Shofar January 2015 | Tevet-Shevat 5775 Vol. 64 No.5 A MESSAGE FROM Rabbi Ronald M. Shapiro January is always a month which allows reason to ponder. A new year begins and thereby compels us to make resolutions. Jewish people are afforded two pivotal times to ponder our lives in order to make commitments which enhance life !"#$%&'()$!*+&,$%-!%$%.$/0$!$102$34$%.$ act in a manner that enhances life. One such time is Rosh HaShanah, and the second is the approach of the New Year. Here follows an activity which may enable you to feel that you are offering your support and conviction to a cause which is noble and advances the lives of people. The Bible teaches: “Forsake me not in my old age”, and here is a meaningful opportunity to fulfill this mitzvah of enhancing people’s lives in “old age”. Congregation Shalom is a participating partner with a meaningful and important agency named Interfaith Older Adult Programs. Our synagogue is associated with their North Shore Chapter, Shoreline. I am very proud that Congregation Shalom is a partner and supporter of Shoreline Interfaith. Interfaith coordinates programming and support for older adults. Shoreline offers through volunteer services a “much-needed helping hand that allows older adults to remain living in their own homes.” Indeed, Shoreline’s mission is to link older adults with a caring community. Here awaits you an opportunity to provide a hands-on volunteer activity which enhances the #35"3%)$.*$40"3.&$!#'(%46$!4$20(($!4$#0&370$%-0$*'(+((,0"%$.*$ helping those senior citizen neighbors stay independent. The volunteer opportunities revolve around giving rides to seniors in the North Shore so that they can be transported to medical appointments, grocery shopping, or banking tasks. If we can enhance other people’s lives, and correspondingly make "02$*&30"#46$20$*'(+(($!$,3443."$%.$,!80$%-0$2.&(#$!$/0%%0&$9(!:0$ to live, and we derive meaning from our lives. I recently offered the invocation at the Interfaith annual luncheon, and I was moved by the testimonies of volunteers who stated that providing these simple day-to-day tasks for seniors enhanced their lives. Some volunteers said that though Interfaith only expects volunteers to drive seniors once or twice a month, they found the relationships so meaningful that they .**0&0#$%.$#&370$90.9(0$+70$%3,04$!$2008;$<$&0!(3=0$%-!%$70&)$*02$ people could provide such service, yet what was inspiring was the passion expressed by some to offer friendship and service to senior neighbors. The Bible teaches: “Forsake me not in ,)$.(#$!50>6$!"#$-0&0$34$!$,0!"3"5*'($.99.&%'"3%)$%.$*'(+(($%-34$ mitzvah of enhancing people’s lives in “old age”. How meaningful it is for elderly people to be able to remain within their home. (continued on page 2) WANTED! Photographers & Videographers Rabbi Ron Retirement Weekend May 15-17, 2015 The retirement planning committee is looking for experienced photographers and videographers willing to donate time and talent to help capture the weekend’s events. To learn more or volunteer, contact Lori at [email protected]. RABBI SHAPIRO MESSAGE (continued from page 1) They just are unable to get themselves to some of the activities that we all take for granted by virtue of our mobility and our automobiles. One man who spoke at the luncheon said, “After !"#$%&#$'"()'"*+,-.%"/$()&)-0,1"(2%&3&%45"!"6(*"0+#%,)(%$"%+"7)'" that opportunity through Interfaith. I feel as if I have enriched the lives of other people, and those people, so vibrant and kind, so interesting and warm, have correspondingly enriched my life.” I hope you may enjoy this meaningful activity which indeed &*"("/&%83(."+0"'$$9"*&-)&72()2$:";+,"(#$"*+"6$12+/$"%+"2(11" me to see how to be involved with Shoreline Interfaith, or you may simply call them at 414-962-9950. Shoreline is located in Shorewood at 1200 E. Hampton Rd. If you like, you may tell them that you are a member of Congregation Shalom, as they know that there may be calls from members of our congregation. I know that it is said, “You are only as old as you feel”. Yet, if we assist others to feel cared for and respected, then that person may become “an old friend” and that help you will offer may just provide a youthful skip in your step. JANUARY WORSHIP SERVICES January 2 & 3 Torah Portion: Haftarah: 6:45 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Vayehi | Genesis 47:28-50:26 I Kings 2:1-12 Family Shabbat Service – Samson Sanctuary Saturday Shabbat Service with Kiddush Luncheon – Kesselman Chapel January 9 & 10 Torah Portion: Sh’mot | Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service – Samson Sanctuary 10:00 a.m. Saturday Shabbat Service with Kiddush Luncheon – Kesselman Chapel Watch for Rabbi Shapiro’s message on ARZA, the Association for Reform Zionists of America, coming in the February issue of Shofar. January 16 & 17 Torah Portion: Va’era | Exodus 6:2-9:35 Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service – Samson Sanctuary 10:00 a.m. Saturday Shabbat Service with Kiddush Luncheon – Kesselman Chapel January 23 & 24 Torah Portion: Bo | Exodus 10:1-13:16 Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service – Samson Sanctuary 10:00 a.m. Saturday Shabbat Service with Kiddush Luncheon – Kesselman Chapel SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO THE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER On November 22, 26 residents joined Rabbi Shapiro and other volunteers from Congregation Shalom. They included Bob Markey, Paul Joseph, Ken Stein, Julie and Sherwin Peltin, <#&$'("()'"=,#%">$3&)$5"?,*%&"@+0725"A+6(#'"B.