Shofar. Newsletter of Kehilat Shalom. June 2012 Vol. 41 No. 10 Sivan Tammuz You re Invited...

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1 Shofar Newsletter of Kehilat Shalom June 2012 Vol. 41 No. 10 Sivan Tammuz 5772 You re Invited......to an open house in our school building to bid a fond farewell to Kehilat Shalom Early Childhood Center. Join us as we remember the friendships made, holidays celebrated and fun times had by children and their families for over 30 years! Activities for children, snacks, plenty of schmoozing and a short presentation are planned. We look forward to seeing both current and past ECC families on Sunday, June 3 10:00am 12:00 pm If you are interested in attending, please contact Amy at asnyder@kehilatshalom.org or RSVP by May 1 to receive a special KSECC keepsake limited quantities available. RSVPs after May 1 are welcome.

2 From the Rabbi s Desk Adult Education by Rabbi Mark R. Raphael The last bulletin article. Except for my childhood home ( ) in Westbury, Long Island, Kehilat Shalom and Montgomery Village is my second longest home. As I move to another stage in my professional career, several thoughts. First, the future of Kehilat Shalom is dependent upon some solution to our financial challenge. We cannot remain in survival mode, expending incredible energy every year on making ends meet and be a healthy community. I hope with new leadership, professional and lay, new ideas will create solutions to the fundamental challenge of paying for our community. I therefore ask everyone (member and non-member) who reads this to consider how you can help maintain our caring, but stressed community. I ask everyone to give my successor a chance to succeed with his/her new ideas about the directions and activities of our synagogue in the 21 st Century. Second, after months of networking in various careers, I want to teach full-time, preferably in one of the Day Schools. My second choice, which I ve begun to explore, is to do chaplaincy part-time and teach part-time. Diane and I do plan to stay in the area, but my intention is to stay away from Kehilat Shalom, for a while, to empower the new rabbi to be THE Rabbi. I would be honored though to help out my successor at his or her request. How am I feeling? There have been so many bittersweet moments even this past month. I ve started experiencing the last of so many regular and special activities (ex. ECC Shabbat Sing) that have been part of my life within our community. It s hard to say goodbye, but I am looking forward to working a little less, being home most nights of the week, not having to prepare a weekly sermon and just davening for myself every Shabbat. Next to the last: What am I going to miss the most? Obviously it s the people, even more than the Sanctuary. If there were two things I wish I could change among all the small and big mistakes of 16 years, it would be to have found the time for an additional phone call to someone in need or pain and to have written many more thank you notes to everyone who made a difference for our community and to me personally. At the end of the month, please don t use my office . My semiprofessional is rabbimarkr@gmail.com, if you want to me. My home phone will remain in the Membership Directory. And if you Facebook, please feel free to friend me I d be delighted. Finally, thank you for the honor and joys of serving as the Rabbi of Kehilat Shalom for the past 16 years. Bible Study Siyyum for 10 years of our study group with the completion of Deuteronomy Thursday June 7 at 8:10 pm Join us as we complete Chapter 34 of Devarim and celebrate having rigorously