Temple Israel Chronicle4/03

TEMPLE ISRAEL
CHRONICLE
“Dor L’Dor — Generation to Generation”
Volume 3, Issue 4 April, 2003 ✡ Adar II/Nisan 5763
A Fond Farewell to Murray and Evelyn
On Shabbat morning, March 15, our Congregation regretfully wished a fond farewell to
Murray & Evelyn Popky, who will be relocating to Michigan. They will take up residence
there to be near their children, Rabbi Charles & Allison Popky and their grandchildren, Noa
& Aliza. The Popkys joined Temple Israel shortly after their marriage by Rabbi Abraham D.
Barras, of Blessed Memory, in January 1953. They have been among the most active and
stalwart members in our congregation’s history.
Each Rosh Hashanah, we have anticipated Murray’s magnificent creative floral designs on
the Bimah. They set the mood for worship and transformed a large hall into a beautiful
sanctuary. Murray’s artistic taste is seen in every corner of our Temple building, from the
placement of artwork on the walls to the interior of our holy ark to the needlework designs
on the Torah covers.
We’ll miss Evelyn’s warm and friendly personality and we wish this loving couple happiness and good health as they enjoy
watching their grandchildren grow.
TEMPLE ISRAEL:
Staff:
Larry G. Kaplan, Rabbi
Ahron Abraham, Cantor
Gerri Kaplan, Principal
Debra Schonfeld, Administrator
Saul Troy, Ritual Director
Naomi Meyer, Chronicle Editor
Havdallah Workshop, 5th Grade Class
Officers:
David E. Schwager, Esq., President
Ruth S. Chariton, Chairman of the Board
Lisa Klee, School Board Chair
Sisterhood President:
Lois Rittenberg
Men’s Club President:
Dr. Richard Grossman
Danielle Ghingold with Mom,
Herta
Nan Greenwald with Daughter,
Danielle
Mike Krawitz with son, Daniel
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Daily Minyan:
Weekday Mornings, 7:15 AM
Sunday Mornings, 8 AM
Afternoons, 5:15 PM
Shabbat Services:
Kabbalat Service, 5:15 PM
Saturday Morning, 9:30 AM
See Detailed Shabbat Schedule Inside
Phone: (570) 824-8927
Fax: (570) 824-0904
Layout Design courtesy of
Bedwick & Jones Printing.
visit our website at: http://www.templewb.com
Daniel Davidowitz with Mom,
Einat
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Nicole Feigenblatt with mother,
Gerri Kaplan
Einat Davidowitz with 5th
grade class
“Workshop sponsored through the generosity of
The Sam & Ruth Rothman Hebrew School Fund.”
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e-mail us at: office@templewb.com

Rabbi Kaplan Writes...
Dear Friends,
Purim is
over which
means that
Pesach is
around the
corner. As we
walk up and
down the aisles
at Price Chopper and Wegman’s,
searching for the newest finds in Kosher
for Passover cuisine, we might pause for
a moment to reflect on what this holiday
is all about. I used to think it was about
the details. I focused on cleaning and
covering the shelves and countertops,
removing every trace of Chametz,
making sure the right kind of Karpas
was on the Seder plate, and buying
everything with a “Kosher for Passover”
label. A sticker wasn’t good enough- the
words had to be printed on the product
label. For many, this is Pesach.
Schlepping the dishes and the glasses
and the silverware and the pots and
pans, boxing up the remaining,
unopened non-Kosher for Passover items
and putting them in the basement,
making certain to “sell” whatever
Chametz remained in the house.
And all of this is with good reason:
The Torah commands us to remove all
Chametz during the holiday- S’OR LO
YIMATZE B’VATEICHEM! According to
Exodus chapter 12 verse 19: “No leaven
may be found in your homes for seven
days!” Forget for a moment the fact that
as gluttons for punishment we’ve added
a day to the Torah’s proscription. The
important part is the next half of the
verse: KOL OCHEL MACHMETZET
V’NICHR’TA HANEFESH HAHI
“Anyone who eats leaven- his soul shall
be cut off from his people.” Not wanting
to have our souls cut off from our
people, we avoid Chametz like the
plague.
