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TEMPLE OHEV SHOLOM Phone: 717.233.6459 Fax: 717.233.7844 Email: office@ohevsholom.

org June 2014 Sivan-Tammuz 5774 Volume 4, Number 11 From your rabbi FROM YOUR RABBI Ending the year preparing for the next one It s hard to believe that the Religious School year is over for 2013-14.

1 TEMPLE OHEV SHOLOM Phone: Fax: June 2014 Sivan-Tammuz 5774 Volume 4, Number 11 From your rabbi FROM YOUR RABBI Ending the year preparing for the next one It s hard to believe that the Religious School year is over for It seems as though we were welcoming our children to class just last week and now they are off for the summer. Life at Ohev winds down a little in July and August (we won t have a temple bulletin in July) as our Adult Education Classes take a summer hiatus as well. But services take place every Friday night rain or shine and we are always here for you if you need us. As you know, we are in the midst of searching for a Cantorial Soloist, as our friend Yael Dadoun is graduating from HUC-JIR with her degree in Jewish Education and is preparing to move to Miami Beach Florida to begin her new position as Educator at Temple Beth Shalom. We also are searching for a cantor to join with me on the bema at High Holidays, so life will be very busy for us at the temple. In the meanwhile, please make sure to join us in worship on Friday evening May 30th as we welcome the Old World Folk Band to Ohev and share a festive Oneg Shabbat following services to say good-bye to Yael. Also, I hope that we all remember that Jewish life doesn t end when the school year ends, and the days become warmer and it s easier to plan a bar-b-que on Friday night rather than go to services. We never take attendance, but we do want you to know that we are here if you need us even if your children are away at camp rather than coming to Religious School and you are thinking more about the beach than singing Adon Olam. The June schedule for Friday night worship is here in the Bulletin. July and August worship will be held with our friends from Beth El. Services June 27-July 25 will be at Ohev Sholom at 6 PM. Services August 1-22 will be at Beth El at 5:45 PM. High Holidays are late this year (early last year, late this year, you know how it goes ) but if you like to plan, the schedule is found here in the Bulletin. So enjoy your summer take it easy on that vacation you ve planned, or just take some time to relax. I ll look forward to seeing you Your rabbi, Peter Kessler Inside this issue: From the President 2 From the Principal 3 Information 4 Temple Funds 5 TOSS Info 6 SOS President 7 Kaddish 8,9 Calendar 10 The Temple Ohev Sholom Bulletin is published 10 months a year in Harrisburg, PA.

SUMMER SHABBAT SERVICES We will be enjoying the camaraderie of our friends at Beth El Temple again this summer! Joint services with Beth El and Ohev Sholom will be held throughout the summer months.

2 Page 2 June 2014 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE Dear Fellow Congregants, I m asking for help but this time it has nothing to do with money. You may be aware of the recent First International Resources report on the world s attitude towards Jews. Here is a summary of the findings. SUMMER SHABBAT SERVICES We will be enjoying the camaraderie of our friends at Beth El Temple again this summer! Joint services with Beth El and Ohev Sholom will be held throughout the summer months. 26% of the world's adults are "deeply infected" with anti- Semitism Nearly half have of all adults in the world never heard of the Holocaust In the U.S., 9% believed the majority of negative stereotypes about Jews Three in four adults in the world have never met a Jewish person JOINT SHABBAT EVENING SERVICES WILL BE EVERY FRI- DAY AT 6 PM IN THE LEHRMAN CHAPEL AT OHEV SHOL- OM JUNE 27TH THROUGH JULY 25TH. JOINT SHABBAT EVENING SERVICES WILL BE EVERY FRI- DAY AT 5:45 PM AT BETH EL TEMPLE AUGUST 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 22ND. In the United States Jews have two problems. The first is the Jewish public relations problem created when the wrong Jews make news, like racist LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling and fraudulent investment banker Bernie Madoff. Of course these men are outliers but they can do a lot of damage to our name. There isn t much we can do about that it just stinks. The second problem we have is of our own doing. Jews all over the country are not affiliating with synagogues or they are quitting them. Our parents would never consider leaving a synagogue, recognizing it was a cornerstone of the Jewish world. I think they were also far more concerned about the survival of the Jewish people than we are. Today, many families think it s more important to spend the money and time on other things. Read the study results above again. Here s where I need your help. We all know Jewish families that are unaffiliated. They feel no obligation to pay it forward because in their minds the Jewish faith is doing fine. We re not doing fine. Please alert them to the findings of the aforementioned study -- it s all over the internet. Then ask them to join a synagogue and help us put Judaism on a safer track. See you at Temple, Larry Kluger HOSPITAL VISITS Rabbi Kessler is available for home and hospital visits for our congregants in need. Won t you please do a mitzvah and let him know of those who would like a visit? Thank you Schedule of Shabbat Services June 6, Shabbat Services,7:30 PM Sanctuary June 13, Shabbat Services,6:00 PM Lehrman Chapel June 20, Shabbat Services, 7:30 PM Sanctuary June 21. Tot Shabbat, 10:30 AM Lehrman Chapel June 27, Shabbat Services, 6:00 PM Lehrman Chapel

