Boca Raton Synagogue WEEKLY PESACH March 25 - March 29, 2013 14 Nissan - 18 Nissan 5773 CHAG SAMEACH! RABBI EFREM GOLDBERG Marah D asrah RABBI PHILIP MOSKOWITZ Assistant Rabbi DAVID WOLGIN, PhD President RABBI JOSH BROIDE Outreach Rabbi RABBI URI PILICHOWSKI Teen Rabbi RABBI MORDECHAI SMOLARCIK Rabbi, BRS West RABBI KENNETH BRANDER Rabbi Emeritus MATTHEW HOCHERMAN Synagogue Administrator ALIZA PILICHOWSKI Youth Director KERRY PURCELL Editor-in-Chief of the Weekly Friend us on Facebook Boca Raton Synagogue GET CONNECTED FRIEND FOLLOW SHARE Follow us on Twitter @RabbiGoldberg @RabbiPhilip @Broide @RabbiPillows @MatthewJHoch Check out Jewish Pride Films for our latest videos HAHN JUDAIC CAMPUS 7900 MONTOYA CIRCLE N. BOCA RATON, FLORIDA 33433-4912 (561) 394-0394 FAX (561) 394-0180 WWW.BRSONLINE.ORG OFFICE@BRSONLINE.ORG
FROM THE RABBI S DESK If your Seder looks anything like the typical one, you likely have young kids fighting over giving every single Dvar Torah they prepared in school, adults offering technical and complicated vortelach (Torah thoughts), someone napping on the couch due to drinking the four cups too zealously, and more than one woman complaining that they spent most of the Seder in the kitchen and missed the whole thing. A Bold Suggestion For Your Seder Is this an authentic picture of what the Rabbis really had in mind when they instituted an evening with family and friends designed to nostalgically recall the miracle of leaving Egypt and our journey to freedom? I think not! It is abundantly clear from countless sources that the purpose of the evening is not simply to ramble through the text of the Haggadah, or to compete for who has the most to say. The entire format of the Seder supports the goal of the evening, which is, at its core, to simply have a conversation. Indeed, Rav Chaim Soloveitchik suggests that this format is what differentiates the mitzvah to speak This Year about Yetzias Mitzrayim (the exodus) on Seder night, from the mitzvah to remember it every single day. The rest of the year we lecture, teach, and tell Divrei Torah about leaving Egypt. Seder night, we have a conversation about the experience in the form of questions and answers, give and take, dialogue and discussion. Indeed, so many of the peculiar practices of the evening are done just so that the children will be curious, ask and ignite a conversation. I would like to offer a bold suggestion this year consider asking your children to put away their Haggadahs for part of the Seder or to only bring it to one of the two. The teachers of our community do an extraordinary job in preparing our students. The creativity, ingenuity and hard work that goes into designing the beautiful, personalized Haggadahs, and filling them with Torah thoughts is a testament to the dedication of our outstanding Rebbeim, Morahs, and teachers. We should welcome their incredible Haggadahs at our Seder table, but in moderation. If not, these Haggadahs can become a source of distraction and even worse, a source of friction when each of our children feel an obligation to read every single thought on every single page of their Haggadah at the Seder. Of course we should spend time sitting with each child, looking through their Haggadah, listening to their Divrei Torah, and appreciating their enthusiasm. Perhaps we can dedicate time on Erev Pesach or on Yom Tov afternoon to look at their Haggadahs more in depth and to hear the thoughts that didn t make it into the Seder itself. But, if we want our children to get the most out of our Seder experience, it can t just be a presentation of what they learned in school. The Seder must be a time to have conversations that matter, and discussions that can be transformative and provide inspiration that lasts the entire year. These conversations can happen with children and adults of all ages. Young kids should be engaged in storytelling in a real and personal way. We must turn to our children and grandchildren and tell them the riveting story of how we used to be slaves, do backbreaking labor, and then we were freed through miracles. With older children and adults, the conversations should be more sophisticated. I would like to suggest a few examples of how the Seder can be a platform for great conversations. Here are some thought-provoking questions that you can share Seder night to generate the kind of rigorous and robust discussions that our Rabbis imagined us having: 1. Ha Lachma Anya: Why do we begin the Seder specifically by inviting the underprivileged to join us? Is there a connection between freedom and sharing with others? 