It never occurred to me to question
the meaning of this verse and others like
it, until I read the Passover issue of
Kashrus Magazine many years ago. I
subscribed to this journal for its regular
updates on what food items had
incorrect Kashrut labeling, and for its
exhaustive list of Kosher for Passover
products. I let my subscription lapse,
though, after I read in its pages that
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Combat Roach Motels needed to be
removed from the home along with the
other Chametz during Passover. You see,
the bait in these insect traps is non-toxic
to humans and contains Chametz.
Thus, I imagine, if someone gets very
hungry during the Seder and can’t wait
for the chopped liver, he might grab a
roach motel and start munching away at
the non-toxic bait. This was a turning
point in my life. I toyed with the idea of
becoming a Buddhist monk for a bit, but
instead decided that God must have had
something else in mind when He said to
get rid of our Chametz.
So looking at that verse we see that
the punishment for consuming leaven
on Passover is that our soul will be cut
off from our people. The Talmud makes
clear that this phrase means that God
punishes us somehow, and that such a
punishment is reserved for breaches of
holiness. In other words, when we
disobey God’s ritual requirements, we
are “cut off” from Him.
But what happens when we treat
other people poorly? What happens
when we hurt others? Then the
punishment is not only Divine, but we
have committed a moral offense, and
society punishes us as well as God. Our
souls are important, and we’d like to
keep them connected to God. But what
good is a soul if we are able to mistreat
others? The idea of Passover is not to
focus on the minute details of the
Chametz in our homes, but to remind us
to clear out the Chametz in our hearts!
That Chametz is all the ill feelings
we’ve been harboring since last
Passover. Chametz, unlike the usual
translation “leaven”, really means “sour”
like the Hebrew word for vinegar:
Chometz, or the Hebrew word for
pickles: Chamutzim. When our hearts
turn sour because of the grudges we
bear, we need clear out those arteries
and let the blood of life flow through.
Recent studies have shown that stress
plays as significant a role in heart
disease as does cholesterol! How much
of our stress is caused by anger and
resentment toward others? Probably
most of it. If we focus only on the edible
Chametz in our homes, and ignore the
emotional Chametz in our hearts, we
are destined to get little out of Passover
other than a bloated feeling from too
many Matzah balls.
I know some of us don’t like me to
suggest that rituals like Kosher for
Passover products aren’t terribly
important in the grander scheme of
things, because we’ve been raised with
these detailed rules since childhood. But
Kosher for Passover ketchup is not why
God commanded us to observe Passover
each year. And the fact that our
ancestors didn’t have time to let their
bread rise on their way out of Egypt is a
pretty flimsy excuse to force tons of
Matzah down our throats for a week
each year. If the spiritual message of
Passover is lost to us, then we might as
well be back wandering in the desert.
Ask yourself this: Does God really care
what we eat nearly as much as He cares
how we act?
Doing the ritual is designed to help
us internalize the meaning behind the
ritual. Getting rid of Chametz is
supposed to get us to give up our
grudges and resentments. And it takes
time to get them out of our system.
An old Jewish lady goes to see her
lawyer. In a thick Yiddish accent she
tells him “I want a divorce!” The lawyer
asks, “Does your husband beat you up?”
She says, “Sure! I sleep late and he’s an
early riser. He beats me up every day!”
The lawyer asks, “Are there grounds?”
“Sure!” The lady says, “We’ve got two
acres! Of course there are grounds!” The
lawyer asks, “Is there a grudge?” “Of
course there’s a grudge,” says the lady.
“We’ve got two cars that we put in the
grudge!” Finally the lawyer asks, “So
why do you want a divorce?” She
answers, “Well, we don’t
communicate!”
