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ADAR – NISSAN 5775
The Center
of Our Jewish
Community
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MARCH - APRIL 2015
2014-2015
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Temple President:
JASON CHALIK
Vice President of Administration:
CRAIG PACKER
Vice President of Membership:
KAREN SHIEKMAN
Vice President of Education and Youth:
KIM LIEBERMAN
Vice President of Ritual:
GIGI GREENE
Vice President of Ways and Means:
GARY ELZWEIG
Treasurer:
KATIE GILDEN
Financial Secretary:
JONATHAN STREISFELD
Recording Secretary:
CARA POLLACK
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BEVERLY BACHRACH
LINDA GENDLER
HEATHER GILBERT
CHARISMA GOODMAN
BRYAN HARR
ADRIENNE KALTMAN
MICHAEL KRASNER
ROB RICKEL
BARBARA SHUB
HOWARD TALENFELD
DANIEL WEINGER
WALTER WITTE
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SENIOR STAFF
HOWARD NEEDLEMAN
Senior Rabbi
[email protected]
MARK GOLDMAN
Cantor
[email protected]
DVIR WEISS
Executive Director
[email protected]
STACEY KATZ
Early Childhood Director
[email protected]
SIMONA SKLASH
Religious School Director
[email protected]
JOSH SIMON
Youth Director
[email protected]
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FOUNDING RABBI EMERITUS
DR. SHELDON J. HARR
[email protected]
CONTENTS
Rabbi Howard Needleman - Reflections ...................................................... 3
Cantor Mark Goldman .................................................................................... 5
Jason Chalik, Temple President ..................................................................... 6
Disney Shabbat - May 1 ................................................................................. 6
A Gala Purim Celebration - A Very “Frozen” Shabbat ............................... 7
Rabbi Emeritus Sheldon Harr ............................................................................ 8
Sustaining Members .......................................................................................... 8
Our B’nai Mitzvah Kids ..................................................................................... 9
Have Your College Kids Connect With TKAE .................................................. 9
From The Inside: Dvir Weiss ............................................................................ 10
Adult Jewish Learning ....................................................................................10
- Passover II - March 5
- 800 Years of Polish Jewish History - March 12
- Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Early Years - March 19
Purim 5K Run With The Rabbi® - March 15 .................................................... 11
Stacey Katz, Early Childhood Director ......................................................... 12
It’s a PJ Havdallah! March 7 ........................................................................12
Passover - A Celebration of Freedom - April 3 ........................................... 13
Simona Sklash, Religious School Director ................................................... 14
Shabbat Dinner With The Clergy - March 20 and April 24 ........................ 14
Afternoon Movie: Fork Over Knives - March 25 ........................................... 15
Afternoon Movie: Sister of Mine - April 29 ..................................................... 15
Stories From the Holocaust - April 15 and 22 ................................................ 15
Member Spotlight - The Liss Family ............................................................... 16
BART Shabbat - March 13 .............................................................................. 16
YELL Shabbat - Friday, May 8 ......................................................................... 17
Josh Simon, Youth Director ........................................................................... 18
First Ever TKAE Cheesecake Bake Off - May 18............................................ 18
Shabbat Nefesh: Healing Body and Soul - March 20 ................................. 19
Yoga - Every Wednesday .............................................................................. 19
Sisterhood: Debby Argilo-Cohen................................................................... 20
Sisterhood Calendar ....................................................................................... 20
WRJ / TKAE Sisterhood Seder - March 17 ..................................................... 21
Temple Friends: Jeffrey Weinstein .................................................................. 22
Temple Friends Calendar ............................................................................... 22
The Jewish Community in Cuba By Yosl and Doreen Broder - March 1... 23
Temple Friends Special Presentation by On Your Toes Ballet & Dance .... 23
Yizkor Memorial Service - April 10 .................................................................. 23
Shabbat On The Beach and Dinner ............................................................ 24
March of the Living Shabbat - April 24 ......................................................... 24
TKAE Social Action Calendar ......................................................................... 25
Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El 40th Anniversary Commemoration - May 15 ... 25
JCC Maccabi Games & Art Festival - Aug. 8-14 ......................................... 25
Advertisers........................................................................................................ 26
Contributor Acknowledgments ..................................................................... 28
New Members ................................................................................................. 29
Become a Temple Ambassador .................................................................. 29
In Memoriam .................................................................................................. 29
All In The Family ............................................................................................... 29
March - April 2015 Events Calendars ............................................................ 30
Purim Is Coming - Order Gifts Through Sisterhood ....................................... 32
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RABBI'S
REFLECTIONS
RABBI HOWARD NEEDLEMAN
THE DEEPER MEANING OF 40
It Is One of the Holy Numbers In the Torah
I
n the Bible, next to the number seven, the number 40
occurs most frequently as a holy or special number.
I know that we tend to think of 18 as the luckiest of
Jewish numbers, but that’s gematria, the assigning
of numeric values to Hebrew letters, and adding
up them up to find its sum total. And while there is
something special about Chai being 18, it doesn’t
appear with any intrinsic significance in our Bible as a
number.
40 years as a punishment for their lack of faith to
enable one generation to come and another to rise
before being able to enter into the Promised Land.
Forty years represents a lifetime. Our faith tells us
that the 40th year is the height of a person’s life.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Temple Kol
Ami (our Emanu-El lineage is much older), and so
we recognize that this is a significant moment in
our history, a special milestone, a holy birthday, a
transitional period in our counting of Jewish time.
However, there are special or holy numbers in
Judaism and our literature.
Seven is holy as a number of
days of creation, the counting
of weeks in the Omer from
Passover to Shavuot, and
years of the shmita to arrive
at our sabbatical of the land.
Our 40th anniversary in the
counting of Jewish years
is holier that our 7th, 13th,
18th, or 36th anniversaries
because this is the time
of our Jewish rebirth.
According to Jewish law,
when a person becomes
ritually impure, he or she
must go to a ritual bath,
a Mikveh to be cleansed.
The Talmud tells us that a
Mikveh must be filled with
at least 40 measures of
water, and a person, must
completely submerse in
it from head to toe. After
being submersed and saying
the appropriate blessings,
a person leaves the Mikveh
ritually clean and pure –
almost reborn (just think of
the power of the water of
the Mikveh during the ritual
of conversion to Judaism).
Yet standing next to seven as
a special number, 40 is no less
holy in our religious history.
Forty occurs right after
creation, and is, in fact, a
second creation. It rained
for 40 days during the flood
of Noah, and 40 days passed
between the appearance of
the mountain tops and the
opening of the windows in the
ark to create the world anew.
Moses ascended to the top
of the mountain to receive
the gift of Torah for 40
days and 40 nights during
the theophany at Sinai.
It is no accident, that in
the story of Noah, the rain
poured for 40 days, and
engulfed the entire world
with water. The rabbis tell
us that just as a person
leaves a Mikveh pure and clean and reborn, so
The 12 scouts were sent
into the land of Canaan
and traversed the land for
40 days before returning
with their report.
And the people of Israel wandered in the desert for
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Reflections
study Mishnah, at 13 to study the commandments,
at 15 to study Talmud, at 18 for marriage, at 20 to
pursue a career, at 30 the peak of achievement,
and at 40 for wisdom and understanding.
CONTINUED
too when the waters of the flood subsided, the
world and humanity were likewise renewed.
The number 40 has the power to raise up something
or someone’s spiritual state. Just as 40 measures
of water purifies a person, and 40 days of rain
purified the world, so too did the 40 days Moses
spent being on Mt. Sinai purify effect on us as
a nation. When we first arrived at Mt. Sinai, we
were still in a spiritual state of slavery, but after
40 days at the mountain surrounded by God’s
protective presence, we emerged renewed as
God’s chosen people with a path before us.
For us, 40 is certainly a time of wisdom and
understanding. Forty years asks us to reflect of
where we’ve come from, where we are, and
where we are going. I know at times it feels like
the rains never end here during the summer
months, but it doesn’t last for 40 days no matter
what we may feel. I doubt that any of us have
the leisure to sit at the foot of a mountain for
40 days in contemplation and feel reborn.
However, each one of us have arrived at this
momentous occasion of our 40th anniversary together
and celebrate our time of renewal, our time of a
new beginning of a chapter in our history, our time
for wisdom and understanding to know who we are
and to help us plan for the next 40 years of blessings.
Towards the end of the Torah in the Book of
Deuteronomy just before the people are about
to enter into the Promised Land, Moses tells the
Jewish people that he had led them 40 years in
the wilderness, but that God had not given them
a heart to know, or eyes to see, or ears to hear,
until this day that they are about to cross over
the Jordan River and enter the Land of Israel.
