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1 The Temple view Congregation Ohabai Sholom On March 8 th at 9:30 am we will welcome our newest member families at Kelly & Brian Bauer Dylan Lauren Mielziner & David Bubis Andrew Bubis Rachel Bubis Kari & Michael de Riesthal Avery & Jack Julie & Adam Dretler Cole & Ryan Dara & Craig Freiberg Asher & Rory Janet & Froio Leo & Max Anne & Mike Ginsberg Madeline Our New Member Brunch Jessica & Andrew Ginsberg Chase & Julie Allison Sacks & Sammy Goins Stephanie & Eric Gunderson Andrea Gunn Cameron & Joshua Ashley & Jeff Hollis Anabel & Evie Kristen Fields & Adam Hollmeyer Renee Kasman & Nina Pacent Janelle & Erik Kraemer Georgie, Lilly Faye & Eli Alana & Blayne Lipman Nixon Daryl Lujan Diana & Scott Magoon Josh & Sean Britt Mayhew Molly & David McCowen Hannah-Lea Buchman & Ketan Patel Kim Phillips Jen & Jamie Phillips Joshua, Nicholas, Sofia & Talia Lyndi Stein & Justin Rearden Marissa & Eric Richardson Amy & Ben Rosenblum Shonna Drew & Kevin Rudolf Miles Diane & Jack Sasson Olivia Frances Schwartz Leslie & Blake Spiegel Mary Beth Stone Marni & Michael Ward Claire & Evan Lexi Morritt & Brad Zeffren purim at the Temple March 6 th 6:00 pm Candy Filled Service & Festive Oneg for EVERYONE! March 2015 ~

2 Mark Your Calendars! Celebrate Purim with us at The Temple s 2015 Purim Carnival! Sunday, March 8 th 10:30 am during Religious School Games and fun for ALL AGES! Come in your best costumes! Family Pass is $25 for unlimited games, attractions and fun! FUN! Petting Zoo ~ Photo Booth Costume Contest ~ Giant Inflatables Games ~ Arts & Crafts Awesome prizes FOOD! Delicious foods and snacks for sale Hamantaschen ~ Candy ~ Sweets Pizza & Hot Dogs for Lunch page 2 ~ March

3 Mazel Tov to Our B nai Mitzvah Classes We re growing ~ growing ~ growing! As we are in the final stages of assigning bar and bat mitzvah dates to our 4 th & 5 th grade students and their families...we thought we'd give The Temple family a concise preview of the years ahead. As you can see below, our classes are growing once again, to the point where we're now scheduling the members of our 4 th grade class, all the way out through 2018! (Stay tuned for actual dates in an upcoming bulletin!) Rabbi Mark Schiftan Sylvie Babat Graham Elliot Jacob Green Annie Jacobs Sam Landau Class of 2014/15 Abby Liff Jordan Marger Anna Schwarcz Gaby Viner Rebecca Viner Class of 2015/16 Class of 2016/17 Class of 2017/18 Oscar Fox Adam Garfinkel Gavin Gordon Michael Gordon Halle Greenbaum Carly Harris Emma Harris Alli Jacobs Morgan Jacobs Sarah Jacobs Eli Kampine Ryan Penson Natalie Rittenberg Chloe Romain Eliana Schneider Scott Sonkin Eli Stein Jake Steigelfest Alexandra Suchet Alexander Altman Dillon Aronoff Lawson Berman Zoe Bressman Joseph Dattilo Steven Deshaies Isaac Gorden Sloan Hurwitz Carson Lewis Jackson Liff Talia Phillips Gabrielle Ruben Owen Shaffer Anna Straus Jacob Viner Kyle Wolfson March ~ page 3 Rachel Cohen Jack De Riesthal Brandon Deshaies Max Elliot Julius Fox Cameron Gordon Abby Green Jonah Hirt Joshua Jacobs Olivia Jacobs Lily Marger Keira Penson Samantha Rittenberg Jacob Rothman Noah Spigel Anke Stein Evan Weiss

