March/April 2010 Adar/Nisan/Iyar 5770 We Must Learn How To Answer Shabbat’s Call Dear Friends, Snowstorms are stunning religious experiences. They bring to our doorsteps the power and majesty of nature. The beauty is stunning. There is an enforced deep quiet. A kind of mystery and awe pervade our lives. These storms even bring a sense of relief that we are not in charge. What pleasure to have control wrested from us! Our “to do” lists become meaningless. No errands, appointments, meetings or conferences. Nature enforces its own Shabbat on our lives, and we luxuriate in it. We would do well to pause and ask ourselves what prevents us from doing this each week. We love it when it is imposed on us, but lack the discipline to impose it on ourselves. Shabbat is an opportunity that beckons. It is a call that we have yet to learn how to answer. I love this winter and its heavy snows and the control that has been wrested from me. I have learned once again that I am simply an individual, just one human being. Temple Micah—what a group we are. In the larger world of American Judaism, we are considered a model congregation. We host rabbinical students and their teachers who come to observe us, meet us and learn how we do things. We are a pilot site for innovative Jewish undertakings. Machon Micah receives attention from Jewish Rabbi Zemel C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 4 ; The Temple Micah Players kick off the Fifth Annual Purim Musical Extravaganza, an ode to Esther, Mordechai and the Marx Brothers. Photo by Jodi Enda. Not Your Father’s Passover: Rabbi Hoffman Reveals How to Make A Seder the “Highlight of the Year” By Shelley Grossman The Passover seder, when Jews ritually recount the story of the exodus from Egypt, doesn’t have to be boring. It needn’t be an assemblage of family and friends awkwardly reading arcane stories that quote ancient rabbis with unpronounceable names while the kids fidget and adults surreptitiously count the pages until dinner is served. Neither does it need to be a dumbed-down, child-centric activity during which rubber frogs and plastic locusts represent the plagues and the search for the afikomen is the high point of the evening. On the contrary, the seder “was always supposed to be a highlight of the year for adults as well as children,” contends Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Temple Micah’s 2010 scholar-in-residence. Which is why, in early March, he will spend three days at Micah outlining “ways to make the seder not just fun but the spiritual experience of a lifetime.” During the Kabbalat Shabbat service March 5, Rabbi Hoffman will speak on “How to Have the Seder You Always Wanted.” At a Havdalah session the following afternoon, he will trace how the seder changed over centuries to meet contemporary needs in a lecture titled, “A Day of Wine and Moses: The Evolution of the Passover Seder.” He’ll wind up on Sunday morning, March 7, detailing how other sacred stories have been altered over time in “Sacred Myths of the Jewish People: What We Can Believe Today.” Rabbi Hoffman, a professor of liturgy, worship and ritual at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, is a familiar face at Temple Micah. He was Rabbi Zemel’s teacher and mentor and remains a close friend. In one of his earliest presentations at Micah, he was the scholarin-residence 23 years ago. Most recently, he was the guest speaker at Rabbi Lederman’s installation last fall. He typically speaks about Jewish spiritual renewal, making synagogue life and worship relevant for 21st-century Jews— the topic of his 2008 scholar-in-residence series and a central mission of his career. C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 5 ; 2 Adar/nisan/Iyar 5770 “Every man shall sit under his grapevine or fig tree with no one to make him afraid.”— Micah, Chapter 4, Verse 4 Vine Vol. 46 No.4 TEMPLE MICAH— a Reform Jewish congregation 2829 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20007 Voice: 202-342-9175 Fax: 202-342-9179 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.templemicah.org Daniel G. Zemel Rabbi Esther Lederman Assistant Rabbi Teddy Klaus Music Director Meryl Weiner Cantor Deborah Ayala Srabstein Education Director Susie Blumenthal Administrator BOARD OF DIRECTORS Larry Cooley President Sharon Davis Vice President David Adler Treasurer Ginger From Secretary Joel Aronson Debbie Billet-Roumell Victoria Greenfield Skip Halpern Ira Hillman Judy Hurvitz Kate Kiggins Marc Levy Mary Beth Schiffman Ruth Wattenberg Ed Wendel VINE STAFF Jodi Enda Editor Phone: 202-387-4282 Judy Hurvitz Managing Editor Don Rothberg Contributing Editor Dorian Friedman Louise Zemel Copy Editors president’s update Survival … and Then Some By Larry Cooley “Survival” has always seemed to me like the leit motif of the Jewish calendar. Purim is one of those holidays celebrating the survival of the Jewish people. Passover, of course, is another. But for many of