough to remember evil for our ownsakes. It is God’s command that we rememberAmalek for the benefit of mankind…

Our sages of old tell usthat the evil Haman,

whose name we “blotout” during every reading of Megillat Ester withgroggers, yelps, and boos, was a descendant ofAmelek. Amalek, in Jewish tradition, not only rep-resents evil, Amalek epitomizes evil.

Remember what Amalek did to you, on the waywhen you were leaving Egypt... (Deut. 25:17-19)

Mordechai’s insistence that Ester speak out andact against Haman can easily be seen as his respon-sibility towards obeying one of God’s commands. Andwhy is Amalek so significant? Hundreds of nationshave oppressed, attacked, and tried to annihilatethe Jewish people. Why are only the Amalekites men-tioned? They were not the first nation to attack usas we left Egypt (the Egyptians pursued us to theReed Sea).

Where the Amalekitesset themselves apart wasthat they attacked uswhen no one else dared.After the splitting of theSea of Reeds, “The nationsheard... fright grippedthem” (Exodus 15:14).Even the strongest andmost evil nations were dulyimpressed by the TenPlagues and the splitting ofthe Sea. It may have beenin their instincts to attack an ill-equipped caravan offormer slaves, but they were convinced they wouldgo into battle against a mighty God that was clearlywilling to alter the battle field in favor of the He-brews.

Amalek, unlike the other nations, was unim-pressed. What gave them the audacity to attack ata time when the entire world recognized God’s pro-tection of the Jewish People? Amalek lacked the req-uisite humility to realize that something larger thantheir sphere of understanding was at work during

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By now you should have received your informationof the upcoming board elections to be held on

Sunday, February 21 from 8:30 to 12:30. For thosewho are not aware the SOJC bylaws call for the mem-bership to elect the board members. The board thenelects the officers from among the members of theboard at the first board meeting following the elec-tions.

By the time you receive this newsletter, RabbiLevy will have completed her second January week-end at SOJC. This column is being written betweenthe two visits. First, I would like to thank MicheleFischer and her team for the delicious Friday eveningmeal they prepared on Friday, January 15. I wouldlike to thank Marian Bromberg for her work on theShabbat luncheon Kiddush. The weekend of January15, being the week end of Martin Luther King’s birth-day, Rabbi Levy gave an interesting Sermon withquotes from Martin Luther King, and tying it intothe Parsha (weekly Torah portion) of the week. (Aninteresting side comment. If you look over King’sfamous “I have a dream” speech, you will noticemany references to the Tanach, the Jewish Bible,but no references to the Christian Bible, or any ref-


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erences to Jesus.) Rabbi Levy followed with a shorttext class after Kiddush looking at the role of com-munity and involvement with the community in prayer.For those of you who have yet to have the pleasureof meeting Rabbi Levy I invite you to join us duringher next visit.

During the month of February, the evening ofSaturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28, wecelebrate the holiday of Purim. Rabbi Levy will bejoining us for that Shabbat. We will be reading MegilatEsther on Saturday night, and we invite you all toattend from the youngest to our oldest members.You are encouraged to come in costume, and as louda noise maker as you own. On Sunday starting at11:00 am we will have the annual Purim Carnival,with all of its festive activities. We will be endingthe Purim festivities with a sports outing to see aMagic game at the arena in the evening. See else-where in the newsletter for the details and how tomake reservations. Here is a Purim trivia question:how many times does God’s name appear in theBiblical Book of Esther that we read on Purim?

In honor of Purim the Adult Education Commit-tee Film Series will be showing the movie based uponthe Purim theme. The exact title will be announcedshortly, before you receive the newsletter. Checkwith the SOJC calendar for the exact title, date andtime.

Also being sponsored by the Adult Education Com-mittee is the continuation of the Jewish History Sur-vey Course. This course covers the period from Bib-lical times to the present, and is based upon theseries of nine hour long lectures that Abba Eban (theformer and long time Israeli Ambassador to the UN)gave on PBS television around 1984. The structureof the class will be to first view the hour long lectureon DVD followed by a discussion period. This is anintroductory course, and no advanced knowledge isassumed. Classes are on most Sunday mornings whenthere is Hebrew School beginning at 10 am. Checkwith the SOJC calendar for the exact date and time.Since each lecture stands by itself, you can startattending even if you have missed some of the ear-lier lectures. If there is enough interest we canarrange for viewings of the earlier lectures for thosewho missed them.