4 The Temple 5015 Harding Road Nashville, TN Phone: Fax: Executive Staff Mark Schiftan Senior Rabbi... ext. 224 Shana Goldstein Mackler Rabbi... ext. 221 Rabbi Michael Shulman, RJE Director of Education & Next Generation Programs... ext. 233 David Davis...Rabbi Laureate Tracy Fishbein Cantor... ext. 226 Bernard Gutcheon Cantor Emeritus... ext. 234 Tammye Crump Finance Manager & Director of Operations...ext. 230 Corye Nelson Preschool Director... ext. 231 Erin Zagnoev Director of Membership & Development... ext. 299 Office Staff Mitzie Russell Executive Assistant to the Clergy & Office Manager... ext. 292 Mark Shepard Facility Manager... ext. 235 Helene Dunbar Marketing Specialist...ext. 227 Marjorie Zager Senior Services Coordinator... ext. 237 Officers Ralph Levy...President Martin Sir...Vice President/Treasurer Joyce Friedman...Secretary Rabbi Mackler From Fear to Faith At the beginning of this month, we will celebrate our Festival of Purim, commemorating the Jews escape from annihilation by the mighty Persian Empire over 2500 years ago. On the surface, Purim seems like the most lighthearted Jewish holiday, with joking, masquerading, feasting, and delivering treats to friends and family. And, in fact, we are commanded to celebrate this holiday as a time of light, gladness, joy and honor for the Jewish people (Esther 8:16). To publicize the miracle of our survival, Jews read the Megillah (the Book of Esther) all over the world. And since we were saved from physical destruction, the celebration is replete with physical activity eating, drinking, singing and dancing. As expressions of friendship and unity, we send delicacies to one another and gifts to the poor. (Esther 9:22). But under the surface of that merriment boils the powerful fear and anger of thousands of years. When we yell and stamp and make noise during the reading of the Megillah, we express our rage not only at Haman, the vicious powerful villain of the Purim story, but also at those in every generation whose irrational hatred of Jews has led them to violence. Purim is a classic story of deep-rooted antisemitism, where plans were drawn up to wipe Jews off the face of the earth. The word Purim means lottery referring to the method used to determine the fateful day set aside for their annihilation of the Jews. And as in those days the Jews found themselves seemingly alone, having to defend themselves against physical attack and societal dehumanization, it seems that virulent antisemitism is rearing its ugly head again, and countries in the Middle East and the West have found this age-old hatred to be one again en vogue. Our tradition teaches that in every generation there will be one to rise up against our people. We have seen that in Hitler and Hussein, and now Ahmedinijad, IS, Boko Haram or any of the terrorist agents and organizations that seek our destruction. We have seen devastation in Copenhagen and Paris, the attacks and murders, desecration and destruction. But we need not look across the ocean or around the globe for signs of that baseless hatred taking hold; consider what we experience right here at home. From the attack at a JCC in Kansas last year, to incidents at fraternities across the country, from an attack of a Jewish woman in Boise for not accepting Jesus to antisemitic graffiti in Madison in recent days, anti-jewish acts are on the rise in our country. Alarming recent studies suggest 60% of all religious-based hate crimes are aimed at Jews. This is unprecedented, and it is going to take more than our community to help solve the problem. On Yom Kippur, I spoke about the fear I have as a parent, and as a Jew, when I look at the news these days. Trying to assess how to move forward, how not to succumb to that fear but to take action and try to improve our lot. Three mechanisms to overcome that fear stood out then, as they do so today: finding helpers, humor and hope. Finding people who help out is a comforting mechanism, as is becoming a helper yourself. That sense of altruism, the kindness we offer one another, the ways in which we choose to better our situation as best we can, normalizes and neutralizes what could otherwise be only an unbearably painful experience. In essence, we are trying to create or recreate the world as we would want it to be. Humor, of course, is at the core of our very existence, and Purim allows us that chance to face the darkest moments with a sense of humor. Our historical reality created a humor where laughter and tears, happiness and fear were inextricable. And it went beyond laughter through tears; rather it was laughter through fears. Humor undercuts the power of those terrible times, and serves to reaffirm life. To be sure, there is nothing funny about these fears we face, but finding the humor even in darkness has kept our people buoyant and resilient for centuries. The Talmud says that there will be rewards in the world to come for those who brought laughter into this one. And Judaism s gift of hope allows us to look forward, and act forward, into a future that is better. We are not wrong, not naive to strive to perfect the world. That is precisely what keeps us from succumbing to our fears. That hope is what keeps us laughing, even in times of darkness. That hope is what enables us to retain our humanity, decency and kindness in the face of utter inhumanity. There is hope when Danish Muslims create a sacred barrier to protect a synagogue from danger. There is hope when strangers place themselves in harm s way to protect innocent lives. There is hope when leaders of nations admonish citizens to protect and defend their Jewish neighbors. And there is hope knowing, as Purim tells us, there is light and gladness joy and honor for the Jewish people. May it be so for us. page 4 ~ March

