Schedule your transportation for Passover community events

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1 Chag Sameach Pesach! INSIDE: Learn about Passover and see a list of senior-friendly community events for the holiday. March 11 DISCOUNT ENTRY FOR SENIORS TO JAZZ SUNDAY AT THE WITTE Details on Page 4 50 Years of Serving Jewish Seniors Community Connections for San Antonio Jewish Seniors April YEARS: TRICENTENNIAL SHINDIG Celebrate the impact that the Jewish community has had on our city throughout the years, as we also mark the 70th Anniversary of the State of Israel with a shuk style street fair. NOON 6 PM AT TEMPLE BETH-EL THE CORNER OF ASHBY & BELKNAP Warren Leiberman, former SAJSS board member, will also be at the Shindig selling his artwork. April 22 LIBERATION OF DACHAU: THE TRUE STORY OF ONE HERO PULITZER PRIZE-NOMINATED AUTHOR Jack Sacco will speak to the experiences of his heroic father, Joe Sacco, including the emotional liberation of Dachau concentration camp. In the true story, Where the Birds Never Sing, Jack recounts the journey of Joe, an Alabama farm boy turned heroic World War II soldier. The book, which was nominated for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, has also been endorsed by scholars of the Holocaust, including the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. 3 5 PM HOLZMAN AUDITORIUM, AT THE HARRY & JEANETTE WEINBERG CAMPUS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Schedule your transportation for Passover community events Need a Ride? Call us. (210) We hope you all had a Chag Purim Sameach, a Happy Purim, and enjoyed hearing the megillah, eating hamantashen, and celebrating the survival of the Jewish people. Now, it is time to prepare for Passover. It is hard to believe that it is right around the corner, starting Friday night, March 30th. Jewish seniors needing rides to services for Passover or a Community Seder can call San Antonio Jewish Senior Services (SAJSS) for transportation. In an effort to fight isolation, SAJSS strives to make sure that no Jewish senior wanting to attend religious services or SAJSS volunteer Rivka Schechter led the first Shabbat service at Franklin Park Sonterra on February 16. Franklin Park Sonterra has joined the rotation of retirement facilities to have Jewish Living Programs and have clergy or volunteers visit to lead Shabbat services. Several of our partner organizations local congregations and the JCC are hosting community Seders for anyone MARCH 2018 Jewish community events is left at home without the means for transportation to these events. Please pass along the word to any Jewish senior you know who may need transportation. To schedule a ride, please call Lety Vargas at (210) Discover new ways to free ourselves this Passover FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stacey Kline Schwartz SHABBAT WITH SENIORS Adante Senior Living Friday, March 9 1 PM, in the theater Madison Estates Friday, March 16 10:30 AM, in the T.V. Room on 3rd floor Franklin Park Sonterra Friday, March 16 10:30 AM in the chapel on 1st floor who is interested. See the calendar and Passover page inside for more information, and contact us if you need help with transportation. Most of us have special memories of Passover Seders with family, friends, and com- See Schwartz, page 4 San Antonio Jewish Senior Services NW Military Hwy., Suite 210 San Antonio, TX (210)