God has tried to communicate His
desire for us to give up our personal,
emotional Chametz at Passover. May we
learn to search for and burn our
personal Chametz with the same zeal
and seriousness with which we
approach our edible Chametz. And be
sure to get rid of those roach motels!
Have a sweet Pesach!
Rabbi Larry and Gerri Kaplan,
Dana, Daniel, Ilan, Nicole,
Micah, and the babies!

Focus on Our
Endowments
In order to update the congregation on the purposes and
activities of our endowments, we are highlighting several
endowments in each month’s Chronicle.
Temple Israel is grateful to those families who have
assured the quality of Jewish life for generations to come by
endowing basic programs of service, which have spiritual,
cultural, interfaith, philanthropic, and educational purposes.
THE SHIRLEY & ROBERT FORTINSKY ENDOWMENT was
established to provide financial help for families within the
congregation and community who have suffered a
catastrophic reverse and require emergency assistance. This
year, the endowment was used to assist an anonymous family
within the community who had suffered a severe financial
loss.
THE FRIEDMAN INTERFAITH ENDOWMENT was
established to provide support for specific communal projects
which have as their purpose the construction of bridges of
understanding and friendship between the Christian and
Jewish communities. Although there was no activity from this
endowment in the past year, we look forward to its active
participation in the future.
THE SIDNEY FRIEDMAN TRANSPORTATION
ENDOWMENT was established to provide access for the
elderly to services and for the children to Religious School.
This year, the endowment is helping to provide twice weekly
busing of our students to Hebrew school.
New Fund Established
at Temple Israel
Temple Israel gratefully acknowledges the establishment
of The Doris & Sidney Keiser Keruv Fund. The fund is made
possible by the generosity of family and friends to perpetuate
the memory of Doris and Sid and to continue their good
work of properly educating those individuals who seek to
become Jews by choice.
Doris taught the Basic Judaism course at Temple for many
years, and Sid was very supportive of her in this endeavor. A
number of individuals who studied with Doris went on to
become prominent members of our congregation and the
Jewish community. They also formed close personal ties and
social relationships with Doris and Sid that continued
throughout their lifetimes.
We hope our members will consider contributing to this
fund, to ensure that appropriate educational materials can be
provided for all conversion students
SHABBAT
SCHEDULE
SPECIAL PASSOVER MAILING
WILL BE SENT SHORTLY
TAZRIA
Friday, April 4
Candlelighting time...........................6:13 p.m.
Saturday, April 5.............................................9:30 a.m.
Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Bloch
Minchah.........................................................6:30 p.m.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
METZORA
SHABBAT HAGADOL
Friday, April 11
Candlelighting time...........................7:20 p.m.
Saturday, April 12
Traditional Service.............................8:00 a.m.
Creative Bar Mitzvah Service.............9:30 a.m.
Bar Mitzvah of Sam Davidowitz
Minchah.........................................................7:30 p.m.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
CHOL HAMOED PESACH
Friday, April 18
Candlelighting time...........................7:28 p.m.
Saturday, April 19...........................................9:30 a.m.
Minchah............................................7:45 p.m.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
ACHAREI MOT
Friday, April 25
Candlelighting time...........................7:35 p.m.
Saturday, April 26...........................................9:30 a.m.
Bat Mitzvah of Diana Smith
Minchah.........................................................8:00 p.m.
On Saturday, April 12, we will have a traditional Shabbat service at 8 a.m.
It will be followed by a creative musical service, celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Sam Davidowitz,
which will begin with a “spiritual warm-up” at 9:15 am.
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School Notes
SCHOOL EVENTS FOR MARCH:
5th
6th
8th
10th
12th
13th
13th
19th
25th
26th
27th
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Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Bloch
5th Grade Torah Trope class
Matzoh factory
Ann Smith B’nai Mitzvah Class
Bar Mitzvah of Sam Davidowitz
Model Seder with our friends from B’nai B’rith
Passover recess begins
Hebrew High School 5 p.m. in chapel
Friday night live, 7:30 p.m.