studied the entire Five Books of Moses verse by verse, over a decade. Mishna Yomit Final Class to complete Masechet Parah Wednesday June 13 8:10 pm Executive Director s Message By Judi Kranz, FSA, ATz As I enter my final days as Executive Director of Kehilat Shalom, I look back to the first day I started working here in June No one could have predicted that I would be retiring, for real this time, 32 years later. When I look back, I remember all the joyous occasions we shared as well as the sad times. Most of all I remember the sharing and the people who have come thru the doors of this congregation. It is the memories of you, the congregants and your families, that I will cherish the most. I want to thank you all for the kindness, cooperation and respect you have shown me over these many years. I hope that I have contributed to the betterment of Kehilat Shalom. I wish each of you every happiness and much success in the future as you begin a new phase in the life of the congregation with a new spiritual leader. At the end of June I will enter a new phase of my life retirement. I am thankful that I am able to look forward to many new things, not the least of which is spending more time with my husband Fred and my beloved grandchildren, Coby, Rachel, Archie and Layla. I hope to keep in touch with many of you and would love to hear from you. I have set up a new account judikranz@gmail.com L Shalom Rabbi Mark Raphael 2

3 Volunteers of the Month: Elisa Linowes & Rhoda Press Elisa Linowes is having a busy year, as she is currently serving on the Executive Committee as Vice President for Administration, she is co-chairing Rabbi Raphael s Retirement Celebration this spring, and she is co-advisor of the Machar youth group. Elisa does it all with intelligence, humor, and a deeply felt commitment to our community. In recent years, Elisa has served as Financial Secretary and been part of the planning team for a number of successful events and programs, including the Cantors Concert. Elisa is an active parent volunteer and over the years she has consistently given of her time and energy to support teachers and students at both the Early Childhood Center and the Religious School. Rhoda Press is one of the behind the scenes volunteers at Kehilat Shalom, who you might not see leading a meeting or giving a speech, but is almost always on the list of people who are working tirelessly to make everything possible. Rhoda is currently serving as Financial Secretary, a position she held for a total of four years. Rhoda is perfectly suited to the position of Financial Secretary, in which she works with families who have requested financial aid, and she brings compassion, discretion, and an understanding of the big picture to her work. Rhoda is also serving as co-chair of Rabbi Raphael s Retirement Celebration and has previously been chair of the School Board and co-chair of Kehilat Shalom s 36th Anniversary Celebration. For all of your services past, present, and future, we say Yasher Koach, Elisa Linowes and Rhoda Press, may you go from strength to strength! Object: SHABBAT GUEST PROGRAM Share a Shabbat meal with fellow congregants at home. Make new friends. Guests will receive an invitation to a volunteer host s home where they ll spend some quality time learning Shabbat rituals or prayers, getting to know each other a little better, making some new friends, maybe singing a few songs, all while in a fun Shabbat setting! If you are interested in being a guest or a host, or just want more information, please reach out to one of the chairs of the Shabbat Guest Committee: Jeff Lerner: mar_jeff@comcast.net or Marilyn Fliegler: sroolik@aol.com 3