us— and especially for our children—survival isn’t good enough. People come to Micah looking for more of a reason to be Jewish. For some it’s community; for some spirituality; for some a code of behavior or a way of life. It’s our job to have on-ramps for people coming from each of these directions and, on our best days, I think we do a pretty good job. Several weeks ago, we were visited by the Tisch Fellows—a group of rabbis-in-training from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion—led by Rabbi Larry Hoffman. We were one stop on their tour of synagogues, and they wanted to talk about what we thought defined Micah as a congregation and as a community. Four members of the Micah community were there—Josh Seidman, Heather Moran, Rich Harwood and me. The young rabbis began by asking each of us to tell the story of how we found our way to Temple Micah. It quickly became clear that the four of us made it to Micah—and to our respective approaches to “Jewishness”—by four very different routes. Some were brought up with extensive Jewish education, some with very little. We each came looking for very different things and somehow each of us wound up treasuring our asso- ciation with Temple Micah and the community that surrounds it. Interestingly, each of us is married to someone who was not born Jewish and who now plays a central role in our community. None of the stories we told had much to do with the survival of the Jewish people. They were more selfish and more contemporary. I suspect if all of you had been there, the number of stories would have almost equaled the head count. But I doubt that survival would have been a dominant theme. Into this bubbling set of issues and challenges enter the Next D’Or Project of Synagogue 3000. As many of you know, Temple Micah applied for and won a grant from “S3K” to undertake imaginative outreach to unaffiliated Jews in their 20s and 30s in the Washington area. This is not a membership drive. Rather, it is a sincere effort to find new on-ramps that are meaningful to people of this demographic. I am confident that while young people are the intended target group, we will all be beneficiaries of the quest. Increasing our membership is also a goal. We are hoping to add another 50 family units to the congregation in the coming months. This requires thought about who we are and what we have to offer. Innovations in prayer and study are under review. So is the feasibility of starting a pre-school and modifying our dues structure. And we know we need better ways of publicizing Temple Micah in the region. If you have ideas, please contact me (president@templemicah. org), other members of the board or the rabbis and share your thoughts. If you are willing to help, all the better. Happy holidays. MarCh/April 2010 RABBI Lederman’S COLUMN Taking Responsibility in Our Backyard: Let’s Help at Home Like We Did in Haiti By Rabbi Esther Lederman “Few are guilty, but all are responsible.” —Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel In his book, The Prophets, the late Rabbi Heschel, one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century, contended that although we are not all responsible for the sins of the world, each of us has a responsibility to rectify its injustices. I find his teaching both inspirational and burdensome. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Heschel’s maxim these past few weeks. The starkest reminder of his teaching has been the earthquake in Haiti. Due to the reach of our global technology, we’ve been able to witness the tremendous suffering and devastation experienced by Haiti’s citizens. At last count, 250,000 people died, thousands are wounded and in need of medical attention and countless children are without parents or any kind of support system. What made the impact of this natural disaster much more tragic than it might have been is the desperate poverty in which millions of Haitians already lived. If an equally strong earthquake were to hit Washington, there certainly would be devastation and death, but not nearly on the same scale as in Haiti. We are a much wealthier nation with a stronger infrastructure and more safety nets. By comparison, in October 1989, the Bay Area was struck by an earthquake of similar magnitude, and 63 people were killed. Our 63 to their 250,000. We are not guilty of bringing devastation upon Haiti; but we certainly are responsible. In response, many of us donated money to help the relief efforts. Whether it was through the American Jewish World Service, the Red Cross or other organizations, we gave, and then we gave some more. For this, I am proud. I am proud that American Jews are represented on the international front by groups like the American Jewish World Service, which works with local grassroots groups on international development. I am proud that Israel was one of the first countries on the ground in Haiti with a rescue and medical team. A baby boy delivered by