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1 Temple Beth El Adar ~ Nisan 5772 March 2012 Chronicle Dear Friends, R A B B I S M E S S A G E Be joyful it s Adar! The Jewish month of Adar, with the Purim holiday is a time of joy and celebration, marked by costumes, singing, gift exchanges and giving charity. But what exactly do we celebrate? The Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther) tells the fictional story of the victory of Jews exiled in Persia over Haman, a royal official determined to annihilate them. Yet so important is the holiday of Purim that our rabbis teach us when the Messiah comes, all the other festivals will cease to be observed except for Purim. Perhaps this is because Purim represents a universal celebration of the underdog. As Jews we are all too familiar with being in the minority, strangers in a strange land. We have often been persecuted because we are different, as Haman tells King Ahasuerus in the Purim story: There is a certain people, scattered and dispersed among the other peoples in all the provinces of your realm, whose laws are different from those of any other people and it is not in Your Majesty s interest to tolerate them. (Esther 3.8) The story of Purim teaches us that the few can stand up against the many, that good can triumph over evil and that faith can inspire strength. Throughout our history, Jews have designated such victories as a Purim Katan a Small Purim where those communities who survived such discrimination rejoice in their deliverance. Purim is a holiday to be celebrated within a community because it is about the survival of a group. Besides, a party is always more fun when enjoyed with friends! And that is where Temple Beth El comes in. Please join us for a weekend of fun and merriment beginning Friday, March 9 th at 6 P.M. with a Purim Spaghetti Shabbat and culminating on Sunday, March 11 th here at TBE when we are joined by Carmel s Congregation Beth Israel in sponsoring a Purim Carnival. I look forward to seeing you there. B shalom, Rabbi Delbick

2 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE For this month s President s message, I ask that our members consider the relevance of maintaining Temple Beth El for you and your family and to maintain a Jewish presence in our community. The Temple Beth El Board of Directors truly appreciates the support we receive from our membership in keeping the Temple running and to be able to offer religious and educational programs. To do so, we need volunteers to serve on committees and our Board or simply to help with individual programs and activities. Your financial support is also key to maintaining a healthy Temple. If you have the time to volunteer, please get involved at whatever level you can. If you can make an extra contribution to the Temple, please consider how much your support means to us. And, on that note, our wonderful evening fundraising gala is just around the corner. The 4 th Annual Kosher Martini Gala is set for May 12 th. It s a fantastic event with music, dancing, dinner, raffle, wine heist, reverse draw and Martinis, Martinis, Martinis. Please spread the word, invite people encourage some of your non-jewish friends to buy tickets and attend. All proceeds benefit Temple Beth El. For Temple children and youth, this year TBE will host the Purim Carnival at TBE. Congregation Beth Israel from Carmel Valley will participate. We are also hosting a youth retreat the weekend of March 2 nd with youth from Congregation Emeth in Morgan Hill. Kayaking and other youth friendly activities are planned. Contact Jaime Hendriksz or Rabbi Delbick for details. And, summer is around the corner. If your kids want to attend Camp Newman this year, let us know. We are trying to encourage as many youth participants as possible. If you are interested, in any of these activities, please contact the TBE office at Finally, thanks to the efforts of one of our members that wishes to remain anonymous, I am happy to report that COSTCO is carrying Kosher items for the upcoming holidays. This includes kosher apple juice, matzo and hamentashen. Please try to support COSTCO s efforts to offer kosher foods in our Salinas store. Joel Panzer

3 SISTERHOOD NEWS MARCH 2012 On March 14 Sisterhood will offer a Doctors Panel. Each speaker will have a few minutes to address us. Afterward there will be a question and answer period. The speakers are: Joseph Chudy, MD Michael Dicus, MD Richard Gerber, MD Shelley Goodwein, MD Joanna Oppenheim, MD Larry Solow, PHD (Audiologist) Alert! We have decided to go the way of our previous cookbooks. As before, the new cookbook will include recipes that contain the combination of meat and milk. For instance, meat lasagna can be included. The cookbook will still prohibit the inclusion of pork or shell fish. We hope this will open new avenues for you to share your recipes. The next Board meeting will be at the home of Leah Winter at 7 PM on March 7. Francine Johansen Phyllis Torin Leah Winter HEADS UP CORNER March 14 Doctors Panel April Lunch Out June Sisterhood Shabbat July 28 Donor/Cocktail Party

4 FROM THE MEMBERSHIP Where Do You Stand? When you become a member of Temple Beth El you are entitled to a number of rights and privileges. Among them are: Participation in services and educational programs throughout the year. High Holy Day tickets. Rabbi participation at life cycle events. Monthly bulletin and other mailings. The right to enroll children in religious/hebrew school (additional fees apply). For a nominal fee, the right to purchase a cemetery plot from Temple Beth El in the Jewish section of The Garden of Memory. The right to speak at board of directors meetings. The right to vote at the annual meeting. The knowledge that Temple Beth El, the Jewish community, and the world are strengthened by each members participation. At the same time you take on a financial responsibility to support the day to day expenses of the Temple and its programs to the best of your ability. Some members can provide a higher lever of financial support than others. Some can support the Temple and its programs by volunteering their time. Both are very important. Where do you stand?

