The Kibbitzer Temple Am Shalom Mentor, Ohio MARCH 2018 ADAR-NISSAN 5778 A WORD FROM RENÉE We ve had a very busy February, and March is coming in like a lion & will be exiting the same way. February started with a Shabbat service with 25 people in attendance. Our second Shabbat started with dinner at the Fuji Grill Chinese Buffet with services following at temple. Twenty two people enjoyed this evening and some requested we do it again soon. Our Hamantaschen 101 class was a big hit, with everyone showing off their baking abilities. Flour, food and fun were shared by all. Quickly, following the baking class, will be our Purim Bowling at Scores Fun Center in Painesville on Friday, March 2 nd. Come enjoy the bowling, the band, the raffles, the pizza and the Hamantaschen. This event is always so much fun and we get to raise money for the temple. The month of March holds much more for our congregants to participate in. On Wednesday, March 7, we will have our usual board of directors meeting, with a visit by Mr. Steven Edelstein from the Jewish Legacy Project. The first part of the meeting will be led by Steven, who is visiting small congregations to discuss how they can help our congregation insure its legacy. The meeting is open to all congregants who are in good standing. Refreshments will be served. There will be two Shabbat services in March. Elise will be leading the service on March 16 th and Renee will be leading the service on March 23 rd. The oneg on March 23 rd will be sponsored by Bob & Lauren Sobol in honor of their 50 th anniversary. Mazel Tov to you both! On Sunday, March 25th, we will be sharing our Passover recipes and bringing in samples to share. Andy would like to print up your recipes in advance so that everyone can take them home with them to use for our upcoming Passover holiday Seders. Please send your amazing recipes to Andy at akenen@gmail.com by March 19 th. We will be meeting at 11:00 a.m. Don t miss it! I have recently received two inquiries from local churches requesting information about us. Specifically, Rev. Beth Wilterdink, from Hope Ridge United Methodist Church in Concord Township, asked to meet with me concerning having an interfaith Passover Seder with members of her church. We have met twice and are looking at Thursday, March 29 th, to share a Seder meal with her congregation. Am Shalom will be supplying the desserts. If you are interested in attending, please contact Renee at the temple office 440-255-1544 by March 22 nd. I was also contacted by The Rev. Lisa O Rear, Rector at St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Mentor, who asked if she could bring her confirmation class of four students, middle school-high school age, to one of our Friday night services, to learn more about our Jewish faith. She offered to stop by and discuss this with me and indicated that We re neighbors and it s about time we met. Thanks to Jerry Blane and his experts, we now have two new doors, with push bars. The back door and the side door have been installed and will be painted when the weather warms up. (Although, the end of February was not too bad!) Also, Tom Russ has installed our burglary system, and soon we'll be hooked up to the police department for emergencies. Continue on Page 2 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Shabbat Services Friday March 16 7:30pm service Friday, March 23 7:30pm service Board Meeting 7:30pm Wed March 7 Congregants, get involved! Men s Fellowship Group 8:00am Sunday, March 18, Mentor Family Restaurant. Contact Lee Hawthorne at (440) 725-6852 or at hawkeye1@ameritech.net Sisterhood 10:00am SUNDAY, March 11 at Manhattan Deli, Mentor Contact Rita Rose at (440) 867-2268 or rrose@oh.rr.com Literary Club 7:30pm WED MARCH 14 at temple, following the Fundraising meeting. Cooking for Passover 11am Sun March 25 @ Temple Send Andy your Passover recipes ASAP, he will be putting a Passover cookbook together, and bring a sample of recipe to share with others.