3 Page 3 June 2014 FROM THE PRINCIPAL People who know me well know that I am particularly passionate about several things: my family; Jewish education, the State of Israel and --the March of the Living. I d like to share some reflections on the March of the Living from which I recently returned--a two week program for Jewish teens that is a study in contrasts. I was accompanied by Rebecca Feldman, Michael Jose, Jen Wiley and adult participant, Marilynn Kanenson. The first week is spent in Poland. Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, is observed with a 5 kilometer march from Auschwitz I to Birkenau, the sub camp where Jews were starved, tortured and murdered. The second week is spent in Israel and the students observe both Yom Hazikaron, Israel s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers, and Yom Ha atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, with their Israeli counterparts. A second March begins in downtown Jerusalem and ends at the kotel, the Western Wall. The recurring theme of the March of the Living...what we sang to, what we danced to, what we prayed for-- was Am Yisrael Chai...the Jewish people live on...the March is an inspiring, life affirming, unforgettable journey; a roller coaster of emotions-- from sadness to elation, from despair to hope, and above all, a feeling of "oneness" with Klal Yisrael--the Jewish people. Imagine 10,000 young Jews from all corners of the earth gathering in Poland to bear witness, with great sadness and loss, to the devastation of the rich, thriving 600 year-old Polish Jewish community. They searched for traces of a world that is no more. They discovered that, of the hundreds of Jewish schools, synagogues and institutions that existed in Warsaw before the war, all that remained was one sparsely attended synagogue (used by the Nazis as a stable during the war) and a centuries-old Jewish cemetery that was left relatively untouched by the Nazis during their occupation of Warsaw. They saw a new resurgence of Jewish culture with synagogues, schools, organizations and youth groups. Like many others, our students may have left Poland still wondering how it was possible for the destruction of an entire generation of Jews to occur but they have pledged to keep their memories alive. Imagine the March of the Living---walking along the same train tracks as our grandparents did stopping along a high bridge and looking out. seeing hundreds of Israeli flags waving in the breeze, held with pride by 10,000 beautiful, young Jews hailing from every imaginable country and con- tinent being privileged to witness not a walk of despair but rather a march of life, of youth, of the promise of a bright Jewish future. In my entire life, I have never experienced anything more life affirming Then, seemingly in an instant, imagine these same 10,000 lovely Jewish teens bearing witness once again, this time with joy, pride and burgeoning love, to the rebirth of another rich, thriving Jewish community...this time in Israel, our Jewish homeland.exquisitely beautiful beyond words. During a previous visit to the Polish death camp, Maidaneck, I saw a mother wheeling a baby stroller through the camp while a group of Polish teens nearby chatted and laughed, as if they were in a park. I noticed them soon after entering the camp, just beyond the entrance gate. Their laughter was the first sound I heard in Maidaneck, an otherwise silent, lifeless place. Even now, years later, the sound of their laughter still echoes in my mind when I think about that visit. I went to Maidaneck because it is part of my own story; I left thinking about how little it means to many others. I didn't take any photographs at Maidaneck because I didn't need to: horror, even seen 60 years after it ended, isn't easily erased from memory. Speechlessness cannot be captured on film. Sheer incomprehension at the senselessness of what happened there does not translate digitally. The pain caused by standing on the same ground where countless Jews and non-jews perished is not the kind of thing one can record with a camera. The March of the Living is powerful, meaningful, memorable... It stays with the students and changes the way they feel about their religion; about living active Jewish lives; about love for Israel, and about how Jews the world over are all connected to each other. Bryan Adler, whose parents are Ohev Sholom members Ted and Shelley Adler, participated in the March of the Living over fifteen years ago. This is an excerpt from his journal. "Before I went on the March, I was a Jew in my head; now I'm a Jew in my heart." To me, this says it all. If you d like more information on the March of the Living either for students or adult participants, please feel free to contact me. In the meantime, on behalf of the entire Religious School, please accept my warmest good wishes for a lovely summer vacation. I look forward to seeing all of you in the fall. Lillian Rappaport

