Experience the Miracle of Israel MAY 2015 by Rabbi Kenneth Carr A t our Passover seders, we celebrated the miracles that God did for the Jewish people in liberating us from Egyptian slavery. The burning bush, which captured Moses’ attention so he could hear the call to return to demand our freedom from Pharaoh. The plagues, which, although innocent Egyptians suffered as a result of Pharaoh’s stubbornness, ultimately convinced Pharaoh to yield. The splitting of the Sea of Reeds, which enabled the Israelites to leave Egypt behind once and for all, and begin their journey toward the Promised Land. And the miracles did not stop then; they continued as the Israelites began to cross the desert. Bitter water made sweet enough to drink. Manna appearing every day (except Shabbat), providing as much food as each person would need. Military success in the battle against Amalek. The revelation at Mount Sinai, as all the people heard God’s voice giving the Ten Commandments. And many more miracles besides, during the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, before the people actually entered the Promised Land. This settlement was not to be permanent. Having been defeated by the Assyrians, conquered by the Babylonians, permitted to return and rebuild by the Persians, and occupied by the Syrians, the Israelites were finally exiled by the Romans. But more miracles lay in store. 1800 years later, Jews emerged from their Diaspora and immigrated to the land. Although a noticeable Jewish presence had remained continuously in the land, the first waves of aliyah at the end of the nineteenth century swelled the Jewish population considerably. They began to resettle in the land in towns such as Petach Tikvah and Rishon L’Tzion, building up the land. Which brings us to the miracles of modern Israel, starting with her very existence. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted to designate land in Palestine as a Jewish state: miraculous. On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the state of Israel on that land: miraculous. Immediately, and then again, and then again and again and again, Israel’s neighbors tried to erase her from the map, but she triumphed, grew, and strengthened herself: miraculous. And Israel has done more than merely survive. Tel Aviv was founded in 1909, as nothing but a sand dune, but over the next century it would evolve into the bustling, pulsing, cutting-edge center of contemporary Israel: miraculous. Israel is a pioneering center of high-tech innovation and business: miraculous. She continues to thrive as a healthy, vibrant democracy, as witnessed by the most recent election which saw a voter turnout of 72%, including people from all demographic groups, and leading to the Arab party becoming the thirdlargest party in the Knesset: miraculous. She shines brightly as a beacon of Jewish culture and inspiration, with successful efforts to strengthen religious pluralism leading to state funding for Reform rabbis (as for others) and to the historic success of Women of the Wall in insisting that the Western Wall is not an Orthodox synagogue but rather belongs to the entire Jewish people: miraculous. Even with all her miracles, Israel is not without flaws, but then neither is the United States. The best way to learn about and to experience the miracle of Israel is to go see for yourself. So I am excited to announce that I am starting to plan our next congregational trip to Israel for the near future! My trips usually include a fabulous itinerary, from the Old City of Jerusalem to the modern metropolis of Tel Aviv, from exploring Masada’s ruins to floating in the Dead Sea, from riding jeeps in the Golan Heights to joining an archaeological dig, including both well-known sites and some places off the beaten track. This trip promises adventures, memories, and friendships to last a lifetime! I would like to plan this trip for the time when the maximum number of people will be able to go. So before I carve any details in stone, I want to invite your input into this trip. Hopefully, you have already received an e-mail from me with a link to a survey asking your opinion about what time of year would be best to go, whether this trip be with children or without children, how long should we stay, etc. If you are at all interested in going, please complete this survey as soon as possible, so we can plan in earnest. If you would like more information or if you have any questions at all, please contact me ([email protected] or 610-828-9066). I look forward to experiencing the miracle of Israel with you! Clergy and Staff Rabbi������������������������������������Kenneth I. Carr [email protected] Cantor����������������������������������Jordan S. 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We reserve the discretion to edit for space limitations. Congregation Or Ami is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. 2 Congregation Or Ami celebrated our Keeper of the Flame, Peter Weidman, and honored our volunteers, on Friday, April 17, 2015. Crossing The Line By Lauren Dunoff H ere in America we are all free to have our own opinions about Israel and the Middle East, particularly regarding Palestinians. When those with strong opinions facilitate negative actions towards Jews, individually or as a whole, that is antisemitism. It is an unfortunate truth that anti-semitic judgements and exploits are occurring on college campuses here in the U.S. under the pretense of pro-Palistinian support. You likely have seen the reports of anti-semitic acts recently on college campuses. Swastikas have defaced Jewish fraternities at several schools. Jewish students have become marginalized by the group SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) and the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement. We owe