TEMPLE B NAI SHALOM 41 STORRS AVENUE, BRAINTREE, MA

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1 HAKOL THE VOICE The Temple Newsletter TEMPLE B NAI SHALOM 41 STORRS AVENUE, BRAINTREE, MA June, July, August, 2018 Sivan, Tamuz, Av, Elul 5778 SUMMER, 2018 Shabbat Services, Saturday at 9:15 AM Cantor Seth Grossman; President Dr. Peter Kurzberg; Bulletin Editor Judy Karll

2 JUNE, 2018, 5778 *Candle lighting FOR HOLIDAYS AND SHABBAT SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 18 Sivan 1 2 Rotary Golf *7:57 PM MONA S LAST SERVICE SPECIAL KIDDISH Parashat Be-ha alotekha Parashat Shelah *8:01 PM Shabbat Mevarekhim Rosh Chodesh CALIFORNIA KITCHEN 1 TAMMUZ 14 Rosh Chodesh FLAG DAY 15 *8:05 PM Parashat Korah 16 TBA Board st DAY of SUMMER *8:07 PM Parashat Hukkat FULL MOON *8:07 PM Parashat Balak

3 JULY, 2018 TAMUZ, AV 5778 *Shabbat candle lighting SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 18 Tamuz Fast of Tamuz 4 th of JULY INDEPENDENCE DAY *8:06 PM Parashat Pinehas Shabbat Mevarekhim AV *8:02 PM Parashat Mattot- Masei Rosh Chodesh *7:58 PM Parashat Devarim Shabbat Hazon 10 AV Fast of AV *7:51 PM FULL MOON Parashat Va ethannan Shabbat Nahamu

4 AUGUST, 2018 AV, ELUL, 5778 *Shabbat candle lighting SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 20 AV *7:43 PM Parashat Ekev Shabbat Mevarekhim *7:34 PM 30 AV 11 Parashat Re eh Rosh Chodesh 1 ELUL 12 Rosh Chodesh *7:24 PM 18 Parashat Shofetim *7:13 PM Parashat Ki Teze FULL MOON *7:02 PM DONATION PAGE DONOR NAME Card to:

5 Street Street City City State Zip State Zip INSCRIBED BOOK PLATES: ( ) High Holiday Mahzor $ ENGRAVED PLAQUES: ( ) Tree of Life $ ( ) Yahrzeit $ ( ) Memorial Plaque $ Wording for High Holiday Mahzor Book Plate: In Memory of By In Honor of By Other Wording for Tree of Life Leaf: In Honor of By Other Wording for Yahrzeit Plaques: Name of Deceased Hebrew Name Ben (son of) Bat (daughter of) Date of Death Time of day Memorial Plaque (non-jewish) Name of Deceased Date of Birth Date of Death Rabbi Greenberg Scholarship: Hebrew School: Kiddush: Donation amount $ Donation amount $ Donation $75 basic Kiddush Check payable to: Temple B nai Shalom Mail to: 41 Storrs Ave, Braintree, MA ATTN: MARYLOU

6 MONA STRICK Dear Friends, This is the season of transition. May and June are filled with graduations and weddingsendings and beginnings. We too are approaching the end of our time together as I complete my year-long Rabbinic internship at Temple B nai Shalom on June 2. We have travelled the year cycle together the High Holidays, festivals and Shabbatot. We celebrated the joys of Chanukah and Purim together and have shared our stories with each other. Please accept my gratitude for welcoming me into this very caring community and supporting my learning as I head towards ordination next year. I greatly value the relationships that have developed and will miss being a part of the TBS family. It is traditional to recite the traveler s prayers before starting on a new journey. May it be Your will Adonai, our God and the God of our ancestors, that You lead us toward peace, guide our footsteps toward peace, and make us reach our desired destination for life, gladness, and peace. May You rescue us from the hand of every foe and from all difficulties. May You send blessings in our handiwork and grand us grace, kindness, and mercy in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who see us. May You hear the sound of our humble request. Blessed are You, Adonai who hears prayers. for life May the coming year be filled with good health, peace and loving kindness. May Temple B nai Shalom wand those who work hard to support the community go from strength to strength. Shalom u vracha Peace and Blessing Mona Strick, Rabbinic Intern Hebrew College 2019

