B ' n a i S h o l o m C o n g r e g a t i o n. Sholom Newsletter

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1 B ' n a i S h o l o m C o n g r e g a t i o n Sholom Newsletter Issue 5 IYAR - SIVAN 5773 RELIGIOUS SERVICES SABBATH SERVICE FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. SABBATH SERVICE SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. WEEKDAY MINYAN SUNDAY 9:00 A.M. Saturday, May 4 Bar Mitzvah of Philip Ketchum 10:00 AM It is important for members to attend the May 19 th Congregational Dinner Meeting at 6:00 PM. RSVP to the Temple office by May 15 if you plan to attend the dinner. You will receive a notice and proxy form in the mail soon. Thursday, May 9 Sisterhood Rummage Sale Sunday, May 12 Last Day of Religious School Breakfast 10:00 AM Tuesday, May 14 Erev Shavuot and Confirmation 7:00 PM Saturday, May 18 Eat, Pray, Learn 11:00 AM See page 5 Sunday, May 19 Congregational Dinner Meeting 6:00 PM RSVP for dinner to the Temple office by May 15. Friday, May 3 - Shabbat Family Services - 7:30 PM Birthday Blessings for children born in May. Bima: Mark Newfeld and Gail Feinberg Oneg: Lisa Ketchum in honor of Philip Ketchum s Bar Mitzvah. Friday, May 10 - Shabbat Services - 7:30 PM Bima: David Glick and Joan Weisberg. Oneg: Volunteer needed. Friday, May 17 - Shabbat Services - 7:30 PM Bima: Hoyt Glazer and Samantha Beverage. Oneg: Parents of graduates, in honor of our graduates Friday, May 24 - Shabbat Services - 7:30 PM Bima: Mitch Klein and Diane Shattls. Oneg: Volunteer needed. Friday, May 31 - Shabbat Services - 7:30 PM Anniversary Blessings for couples married in May Bima: Tom Scarr and Malinda Cains Oneg: Volunteer needed. Child care is provided during Friday evening services as a courtesy to families with small children.

2 From the RAbbi Kol Yisraeil arevim zeh l zeh. All Israel is responsible one for the other. Babylonian Talmud, Shevuot 39a We count the days from Passover to Shavuot, which this year will be the Confirmation of Aysa Cains, Nathan Jurin, Charlie Newfeld and Aaron Scarr. (See page 5 for details.) The five of us have been discussing things Jewish this year and teasing out the most compelling bits: The parts that may carry a person through difficult circumstances and the parts that give us a reason to live Jewish lives. Come to the Shavuot Service to celebrate the Giving of Torah and learn from them. One integral part of Judaism is Israel. Israel means a lot of things to a lot of people. It refers to the modern State of Israel Medinat Yisraeil. It also means the People of Israel Am Yisraeil who are all responsible for each other, according to Talmud. I was very proud of the Huntington Jewish community in April when so many of us came together over the course of a weekend in celebration of Israel the country. Many were involved in the planning and logistics and many more showed up to participate in the events. Our local contingent of Am Yisraeil supported Medinat Yisraeil. What excited me most is that people representing different points of view came. We have had some hard words in our community about our various approaches to the State of Israel. My role has been to persuade everyone that supporting Israel is more important than our very real differences of opinion. We have had some tentative conversations about these various views, and there is plenty more work to be done there. Yet on Israel weekend we put that aside and came together in support of Israel. Israel is vital to Judaism for so many reasons. It is a refuge for Jews in dangerous times. It is a place where Jews work to turn millennial-old values into reality, to see if it is possible to build a just society. Israel is the place where the Hebrew language lives again, and it is the source of Jewish culture that has revitalized Jewish life around the world. The Talmud envisioned Jews all over the world kol Yisraeil as responsible for each others deeds, praiseworthy and shameful ones alike. In order for that to be true we have to communicate with each other. That begins here. During Friday night services we have been discussing the question: Why be Jewish? I am collecting all your reasons, all our favorite things about Judaism, all the guidance Judaism provides for living in a complex world. (They may turn out to be integral to our High Holy Day observance this year.) Chag Shavuot Sameach Happy Shavuot! Rabbi Jean E. Eglinton The Rabbi wants to visit you in the hospital. Please don't expect that she will find out about it somehow. If you or someone you love is in the hospital, please call the B'nai Sholom office: If you would prefer not to be visited, she would be glad to call if you provide a cell phone number. 2