a member of the Israeli team will now be known as Israel. But mixed with my pride is a nagging concern. Yes, we felt a tremendous call to help the people of Haiti in their time of need. And yet every day in this city, a place that is not just our home but our nation’s capital, children and families suffer from poverty, joblessness and hunger. Many of them live in Anacostia, just across the river of the same name. The reason that D.C. public schools wait until the last moment to close in the face of a snow emergency? Because the majority of the students rely on the schools for breakfast and lunch. If school doesn’t open for the day, those children go hungry. So I begin to ask myself: If I feel responsible to do something for Haiti, what is my responsibility to the children of D.C.? What is OUR responsibility to the children of D.C.? Or for the communities we live in? Why does it sometimes seem so much easier to help in the face of tragedies in Haiti and Darfur and not in the face of tragedies in our own backyard? If we are to take Heschel’s teaching seriously, by trying to live it, then we must ask deeper questions about to whom we are responsible and what that responsibility entails. What is our responsibility as a temple to the city of Washington, D.C.? What does that responsibility look like? What is the purpose to our being a house of worship in the city and not in the suburbs, even though many of us live outside the boundaries of the District? I ask these questions for two reasons. One is because I am curious if these are your questions as well. But also because I know I can’t answer them alone. Let me know what you think. Write me at [email protected], speak to me at an oneg, engage me in a conversation. Let’s figure out how we can take responsibility at home, as well as around the globe. Creative Challah Micah members display temple pride during one of many Shabbat Shalom Around Town dinners. Exhibiting the challah are (from left) Sophie Rose Futrovsky, Isaac RosenblumSellers, Jim Roumell (the baker), Jordan Roumell and Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers. Photo by Marc Rosenblum. 3 4 Adar/nisan/Iyar 5770 A Temple Micah Member Returns to the Washington Area, This Time As a Rabbi By Jeffrey P. Cohn Michael Holzman is returning to the Washington area. The former Temple Micah member will take over as the rabbi of the Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation— a Reform synagogue in Reston—on July 6. Holzman, 36, has been the associate rabbi at Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia since 2004. Rabbi Holzman and his wife, Nicole Saffell Holzman, were members of Micah from 1996 to 1998, when the future rabbi taught the confirmation class and seventh grade. At the time, Holzman had just graduated from Washington University in St. Louis and taken a job as a paralegal at the Justice Department. Like many young college graduates, he was unsure where he was going professionally. A science major in college, Holzman had been encouraged by his Justice Department colleagues to go to law school. But he had become disillusioned with what he saw as the limits of scientific knowledge and the legal profession to explain adequately the depth of the human experience. Instead, he began to consider enrolling at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He had always felt a strong spiritual connection with people and the world. Holzman consulted with a number of area rabbis, including Rabbi Zemel. Rabbi Zemel “doesn’t whitewash things,” Rabbi Holzman recalled. “He gave me a very realistic picture of what to expect in rabbinical school and afterward. I had a phenomenal experience with mostly fantastic professors and outstanding classmates.” While in rabbinical school from 1998 to 2003, Rabbi Holzman said, there was one experience that profoundly shaped his spiritual development: Sept. 11, 2001. “I was just 15 blocks away on 9/11,” he said. “I saw the burning buildings collapsing and people running up Broadway. It was just before Rosh Hashanah, so we started singing psalms.” Yet, something about that response didn’t feel right to the rabbinical student. “I couldn’t talk to God that way,” he said. “My views of God were still unconsciously somewhat childlike. Without being aware of it, I saw God as a loving being that protects people. Where was God on 9/11? Why didn’t he protect people then?” As he was watching the horrific scene of people trying to escape the collapsing buildings, Rabbi Holzman said, he saw a man publishing companies curious about our Skype Hebrew program as well as from Jewish educators around the country who want to learn about our education task force and creative approach to Jewish learning. We are invited to speak at conferences and will be featured in an upcoming book on American synagogue life. Even Newsweek has honored us as one of America’s 25 “most vibrant” congregations. All these accolades are great, as well as