&/+)5"B(#("()'" Rebecca Lubar, Marlene Kagen, Barbara and Larry Newman, and newcomers Abby and Chana Messerman. These Community Sabbath gatherings start with 30 minutes of congregant-led prayer, followed by Kiddush and study/ discussion in the adjacent community hall. Having one of our rabbis present has never been essential, but their involvement has only added to the experience of all who attended. Our next date is scheduled for February 21 at 2 p.m. If interested, please contact Bob Markey at (414) 355-5646 or [email protected]. January 30 & 31 Torah Portion: B’Shalach | Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftarah: Judges 4:4-5:31 7:30 p.m. Family Shabbat Service – Samson Sanctuary 10:00 a.m. Saturday Shabbat Service with Kiddush Luncheon – Kesselman Chapel Rabbi Shapiro will be on vacation until February 18, 2015. In his absence, please feel free to contact Rabbi Noah, Cantor Berman or Rabbi Marcey. 2 A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT LINDA BERLIN While we all deal with the travails of another Wisconsin winter, the clergy and lay leadership are focused on !"#$%&'(&)*+(!$*"+('#%$!"&%$%,-&('$.&//$ bring to the Shalom community. Three very important workgroups have been formed as Rabbi Shapiro moves toward Rabbi Emeritus and Rabbi Noah assumes Senior Rabbi status, on July 1. 0 The Transition Team, chaired by Aaron Goodstein and Kari 1/!2+(3$.&//$45*6%$5($%,#*&)*$+%,#*!%$54$!"&%$252#(!56%$ time and will provide opportunities for congregant involvement, input and engagement in this process. 0 We will be adding an Assistant Rabbi to our clergy team, allowing us to meet the spiritual needs of congregants and continue to offer educational and other program opportunities. Beth Silver is the chair of the Search Committee, which will be carrying out the important task of determining who will be joining us on July 1. 0$ 76-$)(+/$*522&!!##3$/#8$9:$;5-&$+(8$<+-:$=5%#(!"+/3$ continues planning for the weekend that honors and celebrates Rabbi Shapiro on May 15-17. As planning proceeds, information will be shared via letter, email and Shofar articles. I welcome hearing from all congregants about your thoughts, ideas, questions or concerns regarding the changes happening at Shalom. All of our focus, however, is not on the future. There are many opportunities this month to make and continue connections with fellow congregants and our clergy. In the pages of this &%%6#$54$!"#$G"54+-3$:56$.&//$)(8$&(45-2+!&5($5($:56!"$'-56,$ activities, adult education classes, gatherings of Sisterhood, Book Club and Young at Hearts, as well as our ongoing Shabbat services and Torah Study. A Pancake Breakfast welcoming students back to Religious School will be held on Sunday morning, January 4. I encourage all the parents, siblings and grandparents of our students to join us — it’s a wonderful way to begin the second half of the school year. I welcome hearing from all congregants about your thoughts, ideas, questions or concerns regarding the changes happening at Shalom. It is important to us that all voices are heard at this important time. Please feel free to contact me (414-732-8101; ,-#%&8#(!J*5('C%"+/52D5-'A3$KL#*6!&>#$M&-#*!5-$;&(8+$I5/&)#/8$ (414-352-9288; [email protected]); our clergy, or any of the committee chairs named above. Together, our beloved Shalom community will move from strength to strength. NOMINATING COMMITTEE Every year, a Nominating Committee is formed and is charged with the responsibility of identifying the next leaders of Congregation Shalom. The Bylaws state that the Committee is comprised of eleven members of the Congregation; the Immediate Past President, )>#$?@A$2#29#-%$!"+!$%"+//$9#$B-6%!##%$+(8$)>#$?@A$2#29#-%$4-52$!"#$2#29#-%"&,C +!C/+-'#D$B"#$-5/#$54$!"#$E52&(+!&('$F522&!!##$&%$!5$,-#,+-#$!"#$G/+!#$54$74)*#-%$+(8$ Trustees that are then presented for approval at the annual meeting in June. If you would like to be considered as either a member of the Nominating Committee or as a H5+-8$2#29#-3$,/#+%#$*5(!+*!$;&(8+$I5/&)#/8$9:$#2+&/$+!$/&(8+J*5('C%"+/52D5-'$5-$9:$ phone at 414 352-9288. 3 A MESSAGE FROM RABBI MARCEY The weekend of February 6-8, Alex Cicelsky (http://urjbiennial. >"$).6#?