3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Hebrew 6:30 PM Siddur 7:30 PM Yiddish Choir 7:30 PM 2 JGEL Jewish Gentlemen Eat Lunch 11:45 AM at Jewel City Seafood 3 Family Shabbat Service 7:30 PM Birthday Blessings 4 Shabbat Service and Philip Ketchum s Bar Mitzvah 10:00 AM 5 Minyan 9:00 AM Religious School 10:00 AM No class Yiddish Choir 7:30 PM 9 Sisterhood Rummage Sale; JGEL 11:45 AM at Jewel City Seafood 10 Shabbat Service 7:30 PM 11 Shabbat Service 9:00 AM 12 Minyan 9:00 AM Last Day Rel. School Pancake Bfst. 10:00 AM Erev Shavuot and Confirmation 7:00 PM 15 Yizkor Service 11:00 AM; Hebrew 6:30 PM; Siddur 7:30 PM; Yiddish Choir 16 JGEL Jewish Gentlemen Eat Lunch 11:45 AM at Jewel City Seafood 17 Shabbat Service 7:30 PM 18 Shabbat Service 9:00 AM; Eat, Pray, Learn Brunch 11:00 AM With Nick Freiden 19 Minyan 9:00 AM Congregational Dinner Meeting 6:00 PM Yizkor Service 11:00 AM; Hebrew 6:30 PM; Siddur 7:30 PM; Yiddish Choir 23 JGEL Jewish Gentlemen Eat Lunch 11:45 AM at Jewel City Seafood 24 Shabbat Service 7:30 PM 25 Shabbat Service 9:00 AM 26 Minyan 9:00 AM Yizkor Service 11:00 AM; Hebrew 6:30 PM; Siddur 7:30 PM; Yiddish Choir 30 JGEL Jewish Gentlemen Eat Lunch 11:45 AM at Jewel City Seafood 31 Shabbat Service 7:30 PM Anniversary Blessings

4 SHOLOM NEWSLETTER Federated Jewish Charities of Huntington thanks all who participated and helped to make the Israel Weekend a wonderful Celebration!! Visit our website for more pictures. 4

5 Why is the Torah full of references to various gods, idols, and oracles? How did oracles come to influence entire nations? Why did Abraham go up that mountain so obediently to sacrifice his son? Would he do it today? And more importantly, should he do it today? These are just some of the difficult questions addressed by Julian Jaynes's influential and controversial theory of the origin of subjective consciousness or the "modern mind." Registration is available on the Temple Israel website: Congregational Dinner Meeting Sunday, May 19 6:00 P.M. Dinner will be served at 6:00 P.M., meeting will begin at 7:00 P.M Cost is $10.00 per person RSVP to the office for dinner by May 15. Saturday, May 18 Brunch - 11:00 AM Topic: Ancient Synagogues in Israel, with Nick Freiden, M.U. Professor of Archaeology. RSVP to the Temple office. Please join us Erev Shavuot Service and Confirmation Ceremony Tuesday, May 14 at 7:00 PM Confirmands: Aysa Cains, Nathan Jurin, Charlie Newfeld and Aaron Scarr. A Reception will follow the services. Tikkun Leil Shavuot Study to follow reception. 5

6 DONATIONs Building Fund Sheldon Levine in memory of Bernard Levine, Ethel Levine and Lorine Levine Congregational Fund Ed and Peter Eiland in memory of Gizella Eiland and Irene Eiland Barbara Glick Shapiro and family in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Hannah Ruth Cardeu, great granddaughter of Ruth and Robert Glick. Joan Lerner in memory of Samantha's grandmother and Judithe Thompson s mother Sheldon Levine in memory of Regina Levine Randy Miller with thanks to David and Pat Johnson and Herb Colker for their Mitzvot Scott and Mindi Miller in memory of Marilyn Shattah B'nai Sholom Sisterhood Marc and Sherri Solochek in memory of Samantha Beverage s grandmother Sam and Linda Stein in honor of Aunt Joan Lerner, with much love and congratulations Mazon Fund Rena Steirn in memory of Rachel Schiff Memorial Fund Harold and Freda Kagan in memory of Anna Levinson Paul and Lynne Mayer in memory of Jo Mayer and Sarah Supovitz Barbara Glick Shapiro and family in Memory of Harvey M. Shapiro, Mary Cantor, Shirley Broh Davis and Art Weisberg Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Don and Kathy Hyman in memory of Rochelle Hyman Bert Landau Tikkun Olam Marilyn Polan in memory of Walter H. Lewis, Sr. and David Baker Marc and Sherri Solochek congratulations to Tom Stafford on his conversion Yiddish Chorus Marc and Sherri Solochek in memory of Anita Schrinsky and Bruce Schrinsky Youth Group Fund Nicholas and Deborah Freidin in memory of Seymour Kenneth Freidin Marc and Sherri Solochek congratulations to the Pressmans on the birth of their granddaughter, Samantha Barbara Glick Shapiro and family in honor of the wedding of Brian Samuel Glick and Elizabeth Marie Bierma and the engagement of Kimberly Tarbis Laterveer 6

7 SHOLOMGRAMS June 2013 Please check the names you want to send Sholomgrams to and mail immediately to : Sholomgrams Sandy Colker th St. #1007 Huntington, WV Please note: The address appears on the back of this sheet for your mailing convenience: fold, tape, stamp and mail. We will send Sholomgrams for anniversaries every five years starting with the tenth; birthdays will be noted on 60th, 70th, 75th, 85th, 90th and every year thereafter. Sholomgrams are $2.00 each. We can t note your special dates and birthday dates if we don t have them in our file. You may send anniversary and birthday dates to the office. If you wish to send to everyone, please contact : Sandy Colker To recap: 1. Check the names of those to whom you would like Sholomgrams sent. 2. Indicate how you want the Sholomgrams signed. 3. Mail your list to Sandy Colker by the 15th of this month. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Harold Kagan on his 94 rd birthday June 3 rd. Howard and Gail Feinberg on their 30 th anniversary June 12 th. Mitch and Linda Klein on their 5 th anniversary June 15 th. Paul Mayer on his 70 th birthday June 30 th. Please indicate how you would like your Sholomgram signed: DON T FORGET TO SIGN YOUR SHOLOMGRAM! 7

8 SHOLOMGRAMS Sandy Colker th St. #1007 Huntington, WV

9 SHOLOM NEWSLETTER Sisterhood Ladies, Since we had our Sisterhood Shabbat and dinner in March for the Centennial, the dinner scheduled for May 10 th has been canceled. There will be a board meeting soon for all end-of-the-year reports. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all of you for a wonderful year. If you have any ideas for fund-raising, or just plain fun things, please let us know. Thank you again for your support and help! Donnel Horn Judy Lentz KEEP THOSE BULB SALES COMING! Congregational Dinner Meeting Sunday, May 19 6:00 P.M. Chairmen: Lisa Ketchum and Nancy Newfeld. Committee: Brenda Glick, Diane Mufson, P.J. Scarr and Sherri Solochek RSVP to the Temple Office for dinner by May 15: (304) or bnaisholomwv@yahoo.com Thank You to Sharon Pressman and the Catering Committee for their great onegs/dinners. Sam Kincaid for his leadership on the Empty Bowls Silent Auction project. All who secured auction items or helped in any way with Empty Bowls. Sidney Polan, chairman of the Chai Tea for all of her efforts toward this project. An anonymous donor to the Cabell Midland and Huntington High Food Banks. Sunday, May 12 10:00 AM Last Day of Religious School 6th Annual Pancake Breakfast Cooked and served by fathers. Brochures and order forms are on the bookcase outside the office. For all orders over $30 turned in by May 25, you will receive 8 Puschkinia Libanotical! For more information, call Judy Lentz: ( ) or Donnel Horn: ( ) Sisterhood Rummage Sale Thursday, May 9 Chairs: Marilyn Cohen and Barbara Silverstein. Committee: Pauline Kaplan, Ronda Hyman, Linda Klein, Joan Lerner, Joyce Levy, Sherry Patick, Rose Marie Riter, and Sharon Weed. 9

10 RABBI S OFFICE HOURS Please call for an appointment. Tuesday: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Wednesday and Thursday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM SIMCHAS & TCHOTCHKES The April rains are over, The flowers start to pop. To see our new fresh items, Just stop in the shop. Simchas TEMPLE OFFICE HOURS 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Monday - Friday Custodian s Hours Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM Fridays 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon 6:00-9:00 PM The shelves are filled with goodies, Sent from near and far. It s important that you see them, Come by bus or bike or car. Treasures in all colors, All shapes and every form. Candles for the cold days And sacks to keep you warm. Here a tallis, there a kippa, Anything you need. A platter or some jewelry, We can order it with speed. The deadline for items to be in the June Newsletter is May 15. TEMPLE MAILING ADDRESS: The ladies are all waiting To greet you with a kiss. So shlep right into Simchas There are things you shouldn t miss. Sherri Barb Lisa B NAI SHOLOM CONGREGATION P.O. BOX 2674 HUNTINGTON, WV BNAISHOLOMWV@YAHOO.COM Shopper of the Month Martha Barvin It s not the money it s the attitude 10

11 Judy Lentz presenting a check from B'nai Sholom Sisterhood to Teresa Rapp, director of the Huntington High School Food Pantry, which helps students in need. Like Us On Facebook Take a moment to view all the interesting events and pictures we post about B nai Sholom on our Facebook page. You might be in some of them! Just click on this link or enter it in your browser. Sholom-Congregation/ Bill Whittenburg, (Mr. Cool Willie) as seen in the film last month which documented his boxing career years from Several Temple members and other community members enjoyed watching the Film Mr. Cool Willie at the Appalachian Film Festival on April 13. We re hoping to bring the film to the Temple sometime in the future. In the meantime, here is a link to a brief segment of the film on you tube: Rabbi Cohn s book is now available on Amazon.com (Rabbi of Temple Israel in Charleston, WV) LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR YOUR SUMMER VACATION? WHY NOT START BY PURCHASING EVERYTHING YOU NEED WITH TEMPLE GIFT CARDS AND FUEL CARDS? Taking a trip in the family car? Fill up with Speedway fuel/gift cards! Take a Speedway fuel/gift card along with you so you won t have to use your cash for gas while you re gone! Use gift certificates for any of these participating businesses as well: Applebee s, Bob Evans, FoodFair, Max & Erma s, O Charley s, NY Bagel, Olive Garden and Red Lobster (Darden), Panera Bread, Fat Patty s and Rocco s! Please call Tim Beverage to order cards: (304) or him at: beverage.family@gmail.com Please mail payments to the attention of Tim Beverage at the Temple address: B nai Sholom Congregation P.O. Box 2674, Huntington, WV Huntington, WV

12 Location: Holiday Inn and Conference Center 400 2nd Avenue Charleston, WV Events begin at 5:00 PM August 1 st with a barbecue welcoming party at the hotel. For those of you who remember the last one, it is a time to reunite. We have some top notch entertainment for you, so plan on being with us. Kosher available all weekend. Swimming at the hotel all weekend. Jewish storyteller, Comedian-Joel Chasnoff, Book review, AIPAC pitch, Child entertainment with Marc Rossio - The Marvelous Toy, Dancing with The Yiddishe Cup. That is to name a few. We have a fun and educationally filled time planned for you. Most importantly, recapture those old friendships from the past!! See you soon! You can contact Betsy Gooding and Lynn Meyer of Charleston at the following phones or s... Lynn: bubbelynn38@westvirginiajewishreunion2013 bubbelynn38@mac.com Betsy: = =5163 Betsy@westvirginiajewishreunion2013.com betsygooding@yahoo.com This event became a reality upon the death of SIMON MEYER who left financial resources to sustain his vision of a strong, vibrant Jewish community in Charleston and all of West Virginia. Through his generosity and the added financial and emotional support of his children, Joan and Steve, we have been able to provide you with a very entertaining and educational weekend. It is our prayer, as it was Simon's prayer, that you enjoy yourselves and leave with memories of new and renewed friendships, family warmth and togetherness, and a heightenend enthusiasm for Judaism. That was his dream. This is now our dream. Thank you, The Meyer/ Weisberg Families. 12

13 TREE OF LIFE ORDER FORM I wish to purchase a Leaf on the Original Tree of Life for $ I wish to purchase a Leaf on the New Tree of Life for $ I wish to purchase a Root on the New Tree of Life for (a minimum of) $ Please indicate, on the lines below, the exact wording you desire to be inscribed on the leaf: ( in honor of... in memory of... on the occasion of... etc.) IN MEMORY OF BARBARA SHATTLS Name The Gelin, Woodruff and Wucher families. Address City State and Zip Code Phone number Mail form and check to: Tree of Life - c/o Martha Newby B nai Sholom Congregation P.O. Box 2674 Huntington, WV

14 Donated by Paul and Lisa Jacobson Pauline Kaplan Samuel Kincaid and James Morris-Smith Joan Lerner Janice Levine Judy Lundy and Nathan Jurin Toni Schoenfeld Miller Maury and Deedee Mufson Lake and Louise Polan Rose Marie Riter Jack Steinberg Kalman and Vicki Socolof Rena Steirn Nancy Cohen Tarbis Joan Weisberg Ed and Judy Woodruff In Memory of Selma Mazo Jacobson Tessie Gersman Steinberg Samuel Abraham Kaplan Evelyn Imogene Morris-Smith Ida Lerner Ruth Davis Jim Amburgey Frances Schoenfeld Stein Faye Mufson Max Mufson Frances Schoenfeld Stein Harry Paul Schenker Tessie Gersman Steinberg Rebecca Eisenberg Lilly Kwiatkowski Sara Guberman Rebecca Eisenberg Lilly Kwiatkowski Sara Guberman Bessie Glick Cohen Abraham Isaac Polan Terry Radow Rabbi Jean E. Eglinton Rabbi Emeritus Dr. David E. Wucher President Dr. Mark Newfeld Vice President Diane Shattls Secretary Samantha Beverage Treasurer Marc Solochek Past President Dr. Gail Feinberg Board Members David Glick Herman Glaser Hoyt Glazer Derek Hyman Lisa Ketchum Mitch Klein Joan Lerner Tom Scarr Joan Weisberg Sisterhood Co-Presidents Donnel Horn & Judy Lentz B nai Sholom Newsletter published monthly by B nai Sholom Congregation th Avenue P.O. Box 2674 Huntington, WV Phone: (304) bnaisholomwv@yahoo.com Website: 14

15 May 1-4 observed on May 3 Rose Elderman 5/1 Iyar 21 Dr. Mayer S. Galpin 5/1 Samuel Abraham Kaplan 5/1 Iyar 21 Lilly Kwiatkowski 5/2 Iyar 22 Tessie Gersman Steinberg 5/2 Judge Harold Tompkins 5/2 Rubin Comet 5/3 Iyar 23 Abe B. Hyman 5/3 Sam Horowitz 5/4 Isidor Jaffe 5/4 Iyar 24 Charles Simons 5/4 Iyar 24 Sharon Simons 5/4 May 5-11 observed on May 10 Sam Hyman 5/6 Ida Lerner 5/6 Harry Paul Schenker 5/6 Evelyn Imogene Morris-Smith 5/7 Frances Schoenfeld Stein 5/7 Goldie Fetter 5/8 Ann Hyman 5/8 Bessie Glick Cohen 5/9 Iyar 29 David Cohen 5/9 Iyar 29 Joseph Fish 5/9 Helen Krasnow 5/9 Faye Mufson 5/9 Ruth Davis 5/10 Judge Michael E. Gersten 5/10 Selma Mazo Jacobson 5/10 Myron J. Katz 5/10 Sivan 1 Dora Hermanson Mann 5/10 Jim Amburgey 5/11 May observed on May 17 Charlotte Angel 5/12 Sivan 3 Thelma Cohen 5/12 Abraham Isaac Polan 5/12 Norman Stone 5/12 Sivan 3 Murial Chase 5/13 Sarah Malmut 5/13 Sivan 4 Rebecca (Billie) Eisenberg 5/14 Sivan 5 Edith Fetter Gamoran 5/14 Sivan 5 Ralph Leon Masinter 5/14 Samuel Footlick 5/16 Jack Pressman 5/16 Edith Fallon 5/17 Charles Polan 5/17 Sivan 8 May Yahrzeits May observed on May 17 continued Bessie Schlossberg 5/17 Ester Mussman 5/18 Sivan 9 May observed on May 24 Minnie Friedberg 5/21 Dorothy Miller 5/21 George Siegel 5/21 Sivan 12 Morris Edelson 5/22 Pearl Botnek 5/23 David Ginsburg 5/23 Anna Jaroslow 5/23 Sivan 14 Max Mufson 5/23 Simon Fetter 5/24 Rose Boos 5/25 Sivan 16 Anna Borinsky 5/25 Sivan 16 Sara Guberman 5/25 Sivan 16 May observed on May 31 Sidney Comet 5/26 Sivan 17 Lela M. Jacobs Kuntz 5/26 Lillian Comet 5/27 Sivan 18 Dr. Lincoln M. Polan 5/27 Meyer Saltz 5/27 Sivan 18 Philip Hersh 5/28 Terry Radow 5/28 Sam Barrack 5/29 Lawrence I. Glick 5/29 Jack I. Elderman 5/30 Sivan 21 Sarah Lazarus 5/30 Rosemary Freedman Cohen 5/31 Israel T. Gross 5/31 Harold L. Herbert 5/31 Sivan 22 Ben Romer 5/31 Our Condolences to Judithe and Barry Thompson on the death of Judithe s mother, Jean Cina Mosier. The family of Dorothy Kohn. The family of Bea Gehringer. 15

16 B ' N A I S H O L O M C O N G R E G A T I O N th Avenue P.O. Box 2674 Huntington, WV Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Huntington, WV Permit No. 170 Friday, June 7- Family Shabbat Service - 6:45 PM Birthday Blessings Tuesday, June 11- Temple Board Meeting - 7:00 PM Friday, June 28 - Anniversary Blessings