B’shalom,
It took the people of Israel 40 years to gain
understanding, and so too it is with us according
to our rabbis. In the Mishna Pirkei Avot it says: “At
the age of five (one is ready) to study Bible, at 10 to
For us, 40 is certainly a time of wisdom and understanding.
Forty years asks us to reflect of where we’ve come
from, where we are, and where we are going.
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We Have a Responsibility to the Next Generation
W
ith the recent conversion of our local movie theatre to the
new style of lounger seats complete with full service menu,
we’ve found ourselves much more likely to see a movie on the big
screen than merely wait until it’s on the telly.
Two movies that really spoke to my heart were The Imitation Game
and Unbroken.
The Imitation Game tells the true story of Alan Turing who broke
the Nazi Enigma code, shortening the war by years, only to be
tortured in Great Britain in the 1950s for being gay.
Unbroken is the incredible life story of Olympian and war hero Louis
“Louie” Zamperini who after surviving a near-fatal plane crash in
WWII was caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a horrifying
prisoner-of-war camp where he too was tortured and beaten.
The most touching part for me of each of these movies was the
very end.
MARK GOLDMAN
CANTOR
Each of us has a responsibility
to the next generation to be
open minded, visionary, and
Alan Touring received a royal pardon in 2012, with talk of a
knighthood. Louis Zamperini embraced and forgave many of his
captors. In 1998, Zamperini ran a leg in the Olympic Torch relay
for the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, not far from the POW
camp where he had been held.
These aren’t mere moments in time, each of these experiences
and many others catalogue the potential for personal and cultural
growth that has been evident throughout our history.
Each of us has a responsibility to the next generation to be open
minded, visionary, and seekers of truth and justice for all.
seekers of truth and
justice for all.
Cantor Mark Goldman
Co-Senior Clergy
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We Must Look to History So We Don’t Repeat It
JASON CHALIK
TEMPLE PRESIDENT
“Those who don’t
know history,
are destined
to repeat it.”
- Edmund Burke
W
hile thinking about the theme for
this month, history, I could not help
but think of Edmund Burke’s quote. This
quote has been on my mind as I watch
the events that have unfolded in Europe.
Radical Islamic terrorists have targeted
Jews in Paris. Iranians have threatened
to build nuclear weapons, with the
hopes of wiping Israel off of the map.
Finally Saudi Arabia, the country that
finances a vast array of radical Islamic
groups, has a new leader, with close ties
to radical Islam. In my mind, the alarm
bells have been sounded. Jews are
under attack. Anti-semitism is on the rise.
And we should remember the holocaust
as not to repeat history.
So, as a temple, as a Jewish community,
how do we respond? I would argue
that we respond with a strong voice.
Our temple will be a strong voice for
Israel. We will attend the AIPAC policy
conference in Washington D.C. this
March, to proclaim never again. We will
ensure that the leaders of our country
understand that we will not sit idly by,
as our people are terrorized. The United
States must support Israel like never
before. We also must collaborate
with a number of organizations that
support Israel. Finally, we must educate
ourselves and most importantly our
children, about the holocaust and honor
those survivors who are still with us.
“Few will have the greatness to bend
history itself, but each of us can work to
change a small portion of events, and in
the total; of all those acts will be written
the history of this generation.”
- Robert F. Kennedy
Jason B. Chalik
Jason B. Chalik
President
Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El
“FIRST FRIDAY” SHABBAT
PRESENTS A
FRIDAY
SHABBAT
FOR OUR LITTLE ONES, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS
AN D OUR YOUNG AT HEART.
Join us for a celebration of Shabbat
through the songs, music and the
magic of Disney.
May 1 • 6:30pm
enjoy amazing
MUSIC & PRAYERS
And Featuring
Our Very Own
ALL-STAR SINGERS
Ava Landman, Tracy Kahn, and Sydney Shiekman
Come dressed as your
favorite Disney character
or just as yourself!
Complimentary Spaghetti &
Ice Cream Oneg to follow the service
Please RSVP to [email protected] for
Spaghetti and Oneg by April 28
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The Center
of Our Jewish
Community
A Gala Purim Celebration
FRIDAY • MARCH 6 • 6:30 P.M. • POOLSIDE
Miracles and Wonders
A Very
FROZEN
Purim Spiel
With Music From The Movie Frozen
FEATURING OUR 3RD AND 4TH GRADERS
Followed by The After Purim Blowout Party and Complimentary Dinner
Must RSVP For the Complimentary Dinner by Tuesday, March 3, to [email protected]
WEAR YOUR EXCITING AND FUNNY PURIM COSTUMES!
Music • Hors d’oeuvres • Dinner • Hamantaschen • Ice Cream Bar
Costume Contest!
•
•
•
TRADITIONAL SERVICE IN THE RECEPTION ROOM
INCLUDING MEGILLA READING AND KADDISH AT 5:30 PM
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TKAE’s History Guides Us Toward a Future
I
f nothing else, the histories of our
now-combined Temples (Kol Ami
and Emanu-El) are interesting and
informative. They provide us with
pathways to make decisions about
the present, which in the future will
ultimately become our history.
DR. SHELDON J. HARR
FOUNDING RABBI
EMERITUS
It concerns me, therefore, that so
many within our Temple family don’t
know the history of our Temple(s).
As Michael Crichton wrote: “…if
you didn’t know history, you didn’t
know anything. You were a leaf that
didn’t know it was part of a tree.”
The history of our Temple is truly
interesting and informative. While
only a remaining relatively few current
members remember the following
people, places and things, I’d like to
share some of those with you. They may
kindle within you the fire of memory, no
matter what the year(s). Emanu-El on
Andrews Avenue, the Plantation Fire
House, 400 S. Nob Hill Road, Jerry and
Esme Bauman, Ben and Sadie Scribner,
Phil Fagelson, Dieke Auditorium, Kelev,
Erev Rosh HaShanah 1978, Buildings
and Building Funds 700 Religious School
students, Early Childhood Program, The
Day School, rabbi(s) and cantor(s)…
oh, the list can go on and on, from our
earliest years, until and through today!
In fact, Fern wrote a limited
booklet on our Temple’s history.
My retirement bucket list includes
an expansion of her reports.
Since the theme of this month’s bulletin
is “History,” I would ask that each of us
contribute a memory, in writing and/
or a photo of your relationship to our
Temple, which I will dutifully collect
and catalogue. Write and share with
me your personal special memory
or photo which relates to the history
of our Temple and your part in it.
Confucious said: “Study the past
if you want to define the future.”
This is not bad advice at all.
Rabbi Dr. Sheldon J. Harr
Founding Senior Rabbi Emeritus
Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El Sustaining Members
RABBI’S CIRCLE
Bill and Susan Matz
Arthur and Sandy Phillips
COVENANT CLUB
Bob and Susan Schneider
Steve and Diane Michaels
Lee and Claire Hager
Walter and Cheryl Katz
Danny and Jodi Katz
TZEDAKAH CIRCLE
James and Stacy Gale
Jesse Diner and Adele Stone
GOLDEN CHAI
Matt and Paula Carr
Stanley and Pearl Goodman
Saul and Beth Kravec
Robert and Marlene Uchin
Ira and Penny Vernon
Gregg and Abby Wilentz
Scott and Linda Zakheim
Jason and Debi Chalik
Calvin and Lori Helitzer
Gary Elzweig
Barry and Irene Stark
Paul and Minette Brown
Alan and Lauren Cohn
Michael and Kim Dagen
Gerry and Debra Damsky
Alan Delamater and
Julie Long
Bonnie Eletz
Dale and Elaine Farkas
Lewis and Jane Fishman
Joseph and Shelly Goldberg
Mark Goldman and
Aaron Taber
Warren and Laura Greenberg
David and Gigi Greene
Andrew Guttman and
Debra Zelman
Robert and Alycia Holzman
Marshall and Donna Kaplan
Robert and Bevly Kempler
Norman and Diane Kronstadt
Mathhue and Elise Lerner
Kenny and Linda Levine
Charles and Beth Lieber
Michael and Lori Lombardi
Peter and Susan Moore
Steven and Leah Nachman
BENEFACTOR
Phil and Leslie Biegelsen
Leon and Elaine Cohn
Richard and Harriet Greene
Steve and Adrienne Kaltman
Stewart and Michele
Lapayowker
Barry and Kim Lerner
Richard and Shelley Lundy
Craig and Shari Packer
Walter and Mildred Padow
David and Harriet Sharaf
Allen and Jane Sklaver
Herb and Norma Sonnenklar
Kenneth and Mara
Wurtenberger
GUARDIAN
Gerry and Debra Damsky
Richard and Robin Abramowitz
Marty and Linda Ardman
Jeffrey Brezner and
Sandra Block-Brezner
Eugene and Doreen Broder
Rabbi and Beth Needleman
Charles and Joyce Pearlman
Brian and Lisa Pearlman
Robert and Stacy Philipson
David and Cara Pollack
Wayne and Jennifer Pollak
Vincent and Deborah
Lila Press
Stewart and Karen Robins
Stanley and Donna Schachne
Paul and Fern Schneider
Ronald and Gloria Schwartz
John and Karen Shiekman
David and Molly Siegel
Helen Spinrad
Joe and Risha Stern
Brad and Diane Weinbrum
Dvir and Sharon Weiss
Ronald and Eva Weissberger
Steve and Melanie Weschler
Hal and Francine Wiener
Jay and Marilyn Wilde
Sylvia Yohalem
JAN. 23, 2015
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OUR B’NAI MITZVAH KIDS
MADISON RING - SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 5:30 P.M
Madison has been attending Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El since she was two years
old. She is in seventh grade at Indian Ridge Middle School. Madison is a member
of the Perpetual Motion Dance Company at Meg Segreto Dance Center and has
been dancing since she was three years old. Madison enjoys spending time with her
family, shopping and hanging out with her friends. For her Mitzvah Project, Madison
is collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste for children who are taken to SafePlace.