5 The Temple s Outreach to the Greater Community Early on in my tenure as a Temple officer, a longstanding and otherwise highly supportive congregant informed me in unequivocal terms that The Temple does not do enough to reach out to the greater community as a whole. At the time, I stumbled through my answer (most attorneys have extensive Ralph Levy training in how to answer any question regardless of whether they actually know the correct answer). Fast forward a few years to January, As I joined the 300+ attendees at the third of this year s A.-J. Levine Lecture Series, I recalled this member s protestation and chided myself that I should have responded in a much more definitive manner. If confronted with the same complaint today, I would be able to point out confidently several instances of Temple activities that illustrate a renewed and continuing effort of The Temple to reach out to the wider community. The first and most obvious example of our effort to reach out to the greater Nashville community is the annual A-J Levine Lecture series, a three part series of one hour presentations by renowned New Testament scholar and Vanderbilt University professor Dr. Amy-Jill Levine on selected topics viewed from both the Christian and Jewish perspective. This year s series averaged well in excess of 350 attendees at each session as Prof. Levine analyzed three parables from both the Jewish and Christian perspective. The high attendance level of persons from the greater community for this lecture series is readily evident by the fact that the non-jewish attendees of this lecture series far outnumbers the Jewish attendees by close to a 3:1 ratio. In last month s issue of The View, Rabbi Schiftan announced another example of our outreach to the broader community, a week-long trip to Israel in late May and early June for ten to twelve ministers at Christian mainline congregations that is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Greater Middle Tennessee and that will be co-led by Rabbi Schiftan along with Mark Freedman, Executive Director of the Federation. The purpose of this trip is to point out the precarious nature of the security and survival needs of the State of Israel to leaders of Christian congregations in our community whose national organizations have considered or adopted initiatives to boycott, sanction or otherwise dispose of investments by their congregational endowments in the State of Israel. Although this trip will not take place for another three months, it is further evidence of efforts to improve interfaith relations and to promote efforts to increase dialogue with the greater Nashville community. A third example of outreach can be found in last year s home and home visits by several dozen of our congregants with a comparable number of members of the Mosque in Murfreesboro. Through these visits, our congregation reached out to an aspect of the greater community that I suspect the longstanding member of our congregation who pointed out this issue to me did not have in mind- the Islamic community. Needless to say, this effort to reach out to the wider community garnered praise from some of our members but criticism from others. In retrospect, I am comfortable and supportive of our efforts to reach out to the greater community. I also have confidence that members of our clergy will continue to explore and develop additional opportunities for our congregation to reach out to both the traditional and non-traditional greater community. Save the Date... Save the Date Temple s Annual Fundraiser May 17, 2015 May 17, 2015 Stay tuned for details... March ~ page 5

6 Temple Life B nai Mitzvah Samuel Landau March 21, :00 am Samuel Landau was born on December 20, 2001 in Peoria, Illinois. His parents are Steven and Lisa Landau. His grandparents are Louis and Eleanor Landau of Shullsburg, Wisconsin and Ralph and Lois Alcorn of Lancaster, Wisconsin. For his mitzvah project, Samuel is volunteering at the Williamson County Animal Control Adoption Center. Samuel is in the 7 th grade at Page Middle School. His interests include skateboarding, riding bikes, baseball, computers, playing baritone in the band, and helping on the family farm. Sincere Sympathy Congregational News Mazel Tov to... Jamie & Jeremy Brook and big sister Anna on the birth of Celia (Cece) Josephine Brook born on January 29 th. Cece s grandparents are Rae & Bruce Hirsch and her aunt and uncle are Erin & Greg Zagnoev. Ruth & Bill Smith whose grandson, Thayer Ernesto Sousa-Smith was born on January 15 th. Rose & David Lundberg whose son Daniel married Lesley Buss on January 15 th. The Temple mourns the loss of the following members and extends condolences to our Temple members who share the loss. Judy Cohen February 4, 2015 Survived by her husband, Gil Cohen Charlotte Strauss February 7, 2015 Survived by her husband, Leon Strauss and her sister Gloria (Manuel) Sir. New Members Welcome to the following new members, we are so glad you joined our Temple family! Lyndi Stein & Justin Rearden Letty-Lou Gilbert February 15, 2015 Survived by her son Joe (Ann) Gilbert Mark Your Calendars... Temple Passover Seders Conversion Conversation Class First Night Seder ~ April 3 rd at the home of Patty & Jimmy Marks For additional information contact Mitzie (615/ ) GLBT Seder - April 5 JACS Seder - April 8 For additional information contact Robb (615/ ) Second Night Seder ~ April 4 th Led by Rabbi Schiftan & Cantor Fishbein We hope you ll join us for this festive family-friendly evening. Adults - $18, Children (3-11) - $10 Non-member guest - $36 (RSVP form on page 12) page 6 ~ March