it to our kids to give them the facts and understanding to face these potential situations when they are in college. And we can also make them aware of all of the support that is available to them from our community. On May 14th there will be an event for parents and teens that should not be missed. We invite you to bring your teens to the community wide event; What you Need to Know about Antisemitism on Campus. It will be Thursday, May 14th from 7-9pm at Congregation Or Ami in Lafayette Hill, PA. We will screen a 25 minute film about this topic, created by respected filmmakers, Jerusalem U. Then there will be a panel discussion with students and adults representing organizations that are there on campuses to support our kids. The panel will include representatives from Hillel, AEPi, StandWithUs.com and others. Amazing things have been happening as we plan this event that highlight what an incredible community we have as Jews. Note that our 3 co-chairs are from 3 different synagogues in the area. We are Lauren Dunoff at Congregation Or Ami in Lafayette Hill, Bruce Risler at Beth Tikvah B’nai Jesherun in Springfield, and Jill Zipin from Congregation Beth Or in Ambler. Individually, each of us felt that it was not enough to read and post articles about this concerning topic on social media. We felt the call to do more. We decided to work together to bring this informative event to the greater Philadelphia area community. To spread the word, we reached out to several Jewish and secular organizations, who quickly agreed of the importance of this topic and signed on as our partners. Many synagogues signed on as partners as well. There is a wondrous feeling of community solidarity for this event. We expect that feeling to be tangible for everyone in attendance on May 14th. The film we are screening is called “Crossing the line 2”. It debuted in New York City at the end of February to a sold out, pre-registered crowd of 800 people. It is necessary to register for this event as well. Visit Or-Ami.org for the registration link. This event is free. 3 Ima Day and Abba Day? By Rabbi Shoshanah Tornberg, Director of Education and Lifelong Learning M ay is when our religious school program begins to wind down for the year. It is a little gift to your busy family schedule that we do not continue past Memorial Day. We all start to move toward summer and its shift in pace. And Confirmation and the holiday of Shavuot cap our season with a celebration of what the Torah means to each of us—here, today, now. We are supposed to experience Shavuot (this year beginning on the evening of May 23) as if we are each standing at the foot of Mt. Sinai, receiving the Torah anew for this year; for this moment in each of our lives. But, for those of us with school age kids, it can be tempting to see the close of religious school (this year as early as May 3) as a door closing on the “Jewishness” of the school year…at least within our daily schedules. But, being Jewish, living Jewish, doing Jewish—these all are about so much more than which programs we attend or how our Shabbat celebration compares with that of our neighbor. Being Jewish comes with us wherever we go; whatever we spend our time doing. And Then, There is Mother’s Day; And Father’s Day In this season of lightening and warming days, along with other Americans, we stop to recognize the importance of our parents. So important has Mother’s Day become for us that many schools (like ours) do not hold religious school on the second Sunday in May. Other schools plan programs for the day that allow families to engage in mitzvot together as part of quality family time. And, of course, Father’s Day is in the offing, too. . . . A suggestion of more summer celebrations to come. But, as we pause from the formal Jewish learning of our Sunday mornings and Tuesdays, I invite you to try on a Jewish lens from now throughout the summer season: The lens of a Jewish life. This season is an especially auspicious time—as we celebrate parenthood—to remind ourselves how the deepest and most meaningful of our endeavors . . . including parenting the next generation . . . these things MAKE UP OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES. As Jews, the daily battles over friendship drama or tooth brushing are among the ways we ARE Jewish, LIVE Jewish, and DO Jewish. Parenting is one of the ways we act out the holiness to which we are called. When we parent or when we teach, we partner with God in making the world more whole. Being a good father or a good mother or a good teacher or a good grandparent are all ways we live lives of Torah. And though these roles are so often fraught with the mundane, we make miracles as we bring a new generation to the light of Torah, meaning and Jewish tradition. So, as we celebrate in these next weeks, I pray that each of us may experience these roles as the sacred daily opportunities for Jewish living that they are. Chag Horim Sameach – Happy Parental Holidays! Dear Fellow Congregants, Our agreement with Rabbi Carr requires that by June 30, 2015, each party must notify the other if we want to continue our relationship. Or Ami’s Bylaws (Section 9.5) require that we hold a congregational meeting in advance of the Board of Trustees’ vote on this issue. The purpose of the meeting is for the members of the congregation to provide input to the Board to ensure that the Board has sufficient knowledge to make an informed decision on this very important matter. We will be holding this meeting on May 17, 2015, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. in the Social Hall. The Board looks forward to hearing from you on this important matter. B’Shalom, Andy Kasmen, President 4 On Friday, May 22, twelve young members of Congregation Or Ami will celebrate their Confirmation. During the Confirmation ceremony, they will affirm their acceptance of Torah and their commitment to the Jewish people. Please join us at 7:30 p.m. for this special ceremony. Meredith Bernstein Jacob Israeli Sara Tenaglio Joshua Brownstein Matthew Konin Zoe Topaz Amanda Colton Juliette Rice Coby Waks Raquel Dunoff Philip Smith Benjamin Wightman New Horizons Or Ami’s New Horizon group will meet on Wednesday, May 13 at 7:00 PM. Our program with Diane Steinbrink begins a 7:30. She will present a program on the plays and movies of Neil Simon, including some acting parts. Refreshments will follow. Come join us for an evening of entertainment and friendship. 