embarrassing. We alone know who we really are—including our shortcomings and our weaknesses. We strive for a much greater sense of community. How do we achieve that? We long for greater involvement from the entire congregation. How do we inspire that? We yearn for a greater sense of intimacy, awareness and partnership. I think a great deal about how we might really become a deep and vibrant Jewish faith community, one in which we speak with comfort and ease about God’s presence in our midst and live lives that are covenanted toward a larger purpose that is with us, palpably, every single day. We are nowhere near the place I long for us to be. Our community has another challenge that we do Rabbi Zemel F R O M PA G E 1 ; stagger up the street. A woman asked the man if he was hurt. The man could not hear her because his ears were full of ash. The woman dashed into a nearby store, bought some Q-tips and cleaned out the man’s ears. “God was not absent,” Rabbi Holzman said he realized. “God was in that woman who stopped to help someone in need. Too many people have pushed God out of their lives. That woman let God into hers. That helped me understand God.” At the same time, Temple Micah taught him how to practice his religion as an adult. “I learned from Micah that God matters, not just the synagogue,” Rabbi Holzman said. “We use Jewish tradition to help people connect with the values that are right and true and loving in their lives. Nothing is more important than that. That’s how we as Jews and as rabbis do God’s work. God is present in what we do.” Rabbi Zemel, who officiated at the naming ceremony for the Holzmans’ baby, described his former congregant as “a very bright, terrific fellow who is very creative in how he approaches being a rabbi. “It will be great to have him back in this area. He M will do wonderful things.” n not discuss easily. We have a budget deficit. We sorely need both a fairly modest increase in membership—perhaps 40 families—and greater generosity from much of our current membership. Our membership committee has been working very hard to attract new families. Our annual fund-raising auction in April, the only event that raises money for the congregation, is a wonderful opportunity to support Micah and socialize with other members. Let us resolve to beat our deficit this year. The very nature of our community does not allow us to talk about money without considerable difficulty. We are modest. We are philosophically in a kind of permanent rebellion against the perceived and frequently very real lack of egalitarianism in American Jewish institutions, where money often dictates influence. We have sought a different path, which has helped to create the welcoming community we have. But by being so easygoing, we have not advocated sufficiently for our own very real financial needs. Simply put, to have a successful, strong future, we need more money. We need to find ways to talk about this more comfortably—and then to act. Shalom, Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel MarCh/April 2010 Hoffman F R O M PA G E 1 ; Many of his dealings with Temple Micah have involved Synagogue 2000 (now Synagogue 3000), the trans-denominational network he co-founded in the 1990s to serve as a catalyst for synagogues to remake themselves into up-to-date, vibrant and dynamic sacred communities. “He takes worship more seriously than most scholars,” Rabbi Zemel said. “His real mission is one of integration, translating faith and religion into the contemporary cultural medium.” Along with Jewish worship and ritual in general, Rabbi Hoffman said he has maintained a special fondness for the Passover Haggadah. “It was the first course I ever taught,” in 1971, when, as a graduate student at HUC-JIR, he had to take over a class on the subject from his professor. “I decided on it as a specialty there and then, and I’ve studied it ever since,” he said. He’s also written extensively about it, most recently in the two-volume My People’s Haggadah, co-edited with David Arnow and published in 2008. “It has ever ything you ever wanted to know about the seder and the Haggadah,” Rabbi Hoffman quipped. “I love engaging people in the story behind the seder. It has fascinating customs, some old, some recent,” he said. Studying its history “is a key to Jewish identity and thought.” So encouraging families to update and enliven their seders is another aspect of his mission to make Jewish ritual relevant to today’s Jews. That doesn’t mean simply paging through a modern Haggadah. “Everyone leading a seder has to take charge, to select judicially the readings from the Haggadah,” he said. Most important, he continued, the “Our time has changed the nature of the seder. And we have to bring all of Jewish history to bear on this single moment.” —Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman leader must “engage all of the eyes around the table—and you don’t need a Ph.D. to do that.” Rabbi Hoffman received