FEBRUARY’S THEME:
• JEWISH DISABLITIES, AWARENESS AND INCLUSION MONTH (JDAIM) •
“For my house shall be a house of prayer for all people.” Isaiah 56:5
As the Shomrim* of our community we need to lead to ensure that we provide a Jewish education and educate ALL in our community...*stewards
WE ALL SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY
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• OUR RABBI •
As A Truly Inclusive Jewish Community Let’s Strive to Rededicate Ourselves All Year Long
- This year, Temple Tikvah marked JDAIM, Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Integration Month a little early. Many of you had the chance to hear our Artist-in-Residence, Dave Schlossberg either at Friday night’s Kabbalat Shabbat Service, Saturday morning’s Adult Learning Program or Sunday morning during our Religious School. I was privileged to hear him at all three of these events, and I am still processing the experience. Not only did Dave prove himself to be a masterful accompanist and composer (our fabulous Adult Choir premiered a piece, a setting of the prayer Hashkiveinu, that he wrote just for us), he was also a skilled teacher and tzaddik (person of wisdom). He spoke the language of each of his audiences and left them feeling joyous, inspired, and a bit wiser.
Here are just a few of the takeaways I am holding with me from his visit:
- Avoid Ableism: Ableism is the prioritization of people without disabilities over those with disabilities. Ableism shows up most often when we who are not disabled in a particular way make assumptions about what those who are disabled want and need. So, for example, we might offer to hold a book bag for someone who walks with a limp or prop the door open for her. Although these gestures may be quite well-intended, they send a troubling message to the disabled person: we know their needs better than they do. A better approach, says Dave, is to ask the individual what help they need (if any) or ask permission to carry their bag. Doing so reinforces the disabled person’s individual autonomy, independence, and control.
- Hear Every Wave: Dave spoke a lot about how abled people have a tendency to group together disabled people as if they are all the same. Of course, they aren’t. No two individuals are the same. Knowing that intellectually is one thing - I dare say that most of us recognize each of our individuality yet putting it into practice is something else. To really understand the other person, whether that person is disabled or not, we need to deeply listen to them, to seek to understand their wants and needs, their sorrows and suffering, their joys and achievements.
- We are more than our abilities or disabilities: One of my favorite moments of the weekend was watching our Religious School students interact with Dave. Dave explained his story - how he became a paraplegic, how he used devices to get around in the world, and what lessons he wanted the children to take away from his experience. They listened, rapt (he’s quite a good storyteller!). But after that, he asked them a simple question, “So what music would you like me to play?” Soon hands were popping up, trying to stump him, and delighting in his success at playing just about anything on the fly. This impromptu jukebox festival complemented Dave’s presentation perfectly. It illustrated his point - If you set your mind to something, you are more likely to achieve it. And it showed his skill, his humor, and his humanity. The students left the day with two side-by-side images of Dave: that man who was disabled by a car accident and that fun-loving, talented musician.
May we continue to work to learn from one another, and especially from the disabled in our midst. May our tent be open wide to all of us, created in God’s image - both during this month of JDAIM and well beyond!
