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Congregation Beth Yeshurun
Rhona and Bruce Caress Family Campus
4525 Beechnut St.
The Message
Houston, TX 77096-1801
March 2015
Adar-Nisan 5775
Vol. L, No. 8
Inside
 Purim at CBY Mar. 4 p 5
 Newborn Blessing
Mar. 7 p 22
 SH Shabbat/Scholar
Weekend Mar. 13-15
p 3 & 11
 YES lunch Mar. 18 p 22
 Passover workshop Mar. 22
p8
 Yizkor Book form p 6
 BY members elected to
USCJ positions p 7
 100 Jewish Men marks it’s
13th year p 9
 Passover Guide pp 13-17
 Family Album p 18
 B’nai Mitzvah p 19
Looking Ahead
 Feast of the First Born
Apr. 3 p 2
 Casino Night Apr. 25 p 12
(713) 666-1881
www.bethyeshurun.org
Shalom mely
with
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Rabbi David Rosen
elebrating Passover with family and good friends makes
it my favorite holiday, as I know it does for many. It’s not
easy getting ready for the seder, and without question no
holiday requires a greater financial investment! (Passover foods never cost less this
year than last.) But when all is said and done, I think it’s time and money well spent.
When everyone is gathered around the seder table, it feels good to know
we are continuing a tradition that dates back more than 3,000 years. But making
that seder experience meaningful to everyone at the table — and especially our
children — calls for some careful planning.
Over the years, we’ve developed some new traditions in our
family that I’d like to share with
you. Adding one or two of them —
or some ideas of your own — will
make your seder more enjoyable
and thought-provoking than ever.
1. After the children sing the traditional Four Questions, I frequently
ask each child around our table to
ask me his or her own question. “If
you could ask one question about Passover or the seder, what would you ask?”
2. When making your matzah balls this year, put a raisin in six of them.
When the soup is served, announce that everyone who finds a raisin in his or
her matzah ball has to describe the most memorable Passover (seder or holiday)
they ever experienced!
3. When you open the door for Elijah (heralding our hope for the coming of
the Messiah) and sing “Eliyahu haNavi,” go around the table and ask everyone:
“If you could wish for one thing to be different in the world between this Passover
and the next, what would it be?”
4. After singing “Dayenu,” ask everyone: “If you could thank God for one
thing in your life, what would that be?”
It may not be possible to do all these things at one seder, so spread them out
and add your own ideas to personalize Passover for everyone around the table.
And, of course, never overlook the importance of using Haggadot that are
modern, colorful and written in clear English. A great Haggadah can in-and-of-itself
make an ordinary seder into something truly wonderful! (The Beth Yeshurun Gift
Shop has many attractive Haggadot to consider, and of course others are available
in local stores and online. Even Amazon.com has them!)
By planning ahead and finding new ways to include adults and children in
these activities, you can bring new life to your seder and make this year’s Passover
celebration the sweetest and most interactive yet.
Marcie joins me in wishing you a Hag Kasher v’Sameach!
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Shabbat Services for Families with Children
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
9:00-10:00am Jr. Congregation (Ages 8-11)
Next Service: 9:00-10:00am March 28
(Annual Newborn Blessing at 9:30am Sanctuary Service)
9:30-10:30am Tot Shabbat (Ages 0-4)
Next Service 9:30-10:30am May 2 (no Tot Shabbat in April)
10:15am Young Children’s Shabbat Shalom (parents welcome)
Every Shabbat morning at 10:15am
Shabbat Services
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 - Erev Purim
Megillah Readings - See page 6 for details
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
6:00pm Kinder Shabbat (Ages 0-5)
Next Service 6:00pm May 8 (no Kinder Shabbat in April)
FRIDAY, MARCH 6 - Candlelighting Time 6:06pm
5:30pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
6:00pm Friday Night Alive!
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
10:15am Young Children’s Shabbat Shalom (parents welcome)
Every Shabbat morning at 10:15am
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 - Parashat Ki Tisa
8:30am J.B. Greenfield Chapel
9:00am Super Soul Shabbat
9:15am Museum Minyan
9:30am Sanctuary Service
- with a special Newborn Blessing
5:45pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
SATURDAY, MARCH 21
10:15am Young Children’s Shabbat Shalom (parents welcome)
Every Shabbat morning at 10:15am
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
9:00-10:00am Jr. Congregation (Ages 8-11)
Next Service: 9:00-10:00am April 18
10:15am Young Children’s Shabbat Shalom (parents welcome)
Every Shabbat morning at 10:15am
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 - Candlelighting Time 7:11pm
6:00pm Shabbat Renewal
6:30pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
Feast of the First Born Friday, April 3
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 - Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
8:30am J.B. Greenfield Chapel
9:15am Museum Minyan
9:30am Sanctuary Service
7:00pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
This is a beautiful
service that should be
observed by multiple
generations of your
family. Bring your sons
and grandsons for a
meaningful family
experience. We have
loaner Tefillin and
volunteers to show you how to use Tefillin.