2. Avadim Hayinu: What is slavery and what is freedom? Though we are physically free, are there things and behaviors we are enslaved to? Does technology give us greater freedom or enslave us? 3. Four sons: Which child do you identify with? Is the Rasha really so wicked if at least he comes to the Seder? What about the hypothetical 5th son who doesn t even show? Are the eino yodei ah lish ol (don t know how to ask) the unaffiliated of our generation, and how do we engage them? 4. V hi she amdah: Who are the enemies of our generation that seek to destroy us, and can we identify miracles Hashem does to protect us? What is the root of Anti-Semitism and why have we always had enemies that seek our destruction? 5. Arami Oveid Ami: We became a nation when living among the Egyptians. Is living in a land of freedom good or bad for Judaism? Has the freedom of this great country, America, contributed positively or negatively to the continuity of Torah Judaism? 6. Ten Plagues: Can you think of a situation where you felt stuck and Hashem bailed you out? Are there miracles in your life in which you saw the guiding hand of Hashem? Page 2 continued --->
1. Dayenu: What does it mean to have the capacity to say enough? Are we ever satisfied or do we always crave more? 2. Hallel: What are you thankful for and why? Tell stories of personal freedom and liberation. These are just a few examples, but there are countless more conversations to be had on Seder night. Even if you disregard my earlier suggestion and insist on listening to every single Dvar Torah your child brings home, I urge you to be sure to make time to tell stories, ask questions, and have critical conversations. When all is said and done, the Seder is intended to be an exercise in Emunah (faith). If we walk away from the Seder and we have not grown in seeing Hashem in our lives, and feeling a connection and closeness to Him, we have failed in our mission. Make sure to have the kind of Seder that will leave friends and family wanting to come back for more of your good food and great company, but most of all for your incredible and inspiring conversations. Good Shabbos and Chag Kasher V Sameach, Follow the Rabbi at twitter.com/ rabbigoldberg Friend the Rabbi on facebook Efrem Goldberg Share the Rabbi s blog on www.brsonline.org Rabbi Efrem Goldberg HALACHIC QUESTION OF THE WEEK Q: My kids took the Afikomen and hid it but then fell asleep and I can t find it. What do I do? A: At the end of the Seder, we take the half of the broken matzah that was hidden and eat it as dessert. The Afikomen is a remembrance of the Korban Pesach whose taste was to last in our mouths. Each member of the seder should ideally eat two k zeisim (approximately 1/2 a hand shmurah) but can eat only one k zayis (1/4 of a hand shmurah) if it is difficult. If necessary, more matzah can be added to the part that was hidden. If after looking one is unable to find the hidden matzah, other matzah is used as the afikomen. Please submit your question of the week on any topic to Rabbi Efrem Goldberg at reg@brsonline.org Come to the on Sunday, April 14 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm for a garage sale to sell the remaining items from Rabbi Klein s house. All proceeds from the sale benefit BRS. SAVE THE DATE BRS ANNUAL GOLF & TENNIS TOURNAMENT Monday, June 3, 2013 of Via Mizner Golf & Country Club Tennis Co-Chairs Leslie Abady Gary Kransna Page 3
PESACH SCHEDULE MONDAY, MARCH 25 EREV PESACH (Sephardic Beit Midrash) Ashkenazi Mincha/Kabbalat Yom Tov Haggadah Insights Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Ma ariv Seder should not begin before TUESDAY, MARCH 26 1ST DAY OF PESACH Netz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) Hashkama Minyan (Social Hall) Sephardic Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) Main Minyan (Rand Sanctuary) Shtiebel Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash) Teen Minyan (Berdugo Beit Midrash - Room 104 & 105) Speaking of Redemption: The Inner Workings of Sipur Yetzias Mitzrayim R. Gershon Albert 7:00 pm 7:16 pm 8:00 pm 8:09 pm 9:45 am (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 7:00 pm Ashkenazi Mincha (Rand Sanctuary) Dvar Torah - Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovici Ma ariv/counting Omer 8:00 pm Yom