SafePlace provides shelter for these children who are removed from their own
families because of abuse, abandonment or neglect. Madison received the Golden
Kippah Award, and is continuing her education with the TKAE confirmation class.
BEAU SIMON - SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 10:15 A.M.
Beau Simon loves to play football and tennis,
His favorite subject in school is language arts. He would like
to go to Yale and study to be a plastic surgeon.
PHILIP SHERRITON - SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 5:30 P.M.
Philip is a12 year old seventh grader at University School of NSU. He is an
avid athlete in all sports. He enjoys fishing and anything to do with the
outdoors. He has two older sisters, Olivia and Jenna and an older brother
Josh. For his Bar Mitzvah project, he has been collecting slightly used sports
equipment, which he plans to donate to inner city elementary schools.
JEREMY SEGAUL - SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 10:15 A.M.
Jeremy has been part of TKAE since he was two years old. He is a seventh grader
at Tequesta Middle School in Weston. Jeremy enjoys playing the clarinet, reading
(especially Stephen King books), bicycling, listening to music, and computer gaming.
He loves boating with his cousins in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Jeremy’s best
kept secret is that he can do many different dialects and people impersonations. For his
Mitzvah project, Jeremy is forming a team for the I Care I Cure walk/run on March 8 at
BB&T Center in Sunrise. He hopes to raise lots of money to help fund research for a better,
gentler cure for childhood cancer.
EVAN BASS - SATURDAY, MAY 2, 10:15 A.M.
Evan has been attending TKAE Hebrew School since his early elementary school years.
He enjoys playing soccer and lacrosse as well as playing jazz on his saxophone. Evan
rarely loses an argument with his parents since becoming a member of the Indian Ridge
Middle School debate team. His Bar Mitzvah project involves collecting gently used toys,
books and clothing for No More Tears, a foundation which rescues victims of domestic
violence and assists their return to productive lives. Evan is excited to further explore his
Jewish roots and traditions when touring Israel this summer with his family.
KIDS
IN
COLLEGE?
TEMPLE KOL AMI EMANU-EL CARES ABOUT STAYING CONNECTED!
The TKAE College Committee is forging on-going relationships with our congregation’s
adult-age children who are in college or beginning a new career. Please update your
child’s contact information at [email protected], or call Lisa at the Temple office so that
we may keep them connected. You also can serve on the College Committee and help us
develop more ideas and initiatives for keeping connected with our college-age children.
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FROM THE INSIDE
We Must Stand Firm Against Terrorism
T
he recent terror attacks that took
place at Charlie Hebdo and the
kosher supermarket in France are
anti-Semitic hate crimes that remind
us of some of the worst times in Jewish
history.
Anti-Semitism may be the world’s oldest
form of hatred. Even today all around
Europe, Jewish people experience
hostility at different levels and some on
a daily basis. The Jews and the State
of Israel are still the center of terror,
hate crimes and political arguments.
DVIR WEISS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The anti-Semitism
that we experience
today is the same
as the past;
however, how
we overcome it is
different.
A
TKAE
ADULT JEWISH
LEARNING
EXPERIENCE
Jews across Europe are experiencing
the element of fear from the global rise
in anti-Semitism. Given Jewish history, we
must do our utmost to stand against it.
How is this “new” anti-Semitism, different
from the old? The anti-Semitism that we
experience today is the same as the past;
however, how we overcome it is different.
We need to resist it and to stand against it.
I believe no one should need to live in fear,
and history will not and cannot repeat itself.
Anti-Semitism has existed throughout the
history of our Jewish people. Today it is
on the rise as the dangers of fundamental
Islam grow and spread. We need
to stand strong as a community.
As we study our old and new enemies
and work on increasing security, we
need to raise our heads and support our
synagogues and Jewish organizations.
We must keep promoting our democratic
values, our education to tolerance,
acceptance and compassion.
B’shalom,
Dvir Weiss
Executive Director
We have a strong Jewish state, a homeland
for all Jews. We have the power to stand
united and we MUST learn from the past.
ADULT JEWISH LEARNING
MARCH • APRIL 2015
LUNCH AND LEARN • VISITING SCHOLARS SERIES
WITH DR. LEON WEISSBERG
Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. • LECTURE & DISCUSSION AT 1 P.M.
Complimentary lunch when you RSVP to [email protected] by 10 a.m. the prior day.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5: PASSOVER II
Discover the literary structure and development of the 10 plagues, their purpose
and the actual events of 3300 years ago.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12: 800 YEARS OF POLISH JEWISH HISTORY
A review of how Jews came to Poland, lived, thrived, built major institutions and became part and parcel
of Polish society to the point where Poland had the largest Jewish community in the world prior to the
Holocaust.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19: ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT - THE EARLY YEARS
A review of the 50 years (1898 to 1948) leading to the creation of the State of Israel and the attempts
by both sides to create an independent nation in a post-Ottoman Empire Middle East world.
TO RSVP TO ANY OF THE ABOVE ADULT EDUCATION OPTIONS OR TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT: LISA AT (954) 472-1988 • [email protected]
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SECOND ANNUAL • SUNDAY MARCH 15, 2015
at Plantation Central Park
®
Register Now for 03.15.15
5K RUN WITH THE RABBI®
Plantation Central Park • 9151 NW 2nd St.
5K RUN/WALK SUNDAY, MARCH 15
6:30 -7:30 AM: Packet Pickup & Late Registration
8:00 AM: Run/Walk Start
9:30 AM: Medal Presentation at Central Park
EARLY PACKET PICKUP AND REGISTRATION
Runners Depot
2233 S. University Drive, Davie, FL
• Friday, March 13, 3 PM to 6 PM
• Saturday, March 14, 11 AM to 4 PM
ENTRY FEES
Adult Entry Fee:
$36 ea.
School Age Child:
$18 ea.
Ema / Bubbe with Stroller: $50 ea.
RACE REGISTRATION & SPONSORSHIP
http://tkae.org/runwithrabbi/
There is a reduced entry fee for local runners
that register for this event via:
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2137859
MEDALS AWARDED FOR:
Top Three Overall Finishers for Men's
and Women's Division.
Top Three Overall Purim Costumes.
Top Three Finishers for Boy's and Girl's
8 & under, 9-10, 11-12, & 13-14
Divisions.
Top Three Finishers for Men's and
Women's in each Age Division 15-19,
20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44,
45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69,
70-74, 75 & Over
All Participants Will Receive:
Finishers Medal, Sponsors’ Goodies
Snack and Water
TEMPLE KOL AMI EMANU-EL
8200 PETERS ROAD • PLANTATION, FLORIDA • 33324
954.472.1988 • WWW.TKAE.ORG
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EARLY CHILDHOOD
Authentic Jewish Experiences Shape Our Lives
G
STACEY KATZ
EARLY CHILDHOOD
DIRECTOR
The ultimate
goal of a Jewish
pre-school is
to build Jewish
identities for our
next generation.
rowing up, I heard many stories from
relatives and various people I came
across about their struggles and triumphs
as they escaped Nazi-occupied Europe.
Just recently I had the opportunity to
go on a March of the Living trip with
my daughter and more than 70 11th
and 12th graders from Broward County.
This educational program gives adults
and students from all over world the
opportunity to study the Holocaust and
Jewish history by looking at the roots of
prejudice, intolerance and hate. The
trip entailed a week in Poland visiting
many concentration camps including
Auschwitz and Birkenau followed by
a week in Israel. A major component
of the trip is traveling with Holocaust
survivors and learning first-hand about
their experiences.