2 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT March 2018 Senior-Friendly Events in in the SA SA Jewish Community This calendar is not a complete listing of all community events. This calendar is not complete listing of all community events. Some Some events events may may require require residency, membership, registration registration fees fees or or ticket ticket purchases. purchases. EVENTS CAN CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. PLEASE CONTACT THE HOSTING ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION AND AND TO TO RSVP. RSVP. 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM / 1:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM - JCC 11:45 AM - Temple Beth-El Fit4Life / Senior Lunch / Silver Cinema Fit4Life / * H-E-B Grocery Day Shabbat Lunch Chavurah 4:15 PM / 5:00 PM - Chabad 12:00 PM - Temple Beth-El 7:30 PM - Agudas Achim Megilla Reading / Purim Fiesta Brotherhood First Friday Luncheon Purim Ball 6:30 PM - Temple Beth-El 6:45 PM - Temple Chai 8:00 PM - JCC / The Vex Poetry & Writing Workshop Purim Celebration 5:00 PM - Rodfei Sholom Purim Extravaganza 7:00 PM - JCC Speaker & Author Series: Sarge 7:30 PM - JCC / The Vex :30 2:30 PM PM - JCC JCC / The The Vex Vex 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:30 10:30 AM AM - Agudas Agudas Achim Achim 1:00 1:00 PM PM - Temple Temple Beth-El Beth-El Trader Trader Joe's Joe's Trip Trip / Crochet Crochet Mitzvah Mitzvah / Yad Yad B'Yad B'Yad Purim Purim Event Adante Adante TBE TBE 50's 50's & 60's 60's + - Art Art Exhibit Exhibit & No No Host Host Lunch Lunch 2:30 2:30 PM PM - SAJSS SAJSS 11:30 11:30 AM AM - Chabad Chabad 6:00 6:00 PM PM - JFSA JFSA / HMMSA HMMSA 6:00 6:00 PM PM - Temple Temple Beth-El Beth-El AM AM - JCC JCC Film and Conversation at Madison Estates Sunshine Club Luncheon Holocaust Museum Benefit at the Witte Film and Conversation at Madison Estates Sunshine Club Luncheon Holocaust Museum Benefit at the Witte Women's Women's Seder Seder * Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Grocery Grocery Day Day 7:30 PM - Temple Beth-El 5:30 PM - Temple Beth-El 11:30 AM - Agudas Achim 12:00 PM - SAJSS Spurs vs. Grizzlies Game at AT&T Center Sisterhood Sip & Schmooze Simcha Social Club Senior Luncheon Lunch and a Movie at Golden Estates 1:00 6:15 PM - SAJSS Temple Beth-El Family Shabbat & Dinner Shabbat with Seniors at Adante 6:15 Time PM TBD - Temple - SAJSS Beth-El Family Shabbat Shabbat with Seniors & Dinner at Adante REGISTRATION DEADLINE!! - JCC TEXAS for JCC SENIOR TEXAS SENIOR GAMES GAMES :00 PM - SAJSS 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:30 AM - SAJSS 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM / 1:00 PM- JCC 10:30 AM - SAJSS Jazz Sunday at The Witte Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Film and Conversation at Adante Crochet Mitzvah / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Fit4Life / Senior Lunch / Silver Cinema Shabbat with Seniors at Franklin Park Sonterra 7:30 PM - Rodfei Sholom 2:30 PM - SAJSS 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:30 AM - Rodfei Sholom 7:00 PM - Chabad 10:30 AM - SAJSS Movie Night Film and Conversation at Madison Estates Fit4Life / Senior Lunch L'Chayim Club Senior Luncheon Women's Rosh Chodesh Dinner Shabbat with Seniors at Madison Estates 6:00 PM - Agudas Achim 7:00 PM - Agudas Achim 11:00 AM - JCC Sisterhood Book Review Moonlight Supper 54th St Rest. Fit4Life / * H-E-B Grocery Day :00 PM - Agudas Achim 10:00 AM - Beldon Library / JCC Senior Ctr. 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:30 AM - SAJSS 12:00 PM - Temple Beth-El Sisterhood Anniversary Tea Music Appreciation w Lynn Waghalter BINGO / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Crochet Mitzvah / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Shabbat with Seniors at Adante Lunch and Learn - Dr. Jenna Weissman Joselit 6:00 PM - Chabad 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 12:00 PM - Temple Chai 7:00 PM - Temple Beth-El 11:00 AM - JCC 7:00 PM - JCC / The Vex / Starz Youth Annual L'Chaim Event Fit4Life / Senior and Learn with Rabbi Komerofsky Scholar-in-Res. Dr. Jenna Weissman Joselit Fit4Life / * Wal-Mart Grocery Day "Once on this Island, Jr." 2:00 2:30 PM - SAJSS 2:00 PM - SAJSS Chocolate Film and Conversation Seder Madison at Madison Estates Estates Film & Conversation at Franklin Park Sonterra 2:30 PM - SAJSS 6:00 PM - Temple Beth-El Film and Conversation at Madison Estates Men's Barn