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1 B ' n a i S h o l o m C o n g r e g a t i o n B nai Sholom newsletter Issue 5 IYAR - SIVAN 5772 RELIGIOUS SERVICES SABBATH SERVICE FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. SABBATH SERVICE SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. WEEKDAY MINYAN SUNDAY 9:00 A.M. Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22 Book of Ruth Study in the Conference Room See Page 5 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM Friday, May 11 Sisterhood Dinner RSVP to Mary Lee Glaser 6:00 PM Sunday, May 13 Last Day of Religious School Breakfast 10:00 AM Thursday, May 17 Sisterhood Rummage Sale Sunday, May 20 Congregational Dinner Meeting 6:00 PM Saturday, May 26 Shavuot with God 7:00 PM See Page 5 Friday, May 4 - Family Dinner 6:00 PM RSVP to the office Family Services - 6:45 PM Birthday Blessings for children born in May. Bima: Malinda Cains and Tom Scarr Usher: David Glick Oneg: Rena Steirn Friday, May 11 - Services - 7:30 PM Bima: Diane Shattls and Mitch Klein Usher: Donnel Horn Oneg: Sisterhood Friday, May 18 - Services - 7:30 PM The Temple Youth Group will lead this service. Come hear them read Torah and interpret it for us - come sing along and celebrate! Bima: Derek Hyman and Nancy Newfeld Usher: Randy Miller Oneg: Marilyn Cohen Friday, May 25 - Services - 7:30 PM Anniversary Blessings for couples married in May Bima: Mark Newfeld and Joan Weisberg Usher: Sharon Weed Oneg: Samantha Beverage Child care is provided during Friday evening services as a courtesy to families with small children. It is important for members to attend the May 20 th Congregational Dinner Meeting at 6:00 PM. RSVP to the Temple office by May 15 if you plan to attend the dinner.

2 From the RAbbi ISRAEL IS 64 (AND WE RE GOING TO VISIT)! Send me a postcard, drop me a line stating point of view Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely wasting away Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine forever more Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four? Israel is 64 this year! Israel says to American Jews: DO you still need me now that I m 64? I ask because I feel you turning away sometimes and not always being supportive. American Jews say to Israel: DO you still feed me now that you re 64? I ask because I worry about some of the things I see you doing and wonder if you can live up to my expectations. In spite of the worries, the answer is YES. Israel and American Jews NEED EACH OTHER. American Jews and Israel still FEED EACH OTHER. Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel offers a vast archeological record, multiple biospheres, and biblical references around every corner. As Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel writes about the Land: Biblical chapters hovering everywhere. Places like Hebrew letters, waiting to be vocalized, waiting for crowns with which to be adorned. The land is a text. Here you are illiterate unless you remem ber words of Scripture. Wherever you stand you are at the frontier of biblical moments. As you may know and you saw and heard if you were in Pullman Square for the Israel Independence Day Celebration in May* from desalination techniques to a grid for electric cars, Israel is in the forefront of innovation to deal with modern challenges. In a recent article ( Daniel Gordis points out how much of the richness of contemporary Jewish life around the world is due to the existence of Medinat Yisrael, the State of Israel. Israel is our homeland. Not only as a refuge in any future conflagration, but as a source of inspiration to use right now in our own Jewish communities. Israel is a complex modern society working through its own social and environmental issues while staving off external threats. The various elements of its rich and complicated society inevitably clash with each other. Israel is the great project of Jews finally sovereign in our own land struggling to build a just society. And we in Huntington have the amazing opportunity to VISIT ISRAEL for 10 days in November at a highly subsidized rate thanks to the Weisbergs and Martha Barvin. (See page 4) In the fall we will study Israel in our texts. Even if you won t be on the trip, please join our learning sessions as we explore the ways in which Israel feeds us, nourishes us and inspires us; as we study our responsibilities toward Israel and how we can support the land and the people right now. Bivrakha, with blessing, Rabbi Jean E. Eglinton *Thanks to Ronni Glaser and Federated Jewish Charities of Huntington for organizing it. See photos on their website: **Thanks to Judy Lentz and Herman Glaser for bringing this to my attention. 2