<3;@2$3,*"@;";+"$@ABCDEFG&()**&+"&H3-0$"0#6)3-& Shalom for the weekend. He is an Israeli Ecologist and will be doing programs for students and adults focusing on the care and feeding of our environment along with incorporating art, story and music. We are also planning a “Sunday Switch” day. Abby Habush Schroeder, our Director of Synagogue Relations brought this idea back from a programming conference. On a date to be announced, students and parents will switch for the day, and parents will have an opportunity to experience a Religious School day as if they were their children! Relax, we will not force you to conjugate Hebrew verbs, indeed we have a compelling program that I am sure you will enjoy. We have many, many other great things to come! The Purim Shpiel, the carnival and auction, other speakers and programs for the students, more Family Education, celebrations and concerts and culminating in a very special weekend to honor our beloved teacher, Rabbi Shapiro. We have multiple offerings for those interested in adult education: classes, speakers, movie nights for adults, there will be a fascinating program in March with Angela Schulter, the daughter of Edith Hahn Beer, who was an Austrian Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by hiding her Jewish )8"-6)6!&#-8&;#$$!)-0&#&I#>)&39,<"$&#-8&.1+."J1"-6*!&($36"&#& book, !"#$%&'($)*+,#-./$0(*# about her experience. There are many ways to learn, to grow, to connect at Congregation Shalom. We are always eager to hear what offerings interest you and your families. Please stop by the 39,<"=&0):"&1.&#&<#**=&."-8&1.&#-&"K;#)*&3$&./3(&12&.3;"6/)-0& that interests you! Shalom! Shalom U’vracha, Peace and Blessings! By the time you read this, we will be pushing towards the new secular !"#$%&'"&()**&#**&+"&,-)./)-0&12&31$& winter break and we will be almost halfway through the school year. 4*"#."&5""2&6/"&,$.6&71-8#!&39& Religious School free and come and attend our Welcome Back Pancake breakfast on January 4. It’s a wonderful time to reconnect with friends and trade vacation stories or talk about the fun things you did over break. As I write this, I am thinking about all of the great things we have done so far this school year and the many to come! The students and teachers have been enjoying the “Torah Specials”. Every other week or so I meet with the students and we do Torah study in a very similar way that it is done on Shabbat mornings; the students ask excellent questions and it gives us an opportunity to ponder some of life’s mysteries and to share our ideas about the best way to move through the world, the best way to always be a mensch! & '"&/#:"&/#8&6/$""&9#;)*!&"81<#6)3-&2$30$#;.=&#&,"*8&6$)2& in the Chai School to visit with seniors at Chai Point, we have celebrated Channukah, we have had a toy drive, the Chai School ).&)-&)6.&."<3-8&"*"<6):"&<!<*"=&23.6&<3-,$;#6)3-&2$30$#;;)-0&).& in full swing. Sunday morning services are a wonderful time to gather as a community of parents, grandparents, teachers and students to pray, to contemplate, to sing together. We have much to look forward to in school programming: Welcome Back from Winter Break PANCAKE BREAKFAST! We will celebrate the return to Religious School on Sunday, January 4, with a Pancake Breakfast. That morning please take your children to their classrooms (there will not be services that morning), and then the classes will come up together. We encourage parents and younger siblings to stay and join us for breakfast! The more the merrier! Special thank you to our Sisterhood for sponsoring our breakfast and for volunteering their time to help with the breakfast. 4 Sunday January 4 NOTES FROM CANTOR KAREN asked those same people in what Hebrew month their birthdays fall, I would be answered by blank stares. What happens to the memories of our experiences if we no longer have the vocabulary to describe them? One might question why this matters but I believe that in our synagogue community being able to articulate our celebration, our study, our lives in the actual words of our Jewish history means that it isn’t just history. Calendars… We have them on our desks, in our phones or computers, and some brave few even keep them in their heads! I sometimes think I live my life in 15 minute increments and catalogue all that is accomplished. So when I read an article in a recent HUC — JIR (Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion) newsletter about Jewish life and learning, I was reminded by the author that we Jews are doubly blessed. We not only live in secular time, but we also have a Jewish calendar superimposed on our lives. We of course live in a modern western culture. As Jews, we have emerged from the ghetto, from the shtetl, from centuries of segregation self-imposed or created by others into a world seeming to welcome us with open arms. But Jewish lives also need Jewish time, that wonderful rhythm of the lunar calendar that has us celebrating the new moon each month and a New Year which comes in our seventh month. Throughout the Torah, we are given gifts of time. Shabbat, of course, which offers a weekly island of time, and Festivals which three times each year urged our ancestors to gather and celebrate. Other holidays and observances added in response to our people’s historical experience created a fabric of time which has come through history to us today. I would say with likely assuredness, that if