Door Restaurant :30 AM - Temple Beth-El 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:30 AM - SAJSS 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM - JCC 6:00 PM - Temple Beth-El Adult Ed. w/rachel Stern Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Film and Conversation at Adante Crochet Mitzvah / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Memory Game / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Fit4Life Community Seder 2:00 PM - JCC / The Vex / Starz Youth 2:00 2:30 PM - SAJSS 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 12:00 PM - Temple Chai 7:00 PM - JCC 6:30 PM - Agudas Achim "Once on this Island, Jr." Chocolate Film and Conversation Seder Adante at Madison Estates Fit4Life / Senior and Learn with Rabbi Komerofsky First Night Seder Community 2nd Night Seder 2:00 PM - Temple Beth-El 2:30 PM - SAJSS 12:00 PM - SAJSS Sisterhood Spring Tea at Botanical Garden Film and Conversation at Madison Estates Lunch and a Movie at Golden Estates 4:30 PM - JCC / The Vex / Starz Youth "Once on this Island, Jr." JCC / The Vex (210) Beldon Library - Lynn Waghalter (210) Rodfei Sholom - Rabbi Scheinberg (210) SAJSS (210) Hebrew Free Loan - Laura Richardson (210) Chabad - Rabbi Teldon (210) JFSA / HMMSA (210) Temple Beth-El - Geri Gregory (210) Agudas Achim - Jennifer Meredith (210) JFS (210) Temple Chai - Rabbi Komerofsky (210) This This calendar calendar is current is current as of as February of February 22, 2018, 22, and 2018, contains and contains as much as information much information as SAJSS as was SAJSS able to was obtain able at to the obtain time. at If the you time. are affiliated If you are with affiliated an organization with organization in the Jewish in community the Jewish whose community senior-friendly whose senior-friendly events are not events on the are calendar, not on please the calendar, ask the please organization ask the to organization send their event to send information their event to Danielle information Roberts to at Danielle danieller@sajss.com Roberts at danieller@sajss.com by the 15th for future by months. the 15th We for would future like months. to ensure We Jewish would seniors like to ensure have as Jewish many opportunities seniors have to as participate many opportunities in community to participate events as possible. in community events as possible.

3 PASSOVER PESACH march 30 the 2018 holiday: SUNDOWN SUNDOWN to april 7 PASSOVER IS THE FIRST OF THREE FESTIVALS WITH RELIGIOUS, HISTORICAL, AND AGRICULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (THE OTHER TWO ARE SHAVUOT AND SUKKOT). THE PRIMARY OBSERVANCES OF PASSOVER ARE RELATED TO THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT AFTER MORE THAN 200 YEARS OF SLAVERY. OBSERVANCES The holiday name of Passover, (or Pesach in Hebrew) comes from the final plague death of the first born when G-d passed over the Jewish homes. Passover lasts for eight days (seven days in Israel) and is highlighted by a Seder the first two nights (one in Israel). Seder means order and is marked by 15 steps: Kaddesh (blessing over the wine), Urechatz (washing hands), Karpas (vegetable such as celery, parsley or potato), Yachatz (breaking of the middle matzah), Maggid (the telling of the story of the Exodus), Rachtzah (washing hands with a blessing), Motzi (blessing before eating matzah), Matzah (unleavened bread), Maror (bitter herb), Korekh (sandwich with matzah and maror), Shulchan Orekh (eating the festive meal), Tzafun (eating the afikomen for dessert), Barekh (grace after meals), Hallel (Psalms of praise), Nirtzah (conclusion of the Seder the prayer, Next Year in Jerusalem ). These steps are outlined in the Haggadah, the book used during the Seder that tells the story of the Exodus from Egypt and explains practices and symbols of the holiday. CUSTOMS MATZAH Matzah is unleavened bread, made without yeast or another leavening agent simply from flour and water and cooked