The Minyon starts at 6:45 on
Friday, April 3 rd. Brotherhood is
sponsoring a bagels and eggs breakfast
following the service. Remember this
is your last chance to enjoy chometz
before Pesach!
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 - Candlelighting Time 7:15pm
6:00pm Shabbat Renewal
- with the Stein Family
6:30pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 - Parashat Vayikra
8:30am J.B. Greenfield Chapel
9:15am Museum Minyan
9:30am Sanctuary Service
- B’nai Mitzvah: Madison & Samantha Stein
7:00pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 - Candlelighting Time 7:19pm
6:00pm Shabbat Renewal
- with the Gibbs Family
6:30pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
Are you in special
need of a Rabbi?
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 - Parashat Tzav
8:30am J.B. Greenfield Chapel
9:00am Super Soul Shabbat
9:15am Museum Minyan
9:30am Sanctuary Service
- Bar Mitzvah: Harvey Gibbs
7:15pm J.B. Greenfield Chapel
If you have a death in the family, a loved one in the hospital
or need a get well prayer for someone special, please contact
Rabbi Rosen and let him know. Our Senior Rabbi wants to
be with you and to help you deal with life’s many challenges.
Please call him at (713) 255-8011, or write drosen@
bethyeshurun.org.
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Beth Yeshurun Scholar in Residence Weekend
American Jews in American
History — and the Wonderful
Role We've Played!
with
Dr. Steven Whitfield
Stephen Whi�ield's interest in
American Jewish history began
when Brandeis University
assigned him to teach a course in
it. Up to then, his great passion
was in the study of American
Civiliza�on. But when he began
teaching American Jewish
history, it opened up a world of
study that has consumed him
ever since, and made him a
noted authority and popular
speaker on anything and
everything about American
Jewry.
Dr. Whi�ield holds the Max
Richter Chair in American
Civiliza�on at Brandeis, but his
excellence as a scholar and
teacher has led to invita�ons to
teach at universi�es elsewhere,
including France, Belgium,
Germany and Israel. In 1993,
Whi�ield won the university's
Louis D. Brandeis Prize for
Excellence in Teaching, and in
2008 he won the Student Union
Teaching Award.
We are delighted to welcome
this very gi�ed speaker‐scholar
to Beth Yeshurun!
This weekend is sponsored in part by the Rabbi’s Circle represen�ng the collec�ve generosity of some of Beth Yeshurun’s most devoted members. Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood Shabbat
Friday Night, March 13
6 p.m. Sisterhood Shabbat
7:15 p.m. Sisterhood Shabbat Dinner
Adults $18, Children $10
Reservation Deadline is March 4
Please send your check (payable to Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood) to:
Sisterhood Shabbat
c/o Congregation Beth Yeshurun
4525 Beechnut St. | Houston, TX 77096-1801
Your check is your reservation.
Dr. Whitfield will speak at dinner on:
“What’s So Funny About Jewish Humor?”
Saturday morning,
March 14
following all services
at 11:15 a.m.
Sunday morning,
March 15
at 9:00 a.m.
Join Dr. Whitfield for breakfast
in Stein Hall
Dr. Whitfield will speak on:
($6 donation - payable at the door)
“The Most
Under-Appreciated
Jew in American
History”
Dr. Whitfield will speak on:
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“If It Weren’t
for the Jews,
What Would Pop
Music Sound Like?”