The March of the Living brought the
knowledge I learned in textbooks
and from hearing stories to life. In
addition to learning a profound lesson
in Jewish history, I gained an enduring
attachment to Judaism and to Israel.
As an early childhood director, my
goal is to instill the importance of
being Jewish, and to teach Jewish
values so that our history will not be
forgotten. With each new generation,
our ancestors and survivors are growing
older and slowly diminishing. The stories
that I heard and experienced will not
be the same for our young children. In
addition to instilling a Jewish identity,
Jewish early childhood programs
act as a gateway for additional
Jewish education and involvement in
synagogue and Jewish life. The ultimate
goal of a Jewish pre-school is to build
Jewish identities for our next generation.
Experiencing authentic, engaging and
meaningful Jewish experiences will help
with our children’s understanding of
Judaism.
Each morning our students sing
the Shema and the Hatikvah as
an affirmation to Judaism and a
declaration of their faith. Each month
we teach a different Jewish value, learn
about Jewish holidays and engage in
meaningful Jewish experiences. The
Jewish education these students are
receiving also has a direct impact
on their families. An awareness of the
Jewish calendar is being developed
and rituals learned in school are being
practiced at home.
Our children’s personal stories are built
by themselves, as well as by our teachers
and our programs. We are already part
of their history. It is both an honor and a
responsibility that we team with the best
partners we can ask for – the students’
families and this congregation – to
shape the next generation.
L’Shalom,
Stacey Katz
Director, Early Childhood Education
It’s a PJ Havdallah!
Say good-bye to Shabbat with
Havdallah* and cozy up to the new week!
• • •
Feel free to come dressed in your
favorite pajamas.
Saturday • March 7 • 4 - 4:30 P.M.
Enjoy Wonderful Singing, Stories & a craft
with Rabbi Needleman & YOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS!
HAVDALLAH SERVICE WITH A PIZZA DINNER & ART PROJECT • $10 / CHILD • RSVP BY MARCH 5
* HAVDALLAH IS A CEREMONY MARKING THE END OF SHABBAT.
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A Celebration of Freedom
Join Your Temple Family for
the First Night of Passover
5-Star catering courtesy of VIP
$45 Adults
$35 Children 12 and under
RSVP by March 30 to (954) 472 1988
or visit www.tkae.org
FRIDAY • APRIL 3
5:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
SHABBAT SERVICE
This event is open to the entire community.
Bring the whole family, all of your friends
and your neighbors to enjoy this
wonderful experience!
MINGLE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
LIGHT HORS D’OEUVRES
7 p.m.
SEDER BEGINS
Plagued by work or stress? Ready for a fun and upbeat Exodus
from the daily grind to a promised land of 3,000 years of
beautiful tradition?
Come to our fun and relaxed Seder!
Enjoy some fresh-picked parsley from our organic garden, traditions
old and new, some Hebrew, some English, some song and some
really good times. We can’t wait to celebrate Pesach with you!
All Are Welcome!
The Center
of Our Jewish
Community
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8200 PETERS ROAD • PLANTATION, FLORIDA • 33324
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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Jewish Education’s Roots Are In the Home
T
he history of Jewish education
goes back to biblical times. One of
the basic duties of Jewish parents is
to provide for the instruction of their
children. The obligation to teach one’s
children is set forth in the first paragraph
of the “Shema” prayer. Rabbis in those
days indicated that children should not
be kept from their lessons by other home
chores and duties.
SIMONA SKLASH
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
DIRECTOR
…the Talmud
stressed the
importance
of education
by stating that
children should
begin school
at six years of
age…
Moving along in time, the Talmud
stressed the importance of education by
stating that children should begin school
at six years of age and attributed the
institution of formal Jewish education
to the first century sage Joshua Ben
Gamla, who instituted schools in every
town and made education obligatory
from age of six or seven. How amazing it
is that Ben Gamla schools are opening
in our present time all over the United
States and in South Florida as well.
The Jewish education was altered post
World War II as a result of social and
economic changes. Dense urban
Jewish neighborhoods were built and
suburbs blossomed. The new afternoon
school was the Congregational School
that was held a couple of times a week.
There was a vast growth of day schools
as well, especially in the cities, as Jews
became prosperous enough to maintain
them. The equalization of young male
and female Jewish education also
found expression in the universality of
the Bat Mitzvah for girls at age 12 or 13.
Over the past few decades Jewish
education experienced a huge
transformation in American Jewish
S HABBAT
DINNER WITH THE CLERGY
MARCH 20 & APRIL 24 • 6 PM
Join & Enjoy a Wonderful Shabbat Dinner with
Rabbi Howie Needleman and Cantor Mark Goldman
To register, call 954.472.1988
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schooling. Learning became an
inseparable aspect from the life of the
synagogue and central to everything
the synagogue does. Educators strived
to ensure that students enjoy rich
experiences in school, and work hard
to mix formal and informal teachings
elements so as to make school time
more enjoyable. American Jewish
communities created an array of
educational options for kids as young
as preschool all the way through
adulthood. Jewish studies flourished on
hundreds of college campuses.
Presently we continue to acknowledge
and value the foundation of our
ancestors, stressing the importance of
Jewish education. As a teacher and
director at TKAE Religious School for the
past 25 years, I am proud to say that
our school’s Jewish education aims to
influence not only what students know
and what they can achieve, but also
who they are.
We strive to enable our young
generation to draw on the culture
resources of the Jewish tradition in order
to create personally meaningful Jewish
experiences.
B’Shalom,
Simona Sklash
TKAE Religious School Director
Afternoon
At The Movies
March 25 • 1 PM
Afternoon
At The Movies
APRIL 29
1 PM
“I saw it, I loved it, and I
need all of you to see it
too. This could be the Hail
Mary of medicine” - Dr. Oz
Sister of Mine
“Forks Over Knives is one
of the most eye opening,
enlightening films I’ve ever
seen.” - Ariana Grande
Like all young ultra-orthodox
girls, Ruchi, the favorite
daughter of a Jerusalem
family, dreams of becoming
a wife and mother. But the
young man who has been
chosen for her is not in any
sense her equal. Ruchi’s
younger sister, who has
Down’s syndrome, asks
searching and uncomfortable
questions about the match,
underlining for Ruchi the
extreme limitations on her
freedom.
Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El is pleased to present the award-winning
documentary, Forks Over Knives, which has received RAVE
reviews and has been seen by millions of people worldwide.
Medical Experts and entertainment critics alike, call this the
“most influential documentary of our time”. Forks Over Knives
has helped ignite a food-as-medicine revolution.
Myra Atlas, nutritionist and Food For Life Instructor,
will lead a discussion following the movie.
”It’s a great film.” - Dr. Sanjay Ghupta
STORIES FROM THE HOLOCAUST
FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH
TKAE Scholar in Residence Series
With Arnon Ben Shlomo
Wednesdays, April 15 and 22, at 1 p.m.
A
TKAE
ADULT
JEWI
LEARNI SH
N
EXPERI G
ENCE
Arnon Ben Shlomo will share his experiences interviewing survivors of the
holocaust. In part two of this series Arnon will share more of his experiences
interviewing those who fought for Israel during the Yom Kippur war, as well as the
reaction of those interviewees during the screening of the movie in Jerusalem.
Both programs will include excerpts from the films that Arnon has produced.
Complimentary lunch will be served at 12.30 p.m. for those who attend.
RSVP to [email protected] two days prior to each presentation.
Arnon Ben Shlomo has a master’s in Jewish education.
He taught at Brandeis University and ran the Hebrew
department at the Hebrew College in Boston. A
native of Haifa, Israel, and a member of the IDF in an
armored unit, he fought in the Yom Kippur war in Sinai
and is a renowned interviewer of Holocaust survivors.
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TKAE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
T H E T E M P L E KO L A M I E M A N U - E L C O M M U N I T Y
THE LISS FAMILY
They Have Been Members of Our Temple Since 1999
T
he Liss family has been
members of our Temple since
1999. Geri and Jonathan first
came to our Temple when their
oldest daughter, Nicole, was
ready for preschool at 18 months.
The minute they walked into the
Early Childhood building, they felt
an immediate love for the school
and all the staff involved.
The Liss family are, from left, Sara, Geri,
Emma, Jonathan and Nicole.
TKAE has provided and
continues to provide the
Liss family with a feeling of
family, home, love and
Nicole and Sara continued their
Judaic studies at the religious
school and both became a Bat
Mitzvah at TKAE with beautiful
affairs that followed in our own
reception room. Emma continues
her Judaic studies in our Gesher
program. The Jewish and
Judaic teachings the girls have
received continue to be heard
at their table during all holidays,
chanting the stories and songs
they all learned in pre-school and
religious school.