7 As your Cantor, it has been a special privilege for me to chair the committee who has been exploring the newest machzor (High Holy Day Prayer Book) created by the Reform movement. Set for publication in June 2015, this machzor, entitled Mishkan Hanefesh (Sanctuary of the Soul) is the first and only new prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to emerge from our Reform movement since Gates of Repentance - our current High Holy Day prayer book - was published in Our committee was comprised of myself, head of our Music and Worship Committee Irwin Kuhn, and a number of Temple congregants spanning various ages and backgrounds. Together, we shared in many hours of thoughtful conversation about the unique spiritual and emotional needs of our congregational family during the High Holy Days. In addition, we looked closely at draft copies of Mishkan Hanefesh, studying much of what the prayer book which is divided into separate volumes for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur - has to offer. The layout of the 2-volume machzor is similar to that of our current Shabbat prayer book, Mishkan T filah. Featuring much of the traditional liturgy of the High Holy Days in Hebrew, along with complete English transliterations of every prayer, this prayer book allows every congregant, regardless of Hebrewreading ability, to follow along with the traditional liturgy. It also features updated and gender-neutral English translations, along with relevant, insightful English readings, poetry and meditations. In addition, the prayer book incorporates readings from Gates of Repentance and other older High Holy Day prayer books in order to maintain familiarity and comfort for all who come to pray. Many of our committee members were especially pleased to see commentaries within the machzor that share a bit about the traditions behind some of the prayers that are unique to the High Holy Day season. The committee agreed wholeheartedly Lesson of the Month by Cantor Tracy Fishbein that this machzor would be a wonderful guide for our Temple community during our Days of Awe. For many of you, the High Holy Days seem like they are still in the very distant future. However, your clergy team is already hard at work planning and preparing to incorporate Mishkan Hanefesh into our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur observances for this fall. As such, we are offering you the opportunity to learn more about the prayer book and some of the liturgy it contains in a series of three mini-courses happening this spring. Each of these mini-courses will feature a prayer or series of prayers that occur only during the High Holy Days, helping us all to understand the unique and fascinating liturgy of this special time. As we learn about these prayers, we ll also take a close look at what makes Mishkan Hanfesh such a wonderful new addition to our congregation. We hope you can join us for these mini-courses, taking place on at 6:30 on the following Tuesday evenings: March 31 April 14 May 26 Along with these mini-courses, we hope to also incorporate Mishkan Hanefesh into select Saturday morning Shabbat services throughout the months of July and August. Stay tuned for more information about these services later this spring. The Rabbis and I look forward to this exciting new chapter in the life of our congregation and our Reform movement as a whole. We hope you will feel encouraged to learn more about this prayer book and its meaningful contributions to our High Holy Days here at The Temple. If you d like more information about the Mishkan Hanefesh, please contact me, or visit ccarpress.org/content.asp?tid=349. Mark Your Calendars... Temple Passover Seders Next Gen Creative Passover Experiences April 4 th at 5:30 pm 2 nd night Seder ~12 South Neighborhood hosted by Rabbi Shana & James Mackler ~ led by Rabbi Shulman Additional dates: April 9 th & 10 th For additional information contact Rabbi Shulman (615/ or rabbishulman@templenashville.org) Next Gen Creative Passover Experiences funded by the Jewish Federation & Jewish Foundation of Nashville & Middle Tennessee March ~ page 7

8 Temple Events Golden Lunch Bunch 11:30 am First and third Tuesdays of the month Weight Watchers 12:30 & 5:30 pm March March 3 rd & March17 th Join us for lunch, entertainment and fun! To RSVP: Call Anna Sir Weight Watchers 12:30 & 5:30 pm Weight Watchers 12:30 & 5:30 pm Weight Watchers 12:30 & 5:30 pm Mussar Mindfulness First Wednesday of the 7:15 pm Weight Watchers 12:30 & 5:30 pm March 4 th For more information contact: Martin Sir, or Victoria Cohen-Crumpton 615/ page 8 ~ March Weight Watchers 12:30 & 5:30 pm