7 MONA STRICK FAREWELL SHABBAT join the Congregation on SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd for SHABBAT SERVICES beginning at 9:15 AM AS WE EXPRESS OUR THANKS AND EXTEND BEST WISHES TO MONA STRICK, OUR RABBINIC INTERN AS SHE WILL BE COMPLETNG HER INTERNSHIP WITH TEMPLE B NAI SHALOM A SPECIAL KIDDUSH WILL FOLLOW

8 Shalom, Message from the Temple President down from the board. We thank them for their many, many years of service and contributions to Temple B nai Shalom while serving on the board. We welcome Barry Rabinovitz as a new director on the board. Thanks also to David Flaherty for all the odds and ends he continues to do for us at the temple and for his work with the Men s Club. Finally, our Religious School continues to thrive under the leadership of Solomon Borocov and Cantor Seth Grossman. Thank you, Solomon and Seth. I hope everyone is well as we have almost completed another year. On Sunday, May 6 we held our congregational meeting in which officers and directors were elected for the year. Our new board was installed on May 19. You can find the listing of new board members in this bulletin. In addition, the congregation voted to hire Rabbi Ma ayan Sands to lead us in the High Holiday Services this year. Rabbi Sands was ordained as a rabbi in May, She is graduate of Brown University and Hebrew College and has served as a family educator in a variety of settings including 10 years as the Education Director for the Boston-area Jewish Education Program. She also serves as a visiting Rabbi for Congregation Mishkan Tefilla in Brookline. We welcome Rabbi Sands to Temple B nai Shalom and look forward to her leading us for the High Holidays. Our rabbinic intern, Mona Strick will be completing her fifth year at Hebrew College in the fall with a rabbinic internship at Temple Emanu-el in Haverhill. We want to express our sincere appreciation for her leadership this past year and wish her the very best as she completes her last year at Hebrew College on her way to being ordained as a rabbi. We will be holding a special Kiddush in her honor on Saturday, June 2, following services. Congratulations to Judy Karll. She was this year s recipient of the President s Award for her work putting out the quarterly bulletin and serving as our social action representative. Each edition of the bulletin becomes better and better. Thank you, Judy, for taking on this important vehicle for communication to our congregants and doing such a wonderful job with it. Judy also coordinates the food donations that go to the food pantry in Braintree as well as Mitzvah Day for our Hebrew School students. I would like to express sincere appreciation to those individuals who served as officers and directors of the temple this past year as well as the committee chairs who have played an integral part in so many of the activities and events held. Thanks go to the following board members: Barry Belt, Michael Caplan, Marylou Fishman, Janice Fine, Meryl Smith, Paula Goldman, Sandie Baler-Segal, Cheryl Berman, Solomon Borocov, Richard Salloway, Florence Koffman, Arline Goodman, Jo Salloway, Steve Karll, Judy Karll, Gail Lerner, Audrey Mallock, Liz Bloom and Paul Rubin. A special thanks go to Barry Belt, Arline Goodman and Florence Koffman who have decided to step A special thank you, again, to our Sisterhood volunteers who prepare the Kiddush for us every Shabbat and for our Men s Club volunteers who prepare breakfast for our special events throughout the year. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated and critical to the success of our congregation. Thank you! This year was another active year for our temple. We continue to be fortunate to have so many of our congregants participating in various activities; whether it be Shabbat services, social functions, helping with rummage, Hebrew school or visiting our web-site. If you have not visited our web-site recently, go to I think you will be pleasantly surprised. It has updates throughout the year. Special thanks to Gail Lerner for continuing to spearhead this project and to Evelyn Schichner for hosting our web-site. In closing, I look forward to serving as your president for the upcoming year. I hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to become more involved with your shul. You can do so in many ways without a great deal of effort. If you have not attended any or many functions at the temple this past year, consider participating more this coming year. Consider coming to temple a few more times during the year beyond the High Holidays. Do you have a yahrzeit coming up or a special occasion that you would like to acknowledge? Sponsor a Kiddush and come to temple. We can always use some assistance in the kitchen on Saturday mornings for our Kiddush. Even if you can only spare an hour, we can use you. Contact Paula Goldman at paulag@beld.net for more information. As always, I want to thank Marylou Fishman for all of her assistance this year. She continues to work as hard as past president as she did as president. Wishing you all the very best in the summer months ahead Peter Kurzberg Dates to Calendar June 2 Shabbat Kiddush in honor of Mona Strick