asked, most congregants could tell me without hesitation the day and time of the next Green Bay Packer’s game. But in all likelihood if I ... we Jews are doubly blessed. We not only live in secular time, but we also have a Jewish calendar superimposed on our lives. So here is my hope. Maybe a few of you will glance at that Jewish calendar you got in the mail in September. Perhaps you’ll make note of the date your Ketubah was signed or observe your loved one’s yahrzeit on the Hebrew date as well as the English date. I myself write letters of congratulation to our B’ne Mitzvah and always include the Hebrew calendar date so that they will have some record of it. If there is a special date from your personal history you’d like to mark, perhaps your birthday, bar or bat mitzvah, please call or email me and I will look it up for you. Our second graders have been learning a song about the names of Hebrew months. I want them to use this new vocabulary. So as 5775 continues and 2015 begins on the 10th of Tevet don’t hesitate to ask us what comes next. After all if Tevet is here, can Shevat be far behind? SPECIAL ANNIVERSARIES Jack Harris and Deb Larkey | January 3 | 25 Years Randy and Judy Nelson | January 4 | 40 Years Marvin and Leona Wasserman | January 14 | 63 Years 5 ADULT Education Introduction to Judaism Tuesdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. First Trimester: Focus on Overview and Jewish Time Teacher: Rabbi Marcey January 13:!"#$%&'()$*&#+!,-.#*$*&#/+!0*/$&%*)12!34-%4*-5+! Origins of Judaism, Judaism’s link to the Bible. February 10: Shabbat, Synagogue, Worship and Ritual, ?*$(12!3;@-)$/!A$122*$+!$B.22*#+!C*DD18+!:-E(E18+!$E-'1C18!;&F-/+! siddur, Torah). Transporting Shabbat to home and back. January 20: The Exodus, Pesach, Shavuot. February 17: Yamim Noraim, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Concept of New Year, Heshbon Ha’Nefesh, Repentance and Atonement. January 27: Minor Holidays: Tu B’shvat; Tisha B’Av; Yom HaShoah, Yom HaAtzmaut, Shoah and Israel. February 3:!6#7!(#.#*/8-'!9%&:!$8-!1;&4-+!<*=#*.)1#$!>*;2*)12! Personalities, Biblical and Rabbinic views of God. February 24: Sukkot, Simchat Torah. March 3: The Festivals of Channukah and Purim. For questions or to register, contact Abby at [email protected]. Perspectives on Modern Feminism and Its Impact on Jewish Culture in the 20th and 21st century With Rabbi Noah | Tuesday, January 6 | 7:30 – 8:30 PM W Anita Diamant’s novel, The Red Tent, now airing on Lifetime is set in biblical times and looks at the impact of feminism. You may want to read the book or watch the show prior to attending the class. Sex in the Text Thursday, January 15 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. What did the Rabbis have to say about sex? We will learn a section from the Babylonian Talmud in which the Rabbis examine what constitutes healthy intimacy. This event is free and open to all. Please bring your own lunch. Coffee, tea and dessert are provided. This session will be held in the Choir Room. Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Marcey Rosenbaum RSVP by 1/12 to Amber at 414-352-9288 or [email protected]. 6 ADULT News AN UPDATE FROM YOUNG AT HEARTS Then we went to Miss Katie’s Diner, a landmark in Milwaukee, and we enjoyed a very tasty lunch. We have many great programs planned for 2015! On January 14, Manning Bookstaff will enlighten us with the !"#$%&'%(")"*#&(+,%-./%012"%3450%65##%7"%/&03%5)3"2"035)(,%8)% February 11, we will be privileged to meet our speaker! Ruth Silver has written a wonderful book entitled, “Invisible.” I might add that Ruth is blind, and she is a very special woman. On March 11, we will again welcome Ben Merens, who many of you have requested to have return to us. In the future, we will have Neil Willenson who was the founder of Camp Heartland and has recently founded an organization that helps children who have lost a parent serving in the military. He is an unbelievable young man! He will also tell us about the Chinooks baseball team. There are many other people I have contacted and am waiting for a response. But at our January meeting, we will discuss our future. Our YOUNG AT HEARTS group meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. at Temple Shalom. All senior singles are welcome to join us at any time! It would be very nice to make some new friends in the new year! WOW! What a delightful morning we had at the Domes. Our city is so fortunate to have these domes. They sure take a lot of work, and we so appreciated it. By the way, if any of you were concerned that there would be a lot of Christmas decorations, how wrong you were! Each dome had its own theme and Christmas was not one of them! The Show Dome’s theme was Hawaiian….Melekikimaka. There were Birds of Paradise, banana plants, poinsettias, pineapple plants, Buddhist pine trees, and tikis from the south sea islands. There were many other wonderful plants and trees, which we all loved. The Desert Dome had many varieties of cactus, which were unreal. The plants were from Madagascar, Africa, and many other countries. There were elephant trees, river bottom palms, Mother-in-law’s tongue, shaving brush tree, only to mention a few unbelievable species. This was our botany lesson. The third dome was the Tropical Dome. If you were cold, this was the place to warm up. There were so many unusual plants and trees in this rainforest….sugar apple trees, travelers tree, Queen Anthurium, Calabash tree, and so many more. All in all, it was a fabulous experience for those who went. Questions about YOUNG AT HEARTS? Please call Bobbie at 414-352-3623. 