his Ph.D. from HUC-JIR in 1973 (he had been ordained as a rabbi in 1969) and went directly onto the faculty. He has taught there ever since. The story of the exodus from Egypt is one of the oldest and most pivotal elements in Judaism’s sacred story, Rabbi Hoffman said. A celebration to recount the story also is ancient. The Torah commands the Israelites to retell the story through the generations. Later books of the Bible mention that Kings Hezekiah and Josiah observed the Passover. During the time of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the focus was on the sacrifice of the paschal lamb. People would eat the remains of the sacrifice and sit around informally discussing the exodus. At that time, the retelling simply praised God for rescuing the Jews from Egypt and bringing them through the wilderness to the land of Israel. No mention of giving them the Torah. After the Second Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E., the practice of sacrifice ended and so the retelling of the story had to change. In the wider community, the Greek symposium— an evening devoted to eating and scholarly discussion— came into vogue. The rabbis adapted the symposium to the Passover celebration. They moved the celebration into the home and transformed it into a family-based ritual meal. Because Judaism had evolved from a temple-centered cult to a Torah-based religion, the rabbis inserted the stop at Sinai and the giving of the Torah into the Passover story. This was probably the origin of the popular song, “Dayenu,” which enumerates all of the miracles God performed, including the giving of the Torah. Still, for centuries, the rabbis did not agree on one set of words or prayers to say at the seder. It wasn’t until the 9th century C.E. that Rabbi Amran of Babylonia included a preferred series of readings in the first official comprehensive prayer book. Those readings still make up the core of the Haggadah, although new prayers were added to meet community needs. In the 11th century, for example, persecution of the Jews accompanied the Crusades, and the Jewish community yearned for Messianic deliverance. So, Elijah, the prophet who is to herald the Messiah, became a central feature of seders, which also ended with the hope, “Next year in Jerusalem.” By the 19th century, Western European Jews had emerged from the ghetto and into society at large. Reform rabbis responded by advocating major changes in the seder. No longer did Jews see themselves as exiles, but as a “holy people” obligated by God to be a “light unto the nations.” This was reflected in the first American Reform Haggadah, which incorporated mention of the “prophets of truth.” Now the time has come to make more alterations, Rabbi Hoffman said. “Our time has changed the nature of the seder,” he said. “And we have to bring all of Jewish history to bear on this M single moment.” n Mazel Tov Mazel tov to Ira Hillman and Jeremy Barber on the arrival of their son, Elijah Lee Hillman Barber. Condolences Temple Micah mourns the loss of member Charnya Fisher. Temple Micah extends condolences to Marion Levine on the passing of her father, Fred Goldman; to Debra Berke on the passing of her father, Daniel Berke; to Paulette Shulman on the passing of her father, Olimpio De Leon Pasco; to Dorothy Kirby on the passing of her brother, Robert Kabat; to Sande Schifferes and her daughter Juliana, on the passing of Erich Waldemar Larisch, Juliana’s father. 5 6 Adar/nisan/Iyar 5770 The Whole Megillah The jokes and laughter were nonstop during Temple Micah’s annual Purimspiel, a boisterous affair that this year looked to the Marx Brothers to interpret the age-old story of Esther, Mordechai, King Achashverosh and, of course, Haman. Cigars, mustaches and double entendres were thick during the one and only showing of “A Night at the Palace” or “Some Duck Soup for the Soul.” Photos by Jodi Enda. MarCh/April 2010 Micah members celebrated with hamentaschen, costumes and hamentaschen costumes. And the real Megillah was read—and honked—by Micah’s own Groucho, Harpo and Chico. 7 8 Adar/nisan/Iyar 5770 B’nai Mitzvah Elizabeth Zetlin January 9, 2010—23 Tevet PARENTS: Leda Gottlieb and Ed Zetlin TORAH PORTION: Shemot MITZVAH PROJECT: Baking and selling cookies to raise money for a Chinese orphanage. Walter Huron March 27, 2010—12 Nisan Amy Wind and Doug Huron TORAH PORTION: Tzav MITZVAH PROJECT: Organizing family and friends to plant trees in a low-income housing complex in Columbia Heights and taking responsibility for watering the trees for the next two years. PARENTS: Harrison Davis January 16, 2010—1 Shevat PARENTS: Stacy Bernard Davis and Richard Davis TORAH PORTION: Va-eira MITZVAH PROJECT: Helping out in the Temple Micah library. Alia Schechter April 10, 2010—26 Nisan PARENTS: Rosa Puech and Peter Schechter TORAH PORTION: Shmini MITZVAH PROJECT: Assisting handicapped children to achieve greater self-confidence and happiness through therapeutic