Mon
11 Adar
7:00a Chapel
5:30p Chapel
3
Tue
12 Adar
7:00a Chapel
SH Open Board Meeting
SH Donor Kickoff
5:30p Chapel
5
21 Adar
6:30p Chapel
7:00a Chapel
5:30p Chapel
6:45a Chapel
Thu
14 Adar
Purim
6:45a Chapel
Wed
4
13 Adar
Ta'anit Esther
BYDS Purim Dress Up
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12
RS
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Purim Megillah
Readings
20 Adar
11
19 Adar
7:00a Chapel
10
18 Adar
7:00a Chapel
9
7:00a Chapel
28 Adar
7:00a Chapel
19
27 Adar
7:00a Chapel
18
26 Adar
7:00a Chapel
17
Education Committee
6:30p Chapel
25 Adar
7:00a Chapel
RS
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Sulam/HHS
6:30p Chapel
16
6:30p Chapel
6 Nisan
6
Fri
15 Adar
7:00a Chapel
7:00a Chapel
22 Adar
5:30p Chapel
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Friday Night Alive!
Shabbat After Hours!
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Sat
16 Adar
7 Ki Tisa
8:30a Chapel
8:30a Chapel
Jr. Congregation
Super Soul Shabbat
Museum Minyan
Sanctuary Service:
Newborn Blessing
Tot Shabbat
Shabbat Shalom
Weekly Torah Study
5:45p Chapel
14 Vayakhel-Pekudei 23 Adar
Museum Minyan
Sanctuary Service
Shabbat Shalom
Weekly Torah Study
7:00p Chapel
S-i-R: Dr. Steven Whitfield
29 Adar
8 Nisan
Kinder Shabbat
Shabbat Renewal
Sisterhood Shabbat
6:30p Chapel
7:11p CL
20
7:00a Chapel
BYDS Mini Spring Break
No BYDS/EDC/ASA
Shabbat Renewal
with Zamranim
BM Madison Stein
& Samantha Stein
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6:30p Chapel
7:15p CL
7 Nisan
7:00a Chapel
28 Tzav
21Vayikra 1 Nisan
Rosh Chodesh
8:30a Chapel
Museum Minyan
Sanctuary Service
BM Madison Stein
& Samantha Stein
Shabbat Shalom
Weekly Torah Study
7:00p Chapel
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Shabbat Renewal
BM Harvey Gibbs
6:30p Chapel
7:19p CL
8:30a Chapel
Jr. Congregation
Super Soul Shabbat
Museum Minyan
Sanctuary Service
BM Harvey Gibbs
Shabbat Shalom
Weekly Torah Study
7:15p Chapel
FOR AN UP-TO-THE-MINUTE CALENDAR OF EVENTS,
PLEASE GO ONLINE TO:
WWW.BETHYESHURUN.ORG
6:30p Chapel
7:00a Chapel
EC/ES Parent Teacher
Conferences
No BYDS/EDC/ASA
6:30p Chapel
26
No RS/Sulam/HHS
YES Luncheon
Meditation Group
6:30p Chapel
5 Nisan
25
4 Nisan
24
3 Nisan
7:00a Chapel
23
7:00a Chapel
EC/ES Mom's Breakfast
6:30p Chapel
Inclusion Committee
Future Leaders Caucus
SH Passover Workshop
6:30p Chapel
31
11 Nisan
30
BYDS ES Model Seder
6:30p Chapel
10 Nisan
BYDS Board Meeting
6:30p Chapel
RS
Technology Cmte
Meditation Group
Sulam/HHS
Special Events
Committee
6:30p Chapel
7:00a Chapel
ES 1st Grade
Hagigat Hasidur
Endowment Committee
Executive Committee
Board Meeting
6:30p Chapel
EC/ES Grandfriends Day
Budget Committee
6:30p Chapel
March – Adar/Nisan
Sun
10 Adar 2
1
8:00a Chapel
17 Adar
Akiba
RS ( 9:30 - 10:30 only)
Purim Carnival
5:30p Chapel
8
24 Adar
6:30p Chapel
8:00a Chapel
Daylight Saving Time
begins
Akiba
RS
15
8:00a Chapel
S-i-R: Dr. Steven
Whitfield
No RS
Akiba
6:30p Chapel
2 Nisan
22
8:00a Chapel
9 Nisan
No RS
Akiba - Passover
Workshop
6:30p Chapel
29
8:00a Chapel
Akiba
RS
RS Model Seder
100 Jewish Men
6:30p Chapel
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4525 Beechnut Street | Houston, Texas 77096-1896
Rhona and Bruce Caress Family Campus
WWW.BETHYESHURUN.ORG
2015 – PASSOVER – SHAVUOT 5775
With the approach of the Passover/Shavuot season, we recall the everlasting attachments to our beloved relatives
and friends who have departed. We remember the bonds of kinship and friendship that linked their lives to ours.