Bat Mitzvah of Diana Smith
Community Hebrew High School Planning
Session
Hebrew School resumes
HAPPY APRIL BIRTHDAYS
TO OUR STUDENTS
Belated wishes to Adria Eckert, who celebrated her
birthday March 13th.
Apr. 2 Matthew Ghingold
Apr. 3 Matthew Brown
Apr. 6 Adin Greenwald
Apr. 9 Josh Bloch
Apr. 14 Zachary Greenwald
Apr. 16 Jonathan Abraham
Apr. 16 Steven Finkelstein
Apr. 19 Daniel Engel
Apr. 23 Jarod Grossman
Joshua Jancewicz
Scott Nachlis
Apr. 24
Apr. 29
Apr. 30
Daniel Keiser
Billie Nachlis
Zachary Kornfeld
Sisterhood Notes
Sisterhood Branch
Day: Ann Smith,
Janet Popky and 2
visitors assembling
diaper bags as a
community project.
Charlotte Cutler,
Janet Popky, Phyllis
Berger and visitors
creating Tzedekah
boxes.
Bar Mitzvah
Josh Bloch will celebrate his Bar
Mitzvah on April 5. Josh is the son of
Karen Cooper and Guy Bloch, and
brother of Sasha and Casey. A 7th grade
honor student at Dallas Middle School, he
plays ice hockey for the Pocono Pirates
travel Pee Wee ‘A’ team and Back
Mountain Junior Varsity team. He has
played roller hockey for many years in
Kingston and plays soccer for Dallas on the Junior Varsity team
Josh enjoys going to the Penguins games and watching
NHL games on television. He is looking forward to celebrating
his Bar Mitzvah with family and friends.
Bar Mitzvah
Samuel Paul Davidowitz, son of
Sherry and Jeff Davidowitz, will celebrate
his Bar Mitzvah on April 12th. Sam is the
brother of Adam and Stefanie and the
grandson of Essy and Bill Davidowitz
and Elaine and Ernie Arnow of Westport,
Connecticut.
Sam attended the United Hebrew
Institute through sixth grade. He is a 7th grade honor student
at Lake Lehman Middle School where he is a member of The
Builders Club - a community service group - a volunteer in
the school library and a member of the soccer team. Sam
plays JCC basketball and is involved in Senate. He is on the
Back Mountain Ice Hockey team and is an avid snow
boarder.
Bat Mitzvah
Diana Harlan Smith will become a
Bat Mitzvah on April 26, 2003. She is
completing her Bat Mitzvah studies and
is excited to take on her new
responsibilities as an adult member of
her faith.
Diana attends seventh grade at the
Dallas Middle School where she has
earned honors with distinction each quarter. One of her
hobbies is writing poetry, which is often published in the
school newspaper. Diana appears on the morning TV
announcements through her participation in the Audio-Visual
Club.
Last fall, Diana enjoyed playing on the Dallas field
hockey team. She is excited that she will be joining her
school’s softball team in the spring. She can often be seen
wearing University of Michigan garb and playing football in
her spare time. Diana is a member of Ballet Northeast and
has performed in many recitals and shows, most recently in
its production of Cinderella.
Diana happily spends time with her family, her older
sister Hillary and her parents Ellen and David. She is very
close with her grandparents, Vivian and Irving Brown and
Velma Smith and is looking forward to sharing her big day
with all her family and friends from far and near.

Jewish Jeopardy Is
Not in Jeopardy
It’s just been rescheduled! We have decided to include
Jewish Jeopardy, which was scheduled as part of our Purim
activities, in a future “Game Night”. This will give everyone
a chance to bone up on their Jewish knowledge, perhaps
even by coming to Temple. A date for Game Night will be
announced.
Six Outstanding
Jewish Leaders To Be
Honored at Award
Ceremony
The Mid-Atlantic Region of the United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism will honor this year’s outstanding lay
and professional leaders at the 8th Annual Ateret Kavod
(Crown of Honor) Award Ceremonies at Har Zion Temple,
Penn Valley, on Thursday, May 8.