- Angel: Arnold & Sylvia Bloch • Barbara Silberman • Susan & Martin Siroka • Neela & Ken Weber
- Chesed: Roger Jassie & Cari Pepkin • Cheryle & Stephen Levine
- Benefactor: Lynn & Jay Beber • Robin & Robert Jacobson • Lisa Lupo • Judy & Stuart Weinstock • Teresa & Jeffery Weisbrot
- TZEDEKAH: Gloria & Larry Konstan • Joyce & Joel Mensoff • Sandra & David Peskin • Martin Cohen & Rabbi Randy Sheinberg
- PATRON: Arline & Jack Cazes • Beth Feldman • Ronni & Charlie Hollander • Marilyn Markowitz • Barbara & Joe Massey • Irene & Stanley Zorn
- SPONSOR: Michele & Dennis Baltuch • Terry & Michael Cutler • Ronald Degen • Martin & Susan Fox • Marc & Michelle Gold • Bruce, Maria, Lauren & Marc Gross • Lois Howard • Joe & Judy Kirschner • Debbie & Larry Klig • The Lavoie Family • Phyllis Richards • Elaine & Helaine Schacter • Gary & Gerri Weinstein
- DONOR: Muriel Adler • Lorraine Bertan • Cindy & Joe Bettelheim • Sharon & Alana Bibergal • Farhad Bolandakhtari & Nazita Dashtipour • The Chirel Family • Dr. & Mrs. Norm Feder • Sonia Fink • Merle Fishkin • Alan Fogelman • Fran Fredrick • Sharon Fricano • Ruth Friedlander • Steven Gluzband • Susan & Martin Goldschmidt • Lori & Mark Gordon • Mimi Kahn • Terry & Ira Lepzelter • Margery & Edward Orenstein • Sandy Portnoy • David Herz & Janet Stahl • The Magidson Family • Mark & Robin Mandell • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ravens & Family • Barbara & Milton Rosenberg and Family • Lawrence Roth • Susan Schall • Ronald & Barbara Schreiber • Jack & June Schwarz • Janet & Barry Spool • Sandra Witt • Jack Zaffos • Anonymous
- PARTICIPANT: Deborah Abramowitz • George & Jennie Berger • Sheila & Martin Bokser • Barbara Dublin • Alan Fogelman • Steven & Doreen Geller • Leslie Kizner • Steven B. Levine • The Maletzy Family • Lee Newman & Family • Jody & Terry Osterweil • Karla Osuna • Donald & Lori Panetta • Sandy Portnoy • Irwin & Susan Schneider • Howard & Gale Zeidman • Anonymous
• TEMPLE PRESIDENT •
We Must Never Forget to Emulate Togetherness As a Community to Overcome Injustices
- On Sunday, January 19th I toured the exhibit - Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark at the Museum of Jewish Heritage with our religious school families.
- The exhibit uses holograms of children to tell the remarkable story of the rescue of the Danish Jews during the Holocaust. Together, Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors of all ages mobilized to create one of the most effective - and - exceptional examples of mass resistance in modern history.
- The Danes could have chosen to mind their own business and do nothing like most of their European brethren. However, they chose to risk their lives and the lives of their families to help their Jewish neighbors avoid a horrible fate. And for the most part it worked; only 120 out of 7,800 Danish Jews perished during the Holocaust.
- The lesson I take from this story is that if we join together as a community, we can overcome almost anything. Although we are not facing a Holocaust today, there are many parallels to the 1930’s.
- You can learn more about the Museum of Jewish Heritage and watch an overview of the exhibit by clicking on the LINK below:
SYNOPSIS OF VIDEO: In a climate of widespread antisemitism and Holocaust denial, Courage to Act will address a critical need by reaching younger children, whose Holocaust education in New York City public schools typically begins in the eighth grade.
- Today, the rights of vulnerable minority groups, i.e. transgender men and women are in peril. The nonstop attacks on DEI and “woke” culture threaten to take away the hard-won rights of women and many other minority groups, including the disabled. Immigrants - particularly minority immigrants - are caricatured as “the other” and are being scapegoated for many of society’s problems. Sound familiar?
- Jews may not be official targets today, but history teaches us that if we do not fight hate, all those that are perceived to be different will eventually be targeted. So, let’s emulate the Danes, stay strong as a community and use our rights as American citizens to fight hate, wherever we find it.
- On a lighter note...activities continue at Temple Tikvah in February as we continue to worship and gather as a community.
- I encourage everyone to participate in our Community Paint Project with artist Jennifer Levine. No art talent needed! We have sessions scheduled for Sunday, February 2nd; Sunday, March 1st, and Sunday, May 4th. You can find more information in the flyer below, as well as click on the LINK to R.S.V.P.
- On Friday, February 14th we will celebrate Tu B’Shevat with a traditional seder of fruits and nuts during our regular Shabbat Service, which will take place in the Beber Auditorium that night. This service is geared to adults; however it is also family friendly.
- A big Mazel Tov to our February B’nai Mitzvah: On February 1st - Alex & Sebastian Lefkof and on February 22nd - Charlotte Faulkner!
In closing, please feel free to reach out to me, Rabbi Sheinberg or any member of Temple Leadership with your questions and ideas or just to say hi.