IN MEMORIAM is dedicated in reverent and grateful tribute to the loyal and courageous pioneers of Traditional
Judaism, whose names will be forever enshrined in our hearts and in the annals of Beth Yeshurun.
Yizkor will be recited in the morning on Saturday, April 11, 2015. To assure that the IN MEMORIAM book is
printed and ready for distribution, all names to be memorialized must be submitted on the form below to arrive in
the synagogue office by Friday, March 13th. Names received after March 13, 2015 cannot be printed in the
memorial book, but will be included on an addendum sheet.
A minimum contribution of $15.00 per name is suggested. Your generosity in increasing your last year's
contribution will be greatly appreciated. A separate form is necessary for each contributor. Additional forms can be
found on the CBY website and the synagogue office.
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Additional names may be added on a separate sheet of paper.
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Herskovitz and Kammerman elected to USCJ positions
Sandy Herskovitz, Immediate PastPresident of Congregation Beth Yeshurun,
has been elected to the International
Board of Directors of United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism, serving a three year
term, 2015 through 2017. Sandy brings
his presidential experience and financial
experience to United Synagogue and is
the only Board member from the State of
Texas. Sandy is married to Linda and they
have two children and four grandchildren.
Richard Kammerman, member of the
BY Board of Trustees, has been elected to the
position of Chair-Elect of the USCJ Central
District Council, for the term 2015-2016.
Richard is a Past-President of Congregation
Agudas Achim in Austin, a past chairman of
the Aytz Chaim Endowment in Austin and
has been a member of the Beth Yeshurun
Board of Trustees since 2009. He is married
to Sharon and they have three children and
six grandchildren.
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Museum Minyan potluck dinners a success
Loving God, loving people
The Museum Minyan’s Potluck
dinner celebrates Shabbat by
gathering members, friends, family
and newcomers to a Friday Kabbalat
service and Shabbat meal in a
member’s home.
The evenings begin at 6:30pm
with a tradtional Kabbalat service lead
by a member. Everyone brings a tasty
Hannah Hofrichter teaches her dish, either parve or dairy. Couples,
daughter Razele the blessing
singles, parents, grandparents and
for Shabbat candles
children enjoy lively conversation
around the dinner tables after the service. We enjoy meeting
new people! For more information, please send an email to
[email protected].
In Beth Yeshurun’s Museum Minyan, both men and women
lead services, read Torah and Haftarah, and deliver divrei Torah.
Shabbat morning services begin at 9:15am and have a warm and
traditional feel.
Sometimes religious people tend to place service to God
over people. If God’s wishes and people’s needs conflict,
God is Number One; sorry, folks, but you are number two.
Generally Judaism doesn’t work like this. In morning
prayers, we ask God for grace, love and compassion,
b’einekha uv’einei khol ro’einu, both in Your sight and in
the sight of all who see us. You can’t live a Jewish life apart
from people, or even the opinions of people.
Usually, sincere commitment to Jewish life and faith in
God will be respected even by Jews who don’t share it. But
there are rare occasions where you have to choose between
fidelity to God and Jewish practice and the demands of
people, even those you respect and whose respect you want.
We have to strike a balance: love of other people goes
with love of God. Other people too are chelek Eloha mi’ma’al
(Job 31:2), a portion of God from above. It goes without
saying that not all religious groups have absorbed this lesson.
God forbid that we should fail to remember it!
Join us in the Greenfield Chapel where we work at this
goal daily.
- Rabbi Daniel Horwitz
The online directory is back!
BY’s Beth Yeshurun’s online directory is back! Please
be on the lookout for a letter
and an email containing information about signing up.
If you do not receive either,
please email C haverweb @
bethyeshurun.org and provide your email address to us. If you
would like to opt out of the directory, please email Chaverweb@
bethyeshurun.org with OPT OUT in the subject line.
Gift Shop Hours 
Sunday: 10:00am-1:00pm Mondays: Closed
Tuesdays: 10:00am-4:30pm
Wednesdays: 10:00am-6:00pm
Thursdays: 10:00am-4:30pm
Fridays: 10:00am-2:30pm
(713) 255-8021 [email protected]
100 Jewish Men - now in it’s 13th year!
Many of the members of One Hundred Jewish Men after their January 21st program. Now in its 13th year, Congregation Beth
Yeshurun’s One Hundred Jewish Men is a group of men dedicated to improving themselves and each other as men, fathers,
husbands, brothers, sons, friends and Jews. Through controversial, thought-provoking speakers, and small group discussions,
we explore what usually remains unspoken in men’s lives at work and at home. For more information, please contact Rabbi
Brian Strauss. Photo by Marc Nathan
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It’s a Mitzvah!