Geri is now a member of the TKAE
Board of Education and the TKAE
Gesher Committee. She even
plays on the TKAE kickball team.
While Geri and Jonathan are
both attorneys, Geri decided to
move away from the practice
of law, become a stay-at-home
mom and launch an Internet
business.
Jonathan continues to practice
law at his own firm, Bernstein
Chackman Liss, as a trial attorney.
He has tried more than 80 jury
trials in South Florida. In his spare
time he plays a mean guitar, and
tortures himself by watching his
beloved New York Mets.
The Liss girls are all avid dancers
and the family is very busy with
dance competitions. Emma is
learning classical piano as well.
Any free time is spent catching up
with family and friends.
TKAE has provided and continues
to provide the Liss family with a
feeling of family, home, love and
friendship.
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B.A.R.T.
friendship.
They always felt that the early
childhood staff was an extension
of the family. Just a few years
later their second daughter, Sara,
entered the pre-school, followed
five years later by their third
daughter, Emma. The three girls
had a special three-in-one baby
naming in 2007 performed by
Rabbi Treiser.
During the past eight summers,
the three girls and Geri take off to
to spend eight weeks at Camp
Kinder Ring, a camp in upstate
New York.
FRIDAY • MARCH 13 • 7:30 P.M.
Join six other congregations and their rabbis, cantors, soloists and
musicians for an uplifting, engaging, and inspiring service of unity,
friendship, great music, and prayer!
GALA ONEG TO FOLLOW.
HELD AT: TEMPLE BAT YAM
5151 Northeast 14th Terrace • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334
PARTICIPATING CONGREGATIONS: Bat Yam - Fort Lauderdale • Dor Dorim - Weston • Temple Solel - Hollywood
Kol Tikvah - Parkland • Temple Beth El - Hollywood • Temple Beth Orr - Coral Springs • Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El
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T
A
ABB
SH
FRIDAY MAY 8 • 7:30 PM
We welcome members of our cutting-edge teen YELL (Youth,
Engagement, Leadership and Learning) program as they
lead us in shabbat services and talk about their experiences
as young Jewish adults. The service will include video
excerpts from the 2015 New York and Bahamian Cruise
YELL trips.
We’ll bless our graduating 12th graders as we welcome
incoming 10th graders to the 2015/16 YELL experience!
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS INVITED!
COLLEGE COLOR ONEG FOLLOWS
NOT PICTURED: MATTHEW VOELTZ
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YOUTH PROGRAM
NFTY Has a Rich History Shaping Jewish Lives
W
hile Kol Ami Emanu-El celebrates
its 40th anniversary another Jewish
institution is also celebrating a milestone.
NFTY, the North American Federation of
Temple Youth, is in the midst of a yearlong celebration of 75 years of creating
a Reform Jewish environment for our
youth.
JOSH SIMON
YOUTH DIRECTOR
NFTY originally named the National
Federation of Temple Youth was
founded in January of 1939 by the Union
of Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) at
the urging of Temple Sisterhoods. Today
there are more than 750 congregations
with NFTY affiliated youth groups in North
America serving over 10,000 6th to 12th
graders.
Throughout the years NFTY has been
a part of hundreds of thousands if not
millions of Jewish teens’ lives. I bet that
many of you reading this article have
your own NFTY memories. I know that
I have mine! In fact my experiences
not only as an advisor, but also as a
participant during high school led me to
a career path that I would have never
guessed years ago. NFTY pulled me in 23
years ago and has never let go.
I’m not the only one who has lived and
died N-F-T-Y. As I prepared this article I
asked on a NFTY Alumni Facebook page
for help in naming celebrities who were
part of NFTY growing up. The responses
included Melissa Rauch, who plays
Bernadette on “The Big Bang Theory”,
Seth Green, Jon Fishman from PHISH,
actress Ginnifer Goodwin, ambassador
Dan Shapiro and maybe the biggest
name – Adam Sandler. Now, I have to
First Ever
TKAE
Cheesecake
Bake Off
be 100 percent honest – the posting of
Sandler’s name, who is arguably the
biggest name on the list, was met by
discussion about whether he really ever
took part in NFTY. Some say it is just a
legend others say they know he went to
URJ Camp and assume he was in NFTY.
If he was, it makes you wonder if maybe
he had the initial idea for his famous
Chanukah song while attending a NFTY
Kallah.
As part of its 75th anniversary celebration
NFTY is collecting those memories. A
special website has been created to
help reconnect NFTY alums as well as to
help share stories of your time in youth
group. The website www.NFTY75.org is
a place to reconnect and reunite with
friends from your days in youth group
that you may have lost contact with.
Here at Kol Ami Emanu-El we have
been a part of NFTY since its founding
in the late 1970s. While the faces and
the fashions of the individual teens may
have changed the spirit and excitement
of teens being Jewish remains.
None of us know what the next 40 or 75
years will bring but I believe that NFTY as
well as KAFTY will be here and hopefully
just as strong or stronger in forming the
Reform Jewish identity of our future
leaders.
Josh Simon
TKAE Youth Director
SAVE THE DATE!
MONDAY • MAY 18
First Ever TKAE Cheesecake Bake Off to Benefit
TKAE Youth Programs and Camp Jenny
IT’S TRADITION TO EAT DAIRY ON SHAVUOT
Come celebrate with us as taste cheesecakes from restaurants and home kitchens.
Professional and amateur categories for cheesecakes and other desserts.
SILENT AUCTION!
Taste Every Dessert and Vote For Your Favorite!
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Shabbat Nefesh
Healing of the body.
Healing of the soul.
FRIDAY • MARCH 20 • 7:30 PM
Together with our clergy, we welcome
Adina Sharfstein - guitar and vocals
Renee Miska - flute
Andrew Reid - keyboard
Join us for an inspiring and moving
service of spiritual growth and renewal.
This service includes healing flute
chakras, nigunim, chants, as well
as a guided meditation.
YOGA AT TKAE
EVERY WEDNESDAY 9:30 & 10:45 A.M.
CHAIR YOGA @ 10:45 A.M.
Y O GA WITH M E L AN I E
Stretch your body and feel more alive every
Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. with regular yoga.
Contact TKAE at 954.472.1988 for more information.
Enjoy the many healthful benefits of a yoga practice without
lying on a mat.
This one-hour “NOT JUST CHAIR” active yoga class offers
less strain with the familiar and beneficial poses adapted to
sitting and standing. Props such as straps and blocks may
be used to enhance poses.
TKAE members: $5 • Non-members: $10
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SISTERHOOD
Judaism Is a Religion of Action and Rituals That Validate Our Beliefs
A
s I write my first article of my second
sisterhood presidency it is Mitzvah
Day and the synagogue is buzzing
with activity. One of the things that
I personally love about the Reform
Judaism is Tikkun Olam – being partners
with God in making the world a better
place.
DEBBY ARGILO-COHEN
PRESIDENT OF
SISTERHOOD
Judaism is
a religion of
action. The
first ritual that I
incorporated
into my life was
Shabbat.
As a product of a mixed marriage,
my journey through and to Judaism is
a winding road, with twists and turns
and even some bumps along the way.
Growing up, Passover was as big and
anticipated celebration as Christmas. In
terms of religion, it felt like I grew up with
everything and nothing.
After college I decided to explore my
Jewish roots and studied at Boston
University Hillel. My first class was an
introduction to Judaism. I was surprised
to learn that some of my upbringing
echoed Jewish values – the idea of
annual traditions; volunteering and social
action; and a love of family and friends.
I studied at BU Hillel10 years ago and
I am grateful to Rabbi Ruth Sohn who
welcomed me and taught me so much.
Judaism is a religion of action. The first
ritual that I incorporated into my life
was Shabbat. My personal celebration
started slowly – initially it was making
a conscious decision to stop working
on Friday by 6 p.m. (I was 25 years old
building my own software development
consulting company). When I met
Jerry we started attending Friday night
services. As we got more comfortable
with the rituals, we started hosting
Shabbat dinners at our home, lighting
candles and saying the blessings.
Those dinners included friends and
lively conversations ranging from Torah,
Talmud, moral dilemmas, and life in
general. My friends and I shared our
pregnancies and, of course, stories
about our children. Today, I still have
very, very close friends from Boston that
shared many Friday nights with us.
As my life changed so did Shabbat.
