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Kempsville Conservative Synagogue Kempsville Conservative Synagogue –– Kehillat Bet Hamidrash Kehillat Bet Hamidrash

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Kempsville Conservative Synagogue – Kehillat Bet Hamidrash

952 Indian Lakes Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23464-5655

Your board meets at 7:30 PM on the second Wednesday of each month

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Cantor David Proser Co-Presidents Harvey Eluto (757-495-1666) Jason Silverstein (757-372-2095) 1st Vice President Ed Landress (757-305-0626) 2nd Vice President Bruce Finkelstein (757-495-8996) Treasurer Sam Epstein (757-420-5891) Trustees Amos Berkovich (2013) Harvey Eluto (2014) Nathan Segal (2015) Ritual Judy White Building/Daycare Ed Landress Financial Secretary VACANT Secretary Alene Kaufman Ways and Means Jason Silverstein Member At Large Phyllis Cowley Myra Savransky Sisterhood President Heliene Siegel Programming/Social Rona Proser Harriett Eluto Webmaster Jason Silverstein Newsletter Sam Epstein Kiddush Coordinator Ellen Cohen (757-554-0771)

(757) 495-8510 www.kbhsynagogue.org

www.facebook.com/kbhsynagogue

“Seven weeks you shall number; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn you shall begin to number seven weeks. And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks unto the L-rd your G-d after the

measure of the freewill-offering of your hand….” [Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:9-10].

We started to count the Omer – a measure for a grain offering – the evening of the second Seder. Each night we count the weeks and days passed as we anticipate Shavuot. It takes just one minute to fulfill this mitzvah in the evenings. Our synagogue calendars contain the days of the Omer, or you may download an Omer calendar from uscj.org/Objects/Documents/OMER5773.pdf.

We observe Lag B’Omer (the 33rd day of the Omer) at sunset on Saturday, 27 APR 2013. We suspend the semi-mourning practices observed during the Omer (e.g., some communities do not listen to music or cut their hair) to celebrate the end of the plague among Rabbi Akiva’s students. Many in Israel go on outings and light bonfires. It is also customary for many Jewish 3-year-old boys to get their first haircut on this day.

Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH), holds a Lag B’Omer picnic dinner at the synagogue on Sunday, 28 APR 2013, commencing at 5:00 PM. We offer kosher hamburgers and hot dogs, along with soda and snacks. The cost is $7.50 for those 13 and older; $5.00 for those between 6 and 12; and free for those less than six. Our bonfire – limited to a grill’s enclosure – includes a mortgage burning celebration. Kindly RSVP by Friday, 19 APR 2013 so we may purchase the appropriate amount of supplies. Please include your preference for a vegetarian alternative with your payment.

We also hold our annual meeting on Sunday, 19 MAY 2013 in the synagogue sanctuary. Shacharit starts at 8:30 AM, with brunch and the meeting commencing at 10:00 AM. In addition to the presenting the 2013-14 budget and board summaries, we will hold an election for a synagogue trustee.

Membership remains the heart of our synagogue. We need volunteers to serve at the Kempsville Conservative Synagogue outreach table at the Simon Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) on Sunday, 28 APR 2013, from 12:30-5:00 PM. Please contact Mr. Silverstein at (757) 372-2095 or e-mail [email protected] to help represent your shul during this high-visibility event.

If you know of potential members, and for your own personal enjoyment, please visit www.kbhsynagogue.org, our updated website. It links to synagogue and local events, an area for sending e-mail to the synagogue, directions, and a

PayPal link for contributions. Additional enhancements arriving in the near future. You may also visit us on Facebook, and look at pictures from synagogue events, at www.facebook.com/kbysynagogue. Please link to us on your social media sites!

Lag B’Omer Picnic

KBH Sunday, 28 APR 2013

5:00 PM RSVP by 19 APR 2013

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At 10:00 AM on Sunday, 07 APR 2013, Kempsville Conservative Synagogue member, recipient of a battlefield commission during World War II, author, and speaker Mr. Eddie Shames addresses the Temple Israel Men’s Club after the 9:00 AM shacharit service. Temple Israel

also hosts a blood drive the morning of 07 APR 2013.