9 Temple B nai Shalom Board Pres. Dr. Peter Kurzberg pkurzb@beld.net 1 st VP Stephen Karll Stephen.karll@verizon.net 2 nd VP Michael Caplan gardenlover5@verizon.net Fin Sec Janice Fine jan@janfine.com Treas. Paula Goldman paulag@beld.net Rec Sec.Meryl Smith meryljoys@aol.com Cor Sec Liz Bloom bobliz@beld.net Pt Pres Marylou Fishman maryloufishman@comcast.net Two Year Directors Sandie Baler-Segal sandiebs@verizon.net Audrey Mallock audrabm@gmail.com Barry Rabinovitz Barry@classichomesre.com Josephine Salloway jsalloway@aol.com One Year Directors Cheryl Berman nedcheryl@comcast.net Gail Lerner gblerner@beld.net Judy Karll sjkarll@yahoo.com Richard Salloway rbsalloway@aol.com Representatives Sisterhood: Board Representatives Men s Club Paul Rubin parsbr@verizon.net Hebrew School Solomon Borocov Sol00@yahoo.com Religious Committee: Michael Caplan Gardenlovers5@verizon.net JEWISH HOLIDAYS HOLIDAY DATES *Yizkor Tish a B Av July 2 Rosh Hashana Sept Yom Kippur *Sept Sukkot Sept 24-*25 Sept Shmini Atzeret *Oct 1 Simchat Torah Oct 2 Chanukah Dec 3-10 HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICE INFORMATION WILL BE MAILED AFTER JULY 4 TH Temple B nai Shalom and Congregants regret to announce the passing of MARILYN REISBERG z l In loving memory of our member & friend May her memory be for a blessing TBS TEMPLE CONGREGANTS EXPRESS THEIR SYMPATHY TO: Robert & Liz Bloom, Stacey, Suzanne and Jack on the loss of Irving Bloom, Bob s brother Peter & Karen Kurzberg, Marc and Dan on the loss of Jonathan Lazarus nephew and cousin Barry Rabinovitz & Angela Ponte on the loss of Solomon Rabinovitz Barry s father TBS TEMPLE CONGREGANTS WISH MAZEL TOV TO: Ann Pransky In honor of the marriage of her granddaughter, Jill Pransky to Daniel Wilkie Nancy Resnick In honor of her grandson, Jake s graduation from Long Island University, Master s Degree. Nancy Resnick In honor of her grandson, Luke s graduation from Touro College, Master s Degree Micky Rosen On the graduation of her granddaughter, Alicia from James Madison University

10 DONATIONS to TEMPLE B NAI SHALOM IN MEMORY OF MARILYN REISBERG Irving & Wayne Adler Bob & Liz Bloom Janice Fine David Flaherty & Paula Goldman Phyllis Godwin Arline Goodman Steve & Judy Karll Peter & Karen Kurzberg Enid Lubarsky William & Rita Needel Nancy & Jennifer Santry Sheldon Segal & Sandie Baler-Segal Robin Shaer-Torpey Meryl Smith Paul & Janet Sturman Carol & Nadine Tubman Milton & Arlene Wolk IN MEMORY OF JONATHAN LAZARUS NEPHEW OF PETER & KAREN KURZBERG Irving & Wayne Adler Bob & Liz Bloom Steve & Judy Karll Enid Lubarsky Eric Pence & Patti Rosenfield IN MEMORY OF IRVING BLOOM BROTHER OF BOB & LIZ BLOOM Ned & Cheryl Berman Steve & Judy Karll Seth & Jean Grossman Enid Lubarsky IN MEMORY OF SOLOMON RABINOVITZ FATHER OF BARRY RABINOVITZ Bob & Liz Bloom Janice Fine Steve & Judy Karll Enid Lubarsky Helen Warshauer Milton & Arlene Wolk DONATIONS RECEIVED IN HONOR OF In honor of Mona Strick For officiating at the funeral of Solomon Rabinovitz By Barry Rabinovitz & Angela Ponte In honor of Meryl Smith For a Happy Mother s Day By Erica Ferraro MAZEL TOV Enid Lubarsky In honor of the birth of Nancy Resnick s, great granddaughter Enid Lubarsky In honor of Nancy Resnick s grandsons, Luke & Jake s graduations. Enid Lubarsky In honor of Micky Rosen s granddaughter Alicia s graduation YAHRZEIT DONATONS Lynne Baron In memory of her father, Seymour Baron Ned & Cheryl Berman In memory of Sophie Berman Irving & Esther Isaacson David Flaherty & Paula Goldman In memory of Paula s father, David Goldman