3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Book of Ruth 7:30 PM 2 3 JGEL at Hibachi 11:45 AM Hebrew Class 7:00 PM 4 Family Dinner 6:00 PM Family Service 6:45 PM Birthday Blessings 5 Services 9:00 AM 6 Minyan 9:00AM Religious School 10:00 AM 7 8 Book of Ruth 7:30 PM 9 10 JGEL at 3rd and 9th St. Deli 11:45 AM Hebrew Class 7:00 PM 11 Sisterhood Dinner 6:00 PM; Services 7:30 PM 12 Services 9:00 AM 13 Minyan 9:00AM Last Day of Religious School Breakfast 10:00 AM Federated Meeting 7:00 PM Book of Ruth 7:30 PM Sisterhood Rummage Sale; JGEL Tahuna 11:45 AM; Hebrew Class 7:00 PM 18 Services 7:30 PM (Youth Group will lead. ) 19 Services 9:00 AM 20 Minyan 9:00AM Congregational Dinner Meeting 6:00 PM Book of Ruth 7:30 PM JGEL at Jewel City Seafood Hebrew Class 7:00 PM 25 Services 7:30 PM Anniversary Blessings 26 Services 9:00 AM; Erev Shavuot Service 7:00 PM 27 Minyan 9:00AM JGEL at Hibachi 11:45 AM Hebrew Class 7:00 PM 3

4 Huntington Goes to Israel The Deal of a Lifetime! Special 10 day mission with the Federation to see all the major sites and attractions This mission is subsidized for the Jewish community of Huntington by the Barvin, Weisberg family. Early Bird Subsidized Price: $1,999!!! Per person double occupancy, including all transportation direct from Huntington to Israel and back, Walk the streets of Jerusalem and see the restored Jewish Quarter Visit the Western Wall and get a tour of the underground Western Wall Tunnel See the recently unearthed City of David excavations See the Knesset Israel s Parliament Meet with real Israelis and hear from leading scholars and government officials Visit the programs and people our dollars have helped support See a computer simulation of what the actual Temple looked like and take a virtual tour Visit Har Hertzl where Yitzchak Rabin, Golda Meir and Theodor Hertzl are buried Visit a military base and have lunch with the soldiers See the beautiful seaside city of Tel Aviv and experience it s cosmopolitan flavor Visit Independence Hall where the modern state of Israel was declared Experience the new interactive Palmach Museum telling the story of Israel s birth Visit the Museum of the Diaspora telling the amazing story of our peoples migrations around the world Tour Masada, see the amazing Arava desert, swim in the Dead Sea and visit the oasis of Ein Gedi Take a jeep ride up the Golan Heights and see the Syrian bunkers Visit the city of the Jewish mystics Safed and tour its artist colony See Caesaria an entire excavated ancient city built by the Romans Be welcomed like family in our sister city Dimona and experience Israeli home hospitality Tour an Israeli winery and have a gourmet luncheon You don t want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see Israel as only insiders can see it, at a price that is unbelievable! Seats are limited so call today and sign up before they are all gone. Call Linda Klein, Huntington Mission Chair at

5 B N AI SHOLOM NEWS LET TER RUTH Jews must not intermarry! On the other hand... King David's ancestors (and so by extension those of the Messiah) included intermarried couples - and a whole lot more. Come study the Book of Ruth with us. Then help plan and lead our Shavuot service and study session. This year our Shavuot service will be Saturday night, May 26. Tuesday nights in conference 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM May 1, 8, 15 and 22 Congregational Dinner Meeting Sunday, May 20 6:00 P.M. RSVP for dinner to the Temple Office by May or bnaisholomwv@yahoo.com Dancing at the 2012 Israel Independence Day Celebration at Pullman Square! Thanks to Ronni Glaser and Huntington Jewish Federated Charities, and Christ Temple Church for coordinating the event. SHAVUOT WITH GOD Saturday night, May 26 Havdalah and Shavuot Service - 7:00 PM Dessert - 8:00 PM 8:30 PM to 9:30PM - Tikkun Leil Shavuot - Study Many Jews stay up all night on Shavuot to study. We will content ourselves with an hour. 5