Temple Israel, located at 7255 Granby Street in Norfolk, VA, hosts the community Yom Hashoah Holocaust observance on Sunday, 07 APR 2013, from 6:45 PM – 8:30 PM. This year’s evening of prayer and remembrance features Mr. Frank Grunwald, a Czech survivor whose life the recent documentary Misa’s Fugue chronicled. For details, please contact [email protected] or call (757) 965-6120.

Beth El (located at 422 Shirley Avenue in Norfolk, VA) Men’s Club conducts a Reading of the Names of holocaust victims from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM on Sunday, 07 APR 2013.

Our programming partner, Temple Israel, offers Dancing with the Temple Stars fundraiser at 5:45 PM on Sunday, 19 MAY 2013. $50 gains entrance for hors d’oeuveres, wine, beer, dinner in the synagogue’s Brody Auditorium, Lynn Summerall’s Hotel Paradise Roof Garden Orchestra, jazz singer Becky Livas, and a vote for your favorite couple. You may purchase tickets from the synagogue office or call (757) 489-4550. For additional details, please contact Ms. Susan Eilberg at (757) 423-0563 or [email protected].

Temple Israel invites the community to a Yom Hazikaron ceremony from 6:00 – 9:00 PM on Sunday, 14 APR 2013. The event honors Israeli soldiers who died for the creation and continuing protection of Israel and the memory of terrorism victims. A Kosher Israeli-style dinner follows the Hebrew and English service. Many customarily dress in white and blue during the observance. Though free and open to the community, the synagogue will collect financial contributions for Yad LaBanim, an Israeli organization caring for the families of Israel’s fallen soldiers. Please RSVP before 05 APR 2013 to (757) 489-4550 or [email protected].

Ms. Lisa Walker, daughter of our member Dr. Alan Shapiro, is trying to raise $1500 for Make-A-Wish Foundation. The foundation gives hope, strength and joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions every 40 minutes. You may contribute (anonymously, if desired) online through 15 MAY 2013 at https://www.overtheedgegva.com/Lisa_Walker/donate.cfm. You may also mail a check payable to Make-A-Wish Foundation to Ms. Lisa Walker, 5309 Stewart Court, Virginia Beach, VA, 23464.

Jewish Family Service (JFS) faces cuts in Medicare reimbursement for home health care due to sequestration and reductions in state funding for guardianship. This places its services to our most vulnerable citizens - the elderly, disabled and incapacitated - at risk. Please donate generously to the JFS Spring Mitzvah Corps campaign. For details, please contact (757) 321-2222.

Old Dominion University (ODU) displays Lawyers Without Rights, an exhibit created by the German bar to depict how Nazi Germany barred Jewish lawyers and jurists from the courts beginning in 1933, during APR 2013 in the ODU Perry Library. You may attend a free program and reception at 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM on Thursday, 11 APR 2013. For questions or to RSVP, please contact Ms. Farideh Goldin, Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding (IJIU), at (757) 683-6816 or [email protected].

The UJFT Young Adult Division (YAD) offers its family Shabbat from 6:00 – 9:00 PM on Friday, 05 APR 2013. $12 for adults, $6 for children, and $30 for families. For details, please contact Ms. Amy Weinstein at (757) 965-6127 or [email protected].

ISRAEL FESTIVAL

Sunday, 28 APR 2013

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Simon Family JCC

Table Volunteers Needed!



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Candle Lighting*

FRI 05 APR 7:12 PM FRI 12 APR 7:19 PM FRI 19 APR 7:25 PM FRI 25 APR 7:31 PM FRI 03 MAY 7:37 PM

*www.chabadoftidewater.com

Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Post 158 holds a membership event at 1:00 PM on Sunday, 07 APR 2013, at the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk. Guests will receive private tours. Membership is open to Jewish veterans, active duty members, and their families. JWV meets the first Sunday of each month at B’Nai Israel, 420 Spotswood Avenue in Norfolk, VA. For details, please contact Mr. Adam Goldberg at (831) 917-3996 or [email protected] by the evening of 06 APR 2013.

Online voting for the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (UJFT) Community Relations Council (CRC) Israel Advocacy Poster continues through Friday, 05 APR 2013 at www.jewishva.org. Previous voters down selected 10 finalists from 160 posters submitted by local students in grades 1 – 12. CRC will professionally frame the winning poster and hang it permanently at the Sandler Family Campus. UJFT will make copies available for the community’s 28 APR 2013 Israel Festival.