4 Life and Learning Religious School News Youth Links by Linda Siegel, Director of Education TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT GOD Belief in the existence of God is fundamental in biblical Judaism and central to the survival of the Jewish people. As adults, our understanding of and relationship to God is often assumed rather than examined and enriched. Many Jews assiduously avoid speaking about the God concept. As educators, we have an important role to play in the fostering of spiritual growth in your children, and we have, this year taken steps to open up the God conversation. So how do children begin to think about God as other than a white-bearded man who lives in the sky? This year, for grades 4-7, we created lesson plans designed to invite openness and reflection in the classroom to answer questions about God, explore and experience God, and try to accelerate faith in themselves in relation to God. Some of the concepts to which we exposed your children were revealed through attempting to answer the following questions: Does God exist? What is God all about? What are the basic Jewish concepts of God? What does God look like? Where do God and prayer intersect? How do you feel when you feel God? What are ways that we talk to God and hear responses? How do we find God in sacred moments? What role did/does God play in Creation? How do we work in partnership with God? How is God involved in miracles? Why do bad things happen to good people? What would God do in this situation? We hope that this curriculum has provided intellectual and spiritual sustenance for your children s further exploration as they continue on their spiritual path. We hope that students were encouraged to continue and search and that you can all share in this journey together. And all of your children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of your children (Isaiah 54:13). Simcha Shabbat On Saturday morning, June 30, please join us for a community celebration of birthdays, wedding anniversaries, graduations and other simchas. To participate in this special service and Kiddush, please return the form below by June 25, I/we will will not attend on June 30. Name # Attending Phone by Wendy Weisbard, Youth Director As the year comes to a close, we are very excited about our new Teen Engagement program which is a partnership with Shaare Torah for 8-12 th grade. For those still in Kadima, Ellen Milhiser will be the co-advisor with Sherri Holzel next year. Elisa Linowes and Julie Greenwald will be back as our Machar advisors. We will still have some of our own programming, but we will partner with Shaare Torah to enable us to do some big events like bowling which was a big success. Cindy Siskind has offered to help with Bonim and Becky Rutchik will return as the Youth Assistant. If you have any questions about the new Teen program, please do not hesitate to call me over the summer. Watch you snail mail boxes the first week of September for our menu of choices from Not Your Bubbe s Buffet! Wishing everyone a relaxing summer. Simcha I/we would like to help sponsor Kiddush for $36 4