• EDUCATION DIRECTOR •
May We See the Day When ALL People Feel that Precious Sense of Belonging in Jewish Life (Union for Reform Judaism)
- January was a busy month...On January 10th - Rabbi Sheinberg chaperoned several of our madrich and teens on the URJ Religious Action Center/L’Taken Trip to Washington D.C. They, along with 300 Jewish teens from around the country learned about the important issues facing our nation, had the opportunity to lobby their congressional representatives, and of course had a wonderful time. • On January 17th - Our 4th graders lead us in prayer, song, and performed an entertaining skit. Congratulations to our students on a job well done! • On January 19th - Many of our families joined us for a trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage to tour the age-appropriate exhibit: Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark which told the remarkable story of a country pulling together to rescue their Jewish citizens from the Nazis. • On January 26th - Composer David Schlossberg, who was paralyzed by a drunk driver as a young adult, joined us to share his story of how he overcame this major trauma and was able to move on with his life.
- And this month...On February 2nd - Our students, families, and congregation members will participate in our Paint Project. The theme for this session will be Worship. We hope to see many of you at this session. • On February 9th - We will hold our First Life Cycle Ceremony on NAMING during Religious School. Parents will be invited to join us for this session. • February 16th through February 23rd - There will be NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL, as we are closed for Presidents Week.
We are also delighted to have three B’nai Mitzvah this month...A hearty Mazel Tov to the Lefkof Family on the B’nai Mitzvah of their sons, Alex and Sebastian on February 1st and to the Faulkner Family on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Charlotte on February 22nd! Everyone is invited to attend these ceremonies.
Alex Lefkof ~ Saturday, February 1st 2025
I have been a student at Temple Tikvah since second grade. I am thankful to have learned so much about my Jewish heritage, Hebrew as a second language, and be surrounded by so many dedicated teachers ... My Bar Mitzvah Project is the JCC Food Drive. It is a helpful community project for people who have problems in knowing where their next meal is coming from. They can get food deliveries when needed ... Over the course of several months I worked with the Williston Park Public Library to collect donations. A lot of people donated and it was quite heavy to carry. On January 3rd, I delivered 131 pounds of food to the JCC Food Drive and helped stock the shelves! ... I am now looking forward to my Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, February 1st.
Sebastian Lefkof ~ Saturday, February 1st 2025
I am proud to have been a student at Temple Tikvah since second grade. While waking up Sunday mornings to go to school has not always been fun, I am grateful to have learned so much about my Jewish heritage, Hebrew as a second language and be surrounded by so many dedicated teachers.
Charlotte Faulkner ~ Saturday, February 22nd 2025
Hi! My name is Charley Faulkner! I'm a seventh grader in MS 172 in Queens! I am celebrating my thirteenth birthday on February 19th and I am having my Bat Mitzvah on February 22nd! I'm really excited to be doing this, because my Temple community means a lot to me and I can't wait to read from the Torah! ... My Mitzvah Project was a Book Drive for the Book Fairies, as I love reading and think stories are very special and important. I also read and donated books to 9 classrooms at my sister’s and mom’s schools ... I live with my sister, Bailey who is in the 5th grade; my Mom, Lesley; and my Dad, Robert. My favorite things to do are reading, acting, singing, and drawing.
• TIKVAH TOTS •
The Simplicity of Acceptance
- One the most special things about young children is their acceptance of everyone, just the way they are. Our tots simply don’t notice the differences most of the time, and if they do, they will ask questions just out of curiosity. We will often hear, “How...? Why...? and they will accept any answer given with ease.
- I often think about my own daughter, when she was younger. Her sister was good friends with a neighbor who would often come over to play. This child had a noticeable limp and difficulty moving in the same way my daughter moved. She had an aide at school to help her around. Years passed by before my daughter had any idea there was any difference between the girls. She inquired, “But why does that lady follow her around at school?” This innocence and acceptance of differences is something we as adults can learn from.
- As my daughter grew, she became more and more in tune to those who may feel a little different. She received the book, Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar from the PJ Library. This story told of Ruth who was in a car crash at a young age and spent a year in a body cast. My daughter read the book so many times, the page are a crumpled mess. The book was kept close to her bed. She felt the connection to feeling different and overcoming those challenges. Books like these can foster empathy and acceptance. They can make our children see beyond their struggles and realize they are still “lucky”.