4 Page 4 June 2014 March of the Living Jennifer Wiley, Michael Jose, and Rebecca Feldman pose with their parents as they prepare to leave on the March of the Living, to visit the concentration camps in Poland and travel to Israel.

5 Page 5 June 2014 TEMPLE FUNDS RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND In memory of Ed Shapiro s father, Melvin Shapiro Richard & Beatrice Goldsmith In thanks for my participating at the funeral of Jack Hecht Floyd & Kersti Baturin, Mira Hecht, Dr. Drew Hecht DIANA SAUERTIEG BEAUTIFICATION FUND We are both so blessed to be able to celebrate our 70th wedding anniversary! Our being remembered by the Rabbi and the Board, plus so many of our nice friends with your good wishes is an added blessing! We thank all of you. Richard & Beatrice Goldsmith In memory of Ed Shapiro s father, Melvin Shapiro Arlene & Chuck Fradkin To the Maisel family, In memory of your brother, Howie Arlene & Chuck Fradkin S. HARPSTER MEMORIAL YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND In memory of Ed Shapiro s father, Melvin Shapiro Carol & Charles Liebman In honor of the 70th wedding anniversary of Beatrice & Richard Goldsmith Carol & Charles Liebman TEMPLE FUND In honor of the 70th wedding anniversary of Beatrice & Richard Goldsmith Elaine & Israel Schwab Sheila & Larry Altaker In memory of Cantor Sharon Kunitz Linda & Ron Goldberg RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FUND In memory of Sonia, beloved mother of Karen Schwartz The Plawsky family In honor of Reyna Jose receiving the Mildred Hand Leadership Award Bobbi & Harvey Danowitz

6 Page 6 June 2014 SISTERHOOD TRIBUTES Doris Zaritzky Fund To: Lillian Goldberg From: Janet and Phil Landesberg Have a speedy recovery Co-Presidents: Mazel Tov to the Newly Installed Temple Ohev Sholom Sisterhood Board! Vice Presidents: Sarah Brown & Luisa Narins Chastity Cottingham-Frye, Patti Hiver & Jaimi Smith ALTAR FLOWER FUND In memory of Jacob Doranz Ken and Linda Stewart In memory of Arnold Becker Jackie Becker and Family Treasurer: Recording Secretary: Financial Secretary: Corresponding Secretary: Advisors: Jill Kusic Abby Goddard Dara Kluger Reyna Jose Elissa Arch & Cindy Lynch In memory of Linda Grass Shapiro Lois Lehrman Grass Wishing Blanche Figowitt a speedy recovery Rose Ann Woldorf, Debbie Yoffe, Diane Goldberg Wishing a Happy 75th Birthday to Elaine Schwab Diane Goldberg Wishing a Happy 70 Birthday to Nancy Weber Rose Ann Woldorf In memory of our loving mother, Florence Litvack, Gail Ellen Riegler, Howard Litvack, Jay Litvack and families. In memory of Emily Lasker Mrs. Murray Katz and family. TOSS BOOK REVIEW 2014 Temple Ohev Sholom Sisterhood is pleased to announce that on October 23, 2014, the Symons/Rose Book Review event will feature New York Times best-selling author Ayelet Waldman. Waldman will be discussing her newest novel Love & Treasure. This book is described as a multilayered beautifully integrated story that scans 20th Century European Jewish history. Part document, part thriller, part love story and mystery; it is reminiscent of both The Red Violin and The History of the Book. It traces the origin and history of a unique pendant that is found amongst the treasures on the Hungarian Gold Train, an actual collection of train cars that was commandeered by the Allied troops in Austria in It was filled with a treasure trove of valuable goods confiscated from the Hungarian Jews during WWII. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to host this world-famous author and feature what is hailed as her finest novel to date. Wishing Blanche Figowitt a speedy recovery Rose Ann Woldorf, Debbie Yoffe, Diane Goldberg Happy Birthday wishes to Elaine Schwab on her 75th birthday Diane Goldberg Happy Birthday wishes to Nancy Weber on her 70th birthday Rose Ann Woldorf

