April 2008 Tidings Newsletter, Temple Ohabei Shalom

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April 2008, Adar II-Nisan 5768

TidingsidingsOhabei Shalomhabei Shalom New Englands First Reform Congregationew Englands First Reform Congregation

Whats Inside:

Presidents Message

Mitzvah Day Information

Cantor Schloss Message

Worship Shabbat Rishon Friday Night Lights Yom HaShoah

Social Groups Sisterhood Brotherhood

Pesach Mitzvah Visits

Lifelong Learning Spring semester

classes Snack and Study

Ansin Religious School Shari Churwin Mark Your Calendar Kate MIkesh

Yizkor Elohim

April Funds

Mitzvah Day Registration

April Calendar

Avoiding Lashon Hara on the Campaign TrailThis month, we read in the Torah aboutmtzora,aperson suffering a skin affliction. The Talmud tellsus to read this word as an acrostic formotzi shem ra, one who slanders another. Slander, what inHebrew is calledlashon hara (evil speech) affectsthe insides of the speaker and the listener as surely as a skin affliction affects our outsides.

Political campaigns are full of harsh rhetoric. Thewords of Finley Peter Dunne a century ago remaintrue: Politics aint beanbag. Yet there are timeswhen words go beyond normal political discourseto slanderous lies. When that happens, thoseslanders need to be addressed.

I do not write to endorse or oppose any candidate. You will make your own decisions. I do writebecause there appears to be a campaign to spreadlashon hara throughout the Jewish community. Ihave received e-mails about how Barack Obama isan enemy of Israel and the Jews. He may be thebest candidate, or he may be the worst. Thats not

important. What is important is that our decisionscannot be based on scare tactics.

In January, leaders of the American Jewishcommunity wrote an open letter decrying hatefulemails that use falsehoods and innuendo tomischaracterize Senator Barack Obamas religiousbeliefs and who he is as a person. The letter wassigned by officials at organizations representing awide range of beliefs within the Jewish community.

They include leadersof the Union of Orthodox JewishCongregations of

America, the SimonWiesenthal Center,the Anti-DefamationLeague, the AmericanJewish Committee, and the Religious ActiCenter of Reform Judaism. The full text ofletter can be found online at

http://rac.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=2631&ge_prg_id=10214.

Statements will continue to be made abouteach candidates positions on issuesimportant to the Jewish community, especiconcerning Israel. Each of us will have toassess the credibility of those statements. Agood way to do this is to see how each of tcandidates is regarded by the Jewishcommunity in his or her home. As the letteconcludes, in words that I endorse, We ureveryone to make that decision [of who wimake the best president] based on the facturecords of these candidates, and nothingless. If we do that, then we shall be sparethe damaging effects of lashon hara.

HVAC update Can you imagine your heating bills actually going down? Well, at Temple Ohabei Shalom year, they have. We have recently done some important heating system work that has alreresulted in lower heating bills this year despite an increase in energy costs! As part of ourtinuing effort to reduce expenditures, we have taken important steps to improve our heati

ventilation and air conditioning system with the result that we have already realized savinthis year in heating costs compared with last year. I would like to thank Ed Jacobs, KathyJonas, Barry Lyons and Karen Landman for their assistance with this energy and cost-savwork. So when you get those warm feelings at our temple, it may be in part due to our improved heating system!

Warm regards, Len Davidson


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Presidents MessageLeonard M. Davidson

Updates

We have been a very busy congregationlately! March may have been a record-

setting month, featuring the talent of Storahtelling, an OSTY-hosted danceattended by over 200 teens from all over theregion, the first of our Friday Night Lightsprograms featuring the always-popular Mark Lipof, an ADL speaker, our Purim shpiel and carnival, oursisterhood and brotherhood Shabbat services, and the Hips onFire salsa night. In addition, we continue to enjoy Torah study,adult education classes, our regular daily minyan services andShabbat services and all of our other regularly scheduledprograms. Whew!

The reaction to these events, not surprisingly, has been greatenthusiasm and an appreciation of how good it is to be together.The Shabbat dinners in particular have brought families togetherto celebrate that all-too-rare modern occurrence of rest,relaxation, and really good company, enhanced by great foodand thought-provoking programs. Hinei mah tov umah naim,shevet achim gam yachad. How truly good and pleasant it is forus to be together as a community.

These events do not merely happen. They take a lot of work.Fortunately we are blessed with congregants and staff who haveworked hard to make them so successful. Our committees havedone a great jobthe community committee chaired by Amy Tishelman, and Cathryn Stein who brought us the idea of Friday Night Lights, the adult learning committee chaired by DanDeykin, who brought us Storahtelling, the staff at ARS and ourown high-schoolers, who took on a regional dance upon shortnotice and, with Kate Mikesh in the lead, made the dance acreative, fun and wonderful night to remember. Kim Singer wrotean enchanted Purim shpiel and Adrienne Shishko volunteered toorganize the muy caliente (very hot!) Hips on Fire event.Kudos as well to the Brotherhood and Sisterhood for theirorganizational talent and support to lead us in prayer.

There are many others who supported these events, includingour office staff and numerous volunteers. We should bejustifiably proud of these events and the spirit and effort thatwent into them. The success that we have enjoyed reminds us of how much we can enjoy being together. As we prepare tocelebrate the holiday of Passover, and are reminded of how difficult times can be, we are especially appreciative of the goodfortune and great people that we have here at Ohabei Shalom.To all who help make our congregation such an exciting place tobe, thank you!