Welcome New Members!
Sponsored Meals
Please welcome the following new members to Beth Yeshurun:
Interested in sponsoring a Chapel Minyan weekday
breakfast, or a Chapel or Museum Minyan Shabbat Kiddush
in memory of your loved one or in honor of a simcha?
Please contact Eileen Pettigrew, Food Service Manager,
at [email protected] or (713) 666-1881, ext.
368. Sponsorships will be acknowledged in The Message.
Standard breakfasts begin at $100 and kiddushes begin
at $145. Special meals may be arranged with the Food
Service Department and monthly sponsorships are available.
All sponsorships must be paid in advance. Dates will be
reserved in the order they are received. Recent sponsored
breakfasts and kiddushes have been generously given by
those listed below.
 Lisa & Joel Bender in memory of Jack Bender
 Scott & Susie Bender in memory of Jack Bender
 Susie & Scott Bender in memory of Maurice Poy Levey
 Sarah Camhi in memory of Carlos Camhi
 Byron Capito, Melissa & Brad Kalmans and Pam & Robert
Penn in memory of Jo Capito
 David Edelstein in memory of Melvin Edelstein
 Sylvia Freedman and Elaine & Steve Epstein in memory
of Glenda Freedman Miller
 Aaron & Ina Fried in honor of Aaron’s 70th birthday
 Susan Gumbiner & Alex Weisselberg in memory of Edith
Kaplan & Fred Weisselberg
 Jay Hoffman in memory of Kathy Stafford
 Joe Kornfeld & Family in memory of Amelia Kornfeld
 Jim Lass & Barbara Goldmar in honor of Jerry Lass’ 75th
birthday
 The Musher Family in honor of Karol Musher’s birthday
 Joanne & Louis Nash in honor of Sydney & Jared Nash
 Annita & Newton Schwartz in memory of Annie Schwartz
 Linden & Roger Sofer in memory of Hyman Sofer
 Roger & Linden Sofer in memory of Roslyn Sofer
 Jack, Rae & Max Uzick in memory of Morris & Blanche
Uzick
 Jeff Weingarten in memory of Eveta Weingarten Levinson
Gaston Azubel-Goldstein & Kelly Murray
Marina Batchelov
Richard & Andrea Brody
David & Glenda Regenbaum
Braille Shabbat siddurim available
The Inclusion committee is
excited to announce it has acquired
two Braille Shabbat siddurim for
use by our congregants. These
siddurim must be reserved in
advance by calling Marsha Weiss
at (713) 666-1881.
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 World Wide Wrap 2015
Participants in our annual World Wide Wrap on February 1. For the third year in a row, members enjoyed learning to put on
Tefillin and then participated in a learners service led by our Beth Yeshurun Rabbis and Cantor Finkelstein.
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Family Album
Anniversaries
3/1
28
18
3/2
2
19
40
43
3/3
3
41
3/4
36
9
27
3/5
27
26
21
27
3/6
5
16
44
3/7
16
6
6
33
5
3/9
18
1
3/10
14
3
13
53
3/11
15
31
9
54
David & Mendy Mitrani
Scott & Melissa Selzer
Eric Haas & Courtney
Zubowski-Haas
Bradley & Melissa
Kalmans
David & Marcia Solomon
Dror & Helene Zadok
Eric & Allison Danziger
Aron & Amy Grenader
Randall & Marcia
Davidoff
Bruce & Molly Frankel
Steven & Pepper
Lieberman
Todd & Carin Barth
Gary & Gloria Lepow
Andrew & Sarah Taibel
Barry & Hallie Zietz
Jamie & Debbie
Haseltine
Mark & Elise Newman
Daniel & Ellen
Trachtenberg
Isaac & Stephanie
Barrocas
Joshua & Stephanie
Cohen
Gregg & Melanie
Rosenberg
Richard & Deeanne
Rosenberg
David & Teresa Vise
Robert & Suzanne
Goldstein
Michael & Jessica Kirk
Alan & Haley Finkelman
Brian & Lera Freilich
Ben & Gabrielle Hattingh
Eitan & Haya Kuperman
Garth & Jessica Beinart
Cal & Helen Cohn
Gustavo & Maya Giske
Herbert & Linda Lesser
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3/12
26
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3/13
11
22
21
3/14
23
39
11
23
3/15
28
18
3/16
30
35
54
13
3/17
30
30
53
3/18
43
42
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39