Old Dominion University (ODU) presents its fifth Annual International Festival on Sunday, 07 APR 2013 from 12:00 – 5:00 PM. Located at the Ted Constant Convocation Center at 4320 Hampton Boulevard in Norfolk, the parking and admission remain free. For details, contact (757) 683-4406 or visit http://studentaffairs.odu/edu/oir/programs/intfestival.

Have you ever received a check in the mail saying you won money? Did you know you could check your credit report without charge? For more information on avoiding economic crime victimization through fraud and scams, the Virginia Beach Police Department hosts a free fraud and identity theft forum on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM at the Meyera C. Oberndorf Central Library Auditorium, 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd. in Virginia Beach. Detectives from the Economic Crimes Unit will be on hand to discuss topics that will include: identity theft, internet fraud, fraudulent use of credit cards, debit cards and currency, as well as telephone scams. For more information concerning the forum, contact MPO Jim McElligott at 385-1330, or [email protected].

From 6:30 – 8:30 PM on Sunday, 14 APR 2013, Ms. Savyon Liebrecht, Israeli author of Apples from the Desert, addresses Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Mizrakhi/Ashkenazi divide, and the Holocaust survivors and their children’s ongoing drama at Gorgon Art Galleries, 4509 Monarch Way, in Norfolk, VA. Refreshments available. Please RSVP to Ms. Farideh Goldin at (757) 683-6816 or [email protected].

B’nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO), UJFT’s CRC and YAD, and JFS sponsor a community recycling day on Sunday, 14 APR 2013, from 1:00 – 4:00 PM in the

Simon Family JCC parking lot. You can safely dispose of cell phones, VCRs, PC towers/desktops, circuit boards, keyboards, iPods/MP3 players, digital cameras, electronic notebooks/laptops, computer mice, cables/cords, prescription eyeglasses, hearing aids, plastic grocery bags, prescription & non-prescription medications (including for pets), and household batteries (NO car batteries).

At 12:00 PM on Wednesday, 17 APR 2013, come learn about American-Israeli strategic partnerships with Israeli startups from Brian Rosenzweig, co-founder of JANVEST, a leading bi-national investment company. This is a presentation of the Business & Legal Society of the UJFT, the Tidewater Jewish Foundation and the Virginia Israel Advisory Board. For more information or to register for the event at Vandeventer Black LLP, 101 West Main Street Suite 500 in Norfolk, please contact Ms. Carolyn Amacher at (757) 452-3181, or [email protected].

Our programming partner, Temple Israel (www.templeisraelva.org) hosts a Blessing of Pets from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM on Sunday, 21 APR 2013. You may bring your friendly pets (no maximum or minimum on legs) to this unique Sunday morning service.

Holocaust Memorial Day

Temple Israel Sunday, 07 APR 2013 6:45 PM – 8:30 PM



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The UJFT CRC and Ohef Shalom (located at 530 Raleigh Avenue in Norfolk, VA) host Creation of a State at 7:00 PM on Thursday, 11 APR 2013. UJFT CRC and Beth El (located at 422 Shirley Avenue in Norfolk, VA) host Speak Up for Israel at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, 01 MAY 2013. For details about the film series, please contact [email protected] or (757) 965-6120.

Virginia Arts Festival brings Israeli singer Noa to the Roper Center from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM on Tuesday, 16 APR 2013. Co-presented with the Marilyn and Marvin Simon Family JCC and the Tidewater Community College Roper Performing Arts Center. Support provided in part by the Norfolk Consortium. For tickets, please contact (757) 282-2822 or visit www.vafest.org. For details, please contact Ms. Aimee Koller at (757) 321-2304 or [email protected].

Honor our local teachers at Jewish Education Night from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM on Tuesday, 30 APR 2013, at the Sandler Family Campus, 5000 Corporate Woods Drive in Virginia Beach, VA. For details, please contact Ms. Miriam Brunn Ruberg at (757) 321-2328 or [email protected].

The UJFT Women’s Outreach Committee invites mothers, aunts, sisters, and adult daughters to see Avalon at Girls’ Afternoon at the Movies. $5.00 includes kosher snacks, soft drinks, and a ticket to Cinema Café at 758 Independence Boulevard in the Pembroke section of Virginia Beach. Please RSVP to Ms. Patty Malone at (757) 965-6115 or [email protected].