7 YOUTH News Gayle Riches Youth Fund SHFTY Named in memory of Gayle by her family after her passing in 2002, this fund helps to support our youth group programming. Our youth groups provide recreational, educational and social opportunities for youth in first through 12th grade. We greatly appreciate your generous contributions to this fund. Brrr it is cold outside! SHFTY has been busy keeping warm in so many ways. We studied Torah with the adults in our congregation. We sent 14 SHFTY members to Winter Kallah. It was such a great time. I think the teens all found their magic. On December 25, SHFTY cooked and served breakfast for residents at Sojourner Truth Center. What a great opportunity to help those in need. They had french toast ,eggs, fruit and hot chocolate. It was a wonderful community building experience. We are helping lead the January 9 service for the congregation and would love to have you participate with a reading or song. Contact Geri Berg or Shelby Kasinski for more information. In January, all eighth graders are invited to join SHFTY for an incredibly fun night. We are going to have dinner, play laser tag, and other assorted games. SHFTY would like to warmly THANK everyone who purchased equal exchange products. With your help and support we raised around $600 to send some teens to NFTY Convention. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We are starting to think Purim carnival and need your help. We need teens to help run the games and set up/ take down the Purim carnival. Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 1. As always, feel free to contact Geri at 414-916-0922 or Jacquelyn at 414-412-2505. CLUB 56 What a great month! We had so much fun at Glaze pottery and made some really cool Chanukah presents. On January 31, we will have a movie and game night at Temple. You will choose the movie. Bring in your favorite board game to play, and let’s have some fun. There will be lots of snacks for kids to enjoy as well. Please contact Geri Berg at 414-916-0922 for more information. FUN WITH FOOD II! January 18, 2015, Sur la Table Do you like to eat? Do you like to make cookies and other sweet treats? Do you like to make sweet treats you can eat? Then you will want to sign up for CLUB 12’s January event. We will meet at Sur la Table at Bayshore Towne Center where we will make chocolate candy, cookies and other treats to enjoy together. It will be a SWEEEET event! Hope to see you there. To register, please contact Julie Shlensky, CLUB 12 Youth Group Advisor, at 414-352-7886 or [email protected]. 8 YOUTH News CLUB 34 Club 34 had a blast at the Milwaukee Public Museum overnight. The theme for the evening was “Aliens and Androids”. Children !"#$%!&'(')$*+,)'&$+!'*-$./'('0(*-1,2-3'!451$6(3,$"'$7'3-!' exhibits and building their own mini robots. The highlight of the evening was sleeping in the Rocky Mountain exhibit. Thank you to the following parents for chaperoning the event: Ron Cohen, Jamie Druck, Adria Willenson, Sarah Mirocha and Mindy Price. Mark your calendar for Club 34’s next event…..snow tubing at Sunburst on the evening of Saturday, January 24, 2015. For more information about Club 34 contact Jennifer Saber, Club 34 Advisor at [email protected]. START Introducing the new 7th and 8th grade youth group at Congregation Shalom — START (Shalom Teens At Reform Temple). Thank you to Jennifer Saber’s Chai School elective for working hard to create our new youth group. From choosing a name, to planning events, to designing a logo, this group was truly developed for the teens of Shalom by the teens of Shalom. A big todah rabah (thank you) to class members, Sam Komisar, Alex Acker, Ben Acker, Eli Finder, Ben Hersh, Rachel Dallet, Sam Komisar and Michael Spector. Seventh and 8th graders had a meaningful experience in October volunteering at the Mequon Fire Department. The 26$85'.(*-!&'("&'.(4!&'3.$'96!'368):*'("&'("'(+;81(")!<'' We brought lunch to the staff on duty to thank these mitzvah heroes for all that they do for our community. While breaking ;6!(&'3$2!3-!6/'3-!'3!!"*'-!(6&'76$+'3-!'96!+!"'(;$83'3-!,6' jobs and involvement in the community. In November, 7th and 8th graders had a swim-tastic time at Country Springs Hotel Water Park braving the Cyclone and relaxing in the Barrel Roll River. Mark your calendar for START upcoming events...snow tubing at Sunburst on the afternoon of Sunday, January 18. JYG (Junior Youth Group) Kallah- a winter camp-like experience at OSRUI (Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute) the weekend of February 27 to March 1. You can also volunteer to help run a booth at Congregation Shalom’s Purim carnival on Sunday, March 1. For more information about START please contact Co-Advisors Jennifer Saber at [email protected] and Sarah Acker at [email protected]. 