7 Page 7 June 2014 SISTERHOOD PRESIDENT S MESSAGE June 2014 To the Women of Temple Ohev Sholom: We invite all of you to become members of the Temple Ohev Sholom Sisterhood for For those of you who are currently members, paying your dues now will save us the cost of mailing you an individual statement. For those of you who are not members, we strongly encourage you to join. You do not need to be Jewish or have lots of time to participate. Your membership in our Sisterhood will make a positive impact on all of the families belonging to Temple Ohev Sholom. Sisterhood provides our members with many unique services, including: Opportunities to promote friendship and fellowship among our Sisterhood members. Many interesting and informative programs throughout the year. Building the Sukkah and providing goodies to the Religious School children and college students. Timely communications via . Service to the Temple and its organizations. Coordination with other Sisterhood organizations through Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ). The finest Judaica gift shop in the region. If we can be of any assistance or answer any of your questions, please feel free to contact either of us or any of the Sisterhood Officers. We look forward to your joining us in the coming year. Sincerely, Sarah Brown and Luisa Narins, Co-Presidents, Temple Ohev Sholom Sisterhood Sarah Brown Co-President SarahB421@aol.com Luisa Narins Co-President lnarins@aol.com Chastity Cottingham Frye VP clancybelle@gmail.com Patti Hiver VP hivner4@comcast.net Jaimi Smith VP jaimi@comcast.net Jill Kusic Treasurer jillkusic@verizon.net Reyna Jose Corresponding Secretary rmjose32@comcast.net Dara Kluger Financial Secretary dkkluger@aol.com Abby Goddard Recording Secretary Elissa Arch Advisor elissa2345@comcast.net Cindy Lynch Advisor starmom6@comcast.net (Cut here) Name Address Phone Number I am a new member and am enclosing a dues check for $ **Please complete the New Member form on the reverse side and return with payment** I am a returning member and am enclosing a dues check for $ Additional contribution enclosed MAIL YOUR CHECK, made payable to Temple Ohev Sholom Sisterhood, and this bottom section to: Dara Kluger, Financial Secretary 1105 Tiverton Road Mechanicsburg, PA 17050