riding classes. Julia Michal Harris February 27, 2010—13 Adar PARENTS: Monika Biller Harris and Kenneth J. Harris TORAH PORTION: T’tzaveh MITZVAH PROJECT: Assisting in the Temple Micah library, delivering donations of clothing and food to the Haitian Embassy, assisting and tutoring children at homeless shelters. Alexander Cohen April 17, 2010—3 Iyar Wendy and Jeffrey Cohen TORAH PORTION: M’tzora and Tazria MITZVAH PROJECT: Volunteering at Temple Micah Tot Shabbat services. PARENTS: Elias Daniel Benda April 24, 2010-- 10 Iyar PARENT: Susan Benda TORAH PORTION: Acharei-Mot MITZVAH PROJECT: Lobbying his middleschool principal to allow him to set up a Gay Straight Alliance in response to derogatory comments said about and to gay students. Gabrielle Alana Busch March 6, 2010--20 Adar PARENTS: Cheryl and Jeffrey Busch TORAH PORTION: Ki Tisa MITZVAH PROJECT: Assisted the drama department in a scholarship performance dedicated to the memory of a student who passed away. Michael Yohei Grob March 13, 2010—27 Adar PARENTS: Hiromi Maruyama and Douglas Grob TORAH PORTION: Vayakhel MITZVAH PROJECT: Raise awareness about Haitian amputees and helping collect used wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and artificial limbs to benefit earthquake survivors. For his mitzvah project, Gideon Blum, right, collected 50 bicycles for Bikes for the World, a nonprofit that sends used bicycles to developing countries. He is pictured here with the organization’s, director, Keith Oberg. Photo by Kate Kiggins. ON THE VINE March/April 2010 Adar/Nisan/Iyar 5770 Kabbalat Shabbat services are at 6:30 p.m. each Friday, preceded by an oneg at 6 p.m. Shabbat morning services are at 10:15 a.m. each Saturday, followed by an oneg. Torah study is at 9 a.m. Saturdays. See www.templemicah.org for updates. Month/day Hebrew Date Day of week Time March 1 15 Adar Monday 10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. March 2 16 Adar Tuesday 12:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7p.m. 7 p.m. March 4 18 Adar Thursday 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. March 5 19 Adar Friday 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m. March 6 20 Adar Saturday 10:15 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 4 p.m. March 7 21 Adar Sunday 10 a.m. 4 p.m. March 8 22 Adar Monday 10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. March 9 23 Adar Tuesday 7 p.m. 7 p.m. March 10 24 Adar Wednesday March 12 26 Adar Friday 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. March 13 27 Adar Saturday 10:15 a.m. March 16 1 Nisan Tuesday 7 p.m. 7 p.m. March 18 3 Nisan Thursday 7:30 p.m. March 19 4 Nisan Friday 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m. March 20 5 Nisan Saturday 12:30 p.m. March 21 6 Nisan Sunday 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 6 p.m. March 23 8 Nisan Tuesday 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. March 26 11 Nisan Friday 10 a.m. March 27 12 Nisan Saturday 10:15 a.m. 5 p.m. March 29 14 Nisan Monday Event Monday Morning Group Downtown Discussion Group Book Club Adult B’nai Torah Adult Hebrew Conversational Hebrew with Tal Board of Directors Meeting Conversion Class Adult Choir Rehearsal K’tonton Kabbalat Shabbat—Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat Morning Service— Gabby Busch becomes Bat Mitzvah Hebrew Poetry Havdalah—Scholar-in-Residence Scholar-in-Residence Adult Choir Festival—Temple Beth Ami, Rockville Monday Morning Group Downtown Discussion Group Adult B’nai Torah Adult Hebrew Micah Mission V departs for Israel K’tonton Tot Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Morning Service— Michael Grob becomes Bar Mitzvah Adult B’nai Torah Adult Hebrew Adult Choir Rehearsal K’tonton Kabbalat Shabbat—Guest Speaker: Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe Hebrew Poetry New Members Group Boys Group – Grades 6/7 Rosh Chodesh: It’s a Girl Thing—Grade 8 Rosh Chodesh: It’s a Girl Thing—Grades 6/7 Adult B’nai Torah Adult Hebrew K’tonton Shabbat Morning Service— Walter Huron becomes Bar Mitzvah Machon Micah: All Community Pesach Pesach begins, first Seder 9 10 ON THE VINE April 1 17 Nisan Thursday 7:30 p.m. April 2 18 Nisan Friday 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m. April 3 19 Nisan Saturday 12:15 p.m. 6 p.m. April 4 20 Nisan Sunday April 5 21 Nisan Monday 10:15 a.m. April 6 22 Nisan Tuesday 12:30 p.m. 7 p.m. April 8 24 Nisan Thursday 7 p.m. April 9 25 Nisan Friday 10 a.m. 6 p.m. April 10 26 Nisan Saturday 10:15 a.m. 5 p.m. April 11 27 Nisan Sunday April 12 28 Nisan Monday 10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. April 13 29 Nisan Tuesday 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. April 15 1 Iyar Thursday 7:30 p.m. April 16 2 Iyar Friday 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m. April 17 3 Iyar Saturday 10:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 6 p.m. April 18 4 Iyar Sunday April 20 6 Iyar Tuesday 5:30 