11 Steve & Judy Karll In memory of: Karen Baru Ruth Karll Bertha Shefshick Bruce Shefshick Israel Shefshick Estelle Weinberg In memory of Hymen Comen Milton & Arlene Wolk In memory of Alvin Wolk KIDDUSH SPONSORS Michael & Alba Caplan In honor of Aimee s birthday Michael & Alba Caplan In honor of Andrews s birthday Lucy Fainer In memory of her husband, Leonid Janice Fine In memory of her father, George Shuman Christopher & Leah Giunta In memory of Leah s mother Dorothy Klingenstein MEMBERSHIP NOTICES THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE DONATION FOR YAHRZEIT & MEMORIAL PLAQUES TO $200 Due to the increase of our cost As a Member of the Temple, you can be notified of a family member s yahrzeit & the remembrance will also be mentioned at the Shabbat Service prior to the Hebrew anniversary. Please send the following information: Name of Deceased, date of passing as well as the time if known to: Meryl Smith meryljoys@aol.com YOUR DUES ARE DUE If you have lost your coupons or have any questions about the amount you owe for dues, Please contact: Janice Fine, at jan@janfine.com. Due for are due by June 30 th SPONSOR a KIDDUSH Barry Rabinovitz & Angela Ponte In memory of Barry s mother Sylvia Rabinovitz Roffo ADDITIONAL YEAR END DONATIONS Richard & Josephine Salloway SELLING CHAMETZ Peter & Karen Kurzberg MENDING by Meryl Marylou Fishman Enid Lubarsky Richard & Josephine Salloway Remember with TBS: a graduation, wedding, anniversary, birthday, Mitzvah, anniversary, Yahrzeit or something special to you. $75 for a basic Kiddush or embellished for an additional fee. To sponsor a Shabbat Kiddush contact either: jan@janfine.com OR maryloufishman@comcast.net

12 JUDAIC ITEMS Check out the Judaic items on the Hadassah Re-Sale Shop Table At the Temple Two Mezuzah Scrolls are available at $18 each. For additional information contact Marylou Fishman visit bjff.org To see the upcoming movies in the area.

13 CONTINUE TO BRING YOUR CANCELLED POSTAGE STAMPS AND LEAVE IN THE TEMPLE CONTAINER IN THE LOBBY TO ASSIST THE DISABLED VETERENS PROGRAM. JNF TREES If you are interested in purchasing Trees in Israel through Hadassah Contact: Carol Savas Fundraiser in support of: Temple B Nai Shalom Wednesday, June 13, 2018 All Day Valid at the following location: California Pizza Kitchen South Shore Plaza 250 Granite Street Nordstrom Wing, near Target s Escalator , opt 2 Fundraiser in support of: Temple B Nai Shalom Wednesday, June 13, 2018 All Day Valid at the following location: California Pizza Kitchen South Shore Plaza 250 Granite Street Nordstrom Wing, near Target s Escalator , opt 2 THIRD ANNUAL INSPIRED by ISRAEL VIDEO CONTEST Sponsored by the Adam & Gila Milstein Family Foundation. This year we are giving away over 20 thousand dollars in cash prizes! To learn more go to: enter-ourvideo contest/ REGISTRATION ENDS JUNE 24 TH 2018