9 2015 Temple Events Book Club The next meeting with be held on March 8 th The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and save the date for our April 12th book, The Martian by Andy Weir For more information contact Joan Breyer or Laurie Handshu lauriehandshu@ gmail.com Women s Torah Study led by Patty Marks 12:00 pm Lunch with the Rabbi Thursdays 11:30 am at The Temple March ~ page 9

10 Education by Rabbi Michael Shulman The Warmth of Learning Even in the Cold of Winter It s been a busy few months in our Religious School! Every Sunday morning has been filled with so much learning, excitement and fun! The halls are filled with the smells of food from the high school cooking class, the echoes of music from the voices of our students in services and in the Mazel Tones and the sounds of Hebrew, the ancient language of our people. Our teachers work hard to create such amazing experiences for all of our students on a weekly basis, I am always in awe of all that happens here during those few short hours during the weekend! Beyond all of this, our students and families participate in creative and dynamic community and family and special programs occurring throughout the year. These winter months have been filled with warm and enriching experiences. Once a month, 14 pre-k students with their parents (and sometimes grandparents) gather for a morning of learning, music, crafts, stories and fun on a variety of Jewish topics. So far this year, our families have explored Shabbat, Tu B shevat and the value of tzedakah. Perhaps the best part: parents and children have the opportunity to meet other parents and children and begin to form bonds that will continue throughout their religious school years at The Temple. Our 6 th graders have been really busy! They began the new year learning about the importance of helping those in need. Putting these ideas into action, they collected kosher foods and delivered them to the JFS Kosher food pantry. While there, they learned about JFS and all of the important things they do to help support all those in our Nashville Jewish community. As these students inch closer and closer to their bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies, they also participated with other 6th graders from around the city in an art workshop. Using their Hebrew names, they designed and created an original yad (Torah pointer) that they can use on their big day when they are called to the Torah. Our kindergartners and 3 rd graders also participated in community programs this winter. Our youngest students went to West End Synagogue to learn about Tu B shevat and the 3 rd graders were at Sherith Israel to solve the annual Riddle of the Missing Spoons and learn about Jewish history and the mikveh. Perhaps most exciting was having all of our 4 th grade families together on a cold Sunday morning in February to explore the history and meaning of bar/bat mitzvah. This was their first taste of what lies ahead as they begin their journey to their big days! Families got to know one another through community building games, text study and then a fun scavenger hunt around the building. Many families said that they saw things and parts of the temple that they had never seen before! At the end of the morning, all of the parents gathered on the bimah of the sanctuary with Rabbi Schiftan to mark the beginning of this sacred journey. Finally, our junior high and high school students have a busy few months ahead! On March 29 th, forty students from the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple will come to The Temple to learn about Judaism and share their tradition and culture as well. Together, students from two different Temples will engage in dialogue around beliefs, values, culture and being a minority. Our hope is that all of the students will find that, despite their differences, they have so much in common. On April 12, our 7 th -10 th graders will be participating in the community Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day observance with other students from around the community. Students will be playing an active part in the program that will emphasize their role as the next link in the chain of memory to keep the lessons of the Holocaust alive. page 10 ~ March

11 Preschool by Corye Nelson & Jan Huettner Purim and the Importance of Play in the Preschool Environment As the month of March approaches we all look forward to the holiday of Purim, especially the children. First of all, there s this wonderful story about a silly king, a mean villain, two beautiful queens and a very popular hero in the story. What more could a kid ask for? Dressing up in costumes, creating puppet shows, making castles, eating hamantashen you name it. Could there be a more exciting celebration? There are many preparations in the classrooms. Yes, we make masks, crowns, groggers, even make our own hamantashen but one of the most important parts of Purim lies in fun and imaginative play. It is through dramatic play experiences that we learn about interests, how to get along with each other, and how we develop the first signs of empathy. How we interact with others is the key to lifelong success and happiness. The expression it s who you know gives you insight into how to network, how to find a job and how to negotiate when necessary. Children cultivate these social and emotional intelligence skills by learning to regulate emotions, take turns, and explore higher thinking. By watching the wicked Haman or the beautiful, sweet Esther they are able to listen to thoughts and ideas, to make a connection between spoken and written language and to learn how we develop differently as a result of our actions. This process actually helps them begin to understand the power of language a skill that will later help them learn to read. Pretend play, sometimes called imaginative play or dramatic play, also introduces the concept that one thing can be another. What can your child use at home or in the classroom to create a horse or a scepter? Early play teaches problem solving and gives your child a way to create complex or representational thinking. A child might also enjoy playacting - pretending to be asleep, to drive a car, or go to the grocery store. By playing with puppets or dolls, the younger child or toddlers will emulate what they see adults do: talking on the telephone, speaking like mom or dad for the doll that they have selected from the classroom or dressing up as a princess from the movie Frozen. Vocabulary words expand and they learn to invent scenarios and tell stories. In the everyday life of children who have such scheduled activities as gymnastics, violin lessons, soccer and baseball practice, we are grateful for the month of March and this wonderful holiday of Purim that teaches us how great it is to have our freedom. Now, let s get out there and have some fun! Happy Purim. March ~ page 11