I no longer cook elaborate dinners –
but Shabbat has continued to play a
central role in our house. Throughout
high school, when Matthew wanted
to be with friends, I had one rule: He
had to be home to light candles and
then he was allowed to go out with his
friends. There were some Friday nights
when the “Camp Coleman” kids would
be hanging out at my house. I ordered
pizza for the kids and called them all into
the kitchen to light candles. Of course,
all those teenagers moaned at the idea,
but all of those teenagers also helped
say the blessings.
I encourage all of you to make Shabbat
your own. It is a wonderful way to let
go of the stress from the week and
start the weekend. I know personally
that initially it might feel strange, but
embracing Shabbat has enhanced my
life and I have been blessed in making
some many wonderful friends who have
celebrated simchas and have been
there to support me in times of sorrow.
The rest as they say “is history.”
Join me for Shabbat services on Friday
nights at TKAE.
Shabbat Shalom,
Debby Argilo-Cohen
President of Sisterhood
SISTERHOOD CALENDAR
Friday, March 6, and Sunday, March 8
Purim Basket pickup at our Gala Purim celebration on Friday,
March 6, and at the Religious School on Sunday.
Tuesday, March 17, 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Seder - Come join us for a very special, spiritual
and intergenerational event only at TKAE.
Thursday, April 23, 5:30 p.m. Movie Showing, 7:30 p.m. Discussion
Come for “The Book Thief” movie at Neesa Warlen’s home,
or just join us for the discussion about the book.
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WRJ/Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El Sisterhood
Enjoy an evening of song, dance and prayer in a community of women!
TUESDAY • MARCH 17 • 8200 PETERS ROAD • PLANTATION
6:30 pm SEATING
Seder starts
at 7 pm
One hundred girls and women
ages 10 to 100 will usher in the
spirit of Passover at Temple Kol
Ami Emanu-El. Everyone in the
community is invited to this
multi-generational event.
Guitarists and vocalists Adina
Sharfstein and Hope Bristol will
lead the musical portion of the
Seder.
Young women from the TKAE
congregation will also sing and
perform readings, including
Brooklyn Armstrong, Cara
Axelrod, Taylor Axelrod, Samantha
Harris, Jessi Kaplan, Ariana Milian,
and Sydney Shiekman.
Bring your family’s favorite
Passover side dish to share on
the buffet table. We will provide a
chicken entrée.
Price: Adults - $18 • Young Women (Ages 10-17) - $9 • Register online at www.tkae.org
or call Aly Kapit at 954-472-1988 no later than Friday, March 13
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TEMPLE FRIENDS
Senior Group’s Origins Began With the Formation of Temple Kol Ami
In researching the history of the Senior
Group I discovered that the Senior
Group was formed around the time
the Temple was growing in its infancy
stage: 1976-1978. The group was
formed because the older members
(age 55 plus) realized that the greatest
majority of people joining the Temple
had children and were in their late
20s and 30s. They wanted their own
demographic group.
Jeffrey Weinstein
TEMPLE FRIENDS
PRESIDENT
From the very beginning, their primary
mission was to serve the Temple and
provide a kindred group of friends
around their own age and interests.
There has never been a division
between young and middle age and
older. The Seniors have always been a
fully supportive and active part of our
Temple
Our very first president was Jeanette
Greenbaum. She and her husband,
Adolph, were founding members of the
Temple and were stalwarts in all that the
Temple did. Ben and Sadie Scribner, Sig
and Doris Sessier, Sam and Ethel Scott,
Rita and Marc Helfer, Ida and Ed Stone,
Gene and Diane Kirshner, and Ben
and Bea Cohen, among many others,
including the leaders of today were all
quite essential to the early growth and
development of the Plantation Jewish
Congregation / Temple Kol Ami EmanuEl.
The name of our Senior Group has
changed. They were originally the
“Bubbes and Zaydes”. They then
became simply the “BZ’s”, since not
everyone in that auxiliary was a Bubbe
or a Zayde! Someone suggested just
called it “Seniorhood”, but there was
a great objection to disregarding
the name “BZ”. And so in the spirit
of compromise it became the BZ
Seniorhood. It went from there to Senior
Friends to what is now known as Temple
Friends.
No matter what the name, our Seniors
(that is a lot of us these days) have
been vital to the growth, development,
support and activity of our Temple.
B’Shalom,
President of Temple Friends
P.S. Special thanks to Fern Harr for
providing the historical recollection.
TEMPLE FRIENDS CALENDAR
Sunday, March 1, 10:30 a.m.
The Jewish Experience In Cuba - Yosl and Doreen Broder
Tuesday, March 17, 2 p.m.
Board Meeting
Sunday April 12, 10:30 a.m.
Program: On your Toes Dance Academy
Sunday April 19, 9 a.m.
Program: Bus trip to Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium - $17. Lunch separate.
Tuesday, April 21, 2 p.m.
Board Meeting
Sunday, May 3
Lunch and installation of new officers at 12:30 p.m
Program - David & Shira singing and dancing couple
Sunday, May 17, 10 a.m.
BBQ and take a foster child to the Marlin’s baseball game
Tuesday, May 19, 2 p.m
Board Meeting
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The Jewish
Community in Cuba
BY YOSL & DOREEN BRODER
SUNDAY • MARCH 1 • 10:30 AM
JOIN TEMPLE FRIENDS FOR BRUNCH
Guests $5 • Temple Friends - Complimentary
• • •
Yosl and Doreen Broder will show 300 pictures and talk about
their trip to the Cuban Jewish community in November 2014.
RSVP by Wednesday, February 25, by calling
the Temple Office at (954) 472-1988.
Please contact Jeffrey Weinstein with any questions at
(954) 638-0270.
A Special Dance Presentation
For Temple Friends
Yizkor
Memorial
Service
10:15 a.m.
Friday
April 10
SUNDAY • APRIL 12 • 10:30 AM
BRUNCH: COMPLIMENTARY FOR TEMPLE FRIENDS
$5 FOR NON-MEMBERS
RSVP By Thursday, April 9, to TKAE Office: 954.472.1988
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SHABBAT ON THE BEACH
AND DINNER
FRIDAY • APRIL 17 • 6:30 PM
Ft. Lauderdale Beach Park • 1100 Seabreeze Boulevard
OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY • INVITE YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
Join Rabbi Needleman, Cantor Mark, Dvir, Simona and Stacey for a beautiful, spiritual seaside service.
Dinner Courtesy of VIP Food Truck. Picnic tables, restrooms, playground, basketball, volleyball & plenty of sand.
$8 per person • RSVP by April 13 to the Temple
MARCH OF THE LIVING SHABBAT
FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH
COMMEMORATING THE SHOAH
FRIDAY • APRIL 24 • 7:30 PM
The entire community is invited to join us as we hear
from adults and children who have participated in a
“March of the Living”. Relive their experiences during
this two week journey from the gas chambers to
modern Israel.
We will video conference with members of our
community who are on the 2015 march.
Participate in the lighting of 100 memorial
candles as Cantor Goldman chants the El Malai
Rachamim.
Transition from the depths of depravity as we
celebrate the miracle that is Israel through
music, prayer, and inspirational words by Rabbi
Needleman.
BLUE & WHITE ONEG WITH ISRAELI DANCING FOLLOWS
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TKAE
Social
ction
For Information, Contact Josh Simon at
954.472.1988 or by email: [email protected]
SERVING FOOD AT THE BROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS
SOCIAL ACTION
At Kol Ami Emanu-El, we volunteer and care about
many different organizations and causes. We also
share a common vision of tikkun olam, making the
world a better place! We are passionate and care about
the poor, the homeless, our seniors and children who
need our help and those suffering from illness. We invite
you to join us as we work to improve the world.
Serving Food at the Broward Partnership for the Homeless
Volunteers (age 16 and older) from TKAE will be serving meals to about 200 clients on the third Sunday
of every month. MARCH 15 • APRIL 19 • MAY 17
VISITING THE FOSTER CHILDREN AT CHILDREN’S HARBOR
Want to cheer up young spirit? TKAE visits twice a year with children who are
residents at Children’s Harbor and throws a pizza party, or some sort of social
activity. Appropriate for 3rd grade and above with parent supervision. APRIL 12
FOOD DELIVERY THROUGH JFS
Volunteers deliver a bag of kosher groceries monthly to about 175 JFS clients all over
Broward. 75% of them are holocaust survivors. MARCH 17 • APRIL 21 • MAY 19
PREPARING AND SERVING MEALS AT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
TKAE provides volunteers throughout the year during which time we cook and serve meals to
the families who are staying at the Ronald McDonald House. If you can’t help serve the food but
would like to help: Make a donation to help cover the cost of a meal. MARCH 15 • MAY 17
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ANNIVERSARY
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JCC MACCABI
GAMES® &
ART FEST 2015
COMMEMORATION
SHABBAT SERVICE OF CELEBRATION &
RECOGNITION
AUGUST 9-14, 2015
The JCC Maccabi Games® are an Olympic-style
sporting competition held each summer in North
America and is the second largest organized sports
program for Jewish teenagers in the world.