May 4th andthe Magic of

Mitzvah Day On Sunday, May 4th, use your magic to help feed thhungry, provide shelter for the homeless, build aschool library, bring a smile to someones face, recycle trash, send care to lonely soldiers, find a cure focancer, make beautiful music together...all thesepowers and more are yours!

Join us for the 3rd annual TOS Mitzvah Day. MitzvDay is a day that unites our whole synagoguecommunity. If you have participated in Mitzvah Dain the past, please join us again. If you haventparticipated before, we hope you will this year. Itsfun. Its meaningful. Its convenient, and it makes adifference in the lives of others. Hows that formagical?!

Browse through our catalogue (copies available athe temple) of Mitzvah Day projects: some are favoite activities from previous years, others representnew partnerships and current concerns. A specialfocus of Mitzvah Day this year is care for the enviroment, as we launch our first green synagogue inittive, a paper recycling program for TOS.

A wonderful Social Action Shabbat on April 4 willprepare us for Mitzvah Day, teaching about the deeproots of environmentalism in Judaism. At thisservice, Rabbi Everett Gendler, an inspirationalthinker and environmental activist, will be ourspecial guest.

Mitzvah Day is for the whole family! We welcome congregants and their guests: parents, kids, singles,seniors, empty-nesters, and non-member grandpar-ents, neighbors or friends who would like to join us

on this day. There are 18 projects to choose from, aswell as food and book drives. Please see the registrtion form in this issue of Tidings for more details.

Catch the Magic of Giving Back ! See page 13 for theMitzvah Day registration form!

-The Mitzvah Day TeamShari Churwin, Debbie Klein, Milly Krakow,

Navah Levine and Susan Zeiger


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Partners in MusicCantor Randall Schloss

Join our circle today.Contact the synagogue office for more informat

The Circle of Giving of Ohabei ShaloWe thank the following people for their sup

PillarJane MorningstarShirley SperoBrenda and Alexander TangerBenefactor

Andrew Sumberg & Mindy BermanDaniel & Eva DeykinRobert & Esta EpsteinMartin Shore & Shari LisannDon Steinbrecher & Shellee Robbins William and Lynn KargmanPatronSidney GrodbergBill & Marcia HarrisDavid KanterJoel Sklar & Adrienne ShishkoGeorge BazerSteven L. Gold & Sheila A. ElliottSpencer & Betsy GouldGideon Argov & Laurie DavidsonDick & Carol Daynard

Ed & Betsy JacobsBernard & Joan WassermanMichael Weintraub & Diane Rosen SustainerTeresa Betit & Howard LurieMyles & Lise Striar

Arthur & Doris ZichDan SchleifsteinJeffrey Macklis & Carol LevinSam AaronsonSelma BengisHu & Ray CaplanLouis GoldmanRobert LevineRichard & Sonia RavechDavid Rogovin & Susan Liberman

Ita WienerShelley SchwartzBen AdlerMarc & Denise CasperLarry & Denise Green

Sustainer, Con.Steve KernDavid Leifer & Marla EngelMartin & Dianne NewmanDavid A. Seldin & Cathryn A. SteinScott & Pollyanna Sidell

Mark Zeidel & Susan FreedmanMarilyn DaneshGuardianMarilyn BarronMorry GreenbaumJonathan Kaufman & Barbara HowardLeonard M. Davidson & Laurie KatzmaEdward & Marjorie KahnDorothy LebachLouise LevingstonBarry Lyons & Amy Grossman

FriendMarylin KlicksteinJoseph Beck & Zita Samuels

Adi & Gitta Kahn

Marcia LevineJay & Carol Marlin Andrew Schloss & Nancy BloomJonathan & Lauren SchlossCantor Randall & Leah SchlossMichael & Shari Churwin

Alan & Judy SheproDavid & Kimberly ChusedKevin ColeGert GoldbergStan KeizerHilda Lopez-SotoGreg & Ilene MogaveroTom & Donna Rubenoff Jesse Cochin & Alice NewtonHoward Koor & Ellen Mosner

Joseph A. Kriesberg & Dina S. BrownstCorinne GilbertKathy JonasCiro & Ellen Alfaro

In the last issue of Tidings, I wroteabout our synagogue community.Im sure it comes as a surprise tono one that there is such a strong

tradition of community within Juda-ism. But this sense of shared ex-perience and communal achieve-ment is no minor characteristic. Itpermeates our tradition. In order to perform a complete rit-ual service, we must have aminyan . Private prayer is valued,but in order to say Kaddish, to read Torah publicly or to say the full Amidah out loud, we must be in the company of oth-ers. This requirement is not put in place to forbid a mournerfrom saying Kaddish privately, but rather to highlight the im-portance of being amongst others at this time of loss. Theuniquely Jewish mode of studying inchevruta also exemplifiesthe value of working with others. The entirety of the Talmudconsists of shared scholarship. We rarely see R. Akiva sittingalone in his room. The wisdom of our tradition comes fromcommunal study and debate. Differences of opinion are cele-brated and result in a greater depth of understanding. To putit simply, two heads are better than one.

The same is true of musical experience I want to take thisopportunity to thank and appreciate the musicians withwhom I share thebimah every week. Together we are able tocreate wonderful music, the catalyst for moving worship forour entire community.

On Friday nights, Andy OConnell and Sara Piazza enlivenand enrich our services through their beautiful guitar playing,fhey are volunteers to boot! Andy is a phenomenal musicianwhose inventiveness, style and skill come through with every note he plays. He has the uncanny ability to add just the rightcolor or musical detail to a particular musical prayer at thespur of the moment. We are all lucky that he chooses toshare his talents and his soul with us each week.