6 DONATIONs Congregational Fund David and Marilyn Cohen in honor of Simon Weisberg's Torah Reading Ed and Peter Eiland in memory of Irene Eiland River Park Hospital in memory of Norty Kaplan Judy Lundy in memory of Rebecca Jurin, Ellis Clay Amburgey, Jim Amburgey, Norma Ruth Webster, Austin Moore and Celia Jurin Rose Marie Riter thank you to the Kleins, Newfelds, Scarrs, Weisbergs and all others for providing lunch on Rabbi Saturdays; well wishes to Rena Steirn; sympathy to Pauline Kaplan on the death of her brother; thank you to Rabbi Jean for a splendid Seder and to Sharon Pressman for organizing that splendid Seder; Happy Anniversary to Maury and Deedee Mufson and Mazel Tov to the Woodruff family on the birth of Kyle Hudson Woodruff Frances Fish Tompkins in memory of Judge Harold Tompkins and all deceased Fish family members Ed and Judy Woodruff Happy Annivesary to Maury and Deedee Mufson; in memory of Norty Kaplan; get well wishes to Annabella Weinsweig; thank you to our Temple secretary for her hard work and help Dorothy Polan Memorial Landscape Fund Lake and Louise Polan in memory of Walter H. Lewis, Sr. Mazon Fund Bea Gehringer in memory of Hannah Miller Marc and Sherri Solochek in memory of Anita Schrinsky Memorial Fund Ed and Peter Eiland in memory of Gizella Eiland Don and Kathy Hyman in memory of Rochelle Hyman Memorial Fund (continued) Harold and Freda Kagan in memory of Anna Levinson Paul and Lynne Mayer in memory of Phillip Supovitz, Sarah Supovitz, Josephine Klausner Mayer and Norty Kaplan Mufson New Prayer Book Fund Milford and Natalie Schneiderman in honor of the Mufson's 50th wedding anniversary Larry and Florence Persyko on the occasion of the Mufsons 50th wedding anniversary Myron Katz Memorial Darrell and Wendy Katz in memory of Andrew Katz Playground Fund Sheldon Levine in memory of Daniel Bertman Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Clarence and Jane Jackson Barrett Skoll in memory of Oscar Skoll Youth Group Fund Nicholas and Deborah Freidin in memory of Seymour Kenneth Freidin Clarence and Jane Jackson Marilyn Polan in memory of Walter H. Lewis, Sr. Weisberg Education Fund David Field in memory of Albert Rowan Tom and P.J. Scarr in honor of Simon Weisberg's Torah Reading Art and Joan Weisberg in memory of Goldie Callihan Yiddish Chorus Fund Marc and Sherri Solochek in memory of Bruce Schrinsky

7 SHOLOMGRAMS May and June 2012 Please check the names you want to send Sholomgrams to and mail immediately to : Sholomgrams Sandy Colker th St. #1007 Huntington, WV Please note: The address appears on the back of this sheet for your mailing convenience: fold, tape, stamp and mail. We will send Sholomgrams for anniversaries every five years starting with the tenth; birthdays will be noted on 60th, 70th, 75th, 85th, 90th and every year thereafter. Sholomgrams are $2.00 each. We can t note your special dates and birthday dates if we don t have them in our file. You may send anniversary and birthday dates to the office. If you wish to send to everyone, please contact : Sandy Colker To recap: 1. Check the names of those to whom you would like Sholomgrams sent. 2. Indicate how you want the Sholomgrams signed. 3. Mail your list to Sandy Colker by the 15th of this month. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Eric and Malinda Cains on their 10 th anniversary May 10 th. Harold Kagan on his 93 rd birthday June 3 rd. Marc and Sherri Solochek on their 45th anniversary June 8 th. Shirley Broh-Davis on her 96 th birthday June 21 st. Jeff and Suzie Smith on their 30 th anniversary June 26 th. Please indicate how you would like your Sholomgram signed: DON T FORGET TO SIGN YOUR SHOLOMGRAM! 7