Submitted by Cantor Ramsay

I can’t believe January is gone already! Parentswith students in grades 3-7 should have received their

progress reports at the end of the month (reporting onthe first half of the school year). If you haven’t re-ceived one yet, please notify your child’s teacher.

Our Tu B’Shevat Outing at the Little Slice Ranchwas an outstanding success. You can access all thepictures from the day at http://southwestorlandojewishcongri/shutterfly/ Whenasked for the password, use: SOJC15

Eve Marsel is busy putting together the teams ofvolunteers we will need to produce the Purim Carni-val. If you would like to help or have new and inter-esting ideas for the Carnival, please contact Eve [email protected] or speak to her during school hours.As many of you may know, Purim arrives over theweekend this year, which makes for a promisingweekend of festive revelry.

Please don’t miss the Family Purim Service onFebruary 27th and all the festivities, including thePurim Carnival on February 28th. Lots to do for thewhole family. See the flyer in this newsletter!

Here is our schedule coming up:02/03/10 ............... 5:30pm Religious School.............................. - Grades 3-702/05/10 ............... 6:00pm Tot Shabbat.............................. 7:30pm Regular Friday Night

Services02/07/10 ............... 8:45am Religious School.............................. - Grades K-702/10/10 ............... 5:30pm Religious School.............................. - Grades 3-702/14/10 ............... 8:45am No Religious School.............................. – President’s Weekend.............................. Yom Universal, USY/ Kadima02/17/10 ............... 5:30pm Religious School.............................. - Grades 3-702/21/10 ............... 8:45am Religious School.............................. - Grades K-702/24/10 ............... 5:30pm Religious School.............................. - Grades 3-702/26/10 ............... 6:30pm Family Friday Dinner

(RSVP and prepaid).............................. 7:30pm Friday Night Services02/27/10 ............... 6:30pm Family Purim Service02/28/10 ............... 8:45am Religious School.............................. - Grades K-7.............................. 9:00am Purim Service and

Meggilah reading.............................. 11am-2pm Purim Carnival.............................. 7:00pm Magic vs Heat, Amway

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Briana Frank, daughterof Mitchell and SerenaFrank, will be called tothe Torah as a BatMitzvah on Saturday,February 13, 2010.Briana is currently in 7thgrade at Chain of LakesMiddle School. Her in-terests include singing,writing songs, piano,acting, creating art,

playing soccer, Gator football and her friends.Her favorites: The Clique (book); Avatar andThe Notebook (movies); Degrassi (TV show);Beyonce and Taylor Swift (performing artists);and Raisinets, Nuttella, and Goldfish (snackfood- not together though). Briana’s most memo-rable quote is “It’s only awkward if you make itawkward”.

Sharing in her family’s simcha will be hergrandparents, John and Barbara Schnautz ofAsheville, NC, and additional family and friendsboth from out of state and here in CentralFlorida. Briana’s Tikkun Olam project is to workin a pet shelter and sing at a senior’s homewhere we will donate the plants that are deco-rating the synagogue and Kiddush luncheon.

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Ryan Feldman, son ofRona and MichaelFeldman, will be calledto the Torah as a BarMitzvah on February 20,2010. Ryan is currentlyin 7th grade atBridgewater MiddleSchool. His interests in-clude soccer, basketball,video games, andpaintball. His favorite

things include: Skulduggery Pleasant (book), BillyMadison (movie), South Park (TV Show), LinkinPark (band), and Kit Kats (snackfood). Ryan’smost memorable quote is “Pie is good.”

Sharing in his family’s simcha will be familyand friends from New York. Ryan’s Tikkun Olamproject is volunteering at Ronald McDonaldHouse. Any donations in honor of becomingBar/Bat Mitzvah should be made to the HaitiRelief Effort.

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03/03/10 ............... 5:30pm Religious School.............................. - Grades 3-7

03/05/10 ............... 6:00pm Tot Shabbat.............................. 7:30pm Regular Friday Night

Services03/07/10 ............... 8:45am Religious School.............................. - Grades K-7

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If you have pictures you would like to upload tobe included in all the other pictures taken that day,use the password SOJC15. See if you can find apicture of yourself or family members!

A special thank you must go out to the entireFischer family for purchasing, arranging, and cook-ing all the food, to Margie and Ted Brozanski whoprovided and delivered much needed tables and chairs,to Heather Little, Ed Bromberg, and Marvin Blatt fortaking so many pictures for us to share, to JasonRamsay for running the Hayrides, and to Maris Ramsayfor opening her home and her heart to the congre-gation.