Sara Piazzas style on the guitar is quite different than Andys; her playing complements his perfectly. Sara shares

with us great skill on the guitar, but so much more as well: a vast knowledge of Jewish music, a beautiful singing voice,and moving compositions of her own. Ultimately, Sara bringsher vibrant spirit to our congregation on Shabbat eve.On Saturday mornings (and High Holidays and Festivals andconcerts!), David Sparr brings his talent on the piano, butalso his deep connection to Judaism and Ohabei Shalom. His

versatility and musicality shine through his playing, but they dont tell the complete story of his involvement. David di-rects our High Holiday choir, arranges much of our music,rehearses the volunteer choir, sat on the Cantorial search

committee and so much more. His medium is music, butwhat he shares with me and this congregation transcends hgreat musical talent.

I feel blessed to collaborate with three such fine musiciansand people. I may be the one who sings the words of ourblessings most often, but in fine Jewish tradition, together ware able to create the beautiful music and spiritual prayer thnone of us could alone.


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Worship

Friday Night Lights Conversations to Set Your Mind Aglow

Shabbat evenings highlighting speakers fromour congregation with dinner and roundtable discussion

6 p.m. Service with SpeakerFollowed by Dinner and Roundtable Discussion

Free child care provided during the service and the after-dinner roundtable discussion

Save the Date: Friday May 16thJonathan Kaufman,

Senior Editor, The Wall Street Journal

On the Campaign Trail with Obama,Clinton and McCain: A Reporter'sPerspective, A Jewish Perspective

Moderated by Susan Zeiger

Yom

HaShoah:HolocaustRemembrance Day

Please join us for aservice at 6:00pm

Thursday, May 1.

May 2nd Shabbat Rishon service:Shabbat Rishon on May 2nd will feature Cantor Schloss' muscal liturgy: Avodat Hayom, A Service for Today. The music,written for piano, violin, cello, cantor, choir and congregationreflects both Jewish tradition and contemporary worship practices. It combines elements of eastern European chazzanutand modes, nusach, biblical chant, niggunim, classical andtwentieth century Reform repertoire, Israeli/Middle-Easternelements, and contemporary jazz/ pop styles. "I have not in-corporated these elements solely for the sake of diversity, butrather in recognition of the multitude of styles of music pre-sent in contemporary Reform worship. My goal is not to reinvent Reform worship, but rather to reflect current Reformideology and practice through innovative and affective music

while involving the congregation completely as a communityworshippers."


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Sisterhood News

Social GroupsBrotherhood News

Jonathan Atkins & Ben Adler Betsy GouldOur February Sisterhood/Brotherhood event was an eveninspent sharing delicious food, friendly conversation, and th

viewing of the powerful and poignant filmLeft Luggage.Speak-

ing for the Sisterhood, we look forward to other combinedprograms with the Brothers.

On Sunday, April 6th at 3:30 p.m., Sisterhood will present thpiano students of synagogue and Sisterhood member Julieris. The young pianists (including Ansin Religious Schooldents) will present works by Bach, Handel, Clementi, MozBeethoven, Burgmuller, Chopin, Kabelevsky, and others. Walso have a few surprises in store, including some wonderf

vocal music and performances by pianist Julie Boris and CBerard. Suggested donation is $5- to theOlins Piano Fund ofTOS . The concert will be in the Montague Chapel, and we

hope to see you there!The Sisterhood wishes our dear friend and dedicated TOSsister Lois Nathan a hearty mazel tov on her move to OrchCove. We are delighted that Lois will still continue to be aintegral part of our TOS community We extend our wishesgood health and joy in her new home!

Please watch our calendar and plan to join us for our upcoing Spring events.

In February, we heard from Larry Ruttman, a local historian andauthor, about his book,Voices of Brookline, and growing upJewish in Brookline. This successful event was well attended.We also wish to thank the Sisterhood for their hospitality fortheir Movie Night/Pot Luck Dinner event. Our annual PurimSpiel was a great success, and was a fun night for all.

Our Mens Seder will take place on Monday, April 7, 2008, at6:30pm. This powerful program has been designed by theNational MRJ (formerly NFTB). It was presented and adoptedby the National MRJ Board at their 2007 National Convention,which was witnessed by Ben Adler and Howard Koor. AllBrotherhood members are urged to attend this wonderful andrewarding event!

ReservationsMUSTbe made by Friday, April 4, 2008, by calling Jerry at 617-731-5736. We encourage and invite allmen who plan to attend to call NOW dont be left out.

The Brotherhood extends their continued thanks to everyonewho has remembered to bring in or mail in their stampedButcherie register tape receipts to us. Please continue tosupport this vital program.

Thank you!

Come Visit thePolly Epstein Gift Shop

(Located in the Gallery downstairs)Come Here First!Regular Hours:

Sun 9:00 a.m.- Noon

Gift Certificates Available!**All Profits Benefit TOS Programin

Project for our FutureJeffrey Macklis & Carol LevinTom & Donna Rubenoff Shirley SperoDonald Steinbrecher & ShelleeRobbinsGlenn Stevens & Shelly TenenbaumIta WienerMaurice Zabarsky Barry & Faith AbramsHideaki IshiharaJoel Sklar & Adrienne Shishko

Spencer Wootton & Ellen Fox

Steven & Frances FreimanLillian GarberDouglas & Toni GordonClifton & Ruth HelmanDavid KanterHerman KaufmanJonathan Kaufman & BarbaraHowardStan KeizerHoward Koor & Ellen MosnerCharles & Sheila Landay Dorothy Lebach

Louise LevingstonHilda Lopez-Soto

Talented Employee Available A synagogue member with 20+ years ofexperience is seeking a position as a graphicdesigner. Please contact Dottie at 617-277-6610.