- We can continue to nurture this inclusive nature of children by building a community filled with acceptance of all members. We can welcome others to our Shabbat tables, including all children in birthday gatherings or playdates, or simply offering a smile to those we don’t know who may appear different to us. Please know that Tikvah Tots will always welcome everyone to our gatherings and we will feel blessed to be able to include your families.
• TEMPLE - AT - LARGE •
INCLUSION MAKES THE WORLD MORE VIBRANT!
A little boy helps his blind mother experience an art gallery in the most surprising way ~
• Led by Temple member - Lori Domeny • Cardio, Core, and More is a small group of exercise savvy middle-aged women who refuse to quit. Anyone who is moderately fit and enjoys a workout will enjoy these sessions. The group's routine includes a Pilates/Barre based warmup, cardio, weights, and a long core conditioning/yoga stretch at the end of each session. Use your own yoga mat and lightweight hand weights (3 - 10lbs). • About Lori Domeny • Lori is an Aerobics and Fitness Association of America Certified Instructor who has previously taught at many local gyms.
REMEMBER TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The Temple Book Club will next meet on ZOOM on Monday, February 10th at 7:30pm to discuss Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead. Returning to the world of his novel Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead’s Crook Manifesto is a dazzling treatise, a glorious and intricate anatomy of the heist, the con and the slow game. There’s an element of crime here, certainly, but as in Whitehead’s previous books, genre isn’t the point. Here he uses the crime novel as a lens to investigate the mechanics of a singular neighborhood at a particular tipping point in time. He has it right: the music, the energy, the painful calculus of loss. Structured into three time periods - 1971, 1973 and finally the year of America’s bicentennial celebration, 1976 - Crook Manifesto gleefully detonates its satire upon this world while getting to the heart of the place and its people ...
REMEMBER TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The Creative Writing Group will next meet on Tuesday, February 11th at 7:30pm.
SOCIAL ACTION
Can You Imagine Improving the Lives of 56 Million People in Our County and 1 Billion Around the World?
- February has been designated Jewish Disabilities, Awareness and Inclusion Month. American Jews have been prominent supporters of civil rights over many decades and that is also true in the area of disability justice. The story of Judy Heumann, a remarkable leader whose advocacy earned her the nickname “The Mother of the Disability Rights Movement,” is one that can inspire us all.
- Judy Heumann’s parents, Werner and Ilse Heumann came to this country separately as unaccompanied minors from Germany in the mid 1930’s. They were among the approximately 1,400 Jewish refugee children brought to the United States between 1933 and 1945. Judy’s grandparents, great-grandparents, and many other relatives were killed in the Holocaust.
- Heumann was born in December of 1947 and grew up in Brooklyn. At 18 months she contracted polio and would use a wheelchair for the rest of her life. People with disabilities had few rights at that time. The local public school simply refused to let her enroll in kindergarten claiming her inability to walk made her a fire hazard. Instead, she was home schooled for several years, with the school system contributing only one hour of home instruction twice a week. But her immigrant family had a strong belief in equality, justice, and the importance of speaking out. Judy’s mother fought her exclusion and by fourth grade the city allowed her to attend school, however she was placed in a special program for disabled children located in the basement of another school, completely separated from the “kids upstairs” as Judy called them. A few years later, her mother had to fight the system again so that Judy could enter high school in 1961.
- Between the ages of 9 to 18, Judy attended Camp Jened, a summer camp in the Catskills for children with disabilities that created a nurturing, supportive environment which allowed the campers to just be kids, to enjoy traditional camp activities and to form social bonds with a minimum of adult supervision or interference. This was the camp that helped birth the disability rights and independent living movements in our country as many of its campers and counselors went on to become lifelong disability rights activists. Judy Heumann’s story is highlighted in the award winning and Oscar nominated documentary film Camp Crip. Below is a LINK to the film.