5 Wedding, engagement, new baby, anniversary, or other unique event in your immediate family? Let’s spread the good news. 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Aaron needs to sacrifice a sin-offering to make atonement for himself and for his family before making atonement for the rest of the people. He sacrifices one goat as the people’s sin offering, and then sends a different goat out into the wilderness, symbolically carrying off all of the people’s sins. Yom Kippur is established as a day of atonement and self-denial. Sacrificial practices are centralized at the Tabernacle. The Israelites must pour out the blood of any animal they kill for food; the blood is not to be eaten. God details which sexual relationships are forbidden. God tells Moses to tell the people to be holy because God is holy, and then provides several illustrations of ritual and ethical behavior that lead to holiness, from not making idols to leaving the corners of the fields for the poor to loving one’s neighbor as oneself. More sexual prohibitions follow. May 9: Emor, Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23 God gives Moses commandments for the priests. They need to be careful about approaching dead bodies, about getting haircuts, and about whom they marry. They need to be physically complete and ritually pure. Only animals that are healthy and whole may be offered as sacrifices. God then details the calendar of festivals: Shabbat, Passover, the omer, Shavuot, Rosh Ha-shanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. God describes the oil and the bread to be used in the Tabernacle. Finally, a man blasphemes God’s name, and is sentenced to death by stoning. God tells Moses that, when the Israelites enter the Promised Land, the Land too needs to observe a Shabbat. Every seven years, the land must be allowed to rest. Whatever the fields grow on their own may be eaten, but the land may not be worked in the seventh year. After seven times seven years, the fiftieth year shall be called the Jubilee. Land that has been sold shall revert to its original owner, and Israelites indentured to other Israelites shall be freed; they may not be ruthlessly enslaved. Israelites may not charge interest on loans to other Israelites. God promises that if the Israelites follow the commandments, they will be richly blessed, but if they violate the commandments, there will be devastating consequences. The book of Va-yikra (Leviticus) concludes with laws about vows, items consecrated to God, and tithing. May 23: B’midbar, Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 The book of B’midbar (Numbers) begins with God instructing Moses to take a census of all of the Israelite males over the age of 20. From all of the tribes except the Levites, there are 603,550 adult men. The Levites are separated out for their special tasks of carrying and caring for the Tabernacle. The layout of the Israelite camp is described, noting where each tribe camps relative to the Tabernacle. God calls the Levites to attend upon Aaron and the priests, taking the place of the first-born Israelite males whom God had previously called to service. The Levites are counted; there are 22,000 over the age of one month. There are 22,273 first-born Israelite males over the age of one month; the excess 273 pay 5 shekels each to redeem themselves from service. God then has Moses specifically count those Levites between the ages of 30 and 50; they are assigned specific tasks regarding the Tabernacle. 7 Rachel Sterling Sara Braun Daughter of Melissa and Scott Sterling May 9, 2015 For my mitzvah project, I chose to work with Simon’s Fund. About three years ago, I decided that I wanted a jewelry company to partner with me and sell a heart necklace to raise money for Simon’s Fund. I was lucky enough to find Jenifer Thomas at Stella and Dot, she chose a sterling heart necklace and had three different sales. All of the proceeds were donated to Simon’s Fund! I am still searching for the jewelry company that will make a necklace especially for Simon’s Fund and donate the proceeds to check hearts and save lives. Nikki Lazarus Daughter of Susan and Fredric Lazarus May 16, 2015 Daughter of Irene and Jason Braun May 23, 2015 For my Mitzvah project, I chose Locks of Love, which is an organization that utilizes donated hair and resources to provide custom fit hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children. I want have the opportunity to help children who lost their hair from various diseases, serious burns, and radiation treatments. In November 2013, I had 12 inches of my hair cut off and donated to Locks of Love in order to provide natural material to produce a custom fit hairpiece. In addition to my hair donation, I reached out to the Legacy Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization that provides support for children and adults who through no fault of their own are socially, mentally, or physically deprived. I met with the Board of Directors of the Foundation and gave a PowerPoint presentation in seek of a match of my own personal donation of Bat Mitzvah gifts that I hope to receive. 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