9 SISTER HOOD The No Stress Book Club Book Selections for the 2014-15 Year January 15 — Once We Were Brothers by Ronald Balson February No meeting (taking a winter break) March 19 — The Orphan Train by Christina Kline THE WORK OF OUR HANDS April 16 — Washington Square by Henry James As you know, our group has decided not to meet during January, February or March, but will meet again when the snowbirds come back and the weather is warm again on April 20th. We hope that we will all continue to knit for the young people in need in Milwaukee. We want to share with you that recently we have given a number of healing shawls to Columbia St. Mary’s Cancer Center on Lake Drive and that the staff were very happy to receive them. So keep on knitting and we will get together again in April. Judy Shapiro will be happy to answer any questions. May 21 — After A Long Silence by Helen Fremont We will meet the Third Thursday of each month, at 10 a.m. This is a change from last season. Book World Books next to Sendik’s in Mequon offers us a 20% discount on these titles. They also are available at libraries and for your e-readers. We encourage all members to join our group and enjoy interesting books and good discussions. New readers are always welcome. Sisterhood Meeting with Dinner January 12, 5:45 p.m. | Klurfeld Hall Please RSVP to Mandy or Susie at [email protected] or [email protected]. Any questions, please call (414) 690-1472. 10 WHAT’S NU 11 WHAT’S NU Throw Back Movie Night The Lion King Saturday January 31 6 p.m. Sunday March 22, 6:30 p.m. Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Uihlein Hall, 929 North Wather Street Join us at Shalom for our next Family Movie Night celebration! Our feature movie will be “The Lion King.” Enjoy Havdallah, pizza, snacks, games and fun with other Shalom families. This event is open to all. Shalom members and prospective members are free. Non-members are $20 per family. Suggested donation of $5 is appreciated, but not required. Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Milwaukee! This !"#$$%!&'($%!#"&")*+&$,)-.&%$&/""+0&1%,2&(34)-5+,,#6"+& characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including “Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song. RSVP by January 29th to Abby at 414-352-9288 or [email protected]. Please let us know your pizza preference, cheese or cheese with green peppers, mushrooms, black olives and onions, as well as any food allergies. Please join us on Sunday, February 22 at 6:30 p.m. MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits in an enchanting tale. Uihlein Hall, 929 North Water Street Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Members: $75.35 | Non-Members $85 Limited supply of tickets available RSVP by January 22 to abby at 414-352-9288 or [email protected] 12 Members: $71 | Non-Members: $81 Limited supply of tickets available. RSVP by February 20 to Abby at [email protected] or (414)352-9288 WHAT’S NU NEW BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY! by Ellen Abrams Blankenship Look for these new additions to the Pastor Memorial Library… The Winter Horses, by Philip Kerr (2014). In this Young Adult book, Kalinka is alone on the frigid, snowy Ukrainian steppe. She is pursued by Nazis. Tracked like prey. The cold is strangling her, and the hunger won’t go away. No food, no warmth, no help. Except for a loyal dog and two remarkable horses she is trying to save, against all odds. Her only allies. Are they enough? Members of the Tribe, Native America in the Jewish Imagination, by Rachel Rubenstein (2010). This book examines interventions by Jewish writers into an ongoing American !"#$%&"'%(&)*%'+)'+,)-%."/%&"01)2&3%"&45)6&3%&/)%&)'+%#)6/70,)") mirror for their own anxieties about tribal and national belonging. Through a diverse series of literary readings, Rubenstein traces a shifting and unstable dynamic of imagined Indian-Jewish kinship. Plus a few newer ones that have been on the shelves for a bit… The Lost Matriarch, Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash, by Jerry Rabow (2014). This is a unique response to the sparse and puzzling biblical treatment of the matriarch Leah. Through weaving of biblical text and midrash, readers learn the lessons of the remarkable Leah, who triumphed over adversity and hardship by living a life of moral heroism. Open Heart, by Elie Weisel (2012) Covenant of the Generations: New Prayers, Poems, and Meditations from Women of Reform Judaism, (2013) Sisterhood: A Centennial History of Women of Reform Judaism, (2013) Nest, by Esther Ehrlich (2014). This Young Adult book features 8+%095)*+():(;,#)'(),<9:(0,)'+,)=%03>6::,3)#":')."0$+)&,"0)+,0) house. But when life feels too hard, she and her friend Joey create their own private world and