3/19
37
15
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49
3/20
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38
60
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3/21
28
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3/22
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Joshua & Gina Roberts
Brian & Lisa Silver
Steven & Shelley
Davidoff
Bruce & Anna-Marie Levy
Jack & Julia Mazow
Scott & Mindy
Michelman
Sean & Edit Churchill
Ivan Gomez & Maria
Duarte
Aaron & Leslie Roffwarg
Mitchell & Fanny
Frederick
Robert & Frances
Grossman
Jonathan & Emily Lepow
Jeffrey & Yvonne Stern
David & Paula Ginsburg
Scott & Rachel Jacobson
Felix & Evelyn Eyzaguirre
Duane & Anna-Lee
Kamins
Seymour & Josephine
Sugar
Andrew & Rachel Toubin
Andrew Fastow &
Lea Weingarten Fastow Darrell & Helene Lubel
Ernest & Gail Rudder
Roberto & Raquel
Fleischer
Julian & Frances Koch
Geoffrey & Joan Schnider
Philip & Sharron
Zeisman
Michael & Sharon Krost
Chaim & Martha Levy
Paul & Leslie Strug
Kenneth & Loretta
Toppell
Wayne & Fonda Arzt
Paul & Susan Danziger
Michael Grosser & Kate
Birenbaum
Seymour & Trudy
Kwartler
Allan & Dianna Margolin
Leon & Shirley Mucasey
Mark & Judy Mucasey
Murray & Diane
Schoendorf
Steve & Susan Berdinis
David & Yosely
Tanenbaum
Todd & Silvia Riff
3/23
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13
18
3/24
58
30
41
3/25
9
15
36
36
3/26
26
43
49
3/27
27
16
5
3/28
45
56
44
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45
3/29
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16
3/30
35
35
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1
3/31
30
47
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Ari & Jenna Cohen
Melvin & Frieda Dow
Asaf Glaich & Adrienne
Glaich
Joshua & Rachel Jacobs
Jody & Sondra Ludwick
Larry & Carol Fradkin
Steven & Michele Strauss
Alvin & Kay Zeisman
Neville & Libi Fleishman
Alex & Victoria Lazar
Larry & Mimi Levine
Lee & Rochelle Wunsch
Todd & Andrea Blitzer
Stephen & Cheryl Golub
Lary & Lois Kupor
Norman & Nancy Neskar
Scott & Linda Newar
Jay & Lindsay Stewart
Jaime & Susan Ganc
Samuel & Roxanne Gold
Jonathan & Norma
Hyman
Ari & Heather Purcell
Brian & Amalia Stanton
Gary & Gail Swartz
Nir & Blythe Grossman
Richard & Cindy Meador
Ron Misrack & Susan
Schwaitzberg
Zvi & Michal Zeevi
Jorge & Selma Guttin
Ron & Sonia Kronberg
Elias & Kari Saratovsky
David & Jennifer Stockel
Steve & Adele Croft
Mark & Carol Entman
Sammy & Robin Fleschler
Paul & Bernice Kaufman
Gary & Tracy Stein
Mazal Tov
To Richard Leibman, on receiving the
Spirit of Life Award from Seven Acres
Jewish Senior Care Services at its Gala
Dinner on January 25th.
Condolences
The congregation extends its sincerest
condolences to the families of
Zigmand Blumenthal, Jeff Burck,
Jo Capito, Sheila Davis, Anna Goldshteyn,
Sima Gorodina, Esther Rosen,
Nikolay Vaserman, Bernard Weingarten
May their memories be for a blessing.
THE MESSAGE of Congregation Beth Yeshurun (USPS 968-500) is published monthly August-July by Congregation Beth Yeshurun,
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B’nai Mitzvah
Madison (Maddie) Jayden Stein (March
20/21) is the daughter Debra & Howard
Stein; sister of Jake and twin sister
Samantha; granddaughter of Faith Levitt
and the late Harold Levitt, and Phyllis
Stein and the late Robert Stein. Madison
attends The Emery/Weiner School. For
her Mitzvah Project, Madison, along
with her B’not Mitzvah partner and
sister, Samantha, worked with JFS and
designed, assembled and delivered Nosh Bags to patients at MD
Anderson. Madison will donate a portion of her monetary gifts
to Disabled American Veterans (DAV) in memory of both of her
grandfathers.