8 SHOLOMGRAMS Sandy Colker th St. #1007 Huntington, WV

9 Sisterhood Sisterhood Dinner Friday, May 11 6:00 PM Chaired by the Sisterhood Catering Committee RSVP to Mary Lee Glaser Thank You to Sharon Pressman and the Catering committee for the wonderful Community Seder. Sam Kincaid for his leadership on the Empty Bowls Silent Auction project. All who secured auction items or helped in any way with Empty Bowls. Congregational Dinner Meeting Sunday, May 20 6:00 P.M. Chairmen: Lisa Ketchum and Nancy Newfeld. Committee: P.J. Scarr, Diane Shattls and Sherri Solochek. RSVP to the Temple Office for dinner by May 15: (304) or Brochures and order Forms are on the bookcase outside the office. For all orders over $30 turned in by May 25, you will receive a Clairette Reticulate Iris. For more information, call Judy Lentz: ( ) or Donnel Horn: ( ) Last Day of Religious School Breakfast Sunday, May 13 10:00 AM Family Dinner Friday, May 4 6:00 PM Hosted by Malinda Cains and Samantha Beverage RSVP to the Temple Office Family Service follows at 6:45 PM Sisterhood Rummage Sale Thursday, May 17 Chairmen: Marilyn Cohen and Barbara Silverstein. The Irises in this photo (from the yard of Malinda Cains) show the beauty and quality of Doornbosch bulbs sold by Sisterhood. Committee: Pauline Kaplan, Ronda Hyman, Joan Lerner, Joyce Levy, Sherry Patick, Rose Marie Riter, Rena Steirn and Sharon Weed. 9

10 RABBI S OFFICE HOURS Please call for an appointment. Tuesday: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Wednesday and Thursday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM TEMPLE OFFICE HOURS 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Monday - Friday Custodian s Hours Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM Fridays 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon 6:00-9:00 PM The deadline for items to be in the June Newsletter is May 15. SIMCHAS & TCHOTCHKES Spring is here and the shop chicks have sprung into action. We have a new and awesome selection of Judaica and gift items just right for Mother s Day, graduations, baby gifts and wedding presents. The shelves are covered with the beautiful and the practical, the sturdy and the sublime. Come in and spend a few moments and a few dollars. The kiss is always free. Remember, when it s gone.it s gone. Lisa : Sunday mornings Barb: Sherri: t TEMPLE MAILING ADDRESS: B NAI SHOLOM CONGREGATION P.O. BOX 2674 HUNTINGTON, WV BNAISHOLOMWV@YAHOO.COM Shopper of the Month Sherry Patick It s not the money it s the attitude 10