The 2003 Ateret Kavod Honorees are: Gilbert &
Eleanore Besser, Suburban JCC-B’nai Aaron, Havertown;
Martin Cohn, Agudas Israel, Hazleton; Robert Horen, Beth
Zion-Beth Israel, Philadelphia; Cantor Edmond Kulp,
Congregation Beth Judah, Ventnor, NJ; Cheryl Magen,
Congregation Beth Sholom, Elkins Park and Director, Camp
Ramah in the Poconos.
A wine reception begins at 6 pm, followed by award
ceremonies and dinner at 7 pm. For information and
reservations, call the USCJ offices at 215-635-9701.
Mazal Tov to:
• Gladys and Dan Weisberger on the engagement of their
granddaughter, Janet Leopold, to Jeffrey Max.
• Barbara & Sam Greenberg on the Bar Mitzvah of their
grandson, Max Buckler.
• Elaine & Ned Levey on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson.
• Sandy Herschenfeld on the birth of a granddaughter.
• Dana & Ross Kornfeld on the birth of a son.
• Mark Kornfeld on the birth of a grandson.
• Sandra Goldman on the birth of a grandson.
• Dr Richard Blum on the birth of a grandson.
• June Blum Golubock on the birth of a great-grandson.
• Sheila & Stephen Seeherman on the birth of a granddaughter.
Condolences to:
• Celia Krasno on the passing of her husband, Isadore
• Ina Lubin on the passing of her father, Isadore Krasno.
• The family of Bessie Lantz on her passing.
• Jeffery Roth on the passing of his brother, Larry.
• Lillian Siswein on the passing of her husband, Irvin.
Passover for Your
Family
A special Passover Nashim will be held on April 2 at
7:30 pm in the School Building. Rabbi Avraham A. Witty,
Principal of United Hebrew Institute, will present a
Passover Workshop with practical applications and text
studying (no Hebrew reading) to enable families to tailor
their Seder to their family.
The Workshop is open to everyone in the
Congregation, especially couples. If couples learn
together, they’ll be better able to bring home unique
ideas for their family’s seder.
✡ April Yahrzeits ✡
Week of April 1 - April 8: Seymour Bachman, Aaron
Beck, Max Benovitz, Isidor Blum, Clara Briskin, Rose
Celender, Jack Edley, Sidney Falkowitz, Elizabeth Feldman,
Janet Gale, Minnie Grossman, Harry Harr, Larry Hollander,
Rose Klavonski, Leroy Landau, Gertrude Meyer, Meyer
Mittleman, Mrs Marie Morgan, Joshua I. Morris, George
Nelban, Louis Popky, Jeanette Shapiro, Rae Shepard
Week of April 9 - April 15: Israel Birnbaum, Benjamin
Cohen, Samuel H. Cohen, Mary Coplan, Ada Eichler,
Lillian Finley, Monroe Freed, Eleanor Freedman, Sylvia U.
Glassberg, Fred Goldstein, Manny Grossman, Bernard
Harris, Fred Harrison, Dora Krasno, Sam Lebenson,
Virginia Nelson, Lucille Newman, Abraham Novzen,
Samuel Oppenheimer, Louis Pinskey, Ida Propper, Rebecca
Rome, Joseph Rose, Sam Rothman, Max Smith, Shloma
Stern
Week of April 16 - April 22: Fred M. Adler, Sarah
Amdur, Mildred Bloom, Dr. M. Burnat, Isadore Cimmet,
Moishe Gitelson, Bernice Goldstein, Josef B. Gurevich,
Clement Karnofsky, Herman Kernis, Nathan Klein, Mr.