very quickly. Jews made this bread for their flight from Egypt. For the 8 days, Jewish homes are free of all leavened grain products (chametz) and related foods. Before Passover, many people transform their kitchens to chametz-free zones. THE FOUR QUESTIONS During a Seder, the youngest person of the family asks a set of questions to encourage participation. It s designed to satisfy the needs of four different types of people: the wise one who wants to know technical details; the wicked one who excludes himself; the simple one who needs to know the basics; and the one who is unable to ask, who doesn t even know enough to know how or what to ask. SENIOR-FRIENDLY PASSOVER COMMUNITY EVENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 PRE-PASSOVER PIZZA PARTY AT AGUDAS ACHIM 5:30 PM - FREE. Eat pizza and burn chametz! (210) FRIDAY, MARCH 30 COMMUNITY SEDER AT TEMPLE BETH-EL 6 PM - $30/member; $36/non-members. Includes prizes for the afikomen, and family-friendly food. Reservations are required by Monday, March 26, at noon. HEBREW AND ENGLISH COMMUNITY SEDERS AT THE CHABAD CENTER 8:30 PM - $45 Adults. A Seder complete with hand-made Shmurah Matzah, Israeli wines, and a dinner spiced with singing and explanations of traditional customs. FIRST NIGHT COMMUNITY SEDER AT THE BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 7 PM - 9:30 PM - $15 Adults. An informal evening featuring a menu of matzah lasagna, green salad, Passover noodle kugel, and Passover brownies. Open to the community, and diners can come and go as they please. (210) SATURDAY, MARCH 31 INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY SECOND NIGHT SEDER AT AGUDAS ACHIM 6 PM - $25 Adults. Traditional meal, songs, Haggadah readings, and spiritual insight. Reservations required by Friday, March (210) ANNUAL COMMUNITY SECOND NIGHT SEDER AT RODFEI SHOLOM Second night Seder featuring traditional prayers, stories, songs, and a full meal. (210) TUESDAY, APRIL 3 KOSHER FOR PASSOVER COMMUNITY DINNER AT THE BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 6 PM - $20 Adults. The dinner will be led by Hazzan David Silverstein of Congregation Israel with piano accompaniment in the Holzman Auditorium. The program will be familyfriendly, participatory, and feature food from Irene s Kosher Catering. Space is limited, must RSVP. (210) For a ride to a Passover Seder, call Lety: (210)

4 SAJSS SPONSORED SENIOR EVENTS: MARCH 2018 The following March programs for seniors are sponsored or led by San Antonio Jewish Senior Services. Adante Senior Living FRIDAY, MARCH 9 AT 10:30 AM Yad B Yad Intergenerational Program - Heintz Preschoolers visit for a Purim celebration in the café. FRIDAY, MARCH 1 PM Shabbat with Seniors - Shabbat services with Rabbi Komerofsky from Temple Chai in the theater. TUESDAY, MARCH 13 & MARCH 10:30 AM SAJSS Presents - Join San Antonio Jewish Senior Services for a film and conversation with Mindi Silver-Weiss in the 2nd floor activity room. For more information, please call (210) FRIDAY, MARCH 10:30 AM Shabbat with Seniors - Shabbat services with Rabbi Block from Chabad Center for Jewish Life & Learning in the theater. MONDAY, MARCH 2 PM Chocolate Passover Seder - Rabbi Abraham of Congregation Agudas Achim & Lauren Sandoval of SAJSS lead a Seder with a chocolate twist in the Dining Room. Please RSVP by signing up in the Adante Activity Book. All residents are invited! Barshop Jewish Community Center MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & NOON Senior Luncheon - JCC seniors enjoy a healthy kosher lunch four days a week for only $3 each. The lunch program is funded in part by the Jewish Federation of San Antonio and San Antonio Jewish Senior Services. Chabad Center for Jewish Life & Learning TUESDAY, MARCH 11:30 AM - 1 PM Sunshine Club - An Oldies Music Luncheon, performed by Mark Greenwald. RSVP today: Call Nancy at Chabad: (210) or info@chabadsa.com. Sunshine Club is partially funded by a