come up with the perfect plan: Escape. Adventure. Discovery. A Tale of Two Soldiers: The Unexpected Friendship Between a WWII American Jewish Sniper and a German Military Pilot, by Max Gendelman, (2013) Jewish Meaning in a World of Choice, Studies in Tradition and Modernity, by David Ellenson (2014). Written by a former president of HUC-JIR, these are 23 essays on a description and examination of the complex push and pull between Jewish tradition and Western culture. Among other topics, he addresses gender equality, women’s rights, conversion, issues relating to who is a Jew, the future of the rabbinate, Jewish day schools, plus religious tolerance and pluralism in Israel. Books are listed in the black binder under both Author and Title. Then just use the call numbers to locate the book on the shelves! Happy reading! Date Night With Mom! SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 5:30 P.M. GLAZE POTTERY STUDIO Join us for an awesome pj party at Glaze! Pizza, pjs, pottery, painting; what more could you ask for? Kids will have the choice of painting pottery or glass fusing. Moms and kids, come in your pjs and enjoy a creative evening out of the house together. $25 per family | 149 Green Bay Road, Thiensville RSVP by January 9 to [email protected]. Limited spots available. 13 WHAT’S NU CONGREGATION SHALOM CAMPERSHIPS Congregation Shalom is pleased to be able to offer camperships to children of members planning to attend OSRUI, Interlaken, and other Jewish camps, as well as the NFTY trip to Israel. In order to qualify for a campership, a child must be enrolled in and regularly attending Congregation Shalom’s religious school, Chai School or participating !"#$%&#'()$#*("+,-.$!("#/,(0,.-1#2"#.33!$!("4#$%& family must be in good standing. # *.-/&,)%!/)#5!66#7&#.5.,3&3#7.)&3#("#+"."8!.6# need. Please be aware that a limited number of camperships will be available this year through Congregation Shalom. Submission of an application does not guarantee that a campership will be awarded. To learn about other campership resources, visit 55519"&:.//;*.-/&,1(,0#<8.-/&,)%!/)#=(,#+,)$#$!-& campers), www.jewishcamp.org, or contact the camp your child would like to attend. # *.-/&,)%!/#.//6!8.$!(")#.,&#.>.!6.76&#!"#$%&#(=+8&# or on our website. For questions, please contact Linda !"#$%&#'()*(+,+-./0-1022("3(#$4')56"47-89)#":;"37; <==#$6)*$"48()3&('>&(*"(*9&(8?4)7"7>&("@%6&(4"(#)*&3 than March 31, 2015. 14 THOSE WE REMEMBER IN JANUARY Dec. 28 - January 3 Margaret Altman Julia Bar-Lev Ilomae Berkovits Helen Bernhardt Arthur Blumenthal Sophie Bodner Perlanne Bruskin Fannie Cohen Miranda Dietrich Justin Donovan May Dubin Daniel Dukor Georgeann Gutman George Herman Joseph Himes Grace Hyman Frederick Kahn Harvey Karas Harvey R. Kipen Issac Kipen Maurice Kipen Maurice Lerner Robert Lewenauer Ilene Linetsky David Lipschultz Esther Lubar Carl Manes Daniel Margolis Theodore Matsoff Anna Mayerson Benjamin Meisenberg Bernard Milhendler Fannie Miller Jeanette Miller James Morris John Moser Sam Pasch Joyce Phillips Evelyn Rose Jordan Rosengarten Pearl Rubin Benjamin Rubinstein Eugene Sadoff Milton Sattell Richard Shulkin Morris Solochek Sara Stern Edward Weber Jeanette Weber Sally Weisbuch Jack Weiss January 4 - 10 Sarah Adashek William Baum Sarah Berger Rose Blackman Lester Cohen Louis Cohen Bee Dubin Joseph Dubin Florence Eisenberg Gertrude Eisenberger Spencer Frank Della Garber Marvin Golper Harry Gordon Melody Greene Leona Harris Carol Jamron Charles Johnson Sr. Leah Kellman Morton Komisar Michael Kritzik Doris Ladish !"#$%&'("#$)%*$ Shirley London Joseph Maremont Roz Matsoff Enid Minkin Milissa Nye Rosalyn Palay Evelyn Sable Richard Schefrin Selma Shlensky Louis Stern Ruth Stolle Bessie Tureck Milton Turner Sophie Wasserman Ethel Williams Joel Winnik Margaret Wright Jeannette Young Rubin Zeiger Florine Zezblatt Louis Zitzer January 11 - 17 Ada Banks Clara Bard Philip Bernstein Myrtle Cohen Marisa Drew Karen Edelstein Muriel Fogel Bettie Frost David Gersen Leon Gil Daniel Golden Bernice Greenberg Sam Himmelreich Leo Irvings Faith Isaacson Peter Kimmel Lillian Kretchmer Isaac Lipton Samuel Marshak Hyman Mendeloff Ethel Mendelson Yetta Ollman David Orlinsky Ethel Ottenstein Jeannine Pavillard Newton Peckarsky William Peterman Jeanne Pitt Faye Pivar Diane Primason Ethel Rabinovitz Leah Resnick Anthony (Tony) Richman Kate Romanik Arthur Rosenberg David Safer Eugene Sattler Irene Sattler Irving Shapiro Rose Shapiro Abraham Shlensky Adrienne Stearns Alvin Stein Morris Ugent Mel Wallace Joyce Weiss Harold Willenson Steve Lozoff William Mautner Max Medved Harold Meldman January 18 - 24 Ray Mitchell Marcia Acker Levey Lucille Pass Arlene Arnstein Norman Persten Alfred Barnett Kimberly Blankenship Edward Plotkin Nettie Plotkin Allen Blumenfeld Esther Rubnitz Nathan Breslauer Ida Sher Sondra Breslauer Charlotte Sherkow Joseph Cohn Sadye Shimon Howard Cox Ida Shumow Arthur Dallet Bessie Steinberg Carol Ehrlich Hyman Ellio-Zigman Frieda Tarlowe Edward Tashkin Winifred Engerman Max Teper Alan Ettinger Max Wiviott Esther