Page 2 THE KIBBITZER A WORD FROM RENÉE P AGE 2 They are never too far away, since they use our parking lot for radar detection for speeders on Rt 615. We, also, recently passed our final fire inspection. Our Congregational Seder will be on Friday, April 6 th, at 6:00 pm. The temple will provide the meat, soup and Seder plate items. Cost per person is $18.00 and $10.00 for children under 13 years of age. Please RSVP to Renee at temple 440-255-1544 by April 1, 2018 with the number of people attending & what side dish, dessert or beverage you will bring to add to our wonderful Seder meal. This is always a very well attended event. SAVE THE DATES: Wednesday, May 5 th - Texas Roadhouse Dine-in-to- Donate Fundraiser at Willoughby location from 6:00-10:00 pm. Look for flyer in next month s Kibbitzer. Saturday, May 19- Shavuot All Night Study at Congregation B nai Jeshuran from 7:00 pm -7:00 a.m. See next month s Kibbitzer for list & times of classes. There will be food and services throughout the night and a sunrise service in the morning. There is no cost to attend. Am Shalom is one of the sponsors of this event. Hope you all saw the wonderful article in the News Herald on Monday, February 12, covering our temple rebirth. It was a terrific pick-me-up for our temple. Thanks for all of your help! You can read the article at the following: http://www.news-herald.com/ lifestyle/20180211/temple-am-shalom-spiritual-leadertalks-renovations-growth-future-plans-for-mentorcongregation Andy Kenen will be offering a Memoirs class on Wednesday, June 20 th & 27 th. More information will follow. Finally, another clean-up day will be planned sometime in May or June, to help clean-up the grounds and reorganize the youth lounge and classroom, so they can be functional again. Thanks in advance to all who volunteer to help make Am Shalom as beautiful as it can be. I am so proud to walk into our temple and see all of the progress that we have made. B ahava, (with love) Renee Brian Zinner, CPA took over treasurer duties from Ron Rose as of February 1, 2018. Ron did an outstanding job for the Temple for approximately four years. Ron is famous for his phenomenal Toronto trips. Brian and his wife, Michele, have been members of Temple Am Shalom for almost 20 years. This is Brian s second term as Treasurer. He served in this capacity from 2010 through 2012. He has also been involved in fundraising activities such as trivia and comedy events. Brian is a CPA with more than 30 years in the accounting profession. He earned his BSBA from John Carroll University and his MBA from Cleveland State University. He provides tax preparation services to both individuals and small to medium-sized businesses. He can also help you with your accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll-related needs. He offers affordable, professional, and timely services to his clients. He can be reached by cell phone at (440) 313-5081 or by e-mail atbzinnercpa@gmail.com. Thank you, Brian NOTES FROM TREASURER Congregational Passover Seder April 6, 2018 @ 6pm RSVP to Temple office by April 1, 2018 with number of people and what your dish to pass is. Cost is $18 for adults $10 for Children Temple always has good turnout for Passover, so lets make this year one for the books...
Page 3 MARCH 2018 AN INVITATION TO Join Am Shalom s Annual Toronto Show Tour ALL-INCLUSIVE! - One Cost ADULTS ONLY Toronto Show Tour- October 2nd & 3rd, 2018 (Passports or pass cards Needed) Highlights (6) Attractions (1) Come From Away 4-star musical attraction- Great Seats! - (2) Robert Michaels in Concert-Selections from his new album (3) Jews on the Roof - A comedy Club of top Jewish comedians (4) Ballroom Dancing Exhibition & Group Dance lessons (5) Meet & Greet Cast Members of Come From Away & Comedians (6) Visit to Niagara on the Lake Six Great Meals No Tipping! 1. Breakfast at Cracker Barrel- Erie Pa. 2. Lunch at Betty s Restaurant- Niagara Falls 3. Dinner at Tucker s Marketplace, Burlington, Ontario 4 Continental Breakfast-Quality Suites-Oakville 5. Full Buffet Lunch-Frankie Tomatto s 6 Dinner at Mandarin Niagara Square Mall Tour also provides, water, Cookies, Movies, Rest Stops, Gifts Deluxe Anderson Motor Coach-Leaves from Temple Am Shalom Parking available at Temple Am Shalom, 7599 Center Street, Mentor, Ohio 44060 All Inclusive Cost: $440 p.p. Dbl. Occ. Single Occ. at $500 $240. Refundable Deposit per person due now or by April 30, 2018 $200. Balance due by August 1, 2018 (Single Balance $260) Method of Payment: Make checks payable to: Am Shalom//Toronto Trip c/o Ronald Rose, 5636 Primavera Drive 44060-9106. Please enclose your e-mail or phone number. Trip is limited to 48 passengers. This trip is a fundraising event to raise funds for Temple Am Shalom, a non-profit religious organization. Please contact Ron Rose at 440-867-2268 or e-mail at: rrose@oh.rr.com