14 DO YOU OR ANY OF YOU FAMILY SHOP ON AMAZON.COM Thanks to congregants who shop on AMAZON.COM, Temple B nai Shalom receives a check for a percentage of their sales each month from Amazon. Next time you have something to order: Go to The Temple s Website: Click on: GIVING Click on: SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES National Refugee Shabbat 2018, which falls on October 19th-20th, is a moment for congregations, organizations, and individuals around the country to create a Shabbat experience dedicated to refugees. The parsha (Torah portion) for this shabbat is Lech Lecha, which describes the beginning of the experience of wandering in search of freedom for the Jewish people. This makes it a particularly meaningful opportunity to deepen our understanding of today s global refugee crisis, connect with the Jewish movement for refugees, commit (or recommit) to taking action, and either celebrate your community s achievements in working with refugees or launch new efforts. WHY NOW? We are witnesses to one of the largest humanitarian crises in human history. There are now more than 65 million people who have fled their homes due to persecution and violence. And, yet, in this moment of unprecedented need, our government is grinding the U.S. refugee admissions program to a halt and cutting humanitarian aid. This year, the United States is poised to admit tens of thousands fewer refugees than in years past. The Jewish movement for refugees in the U.S. has grown exponentially since with individuals, congregations, and organizations volunteering, raising awareness, and advocating for refugees around the country and the world. The involvement of our community has made a difference. This is a moment when we must give voice to our values as Jews and as Americans and stand up for the safety and the lives of people around the world. National Refugee Shabbat will take place just after the expected announcement of the Presidential Determination - the cap on refugee admissions for the coming year - and just before the 2018 midterm elections. It is the perfect moment to raise awareness in our community, to recognize the work that has been done, and to reaffirm our commitment to welcoming refugees. WHAT DOES PARTICIPATION ENTAIL? Your participation in National Refugee Shabbat can be as multifaceted as you would like it to be for your community. It could be the culmination of a week of action on refugee issues, a moment to simply focus on learning more about the global refugee crisis in a Jewish context, or an opportunity to convene Jewish (or interfaith) congregations to learn and chart a course of action together. The choice is yours. WHAT WILL HIAS PROVIDE? Whether you signed up to participate on behalf of your congregation or as an individual hosting an

15 event in your home, there are a number of options for what your National Refugee Shabbat could look like. For congregations, you might consider including a liturgical reading on the theme of the refugee crisis in Shabbat services and/or dedicating a sermon or text study to the topic. If you have a relationship with a refugee or refugee professional in your local community, consider inviting that person to speak during services. In addition, you might plan a Shabbat dinner program after Friday evening services or a Shabbat lunch program after Saturday morning services. For those in major metropolitan areas with many congregations working on refugee issues together, we recommend considering coming together for Havdalah and a post-havdalah program, which will allow you to partner with one another on a larger program and explore programming options with which you might not feel comfortable on Shabbat (e.g., writing, video). In preparation for the 2018 midterm elections, consider inviting local candidates to attend any event you plan as part of the Shabbat. For individuals and congregations alike, at the beginning of August 2018, HIAS will provide a Content Resource Guide that may be helpful as you build out your programming. The Content Resource Guide will include several programmatic modules: an outline for a chamber music concert including compositions from Jewish and contemporary refugees a conversational guide for the movie "Human Flow" a workshop on having difficult conversations that uses refugee stories to address specific antirefugee sentiments an advocacy session that will guide you through personal and communal story telling that can be used in in-district meetings Most relevant to congregations - though, of course, available to everyone - the Content Resource will also include a liturgical reading, sermon talking points, and a text study. options would be the most appealing to you and/or your community. Congregations and organizations may also want to begin identifying possible community partners (e.g., other synagogues, local organizations, etc.) and procuring the right space for the program. NATIONAL CO-SPONSORS Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) American Jewish Committee (AJC) Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) The Rabbinical Assembly (RA) Reconstructing Judaism Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) TEMPLE B NAI SHALOM will keep you aware of the where the NATIONAL REFUGEE SHABBAT / HIAS services will be held. If you want more information, please contact: Judy Karll at sjkarll@yahoo.com BRING NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS TO TBS ON EACH OF YOUR VISITS They will be delivered to the Braintree Food Pantry at the Marge Crispin Center. We encourage you to think through which of these

16 LOOKING BACK GO TO THE TBS WEBSITE TO SEE MANY MORE PICTURES AT HEBREW SENIOR LIFE MATT SALLOWAY, PRODUCER BROUGHT US REBEL in the RYE HEBREW SENIOR LIFE GRATEFUL RESIDENTS MITZVAH DAY PROJECT Class decorates flower pots RECEIVES FOOD DONATIONS MARGE CRISPIN CENTER

17 SISTERHOOD DONOR DINNER

18 SPRING BREAKFAST

19 Hadassah table SEEN AT THE MFA, BOSTON