Jonas Lang, Joseph Monsky, Hyman Park, Calvin Pezzner,
Amelia Rothman, Rose Rudolph, Sam Savitz, Rebecca
Schiffer, Ida Seeherman, Betty Sirota, Haskall Small, Ervin
Stern, Moritz Stern, Betty Stuttman, Jennie Trachtenberg,
Arthur Zimmerman
Week of April 23 - April 30: Sid Abrams, Mindel
Amerman, Rae Baicker, Evely Baum, Walter Boxer,
Benjamin Chernus, Miriam Cimmet, Annette Cohen, Irving
Cohen, Lillian Connor, Adele Coplan, Samuel Cutler,
Claire Fainberg, Freda Feldman, Barbara Fishman, Isaac E.
Frank, Maxie Goldstein, Sidney Greenberg, Philip
Herschenfeld, Ruth Hess, Mildred Isser, Esther Kornfeld,
Fannie Kuffler, Jennie Landau, Arthur Lee,Leon Levine,
Meyer Mendelssohn, Alice Pearlman, Lazer Ribakovskiy,
Myron Rifkin, S. R. Rosenfeld, Jennie Rosenn, Louis
Rosenthal, Nellie Russin, Morton Schiffer, Jennie
Schiffman, Fred Schwager, Eva Siegel, Jacob Simon, Luther
Smith, Vera Smith, Miriam Smulowitz, Max Tepper, Reba
Winkler.
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Purim Pictures
Pam Ralston & Rabbi Perlman helping students make Shaloch
Manot.
Children pose during Megillah reading.
Kindergarten students model their Purim
masks.
Jack & Helene Rosenzweig in costumes
with traditional Purim Pizza. Dave Ralston
in background.
Four Queen
Esthers, Tali
Dressler,
Leah
Goldberg,
Hannah
Dressler and
Naomi
Dressler
(shown
being
helped by
Mom,
Jennifer,)
with Gaby
Grossman as
a Purim
Teletubby.
Purim Queens, Rebecca Schulman, Moriah
Bartolai & Sarah Schulman
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Children in their Purim best after the Megillah reading; Nathan Gelb-
Dyller, Ben Gelb-Dyller, Garrett Brand, Gaby Grossman, Lauren
Greenwald, Rebecca & Sarah Schulman; middle row, Andrew
Greenwald, Ben Engel, Emma Spath, Maegan Coulter, Melissa
Schwager. Back, Adin Greenwald.

Cantor’s Notes
Yom Hatzmaut, Israeli
Independence Day, is always special in
our community, but this year, it will be
spectacular! Cantor David Propis, the
creator of the Friday Night Live service,
will be the featured performer at a gala
concert which will include a
community youth choir, our school
orchestra members, Rabbi Kaplan and
Cantor Ahron Abraham
me. Mark your calendars for
Wednesday, May 7, and make it a point to be a part of this
exciting celebration.
From Our President. . .
This is a joyous
time in our year as
we have just
celebrated Purim
and now are
preparing for the
holiday of Pesach.
Both fall into the
regular pattern of
explaining Jewish
David E. Schwager, Esq.
holidays to our
neighbors - “They
persecuted us and tried to kill us. With
Hashem’s help, we beat them. Let’s eat.”
Temple Israel has been brimming with activity
(and festive meals) during the month of March
and look forward to a full schedule in the
month ahead. Here are some of the
highlights:
Under the capable leadership of Gerri
Kaplan, Donna Kornfeld, and Rosemary
Chromey, our Sisterhood chaired by Lois
Rittenberg hosted the women of the Eastern
Pennsylvania Branch of Women’s League for
Conservative Judaism at Branch Day 2003 at
Temple Israel. I joined in for part of the day’s
activities and was quite impressed with the
many good works of Women’s League and,
particularly, with the fine turnout of our
Temple Sisterhood members and the activities
planned for the day - Friday Night Live with
Rabbi Kaplan and Cantor Abraham; filling
diaper bags which were distributed to a local
hospital, Children and Youth Services, and
needy local women, in conjunction with
Jewish Family Service; and decorating
Tzedakah boxes with special pushkes
provided through the Israeli “Save a Child’s
Heart” thanks to Cantor Abraham.