Page 4 THE KIBBITZER Birthdays Allie Donohue 3/2 Stephen Krebs 3/9 Daniel Rosen 3/14 Rhoda Fischer 3/31 Happy Happy Anniversaries Mark & Pene Obenour 3/23 (18) Our sympathy goes out to the family of former Cantor David Wolinsky. Zichronam liv rachah May his memory be for a blessing. Healing Prayers Marti Ann Brazil, Alexzander Brooks, Marc Steindler, Joel Everly, and Arlene Everly, Jane Rosenberg, and Owen Boerner. Yahrzeits Light Yahrzeit candles the evening before the date. These names will be read during services in the month of February: Name Actual Date of Hebrew Date Yizkor Death corresponds to: Date Obsrvd Ida Weinberg 3/5 Adar 12, 5764 2/27 Harley Harris 3/7 Adar-1 27, 5776 3/14 Nathan Epstein 3/9 Adar-1 29, 5776 3/16 Frieda Sisler 3/8 Adar-ll 5, 5744 2/20 Elaine Schuster 3/11 Adar-ll 1, 5776 2/6 Martin Chervin 3/12 Adar-ll 5, 5760 2/20 Douglas Weinberg 3/13 Adar-ll 2, 5765 3/9 Celia Kaplan 3/15 Adar-ll 3, 5727 2/18 Robert Ford 3/16 Adar 26, 5767 3/13 Libbie Abbey 3/21 Adar 20, 5747 3/7 Reynold Kenen 3/23 Adar 23, 5766 3/10 Lief Whitney 3/25 Adar-ll 18, 5760 3/5 Lillian Kohen 3/26 Nissan 1, 5723 Fred Newman 3/27 Nissan 9, 5748 3/25 If you are following the civil calendar, then you will light the candle the evening before the civil date; if you are following the Hebrew calendar, then you will light the candle the evening before the observed Yizkor date. Help us update our records. Any corrections and/or information on the names listed would be appreciated. (Regarding the alphabetical names: Are you a relative or do you know the relatives? Do you know the dates of death? Please tell us.) Torah Portions for MARCH MARCH 3 Ki Tisha Exodus 30:11-34:325 MARCH 10 Vogak hel Exodus 35:1-38:28 - Pekudei Exodus 38:21-40:38 MARCH 17 Vigika Leviticus 1:1-5:26 MARCH 24 Tzev Leviticus 6:1-8:36
NOTE FROM TEMPLE PRESIDENT Hamantaschen Noshin Hamantaschen 101 brought seven bakers together on Sunday, February 25 to follow Renee s recipe for holiday treats. Everyone was covered in flour and fillings as they busily rolled the dough, added fillings and folded the triangular shaped cookies for our Purim Bowling Party on Friday. If you like cherry, lemon, strawberry, chocolate, or poppy seed; we have them ready for your tasting. Don t forget these are our gifts to you whether you bowl or not. Check out our baking on Friday from 6 pm to 10 pm. This is our finished product. I got to sample one and they turned out wonderful. Come to Scores Bowling Center in Painesville this Friday for Purim Bowling so you can try one for yourself.
MARCH 2018 Page 6 MARCH 2018 Temple Am Shalom ADAR-NISSAN 5778 Candle Lighting time Havdalah or End of Holiday Key: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 4 Adult Hebrew 10am 11 Sisterhood Breakfast 10:00am Manhattan Deli 18 Men s Fellowship 8:00a Mentor Family Restrnt Adult Hebrew 10am 25 Cooking for Passover 11am @ Temple 5 6 7 Board Meeting 7:30pm 12 13 14 Fundraising/activities Meeting 7:00 pm Book Club 7:30 pm 1 Purim 2 Shushan Purim Purim Bowling 6PM 8 9 15 16 5:59 pm 6:07 pm Shabbat Service 7:30pm 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 Seder with Hope Ridge United Methodist Church 6-8 pm Bring a dessert 7:15 pm Shabbat Service 7:30 pm 30 7:23 pm 7:31 pm 3 10 17 Rosh Chadesh Hachodesh 24 Shabbat Ha Gadol 31 PASSOVER Day 1 6:59pm 7:07pm 8:15 pm 8:23 pm 8:31 pm
Renée Blau, Spiritual Director & Cantorial Soloist Elise Aitken, Asst. Spiritual Dir. & Cantorial Soloist T h e T e m p l e B o a r d President Andrew Kenen Vice President Janet Evangelista Secretary Pene Obenour Treasurer Brian Zinner Youth Group Elise Aitken Education Director Renée Blau Facilities Maintenance M em b ers at L a rge : Bob Sobol Please kibbitz with us by contributing to our newsletter! Address your news, articles, suggestions or corrections to Pene Obenour - www.amshalommentor@gmail.com (be sure to include an identifying Subject line in your email); or send mail to the temple (by the 21 st of the month prior to the issue you want your information to appear): P.O. Box 1507, Mentor, Ohio 44061-1507. Thank you! Check us out at www.amshalom.org Temple Am Shalom P.O. Box 1507 Mentor, OH 44061 1507 (440) 255-1544 www.amshalom.org