11 Friday, June 1 Broadway TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER Welcome as we join in singing Broadway songs written by Jewish composers and lyricists. Setting these secular songs in the sacred context of our service deepens our understanding of both spheres. Judaism is all about honoring the sacred in the everyday. David Glick to Receive the SERVICE TO CHILDREN Award May 31 st The TEAM for West Virginia Children is presenting David Glick with the Service to Children Award on May 31 st during the organization s 6th annual fundraising dinner at Guyan Golf and Country Club. This award is to recognize David s dedication in creating healthy environments for children through Little League for over 40 years. This is the same philosophy TEAM for West Virginia Children promotes. By supporting healthy child development through effective programs that prevent child abuse and neglect, the TEAM has been working to create safe and healthy communities for West Virginia children for over two decades. The evening will include a cocktail reception with entertainment, a dinner and dessert reception, silent auction, and the award presentation. Anyone interested in purchasing a $100 ticket or sponsorship opportunities should call , ext. 316 or contact team@teamwv.org by May 21. Or, you may RSVP by making a check payable to TEAM For West Virginia Children P.O. Box 1653, Huntington, WV LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR YOUR SUMMER VACATION? WHY NOT START BY PURCHASING EVERYTHING YOU NEED WITH TEMPLE GIFT CARDS AND FUEL CARDS? Taking a trip in the family car? Fill up with Speedway fuel/gift cards! Take a Speedway fuel/gift card along with you so you won t have to use your cash for gas while you re gone! Use gift certificates for any of these participating businesses as well: Applebee s, Bob Evans, FoodFair, Max & Erma s, O Charley s, Olive Garden, Panera Bread, Red Lobster and Rocco s! Please call Tim Beverage to order cards: (304) or him at: beverage.family@gmail.com Please mail payments to the attention of Tim Beverage at the Temple address: B nai Sholom Congregation P.O. Box 2674, Huntington, WV Huntington, WV

12 22nd Annual Temple (of Louisville) Women's on together with B'nai Sholom Congregation June 8-10, 2012 Heritage Farm Huntington, WV Join Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks and Rabbi Jean E. Eglinton for an extraordinary weekend of prayer, fun, study, nature, and sisterhood. Historically, on has been a time away from daily concerns so as to focus on renewing our spirits and bodies. This year more women are coming from Louisville than we expected, so we Huntingtonians will sleep in our own houses. In fact, if you have room in your house for one or more guests, please let us know just in case. The program hours are: Friday, June 8, 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm - including dinner and a special service. Saturday, June 9, 9:00 am to 10:00 pm - including breakfast, lunch and dinner and much more. Sunday, June 10, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon - including breakfast, morning service and closing. $60 for the entire weekend! Please make checks payable to B'nai Sholom and send them to the office by Friday, May 15. (Please indicate on envelope Attn. Women s on ) Name Phone Food Restrictions 12

13 TREE OF LIFE ORDER FORM I wish to purchase a Leaf on the Original Tree of Life for $ I wish to purchase a Leaf on the New Tree of Life for $ I wish to purchase a Root on the New Tree of Life for (a minimum of) $ Please indicate, on the lines below, the exact wording you desire to be inscribed on the leaf: ( in honor of... in memory of... on the occasion of... etc.) Name Address City State and Zip Code Phone number Mail form and check to: Tree of Life - c/o Martha Newby B nai Sholom Congregation P.O. Box 2674 Huntington, WV

14 Donated by Mary Cantor Paul and Lisa Jacobson Pauline Kaplan Samuel Kincaid and James Morris-Smith Joan Lerner Janice Levine Judy Lundy and Nathan Jurin Toni Schoenfeld Miller Maury and Deedee Mufson Lake and Louise Polan Ronald Polan Rose Marie Riter Jack Steinberg Kalman and Vicki Socolof Rena Steirn Art and Joan Weisberg Ed and Judy Woodruff In Memory of Rebecca Eisenberg Lilly Kwiatkowski Sara Guberman Selma Mazo Jacobson Samuel Abraham Kaplan Evelyn Imogene Morris-Smith Ida Lerner Ruth Davis Jim Amburgey Ellis Clay Amburgey, Jr. Frances Schoenfeld Stein Faye Mufson Max Mufson Frances Schoenfeld Stein Judge Michael E. Gersten Abraham Isaac Polan Harry Paul Schenker Tessie Gersman Steinberg Rebecca Eisenberg Lilly Kwiatkowski Sara Guberman Rebecca Eisenberg Lilly Kwiatkowski Sara Guberman Abraham Isaac Polan Terry Radow Rabbi Jean E. Eglinton Rabbi Emeritus Dr. David E. Wucher President Dr. Mark Newfeld Vice President Diane Shattls Secretary Samantha Beverage Treasurer Marc Solochek Past President Dr. Gail Feinberg Board Members David Glick Herman Glaser Derek Hyman Lisa Ketchum Mitch Klein Joan Lerner Tom Scarr Dr. Stephanie Skolik Joan Weisberg Sisterhood President Nancy Newfeld B nai Sholom Newsletter published monthly by B nai Sholom Congregation th Avenue P.O. Box 2674 Huntington, WV Phone: (304) bnaisholomwv@yahoo.com Website: 14