Pesach Mitzvah visitsSaturday, April 12th.

Please join us for the mitvah of visitiour congregational shut-ins.

Contact Betsy Gould at 781-329-7439or [email protected] further information.


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Sponsored by The Gopen Family LBook Fair Hours:

Sunday, March 309:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Tuesday, April 1

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Sunday, April 69:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Tuesday, April 83:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Sunday, April 139:30 AM - 12:20 PM

Book Drive for RalphWaldo Emerson ElementarySchool in Boston

We will be collecting gently used or newquality childrens books suitable for a schoollibrary. All books collected will go towardshelping a local elementary school with no

library. Pre-Mitzvah Day event.

Interested in helping out at the book fair?Please contact Amanda in the school office at [email protected] or 6

Sunday, March 30, 11:00 amRabbi Joseph Meszler on his bookWitness to the One: The

spiritual History of the Shma Exploring this sacred proclamation, command and prayer,Witness to the One,delves into the spiritual history of theShma and inspires us to find a deeper personal meaning in

these famous words. By examining the comments and historical journeys in the book it leads us to find a deeper dimension of

truth in the Shma. Rabbi Joseph Meszler isrecognized for his ability to connect the importance of Jewish tradition with everyday life. Rabbi Meszler isthe rabbi at Temple Sinai in Sharon, Massachusetts.

Sunday, April 13, 11:00 amHeidi Smith Hyde on her bookMendels Accordion

For children in Grades 2 - 5Heidi Smith Hyde is a graduate of BrandeisUniversity and Harvard Graduate School of

Education. A former religious school teacher, sheis currently the Director of Education of TempleSinai in Brookline. She is delighted to be returnin

Ohabei Shalom, where she attended religious schchild. Heidi's book,Mendel's Accordion , is the recipient of the

2007 Sugarman Award, and was recently named Sydney Taylor Notable Book.

Meet the Author Opportunities


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Lifelong LearningMy Peoples Prayer bookwith Rabbi Tom Alpert & Cantor Randall SchlossSunday, 11:00 12:15 March 30; April 6, 13.Have you ever wondered about the prayers that we say asJews? Come join Rabbi Alpert and Cantor Schloss as they seek to open up the Jewish prayer book, thesiddur , as aspiritual resource. Together we shall explore the riches thatthe heritage of prayer has to offer us in our worship and inour lives. In addition to a general survey, we shall focus indepth on theShma and its blessings. They are the affirma-tion of the faith of the Jewish people and a familiar and lovingentryway into the prayer book.

March 16: Jewish Prayer Through the Ages: A WhirlwindTourMarch 23, 30 & April 6: An In-Depth Examination of theShma and the Blessings that Surround It

April 13: Now and Beyond: New Directions in Jewish PrayerWhy is this Passover Different From All OtherPassovers? with Cantor Randall SchlossMonday7:00 8:30 pm March 31 and April 7In two sessions, Cantor Schloss will lead us through the sto-ries of Passover. Not the Maggid, the story of the exodusfrom Egypt, but the stories of the Jewish peoples celebrationof the festival of Pesach. We will explore the wealth of tradi-tions from around the Jewish world, covering all aspects of the holiday: seder ritual, haggadah, food and music. Whenwe are done, we will have something new and different tobring to our seders.

Special Shabbat Experiences at TOS

GoNeutral Shabbat

April 4-6 marks the first JNF GoNeutrShabbat and Make a Difference Day.Join synagogues, schools and communties all across the country by celebratiShabbat in an eco-friendly way andlearning about the connection betweenJudaism, Israel and the environment.

6:00 Shabbat services with an environmental theme 6:45 Dinner (reservations required617-277-6610) 7:15 Environmental Education Programming

For Adults: Rabbi Everett Gendler from JNF will For Children - Interactive Program about Judaismthe environment

8:15 Dessert

ARSFabulousFamily Shabbat

with special guests: Peter & Ellen Allard

Friday, May 9. 6:00 pmfollowed by dinner

The ARS will celebrate Israels 60th birthday at Shabbat services. Our students will present writings and reflections aas an original song that they will write with the help of thelards for this auspicious occasion.

Look for more information about the rest of the weekendsofferings in next months Tidings.

Snack and Study A Chance to Snack and Study during the day Thursdays, 3:00 4:00 p.m., Berenson Library Rabbinic Intern Navah Levine Swiming in the Sea of Talmud

The Adult Learning Committee of Temple Ohabei Shalom is

pleased to present a learning opportunity for those who havesome time on weekdays. Rabbinic Intern Navah Levine has be-gun offering a weekly program of Snack and Study. Bring

your own snack and prepare to study some of the most impor-tant Jewish texts. The group will study fromSwimming in the Sea of Talmud,a wonderful and very accessible collection of Talmudic passages and modern commentary. Materials are inEnglish, and no knowledge of Jewish texts is required. This isnot a class, and there is no problem with missing particularweeks. However, once youve begun, you will probably want tobe there each week.