5 We Gratefully Acknowledge... The Shofar is available in full color on our website, PRAYER BOOKS A Siddur Sim Shalom and an Etz Hayim Chumash in honor of Rabbi Raphael by Gerry Goldgraben MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS: To Larry Froehlich Junior Congregation Fund, in honor of Joe & Libby Kamph=s 60 th wedding anniversary; by the Froehlich Family. To Larry Froehlich Junior Congregation Fund, in memory of Linda Loggie=s beloved mother, Harriet Klafter; by Carl Sabath and Susan Rubenstein. To Ellen & Gerry Link, for Larry Froehlich Junior Congregation Fund, in honor of the marriage of Stacey Link and John Battersby; by Lenore & Jonathan Bromberg. To Larry Froehlich Junior Congregation Fund, in honor of Greg Gore and his Rabbi Search Committee, with appreciation for all their hard work and dedication in this very important task; by Libby & Joe Kamph. In memory of my aunt, Mildred Cohen; by Dee Jolles. To Library Fund in honor of Melanie Berson s adult Bat Mitzvah by Jack & Sally Kravitz To Rabbi s Discretionary Fund in honor of Sandee and Marvin Rosenstein s 50 th wedding anniversary by Alan & Roz Katz To Rabbi s Discretionary Fund in honor of Rabbi Raphael by Edward Cabana & Renee Rockman To Rabbi s Discretionary Fund in memory of David Berson by Melanie Berson DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF: Louis J. Keller; by Peris & Lita Cassorla. Sophie Gore Pomeranc; by Greg & Linda Gore. Norman Lieberman; by Gail Lieberman. Jeanette Solomon & Carole Solomon Sarasohn; by Carol & Morris Solomon. Paul Bronstein; by Isador Bronstein. Rose Gruber; by the Gruber Family. Jack Ershkowitz; by Jane Tepper & Family. Abraham Schneider & Lena Levitz; by Wendy Schneider-Levinson. Anne Steinberg: by Susan & Johnny Cahn & Family. Sylvia Drasner: by Carol & Larry Beck. Jack Sher: by Sam & Mindy Kaufman. Albert Kletz: by Bruce & Judi Kletz Mendel Slamowitz & Dan Wallen: by Bruce & Curtis Levinson Bernice Forgosh: by Errol & Lorena Forgosh Sylvia Sher: by Mindy and Sam Kaufman Selma Bronstein: by Isador Bronstein & Leah Laifsky Elyahoo Sabi: by Nasrine Sabi Harriet Klafter: by Laura & Vince Wallace DONATIONS IN HONOR OF RABBI RAPHAEL (not previously listed in the program) Partner: Doug & Marcia Baum Supporter: Michael & Cindy Halpert, Marvin & Sandee Rosenstein, William Ruvinsky You can also view previous editions. PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED! We would like to know about your simchas. Graduation season is approaching. Please let us know about your high school and college graduates so that we can wish them well. Name Graduating from High School College Plans for next year: 5

6 Religious Services Daily Minyan Sunday - Friday 7:45 pm and Sunday Morning 9:15 am SHABBAT NASO Friday, June 1 Shabbat Eve Service Saturday, June 2 Shabbat Morning Service Junior Congregation Minchah SHABBAT BEHA ALOTECHA Friday, June 8 Shabbat Eve Service Saturday, June 9 Shabbat Morning Service Junior Congregation Minchah SHABBAT SHELACH LECHA Friday, June 15 Shabbat Eve Service Saturday, June 16 Shabbat Morning Service Junior Congregation Minchah SHABBAT KORACH Friday, June 22 Shabbat Eve Service Saturday, June 23 Shabbat Morning Service Junior Congregation Minchah SHABBAT HUKKAT Friday, June 29 Shabbat Eve Service Saturday, June 30 Shabbat Morning Service Junior Congregation Minchah What and When 7:45 pm 9:15 am 10:20 am 12:45 pm 7:45 pm 9:15 am 10:20 am 12:45 pm 7:45 pm 9:15 am 10:20 am 12:45 pm 7:45 pm 9:15 am 10:20 am 12:45 pm 7:45 pm 9:15 am 10:20 am 12:45 pm DATE: 5/27/11-6/1/12 Breslaw Bromberg Brown Budman Cabana/Rockman Cahn Cassorla Chidakel Clarke Cohen, Irving & Arlene Cohen, Barry & Thelma Cooper DATE: 6/3/12-6/8/12 Costanzo Crausman Duberstein Duvall Dymond Einstein Epstein, Martin & Ellen Epstein, Stephen & Andrea Ettinger Farber Feldman Felrice DATE: 6/10/12-6/15/12 Felsen Finn, Jennifer Flamenbaum Fliegler Forgosh Forman Friedberg Friedman, Mark & Lauri Friedman, Lianne Froehlich Garfinkel Ginsberg DATE: 6/17/12-6/22/12 Glassman Bronstein Laifsky Goldenberg/Marcus Goldberg Goldgraben Goldman