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1 7:58 The Bulletin Adat Chaim s News Source May 2014 Owings Mills, Maryland Iyar/Sivan 5774 From The Presidents Desk This year for the first time we celebrated Passover in Florida with my mother. Unlike any other Passover, we did head to the beach, and in particular, Matanzas Inlet south of St Augustine. This area allows one either to go to the Atlantic Ocean side or the intercostal waterway, which is connected by a passage of water from ocean to river. The current is such that sands shift so quickly that the water passage is not navigable. Years ago they gave up trying to keep the channel open. During the rise and fall of the tides, the story of the Exodus from Egypt became all too real, as though we were making the same journey as our ancestors. Walking in what appeared to be little tidal pools of water about a foot deep, I suddenly sank dramatically from my feet to my knees after a few short steps, slogging around and trying to get myself free. It gave real meaning to the words of the Psalmist: as their pursuers sank into the sea. Can you image chariots and horses? Can you image a multitude of people running to escape or the same number multiplied tenfold chasing after their former slaves? Can you imagine the sight of a vast number of families larger than those on spring break with college kids packing the beach? It is way too easy to succumb to the Hollywood version of the Exodus story. It would not have taken a tremendous manipulation of what we call nature to have created such a debacle for our ancestor s enemies. Yet this trip, and this particular year, with the weather being unseasonably cold and irrespective of humans able to create vast inroads in technology, I came to the realization how vulnerable we humans truly are. Our vulnerability goes beyond staying warm in winter or our ancestors gathering together for warmth throughout the desert nights, or staying cool during the summer or knowing how to adjust to the heat traveling through the desert, as our ancestors experienced on their long journey to freedom. Droughts and floods take their toll on the food supply and technology has its limits. The words ring true about having food in due season, just as much today for many nations of the world as it did back in our ancestors time. While we refrain during the Passover season from all the delectable delights we enjoy most of the year, it provides us an opportunity to reflect on what we have and provides us with an unparalleled connectivity with parents, grandparents and the generations before them. No Facebook, no Twitter, and no tweets, yet we know our ancestors and we remained connected to all that was meaningful this holiday season. Shalom, Art Wolf 1

2 Adat Chaim Pleasant Hill Center Red Run Boulevard, Suite 109 Owings Mills, MD SHUL (7485) Officers Art Wolf, President Jerry Newman, 2 nd Vice President jsnewm@gmail.com Danny Satisky, Treasurer dsat410@gmail.com Nancy Heasley, Recording Secretary nth315@aol.com Lynn Ruddie, Financial Secretary accbln@aol.com Editor Cathy Litofsky clitofsky@comcast.net The Bulletin accepts all material relevant to the Jewish community in the northwest corridor. To maintain accuracy all information will be accepted by only. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 18th of each month for the next month s publication. Please contact the synagogue office for all Life Cycle Events. When a birth, illness or death occurs in your family be sure to call the synagogue office at: We will be able to help you get the support you need, including phone squad announcements to the congregation, coverage for services, meals, visits, rides to the doctor or any other assistance that you might need. Join us on Friday evening May 9 th for the baby naming of Kelsea Paige Donahue Parents: Meghan & Sean Big Brother: Mason Grandparents: Phyllis & Michael Levin Christine Donahue Need Information? Adult Education Wendy Raith B nei Mitzvah Program Synagogue Office Billing Questions Lynn Ruddie Bulletin Cathy Litofsky Catering and Kiddush Sponsorship Tina Asher Facebook Page Wendy Raith Giant Certificates Nadine Wolf Gift Shop Tina Asher Life Cycle Events Synagogue Office Membership/Publicity Art Wolf Mitzvah Cards Janet Korba Sisterhood Mitzvah Cards Harriet Meier Ritual Committee Saul Elishewitz Sisterhood Adrienne Frager Webmaster Lynn Ruddie No phone calls or s on Shabbat please. 2