Tov (Not Before) One cannot begin preparing for Yom Tov or the Seder prior to Candle lighting WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 2ND DAY OF PESACH Netz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) Hashkama Minyan (Social Hall) Sephardic Minyan (Social Hall) Main Minyan (Rand Sanctuary) Shtiebel Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash) Teen Minyan (Berdugo Beit Midrash - Room 104 & 105) The Thrill of Failure and the Jewish Narrative Rabbi Philip Moskowitz (Sephardic Beit Midrash) Ashkenazi Mincha (Rand Sanctuary) Dvar Torah - Rabbi Josh Flug Maariv/ Havdallah Shacharit Sephardic Shacharit Ashkenazi Mincha/Ma ariv Late Ma ariv (Senders Library) THURSDAY, MARCH 28 CHOL HAMOED PESACH FRIDAY, MARCH 29 CHOL HAMOED PESACH Netz Minyan Shacharit Sephardic Shacharit Plag Mincha Plag Ashkenazi Mincha / Kabbalat Yom Tov 9:45 am 7:15 pm 6:05, 7:00, 8:00 & 6:40 & 8:00 am 7:00 am 7:15 pm 9:30 pm 6:05, 7:00, 8:00 & 8:00 am 6:05 pm no earlier than 6:19 pm 6:50 pm 7:00 am 7:18 pm Netz Minyan Hashkoma Minyan Sephardic Shacharit Main Minyan Shtiebel Minyan Teen Minyan Ashkenazi Mincha Ma ariv/havdalah PESACH SCHEDULE SHABBAT, MARCH 30 CHOL HAMOED PESACH Passover Getaway in Sedom: What Lot Teaches us about Pesach Rabbi Fred Klein SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Netz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) Shacharit Sephardic Shacharit Plag Mincha Plag Ashkenazi Mincha / Kabbalat Yom Tov MONDAY, APRIL 1 7TH DAY OF PESACH 9:45 am 6:19 pm 7:00 pm 7:05 pm between Mincha/Ma ariv 8:12 pm 6:05, 7:00, 8:00 & 7:00 am 8:00 am 6:05 pm no earlier than 6:19 pm 7:19 pm Netz Minyan Hashkoma Minyan Sephardic Minyan Main Minyan Shtiebel Minyan Teen Minyan 9:45 pm 5:05 pm 5:15 pm Plag Mincha 6:05 pm For those accepting early Yom Tov, candle lighting no earlier than Ashkenazi Mincha followed by Ma ariv 7:25 pm For those accepting the second day of Yom Tov early, please make sure all foods prepared for the night meal are tasted before 7:37 pm 8:13 pm TUESDAY, APRIL 2 8TH DAY OF PESACH - YIZKOR Netz Minyan Hashkoma Minyan Sephardic Minyan Main Minyan Shtiebel Minyan Teen Minyan Yizkor Ashkenazi Mincha Seudas Moshiach (Social Hall) Ma ariv/havdalah You may eat Chametz sold through the synagogue after 9:45 am (approximately) 10:15 pm between Mincha/Ma ariv 8:13 pm 9:00 pm BRS WEST (At the Hillel Day School, 21001 95th Ave. (305) 725-2292 www.brswestonline.org) MONDAY, MARCH 25 Mincha Dvar Torah - Insights into the Pesach Hagaddah Ma ariv Pesach Seder should not begin before TUESDAY, MARCH 26 Shacharit Mincha Dvar Torah - Insights into the Pesach Hagaddah Ma ariv after Pesach Seder should not begin before 7:16 pm 7:15 pm 8:05 pm 9:30 pm 7:15 pm 8:05 pm Page 4
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MAZAL TOV Sylvia Broide on the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson Binyamin, son of Uri and Yael Goffin of Baltimore AND to proud Aunt Simone, Uncle Josh and cousins Ayala, Avigayil, Eliana, AJ, and Ahuva. YOU JUST CLEANED YOUR HOUSE FOR PESACH NOW CLEAN UP YOUR BILL There are just three months remaining to our 2012/2013 fiscal year. The monthly statements for March have been mailed out. If you haven t already made financial arrangements with the bookkeeper by either setting up a payment plan, or by filling out a Dues Adjustment Form, we ask that you do so now. Please note that seats for the High Holidays cannot be reserved until all past due balances are paid in full or payment arrangements have been made. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. If you would like to discuss anything pertaining to membership, contact Matthew Hocherman at mjh@brsonline.org. CPR CLASS On Tuesday, April 23, BRS will offer an opportunity for everyone to attend an American Heart Association Heart Saver class. After completing this class, you will become certified in basic CPR, first aid, and the Heimlich Maneuver. Learning these skills is crucial for anyone who has or cares for children, the elderly, or simply wants to be educated and prepared. Join us on Tuesday evening April 23, 7:00-10:00 pm. Cost is $25 person for the class and a certification card. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, contact the Shul office by April 9. For questions, please contact Arielle Moskowitz at rel612@ aol.com. YOM HASHOAH 5773 The Yom Hashoah program will be held on Sunday, April 7 at 6:30 pm. The program will feature Mr. Norman Frajman, as the main speaker. Mr. Frajman is a Holocaust survivor with an inspirational story. As a child, he was deported from the Warsaw Ghetto to different concentration camps. He was 15 years old when he was liberated by the Russian Army on the death march in May 1945. He emigrated to the US in 1948. He has watched the number of Holocaust survivors decline, but the importance of bearing witness to these atrocities remains. There will be a pre-program Dessert Reception and live telephone hook-up with Rabbi Broide and the BRS students participating in the March of the Living at 5:30 pm. Mincha will be at 6:15 pm followed by the main program. Sponsored by the K.A.D.I.S.H. organization. BRS WANTS TO WELCOME YOU! Are you moving into our community? Our welcome committee wants to welcome you! Please contact Orlie Cohen orlielevy@hotmail.com or Elana Belizon elana.belizon@gmail.com to be set up with buddy family. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS WYHS ANNUAL JOURNAL DINNER The Weinbaum Yeshiva High School will be holding its Annual Journal Dinner on May 22, 2013. The guests of honor will be Shimmie & Beth Kaminetsky. Yogev Berdugo (Class of 01) will be awarded WYHS Inaugural Young Leadership Award. We invite you to join us in celebrating together with our well deserving honorees. An ad journal will be produced in conjunction with the dinner. For more information, please contact Program Director Shira Englander at (561) 417-7422 or mse@wyhs.net BIRTHDAYS Remy Greenblatt Judah Rachman Emily Firestone Rebecca Fisher Estee Goldberg ANNIVERSARY Jonathan & Esther Abrams LIFE CYCLE IN APPRECIATION The Gladstone Family extends a heartfelt thanks to all for their generous donations and support during this difficult period. A warm and special appreciation to their dear friends and Rabbi s Goldberg, Moskowitz, Broide, and Gibber. They feel truly blessed to have you in their lives. May we continue to only share smachot together. For all other Refuah Shlaymah needs, please see Tehillim Circle Helen Ijac Alta Haita bat Devorah Ruth Sherman Rochel bat Batsheva Joan Noven Rochel Tova bat Malka Rabbi Shmuel Jarashow Shmuel Tzvi ben Shayna Cantor Lazar Wax Eliezer ben Sara Golda Sol Feldman Shlomo Dov ben Chana Abraham Katzman REFUAH SHLAYMAH For members of BRS Community. Abraham Yehoshua Ha Cohen ben Chaia Merv Jacobs Meir ben Sarah Spencer Cohen Zalman Meyer ben Sarah Moshe Applebaum Moshe Zvi ben Rachel Leah Israel Margolies Yisrael Chaim ben Malka Hassia Jacob Kazinec Yaakov Tzvi ben Leah Stewart Harris Shimon Gedalia ben Rachel Yosef Chaim ben Faiga Chana Sarah Marcus Donny Firestone Noah Firestone Akiva Stadlan Simcha Firestone Amanda Hoffman WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Aryeh & Brandy Meiteles WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY Elan Abtan Marty & Renee Brown Beverly Kassirer Briendle bat Pessel Ariella Berman Ariella Sarah bat Elisheva Malka Lian Sae Bloom Leah Sura bat Machla Feigela Beverly Kellman Baila Rus bat Sarah Shoshana bat Bella Devora Frayda bat Basya Carla Klein Ora Chana bat Shayna Raizel Chana Guta bat Rochel YAHRZEITS Irving Falik in memory of his son Bruce Falik, 11 Nisan Jordan Katz in memory of his mother Rosalie Katz, 11 Nisan Rachel Ouaknine in memory of her sister Ahuva Klein, 11 Nisan Steven Rantz in memory of his uncle Louis Rantz, 11 Nisan Lex Levinrad in memory of his mother Naomi Levinrad, 12 Nisan Jack Hanoka in memory of his mother Galdys Hanoka, 13 Nisan Eli Buzaglo in memory of his father Yosef Buzaglo, 14 Nisan Rabbi Ephraim Goldberg in memory of his father Israel Goldberg, 14 Nisan Dr. Ephraim Foonberg in memory of his grandmother Hana Foonberg, 15 Nisan Lily Levontin in memory of her brother Samuel Manis, 15 Nisan Bruce Schneider in memory of his mother Ruth Schneider, 15 Nisan Hassia Yehuda in memory of her father Yechiel Subar, 15 Nisan Rabbi Gabriel Ohayon in memory of his father Joseph Ohayon, 16 Nisan George Saks in memory of his aunt Ruth Saks, 16 Nisan Cantor Lazar Wax in memory of his mother Sara Wax, 16 Nisan Dr. Larry Charme in memory of his father Don Charme, 17 Nisan Mark Kotok in memory of his mother Rhoda Kotok, 17 Nisan Florence Wolf in memory of her mother Sarah Lebow, 17 Nisan Elliot Levontin in memory of his mother Sharon Levontin, 17 Nisan Joyce Hacker in memory of her mother-in-law Helga Hacker, 18 Nisan Leah Louis in memory of her mother Bobbie Vale, 18 Nisan Page 5