Friday • May 15 • 6 P.M.
Annual Meeting
With canapés
Hors d’oeuvres
• • •
7:30 P.M.
Service
• • •
8:30 P.M.
Gala Oneg
BECOME PART OF OUR FAMILY:
• Host Family: House athletes ages 12-16
• Volunteer
• Coach
• Sponsor
• Participate In the Art Fest
Visit: www.fortlauderdalejccmaccabi.com
Call: 954.501.2015
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WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH THANKS
YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS
CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY MUSIC FUND
Lila K. Press................................... in appreciation of my children & grandson, Trevor
Walt & Cindy Schneider.......................................... in appreciation of Cantor Goldman
Joseph & Risha Stern............................................................ in memory of Min Broner
Joseph & Risha Stern....................................................... in memory of Blanche Stern
The Dagen Family............................................................in memory of Herbert Hirsch
Lois Lang.............................................................................. in memory of Dorris Lang
Judith Jagoda...............................................................in memory of Leon Koppelman
Linda & Kenny Levine.....................................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
Hal & Francine Wiener....................................................... in memory of Joshua Stein
Jane & Lew Fishman.......................................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
Diane & Walter Hart........................................................in memory of Alice Victor Hart
Barbara & Richard Sherman...........................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
Mara & Kenny Wurtenberger...........................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
Heather & Randall Gilbert ........................................ in honor of Reese’ Baby Naming
Rick & Shelley Lundy......................................................... in memory of Joshua Stein
The Feinstein Family................................................... in honor of Adam’s Bar Mitzvah
Kathy & Mitch Stein................................................. in loving memory of Josh T. Stein
Joseph & Risha Stern.................................................. in honor of Dr. Leon Weissberg
Sophie Herman................................................................ In honor of Cantor Goldman
Fern & Paul Schneider........................... in honor of the conversion of Kerli Schneider
Jay & Marilyn Wilde......................................in honor of Adam Feinstein’s Bar Mitzvah
Ira Vernon.......................................................................in memory of Bernard Vernon
Nancy & Stuart Feiner............................................... in memory of Dr. Brian Susskind
Lynda & Joel Wilentz.................................................... in honor of Anna’s Bat Mitzvah
DARRELL SCOTT FAGELSON RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND
Ron Shnider....................................................... in memory of Beatrice M. Josephson
Ron Shnider.............................................................. in memory of Max D. Josephson
Heather & Derek Van Beber............................... in memory of Beatrice M. Josephson
Heather & Derek Van Beber...................................... in memory of Max D. Josephson
HANNAH “HONEY” SCHWARTZ SENIOR FUND
Diane & Walter Hart...................................................... in memory of Edward A. Stone
ELIZABETH SHOSHANNA HARR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Elana Schramm & Jake Bursteen..............in wishing Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Fern Harr
Elana Schramm & Jake Bursteen..... in honor of Jordan & Kerli Schneider’s Wedding
Maxine & Bob Davis........................................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
Sandra Block-Brezner & Jeff Brezner............in memory of Frances & Murray Brezner
Linda Pevar........................................................................ in memory of Joshua Stein
Lois & Michael Linder....................................In honor of Jana & Tanya’s Engagement
Ellen & Ted Sobo......................................................... in memory of Kelsi Leah Young
Jane & Lew Fishman......................................................in memory of Elsie Deutscher
Walter & Susan Witte......................................................... in memory of William Witte
Rabbi Sheldon & Fern Harr.............................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
Carole Friedman.......................................................... in memory of Helene Stolzberg
Bruce & Julia Goldner............................................... in memory of Dr. Brian Susskind
GEMILUT HASADIM FUND
Rick & Shelley Lundy......................................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
GENERAL FUND
Irving Cohen ............................................................... In memory of Deborah Gordon
Dr. Richard & Harriet Greene........................................In honor of the engagement of
Jessica Greene and Josh Cohen
Dr. Richard & Harriet Greene............................................. in memory of David Michel
Leonard Polikoff...................................................................in memory of Zack Polikoff
Sonnie & Bernie Salles...................................................... in memory of Harry Hirshey
Lila K. Press & Family..................................................in memory of Mildred Kornblau
Stephen Levine................................................................... in memory of Betty Levine
Pamela & Michael Eisenberg...........................in memory of Sidney & Lois Eisenberg
Robert & Bevly Kempler.....................................................in memory of Allison Mofatt
Robert & Bevly Kempler.................................. in memory of Elaine Matthews Strange
Abby, Gregg, Jacob, Anna & Jonah Wilentz......................... in memory of Max Berger
Adam & Tara Feiner............................................................... in memory of Paul Marks
KOL AMI EMANU-EL HUNGER RELIEF FUND
Susan Daniel .......................................................................... In memory of Tillie Weil
Sheldon Seltzer...................................................................in memory of Sofia Seltzer
Bruce & Julia Goldner............................................................... in memory of Eva Egri
Monica Wilner.................................................... in memory of Eric & Kitty Wasserman
Simona Nadler.......................................................................in memory of Bella Schor
Lynn Davis........................................................................... in memory of Oscar Davis
Jaime & Sara Rejtman...................................................... in memory of Max Zaidman
Jaime & Sara Rejtman............................................ in memory of Jessica Oszerowicz
Jaime & Sara Rejtman........................................................ in memory of Shlomo Levi
Cheryl Taylor........................................................................... in memory of Al Rotman
Honey Jackson...................................................................in memory of Max Goldiner
Diane & John Golden....................................... in honor of Carmen & Sheldon Seltzer
RABBI HARR DISCRETIONARY FUND
Kathy & Mitch Stein................................................. in loving memory of Josh T. Stein
Lynda & Joel Wilentz.................................................... in honor of Anna’s Bat Mitzvah
Ilene Barret....................................................................... in memory of Michael Barett
David & Sandra Farkas........................................................in memory of Bela Farkas
Ellen & Marty Fishman.............................................................. in honor of Rabbi Harr
Rabbi Sheldon & Fern Harr...........................................in honor of Louis & Patty Beck
Lloyd & Susan Silverman.............................................. in memory of Mollie Steinberg
Diane & Walter Hart.....................................................in memory of Walter M. Hart Sr.
Rabbi Sheldon & Fern Harr....................................... in memory of Dr. Brian Susskind
MARTIN & CORALIE B. HAGER EARLY LEARNING CENTER FUND
Lee & Claire Hager...................................... in honor of the Teachers & Administration
at TKAE’s Early Childhood
THE MATZ FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Minette & Paul Brown................................................ in memory of Dr. Brian Susskind
MONA ALBERT EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Denis & Linda Trupkin............................................................ in memory of Josh Stein
RABBI NEEDLEMAN’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Sophie Herman.............................................................. in honor of Rabbi Needleman
Lynda & Joel Wilentz.................................................... in honor of Anna’s Bat Mitzvah
Walt & Cindy Schneider........................................in appreciation of Rabbi Needleman
Linda, Scott, Josh & Rachel Zakheim........................... in memory of Sidney Zakheim
The Feinstein Family................................................... in honor of Adam’s Bar Mitzvah
Heather & Randall Gilbert ........................................ in honor of Reese’ Baby Naming
Sandy Landers............................................................in memory of Sadie Shechtman
Kayla Hersh............................................................... in memory of Fanny Herscovitch
Irwin Hirtz....................................................................................in memory of Ida Hirtz
Linda Pevar........................................ in honor of Stanley & Pearl Goodman’s lifetime
of humanitarian work for our community
Ira Vernon.......................................................................in memory of Bernard Vernon
ORGANIC GARDEN PROJECT
Gerry & Debbie Damsky............................................ in memory of Dr. Brian Susskind
PRAYERBOOK DEDICATION FUND
Monica Wilner.................................................... in memory of Eric & Kitty Wasserman
Jan Redlo...........................in honor of the Special Birthdays of Mr. & Mrs. Leo Weiss
YOUTH GROUP FUND
Barbara & Joel Metter.................................................... in memory of Samuel Sender
Lesley & Phil Dubs............................................. in memory of Howard & Renee Dubs
GiGi & David Greene......................... in honor of Jordan & Kerli Schneider’s Wedding
Ronald & Vicki Simon...................................................in memory of David J. Susman
Walt & Cindy Schneider............................................... in memory of Edward Feldstein
Rochelle & Marshall Baltuch...........................................in memory of Ronald Tieman
Alec & Brandon Messeroff.......................................... in memory of Jerome Messeroff
AS OFJAN. 23, 2015
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WELCOME NEW TKAE MEMBERS
Ronald & Vicki Simon
Eric, Rebecca, Eliot & Ethan Kay
David, Sivan & Lavi Alon
Janis Goldberg
Lois Lang
Shalom, Natalie and Eden Mor
Jonathan Ozner
Howard, Marcia, Mark and Samuel Yelen
Thank You For Joining The
Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El Family
AS OF FEB. 4, 2015
IN MEMORIAM
HELP WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS
Volunteers for the Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El’s
Sincere condolences are extended
to our bereaved congregants
and families of the late:
New Member Ambassador Program are needed to
Joshua Stein
Son of Mitch and Kathy Stein
Brother of Megan Steinberg (Seth)
help new member families become involved in the
wonderful events and programs that sustain the
Mary Gerber
life of TKAE’s vibrant Jewish community.