grant from San Antonio Jewish Senior Services. Golden Estates FRIDAY, MARCH NOON & WEDNESDAY, MARCH NOON Respite Luncheon - Lunch and a movie in the activity room with SAJSS friends. RSVP to Lety at (210) Congregation Agudas Achim THURSDAY, MARCH 11:30 AM Simcha Social Club - Come for lunch and the movie In Search of Israel Cuisine in the Gurinsky Social Hall. Please RSVP by at RSVP@agudas-achim.org or call (210) Simcha Social Club is partially funded by a grant from San Antonio Jewish Senior Services. Congregation Rodfei Sholom WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11:30 AM - 1 PM L Chayim Club Luncheon - A Focus will be on Passover with a D Var Torah given by Rabbi Scheinberg, followed by a delicious home-cooked meal. Seniors are invited to attend at no charge, thanks to a generous grant from San Antonio Jewish Senior Services and co-sponsorship of Rodfei Sholom. The cost for all others is $5 per person. Please RSVP by Monday, March 12 to Rodfei at (210) or rodfeisa@gmail.com. Franklin Park Sonterra FRIDAY, MARCH 10:30 PM Shabbat with Seniors - Shabbat services with Cantor Berlin from Temple Beth-El in the chapel on the 1st floor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 PM Jewish Living Program - Social gathering and a movie in the theater on the 2nd Floor. For more information, call San Antonio Jewish Senior Services at (210) Madison Estates MONDAY, MARCH 5, 12, 19, & 2:30 PM Jewish Living Program - Social gathering and a movie in the T.V. Room on the 3rd floor. *Please note that the program on March 19 will start a little later than 2:30 - immediately after the Chocolate Seder (info below) concludes. FRIDAY, MARCH 10:30 AM Shabbat with Seniors - Shabbat services with Rabbi Nathan from Temple Beth-El in the T.V. Room on the 3rd floor. MONDAY, MARCH 2 PM Chocolate Passover Seder - Rabbi Abraham of Congregation Agudas Achim & Lauren Sandoval of SAJSS lead a Seder with a chocolate twist in the San Juan Dining Room on the 3rd floor. Can't have sweets? Come anyway to watch the service and experience the fun, chocolate-themed Haggadah! Please RSVP by calling (210) All residents are invited! Temple Beth-El SATURDAY, MARCH 11:45 AM Shabbat Lunch Chavurah - Enjoy a delicious catered lunch then see the movie Devil s Arithmetic in the Block Conference Room. There is a $5 charge for those under 65 years of age, and no charge for those 65 or older. RSVP to geri@beth-elsa.org or (210) , ext This event is supported in part by San Antonio Jewish Senior Services. SATURDAY, MARCH 1 PM TBE60s+ Singles & TBE50s+ - Visit Temple Member Mark Schlesinger s Art Exhibit at the Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery, There will be a meet, greet, and talk to us about his art. Followed by a no-host late lunch at Yaya s Thai Restaurant. RSVP to Geri Gregory at (210) , ext. 120 or geri@beth-elsa.org

5 THE SAJSS SCOOP March 2018 Discount entry to Jazz Sunday at the Witte for seniors San Antonio Jewish Senior Services (SAJSS) invites seniors and others in the community to enjoy an afternoon of Jazz under the pecan trees at the Will Smith Amphitheater of the Witte Museum on March 11 from 3 to 5 PM., rain or shine. Food and beverages are available for purchase. Blankets and chairs are allowed and recommended. In case of rain, the concert will move indoors to the Prassel Auditorium. This program is free for Witte members. A subsidy from SAJSS will allow seniors who are not members of the Witte to attend for only $5. Visit to RSVP, which is required to receive the discounted entry to the museum. To ensure entry for this discounted price, guests must meet Mindy from SAJSS at the admissions desk between 2:30 and 2:45 PM. For questions, call or Mindy Cohen, SAJSS Program Director, at (210) or MindyC@ SAJSS.com. FRED S CORNER By Fred Kanter Sally and I joined about 40 of our fellow members of the Simcha Social Club at Congregation Agudas Achim on February 8. Rabbi Abraham provided