-BRS KIDS & TEENS- TEEN MINYAN ON FOR PESACH BRS teens questioning Majority Leader Eric Cantor& Mrs. Mayer Boca Raton, FL - The Boca Raton Synagogue is happy to announce that its famed teen minyan is on during Pesach. No minyan is able to meet the needs of all its attendees, and teen minyan is no different. In a close vote, the teens chose starting at their usual 9:45 AM start time instead of choosing a special Pesach start time of 5:30 AM. Many of the teens advocated for the 5:30 AM start time, reasoning that since the teens will be up the entire night telling the Pesach story anyway, they might as well start early. The other cadre of teens argued that the first set of teens were insane and therefore their opinion shouldn t count. After the vote was taken, the second cadre s opinion was accepted and the Pesach start time will be the usual 9:45 AM. JUNIOR CONGREGATION Make sure to come on time this week to JuCo. The fun begins every Shabbat at 10:00 am. Get ready for amazing Davening, Parsha, guest speakers, games, talent, and of course great prizes. KIDS HASHKAMA CHABURA Rabbi Gershon Eisenberger, Boca s new star Rebbe, will be conducting a post Hashkama Minyan Chabura for boys at in Room 102 in the Jacobs and Rubin Youth and Senior Center. Make sure to come on time for the special kids Kiddush! Did you know that BRS youth groups start at 10:00 AM? Celebrating Our Teens & Youth by Rabbi Uri Pilichowski This Week We Celebrate our Volunteers This week please join in me in celebrating some of the most wonderful teens in the Boca Raton. This past Sunday the Youth Department ran one it s most constituent pleasing programs of the year, N.P.A. No Parents Allowed. Designed to give parents time to clean their house, or relax after having just spent hours cleaning them, the BRS youth department put on a minicarnival for kids this past Sunday to keep the kids busy while the parents got ready for Pesach. A carnival, even a mini one, needs people to run the activities and events. Everyone is busy on the days leading up to Pesach, including teenagers. Although they are starting a two week vacation for Pesach and for some they are in the middle of three week vacations parents load up the chores, teachers assign work, and the ever growing shadow of the SAT s looms over them. With all of this pressure it is simply outstanding that teens came to volunteer on Sunday for the NPA event. Join me this week as I celebrate the teen volunteers of the Youth Department No Parents Allowed event. Page 8
SISTERHOOD 4TH ANNUAL JEWISH WOMEN S STUDY DAY Please join JWSD 2013 as Jewish women from the entire Boca Raton Community come together for a day of learning by women for women, on Thursday April 25, 8:45 am- 2:00 pm, at Congregation B nai Israel. The theme for the day is Judaism and Intimacy: Building Relationships. It features lunch with keynote speaker Jennie Rosenfeld PhD, a Talmudic scholar who specializes in applying educational resources from the Talmud and Jewish Law to the realms of current-day intimacy and sexuality. There will be two one-hour classes in the morning, taught by our own Rebbetzin Yocheved Goldberg, Dr. Deena Grant (Barry University), Dr. Miriam Dalin (FAU), Shoshana Eisenberger and Anne Deakter as well as community scholars and educators. Price for the entire event, two classes including breakfast and lunch, is $49. Lunch & Learn only for $39. For a full list of classes and registration, visit www.jewishwomenstudy.org Contact: Hinda Bramnick (561) 756-3704 SOCIAL ACTION In the perverted, alternative world of the UN Human Rights Commission, Monday, March 18 was Hate Israel Day. Headlining the program was the presentation of a report by a Fact Finding Mission on how Israeli settlements are the direct cause of all Palestinian ills. The probe was a sham, its verdict having been declared in advance. There were also three additional UN reports condemning Israel, including one that devotes several pages to accusations by Cuba and Syria that Israel is grossly violating human rights in the Golan Heights. The fact that, to date, over 600 detainees and political prisoners have died in Syria under torture, and reports estimate that more than 4000 children and as many as 2500 women have been killed in the conflict seems to have escaped the Human Rights Commission s notice. The irony of condemning Israel for human rights violations, while all of this is taking place in Syria, is apiece with seven earlier