The Simon Family JCC, located on the Sandler Family Campus, supports the community through this year’s Israel Day Festival from 12:30 – 5:00 PM on Sunday, 28 APR 2013. For details, please contact Ms. Aimee Koller at (757) 321-2304 or [email protected].

We offer a hearty mazel tov to Ms. Becke and Mr. Jason Silverstein on their son William Bazar’s employment underway with Maersk Lines.

Kempsville Conservative Synagogue received notes of appreciation for the following:

• Helping CRC sponsor the Israel Today Forum, a series of presentations focusing on Israel’s image and innovations.

• Ongoing donations to the JFS Food Locker. Honor or commemorate any event by sponsoring a Shabbat kiddush. Please contact Ms. Ellen Cohen at (757) 554-0771 or [email protected] for details or to reserve a date. We wish to thank the following:

• The 09 March 2013 kiddush by Dr. David and Ms. Karen Rosenberg in honor of their daughter Hannah’s 12th birthday.

• The 16 MAR 2013 kiddush by Mr. Ron and Ms. Alene Kaufman to honor Ms. Alene Kaufman’s special birthday.

We wish to thank the following community members for their contributions:

• Mr. Harvey Hoffman, for cutting the synagogue’s lawn before Pesach. • A donation in memory of Ms. Marion Baydush from Ms. Sandi Advocat. • Ms. Maura Proser, for her kind donation. • Mr. Amos Berkovich, for reading the haftorah. • A contribution from Ms. Kathy Harvey-Jones. • Ms. Sherry Baron for her contribution in memory of Ms. Marion Baydush. • Mr. Harvey Hoffman, Mr. Jason Silverstein, and Ms. Alene Kaufman for conducting the

Shabbat Musaf services. • Mark and Libby Furst for their kind contribution. • A donation to honor the memory of Mr. Roger Oberndorf from Ms. Sherry Baron.



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ANNUAL MEETING Sunday, 19 MAY 2013

Shacharit 8:30 AM

Brunch/Reports/Election 10:00 AM

• Ms. Judy White, for reading Torah. • A contribution from Dr. Alan Shapiro. • Mr. Jason Silverstein for his work with the new synagogue website. • Ms. Sandi Advocat, for a contribution in memory of Fran Saperstein. • Our programming partner, Temple Israel, for inviting us to their Pesach minyan. • A donation from Ms. Sherry Baron in memory of Ms. Fran Saperstein.

The congregation expresses its gratitude towards Ms. Geni Wilson, Ms. Ann Wohl, Ms. Judy Saperstein, Ms. Lisa Rosenthal, Mr. Jason Silverstein, Mr. Noah Black, Ms. Becke Silverstein, Ms. Chris Epstein, Ms. Marshell Jones, Ms. Harriett Eluto, Ms. Danuta Epstein, Mr. Tyler Hargis, Mr. Adam Epstein, Ms. Myra Savranski, Mr. Mark Furst, Ms. Rona Proser, Mr. Harvey Eluto, Ms. Libby Furst, Mr. Harvey Hoffman, Mr. Bruce Finkelstein, Ms. Nissana Siman-Tov, Ms. Phyllis Cowley, Ms. Alene Kaufman, Mr. Eli Siman-Tov, Ms. Heliene Siegel, and Ms. Sandi Advocat for their help during the MAR 2013 art auction.

We also wish to thank those who invited friends and associates to our auction.

Kempsville Conservative Synagogue and the community continue to offer programming, religious, and educational opportunities throughout the year. Cantor Proser makes up-to-date announcements at services, and we send updates via e-mail. To add your name or that of a prospective member to the KBH e-mail or mailing list, receive the Newsletter via e-mail, or remove yourself from the Newsletter’s distribution, kindly send your request [email protected] or call (757) 420-5891.

COMMUNITY RECYCLING DAY

Sunday, 14 APR 2013

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Simon Family JCC

BLOOD DRIVE

Sunday, 07 APR 2013

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Temple Israel

7255 Granby St Norfolk, VA

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BLESSING OF PETS

Temple Israel

Sunday, 21 APR 2013 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

ISRAELI MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE

Temple Israel

Sunday, 14 APR 2013 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

RSVP by 05 APR 2013 for Dinner

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