12 Fun Facts The Call of The Shofar Question: Did you know that the tile mosaic The Call of the Shofar that hangs outside The Temple s sanctuary was the first major artwork created for The Temple when it relocated to its present building on Harding Road in 1955? Details: In 1959, The Temple commissioned renowned Lithuanian artist Ben Shahn (1898-Shahn is wellknown for his 1965 portrait of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. that appeared on the cover of Time magazine.) He has been recognized as one of the greatest masters of the 20 th century by the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. Meaning: The mosaic symbolizes the strong belief of Judaism in social justice and appears to refer to God s calling to unite mankind into one community of brotherhood, a message that remains important today. Congregational Second Night Seder Saturday, April 4,2015 Name: Phone: Number of Adults x $18 Number of Children x $10 Number of Nonmember Guests x $36 Total Enclosed Mail to: The Temple, 5015 Harding Road, Nashville, TN Attn: Passover reservations enclosed - Your check is your reservation! page 12 ~ March We need your donation at The Temple Blood Drive! SAVE THE DATE Sunday, May 3 rd - from 9:00 am Last appointment 1:00 pm It takes approximately 1 hour to donate. **If you donated blood before 2/4/15, you can donate at this drive.** Please make an appointment online at www. redcrossblood.org and click on Donating Blood (Enter Nashville, TN and 05/03/15) Problems or questions? Contact:Brian Bauer: brianbauer247@gmail.com, or Victoria Cohen-Crumpton: vmeltz@bellsouth.com, Brian or Victoria will be happy to assist you with making your appointment. Schedule your appointment today! Remember to bring in your PULL TABS from soda and other cans. Ronald McDonald House uses them to raise funds to support the services they offer as a home away from home

13 Social Action BOOK EM + RIF Each month we highlight an organization which receives funds through the Temple s Social Action Allocations Something as simple as a new book can be so heartwarming and special. To a child in need, receiving your very own book is wondrous. A door opens for this child, as he/she visits exotic locations, hears exciting tales, learns about honor, loyalty and service, and more all within books. Many families cannot afford new books or have barriers transportation, funds, time to visiting libraries. Books are incredibly important for children to develop strong literacy skills, which leads to school success and ultimately life success. Book em + RIF recruits, trains, places and supervises about 140 community volunteers to become RIF reading role models. Each volunteer is assigned to an elementary classroom at one of the nine Metro Nashville Title 1 public schools, and visits their classroom five times or more throughout the school year. The volunteer reads a great story or stories to the class and brings a wide assortment of engaging, age-appropriate books. Each child selects a book to take home and is encouraged to read on his own and with/to their family members. Because of a lack of funding and enough volunteers, they are not able to serve every student at these schools. Imagine the dismay when one sibling has a fantastic RIF volunteer and is bringing new books home, while other siblings at the same school and home are not. The Temple s Grant Funding covers the cost of books, volunteer background checks, personnel, and other miscellaneous expenses. The greatest expense is for books. If additional Temple members would be interested in serving as a RIF volunteer, their involvement would be welcome. They are always seeking people who love reading and children and have about two hours a month during the school day to become RIF volunteers. 7 th Grade Yearly Tzedakah Project (all funds raised are for the Campus for Human Development) Chocolate Covered Matzah Pre-Order Form $16.00 per Pound $12.00 per ½ Pound (in a special gift box) $9.00 per ½ Pound (no gift box) Name Phone I wish to order I wish to order I wish to order pounds of Milk Chocolate Mini Matzah pounds of Dark Chocolate Mini Matzah ½ pound gift boxes of Milk Chocolate Mini Matzah ½ pound gift boxes of Dark Chocolate Mini Matzah ½ pound bags of Milk Chocolate Mini Matzah ½ pound bags of Dark Chocolate Mini Matzah Orders will be ready & available to pick up anytime after March 13 th. March ~ page 13