- After graduating from LIU, Judy tried to become a teacher but met obstacles at every turn, including the steps leading up to the famous 110 Livingston St. headquarters. Ramps were not “a thing” in those days. She passed the required oral and written tests yet her use of a wheelchair was disqualifying at the time. Only 22 years old, she successfully sued the Board of Education and became the first NYC teacher to use a wheelchair! A few years later she moved to Berkeley, CA where the disability rights movement was active. There she helped found the Center for Independent Living. In 1975 she earned her MS from UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
- Heumann is probably best known for leading the successful, nearly month-long occupation of the HEW Building in San Francisco in 1977. It is the longest sit-in at a federal building to date. Over 100 protesters were demanding the enforcement of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act which was supposed to protect people with disabilities from many forms of discrimination in programs, services, and employment. Then Secretary of HEW, Joseph Califano Jr. had been refusing to sign long-delayed enforcement regulations. How so many people with disabilities managed this prolonged occupation is a big part of the story in Crip Camp.
- During her extraordinary career as an activist, Judy Heumann played a key role in advancing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She was the World Bank’s first advisor on disability and development. President Obama appointed her the US State Department’s Inaugural Senior Advisor on International Disability Rights. She served as a senior fellow at the Ford Foundation and as co-chair of Human Rights Watch’s Disability Rights Advisory Committee. She died on March 4th 2023.
Judy Heumann’s philosophy on disability justice was beautifully expressed in this quote: “Disability only becomes a tragedy for me when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives - job opportunities or barrier-free buildings. It is not a tragedy to me that I'm living in a wheelchair."
• BROTHERHOOD •
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Brotherhood Welcomes Everyone
- When we say that Brotherhood Welcomes Everyone we are sincere and committed. As we are now in Jewish Disabilities, Awareness, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) Brotherhood would like to remind everyone about what we can all achieve and how we can all make lemonade from lemons (World Jewish Congress). Just think about what our lives would be like without the stunning Pascale Bercovitch, Yehonatan Cohen, Marlee Matlin, Itzhak Perlman, Noam Gershony, and Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-blind Acting Ensemble in our lives. Plus, they are members of our tribe!
- Brotherhood is the place for Temple men to find a welcoming group of Temple members ready to discuss new ideas and current activities. Our next meeting is on ZOOM on February 10th at 7:00pm. We would love for you to tune-in to meet and greet our group and see what we are all about. In March our monthly meetings we will be back at Temple Tikvah. Why not join us for some pizza and help us plan our events.
- ~ Do not forget that you still have a chance to attend our Defensive Driving Class which takes place on Sunday, February 2nd at 10:00am at North Shore Towers, since there are just a few seats left. The cost is $75 and $85 for non-members, which includes the course and a very nice brunch. ~
- Our dues and fundraising provide needed funds for Temple children. We were able to donate $700 towards the expense of Rabbi and students visiting our politicians in Washington, DC last month! In addition, we will also be providing scholarships to help defray costs for our children attending Jewish camp this summer. And our major fundraising event this year will, once again, be our dinner/show/auction, which will take place Saturday, June 7th. More information to come, so please mark your calendars.
Make this year the one you add your voice to Brotherhood. You will not regret it.
LIFELONG LEARNING
Our Kehilla Fosters Open Communication and Acceptance
- When we were children, our educational choices were pretty much set by our parents and teachers…whether we liked it or not. As adults, we have a wide variety of choices available which allow to us to learn, to discuss, and help us confront the daily uncertainty of life. There are a remarkable number of Jewish-themed websites, for example, that offer topics as varied as Israel today and Israelites 3000 years ago.
- How can Temple Tikvah top that? In one important way: Temple Tikvah offers adults the opportunity to learn in groups, giving us all the benefit of not just understanding a particular subject, but of getting to know what others think, feel, and practice. In this way, we provide not just ourselves the chance to learn, but we help foster a strong community based on open communication and acceptance.
- Learn with the Cantor - Join us on Saturday, February 8th at 11:30am for a Special Lunch and Learn, led by our own Cantor Friedlander. She will use the Torah portion for that week as a kickoff to her discussion about how songs are often used to highlight various highly emotional events in the Torah. The focus is on the song sung by the Israelites after their escape from Egypt, traveling through the foreboding Reed Sea, however the Cantor plans to show where else music plays an important role in our history. Together we’ll sing and learn. Please consult the Weekly Update for more information.