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Visit our Gopen Family Library for interesting Haggadot aPassover ideas, come to the Cantors class about the Musicof Passover (Monday evenings March 31 & April 7, 7:00 8:30 pm) or visit our book fair for an assortment of Passovbooks and toys that the whole family can enjoy. Get involand help your family ask and answer the question Why isthis night different? as our ancestors have been dong forages.

No School April 20 April 27: April Vacation/Passover

Just for studentsMeet the Author: Heidi Hyde (Grades 2 5)Sunday, April 13, 11:00 am 12:00 pm Students will get the chance to meet Heidi Hyde, author of Mendels Accordion

For the Whole Family

GoNeutral Shabbat April 4, 6:00 pm services, dinner to follow RSVP required for dinner. Special environmental Education Programs to follow. Rabbi Gender, from JNF, wspeak to adults. There will be an interactive program about Judaism and the environment for children.

Annual Book FairSunday, March 30 Sunday April 13 Come support the Gopen Family Library by purchasing books at our annual book fair in the Rosenfield Lobb

Volunteers still needed to help make the book fair success.

Book Drive for Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School in BostonWe will be collecting gently used or new quality childrens books suitable for a school library. All books collwill go towards helping a local elementary school with no library.

Mark your Calendars:Mitzvah Day 2008Sunday, May 4

ARS Family ShabbatFriday, May 9, 6:00 pm, followed by dinner Join us for this family-friendly Shabbat as the ARS will celebrate Israels 60th birthday at Shabbat services. Our stu-dents will present writings and reflections along with a song they will write with the help of the Allards. Watmail for more information!

Last days of School: High School:Monday, May 12 Grades K 7:Sunday, May 18

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Why is this nightdifferent?Shari Churwin,Education Director There are so many wonderful lessonsembedded in the way that we are com-manded to tell the story of Passover. Rabbi Jonathan Sackswrote, there's one thing about Passover that made all thedifference. It's the story we teach our children. It takes placenot in the synagogue but in the home. And we can't begintelling the story until a child, or the youngest person pre-sent, asks a question.

Passover is truly a holiday that we can make our own; a holi-day that we can infuse with personal stories, traditions andfamily memories. My childhood memories of Passover in-clude sitting under the seder table with my cousins, countingmatzah balls with my Aunt Judy (one year we needed to rollmore than 150 matzah balls) and searching and searchingfor the afikoman (in all of the years that I searched, I only found it once). As we were the youngest, it was always leftto my sister and me to read the four questions. (Jodi, my sisiter has been saying them for 15 or so years and is look-ing forward to this year as Hannah, my daughter, is planningto sing them for the first time).

Jaquelyn PearlmutterApril 5, 2008 Daughter of

Mark and MadelinePearlmutter

Mazel Tov to our Bnot Mitzv

Hayley GoldsteinApril 7, 2008 Daughter of

Ron Goldstein and Andrea Easton


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A Full PlateKate Mikesh,Director of Informal Education

My personal countdown has already begun. In just a few weeks Ill be

sitting around my familys Passovertable, having horseradish eatingcontests with my siblings and cousins (first one to make aface after eating a spoonful loses!) and pretending to com-plain about being the perpetual youngest child whos beenreciting the Four Questions for 20 years or so.

Its not just the time spent with my family that has me an-ticipating my favorite holiday. We all know that any Jewishgathering must revolve around food and that I love any event that encourages overeating. Im the kind of girl whoalways takes a full plate. Just ask Jason who makes us alldinner at Monday Night School. Throw a trough of mashed potatoes out there and Ill pile them on my plateand certainly go back for seconds.

This love of piling things on has spilled over into my lifehere at TOS and I couldnt be happier. Its been a non-stop string of amazing events that have kept me busy these last few months. Ive survived shul-in season onceagain this year and could go on for pages about the amaz-ing experiences we shared with the children of the ARS.Willy Wonka, Harry Potter and the Time Machine whiskedour students away to places unknown. We once againhosted over 200 7th and 8th graders from around thenortheast region during the 18th Annual Junior RegionalShul-in. Our own kids were perfect hosts and made a slew of new friends as they explored the theme WhoAmI.com.

Just as we were wrapping up our shul-in season, it wasunexpectedly, yet happily, extended an extra week. Just 7days after our grade 1 and 2 families spent the night in thesanctuary, we opened our doors, and dance floor, to over200 high school students for the NFTY Northeast Re-

gional Dance. I was so proud of the hard work our teen-agers put into transforming Penn-Spero Hall into a sum-mer camp, complete with arts & crafts, waterfront andcampfire. Lissner Hall became a very authentic lookingbunk where kids gathered to spend time with old NFTY friends and make new ones.

The next exciting project on my plate is a new program forour incoming grade 7 girls. Well be starting our ownRosh Hodesh: Its a Girl Thing! group here at Ohabei Sha-lom.Rosh Hodesh: Its a Girl Thing! is the first proactive,

informal education program that uses Judaism to enrich thlives of young women. It draws on Jewish tradition to givegirls a place to feel safe, articulate their questions and con-cerns, have fun, and be real with their peers. I encourage agrade 6 mothers and daughters to attend our informationalsession on April 13 to learn about this unique opportunity which the girls can participate in the fall.

As you can see the opportunities to participate in excitingprogramming at TOS are endless and the hard work neverstops. Im blessed to be able to see the immediate benefitsmy efforts as Im surrounded by such supportive families aappreciative students. As we begin to look towards the endof the school year, I encourage you and your family to loadup your plate with Jewish experiencesand dont forget thsecond helpings!