15 May 1-5 observed on May 4 Dr. Mayer S. Galpin 5/1 Tessie Gersman Steinberg 5/2 Judge Harold Tompkins 5/2 Abe B. Hyman 5/3 Sam Horowitz 5/4 Sharon Simons 5/4 Leonard Hartz 5/5 Iyar 13 Rhonda Van Derlaske 5/5 Iyar 13 Andrew W. VanDerlaske 5/5 Iyar 13 May 6-12 observed on May 11 Sam Hyman 5/6/ Ida Lerner 5/6 Harry Paul Schenker 5/6 Evelyn Imogene Morris-Smith 5/7 Frances Schoenfeld Stein 5/7 Isador Cohen 5/8 Iyar 16 Goldie Fetter 5/8 Ann Hyman 5/8 Joseph Fish 5/9 Helen Krasnow 5/9 Faye Mufson 5/9 Ellis Clay Amburgey, Jr. 5/10 Ruth Davis 5/10 Judge Michael E. Gersten 5/10 Selma Mazo Jacobson 5/10 Dora Hermanson Mann 5/10 Jim Amburgey 5/11 Nathan Malmut 5/11 Iyar 19 Max David Angel 5/12 Iyar 20 Thelma Cohen 5/12 Abraham Isaac Polan 5/12 May observed on May 18 Murial Chase 5/13 Rose Elderman 5/13 Iyar 21 Lilly Kwiatkowski 5/14 Iyar 22 Ralph Leon Masinter 5/14 Rubin Comet 5/15 Iyar 23 Samuel Footlick 5/16 Isidor Jaffe 5/16 Iyar 24 Jack Pressman 5/16 B N AI SHO LOM NEWS LE T TE R May Yahrzeits May observed on May 18 continued Charles Simons 5/16/ Iyar 24 Edith Fallon 5/17 Bessie Schlossberg 5/17 May observed on May 25 Bessie Glick Cohen 5/21 Iyar 29 David Cohen 5/21 Iyar 29 Minnie Friedberg 5/21 Dorothy Miller 5/21 Morris Edelson 5/22 Myron J. Katz 5/22 Sivan 1 Pearl Botnek 5/23 David Ginsburg 5/23 Max Mufson 5/23 Charlotte Angel 5/24 Sivan 3 Simon Fetter 5/24 Norman Stone 5/24 Sivan 3 Sarah Malmut 5/25 Sivan 4 Rebecca (Billie) Eisenberg 5/26 Sivan 5 Edith Fetter Gamoran 5/26 Sivan 5 Lela M. Jacobs Kuntz 5/26 May observed on June 1 Dr. Lincoln M. Polan 5/27 Philip Hersh 5/28 Terry Radow 5/28 Sam Barrack 5/29 Lawrence I. Glick 5/29 Charles Polan 5/29 Sivan 8 Samuel Abraham Kaplan 5/30 Sarah Lazarus 5/30 Ester Mussman 5/30 Sivan 9 Rosemary Freedman Cohen 5/31 Israel T. Gross 5/31 Ben Romer 5/31 Our Condolences to Walter Callihan on the death of his wife, Goldie Callihan on April 21,

16 B ' N A I S H O L O M C O N G R E G A T I O N th Avenue P.O. Box 2674 Huntington, WV Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Huntington, WV Permit No. 170 Friday, June 1 - Broadway Weekend of June Women s on at Heritage Farm. See page 12 for registration form. Tuesday, June 11 - Temple Board Meeting - 7:00 PM Friday, June 29 - Anniversary Blessings