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Table of ContentsWee Sing Summer ............ 1Rabbi’s Reading List........ 2Co-Presidents....................3Cantor ................................ 4Youth Education ............... 5Adult Education ................ 6 Programs ........................... 7Information ........................ 8Shabbat Schedule ............ 9 Annual Mtg Highlights....10Community Board .......... 11Gift Shop ......................... 12

ConneCting to the SaCred

Summer Tammuz, av & elul 5781

June-auguST 2021The

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Thank you to everyone who provided photos for this issue! If you would like to share your high resolution Temple photos send them to [email protected] and we may include your photos in a future issue.

Our Leadership

StaffJoshua M. Brown ...................... RabbiKathy Fromson ....................... CantorLauren Trexler ......................EducatorKylee Burdohan ..........AdministratorKim Williams ..................BookkeeperDale Redington .............MaintenanceDavid Horowitz ........Rabbi Emeritus

Board of Trustees (2019-2020)Robert Lazerow ............ Co-PresidentMichael Segal ............... Co-President

Birthdays

ConneCting to our rabbi

Anniversaries

Torah Study (Saturdays)

The rabbi is also online with Cantor Kathy for:Shabbat servicesHoliday services

The rabbi is also available for:• One-on-one study• Life cycle events• Conversion studyTo contact the rabbi directly for these activities use:[email protected]

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Warm summer sun, shine kindly here;

Warm southern wind, blow softly here;

Green sod above, lie light, lie light;

Good night, dear heart, good night, good night..

Warm Summer Sunby Mark Twain

Rabbi Brown’s Summer Reading ListRabbi Brown is giving you a sneak peak at his summer reading list in preparation for the High Holy Days. Feel free to join him in reading the following books or just show up for the discussion during the month of Elul as we prepare for a new year together. More details about the location of the discussions to follow in a Temple email.

Thursday, August 12th 10am-11:30am

The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos, by Sohrab Ahmari

For millennia, the world’s great ethical and religious traditions taught that true happiness lies in pursuing virtue and accepting limits. Ahmari offers twelve questions for us to grapple with—twelve timeless, fundamental queries that challenge our modern certainties. Among them: Is God reasonable? What is freedom for? What do we owe our parents, our bodies, one another? Exploring each question through the life and ideas of great thinkers, from Saint Augustine to Howard Thurman and from Abraham Joshua Heschel to Andrea Dworkin, Ahmari invites us

to examine the hidden assumptions that drive our behavior and, in so doing, to live more humanely in a world that has lost its way.

Thursday, August 19th 10am-11:30amBeing Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, by Kathryn Schulz

To err is human. Yet most of us go through life assuming (and sometimes insisting) that we are right about nearly everything, from the origins of the universe to how to load the dishwasher. In Being Wrong, journalist Kathryn Schulz explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken. Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine, Darwin, Freud, Gertrude Stein, Alan Greenspan, and Groucho Marx, she shows that error is both a given and a gift—one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and ourselves.

Thursday, August 26th 10am-11:30amGive and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, by Adam Grant

For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contribute to others without expecting anything in return.

Thursday, September 2nd 10am-11:30am

Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality and a Deeper Connection to Life in Judaism, by Sarah Hurwitz

After a decade as a political speechwriter—serving as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama, a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign—Sarah Hurwitz decided to apply her skills as a communicator to writing a book . . . about Judaism. And no one is more surprised than she is.

ConneCting to Leadership

Our LeadershipStaffJoshua M. Brown ...............RabbiDavid Horowitz ...Rabbi EmeritusKathy Fromson ................ CantorAshley Barrett...Rabbinical Intern Lauren Trexler .......................... ..Director of EducationKylee Burdohan .......................... Communications Coordinator Kim Williams ...............Director of Engagement and Administration

Executive Board (2021-2022)Andrew Mirman......Co-PresidentElaine Neumann .... Co-PresidentLinda Barr.....First Vice President

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Welcome New Members!

We welcome new members to our Temple Israel community and hope they take advantage of our online programming. We look forward to the time that we can greet them in our building.