Goldstein Goldstein-Smith Gore Greenwald/Marlowe Greenwald, Martin & Julie Gross Gruber Halpert DATE: 6/24/12 6/29/12 Harburger Hardis Hoffman Herrington Holzel Himelfarb Jaffe, Alana Hoberman Jaffe, R/T Hoch Joseph Hochman Kahan Kahn MINYAN DUTY SCHEDULE (Sunday through Friday 7:45 pm, Sunday morning 9:15 am) DATE: 7/1/12-7/6/12 Gerstle Kaplan, R/S Kletz Kaplan, M Klinger Katz Krones Kaufman Kronfeld Kitay Krowitz Kleinman Lasday Klemow DATE: 7/8/12-7/13/12 Kanner Lazoff Lerner, Jeff & Marcie Lerner, Cheryl Levin/Richter Levine Levinson, Curtis & Wendy Levinson, Bruce Lieberman Link Linowes Litwack Loggie, Tom & Linda Loggie, Marjorie DATE: 7/15/12-7/20/12 Lustig Lynch Mann Marcus, Jeffrey & Roberta Mendoza Metzman Milhiser Miller/Schalkowsky Moosher Moskowitz/Beckerman Mostowski Muenz Nagler Nalaboff Novich DATE: 7/22/12-7/27/12 Orland Ostrow Pomerantz Pancik Postow Pascal Press Peller Rabkin/Michal-Smith Penner Raden Pesce Roberts Pikovsky Robin, Michael & Sandra DATE: 7/29/12-8/3/12 Robin, Nelson & Ellen Ronis Roseman Rosenberg Rosenstein Ross Rubinstein Rutchik Sabath/Rubenstein Sabi Saltzman Sandler Scheiner, Jay & Sharon Scheiner, Barry & Marilyn Schmetz June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 8:10 pm 8:14 pm 8:17 pm 8:19 pm 8:19 pm July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 8:18 pm 8:16 pm 8:11 pm 8:06 pm CATERING DUTY 6/9 Krowitz 6/16 Himelfarb 6/23 Zapor 6/30 Lassday USHERING DUTY 6/2 Zapor 6/9 Himelfarb 6/16 Lasday 6/23 Krowitz 6/30 Krowitz 6

7 June 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 3 10:00 am-12 noon- ECC Farewell Open House 10 2:00 pm Sisterhood Book Club at home of Marilyn Fliegler 17 Fathers Day 5 10:30 am Active Retirees :30 am Active Retirees 18 8:00 pm Board Mtg :30 am Active Retirees :30 am Active Retirees 6 6:00pm-Fantastic Fish End-of-Year Celebration 7 8:00 pm - Bible Study 1 7:45 pm Shabbat Eve Service 8 Last Day ECC 7:45 pm Shabbat Eve Service :45 pm Shabbat Eve Service :00 pm - Bible Study 27 8:00 pm Mishna Yomit 22 7:45 pm Shabbat Eve Service :45 pm Shabbat Eve Service 2 9:15 am-shabbat Morning Svc. 9 9:15 am-shabbat Morning Svc. B/M Danielle Lasday 16 9:15 am-shabbat Morning Svc. B/M Zachary Krowitz 23 9:15 am-shabbat Morning Svc. B/M Robyn Studley 30 9:15 am-shabbat Morning Svc.: Simcha Shabbat 7

8 Shalom Sisters! Sisterhood News by Linda Loggie and Charlotte Strauss, Co-Presidents This is my last Sisterhood article as Co-President/ President I would like to thank all of those who have helped and supported me over the past few years including my family (Terry and Danielle). Even though I will be passing on my leadership role in Sisterhood, I will still be supporting Kehilat Shalom and Sisterhood in many ways! Charlotte On Sunday - May 6, 2012, Seaboard Region held its annual Spring Conference "Sisterhood Out of the Box" at Shaare Tefilah Congregation in Olney, Maryland. Members of our Sisterhood participated in planning sessions for next year. Over the summer, we will announce our new Sisterhood Board and next year s activities. Auxiliaries Panera Bread in the Gaithersburg Square Shopping Center N. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg. This event is now open to all Jewish women of all ages to socialize. There is no agenda, just visiting with nice people! Please come and check it out. Purchase your own beverage - there are no other costs. Please RSVP to Janet Rutchik in case there is a change in date. For more information on the scheduled dates, contact: Janet Rutchik at Janet.jmr@gmail.com The Plant Lover's Club will continue to meet throughout the summer. For more information on the Plant Lover s Club, contact Roberta Kahn at Roberta.Kahn@verizon.net. Sisterhood s Judaica Shop is a great place to shop for your special simcha gifts! Contact Janet Rutchik at janet.jmr@gmail.com for information on the Judaica Shop. Active Retirees News Our Manna Food Center volunteers work to stock and organize the food pantry shelves. We appreciate our volunteers who came out to support the food bank on May 8 th. Please mark your calendars to join members of the Kehilat Shalom Community as we support the Manna Food Center on Tuesday night August 14 th at 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Please contact Marcie Tuegel to sign-up to help out Tuegelm@aol.com or On Sunday, June 10, at 2:00 pm, the Book Club will discuss My Russian Grandmother and her American Vaccuum: An American Memoir by Meir Shalev at the home of Marilyn Fliegler. Please rsvp to Marilyn at sroolik@aol.com if you can come. We appreciate work of Alyce Ross for keeping the Book Club going through lively discussions of happy readers. From its start several years ago, our Book Club has read over seventy books together. For more information on the Sisterhood Book Club, please contact, Alyce Ross at asross@mycaringcenter.com Our next Sip & Schmooze night is scheduled for Thursday night, June 14 th at 7:30 p.m. Sip & Schmooze nights will continue throughout the sum- by Marcia Litwack, Active Retirees Co-President A special program is scheduled for June 12 th at 10:30 A.M. Kehilat Shalom member Deborah Sternberg will present a program of Five Hebrew Love Songs by Eric Whitacre. This is part of a program presented earlier in May at Strathmore and Riderwood Village. The program is open to everyone and hopefully many members and friends of Kehilat Shalom will come. The Active Retirees had some interesting programs over the past month: Kehilat Shalom member Joel Himmelfarb spoke to us on The Middle East and U.S. Security ; ourmonthly current events discussion led by Larry Beck; Marcia Litwack reviewed the book Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman. Our second annual Mothers/Fathers Day lunch will take place on May 29 th. We will have a program related to the event and will have a bagels and lox lunch. We try to have interesting and stimulating programs and discussions at our meetings. Please join us Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM. Bring a dairy lunch, the Active Retirees will provide cake, coffee and tea. You can make new friends and have an enjoyable morning. Everyone is welcome. 8

9 Cycle of Life HAPPY JUNE BIRTHDAY WISHES TO: CHILDREN: David Ascher, Alex Bailen, Dara Greenwald, Brett Halpert, Mitchell Kenyon, Jeremy Krones, Yonina Kronfeld, Seth Lattner, Jordan Lynch, Sierra Lynch, Heather Moosher, Carly Pascal, Benjamin Pikovsky, Joseph Pikovsky, Abigail Rosenberg, Harrison Sokoloff, Stuart Sokoloff, Robyn Studley, Samantha Weston. ADULTS: Douglas Baum, Isador Bronstein, Susan Cahn, Toby Costanzo, Harold Flamenbaum, Margaret Gerstle, Marc Goldstein-Smith, Marshall Gross, Cindy Halpert, Jennifer Joseph, Trudy Kahan, Bruce Kanner, Gail Lieberman, Allison Lynch, Michelle Metzman, Roxanne Moosher, Bruce Pascal, Marilyn Peller, Helen Podolsky, Bonnie Richter, David Ronis, Barbara Ronis, David Ross, Edward Schmetz, Jeffrey Seldin, Walter Simon, David Sokoloff, Ronald Ticker, Joel Verter, Laura Wallace, Howard Wallack, Martin Woorman, Frances Yellin, Martin Yellin. HAPPY JUNE ANNIVERSARY WISHES TO: Bill and Michelle Beard, Marvin & Sharon Beitler, Carl and Ann Berger, Randall & Danielle Bograd, Toby & Joe Costanzo, Joel & Helen Felrice, David & Debbie Felsen, Mark & Kallie Forman, Jack & Patricia Gruber, Joel & Julie Himelfarb, Howard & Elaine Hochman, Stephen & Shoshana Kronfeld, Gerald & Ellen Link, Michael & Roxanne Moosher, Harold & Diane Ostrow, Bruce & Amy Pascal, Murray & Pamela Penner, Linda & John Pesce, Leigh & Rhoda Press, Philip & Sharon Roseman, Marvin & Sandra Rosenstein, David & Alyce Ross, Susan Rubenstein & Carl Sabath, Edward & Beth Schmetz, Walter & Adele Simon, David & Joan Steinberg, David & Kathleen Sultan, Harris & Carol Vederman, Aaron & Gail Wertlieb.. HAPPY JULY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO: CHILDREN: Karyn Bedell, Allison Botkin, Elaina Clarke, Kimberly Kanner, Andrew Moskowitz, Melissa Penner, William Rosenberg, Rebecca Rutchik, Taylor Schweizer, Samantha Schweizer, Isabelle Seldin, Daniel Steinberg, Naomi Wallace. ADULTS: Jay Alexander, Jill Alexander, Les Ballonoff, Saundra Barbag, Michelle Beard, Johnny Cahn, Susan Chidakel, Joe Costanzo, Rhonda Einstein, Charissa Flamenbaum, Marilyn Fliegler, Mark Forman, Abraham Friedberg, Karen Goldenberg, Daniel Kahan, Mindy Kaufman, Sam Kaufman, Gloria Kitay, Jason Klemow, Alan Levine, Ellen Link, Reba Novich, Rhonda Raden, Renee Rockman, Susan Schalkowsky, Sharon Scheiner, Barry Scheiner, Michael Sheib, Everett Sinnett, Beth Sokoloff, Deborah Sternberg, Terry Strauss, Robert Wasserman, Steven Weiner, Debra Weston. HAPPY JULY ANNIVERSARY WISHES TO: Rich & Michelle Bailen, Michael & Rosalie Bouer, Irving & Arlene Cohen, Mark & Lauri Friedman, Alan & Anita Levine, Jeffrey & Roberta Marcus, Lori & Jim Mendoza, Lloyd & Chelle Nalaboff, Barry & Reba Novich, Norman Rabkin & Susan Michal-Smith, Leonard & Gail Rubinstein, Rachel & Everett Sinnett, Morris & Carol Solomon, Marc & Bonnie Sosin, Howard Wallack & Hallie Galen Wallack. CONDOLENCES TO: Debra Weston on the loss of her cousin, Michael Cutler. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Applications for Financial Assistance for Fiscal Year are now available in the office. Congratulations to our June B nai Mitzvah: Danielle Lasday Zachary Krowitz Robyn Studley 9

10 SIVAN JUNE 11 1 Eric Smith, Brother of Marc Goldstein- Smith 12 2 Pearl Lerner, Mother of Cheryl Lerner 13 3 Mae Wolkoff, Mother of Rita Pancik 13 3 Joseph Richter, Father of Bonnie Richter 14 4 Ludwig Cahn, Father of Johnny Cahn 14 4 Stanley Lasday, Father of Larry Lasday 14 4 Frances Yellin, Mother of Martin Yellin 15 5 Brian Simon, Husband of Brenda Simon, Brother of Sharon Scheiner, and Son of Walter & Adele Simon 16 6 Sylvia Polokoff, Grandmother of Debbie Felsen Arthur Podolsky, Husband of Helen Podolsky Rudy Shurack, Brother-in-law of Joseph Kamph Ted Link, Father of Gerald Link Minna Kirby, Great Aunt of Bruce & Curtis Levinson Leo Bloomgarden, Father of Ellen Link Fay Goldman, Mother of Michael Goldman Susan Allen, Sister of Richard Linowes Pearl Woorman, Mother of Martin Woorman Sounia Fried, Mother of Chelle Nalaboff Barbara Schneider, Mother of David Schneider Leonard Cohen, Father of Pamela Penner Sara Krieger, Mother of Karen Mann Rubin Schefflin, Father of Beth Schmetz Fritz Klinger, Father of Jerrold Klinger Isadore Gulitz, Father of Saundra Barbag Keith Bedell, Brother of Richard Bedell Herman Milder, Father of Marlene Duvall Florence Feldman, Mother of James Feldman TAMMUZ 1 21 Jeanette Everly, Sister of Isador Bronstein 1 21 Harvey Smith, Father of Sheila Harburger 1 21 Harvey Weiner, Uncle of Bonnie Sosin 2 22 Mayer Mishael, Father of Karen Klemow 3 23 Ruth Peller, Mother of Elton Peller 3 23 William Tolin, Grandfather of Debra Weston 4 24 Julia Bronstein, Mother of Isador Bronstein 4 24 Helen