Our Camp OSTY bunk picture


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Yizkor Elohim - May God Remember

Those listed below are recorded in our Book of Remembrance, Windows or on Memorial Plaques.An asterisk indicates that the plaque will be illuminated during the week of yahrzeit.

April 1 5 (25-29 Adar-II)Sally AronsonSophie Beal *Sybil BermanBetty Bernhardt *Morris BersonLeo Bolan

Ann Catherine Brown Alexander Cohen

Elmore T. CohenLouise Copeland *Benjamin Geller *Nathan GerberFrances M. Ginsburg *Faye Golder

Alex GoldkrandFanny Gorbachov Bessie Gordon *

Abraham HartmanMorris Kalisky Hy KaplowitzMartin M. Landay *Ralph M. Leeser

Simon L. Levin * Arthur LiebmanWilliam London *Howard MasonMax Plovnick Benjamin Rakowsky Jack RizmanManley Rockman *

April 6 12 (1-8 Nisan)Hyman AlmanBunny Ben-AriJoseph S. Berger *Rose Eva Berger *

Arthur Otto BernsonGertrude I. Bloom *J. Henry Brody *Lillian R. BrownMary BurkhardtJacob Chleck *Sarah E. CohenMyer DanielsEsther DavidsonMorris DresnerRosa Elentuch

Abraham Endler *Mirriam W. Felman

Benjamin FieldsHarris Ginsburg *Frank Goldfarb *Henry GoodmanHerbert B. HarrisSamuel HazanLouis HoffstadtMargareta F. HorenJohn Hurwitz

Ethel KassnerRose KatzHelen I. Katzman *Sarah KravitzG. Jed Kushner *Julius LevengstonRaymond S. Levine *Seymour LewisEdward H. Lipkin *Fritz LoebDavid MagidEdythe Mannos *

Anna MauriceIda Mechaber

Ruth MetzMorris MosesohnFrances E. Nigrosh *Minnie Oshry Frederick PennBenjamin PosnerEdward Pransky

Anna B. Sadow *Philip Sagoff *Max Saslaw Lillian P. Sawyer *Meyer J. Sawyer *Carrie R. SchoonerShirley R. Schwartz *

Irene P. SharlinGeorge ShumanRobert M. SingerSadie L. Sisson *George M. Spack *Irving SteinBella StoneLouis Traster *Dora Fox Wilker *

Abraham WyzanskiTillie H. Yosselsohn *Joseph Zabarsky *Hyman Zimmer

April 13 19 (9-14 Nisan)Joseph O. Abrams *Minna Anthony *Julius Baron *Harry A. BassRebecca Held Brenner *Rosalyn Brightman *

Adele Landau Bulian Abraham H. Bunshoft *

Annie Wingersky Cohen *Louis M. CroanRebecca H. Dana *Samuel L. Dana *Robert I. Ectman *George Ehrenfried *James A. Eisenberg *Jacob C. Feldman *Pauline FineGusta H. Fleisher *Rebecca Frank *Lillian FreedmanHiman H. Frieze *Bernard Glagovsky

Arthur Gluck Dora Goldkrand *Stanley Grossman

Aaron HaysmanMary Hirsch *Ella J. Kahn *

Abram Kaplan * Alden KardarisRose KudischWilliam David Lane *Mildred A. Lehner *Hyman E. LevinsonWilliam Miller *Doris M. Mosesohn *

Julia W. Myerson *Charles NamiotJulius Nelson *Louis Nelson *Nathan M. Nelson *Manuel Nizel *Sadye Orloff Jane S. Prager *Martin L. RobbinsJulius Shalek *Belle T. Shulman *Rose Sobel

Abraham David SteinbergJack P. Strachman *

Jeanne Swartz *Israel Trustman *Nathalie Linsky Wells *David Williams *Betty Wiseman *

April 20 26 (15-21 Nisan)Charles R. Abrams *Jacob BarberJennie Barber

Alexander Beal *Morris BermanIsabelle BloomFrank BoyneJulius Dangel *Claire S. DanielsLeah E. Daniels *Evelyn M. FavermannRachel FeinbergMax Feldberg *Jacob Franklin *Mimi FratkinFannie E. FriezeEleanor Irene GoldingerHarry A. Goldkrand *Benjamin Maurice Gordon *Kurt HalberstadtMathilda P. HarrisMaurice H. Horblit *Evelyn Hornstein *

Alice Isenberg *Emanuel Isenberg *Stephen JoelCele Kanter *Emma D. Kaplan *Mildred Kimball *Morris KravitzBarbara Kushner *Elliot J. LaboureneWilbur LibermanMurray H. Litch *Hyman Abraham MagazineNorman MichaelsonFlorence Grossman ModeMurray Nussinow *Harry Olins *Jennie R. PerlisBessie Ralby *Rose Raphael

Asher Ratshesky Harry Rosenberg

Maurice Epstein, father of Robert and Esta EpsteinMartin Stein, father of Donna Rubenoff

Anna Klinger, grandmother of Mia Klinger-PowellMike Krakow, uncle of Milly Krakow

Jason Waldman, brother of Lois Nathan


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Thank You!A special thanks to these local businesses whose

donations helped make the Camp OSTY NFTY

Regional Dance such a success!Finagle a Bagel (Coolidge Corner)

Indulge (Newton Highlands)J.P. Licks (Coolidge Corner)

Shaws (Beacon Street)Starbucks (Coolidge Corner)

Target (Watertown)