- Weekly Shabbat Torah Study - Join in the celebration of Group Torah Study with your fellow members of Temple Tikvah. Every Saturday around 15 or so adults meet with Rabbi Sheinberg to study the Torah, one portion at a time. In February, we continue with the Book of Exodus, arguably the most important period for the Jewish people, when we transformed ourselves from slaves into a strong community, deeply rooted in freedom and responsibility. We typically meet at 9:15am, always on ZOOM and often in-person at the synagogue. Please read Weekly Update to find out how to join the group each week.
SISTERHOOD
Increasing Awareness Increases Inclusiveness
- February is Jewish Disabilities, Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM). It is a time for us to learn about different challenges many face and to think about how these challenges impact individuals not just in daily functioning but also in their participation within our Temple community. Increasing awareness is a first step to any efforts to doing anything that increases inclusiveness.
- As one who has lived for decades with a family member who is differently abled in a non-visible way and now myself with mobility challenges, I am aware that learning about different disabilities and challenges is just a first step. And I am aware that many take this seriously and do want to do something to help. What I find however is that in their eagerness to help, to do better, and to include an individual most people miss one very important thing - they forget to ask what would be helpful.
- You see, although many of us with challenges may outwardly appear similar, our needs are not all the same. Once while explaining why doing something was particularly difficult for me I was told that someone else who also had mobility challenges was totally okay and able to do the task. This person didn’t ask why it was different for me, didn’t realize that the two of us with mobility challenges have two totally different diagnoses which manifest differently for us in ways that are unseen to others. They only saw two people who utilized supportive devices when walking. While using the support of a door when opening it, I have had people grab the door and pull it open. They mean to be helpful but when the door is partially supporting me I lose my balance when the door is pulled out from me and can fall. To me, after awareness comes the need to ASK. Ask what someone needs. Do not decide what you think will be helpful to them. What will be helpful for one will not be helpful to another. Ask us, include us in efforts to help, to make changes...
- We know that Sisterhood is seen by some as a clique because you see the same faces over and over. Or to some we are seen as a group of older women. In actuality, Sisterhood is for all women in our community. That’s the only prerequisite for joining us. We try to be inclusive and are very happy when we see new faces at our events. We also try at our Board Meetings to come up with programming that will appeal to a broad range of our members. And yes, we have asked for input from anyone who has a suggestion for programming. We are always asking for your input. We want our Sisterhood to be a welcoming place for all and our activities to include something for everyone. So once again we are taking this opportunity to ask ... if you think of something, have an idea about a program or a thought about what would be a better day or time of day for a program or you want to get involved in planning or running an activity ... please let us know. Share your needs and interests with us. We can easily be reached by leaving a message for Carol or Leslie at the Temple Office or sending an email to sisterhood@templetikvah.org.
- After a late fall/early winter with fun evenings with The Bible Players and Game Night we are working on further programming looking at activities including crafts projects and lectures among other ideas. We have • postponed • Musical Bingo. Any activities that will be scheduled will be announced in the Temple Weekly Update and through Sisterhood’s Email Blast. Please Save-the-Date for some of our spring annual events including our Women’s Seder on Sunday, March 30th, our Sisterhood Shabbat on Friday, May16th, and our Golden Age Luncheon on Monday, May 19th.