5 FUNDRAISERS What a great success we had at the Kosher lunch! Thanks to Arthur & Leah Winter, Jeff Segal, Marianne Gennis, Nancy Mikita, and all our volunteers. Many of us were there for three days preparing salads, wrapping pickles, cutting and slicing cakes, and Thursday making sandwiches. Julie & Mike Dove helped organize so much and thank to our bake sale organizers, Francine & Don Johansen, Sylvia Seedman & Marge Gadsky. We had incredible help from the Salvation Army, St. Paul s Church and First Presbyterian Church. We ring the bell for the Salvation Army on 12/24 and help the churches with their fundraising dinners and they reciprocated in a big way. Please help us to help them in their fundraisers. It really made an incredible difference in making our event a success. And now on to our next big fundraiser-the Martini Gala which will occur on May 12, We will be honoring Arthur & Leah Winter for their incredible commitment to the Temple. We hope to have a big turnout for the Gala. It is great fund and features a silent auction, a wonderful dinner, a cognac bar, dancing, music & martinis galore! Do you have a vacation property-or a time share? These would be wonderful donations for the Auction and you get a tax deduction! If not, we can use gift baskets, travel gift certificates, gym memberships, jewelry services (haircuts, nails, massage, wine, cheese, restaurant certificates, vegetables, computer tech support, tickets, and jerseys.) We love this Temple and these fundraisers make it possible to balance our books. Please come and/or help!

6 What s Happening at Temple Beth El Saturday, March 3 Shabbat Zeachor Torah Study 10:30am Sunday, March 4 Religious School & Hamentaschen Making 9:30am Wednesday, March 7 Lunch & Learn 12:00pm Wednesday, March 7 Sisterhood Board home of Leah Winter 7:00pm Wednesday, March 7 Ark Committee Meeting 7:30pm Thursday, March 8 Yiddish Classes 7:00pm Friday, March 9 Family Activity/Spaghetti Dinner & Purim Celebration 6:00pm w/mark Levy Oneg: Bryan Telford & Amber Aroner Saturday, March 10 Ki Tisa Torah Study 10:30am Sunday, March 11 Religious School & Purim Carnival 9:30am Wednesday, March 14 Sisterhood Doctor s Panel 7:00pm Friday, March 16 Vayakhel-Pekude Shabbat Service 7:30pm Oneg: Jim Gumberg & Nina Patane Saturday, March 17 Shabbat Parah Torah Study 10:30am Sunday, March18 Religious School 9:30am Wednesday, March 21 Lunch & Learn 12:00pm Friday, March 23 Vayikra Shabbat Service 7:30pm Oneg: Archie & Barb English Saturday, March 24 Shabbat Hachodesh Torah Study 10:30am Sunday, March 25 Religious School 9:30am Tuesday, March 27 TBE Board Meeting 7:00pm Friday, March 30 Shabbat Service w/mark Levy 7:30pm Oneg: Mark & Dani Crossgrove Sunday, March 31 Shabbat Hagadol Torah Study 10:30am Saturday, April Passover Seder Service 6:00pm Saturday, May 12 4th Annual Martini Gala 6:00pm Sunday, May 20 TBE Annual Membership Meeting Noon

7 YAHRTZEIT March 2, 2012 Isidore Lebowitz Herbert Kaufman* Celia Ostrow* Arthur B. Siever* Charles J. Thompson* Pearl Jungman* S. Cyrus Marell* Arthur Soroken* Benjamin Doellefeld* March 9, 2012 Samuel Cohon* Edith Mishkin Sadie Gross* Simon Socha* Harold Kafton* Sarah Kaufman* Minnie Hersh Shostak* Morris B. Epstein* March 16, 2012 Geraldine Hyams Albert Morganstern Irving Goldman* Solomon Charles Savitsky Karen Eve Goldman, M.D.* L. Jerome Lewis Marian Pollack* Theodore L. Thau* Deborah Susan Greenebaum Jessie Silverman* Holger A. Johansen, Sr.* Samuel N. Rosoff* Marcella Schumacher* Marcy Schumacher* March 23, 2012 Simon E. Greenberg* Clara Myerfeld* Mildred Newman* Shirley Cohen Shirlee H. Hamburg Robert Warren Chaim David Cohen Mildred Day Joseph Pearlman* Jacob Levy* Sylvia Goodman Goodfriend* March 30, 2012 Marian Blackmore* Phillip Schoenbrun* Beatrice Hochstadt* Arthur Burwen Larry H. Segal* Babette Flectcher* Geraldine Levin* Jacob Nudelman Kate Nudelman Charles I. Gumberg* Richard Jacobson* Irwin Kurtz*

8 Please join us for a special Spaghetti Dinner & Purim Shabbat Friday, March 9, 2012 We will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner and Purim activity at 6:00PM followed by our Family Shabbat 7:00PM. All are welcome. Please RSVP to the temple office by Tuesday, March 6th to let us know if you will be participating.

