GATEWAYS. BEACHWOOD u CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH. OHIO u SINCE 1940

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "GATEWAYS. BEACHWOOD u CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH. OHIO u SINCE 1940"

Erick Nichols
5 years ago
Views:

1 GATEWAYS CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH BEACHWOOD u OHIO u SINCE 1940 JANUARY 2019 u TEVET/SHEVAT 5779

JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 PAGE 2 OUR LEADERSHIP EXEC.

Fieldman Secretary Jessi Shapiro Assistant Secretary Isaac Kirstein Treasurer Jeff Cohen Assistant Treasurer Deborah

Rosenberg Gussie Singer Jamie Stadlin President Jeff Epstein jeffreyepstein@ gmail.

Oscar Stadtler * Marv Engelberg Henry Gruen * Stuart Sharpe Howard Bochnek Alan Leff * David Hutt Rick Kodish ** David

Sisterhood Shirley Edelman * Of Blessed Memory ** Exec.

The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar celebrated this year on Monday, January 21, 2019 is the day that marks the

Commonly known as Tu B shvat, this day marks the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel

2 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 PAGE 2 OUR LEADERSHIP EXEC. COMMITTEE President Jeff Epstein Executive Vice President Josh Gordon Vice President Ethan Karp Vice President Alyson Fieldman Secretary Jessi Shapiro Assistant Secretary Isaac Kirstein Treasurer Jeff Cohen Assistant Treasurer Deborah Coleman Rabbi Scott Roland rabbi@ PRESIDENT CLERGY Cantor Beth Schlossberg cantorbeth@ STAFF Cantor Emeritus Gary Paller gdpal@ sbcglobal.net BOARD MEMBERS Ted Aron Mark Fixler Harold Greenberg Ruth Hatchuel Martin Kohn Rachel Lappen Irit Rawraway Phil Rosenberg Gussie Singer Jamie Stadlin President Jeff Epstein jeffreyepstein@ gmail.com Executive Director Martha Sivertson martha@ x101 Office Manager Roz Stone roz@ x100 PAST PRESIDENTS Henry Marsh * Oscar Stadtler * Marv Engelberg Henry Gruen * Stuart Sharpe Howard Bochnek Alan Leff * David Hutt Rick Kodish ** David Leavitt Sharon Fagin Roberta Kaplan Amy Einhorn ** Leslie Sobel ** REPRESENTATIVES Men s Club Richard Friedman Sisterhood Shirley Edelman * Of Blessed Memory ** Exec. Committee Face to Face Director Louise Freilich face2face@ x140 Maintenance Manager Frank George x112 Our front cover: The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar celebrated this year on Monday, January 21, 2019 is the day that marks the beginning of a new year for trees. Commonly known as Tu B shvat, this day marks the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. Gateways is a monthly publication of: Congregation Shaarey Tikvah Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio Fax: www. Congregation Shaarey Tikvah is an egalitarian Conservative congregation whose members are passionate about Judaism. By combining meaningful and joyful worship, serious Jewish learning, social action and compelling Shabbat and holiday experiences, we create a vibrant spiritual community.

3 PAGE 3 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 Chanukah Celebration 2018 Photos courtesy of Bynna Fish

JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 PAGE 4 LESSONS FROM RABBI SCOTT ROLAND Rabbi Irving Yitzchak Greenberg once famously said, I don't care what denomination you belong to, as long as you're embarrassed

4 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 PAGE 4 LESSONS FROM RABBI SCOTT ROLAND Rabbi Irving Yitzchak Greenberg once famously said, I don't care what denomination you belong to, as long as you're embarrassed by it. I heard these words echoed recently by one of our congregants who told me, Shaarey Tikvah is a family. Sometimes family drives you crazy. What both of these wise sages understand is that when you truly love something, or someone, the little things can be enormously irksome. However, the right kind of communication coupled with the assumption that everyone is acting in the best interest of the relationship, makes for much stronger bonds. As we begin 2019, I encourage us to take notice of the blessings of faith and community. If as you do so you feel like you need an open heart and a listening ear, please do give me a call. Here s to a healthy and prosperous 2019 for each of us and our sacred community! Please see my schedule of classes for January May listed below: Video Lunch & Learns: The Siddur, its prayers, and their meanings Biweekly on Thursdays 12:15-1:00pm Please RSVP to the office by the Monday before each class. Class will be canceled if we do not have a minimum number of participants. Jan. 10, 24 Feb. 28 Mar. 14, 28 Apr. 11 May. 9, 23 Rabbi Roland s Midweek Mishnah Class: Getting to know the Mishnah, a 2000 year old rabbinic treatise and the first of its kind. Wednesday Mornings at 10am at CST Beginning January 9 th We have a great group of learners on Wednesday morning. Come and join us! GRANDPARENTING INTERFAITH GRANDCHILDREN jhub and Congregation Shaarey Tikvah collaborate for special program to offer skills to those with adult children who are in interfaith relationships. January 27 th February 3rd 10:30-Noon at CST NEW! Shabbat Shiur: Rabbi Roland will teach a special Shabbat class monthly for the beginning of Class will begin after services and once attendees have had a chance to grab kiddush or lunch. Each class will be approximately one hour. 1/5: Ta amei Shabbat: What makes up the basis of our Shabbat laws? How do we create our own authentic Shabbat practice? 2/2: The Mystical Aleph Bet: How to get something out of services even if you don t know a word of Hebrew! 3/2: The Personhood of God: If we were created in God s image, what does that say about God? 4/13: Preparing for Passover: Before we start changing the dishes, let s remind ourselves why we were freed from slavery, think about our seders, and bring other holiday-related questions to the Rabbi. 5/4: Exploring our traditions relationship to the Land of Israel as we prepare for the modern state s 71 st birthday.

PAGE 5 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN January 11, 5:45-7:30pm

for their financial and programmatic assistance February 15, 5:45pm Pajama Neshama Free and open to the community RSVP to

This program is made possible by a Shoresh Grant from the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland.

Carol Beck on the arrival of a grandson, Myles Leo Beck. Parents are Brian and Amanda Beck.

Horowitz Aviva Roland Andy Altman Davida Horowitz Amkraut Laurie Billowitz Milestone Anniversaries for January January

5 PAGE 5 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN January 11, 5:45-7:30pm Chaverim Shabbat $18 per family RSVP to Martha by January 7 We gratefully acknowledge the Retreat Institute of the JECC for their financial and programmatic assistance February 15, 5:45pm Pajama Neshama Free and open to the community RSVP to Martha by February 12 Wear your pajamas! This program is made possible by a Shoresh Grant from the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland. MAZAL TOV TO Sarah and David Ferguson on the birth of a son, Finneus (Shmuel) Ferguson. Carol Beck on the arrival of a grandson, Myles Leo Beck. Parents are Brian and Amanda Beck. We will be celebrating monthly birthdays on the following dates: Milestone Birthdays for January Wendy Rapport Sheila Horowitz Aviva Roland Andy Altman Davida Horowitz Amkraut Laurie Billowitz Milestone Anniversaries for January January 26, February 16, March 16 WE RE HERE FOR YOU! Are you having surgery? Had a baby? Laid up for any reason? We are happy to set up a Meal train to help you with meals. Or maybe you need help with transportation? We are happy to help, BUT YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW! Feel free to contact the office staff.

JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 PAGE 6 MEN S CLUB MOMENTS/ SISTERHOOD NEWS Men s Club

BJ Sidari Sunday: January 20, 10am in the small Social Hall Her topic: The Current Status

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Joint Trip Sisterhood/Men s Club Sunday, January 6,

$10 per person. RSVP to Mimi Aron at gaitraner@aol.com or Joe Rettman at jarettman@gmail.

Kaplan. Come for Mahjongg, games. and an evening of fun.

6 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 PAGE 6 MEN S CLUB MOMENTS/ SISTERHOOD NEWS Men s Club Breakfast /Speaker with Dr. BJ Sidari Sunday: January 20, 10am in the small Social Hall Her topic: The Current Status of Medical Marijuana in Ohio A donation of $5 is requested. All adults welcome! Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Joint Trip Sisterhood/Men s Club Sunday, January 6, 11:30am Bagels and coffee, followed by tour of Exhibit Israel: Then & Now at noon. $10 per person. RSVP to Mimi Aron at gaitraner@aol.com or Joe Rettman at jarettman@gmail.com. Ladies Night Out Game Night Sunday, January 13, 7-9:30pm, at the home of Roberta Kaplan. Come for Mahjongg, games. and an evening of fun. Please bring a pareve or dairy appetizer or dessert to share or an entrance fee of $8. Ladies only please! Bring your mahj set or other games to share. RSVP to Arlene Lombardy at cat44you@gmail.com or

PAGE 7 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 YAHRZEITS January 5 11 Meta Allmeyer Salomon Berg Harry Boardman Maxwell Browner Arnold Falleder Rita Fersky Sydney Greenberg Sadie Grossman Flora Kane Anna