3 Happy Birthday Happy Birthday If your birthday does not appear or you have a correction to what we have, call the office at or Cathy Litofsky, Bulletin Editor at: clitofsky@comcast.net and we will remedy it right away. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES GO OUT TO: May 12th May 17 th May 18th May 25th May 26th May 27 th May 31st Alec Posner Susan Katz Susan Ross David Teichman Terri Satisky Ryan Stern George Korba In order to maintain our database properly, it would be helpful if you could also update information on your married children so that we can properly include them in our birthday and anniversary listings in the Bulletin. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Dena & Alvin Bober Tuesday, May 6 th 63rd Ritual Committee Saul Elishewitz, Chair Berashis@aol.com The Ritual Committee will be preparing for the High Holidays in the next couple of months. Please be on the lookout over the summer for your High Holiday packet as it will have timely information with regard to dates, purchasing additional seats, orders for your Lulav and Etrog, as well as Aliyot requests. We look forward to a very meaningful High Holiday season with our Adat Chaim families. In the meantime, here are a few items of note: We are looking for a few additional volunteers to assist with Friday or Saturday services when the rabbi is not available. Please contact Saul Elishewitz if you are interested. Your attendance at services on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings entitles you to become a member of the Minyanaire Club! Membership is free and we hope to see you at services. Torah and Haftorah readers are encouraged throughout the year and may contact Gary Posner at adatchaim18@juno.com to sign up for a reading. Shalom, Saul 3

4 KIDDUSH SPONSORS* Thanks to the following who sponsored Kiddush in April: April 4 th Tina DiFranco and Lenny Mzhen in honor of Lenny s birthday April 15 th Bruce Levy in honor of Adrienne Frager s Hebrew birthday April 25 th - Irma and Harvey Alperin in honor of Harvey s birthday Thanks to the following who will be sponsoring Kiddush in May: May 9 th Phyllis & Michael Levin in honor of the baby naming of their granddaughter, Kelsea Paige *If you are interested in sponsoring a Friday or Saturday Kiddush for any occasion please contact Tina Asher at or talkinteeny@verizon.net and she will be happy to help. *If you would like to make a contribution to the Sisterhood Kiddush Fund, please contact Cathy Litofsky at clitofsky@comcast.net. Any contribution amount is greatly appreciated. TZEDAKAH GENERAL SYNAGOGUE FUND Thank you for your kindness to us goes to Janet & George Korba Lori & David Teichman Thank you for your kindness to us goes to Nancy & David Heasley Lori & David Teichman In Honor of the Baby Naming of our Granddaughter, Kelsea Paige Donahue Phyllis & Michael Levin For the Honor of the Aliyot given at Shabbat services Phyllis & Michael Levin The Yarhzeit of Abraham Elishewitz, Father of Saul Elishewitz Elinor & Saul Elishewitz TREE OF LIFE A leaf has been added in Honor of our Great Granddaughter, Kelli Elinor Rosenblatt Elinor & Saul Elishewitz DONATIONS TO SISTERHOOD Tikkun Olam Project at the South Baltimore Station Janet & George Korba Donation of Bingo winnings Janet & George Korba 4

5 5 Yahrzeits The families listed below will be observing Yahrzeit for family members and need to say Kaddish during the month. To schedule a minyan service on a date other than Shabbat, contact Saul Elishewitz, Ritual Chair at (Candles should be lit at sundown the night before) Date: Yahrzeit of: Relationship: Thursday, May 1 st Ruth Rosenthal Mother of Dena Bober Sunday, May 4 th Gladys Rosen Mother of Fred Rosen Tuesday, May 6 th Samuel Clarfield Father of Janet Korba Leah Fishman Mother of Jaime Fishman Wednesday, May 7 th Celia Green Mother of Judy Zeigenfuse Thursday, May 8 th Ann Portnoy Mother of Marion Freedman Joseph Rosenthal Father of Dena Bober Saturday, May 10 th Pearl Spigelman Mother of Susan Ross Abram Koretsky The Goldentayer Family Tuesday, May 13 th Isadore Goldberg Father of Marcy Wesalo Wednesday, May 14 th Freda Blaustein Mother of Arnold Blaustein Thursday, May 15 th Samuel Korba Father of George Korba Saturday, May 17 th David Seidel The Seidel Family Tuesday, May 20 th Mordechai Alperin Father of Harvey Alperin Abram Goldman The Goldman Family Sunday, May 25 th Anita Kulp Mother of Heidi Deitchman Eva Markowitz The Markowitz Family Thursday, May 29 th Ralph Meyerstein Father of Rabbi Michael Meyerstein Friday, May 30 th Harry Koffman Grandfather of Cathy Litofsky Saturday, May 31 st Anna Parker Mother of Susan Katz Marilyn Schoolnick The Schoolnick Family If you have a Yahrzeit and don t see it in the bulletin or wish to be included on the list for a relative s Yahrzeit, please call the office or send an to Cathy Litofsky at clitofsky@comcast.net and we will be happy to update our database.