14 Kaddish will be recited in memory of these loved ones.... March 6 & 7 Mildred Bart Max Bear Frances Spielberg Benjamin Herman Brown (grandfather) James & Bernita Brown Calvin Buchman Sadye Burke Charles Cohn Ronald S. Daniels Bessie Doyne Roslyn Elterman Sander Epstein Jack Farber Max Fenichel Lawrence Fetterman Joe Friedman Sam Garfinkle Dora Cooper Ghertner (grandmother) Dorothy & Jack Miller Maurice Goldberg Mort Greenberg Irving Grobstein Laurence Grossman Morris E. Guttman Aaron Jacobs Harry Kamien Theresa G. Kessler Regina Klein Minette Halpern Levine Benjamin Machanoff Albert Mamlin Leon Meyer Marlowe Burdette Morritt Gloria Olenick Ben Rosenfeld Helen Rosenfeld Claire Ross Herbert M. Roth David Lee Schwartz Hyman J. Silverman Clarice Wolf Spitz Jean Taradash Nate Unger Marien Jacob Weil Rosel Westfield Joe Wolf Celia F. Zibart Benjamin Zucker March 13 & 14 March 20 & 21 March 27 & 28 Helen Aarons Dora Berezov-Negron Myrtle A. Carr Saul Comins Monroe Cronstine Samuel Elterman Jacob H. Epstein Joseph Fensterwald (grandfather-in-law) Robert Einsentein Murry Foyer William Frankenstein Pauline Haber Franklin Genie Glazer Ida Greenberg (mother) Shirley Greenberg William Grobman Miriam Haaran Joseph Jacobson Jayne Levy Koril Jacob Lefkovitz Gertrude Leiken Nathan Liff Monzell Lovke Herman Lusky Bertha Maier (grandmother) Hannah & Mort Cooper Judith Mark David Richard Martinez Sara Miller (mother) Jack & Dorothy Miller Michael S. Minnen Barbara Ocko Selma Oppenheimer Arthur Rogers Albert Seiden Milton B. Seligstein Rosalyn Sherman (mother) Howard & John Rosen John & Gayle Rosen Marie Sue Silber (sister) Doris Silber Joseph Silvrman Frank Smith Kenneth James Solomon Maurice C. Solomon Rose Spielberg Flo C. Streiffer John K. Youngheim Herbert Sidney Bein Hattie S. Blum Leopold Bogatsky Don Brandes Bettie Budwig (grandmother) Beth Tannenbaum & Carl Dreifuss Hyman M. Cohen Sarah Cohen (mother) Peggy Cohen Martin Drew Rose Felknor Alfred E. Finkelstein Harold Goldstein Joe Graber Fannie Henlein Theresa Henlein Jack Horwitz Flora Miller Jacobs Sidney Joseph Julia B. Kamien Aileen Goldberg Kirshner Annie Krivcher Ezra Krivcher Amy Levy Frances Levy Lipman David Lowenstein Robert James Lutin Charlotte Morris Melville Charles Morris Clara Moses (mother) Theresa Lapidus Freudenthal Doris Simpson Norton Ben Pomerantz Sarah Machanoff Siegler Ben Silber Sanford Sprintz (brother) Charles & Alyse Sprintz David Steinau Katie Steinberg Doris Zimmerman Tennenbaum Lisa Michelle Vise Natalye R. Weiss Theodore Weiss Barbara Wernick Dave Wise Louis Aach Jean Abrams Mae S. Baker Fannie Leone Barton Hattie Bloomstein David Bogatsky Floyd Brandes Colman Brodsky Molly Greenbaum Chazen Ross B Cone Fannie H. Copple Virginia Tinsy Cotton Judy Dolinger Bobette O. Doyne Marie Weil Ehrenwald Irwin B. Eskind, MD Nettie Brandt Fisher Hortense Foyer Irwin Freedman Alven S. Ghertner (father) Dorothy & Jack Miller Abraham L. Gilbert Muriel Gold Richard Goldner Ruth M. Heller Jacob Henlein Richard M. Hexter Leonard O. Hyman Harry Isacson Lula Joseph Karnowsky Phillip Katz Marjorie Kroch Olga Douglas Lewis Mary Marian May Lipman Joseph B. Lowenheim III Stella Lowenstein Anna K. Newman Morris Orenstein Al Plung Herbert R. Rich Percy Rubenstein Rose Baer Sachs Beatrice Schlesinger Charles Shatzen David Silver Joseph Isaac Sir (father) Martin & Anna Sir May Kuhn Small Edwin Harold Smirnow Sara Lowenstein Teitlebaum Irving L. Weinstein Clyde L. Wright Fannie Lipshutz Zeitlin page 14 ~ March