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• HAKARAT HATOV •
• DONATIONS •
- RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND: Jody & Terry Osterweil in memory of Shirley Young
- TEMPLE TIKVAH MEMORIAL FUND: Karla Adasse in memory of Karl Schmidlin, Mary Adasse, and Ada Schmidlin • Muriel Adler in memory of Phil Hersh • The American Geriatrics Society in memory of Terrie Goldstein • Betsy Jacobs-Biviano in memory of Hilda Silver, Kenneth Silver, and Mildred Noll • Arnold & Sylvia Bloch in memory of Stanley Bloch • Bernice Bloch in memory of Stanley H. Bloch • Farhad Bolandakhtari in memory of Ali Bolandakhtari • Andrea Shapiro Davis & Family in memory of Claire Shapiro • Sonya Fink and Sharon Fricano in memory of Joe Miller • Dean Hernan in memory of Ruth Hernan, Sebastiana Hernan, and David Rosenstroch • Steven & Tody Israel in memory of Milton Israel • Phyllis Jacoby in memory of Richard Beatus, Sylvia & Jerome S. Beatus • Leslie Kizner in memory of Esther Poselle • Gloria & Lawrence Konstan in memory of Shirley Young • Sol Lefkowitz in memory of Abraham Lefkowitz • Cheryle & Steve Levine in memory of Annette Barbara Levine and Arthur Werner • Sue & Kent Moston in memory of Shirley Young and Norma Brook • Lee Newman & Family in memory of Erwin Singerin memory of Esther & Ben Peskin, Claire Shapiro, and Shirley Young • Sandy Portnoy in memory of Rosalie Margolin and Evelyn Portnoy • Phyllis & Rich Ravens & Family in memory of Lena Barocas and Howard Goldberg • Helaine & Ed Schachter in memory of Fannie Rosenblum and Shirley Levine • Janet & Barry Spool in memory Harriet Kaplan • Roz & Burt Tropp in memory of Max Goldman • Stuart Weinstock in memory of Kurt Weinstock • Howard & Elaine Weiss in memory of Norma Brook • Madeleine Wolf in memory of Michael Konstan, Claire Shapiro, and Lois Robbins • Jeffery Young in memory of Shirley Young • Irene & Stanley Zorn in memory of Oscar Riegelhaupt and Leonard Albert
*FEBRUARY 2025 CALENDAR
- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1st - *Torah Study / IN PERSON & ON ZOOM at 9:00am (LINK in the Weekly Update) • and • Alex & Sebastian Lefkof's B'nai Mitzvah at 10:30am
- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd - Kol Simkha Choir Rehearsal at 9:00am • and • Religious School - Paint Project at 9:30am
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th - Sisterhood Meeting at 7:30pm on ZOOM
- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5th - Choir Rehearsal at 7:00pm
- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th - On the Marc Sports Talk with Marc Gold at 4:00pm
- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7th - Shabbat Service at 7:30pm (Shabbat Candles Lit at 5:03pm)
- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8th - *Torah Study at 9:15am IN-PERSON and ON ZOOM (LINK in the Weekly Update) • and • A Special Lunch & Learn led by Cantor Friedlander at 11:00am
- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9th - Kol Simkha Choir Rehearsal at 9:00am; Religious School at 9:30am; Religious School Committee Meeting at 9:45am; Brotherhood Defensive Driving at 10:00am at Northshore Towers; and Child & Stuffie Naming Ceremony at 11:00am
- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10th - Brotherhood Meeting on ZOOM at 7:00pm • and • Book Club Meeting at 7:30pm
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th - Writing Group Meeting at 7:30pm
- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12th - Choir Rehearsal at 7:00pm
- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th - On the Marc Sports Talk with Marc Gold at 4:00pm
- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14th - VALENTINE'S DAY / Shabbat Service/Tu B'Shevat Seder at 7:30pm (Shabbat Candles Lit at 5:13pm)
- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15th - Torah Study at 9:15am ON ZOOM ONLY (LINK in the Weekly Update)
- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16th - NO KOL SIMKHA CHORUS REHEARSAL • AND • NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17th - PRESIDENT'S DAY / TEMPLE OFFICE CLOSED
- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20th - Wise Aging on ZOOM ONLY at 11:00am (Please see the Weekly Update for location.) • and • On the Marc Sports Talk with Marc Gold at 4:00pm
- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21st - Shabbat Service with Kathryn Kitt at 7:30pm (Shabbat Candles Lit at 5:20pm)
- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd - Torah Study at 9:00am IN-PERSON & ON ZOOM (LINK in the Weekly Update) • and • Charlotte Faulkner's Bat Mitzvah at 10:00am
- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd - NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL • AND • NO KOL SIMKHA CHORUS REHEARSAL
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th - Social Action Committee Meeting ON ZOOM at 7:30pm
- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th - Choir Rehearsal at 7:00pm
- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th - On the Marc Sports Talk with Marc Gold at 4:00pm
- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28th - Tot Shabbat at 6:30pm • and • Shabbat Service with Choir at 7:30pm (Shabbat Candles Lit at 5:28pm)
* PLEASE REFER TO THE WEEKLY UPDATES & THE LINK BELOW (CLICK ON NEW EVENTS, THEN CALENDAR) FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION *