Yom Hashoah Commemoration

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1 APRIL 2017 PLEASE PARDON OUR DUST WHILE WE DESIGN AN UPDATED CHAILIGHTS FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE Israel: A Positive Influence on the World Please join us on Friday, April 21, 2017 Noon 2:00 p.m. Fort Wayne Museum of Art 311 E. Main Street, Fort Wayne, IN Lunch will be provided (Kosher option upon request) RSVP no later than Friday, April 14 to the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne Moran Birman Consul for Public Diplomacy Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest Yom Hashoah Commemoration Stephen Feinberg United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Director of the Mandel Teacher Fellowship Program Remember, Lest We Forget and From This We Learned Nothing April 24, 2017 Rifkin Campus at 5200 A reception will follow the service Free & Open to the Public Art work and storyboards provided by: Wayne New Tech High School, New Haven High School, and West Noble Middle School 1

2 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT AND CAMPAIGN NEWS REMEMBER, LEST WE FORGET AND FROM THIS WE LEARNED NOTHING On Monday, April 24th, the Fort Wayne community will join communities worldwide in commemorating Yom Hashoah. The overwhelming theme that will run through all of these observances is the importance of remembering -- recalling the victims of this catastrophe and insuring that such a tragedy never happens again. For this reason, the Yom Hashoah Committee of the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne has asked Stephen Fineberg, Holocaust Scholar at the United States Memorial Museum to speak on the importance of remembering...lest we forget. Heartland Chamber Chorale will perform two very meaningful Yom Hashoah songs as part of our commemoration. Students from three local schools will be in attendance to discuss the story boards and art work they have created as part of their classroom Holocaust educational curriculum. You will be amazed at the in-depth study they have done for their projects. This is part of the new generation wishing to be upstanders...not bystanders as world Jewry is undergoing a new wave of anti-semitism. We thank the Dr. Harry Salon Foundation and the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign for making this event possible. Jaki Schreier Executive Director Please join us and Jews around the world who will hold memorials and vigils, as we light six candles in honor of the six million Holocaust victims. On this day, in Israel, a morning siren sounds, all activity stops, and citizens stand in memory of those who died. JOIN THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF FORT WAYNE If you are not receiving our monthly CHAILIGHTS , you can subscribe on I want to help Federation change lives in our community and around the world. Here s my tax-deductible gift to support the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne s Annual Campaign: 5200 Old Mill Road Fort Wayne, IN Phone: office@fwjf.org A membership entitles you to our monthly chailights newsletter, event notices, and weekly updates. I hereby pledge to pay the Federation Campaign the sum of $. Please circle: $54 $100 Other $ Contributor s signature Date: Printed Name Address Zip City State Phone Address 2

3 PARTNERS To the People of the Book committee, chaired by Kathy Sider, for an amazing evening with Brad Meltzer last month. People of the Book This year we were fortunate to welcome NY Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer for the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne s 38 th People of the Book program on Monday, March 6 at the Rifkin Campus at The event was very well received by the Fort Wayne Community with one of our largest crowds to date for this popular event. A successful author over many genres, Mr. Meltzer attracted a diverse audience. Mr. Meltzer gave an inspirational and engaging lecture titled, What s Your Legacy? He discussed how ordinary people in society become heroes such as Alex Scott, founder of Alex s Lemonade Stand, and Officer Frank Shankwitz, the cofounder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The audience was encouraged by Mr. Meltzer to seek out those in their lives who have inspired them and thank them. The evening concluded with a dessert reception and book signing. Mr. Meltzer was very gracious and signed books well past 10:00 p.m. One teacher from FWCS brought more than 50 titles for him to sign! Thank you to the committee for their contributions toward the success of the event. They are Carol Adelman, Fran Adler, Jamie Berger, Elissa Cohen, Betty Stein, Donna Tourkow, Al Zacher, Beth Zweig and Executive Director Jaki Schreier. 3

4 RECAPS We don t need to tell you that reading to your children is important. Study after study has shown it impacts a child s development. Even the mere presence of books in a home increases the level of education they can reach. But finding the right books and making the time to read as a family can be hard. That s where PJ Library comes in. JOIN OUR THOUGHTFUL THURSDAYS BAG ASSEMBLY TEAM The Jewish community s Thoughtful Thursdays volunteers will meet on Wednesday, April 12 at 10 a.m. to assemble bags for the 72 Brightpoint Head Start students who attend class at the Temple. Our final bag assembly this school year is Wednesday, May 3 at 11 a.m., followed by the annual Thoughtful Thursdays volunteer luncheon in the Goldstine Chapel. This project would not be possible without volunteers from Congregation Achduth Vesholom, Congregation B nai Jacob, and the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne. Contact Jamie Berger to learn more about getting involved in Thoughtful Thursdays atjberger02@comcast.net. For our Federation members, who have made a pledge of at least $54.00 a year, PJ Library sends free Jewish children s books to families across the world every month. We know that something magical happens when parents sit down together to read with their children. PJ Library shares Jewish stories that can help your family talk together about values and traditions that are important to you. A program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, PJ Library is made possible through partnerships with philanthropists and local Jewish organizations. Families with kids ages 6 months through 8 years old with Judaism as part of their lives are welcome to sign up. PJ Library welcomes all Jewish families, whatever your background, knowledge, family make-up, or observance may be. Through our partners around North America, we also offer activities for your family because you ve got to get out of the house and meet new people sometimes. Your children are learning about the world around them through the stories they hear. PJ Library books can bring Jewish ideas and inspiration for you and your children to share together. Looking for a great way to incorporate music on Shabbat with your little ones? PJ Library and Spotify have teamed up to bring you a Shabbat Playlist - ( user/pjlibrary/playlist/3oxtmorfowcoxwegpabec1). Enjoy! A SCENE FROM JERUSALEM Our creative juices were flowing when we met the beginning of March for our Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne Women s Rosh Chodesh Group! We met at Wine and Canvas to complete an abstract painting of Jerusalem. Some of us were a little more precise with our lines, and some of us enjoyed the option of abstract. What we all did agree on was having a great time together! See you next month! 4

5 CALENDAR APRIL 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 9:15 a.m. Shabbat 9:30 a.m. Shabbat School - BJ 2 3 Office Closed 6:00 p.m. Rosh Chodesh Mah Jongg Office Closed 7:00 a.m. Siyum for Firstborn - BJ Erev Pesach 4 BJ Office Closed Talmud - 11 JFFW, BJ & Offices Closed 10:00 a.m. Pesach Service - BJ Talmud Synagogue Board Meeting - BJ 12 JFFW & BJ Offices Closed 10:00 a.m. Thoughtful Thursdays :30 p.m. Temple Board Meeting - 7 BJ Office Closed 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Katan - 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services - 14 BJ Office Closed 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services - 12:45 p.m. Torah Class - BJ 8 9:15 a.m. Shabbat 9:30 a.m. Shabbat School - BJ 12:45 p.m. Torah Class - BJ 15 9:15 a.m. Shabbat 9:30 a.m. Shabbat School - BJ 12:45 p.m. Torah Class - BJ JFFW, BJ & Offices Closed 23 9:45 a.m. Religious School :45 a.m. Religious School - 2:00 p.m. Resource Center Grand Opening - 10:00 a.m. Pesach Service - BJ 10:45 a.m. Yizkor - BJ 24 Office Closed Yom Hoshoah - 18 JFFW & BJ Offices Closed 10:00 a.m. Pesach Hebrew School - Talmud - 25 BJ Office Closed Hebrew School - Talmud - KEY: JFFW - Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne (The Federation) BJ - B nai Jacob (the Synagogue) - Congregation Achduth Vesholom (the Temple) 19 Hebrew School - Hebrew School - BJ 9:00 p.m. PBS39 Nova Holocaust Escape Tunnel 26 Hebrew School - Hebrew School - BJ Mishneh Torah - BJ BJ Office Closed Noon - 2 P.M. Opinion Leaders Luncheon Fort Wayne Museum of Art 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services BJ Office Closed Jewish Federation Board Meeting - BJ 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services - 6:00 p.m. Passover Seder :15 a.m. Shabbat 9:30 a.m. Shabbat School - BJ 12:45 p.m. Torah Class - BJ 29 9:15 a.m. Shabbat 9:30 a.m. Shabbat School - BJ 12:45 p.m. Torah Class - BJ 5

6 CONGREGATION ACHDUTH VESHOLOM NEWS AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT RESOURCE CENTER GRAND OPENING Author David Laskin will be the keynote speaker at the Grand Opening of the Madge Rothschild Resource Center on Sunday, April 30 at the Rifkin Campus at He ll discuss One Family, Three Journeys: How one family embodied the sweep of 20th century Jewish history. Laskin s fascinating book explores his own family history, which begins a century and a half ago with a Torah scribe and his wife raising six children at the western fringe of the Russian Empire. The upheavals of the last century split the family into three branches: one immigrated to America and founded two businesses, including the Maidenform Bra Company; one went to Palestine as pioneer farmers and participated in the violent birth of the State of Israel; the third branch remained behind in Europe and suffered the onslaught of the Nazi occupation. The celebration begins at 2 p.m. with an open house in the Resource Center, a reception, and tours of Congregation Achduth Vesholom at 2:15 p.m., 2:45 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. The author will speak at 4 p.m., followed by a book signing and reception. The resource center is the cornerstone of the Rifkin Campus at 5200 project and includes the Rabbi Richard B. Safran Library and the Jacob L. Goldman Museum focusing on 200 years of Jewish history in Northeast Indiana. Thank you to the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation for its support of Laskin s visit. WHY IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERENT? TEMPLE SEDER ON NEW NIGHT Passover begins on Monday, April 10 when we retell the story of the Jews exodus from Egypt and freedom from bondage. Though we customarily celebrate the holiday as a congregation and community on the second night, this year we invite you for our Seder on Saturday, April 15 at 6 p.m. when Rabbi Lenny will lead us through the Haggadah and we ll dine on a traditional Pesach meal. Please call the Temple office at (260) with your reservations by Friday, March 31 and then follow up by sending your check made payable to - The Temple. Students enrolled in the Temple s Religious School may attend at no charge by making a reservation and when accompanied by a parent. The cost for Temple members is $25 for adults, $15 for children ages 3-12 who are not enrolled in the Religious School, and free for children under age 3. For non-members, the cost is $30 for adults, $18 for children 3-12, and free for children under age 3. No refunds will be issued for cancellations or no-shows. Reservations AFTER the deadline will be taken if space is available at an additional cost of $5 per person. An accurate count is needed to prepare the appropriate amount of food. FOUR DIFFERENT CUPS! 20S AND 30S TABLE AT THE SEDER If you are in your 20s or 30s, please join our Fort YAD (Young Adults Division) at the Temple s community Seder on Saturday, April 15 at 6 p.m. Along with great conversation and a delicious Passover meal, we will be tasting four different local wines at our table. Please make a reservation to the Temple at (260) or office@templecav.orgby Friday, March 31 (cost is $25 for Temple members and $30 for non-members made payable to - The Temple ) and make a note that you d like to sit at the Fort YAD table. WANT TO JOIN OUR TEMPLE TEAM? Congregation Achduth Vesholom is looking for two new parttime staff members to join our team, beginning July 1. Are you a dependable self-starter with great organizational and people skills? If so, we re looking for you to help keep our congregation running smoothly as Temple Administrator. Do you love Jewish learning and children, along with budget and administrative experience? If so, we re eager to talk to you about the position of Religious School Principal. Please contact Sally Trotter for more information or an application at (260) or cavadmin@ templecav.org. WHO WANTS TO PLAY MAHJ? Please join us for open play mah jongg in the Madge Rothschild Resource Center at the Rifkin Campus at Go to our signup page for Sunday morning Coffee & Mahj, from 10 a.m. to noon, as well as afternoon and evening options. We ve got three mah jongg sets for players to use. There is a $2 per player donation, which helps support resource center programs like these, and we suggest donating your winnings (if you decide to play for money) in the Temple s tzedakah (charity) box. Come and make some new friends; all levels of players are welcome! If you d like to join our list for mah jongg updates, please let us know at office@ templecav.org. SHARE SHABBAT AT THE TEMPLE IN PERSON OR ONLINE Celebrate Shabbat with us each Friday at 7:30 p.m. during April at the Temple. If you can t get to the Rifkin Campus at 5200 in person, please attend online during select weeks through our new TempleConnect. Please visit us at to find out how. TALMUD CLASS EXPLORES CENTRAL PILLAR OF JUDAISM Please join Rabbi Lenny for Talmud Class on Tuesday, April 18 and 25 at 7 p.m. at the Temple when we discuss how the concepts in the Talmud apply today in Fort Wayne and are relevant in our personal lives. Students may also attend online through TempleConnect. Find out more at 6

7 CONGREGATION B NAI JACOB NEWS PASSOVER INFORMATION AND SERVICES Sunday, April 9 at 8:43pm Bedikat Chametz* After the house has been thoroughly cleaned, a ceremonial search is performed for whatever chametz may remain. All chametz should have already been put away in cabinets, the garage or in some place where it can be marked and not be used, even by accident. *Selling of Chametz form available by calling the synagogue office at Return to office or Rabbi by Thursday, April 6. Monday, April 10, 7:00am Siyum for the Firstborn As you may have noticed, we are in the process of redesigning our look! We are becoming more active on Facebook (please like us). Our web presence is in the process of a makeover too. Our hope is to start sending our bulletin electronically beginning this July. To make this a smooth transition, please send us ALL addresses that you would like us to send our monthly Chailights to. We look forward to staying in touch always! The Siyum Service for the firstborn is held in gratitude to G-d for sparing the firstborn among the children of Israel when the last plague was brought against the Egyptians. A siyum is a public completion of the study of a tractate of the Talmud. Afterward, we will share breakfast. Monday, April 10 Eve of Pesach One may eat a chametz meal until 11:29am. No matzah is to be eaten until the Seder that night. First Seder - Candle lighting: 7:56pm. Tuesday, April 11, 10:00 am Pesach Services Second Seder - Candle lighting: 8:59pm. Saturday, April 15, 9:15 am Shabbat Pesach Services Monday, April 17, 10:00am Seventh Day Pesach Services Yizkor at approximately 10:45am. Tuesday, April 18, 10:00am Eighth Day Pesach Services SHABBAT SERVICES Shabbat morning services are held every Saturday at 9:15am. After our services, congregants and guests have an opportunity to enjoy the Shabbat and the camaraderie at our Kiddush. The Jewish Federation Board of Directors and Staff wish everyone a Happy Pesach. TORAH CLASSES Torah class meets on Shabbat at 12:45pm. We are continuing our studies of Vayikra, the Book of Leviticus. We are currently studying the Torah concept of Biblical leprosy and spiritual purity and impurity. Mishneh Torah class meets at 7:00pm on Wednesdays. We are studying the laws of Shabbat. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Hebrew School meets on Wednesdays at 4:00pm. Shabbat School and Havurat No ar meet on Saturdays at 9:30am. There will be no classes on April 1, April 5 and April 12. To keep up with all that is happening today and every day, please like us on Facebook. 7

8 OUR CONNECTIONS Summer is almost here! Let s rid our homes of chametz with a Kugel tasting and contest! The bakers and tasters of the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne Women s Rosh Chodesh club are invited to a fun filled evening of... eating!!!! On Monday April 3rd at 6pm we will be meeting at the home of hostess Donna Tourkow. Bring a kugel and share a recipe! We will have three categories of tasting: savory, sweet and other. Think egg noodle kugel, potato kugel, zoodle kugel and more! Please RSVP to either the JFFW office or to Leah Hadashi leahhadashi@gmail.com by Friday March 31st! Registration is now open for Camp Joe Levine. Camp Joe will meet at Fox Island the weeks of July 3, 10 and 17. Sign up for 1, 2 or all 3 weeks! Fun will be had by everyone! Registration forms are now available online. Call the Federation office if you would like more information. CAMP JOE LEVINE A JEWISH LIBRARY FOR ALL! On April 30 th, the Rabbi Richard B. Safran Library in the Madge Rothschild Resource Center will be open for business to the entire Jewish community. Members of both congregations and Federation members are welcome to borrow materials from our collection of more than 5,000 books, CDs and DVDs of Jewish interest. Our entire catalog can be found online at and includes hundreds of items from the Federation that have been donated to the library. The library can be accessed whenever the Temple Office is open, but is not always staffed. If you would like to visit when a librarian is available, we are always open when Religious School is in session on Sunday mornings, from 9:45 a.m. until noon and some weekday afternoons. Hours are frequently posted on the Temple s Facebook page. For more information about hours, borrowing materials, or to request a specific item, please contact our librarian, Betsy Gephart, at library@templecav.org. Come check us out! Coming Soon! July 2017 Do you have a family story to tell? Please consider sharing it with us. Beginning July, we would love to feature your story. Please call the Federation office at to let us know that you would like to tell us your story or send in your story to us at Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne, 5200 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne, IN We look forward to reading all about YOU! 8

9 FUNDS AND DONATIONS JEWISH FEDERATION FUNDS ENDOWMENT Audrey and Joe Gerson Free Loan Fund Baum/Goldenberg Scholarship Community Relations Committee (CRC): To provide for local programming and events through the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne. Emergency Cash Assistance Fund Goldenberg Camp Joe Fund: Every year we get a number of requests for assistance with the registration for our three-week Camp Joe Levine Day Camp. DONATIONS Holocaust Education Fund A donation was received from Eric & Jaki Schreier in appreciation of People of the Book chair Kathy Sider and her committee for the excellent Brad Meltzer program. Jewish Experience Fund A donation was received from Jaki Schreier in appreciation of the Jewish Federation President and Board of Directors. Holocaust Education Fund Janet Finkel Campership Fund: A few years ago, Audrey Gerson established the Janet Finkel Campership Fund in honor of Janet Finkel. This fund makes it possible to help youngsters go to a Jewish Camp or to a Music Camp. Jewish Experience Fund JNF - Plant a tree in Israel Prejudice Reduction Elimination Fund The Martha Rothenberg Replane Theater & Creative Arts Fund: This fund was created in Memory of Martha Rothenberg Replane to honor her memory and her love for theater and creative arts. The fund will be used to encourage theater and creative arts presentations and knowledge in our Community. We offer condolences to Virgil & Nina Mocle and family on the death of Virgil s father, Ben. We offer condolences to Rabbi Safran and his family on the death of Jay, his brother. May their memories be for blessings. Thoughtful Thursdays Fund 9

10 R.O.M.E.O.s (Retired Old Men Eating Out) April 6 - Spice & Herb Thai Cuisine 8802 Coldwater Road April 20 Casa Grille 411 E. Dupont Road Anyone interested in joining the ROMEOs for lunch can contact Rich Manalis at or richmanalis@me.com Officers Ron Friedman President Scott Salon VP Finance Jay Zemmol Treasurer Bonnie Pomerantz Secretary Jaki Schreier, Executive Director Staff Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne 5200 Old Mill Road Fort Wayne, IN phone fax Jaki Schreier Executive Director jakischreier@fwjf.org Monday, April 3 Rosh Chodesh 6:00 p.m. Friday, April 21 Opinion Leaders Luncheon - Noon Guest Speaker: Moran Birman Consul for Public Diplomacy Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest Fort Wayne Museum of Art Monday, April 24 Yom Hashoah Rifkin Campus at 5200 Sunday, April 30 Grand Opening of the Madge Rothschild Resource Center 2:00 p.m. Rifkin Campus at 5200 Wednesday, May 15 Dr. Michael Gizzi CRC The History Center June Hob Nobbin Film Festival Cinema Center Thursday, June 22 R.O.M.E.O.s Pasta Fundraiser Rifkin Campus at 5200 Board of Directors Rabbi Mitchell Kornspan Rabbi Leonard Sarko Carol Adelman Larry Adelman Ben Eisbart Doris Gottlieb Shai Hadashi Arlene Leib Lee Pomerantz Marcia Reynolds Kathy Sider Steve Trotter Larry Coulter Bookkeeper bookkeeper@fwjf.org Bonnie Pomerantz Administrative Assistant office@fwjf.org TELL US WHICH BOOKS YOU RECEIVED THIS MONTH? PJ Library supports reading anytime of the day. Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne Mission Statement: To support the well-being and continuity of the Jewish people in greater Fort Wayne, in Israel, and throughout the world. (Board approved May 26, 2016) 10