15 Exodus 35:22... and they came, men & women willing-hearted to give. Calvin A. Buchman Social Action Fund Memory of Paul Cohn Robert Eisenstein Cantor Fishbein s Discretionary Fund Appreciation of Cantor Fishbein The Hassenfeld Family The Raney Family Birth of Ellie Cooper Andy Pargh Arthur Lee Goldner, MD Fund for Judaica Artists & the Healing Arts Memory of Rita Hassenfeld Norma Neaderthal James and Elise Straus Cantor Gutcheon s Discretionary Fund Appreciation of Cantor Gutcheon Roger Small Donald E. Jacobs Student Loan Fund Birthday of Henry Sender Morton and Hannah Cooper Lee & Theresa Kuhn Social Action Fund Memory of Dorothy Mintz Gus and Elaine Kuhn Memory of Paul Cohn Gilbert Fox III and Joyce Fox Gus and Elaine Kuhn Memory of Rita Hassenfeld Gus and Elaine Kuhn Memory of Robert Corenswet Gus and Elaine Kuhn Gerda Loewenstein Caring & Concern Fund Memory of Madeline Pargh Jerome and Miriam Klein Memory of Mimsye May Jerome and Miriam Klein Memory of Paul Cohn Jerome and Miriam Klein Memory of Rabbi Randall Falk Edna Falk This report reflects donations that have been acknowledged as of January 31 st The Temple offers the following Scholarship opportunities: Rabbi Mackler s Discretionary Fund Appreciation of Rabbi Mackler David Goldberg Jon and Heidi Hassenfeld Brit Milah of Jack Hudson Semlier Bob Rosen Memory of Paul Cohn James and Bernita Brown Memory of Robert Corenswet James and Bernita Brown Memorial & Honor Fund Memory of Charlotte Strauss Dean and Anne Davenport Memory of Rita Hassenfeld Raymond and Etta Zimmerman Douglas and Melanie Hirt Sara Rachel Robin Rabbi Schiftan s Discretionary Fund Appreciation of Rabbi Schiftan Renette Corenswet David Goldberg Honor of Graduation of Hanna Book Mark and Roberta Bergman Memory of Rita Hassenfeld Howard and Arlene Safer Beverly & Jimmy Small Golden Agers Fund Memory of Charlotte Strauss Isabelle Cohen Honor of Beverly & Jimmy Small Bernice Karr Estelle & Horace Small Campership Fund Birth of Alexis Emerson Small Robbi and Ron Lustig Mary & Irvin Wolf Fund for Special Educational Needs Memory of Rita Hassenfeld Bobby and Brenda Rosenblum Recovery of Bobby Rosenblum Ilene & Steve Nedelman Yahrzeit Fund Memory of Murray Bender Janet Bender Memory of George Burris Lisa and Alan Turk Memory of Henrietta Goldner Norma Neaderthal Memory of Mirian Weinstein Israel Renette Corenswet Memory of Esther Klein Sheri and Bob Warnke Memory of Joseph Schwartz Sheila Schwartz Memory of Clarice Wolf Spitz Steven and Frances Wolf Memory of Henry Weinbaum James and Bernita Brown The Donald E. Jacobs Student Loan Fund This fund assists Jewish students who are attending college or post-graduate school with interest-free loans to assist in paying tuition. Please call Rabbi Schiftan s office for more information and for application forms Applications must be returned no later than April 30 th Camp Scholarships The Temple offers partial camp scholarships to the children of members of the congregation. Just write a letter to Rabbi Schiftan explaining why you want to go to camp. Letters must be received by April 30 th. Don t miss the new & exciting items in the gift shop! If the Gift Shop is not open, come by the front desk & we will be happy to help you with your purchases! Open Friday Before & After Services. March ~ page 15

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