Fein Sam Yanow Edward Gellman Joseph Zaharias Noah Glick Fan Zarne David Goldberg Hyman Zigman Martha Goodman Stanley Greenberg January 25 - 31 Alfred Harris Helma Anderson Edward Heller Al Bander Michael Herzoff David Berman Russell Hirsch Sarah Blecker Sharon Hirsch Benjamin Breitman Evelyn Holman Ella Cash Elihu Horwitz Benjamin Elbaum Jerome Jasculca Marvin Evans Edward Jones Joseph Fefer Edward Kramsky Estelle Feldman Alvin Kurzon Dorothy Frindell Edna Lee Jack Gilbert Faye Levine Marvin Zembrosky Robert Zuckerman Sidney Goldberg Aaron Goldsmith Victor Goodstein Burton Kampner Betty Katz Kimberly Kubinek Jack Lee Adam Lemel Burton Lepp Edward Libber Anne Lubotsky Fannie Marshak Jack Mayerson Anita Messerman Sol Mirochnik Anna Moskowitz Harry Pittelman James Podell Marly Podell-Frank Milton Polland Ambrose Reihbandt Ida Rosenberg Jane Ross Hazel Sandler Alice Schwartz Minna Schwartz Bea Scott Jack Stein Laverne Stein Sol Steren Sally Waters Jack Wein Irving Wichman Donald E. Winnik Morris Zuckerman !"#$%&#'()*#'(+#(#+*(,'#-.#,'*#"(/-0$#(.+#1-2'#,'*#-."%3/(,-%.#,%#4*#50(6*+#-.#,'*#7'%"(3#(.+8%3#,%#4*#.%,-9*+#(..&(00$#%"#$%&3#0%)*+#%.*:2#$('3,;*-,#+(,*<# 50*(2*#6(00#=(&0-.*#(,#,'*#,*/50*#%"96*#(,#>?>@ABC@DCEEF#G02%<#-"#$%&#'()*#0%2,#(#25%&2*#(.+#1-2'#,'*#$('3,;*-,#3*/-.+*32#,'(,#1*3*#3*6*-)*+#4$#,'(,#0%)*+#%.*# ,3(.2"*33*+#2%#,'(,#$%%&0+#4*#.%,-9*+#(66%3+-.H0$<#50*(2*#6(00#=(&0-.*F IN MEMORIAM We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the families of: MARVIN LEVEY — Father of Michael (Linda Gorens-Levey) Levey; Ellen (Larry Selig) Levey; and Barbara (Michael) Warheit Grandfather of Jacob and Benjamin Levey; Madeline Levey Lambert; and Alexander, Samuel and Julia Warheit MILDRED LOOKNER — Wife of Abraham S. Lookner | Mother of Lawrence Lookner; Paula (Steve) Markman; and Taryn Lookner | Grandmother of Glenn and Beth Lookner | Sister of Herb (Dorothy) Cummins; Toby (Stanley) Orel; and Myron (Marjorie) Cummins | Aunt of Sara (David) Lubar GERRY MURPHIE — Sister of Agie Laev MICHAEL “Mike” SPECTOR — Husband of Joan Spector | Father of John (Marcie Berger) Spector; Tom Spector; and Joe Spector | Grandfather of Sarah and Michael Spector 15 IT’S A Mitzvah! Gary Katz Fund In Memory of Mel Sinykin Gerrie and Jerry Weinberg In Memory of Nancy Mandel Jackie and Lee Katz Arlene Arnstein Fund for Children and Families in Need In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pollack’s Grandson’s Bar Mitzvah Mickey and Suzi Cherner In Honor of Art Arnstein Monica, Taylor, Joey, and Natalie Arnstein In Memory of Ervin London Ben and Ethel Stern Charles and Jane Sauer Dolly and Bobby Sucher In Memory of Sandy Hoffman Ralph and Harleene Hoffman In Memory of Al Hansher Mickey and Suzi Cherner Gayle Riches Youth Fund In Memory of Ervin London Lauren and Ron Miller I. Sidney Rosen Campership Fund In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rosen’s ! "#$%&'()!*+,-.(/0!1(22+3% Mildred Wolf In Memory of Esther Rosen Jack and Ilene Leff Wendy and Mark Sommer Larry and Jeanne Kessler Jan and Irv Berlin Mildred Wolf Dick and Debbie Alpert Elizabeth Residence of Bayside Bruce and Sandy Paler and Family Elyse, BJ, Benji, and Ariel Cohn Cindy and Max Rasansky Andrea Rickmeier Ethel Lieberthal Terry Schnoll Margaret Knorr Laura and Henry Kalt Eric and Linda Hersh In Memory of Ervin London Jan and Irv Berlin Betty Klurfeld Education Fund In Honor of Stan Ferstadt’s 75th Birthday Barbara and Al Simon In Memory of Gertrude Prochep Phyllis and Stuart Blackman In Memory of Al Hansher Beverly Ugent In Memory of Diane Biller Shelby and Joan Lozoff Congregation Shalom Music Fund In Memory of Gerald Kahn Robert Krauss Emmie Merar In Memory of Howard Barr Shelly Devorkin Food Bank Fund In Honor of Bobbie and Sandy Fedderly’s Birthday Bonnie and Marshall Medved and Carol Kagelmann In Honor of Barbara Lepp’s Good Health Harriet Dizack In Honor of Judy and Randy Nelson’s Grandson Bunny and Ron Cohen In Memory of Ervin London Adrienne and Neville Sender Shelly Devorkin In Memory of Michael Jankowski Sue and Dick Miller In Memory of Gerald Kahn Harriet Dizack In Memory of Al Hansher Terry and Barbara Volk Iz Abrams Building Fund In Honor of Dan and Lihi’s Marriage David Karp Mitzvah Day Fund In Memory of Ervin London Sue and Dick Miller In Memory of Esther Rosen Al and Carol Weiss In Memory of Jerrey and Judy Schumacher’s Sister Diane Joan and Dick Siegel 16 IT’S A Mitzvah! Sanford J. Ettinger Memorial Lecture Fund In Honor of Suzy Ettinger Seema Gorens Linda Gorens-Levey and Mike Levey Lynne B. Lewin Bev and Marty Greenberg and Kari and Michael Altman Bob and Sandy Meldman In Memory of Sanford Ettinger Seema Gorens Rosalie Rellin Bunny and John Fried In Memory of Gerald Kahn Suzy Ettinger In Memory of Polly Siegel Chip Alberts Giving Tzedakah in honor or in memory of someone or some event is a mitzvah at any time. Minimum donations are $5 for payment by check and $18 for payment by credit card. Make a donation online at www.cong-shalom.org. 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