an explanation of the Purim story with a reference to Esther. The meal consisted of sliders, french fries, fresh fruit, and Hamantashen. The program was the making of the Hamantashen. Tables were set up and the members went to work prior to eating lunch. The Hamantashen baked while we ate. Since I am not the best baker in the world, I discovered the way to get my fill. Just stand next to the baking sheet with a sad look on your face. Yiddish women cannot stand to see a starving man (I'm only about 40 pounds overweight) so they make extra. We had a ball and I ate lots of goodies. Simcha Social Club is partially funded by a grant from SAJSS. Tomorrow s results are created by today s hopes and dreams. To help San Antonio Jewish Senior Services (SAJSS) continue to grow in the future, please consider SAJSS when making your planned giving decisions. Designating SAJSS as a beneficiary of your estate planning or life insurance policy helps SAJSS to better serve the growing needs of those who follow in your footsteps. Schwartz, from page 1 munity. Like many families, when I was a child, we used a traditional Hagaddah and went around the table for every guest to read a section. The best part was being with family-parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins--and friends. Another favorite was eating homemade gefilte fish, made from fish my grandfather caught at Canyon Lake that was then ground up, mixed with other traditional ingredients, and formed into balls by my grandmother. Today, my family celebrates in a slightly different way. Sadly, we no longer make homemade gefilte fish, but we still sing lots of songs, and all of the kids chant the four questions. The night before the holiday begins, our children enjoy searching for the chometz we missed in the house, setting the Seder table, cooking with us, and preparing surprises for the ten plagues to include ping pong ball hail, plastic jumping frogs, and sunglasses for darkness. Before Seder begins, we engage our guests in discussions about modern-day issues of challenges, slavery, and freedom. Then we give every guest a different Haggadah, each book with its own commentary, encouraging everyone to ask questions, to challenge the text, and to think about our own personal journeys from slavery to freedom. Thankfully, most of us have not endured actual slavery, but many would say that we are enslaved by iphones, computers, materialism, personal obligations, and more. My hope for each of us this Passover is that we spend Seder with others and that we discover new ways to free ourselves from the things that keep us from reaching our full potential and identifying and fulfilling personal missions. May each of us make the most of every day, stay engaged and active, and work together to make our community better and stronger. Chag Sameach! NW Military Hwy., Suite. 210 San Antonio, TX / (210) SAJSS STAFF: STACEY KLINE SCHWARTZ, Executive Director StaceyS@SAJSS.com LETY P. VARGAS, Executive Assistant / Office Manager LetyV@SAJSS.com MINDY COHEN, Program Director MindyC@SAJSS.com DANIELLE ROBERTS, Information & Referral Program Manager DanielleR@SAJSS.com LAUREN SANDOVAL, Creative & Special Projects Manager LaurenS@SAJSS.com MINDI SILVER-WEISS, MSW, ACSW Connections Facilitator MindiSW@Gmail.com SAJSS OFFICERS AND BOARD PRESIDENT Suzanne Huber VICE PRESIDENT Howard Feinberg SECRETARY Allan Smith TREASURER Robi Jalnos PAST PRESIDENT Alice Troy BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maury Goldstein Alvin Loewenberg Jeanne Rubin Brenda Schram Dr. Michael Steinberg Gordon Weiner THANK YOU to our February Donors Mr. & Mrs. Tom Blackshear Howard & Esther Feinberg Wilma Fischer Roger & Barbara Lyons Karen Williams JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Want to receive the SAJSS newsletters and other happenings in the Jewish community via ? Just send your address to LetyV@SAJSS.com or call (210) with your info. GFIND US ON