We are happy to list Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, their parents,
siblings, grandparents, school and Mitzvah Projects. Please
contact Cheryl Rose Nitishin at [email protected] or
(713) 255-8005, for your submission deadline.
Samantha (Sammie) Grace Stein
(March 20/21) is the daughter of Debra
& Howard Stein; sister of Jake and
twin sister Madison; granddaughter of
Faith Levitt and the late Harold Levitt,
and Phyllis Stein and the late Robert
Stein. Samantha attends The Emery/
Weiner School. For her Mitzvah Project,
Samantha, along with her B’not Mitzvah
partner and sister, Madison, worked with
JFS and designed, assembled and delivered Nosh Bags to patients
at MD Anderson. Samantha will donate a portion of her monetary
gifts to MD Anderson in honor of her mother.
Harvey Sebastian Gibbs (March 27/28)
is the son of Sarah and Eric Gibbs; brother
of Spencer and Ellie; and grandson of Rose
Finkelman and the late Wolf Finkelman, Sol
Gordon, Bea and Henry Gibbs of blessed
memory. Harvey attends Trafton Academy.
For Harvey’s Mitzvah Project he raised funds
for his cousin Zachary Avraham Shporer
of blessed memory. A thrift boutique &
employment training center called ZABS
Place for young adults with special needs run by the Friendship
Circle of Charlotte NC - named in memory and in honor of
Zachary. Harvey also volunteered with the Star of Hope Snacks
and Goodnight Program. He will donate a portion of his monetary
gift to ZABS Place.
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an approximate circulation of 2,200 issues. To place
an ad, send a “camera ready” .jpg to themessage@
bethyeshurun.org. Ads must comply with postal
service regulations. The deadline to place an ad is
the 1st of the preceding month (i.e., January 1st is
the deadline for the February issue) and payment
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How To Contact Us
Beth Yeshurun is a community institution with a
vital mission: to educate children and adults, to offer
spiritual experiences that inspire and uplift all ages, and
to provide a setting in which Judaism can be joyously
lived and experienced. We welcome your support.
Online donations can be made at www.bethyeshurun.
org. Donations may also be made in the synagogue
office or by mail to Congregation Beth Yeshurun, 4525
Beechnut St., Houston, TX 77096-1801.
A minimum donation of $10 per listing is
required to have your donation published in the
weekly bulletin and a notification letter sent to the
honoree or a deceased person’s family member. One
such notification letter will be sent per donation.
The deadline for donations to be published in the
weekly bulletin is the previous Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Donations are published upon submission and
will not be “held” for future publication. When
you make a donation to Beth Yeshurun, please be
sure to provide all of the necessary information:
who the donation is in memory of, who or what the
donation is in honor of, who needs to be notified of
the donation (name and complete address) and by
whom the donation is given. When this information
is incomplete, we are unable to process your
donation efficiently. Donations with no specific
fund indicated will be credited to the Synagogue
General Fund. Beth Yeshurun appreciates your
generosity and support.
Synagogue Office
4525 Beechnut St * Houston, TX 77096-1801
www.bethyeshurun.org Ph (713) 666-1881, Fax (713) 666-7767
Clergy
Rabbi David Rosen: [email protected]
Asst: Abby Rotenberg: [email protected] (713) 255-8011
Rabbi Steven Morgen: [email protected]
Rabbi Brian Strauss: [email protected]
Asst: Gayle Schnurr: [email protected] (713) 255-8017
Rabbi Jack Segal: [email protected]
Rabbi Danny Horwitz: [email protected]
Cantor Meir Finkelstein: [email protected]
Asst. & B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator: Cheryl Rose Nitishin:
[email protected] (713) 255-8005
Synagogue
Alan Levin, President: [email protected]
Luis Dorfman, Executive Dir: [email protected]
Ellen Petras, Membership: [email protected] (713) 255-8060
Arthur Miller, Cemetery: [email protected] (713) 255-8076
William S. Malev Religious Schools
Sheryl Eskowitz, Ed. Dir: [email protected] (713) 255-8040
Beth Yeshurun Day School
School Office (713) 666-1884, (713) 255-8045
Dan Ahlstrom, Head of School: [email protected]
For a complete contact list, please go to www.bethyeshurun.org
Read The Message online at www.bethyeshurun.org
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