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Back in the swing of things!! I hope everyone hasgotten over the hectic pace and costs of the win-

ter holidays and you are getting excited about theupcoming Purim holiday. The thought ofHamantaschen makes my mouth water. Our Jewishholidays are all about the food, aren’t they? TheRabbi and Cantor may disagree with me on that, butour upcoming Sisterhood events revolve around food.

On February 28th, we encourage everyone to at-tend our annual Purim Carnival, sponsored by thePTA. This is a major fund raiser for our religiousschool, which we hope you will support. Personally, Iam going for the food! (and the terrific raffle items).We also have the non-Gala Gala fund raiser to raisethose much-needed funds for our shul! Purim is animportant time for giving to charity, and we hopeyou will give generously to both of these efforts.

On MARCH 7th, Golde Finkler will be providing atraining to use the SOJC kitchen for all interestedparties at 9:30 AM. This training is meant to edu-cate our members regarding keeping kosher andmaintaining the organization and cleanliness of ourkitchen, which we worked so hard to accomplish thisyear. If you use the kitchen for any purposes, youreally need to attend this training. If you would liketo be able to help in the kitchen or use the kitchenfor events, you will want to attend this training.Meet us in the kitchen with your note pad. Pleaseemail or call me (contact info below) to let me knowyou are coming!

On MARCH 14th, at 10:00 AM, we will have aCooking Demonstration to enhance our Passover

In January Shana Medel, Josh Fischer, and CubbyRubenstein led Shabbat services beautifully. Un-

fortunately, the targeted date for the CC Shabbatwas also the weekend of the SATs and the predomi-nance of our teens were unavailable to read Torah. Ihope to avoid that problem in February as RabbiLevy visits us over the Purim weekend. I look for-ward to seeing all of our teens back into the Sanctu-ary to lead services or read from our Tanach!

We extend a hearty Mazel Tov and yasher kochehto Chelsea Bourekas on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah.I look forward to your continued participation in ourcommunity!

Here’s our schedule:Saturday, Feb. 27 ....Cantorial Corps Torah Reading

This January Bella Katz, Mel Marsel, and Sy Sandickall chanted Haftarot beautifully. Lewis Klapper,

Jules Gelade, Yvonne Bleecker, and Henry Friedcantillated the Torah with precision and confidence.Mel Marsel, Stephen Meshover, and Alan Roufa alsoassisted in leading services on Shabbat morning. Thecongregation appreciates the effort that each of youputs into preparing for your participation, and theyfrequently stop me to comment on how much theyenjoy seeing you and hearing you represent them onthe bima. Thank you all for your dedication to ourcommunity.

These adult Laypeople are an inspiration to usall. Some of them have honed their skills all theirlives, but most have come to their mastery of theseskills during adulthood and continue to practice theseskills in service to our synagogue. There are a num-ber of adults who have trained to participate morefully in our Shabbat services. If you would like tolearn, or want to get on the list to read Torah,Haftarah or to lead a service, or if you just want

more info, e-mail me at [email protected]. It’s amitzvah, it’s uplifting, and it’s a wonderful experi-ence!

Here’s our schedule:Saturday, Feb. 27 Torah Team Torah reading


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Leadership Opportunities: The current Sister-hood board will be completing their second year inJune, and turning the reigns over to new leadership.Elections will be held at our Spring meeting. If youknow of someone (yourself?) who would be inter-ested in carrying on the torch of supporting the syna-gogue, please contact me.

My contact information: Charlotte Moody; email:[email protected]; Phone: 407 345-0008

Sisterhood Board Meetings:Sunday, Feb. 21st 9:30 AM Panera’s Sand Lake RoadSunday, Mar. 14th 9:15 AM at SOJCSunday, April 18th 9:30 AM at Panera’s Sand Lake RoadSunday, June 13th 10:00 AM Turnover Sisterhood

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CANTOR FUNDIn loving memory of Ruth Bleecker.

Yvonne BleeckerIn loving memory of Bertha Newman.

Charlotte Wasser

GENERAL“Thanks the whole Congregation of SOJC for

their wonderful support during myMother’s lengthy illness.”

Kenneth & Sharon KlintIn loving memory of Patrice Feldman.

Gordon & Lisa Levin“Enjoy your Services”

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Neuwirth

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUNDGerald & Ilene Spear

TORAH FUNDIn loving memory of Rose Schmukler.

Jean Dolen

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The on-line calendar atwww.sojc.org is updated weekly.Wherever the on-line calendar does not agree with the above calendar, the on-line calendar overrides this oneand is more current. Thank You.

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