8 Page 8 June 2014 KADDISH June 6 Herman Brody Mollie Cohen Moe L. Cooper Samuel Dealham, Jr. Lena Eisenberg Howard Fineshriber William Frankel E. Mortimer Israel Toby Jacobs Sarah Lehrman A.L. Nassau Irving Picker Libby Picker Samuel Plotkin Matilda Pyke Anne N. Sauertieg I. Richard Savage Irving Silverman Ella C. Sykes Florence Symons Rabbi Jeffrey J. Weisblatt Florence Wnuk Ria M. Wolff June 13 Otilla Benavidez Tasos Coulianos Jack Fleishman Morton A. Friedman Jean Goldberg Morris Hoffman Terry Kassel Margaret Kelly Joseph G. Levy Marcus Rosenbaum Dr. Calvin T. Wolfberg June 20 Lena D. Adler Sarah Baturin Kassnar Charles Berg Mann G. Berg Manya Burickson Zoel Burickson Siebert Feldman David Fradkin S Joseph Freedman Daniel A. Greene Daisy A. Grumbacher Geri Henken Sarah Jaffe Jeanette Laubheim Herbert Narrow Stanley Roth Bessie Rouse Sarah Saxe Arnold Shapiro Howard Spitalny Sol Wiener June 27 Anna F. Berman Martin G. Binder, MD Milton M. Cohen Jacob Garner Eli Goldstein Jessica Goodman Fran Z. Guttman Grace Hess Milton Kantor Dolly Krause Jack Levy Jack Rose Mary Sachs Minnie Schwartz Abraham J. Sherman Sophie Vladimerov Esther Gross Weill Philip E. Yolles July 4 Robert Abel Rosalyn Meritz Blum Lee Braff Esther Cohen Avis Cooper Mildred Forman Abraham Garner Rose Goodman Alan Jacobs Bessie Latt Dorothy Brenner Macht Herman Marks Jerome Newman Florence Rindley Martin S. Roberts Max Rubin Becky Schnitzer Walter L. Stern Sylvia Tolk Leslie Torresson July 11 Martin S. Abel Charles Adler Alexander Aronson Mark R. Becker Harry Bryant Augusta Cohen Cecilia T. Friedman Margaret Friedman Lt. Miles F. Goodman, Jr. Lewis Ibsen Manuel Kraus Annette Lang Lynne Marrits Kitty G. Myers Aileen Osofsky William B. Schleisner Dorothy I. Zalman July 18 Gordon D. Adler Robert D. Brenner Albert Percy Doranz Greta Gallia Joan S. Goldsmith Oscar Goodman Caroline Greene Arthur Hess Lester Hess Norman Krause Marilyn Landesberg Samuel Latt Bessie Abel Lehrman Martha Lehrman Leon Samuel Levinson Rebecca Levy Abraham Mayer Gloria Olewine Ethel Segal David Shapiro Emanuel Stern Matilda Wolf Paul Zucker July 25 Stanley D. Adler Moses Baturin Hyman Chizeck Harris Cohen Monroe Cohen Harold M. Feinberg Ruth Friedman Rose S. Gross Rosebelle Holdsworth Kenneth Johnson Florence Kaplan Joseph Katz Rose Klotzman Abraham Mayer Henry M. Miller Selma Reis Bella Sevak George Sherman Albert J. Simms Herman Stein

9 Page 9 June 2014 KADDISH August 1 Sadie Frank Adler Abraham Bornstein Henry H. Brenner Alec Cohen Alexander Endy Frances Fradkin Margaret Goddard Paul Gourley Steven M. Harpster Alice May Heath Idelle J. Hess Selma Katzman Klein William Lipsitt Joseph Lowengard Louis Mitchell Herman J. Nathan Joseph Oppenheim Martha Miller Roth Melba Ball Schwartz Sherlee S. Seglin Arthur Siegel Harvey Tesman Cherney Yarowsky August 8 Esther Astrachan June Bedwell Lizzie Dealham Felix Gallia Seymour Goldberg Bernice Ibsen Emma Israel Daniel Krause Abraham J. Lehrman Edith Marcus Sadye H. Menaker Jeanette Shellhammer August 22 Harry Bagley J. Stanley Cohen Herman Freedman Lucetta Gross Beatrice Hershman Jay Holsopple Morton Klausner Rueben Levenson Ray Melnicove Dr. Irwin Parnes Elizabeth Schwartz J. David Snyder Sylvia Goldstein Stern Gloria Palkes Weiss August 30 Henra J. Abrams Leah Blank Ida Cohen Marvin Feinman Joseph Feldman Joseph Feldman Marcus Forman Barry Fox Lou Goldstein Julius Goodman Alex Grass Eleanor Jacobs Samuel Jaffe Lucille Levy Sally Marz Henry Nachman Esther B. Sherman Betty F. Sykes George Tolk Gloria Palkes Weiss August 15 William I. Bienstock Samuel Bromberg Jeanette Bronstein Justin O. Cohen Donald Ehring Ray Fisher Bernard Forner Joseph Goldberg Marion Gross Jacob Hand Murray Jaffe Ralph C. Koppelman Joseph G. Lowengard Linnea Neuman Diana K. Sauertieg Yetta Yamin Howard Zerfuss

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TEMPLE OHEV SHOLOM FROM YOUR RABBI. May 2014 Iyar-Sivan 5774 Volume 4, Number 10

TEMPLE OHEV SHOLOM FROM YOUR RABBI. May 2014 Iyar-Sivan 5774 Volume 4, Number 10 TEMPLE OHEV SHOLOM Phone: 717.233.6459 Fax: 717.233.7844 Email: office@ohevsholom.org www.ohevsholom.org May 2014 Iyar-Sivan 5774 Volume 4, Number 10 FROM YOUR RABBI Mazel-tov to Yael Dadoun and farewell.