one-sided inquiries on Israel since the council s supposed reform in 2006, during which time it generated but five probes on the rest of the world combined, and none ever on Iran, China, or Sri Lanka. It is expected that six resolutions condemning Israel will come from this latest session. In every single generation, they rise up against us to destroy us. BIKUR CHOLIM A local nursing home in the Boca area has asked Bikur Cholim for helped in finding volunteers who would be interested volunteering in the cafeteria or driving patients to doctor appointments, Please contact,stan at 561-362 7345. BRS AUXILIARIES, ETC. YOM HASHOAH 5773 The Yom Hashoah program will be held on Sunday, April 7 at 6:30 pm. The program will feature Mr. Norman Frajman, as the main speaker. Mr. Frajman is a Holocaust survivor with an inspirational story. As a child, he was deported from the Warsaw Ghetto to different concentration camps. He was 15 years old when he was liberated by the Russian Army on the death march in May 1945. He emigrated to the US in 1948. He has watched the number of Holocaust survivors decline, but the importance of bearing witness to these atrocities remains. There will be a pre-program Dessert Reception and live telephone hook-up with Rabbi Broide and the BRS students participating in the March of the Living at 5:30 pm. Mincha will be at 6:15 pm followed by the main program. Sponsored by the K.A.D.I.S.H. organization. BOCA RATON COMMUNITY ERUV The Boca Raton Community Eruv is in need of funds. Yearly membership remains at $100 per family. It is now possible to sponsor the Eruv for a particular Shabbat for $360. Donations can now also be made through our website www.bocaeruv.org or by contacting Chani Salamon at (561) 392-1026 for more information. Please help, as we ALL benefit from the Eruv. The Eruv is something we all rely on and often take for granted. If you have not yet contributed, please consider doing so in order to ensure that the Eruv can be checked and maintained. WOMEN S MIKVAH The hours for the Women s Mikvah are Sunday through Thursday, 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm (last appointment is at 10:00 pm). For Friday and Yom Tov appointments, please call three days in advance. On Saturday and Fast Days, open an hour after Havadalah, for only 1 hour thereafter. In order to better assist you every day, appointments are strongly advised. Please call (561) 394-5854. MEN S MIKVAH HOURS The Men s Mikvah is open daily from 5:00 am and then again from 2:00 pm 6:00 pm. PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS Aba Chonah ben Hava Chana - Alan Gross American Jew Alan Gross has been wrongly held in a Cuban prison since December 2009. Since that time, Alan s physical and emotional state has deteriorated. He has lost over one hundred pounds and has suffered partial paralysis. Join us to call upon the Cuban government and the international community for the immediate release of Alan on humanitarian grounds. For more information and to get involved, visit www.jcouncil.org Yehonatan ben Malka - Jonathan Pollard Jonathan Pollard has been imprisoned in the United States since 1987. While working as an American civilian intelligence analyst, Pollard has admitted to passing classified information to Israel. Although even his most ardent supporters agree that he was in the wrong and guilty, the nature and length of his imprisonment is disproportionate and unparalleled. Join a multitude of prominent politicians, officials from the national intelligence world, and the legal world who have called for Pollard s sentence to be commuted. For more information and to sign a petition, visit www.jonathanpollard.org. ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES (IDF) Please have in mind children and grandchildren of members of our community currently serving in the IDF: Amiel Abir, Julian Gordon, Ben Weiss, Asher Kaplan, Orelia Elkaim, Stav Gare, Menachem Kaplan, Shabtai Kaplan, Jeremy Siegman, Noam Ivri (Makover), Arie Hizkiya, Daniel Makover, Charlie Pollack, Yakov Simcha ben Moshe Yisroel, Yehuda Strauss, Liel Reinfeld, Amichai Berman, Matt Firestone, Isaac Marco Romano, Yuchiel Shlomo Lowenstern and Mordechai Wolfson. If you have children or grandchildren currently serving in the IDF, please let us know their names so we can include them. Please have in mind our missing in action Israeli Soldiers Page 9
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