6 Sisterhood Adrienne Frager, President A great reminder for Mother s Day and all year round: Julie Kinn, Mary Kay Consultant, continues to donate back to sisterhood on all orders placed through her. She provides personalized service and will be happy to assist you with a one on one consultation, a party with a few of your friends, a virtual party, and tips on skin care advice. Try before you buy with free samples. Check out her website and be sure to let her know that you are from Adat Chaim: Linda Boteach will be hosting the next book club. The book we will be discussing is The Attack by Yasmine Khadra. Please note that the date has not been set, but preparations are under way. An earlier time will accompany this discussion to include dinner and a movie viewing. Contact Linda Boteach at linda.boteach@gmail.com for more information, to RSVP and for directions. Hopefully by now you have made your reservation for the Federation of Jewish Women s Organization of Maryland s 98 th Annual Convention. The Federation will be honoring Cathy Litofsky as our Woman of Action. Visit the Federation's website for more information, The date of the event is Thursday, May 15 th and will be held at Baltimore Hebrew starting at. RSVP for the luncheon is due by April 28 th ; see page 8 in the Bulletin for more info. By popular vote, we will be having a craft day at Maryland Mosaics in Glyndon on Sunday, May 18, from 2:30PM 5:30PM. The cost per person will be $20. (Normal price is $30 and Sisterhood is subsidizing $5 per person, as is an anonymous donor.) We are requesting RSVP s by Tuesday, May 6 with a $10 deposit. Please send to: Cathy Litofsky, 1103 Kingsbury Road, Owings Mills, MD Checks should be made out to the Adat Chaim Sisterhood. This event is open to all members of the congregation. We will be providing refreshments at the event. Sunday, June 8 for our End-of-Year event. Details will be available soon, so save the date! Hope to see you at these events! Shalom until next month, Adrienne We are mishpachah. Join our Family! 6

7 We are planning a wonderful trip to Maryland Mosaics in Glyndon. Cost: $20 When: Sunday, May 18 th What time: 2:30 5:30PM RSVP Required by May 6 th including a $10 deposit Contact Adrienne Frager for more information AdrienneSL@aol.com Come join the fun and create your own one of a kind ceramic mosaic *Due to the generosity of Sisterhood and an anonymous donor, the $20 cost reflects a $10 savings 7

8 ****************************************************************************************************************** Federation's 98th Annual Convention Thursday May 15, 2014 "Women of Action" KEYNOTE SPEAKER - DEBORAH GRAYSON RIEGEL Internationally recognized expert in presentation and interpersonal communication skills. Join us for a stimulating day as we learn and celebrate the wonderful women from our constituent organizations in our community with the "Woman of Action" Award. E.B. Hirsh Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient PEGGY K. WOLF, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation President For more information on how to register, contact: Arlene Mazer at: *ALL MEMBERS OF OUR CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE MEMBERS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH WOMEN S ORGANIZATION OF MARYLAND ****************************************************************************************************************** NEW INCOME STREAM FOR ADAT CHAIM FROM AMAZON Please go to Adat Chaim's new Facebook page and "like it". Once there, below our logo at the top of the page under Religious Organization, you will see the following link: You can use this link to purchase any product offered by Amazon. The Shop Adat Chaim link can also be found on the Home Page of our website*. The best part is that, if you go to Amazon through either of these links, Amazon will donate a percentage of the purchase price to Adat Chaim! You will receive the quality Amazon product, at the same low price you expect, and Adat Chaim, receives a donation. That's a blessing for everyone. For questions about the program, please contact Adrienne Frager at adriennesl@aol.com *You can log on to and choose the link: Shop Adat Chaim. 8

9 Adat Chaim Synagogue CountyRide Presentation Ms. Karen Bode Friday, May 2, CountyRide s History and Mission. 2. CountyRide Funding 3. Passengers CountyRide serves. 4. Where CountyRide transports passengers. 5. Current number of registered qualified clients. 6. How much does a trip cost a passenger? 7. How much does a trip cost CountyRide to provide the trip? 8. How many miles does CountyRide drive annually. 9. New employees 10. Questions Thanks to Alvin Bober for securing our community outreach speakers. 9

10 Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland Research in Romania, Bessarabia, and Ukraine The next meeting of the JGSMD will be held on May 18, 2014, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., at Congregation Kol Torah, 2929 Fallstaff Road, Baltimore. The program will be a double-header on conducting research in Eastern Europe and will feature presentations by Hanna Berger and Lara Diamond. Hanna Berger, the Program Chair of JGSMD, will discuss her experience with research in Romania and in the former Bessarabia (which today corresponds to the republic of Moldova and part of Ukraine). Lara Diamond, our Co-President and Technology Chair, will talk about some strategies she has used to obtain documents from Ukraine including the hiring of private researchers, crowdsourcing research for specific towns, and utilizing the resources of the Family History Library. These strategies should be applicable to much of Eastern Europe. The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members (applied to membership fee when a visitor joins JGSMD) after their first meeting. Refreshments will be available. Please check our web site at for late updates and for the time, location, and program of future meetings. 10

11 Office Use Card sent Use this form to mail in your contributions to Adat Chaim I am enclosing Chai ($18) Double Chai ($36) Triple Chai ($54) 10 X Chai ($180) Other Contributions can be made: In Memory of For Speedy Recovery In Honor of In Appreciation of Yahrzeit of Other: (Please specify) Contributions can be made to: General Synagogue Fund Rabbi s Discretionary Fund Rabbi Seymour Essrog Lecture Fund Tree of Life ($180.00) Yahrzeit Plaque ($250) I would like to donate to the following fund: (Please specify name of fund) Donation for (name/occasion) Your name(s) as you wish them to appear in Bulletin Send card to Card to be signed Address Your Address City, State, Zip City, State, Zip Attention Giant, Safeway and Food Lion Customers Giant gift cards are available in denominations of $10, $25, $50 and $100. Adat Chaim receives 5% of each gift card purchased. Giant gift cards may also be used at Martins in Westminster. Did you know that Safeway has a program Follow these easy steps if you have a Safeway card: that will turn groceries into dollars for our shul? 1. Log onto It is really easy to do once you have a Safeway 2. Select Safeway. Card. 3. Follow their instructions! Do you already shop at Food Lion? Updated information for Food Lion Go onto Click on Good Neighbors on the left side of the page. Then click on In the Community, and then Lion Shop and Share. You can then register your card with Adat Chaim. If you have any questions about these programs or want to order Giant cards, please contact Helen Gold at

12 ~ May 2014 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Emor Omer 16 Community Speaker Series Candle lighting time: 7:43PM Omer 17 Omer 18 4 Author: Stephen Gordon 10AM 5 Yom HaZikaron (Israel Remembrance Day) 6 Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) w/ Rabbi Seidler Baby Naming 10 Behar Omer Mother s Day Omer Story Time & craft for Kids 2 5 yrs. old 10:00 11:00AM Omer Omer Omer Omer Omer Omer Omer Federation of Jewish Women s Org. Convention Baltimore Hebrew Omer Candle lighting time: 7:50PM Omer Birthday Shabbat Candle lighting time: 7:56PM Omer Omer Bechkotai w/ Rabbi Seidler Omer Bamidbar w/ Rabbi Seidler Maryland Mosaics 2:30PM Omer Omer Memorial Day Omer Omer Omer Candle lighting time: 8:02PM Omer Omer Naso Omer 40 Omer 41 Omer 42 Omer 43 Omer 44 Candle lighting time: 8:08 Omer 45 Omer 46 12

13 May ~ June 2014 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat July 7 Beha alotcha Candle lighting time 8:13PM 14 Shelach S Sisterhood End of Year Luncheon Candle lighting time 8:16PM 21 Korach Birthday Shabbat Services Candle lighting time 8:19PM 28 Chukat Candle lighting time 8:20PM Notes: Don t forget that there will be regular Shabbat services every weekend during the summer. Hope to see you there. 13