7 PAGE 7 JANUARY 2019/TEVET /SHEVAT 5779 YAHRZEITS January 5 11 Meta Allmeyer Salomon Berg Harry Boardman Maxwell Browner Arnold Falleder Rita Fersky Sydney Greenberg Sadie Grossman Flora Kane Anna Kramer Florence Maier Leo Paller Rae Paller Joseph Price Albert Rosenberg Joseph Rothschild Edna Yaffe Henry Young January Arlene Albin Max Bardon Arthur Baum Eric Faerber Evelyn Fishman Inge Frank Pessa Galperin Chaim Zvi Hennenberg Perel Hennenberg Anne Kane Isaac Kohen Rosa Lenschitzki Rose Madorsky-Klug Karola Maringer Max Ottenheimer Mollie Rein Susan Rubenstein Bertha Scherer Leatrice White Schwartz Ruth Schwartz Bella Seldner Estelle Senser Lanny Roy Silver Martin Silver Helen Stone William D. Wolf January Ida Attenson Rebecca Attenson Gustav Carter Abraham Chenshinsky Morris Chenin Greta Furst Julius Kammen Bettina Klaar Simon Krutowsky Clara Lettofsky Louis Lewinsohn Minna Lewinsohn Ronald Lipson Sam Madorsky Helen Solomon Myeroff Lina Wallach Beatrice Weiser Bernard Wiesenthal Bertha Cohen Zoole January 26 February 1 Peter Attenson Paul Axel Julius Berman Eva Brooks Isidore Bukofzer Etta Gross Davis Julius Drossin Lucie Edheimer Aileen S. Fish Ruth Golden Arthur Gottschalk Nettie Hartman Steve Havas Fred Jacobs Joseph Stanley Karsh Sylvia J. Latnik Lydia Ottenheimer Hilda Reich Moses Schnerb Robert Seligman Paula Stark Harold Steinman All Donations from mid-november 2018 to mid-january 2019 will be acknowledged in the February/March 2019 GATEWAYS Our condolences to Rene (Irit) Rawraway on the loss of his aunt, Edith Goldman. Wendy and Bill Sattin on the loss of their daughter, Emily Albin Sattin. Steve (Rena) Wertheim on the loss of his father, Walter May God comfort the mourners among all those who mourn in Zion and Jerusalem.

Congregation Shaarey Tikvah 26811 Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio 44122 NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID CLEVELAND, OHIO PERMIT NO.

8 Congregation Shaarey Tikvah Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID CLEVELAND, OHIO PERMIT NO JAN 2019 (Details and additional listings added on our website: SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SHABBAT 1 New Year s Day Office closed 2 Gesher Minyan 7:30pm 3 4 Services 6pm 5 Services 9am Shabbat Shiur 6 Minyan 9am Sist/MC at Maltz 11:30am 7 8 Exec. Comm. Mtg. 7:30pm 9 Midweek Mishnah 10am 10 Video L & L 12:15pm 11 Chaverim Shabbat 5:30pm Services 6pm 12 Services 9am Lunch & Learn 13 Minyan 9am Sist. Games Night at Roberta Kapan s 7pm Midweek Mishnah 10am 17 Va ad Mtg 7:45pm 18 Services 6pm 19 Services 9am 20 Minyan 9am Men s Club Breakfast/ Speaker 10am 21 Tu B Shevat 22 F2F 9:30am Board of Trustees Meeting 7:30pm 23 Midweek Mishnah 10am 24 F2F 9:30am Video L & L 12:15pm 25 Services 6pm 26 Services 9am Birthday Shabbat 27 Minyan 9am JHub 10:30am Enrees & Insights 6pm Midweek Mishnah 10am 31

GATEWAYS HAPPY CHANUKAH! CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH. BEACHWOOD u. OHIO u SINCE 1940 DECEMBER 2018 KISLEV/TEVET 5779

GATEWAYS HAPPY CHANUKAH! CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH. BEACHWOOD u. OHIO u SINCE 1940 DECEMBER 2018 KISLEV/TEVET 5779 GATEWAYS CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH u BEACHWOOD u OHIO u SINCE 1940 DECEMBER 2018 KISLEV/TEVET 5779 HAPPY CHANUKAH! DECEMBER 2018/KISLEV/TEVET 5779 PAGE 2 OUR LEADERSHIP EXEC. COMMITTEE President Jeff