Temple Israel gladly accepts the membership of

Jocelyn Harper

Elizabeth Mann

Mallory Shwab & Travis Seaman

Ted Weissfeld & Sara Hong

Emily & Michael Prioletti

Candy Mirman Membership Committee Chair

Melissa Pidhorodeckyj................Second Vice PresidentGreg McMains .............TreasurerJosh Lemerman ...........SecretaryBob Lazarow..Past Co-PresidentMike Segal.....Past Co-President

Elaine [email protected]

Andrew [email protected]

Meet Dr. Jeff Klein- 74 years old, retired Internal Medicine Physician with background in Infectious Diseases. Born in Cleveland, raised in Shaker Heights. College at Duke, then U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases Fellowship in Cincinnati. Married my high school sweetheart, Ileen Kurlander. We had 50 wonderful years together before she succumbed to lymphoma in 12/19. Two sons, Russ(48) and Scott(45). Russ lives in Solon and works for JFS, Scott lives in Denver and is an anesthesiologist. Five wonderful grandchildren (said without prejudice). Four

back surgeries along the way due to high school weightlifting injury (At least I won a buck on a bet). You can’t miss me, I walk partially bent over, but am still very active, cycling and walking. I’ve always wanted to be on Temple’s Board, but many years ago Ileen warned me that Board politics would “eat me alive.” That was then, and this is now (a much, much better Board), and I want to contribute while I still can.

Meet Kevin Newman - Kevin is originally from Cincinnati; after graduating from Denison University and the University of Dayton School of Law, he made his way to Northeast Ohio with his wife, Katlin, a Cuyahoga Falls native. For the past seven years, Kevin has worked in governmental affairs compliance and dabbled in real estate on the side. He was a 2019 Jewish Leadership Initiative graduate and has since served on the JCBA Community Relations Committee as well as on the Merriman Road Task Force for Temple Israel. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing tennis, drinking coffee, and reveling in all things Disney. Kevin and Katlin live in

Wadsworth with their three kids, Eleanor (5), Ezra (3), and Isla (6 months), and their two dogs, Molly and Henry.

This is our first article for the Window as your new co-presidents and we would like to thank everyone for their support, as we look forward to a bright and promising year at Temple. Thank you all for attending the annual meeting, in person or by zoom.

A SPECIAL thanks to our surprise ONEG bakers! Thank you to Shelley Kaye, Candy Mirman and Lynne Weinberger and shout out to Kay Winer and Natalie Winer (Cake Bites and Other Delights) for their special treats. Its acts of kindness and love that make our Temple so special. What a treat for all that attended.

We are excited to be working with the new executive board, as well as the new board of trustees for Temple. We want to get to know you and we want you to get to know us! Below are our two new board members. We are delighted to welcome them and we hope you enjoy reading about them. We wish you all a great summer, back to some normalcy and hope that you join us for the summer months for inside and outside services.

As always, feel free to reach out to either of us with suggestions or questions.

ConneCting to our CantorOnline with the Cantor

The cantor is online with Rabbi Brown for:Shabbat services Holiday services

The cantor is also available for: • B’nai mitzvah tutoring• Life cycle eventsTo contact the cantor directly for these activities use: [email protected]

What is Selichot?by Cantor Kathy Fromson

When we think of the High Holy Days, many of us think that they begin with Rosh Hashanah during the month of Tishrei. However, Jewish tradition teaches that the preceding month, Elul, is a time when we search our souls in preparation for the magnitude of the Days of Awe. And it is during this time that we observe Selichot.

In Hebrew, selichot translates to “forgiveness,” with an emphasis on the merciful attributes with which God is said to govern the world. In the broadest definition, selichot are penitential prayers said before and during the High Holy Days and other fast days throughout the year. We say these prayers to begin the path to atonement.

What guides us down the path? For some, it is the beautiful music of the choir. For others, it is the Rabbi’s words or the poetry of our liturgy. And for many, it is the instruments- the cello and the violin- that speak directly to our hearts as we open ourselves up to God.

For Selichot this year, which occurs on August 28, we will embark on the journey to our holiest of days. We will change our Torah covers into their purest whites. We will sing Hashiveinu – the prayer of return and renewal. And thanks to the generosity of the Mirman Holiday Music Fund, we will hear the compelling voices of cello and violin as they pave the way to our spiritual center.

Mazel Tov to our Adult B’nai Mitzvah Students

Linda Barr

Susan Clements

Bruce Folkerth

Sandi Lederman

Dr. Janet Minc

Jennifer Moses

Sandy Moses

Kandy Sartori

Julie Zimmerman

ConneCting to Jewish Youth eduCation

5781 Religious School Wrap-up

On May 16th we officially wrapped up our 5781 school year! We welcomed back the tradition of a celebratory color war/Maccabiah games. It was loads of fun and a great way to end a year when we were stuck in box (the Zoom box) for most of it, to be in person, safely outside, playing games! We awarded the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Paper Cup Trophy to the Blue Team led by our 2nd/5th grade teacher Jenna Baker!

Even though this wasn’t the year we wanted in many ways, it was a success. And we couldn’t have done it without the support and participation of the parents, the energy of the students, and of course the dedication of our teachers. This was a wonderful group of teachers who really stepped up to challenges they’ve never had. We can’t thank them enough.

Becky Rubenstein who taught Katonton and 3rd grades

Claire Bober who taught Katonton and 3rd grades

Lisa Pesanetz who taught Kindergarten

Nicki Embly who taught 1st grade

Jenna Baker who taught 2nd and 5th grades

Kristin Leuchtag who taught 6th grade

Joyce Butlien who taught 4th grade Hebrew and 4th grade on Sundays

Mina Ronen who taught 3rd grade Hebrew

Next year will be a reset of sorts and we have plans for even more dynamic and engaging programs for a wider range of ages!

In July registration for the 5782 (2021-22) school year will open. Please look for that in your email.

Online with the Religious School

To contact Lauren directly, use [email protected]

by Lauren Trexler

Geyt men bazunder in shtile fartogn,

Vu s’varemt dos likht fun di zumerteg

So you walk alone in quiet dawns,

Warmed by the light of the summer days

Zumerteg(Summer Days)

A Yiddush Folksongby Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman

ConneCting to Jewish aduLt eduCation smaLL groups

Temple Israel’s Book Discussion Group

Monday, June 21, 2021 at 12:30 p.m.in the Temple Board Room

or on Zoom Zoom ID: 980 1993 0039

The Light of Days by Judy Batalion

This is the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos Questions can be answered by: Lois Reaven -- [email protected] (330-836-2119) or Elaine Cohen -- [email protected]

Introduction to Judaism Summer Course Dates

Tuesdays at 6:30 June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20We are offering an Introduction to Judaism course this summer to be taught by our Rabbinical Intern Ashley Barrett. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with the many facets of Jewish life. Participants will meet weekly and learn more about the beliefs and values of the Jewish tradition. Topics include Torah and major Jewish texts, tradition and culture, Jewish holidays, ritual and time, prayer and lifecycle. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from Temple Israel Clergy and leadership.

This course is a wonderful opportunity to feed and inspire your soul. Introduction to Judaism is great for those seeking a refresher course on Judaism, who want deeper knowledge of their Jewish tradition, interested in Judaism.

This course is free to members of Temple Israel and $250 for non-members (a payment plan can be set up). Please contact the Temple Office to register for this course, 330-665-2000. All those who have signed up will receive a reminder email the Friday before the start of the program with a Zoom link.

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What Was It Like ?

We sat, we paced, and we watched you. What is it like knowing you were going to leave us forever? Forever, we would never see you again, never hear you again, and never groan at your bad jokes.

You started to toss and turn, yelling crazy things, arms flailing. You were agitated, then calm and resting again. “It’s for the best, you don’t want them to suffer”. Them, them to suffer. What about us?

How can we normalize gratefulness that “they aren’t suffering”, when we are suffering. Still, we are relieved when it is over. Death came and overtook you. It overtook us as well.

When will the healing begin? It takes as long as it takes. Sometimes a long time until we get past pain and return to focus on grief issues.

When does mourning end? Jewish tradition prescribes a formal period of up to a year. But as we know, “it takes as long as it takes”

Need help? Please contact Temple for Grief Support.

Social Justice Service at The House of the Lord

Sunday, August 8th, 10:30 amThe House of the Lord1650 Diagonal Road

Akron, OH 44320

We are continuing our social justice work with a Sunday morning service at our sister congregation, The House of the Lord. This will be an in-person service with social distancing in their sanctuary. Masks are required. We will be sending RSVP information out closer to the event. For questions about this event or our work with The House of the Lord please contact Cathy Baer, 330-338-5504 or [email protected]

Pictures taken by congregants during a nature walk at Seiberling Nature Realm on May 8, 2021.

5782 high hoLY daY dates

2021 - 2022 Committee assignments

Budget & Finance Building & Facilities

By-lawsCaring Community

CemeteryDues

EndowmentFundraising Investments

Medical Advisory MembershipNominating

PersonnelReligious School

Ritual Security

Social Action Website

Greg McMainsAndrew Mirman (Keith Mirman & Trip Morris)Josh LemermanCarol BlumSteve SwedlerKim WilliamsMark Shapiro & Elaine NeumannAndrew Mirman & Elaine NeumannRon Winer & Mark ShapiroDr. Jeff Klein, Dr. Kenneth Kretchmer & Dr. Steve MitchellCandy MirmanDr. Bob Lazarow & Mike SegalAndrew Mirman & Elaine Neumann (Michael Neumann, Stan Silverman, Ron Winer)David ChottinerJoyce ButlienDr. Larry Kaye & Kevin NewmanBruce ZakeKylee Burdohan

Selichot Erev Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah Shabbat Shuvah

Kol NidreYom Kippur

SukkotSimchat Torah

Sh’mini Atzeret

Saturday, August 28, 2021Monday, September 6, 2021*Tuesday, September 7, 2021Friday, September 10, 2021Wednesday, September 15, 2021Thursday, September 16, 2021Tuesday, September 21, 2021Monday, September 27, 2021Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Times, locations and safety precautions for the High Holy Days have not yet been decided. Details will be in our High Holy Day issue of the Window coming in August.

* - Labor Day

summer in-person shabbat serviCes

Sanctuary Services: June 18, July 2, July 16, July 30, August 13, August 20 & August 27Parking Lot Services: June 11, June 25, July 9, July 23 & August 6

• Masks must be worn at all times for indoor Shabbat Services

• Anyone who feels ill, has come in contact with someone who had Covid-19 or are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 within two weeks of the Shabbat Service should stay home, even if you have had the vaccine.

• No parking in the field, if the parking spaces are full please park at Barnes and Noble.

• All in-person services will be livestreamed on the usual platforms for people to watch at home.

Parking lot ServicesBe aware of your surroundings and follow any temporary signage.

Spaces are first come, first served. Weather Permitting

1. Social Distancing is not mandatory but it is recommended.

2. Masks do not need to be worn outside but you will need one if you enter the building.

3. Families should bring their own outdoor seating, Temple will not provide any

4. You may bring temporary shade structures but you cannot obstruct the view of people behind you. We recommend you use the back row or an overflow spot if you have a large structure.

5. These services are weather permitting. If we must cancel the parking lot service only staff will be allowed in the building and we will broadcast live from the sanctuary with no attendees.

6. We will announce Shabbat Service cancellations by 3:00 pm the day of the service in an email and on our Facebook page.

BYO Challah and grape juice to Parking Lot

Services!

Sanctuary ServicesSeating limited. 100 people total are allowed in the building (including staff, musicians, and security) –

• Reservations must be made.

1. Attendees should be adults who are or will be fully vaccinated two (2) weeks prior to the service which they have registered for or can provide a negative COVID-19 test taken within seventy-two (72) hours of entering the building for service.

2. Families must maintain 6 feet between themselves and other families

3. Do not congregate in the lobby

4. Sing and chant quietly.

5. Once the seating reservation maximum has been reached a wait list will be opened for each service.

6. If you cannot attend the in-person sanctuary service you registered for please contact the Temple office to cancel, 330-665-2000.

In-person attendance and seating is subject to change.

Greg McMainsAndrew Mirman (Keith Mirman & Trip Morris)Josh LemermanCarol BlumSteve SwedlerKim WilliamsMark Shapiro & Elaine NeumannAndrew Mirman & Elaine NeumannRon Winer & Mark ShapiroDr. Jeff Klein, Dr. Kenneth Kretchmer & Dr. Steve MitchellCandy MirmanDr. Bob Lazarow & Mike SegalAndrew Mirman & Elaine Neumann (Michael Neumann, Stan Silverman, Ron Winer)David ChottinerJoyce ButlienDr. Larry Kaye & Kevin NewmanBruce ZakeKylee Burdohan

“No one knew what a pandemic was, nor did we have any notion of how long it would last. What we did know was that we had to remain connected to our congregation and we had to maintain the safety and health of our staff, our clergy and our congregants.

-Bob Lazarow

annuaL meeting highLights

“We would be remiss if we did not give you, our congregants, our sincere thanks for your patience, your input, and your participation as we adapted to this new environment. Your support as members of the Temple family allowed us to maintain our spiritual and social connections with one another.”

- Mike Segal

Past Co-Presidents Mike Segal & Bob Lazarow

Rabbi Brown & Cantor Kathy with new Co-Presidents Elaine Neumann & Andrew Mirman

“On behalf of Andrew and myself, thank you for the honor to lead you in our goals... Those goals will be attained with good communication, commitment and passion that we have, but most importantly that each and every one of you also have.”

-Elaine Neumann

“If you would like to get involved with Temple and make a difference we would love to have you. I’ve made some lifelong friends that I doubt I would have made if not for Temple. I welcome you to share that experience.”

-Andrew Mirman

2021-2022 Board of Trustees

Volunteer of the YearCathy Baer

Lauren Trexler thanked and presented Melissa Pidhorodeckyj with a tile on the Star of David for her years as Education Chair.

The Sweet Treat Team: Shelly Kaye, Candy Mirman, Lynne Weinberger & Ron Winer

Community Board

Right: Last day of Religious School

Top left: Rock Shabbat Highlights

Below: Canada Geese Family that temporarily lived right outside of Temple’s doors

Far Below: Reaching for Ruth Nature Walk/Scavenger Hunt/Havdallah participants

Rabbi Brown & Cantor Kathy with new Co-Presidents Elaine Neumann & Andrew Mirman

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