And thank you to the OSTY parents who spent theirSaturday night helping our dance run smoothly, while

trying not to embarrass their kids!Don GrossmanMilly Krakow

Laura MoskowitzAlice NewtonDavid SeldinRobin Shore

Cathryn Stein

Yahrzeits, continued

Martin Douglas Rosenfield *David E. Rosengard *Rose Solomon Rubin *Ida Sable

Andy SchulmanMorris Sepinuck Rose Ruth Shinberg *Henri H. Smith-Hutton *Barnet Sobell *Frederick W. SolomonMurray Spiewak *Julius SpitzMax Starr *Rhoda Turek Harriet WeilerLillian WolfeRosa Wollenberg

Annie YarrinLeonard Zimet

April 27 30 (22-25 Nisan)Rose ArcherRichard M. Barron *Ida BernsonLeah Bernson CohenDavid DickermanBenjamin FisherJacob Goose *

Florence R. HaysmanRuth L. Issokson *Frieda Kachelnik Julius LeeserDorothy M. Nesson LevensonMorris LouisBernice Nollman *Helen L. Odence *Cecile Orenberg *Nancie Ostroff *Rimma PalkovskayaLouis Z. SangerOtto Schwartz *Kenneth Stephen Sherman *Esther R. Shrago *Charles Shulman *Robert M. SingerMorris Slosberg *Sumner SmallGeorge Edwin SmithCharlotte Stepansky Max Trockman *Mabel Wingersky *Trudy Wolf


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April FundsGeneral Fund In Honor OfSidney Kerber & Erma Valdez Stanley & Frances Levines 50th

Wedding Anniversary Louise Levingston Stanley & Frances Levines 50th

Wedding Anniversary For The Health and WellbeingOf

Robert & Helen Sawyer Sharon SawyerMatthew SawyerStephen Ardizzoni

Minyan Fund In Memory OfLesley C. Seder Robert V. CrossmanNatalie M. Dilyock Sylvia SchoenbaumMorris Greenbaum Mary Polak David S. Gordon George GordonJune Hurwitz Sarah Lasovick John & Beth Gamel Irving Cohn

Arlene Goldberg Hoxie and FayeSilva

Victor T. Goldberg

Ann K. Collier Charles E. SmithIta N. Wiener Joseph HirshEdwin & Mary Rosen Dorothy Rothstein

Aileen B. Cabitt Rebecca CohenPaul & Marcia Merlin Charles Merlin

Alan & B. Susan Greene Edna GreenElinor Gaynor Nathan Weiss

Aron & Elizabeth Rivin Mikhail Tanfilyev Audrey Goldberg Howard GoldbergRichard L. Brooks William PackerHarold & Sylvia Koritz Rose LevensonCorinne E. Gilbert Max GilbertLouis Burke Dorothy Julia BurkeIrwin Katz Susanna Katz

Bruce & Ann Levison Sara K. LevisonIta N. Wiener Sally KellerRita H. Cohen Max S. GinsbergGerald & Toby Penn Dina Penn

Aron & Elizabeth Rivin Israil RivinEsther P. Gorfine Morris GorfineCorinne E. Gilbert Sidney EllisIrwin & Lynn Katz Jennette KatzNancy B. Nelson Frank BrooksLouise Levingston Carrie Y. Levingston

Anne G. LevingstonStanley Rothenberg Louis S. RothenbergDavid P. Pearlman Morris PearlmanEliot & Kyra Berson Francoise M. Kaplan

Nathan R. Levine Sarah LevineR.K. (Shelley) Schwartz Rachel KlainEdith Pollack Samuel WhiteStanley & Adele Brown Esther Brown

Aaron M. I. Shinberg Jacob W. ShinBergBeth D. Braunstein Ronald F. BraunsteinShirley H. Eisenberg Lena R. HelmanIrving & Lucille Gerratt Ida GerrattCynthia Siegal Samuel SiegalTheodore & Cynthia Berenson Theodore W. Berenson

Harold & Sylvia Koritz Seymour KoritzMinyan Fund, cont. In Memory OfRobert S. Duboff & Janet L.Berkeley

Esther Berkeley

Nelda S. Maltz Bell B. Shapiro Arthur & Doris Zich Josephine Wilinsky ZichRabbi & Mrs. A. N. Abramowitz G. Irving HillsonSandra Katz Norma Lazarus GouldEliot & Kyra Berson Jacob S. MerrimanCatherine E. Glass Shepard R. GlassHarold & Sylvia Koritz Marvin Meyer Mitchel Koritz

Olins Piano FundMartin Shore & Shari LisannTom & Donna Rubenoff Marcia Levine

In Memory OfHoward Koor & Ellen R. Mosner Zelda AronsonLouise Levingston Carrie Y. Levingston

Anne G. Levingston

Project for Our FutureSpence Wootton & Ellen Fox Hideaki & Jenny IshiharaBarry & Faith Abrams

Rosengard Lecture Fund In Memory OfRobert S. Rosengard Carol Rosengard

Berenson Library Fund In Memory OfLouise Levingston Carrie Y. Levingston

Anne G. Levingston

Pulpit Flowers Fund In Memory Of

Louise Levingston Carrie Y. Levingston Anne G. Levingston

Cantors Discretionary FundThe Rashi School In appreciation of Temple

Ohabei Shalom

Rabbis Discretionary FundLouise Levingston

Organ Restoration Fund In Honor OfR.K. (Shelley) Schwartz The Congregation of Ohabei

Shalom

April Special BirthdaysMr. Mark Pearlmutter Mrs. Elinor GaynorMs. Harriet Lazarus Mrs. Dottie Berman

Special AnniversariesMr. & Mrs. Louis B. Barber


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Mitzvah Day 2008 Registration3 easy ways to register:

1. Mail this registration form with the enclosed envelope (TOS 1187 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02. Complete this form and fax it to (617) 277-78813. Click on the Mitzvah Day logo on the TOS website and complete the email form (www.ohabei.org)

Once we receive your registration form, a confirmation will be sent to the email address below. If yhave an email address, we will call you.