p.m. April 23 9 Iyar Friday 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m. April 24 10 Iyar Saturday 10:15 a.m. April 25 11 Iyar Sunday 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. April 26 12 Iyar Monday 10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. April 27 13 Iyar Tuesday 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. April 30 16 Iyar Friday 10 a.m. March/April 2010 Adar/Nisan/Iyar 5770 Adult Choir Rehearsal K’tonton Kabbalat Shabbat—Youth Choir sings Hebrew Poetry Temple Micah Community Seder sponsored by Kol Isha No Machon Micah Passover Service—Yiskor read Book Club No Machon Micah Board of Directors Meeting Conversion Class K’tonton Tot Shabbat Shabbat Morning Service— Alia Schechter becomes Bat Mitzvah Machon Micah: All Community Yom Ha’Shoah No Machon Micah Monday Morning Group Downtown Discussion Group Machon Micah Rosh Chodesh: It’s a Girl Thing—Grades 6/7 Adult B’nai Torah Adult Hebrew Adult Choir Rehearsal K’tonton Kabbalat Shabbat—Pick-up Band Shabbat Morning Service— Alexander Cohen becomes Bar Mitzvah Hebrew Poetry Annual Spring Auction No Machon Micah Machon Micah: All Community Yom Ha’atzmaut No Adult B’nai Torah No Adult Hebrew K’tonton MiTY Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Morning Service— Elias Benda becomes Bar Mitzvah Sukkot in Spring Temple Micah Blood Drive Machon Micah New Members Group Boys Group—Grades 6/7 Kol Isha Rosh Chodesh: It’s a Girl Thing—Grade 8 Monday Morning Group Downtown Discussion Group Machon Micah Adult B’nai Torah Adult Hebrew K’tonton MarCh/April 2010 Tzedakah BUILDING FUND In memory of Jack Diamond, husband of Frances Diamond, by Frances Diamond GENERAL FUND Gary Kaushansky Alan Guttman In honor of Rebecca Klein becoming Bat Mitzvah, by Jeffrey and Julie Melzak In memory of Samuel Laver, father of Tina Coplan, by Tina and Michael Coplan Hortense and Edward Platoff, by Sheila Platoff Miriam Goldeen, Alfred J. Goldeen, by David and Livia Bardin HINEINI FUND (to assist congregants in need) In memory of Lee and Ted Cron, by Elizabeth Koozmin Max and Dora Bender, parents of Carole Hirschmann, by John and Carole Hirschmann ISRAEL FUND In honor of the birth of our grandson, Nathan Bryce Cooper, by Bev and Harlan Sherwat LANDSCAPE FUND In memory of Minnie Bloom Odoroff, by Elizabeth Odoroff LIBRARY FUND In memory of Lillian Pose, by Marilyn and William Paul Charlotte W. Cohen, by Judith W. and Sanford Miller Julian Meer, father of Janice, by Janice Meer and Michael Bodo MICAH HOUSE Iris and Phil Barnett Adam Klinger Nancy Lang Robert Orwin Marcus Rosenbaum and Lyn Ingersoll Herb and Carol Horowitz Fatema Salam and Michael Berger Robert and Lynn Coffman Jack and Judith Hadley Richard Fitz and Kathy Spiegel Carl and Pamela Bernstein Debbie and Jim Roumell Sonia White Marisha and John Sherry Melinda Soffer Clark Silcox Don and Lynn Rothberg Kyna Rubin Gail Povar and Larry Bachorik Ted Bornstein and Lesley Weiss Bobbie and Ed Wendel Tina Coplan Mary Beth Schiffman and David Tochen Carole and John Hirschmann Michal Avni Mary Mahle Sarah Puro and Amanda Helin Sonia S. Sloan Marilyn W. Klein Mary Hollis David Lowenstein and Kathlene Collins Stephen Schulman and Miriam Markowitz Lorri Manasse and Russell Misheloff Jim Miller and Judy Ludwin Miller Ellen and Jeff Passel Myra and Mark Kovey Kevin and Susan Weidenbaum Liz Koozmin Robert Saginaw Jessica Kaplan Ann Sablosky and Stephen Rockower Bayla White Harry and Jessica Silver Al and Ginger From Else and Dan Moskowitz Norman and Susan Blumenfeld Joshua and Nan Kaufman Jonah Gitlitz Helen Epps Susan and Bill Nussbaum Sarah and Jay Grusin Stephen Kurzman and Patricia A. Goldman Robert and Susan Morgenstein Clem Rastatter Leslie Riggs Helen Hooper and Philip Tabas Neal Mann and Deborah Edge Debra Vekstein Ilan Scharfstein Jackie and Rich Harwood Charles Jacobson Susan Blumenthal Judy Bonderman Andrea Ferster Samuel and Barbara Dyer Michael Leibman John and Leslie Oberdorfer Richard and Susan Lahne Dr. Richard M. Katz and Martha Lessman Katz Adrienne and David Umansky Brian and Dorothy Landsberg Daniel and Beverly Yett Lisa and Tyler Anbinder Lance and Mary Laver Genie Grohman Ed Lazere and Suzanne Griffith The Gardner/Stern Family Samuel Halpern Ann Nachbar and David Frenkel Lora Ferguson Marcia Bordman Carol Nachman and Susan Rothrock Fred and Eva Jacob Elise Bean Morton J. Schussman Nancy Boswell Liz Lerman Marilyn and William Paul Dorothy P. Kirby Lynn Christensen and Michael O’Brien Barbara and Scott Anenberg William Pizer Wendy Jennis and Doug Mishkin Betsy Broder and David Wentworth Aaron Seidman and Ruth Kertzer Seidman Harlan Messinger Marjorie Zapruder Mervine and Judith Rosen Martin Zoltick Lori and Rob Maggin Robert and Carolyn Falb Beth Grossman and Eric Wolf Joshua Seidman and Jocelyn Guyer Kimberly Curtis and Matthew Katzive Sidney and Elka Booth In honor of Isaac Metz becoming Bar Mitzvah, by Neil Spencer Welles the 60th birthday of Harold