Mother of Mindy Orlinsky Z”L (Mark)
Grandmother of Lee and Remi Orlinksy
Whether you have been a member for 30 years
Ronald Tieman or 30 days, you can make a difference in the
Husband of Estelle Tieman
Father of Hope Tieman Bristol (John)
and Deborah Tieman
Grandfather of Jordan & Carly
continued growth of TKAE’s congregation by
becoming a New Member Ambassador.
PLEASE EMAIL [email protected]
OR TALK TO CHARISMA GOODMAN
AS OF FEB. 4, 2015
Family Happenings…
GiGi and David Greene are excited to
announce the engagement of their
daughter Jessica Ryan to Joshua Ari Cohen.
The wedding will be held in April 2016.
Alan and Dora Lee Rosendorf are pleased
to announce the arrival of their new
granddaughter, Emma Rose Hurvitz,
daughter of Kimberly and Steve Hurvitz.
Kimberly, our daughter, and her husband live
in Arlington, VA. Emma Rose was born on
September 15, 2014.
Emma Rose Hurvitz was born Dec. 10, 2014.
Ruth and Glenn Zagoria are excited to
announce the birth of their first grandchild,
Ethan Oliver, on December 10, 2014. Proud
parents are Lee and Jennifer Zagoria.
Joshua Ari Cohen and Jessica
Ryan Greene.
Mazel Tov to Adina Sharfstein on being
honored by FAU as Holocaust Educator of
the Year.
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Please send births, engagement and wedding
announcements for the May/June 8200 to
[email protected] by March 30, 2015.
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No EC and Gesher
No Religious School
No Religious School
SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
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RS – 6:30 p.m.
Mommy & Me Class –
9:30 a.m.
3
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No RS, EC and Gesher
SPRING BREAK
Women’s Seder – 6:30
p.m. seating
RS – 6:30 p.m.
Mommy & Me Class –
9:30 a.m.
RS – 6:30 p.m.
Mommy & Me Class –
9:30 a.m.
RS – 6:30 p.m.
Mommy & Me (M&M)
Class – 9:30 a.m.
Serve at Broward
Partnership for the
Homeless – 10:30 a.m.
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Tuesday
Temple Friends Board
Meeting – 2 p.m.
Monday
Religious School begins
at 10:30 a.m.
5K Purim Run With The
Rabbi – 8 a.m. start
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Religious School – 9 a.m.
Purim basket pick-up at
Religious School
Temple Friends Lunch
10:30 a.m. – The Jewish
Community in Cuba with
Yosl and Doreen Broder
Religious School (RS) –
9 a.m.
Sunday
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No EC and Gesher
Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
No Gesher
Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
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Exec. Bd. Meeting: 6 p.m.
Gen. Bd. Meeting: 7 p.m.
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Lunch & Learn with Leon
Weissberg - 12:30 p.m.
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Lunch & Learn with Leon
Weissberg - 12:30 p.m.
Sisterhood Board Meeting
– 7:30 p.m.
SPRING BREAK
Movie: Forks Over Knives
with Myra Atlas – 1 p.m.
No EC and Gesher
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Lunch & Learn with Leon
Weissberg - 12:30 p.m.
Thursday
SPRING BREAK
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Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
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Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday
6
13
No EC and Gesher
SPRING BREAK
No EC and Gesher
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Shabbat Nefesh – 7:30
p.m. Healing the Body
and Healing the Soul
BART Shabbat: 7:30 p.m.
Temple Bat Yam
th
5151 NE 14 Terrace
Fort Lauderdale
Purim basket pick-up
6:30 p.m.: A Gala Purim
rd
Celebration featuring 3
th
and 4 graders
5:30 p.m.: Purim
Service, Megilla reading
and Kaddish
Friday
SPRING BREAK
Bar Mitzvah of Philip
Sherriton – 5:30 p.m.
Bar Mitzvah of Beau
Simon – 10:15 a.m.
Early Childhood PJ
Havdallah 4-5:30 p.m.
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Bat Mitzvah of Madison
Ring – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
March 2015
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EVENTS
Religious School – 9 a.m.
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Temple Friends – bus trip,
9 a.m.
Broward Partnership for
the Homeless: 10:30 a.m.
Religious School – 9 a.m.
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Last day of Tues. RS:
6:30 p.m.
M&M Class – 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday
1
9
2
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Sisterhood: “The Book
Thief” movie 5:30 p.m.;
book discussion 7:30 p.m.
Nessa Warlen’s home
Yom Ha’atzmaut
Yom Hashoah
Exec. Bd. Meeting: 6 p.m.
Gen. Bd. Meeting: 7 p.m.
PASSOVER
No Gesher
Thursday
YELL Shabbat – 7:30 p.m.
We welcome members of our
cutting-edge teen YELL program
as they lead us in Shabbat services
and talk about their experienes as
young Jewish adults.
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Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Movie: Sister of Mine:
1 p.m. at TKAE
Stories from the
Holocaust and Israel with
film producer Arnon Ben
Shlomo: 1 p.m.
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Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Stories from the
Holocaust and Israel with
Arnon Ben Shlomo:
1 p.m.
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Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
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PASSOVER
Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Yoga – 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 6:30 p.m.
Disney Shabbat
Enjoy music and prayers,
and TKAE’s Disney All-Star Singers
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RS: 6:30 p.m.
Temple Friends Board
Meeting – 2 p.m.
M&M Class – 9:30 a.m .
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RS: 6:30 p.m.
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M&M Class – 9:30 a.m.
M&M Class – 9:30 a.m.
No RS
PASSOVER
Visit foster children at
Children’s Harbor: 2 p.m.
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Tuesday
YELL Holocaust Memorial
Trip 5:30 – 9 p.m.
PASSOVER
Monday
Temple Friends Lunch:
10:30 a.m.
Religious School – 9 a.m.
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No Religious School (RS)
PASSOVER
Sunday
3
10
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Bar Mitzvah of Jeremy
Segaul – 10:15 a.m.
Camp Coleman
Fundraiser – 6:30 p.m.
PASSOVER
Saturday
TKAE 40th ANNVERSARY
COMMEMORATION
Friday, May 15
6 p.m.: Annual meeting
7:30 p.m.: Service
8:30 p.m.: Gala Oneg
March of the Living
Shabbat – 7:30 p.m.
Commemorating the
Shoah
Beach Shabbat – 6:30
p.m. Fort Lauderdale
Beach Park, 1100
Seabreeze Blvd.
Yizkor Memorial Service –
10:15 a.m.
PASSOVER
A Passover Celebration of
Freedom – 5:30 p.m.
Shabbat Service, 6 p.m.
Social and 7 p.m. Seder
EC dismissed at 12 p.m.
EREV PASSOVER
Friday
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April 2015
Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El
8200 Peters Road
Plantation, FL 33324
954-472-1988
www.tkae.org
NON-PROFIT ORG
U.S. POSTAGE
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL
PERMIT NO. 1985
PURIM IS COMING!
O R D E R T O D AY!
Everyone is invited to send Mischloach Manot baskets
to their temple family, friends and loved ones.
Emails were sent to all temple members with instructions on how to purchase baskets at www.tkae.happypurim.com
Giving and receiving baskets is a mitzvah and all proceeds benefit our temple.
A A A
Send a Purim Gift To your child’s teacher, our wonderful TKAE staff and clergy,
as well as to your Temple friends and family.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE GONE VIRTUAL
Purchase Mischloach Manot Gift Baskets At: WWW.TKAE.HAPPYPURIM.COM
BASKET PICK UP ON MARCH 6 AT SERVICES & MARCH 8 AT RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
IF YOU LOST OR DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH LOGIN INFORMATION PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO: [email protected]
If you do not have access to a computer and want to send Mischloach Manot gift baskets, call Elise Bloch at 954.257.1324
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