Please return this form to the TOS office by April 25, 2008.

Name: _______________________________ Phone # ___________________

Contact email: ______________________________________________________

Participants Name Project #Choice 1

Check here for unaccompanied

ARS students

T-Shirt Size (adult sizes)

S M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXLS M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXL

S M L XL XXL

Project #Choice 2

Projects: #1 Making Music for Nursing Home Residents #2 Morning Greetings for Nursing Home

Residents #3 Zachs Fund Mailing #4 Project Linus #5 Expanding a Public School Library #6 Franklin Park Clean-up #7 Recycling at TOS #8 Letters & Packages for Soldiers #9 Madison Park - Hibernian Hall Cleanup #10 Finex House Shelter Garden #11 Walk for Hunger #12 AIDS Action Committee #13 The Wellness

Community #14 High Holiday Card Fundraiser #15 TOS Clean-up #16 Bake for Womens Lunch Place #17 Cook for Somerville Homeless Shelter #18 Gift Bags for Mothers Day Brunch for Womens Lunch Pla

To help cover the cost of Mitzvah Day (materials, supplies, etc.), please consider making a tax deductible donati(checks payable to Temple Ohabei Shalom). My donation in the following amount is enclosed:

___$18 ___$36 ___$72 ___Other $_____________

______ I would like to be involved with social action all year long!Please give my name to the TOS Social Action Committee: ___________________________________

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY . . .

MANY PROJECTS HAVE LIMITED SPACE AND WILL FILL UP!

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!Please remember to bring donations for the book drive and food drive.With your help TOS can complete over 1000 hours of service on Sunday May 4, 2008.

_____ Checkhere if you needhelp arrangingtransportation.


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BOSTON, MA.

April Shabbat Celebrations & Events

D a i l y

W o r s h

i p MondayThursday 8:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m..Saturday 6:00 p.m.Sundays & Holidays 9:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Ohabei Shalom is the areas only Reformsynagogue providing daily prayer for those in neeof solace or a quiet moment of introspection.

Each Daily Worship leader commits to one20-minute weekly service. To become a leader,please call the synagogue office (617)277-6610.

Thomas M. Alpert RabbiRandall Schloss CantorEmily Gopen Lipof Rabbi EmeritaLeonard Davidson PresidentShari A. Churwin Education DirectorKate Mikesh Director of Informal Education

Amanda Singer Education Programs CoordinatorDottie Berman Interim Executive Director

Karen Landman Executive Assistant to the Clergy Alan Shepro Office Manager / BookkeeperMarylin Klickstein Administrative AssistantKim Singer Bnei Mitzvah EducatorDavid Sparr Music Director

Tidingsis a monthly publication of Temple Ohabei Shalom 1187 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446

(617)277-6610 www.ohabei.org

April1 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-73 3:00pm Snack N StudyRabbinic Intern Navah Levine

7:00pm Synagogue Community Committee Meeting4 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service ~ Go Neutral Shabbat

6:45pm Shabbat Dinner ~ Reservations Required7:15pm for adultsspeaker: Rabbi Everett Gendler

for childrenEnvironmental Program8:15pm Oneg Shabbat

5 9:00am Torah Study with Rabbi Alpert10:30am Shabbat Service ~ Parashat Tazria

Bat Mitzvah: Jacquelyn Christina Pearlmutter 6 9:15am ARS: PreKGrade 7

11:00am Adult Learning: My Peoples Prayer Book3:30pm Sisterhood Concert with Julie Boris

7 6:00pm ARS High School6:30pm Brotherhood Seder ~ Reservations Required

8 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-77:30pm Board Meeting

10 3:00pm Snack N StudyRabbinic Intern Navah Levine11 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service12 9:00am Torah Study with Rabbi Alpert

10:30am Shabbat Service ~ Parashat Metzora13 9:15am ARS: PreKGrade 7

11:00am Adult Learning: My Peoples Prayer Book

14 6:00pm ARS High School15 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-717 3:00pm Snack N StudyRabbinic Intern Navah Le18 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service19 9:00am Torah Study with Rabbi Alpert

10:30am Shabbat Service ~ Parashat Acharei MotFirst Passover Seder in the evening

20 ARS No SchoolApril Vacation10:30am Passover Service

21 ARS: No High SchoolApril Vacation22 ARS: No SchoolApril Vacation25 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service26 9:00am Torah Study with Rabbi Alpert

10:30am Shabbat Service ~ Last Day of Passover27 ARS No SchoolApril Vacation28 6:00pm ARS High School

7:00pm Adult Learning: Israel at 607:00pm School Committee Meeting

29 3:30pm ARS Grades 3-7

May1 6:00pm Yom HaShoah service2 8:00PM Shabbat Rishon Avodat Hayom: A Service fo

Today . music by Cantor Randall Schloss

April Candle Lighting Times4 - 6:56 P.M.11 - 7:04 P.M.

18 - 7:12 P.M.25 - 7:20 P.M.

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