9 YIDDISH CLASSES An Introduction to the Language Be sure to call the office to make sure a desk is reserved for you at the Yiddish class starting Thursday, March 8, from 7 to 9 pm. Everyone will be able to speak a little Yiddish starting the first night and you'll be amazed how well you'll speak after a few weeks. We'll be using cd's, dictionaries, word sheets, and other instructional materials. Also learn Jewish favorite songs; Greene Kosine, Yidishhe Mama and Papirossen. You don't have to know a word of Yiddish to start. We will speak only Yiddish starting the second week. It will be fun. Please join us.

10 Congregation Beth Israel & Temple Beth El's Annual Religious School Purim Temple Beth El, 1212 Riker St., Salinas SUNDAY, MARCH 11, :30 JOINT RELIGIOUS SCHOOL 10:30 12:30 PURIM CARNIVAL PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITH MONEY: $7.00 includes pizza lunch and 14 game tickets Additional game tickets 25 each Parents, we need help setting up, running games, serving lunch & CLEANING UP. Please contact iheartmykids@yahoo.com Or, volunteer beginning at 9:30 a.m. that day Wearing a Purim costume earns 1 free prize ticket Bringing a non-perishable food item earns 1 free game ticket. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE WELCOME!

11 Hamentaschen A sweet Purim treat. 1 * Mix dry ingredients either by hand or with a mixer. Add butter, then eggs and juice. Refrigerate dough 1 hours. Dough should be fairly hard. * Preheat over to 350ºF. * Roll out on floured or powdered sugar surface. Cut circles. Fill with 1 tablespoon of filling. Form triangles. * Bake at 350ºF. For 20 to 30 minutes until lightly brown. Yields 3 to 4dozen

12 TBE PASSOVER COMMUNITY SEDER Saturday, April 6:00pm details to follow If you would like to help plan this special event please call the office.

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14 We gratefully acknowledge... donations received between February 1st thru February 29, 2012 Temple General Fund Dolores W. Velcoff In loving memory of Helen Velcoff Dolores W. Velcoff In loving memory of Mark R. Velcoff Patricia Ketcham Celeste Kessler In honor of Lily M. Mishkin Temple Building Fund Paul Roochnick Temple Landscape Fund Prager Family Trust In loving memory of Gladys Prager Temple Cantor/Music/High Holy Days 5773 Relda Grossman In memory of Ruthann Savitz Prager Family Trust Thank you to Rabbi Greenebaum

15 BiRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES MARCH BiRTHDAYS 5: Barbara English 7: Carol Brown 7: Leslie Kasden 16: Ruth Swart 17: Eleanor Frank 18: Shelley Goodwein 21: Dani Crossgrove 21: Stephen Kessler 22: Dr. Jerry Ginsburg 22: Nancy L. Justice 23: Fredrick Northrop 24: David Finkelstein 25: Peter Kasavan 27: Michael Dicus 28: Marshall Frank 30: Leah Winter MARCH ANNIVERSARIES 27: Marni Friedman & Fredrick Northrop MEMORIALS & SIMCHAS Torah Commentary Book $60.00 Memorial Leaf $ If you wish to purchase any of the above call the Temple Office (831)

16 56th ANNUAL KOSHER STYLE LUNCH The 56th Annual Kosher Style Lunch was again another huge success. Many thanks for the long hours many of you put in. It was hard work, but it was fun also. The early hours, long days and then knowing that we got it right made this event worthwhile and exciting. We made many new friends and created a lot of good will and public relations throughout the city. We'll do it all again next year! Your Sisterhood in action. DOROTHY S PLACE Sandwiches were delivered to Dorothy s Place, the Salinas Homeless Shelter, on February 8th, sandwich makers were Mae Smith & Karla Wolf. Our next delivery of sandwiches will be March 13th. If you would like to contribute call Temple Beth El or Karla Wolf. HELP US BRING CANTOR ROBIN BACK Cantor Edward Robin has confirmed he is available to come back to Temple Beth El for High Holidays services this year. The feedback from our congregation was overwhelmingly appreciative of Cantor Robin s participation and his outstanding contributions to our services. If we want Cantor Robin back, we need to raise funds. I am asking anyone who can contribute/donate to the High Holidays Cantor fund to do so as soon as you can. We need to make certain we have sufficient financial resources so Temple Beth El can commit to the Cantor and have him return this year. Thank you for your support of this worthy endeavor.

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18 Temple Beth El 1212 Riker Street Salinas, CA Phone: (831) Fax: (831) Website: TEMPLE OFFICE HOURS Rabbi Marcy Delbick Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Sandra Dimas, Administrator Tuesday s & Thursday s 9:00am - 4:00pm Chronicle Deadline Please call (831) before stopping by to be sure someone is available to help you. The deadline for submitting material for publication in the March Bulletin is Monday, March 26