Ticker, Mother of Ronald Ticker 4 24 Samuel Litwin, Father of Judy Verter 6 26 Alvin Moskowitz, Father of Jedd Moskowitz 6 26 Michael Zeren, Father of Adam Zeren 7 27 Yetta Oppenheim, Mother of Michele Withnell 7 27 Arthur Ticker, Father of Ronald Ticker 8 28 Bea Mintz, Mother of Marcie Tuegel 9 29 Julia Milhiser, Mother of Steven Milhiser Ellis Hoberman, Father of Allan Hoberman Yahrzeits 10 TAMMUZ JULY 12 2 Margaret Klinger, Mother of Susan Chidakel 12 2 Edwin Liss, Father of Karen Goldenberg 13 3 Rudi Kaufman, Father of Sam Kaufman 13 3 Barbara Peller, Wife of Elton Peller 13 3 Dorothy Scheiner, Mother of Barry Scheiner 14 4 Clela Wilcox, Mother of Billye Roberts 15 5 Greta Sliffman, Mother of Marc Sliffman 16 6 Ruth Hoberman, Mother of Allan Hoberman 16 6 Nathan Kaplan, Father of Marilynn Anton 16 6 Henry Kronhaus, Uncle of Sherry Marlowe 17 7 Leonard Cutler, Uncle of Debra Weston 18 8 Lou Kaplan, Father of Richard Kaplan 18 8 Betty Lustig, Grandmother of Joe Lustig 19 9 Philip Beckerman, Father of Wendy Beckerman 19 9 Marilyn Lawres, Sister of Thelma Cohen Samuel Baum, Father of Douglas Baum Isabella Bouer, Mother of Michael Bouer Shelley Spickler, Wife of Steven Spickler and Niece of Leslie Shapiro Charles Streifer, Father of Lenore Bromberg Anne Lokos, Mother of Alyce Ross Annie Slamowitz, Grandmother of Curtis Levinson & Bruce Levinson Rae Wertlieb, Grandmother of Aaron Wertlieb Anne Lokos, Mother of Alyce Ross Saul Anton, Father of Robert Anton Herbert Woorman, Father of Martin Woorman Minnie Bihari, Grandmother of James Weston Jean Weston, Grandmother of James Weston AV 1 20 Paul Elster, Father of Sharon Mostowski 2 21 Lucille Margules, Mother of Ruth Orland 3 22 Hannah Duvall, Mother of Mike Duvall 3 22 Joseph Bouer, Father of Michael Bouer 4 23 Larry Froehlich, Husband of Shelli Froeh lich and Father of Stephen, Robin, Jason Froehlich and Justin Binder 4 23 Elaine Chait, Mother of Heidi Brown 4 23 Louis Sloan, Uncle of Curtis and Bruce Levinson 4 23 Millie Ende, Mother of Rosalie Bouer 5 24 Jacob Mintz, Grandfather of Marcie Tuegel 5 24 Ira Westreich, Father of Carol Solomon 7 26 Elaine Gelbart, Mother of Tamara Jaffe 7 26 Eta Lustig, Mother of Joe Lustig 8 27 Frances Siegel, Mother of Helen Podolsky 8 27 Rose Kahan, Mother of Daniel Kahan 9 28 Hannah Glaser, Grandmother of Stan Ginsberg 9 28 Tobie Clarke, Mother of Coleman Clarke Isaac Ginsberg, Father of Stan Ginsberg Augusta Levy, Grandmother of Curtis and Bruce Levinson Edwin Feldman, Father of James Feldman Rosalie Pikovsky, Mother of David Pikovsky 2

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12 9915 Apple Ridge Road Gaithersburg, MD Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Gaithersburg, MD Permit No. 85 THE SHOFAR Rabbi... Mark R. Raphael Hazzan... Kim Komrad Cantor Emeritus... Saul Finn z l Executive Director... Judith Kranz Director of Early Childhood Education... Amy Snyder Director of Education... Linda Siegel Youth Director... Wendy Weisbard President... Carrie Ettinger Senior Vice President... Harold Flamenbaum Vice President for Administration... Elisa Linowes Vice President for Development... Ken Studley Vice President for Member Services... Greg Gore Treasurer... David Pikovsky Financial Secretary... Rhoda Press Secretary... Marcie Lerner Men s Club... Carl Berger Sisterhood... Linda Loggie, Charlotte Strauss Active Retirees... Ethel Ginsberg, Marcia Litwack Shofar Layout... Billye Roberts Shofar Editor... Jill Alexander Men s Club Speaker to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Bob Behr Our Sisterhood Flea/Swap Market & Gift Show on April 29 was a busy day for all! 12