Closter, by Vivian and Gerald Liebenau Louise Wheatley’s birthday, by Holly Hexter and Jason Isaacson the birthday of Louise Wides, by Susan Steinberg Yael Traum and Lee Futrovsky for Thanksgiving, by Margaret Rifkind Rabbi Danny Zemel, by Ron and Susan Wolfson the 60th Anniversary of Judy and Sid Trager, by Meryl and George Weiner Jessica Silver, by Carolyn Margolis Daniel’s birthday, by Tamar Hendel-Fishman Martha Ransohoff Adler’s birthday, by David Adler Rabbi Dan Zemel, by Marc and Gwen Pearl Sharon Salus’s birthday and Dorothy Kirby’s birthday, by Roberta and Morton Goren Teddy Klaus, by Sue Baum the marriage of Catherine and Daniel Granof, by Helene and Gene Granoff Minette Knopman, still smiling at 89, by Debra Knopman the birth on June 15th of Sadie Parker Hughes, by Arnold and Susan Lutzker the Micah House Board, by Danny and Louise Zemel Dan and Louise Zemel, by Amy Schwartzman and Kevin Moss Burton August, by Diane August Lillian Marion, by Paul Shapiro Rachel Heaps and Shira Zemel for their dedicated service to Temple Micah, by Michelle Sender Kathy and Ivan Sindell, by James Bodner and Victoria Greenfield In memory of Blanche Goldstein, by Michael Goldstein and Susan Bales Doris Luterman Surick, by Ronna and Stan Foster Gertrude K. Russi, by Rosemarie Russi Howe MUSIC FUND In honor of Meryl Weiner, by Ken Pack the choir, by Ed Zetlin and Leda Gottlieb our son Daniel’s marriage to Catherine, by Helene and Gene Granof Gideon Blum becoming Bar Mitzvah, by Kate Kiggins and Jared Blum Greg Lipscomb, by Sean and Miriam Bamberger Grogan In memory of Esther Gould and Eva Blatt, by Roberta and Joel Aronson Sarah Iker, Charles Iker and Samuel Iker, by Jean Iker Corinne S. Asher, by David and Lucy Asher John C. Ward, father of David Ward, by Alice Greenwald RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Nancy and Donald Elisburg Robert Ourisman Rabbi Marc Raphael Melanie Franco and Lawrence Nussdorf Gloria Broide, wife of Mace Brodie, by Mace Broide, anonymous Bertha Levenson, by Brenda and Richard Levenson Elsie Saks, mother of Lisa Saks, by Elka and Sid Booth, anonymous Jack Carpien, father of Alan Carpien, by Elka and Sid Booth, anonymous our daughter-in-law, Rebecca, by Milton and Marlyn Socolar `Ruth R. Booth, by Sid and Elka Booth James Blumberg, brother of Carol Sweig, by Rhoda Hyde Rose Herschkowitz, by Brenda and Richard Levenson Olimpio De Leon Pasco, father of Paulette Shulman, by anonymous Fred Goldman, father of Marion Levine, by anonymous Mildred Kiggins, by Kate Kiggins and Jared Blum Robert Kabat, borther of Dorothy Kirby, by Sid and Elka Booth, Judy Hurvitz Pamela and Thomas Green Daniel Berke, father of Debra Berke, by Judy Hurvitz, anonymous Mark Katz and Cynthia Hogan RELIGIOUS OBJECTS FUND In honor of In honor of Gideon Blum becoming Bar Mitzvah, by Kate Kiggins and Jared Blum Elizabeth Zetlin becoming Bat Mitzvah, by Mark Gruenberg Rabbi Danny Zemel, by Stuart and Cinda Zemel, Charles S. Mansueto, RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND Randy and Harriet Tritell In honor of Machon Micah by Rabbi Barbara Aiello In memory of the bris of Noah Van Goor, by Stuart and Britt Rubenstein David Booth, by Norman and Susan Blumenfeld Claire Rubin’s special birthday, by Brenda and Richard Levenson, anonymous Reubin Nathan From, by Al and Ginger From In memory of In memory of Pearl Lazar, mother of Learita Scott; Betsy Kanarek and Russell Scott, by Bob Friedman and Learita Scott Simon Rockower, grandfather of Stephen Rockower, by Ann Sablosky and Stephen Rockower SOCIAL ACTION FUND 11 12 Adar/Nisan/Iyar 5770 Mar/April 2010 S ave the D ate Annual Spring Auction April 17 • 6 p.m. • $18 Micah’s Yearly Blood Drive Planned for April 25 Every minute of every day, someone needs blood. According to the American Red Cross, just three out of every 100 people in America currently donate blood, “the gift of life.” You can join them on Sunday, April 25, when Temple Micah will hold its annual blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.. If you are at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and are in good health, you are likely an eligible donor. Once again this year, Inova Blood Donor Services is sponsoring the drive. Appointments will be scheduled at 15-minute intervals; the process typically takes about 45 minutes. Donors should bring photo identification and arrive at least five minutes before appointments to complete the required paperwork. Registration will take place in the galleria. You can sign up to donate at templemicah.org or by sending an e-mail to co-chairs Rita Carleton ([email protected]) or Wendy Erlanger ([email protected]). Additional volunteers are needed to recruit and schedule proM spective donors before the drive and to man the registration desk. n Temple members enjoyed a storytelling juggler and Israeli dancing during a Tu B’shvat celebration. Photos by Jodi Enda.
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