Meetings were held with representatives
of Temple Israel, the Jewish Community
Center and the other synagogues to plan the
Yom Ha’atzma’ut concert with Cantor David
Propis, the “father”of Friday Night Live to be
held May 7th at the JCC.
An enthusiastic crowd gathered at the
River Street Jazz Café for a rousing sing along
with Cantor Abraham and Rabbi Kaplan.
Thank you to our hosts, Allison and Rob
Friedman. The refreshments were delicious!
A great time was had by all on Purim at
Temple Israel. A traditional megillah reading
preceded a pizza party, interactive megillah
reading, and costume parade. Capping off the
evening was a performance by our Temple
Youth Orchestra under the direction of
Cantor Abraham.
Temple gathered for a special Shabbat
service and kiddush honoring Murray and
Evelyn Popky, dedicated Temple members and
leaders for decades, who have relocated to
Michigan to be closer to Rabbi Charles Popky
and Allison Levy Popky and their family. A
beautiful kiddush was prepared and served
by Lynn Keiser, Debbie Hollander, Debbie
Schonfeld, Daniel Hollander, Gerri Kaplan,
Margery Harris, Susan Brand, Carole Abraham,
Lynn Keiser, Naomi Meyer, Jeanne Schoenholtz,
Ida Miller & Shirley Schoenholtz. Special
thanks to Carmen Bohlin for donating the
magnificent floral arrangements and to Jane
Groh for delivering the beautiful remarks of
her husband Al Groh.
The website development committee
consisting of Rabbi Kaplan, Carl Karassik, Stuart
Lorber, Jane and Ross Feinstein and Sheree
Klemow continue to meet to plan the updating
and future maintenance of the Temple website.
The Dues Committee continued its
regular schedule of meetings chaired by
David Smith and Michael Rittenberg to
review the progress made to date in dues
collection thanks to their leadership and
plans for future collection efforts.
The Temple Israel Book Club met for a
thought-provoking session at the home of
Sheila Saidman and Steve Kafrissen to
discuss “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue
Monk Kidd. The cake was bee-you-tiful!
The House Committee met to plan the
I would like to say a
personal good-bye to our
friends Murray and Evelyn
Popky. They were
instrumental in making
Carole and me feel a part of
this community, and have
continued to treat us like
family for the past 15 years.
We know that they will add Cantor and Rabbi at their Hava
much to their new
Nashir “gig”, held at the Jazz Café,
with wonderful desserts provided
community in Michigan, and
by host and hostess Rob and
wish them happiness Allison Friedman.
together with their children
and grandchildren. L'hitraot, until we see you again!
installation of the Tree of Life sponsored by
the Saidman/Greenwald family and to
develop a beautification plan for the Temple
building interior. Thanks to Joel Zitofsky, Jack
Rosenzweig, John Pugh, Carl Handman, Lynn
and Larry Keiser, and departing chair Murray
Popky for their leadership.
Another fun Friday Night Live was held
in conjunction with the Second Annual Girl
Scout Shabbat.
Temple celebrated the B’nai Mitzvot of
Rebecca Kurzweil, Michael Tischler, and
Scott Nachlis (Mazel tov on jobs well-done!)
and looks forward to the upcoming B’nai
Mitzvot of Josh Bloch, Sam Davidowitz, and
Diana Smith.
Watch for information on our next
Altman-Garber/Perloff/Davidowitz scholar-inresidence,
Rabbi Ben Hollander, an
American conservative Rabbi who made
aliyah 30 years ago and now teaches at
Hebrew Union College in Israel. Of special
local interest (discovered at Rebecca
Kurzweil’s Bat Mitzvah) is that Rabbi
Hollander’s first Bar Mitzvah student in
Pelham, New York was - Steve Kurzweil.
Steve and Zelda Kurzweil look forward to
hosting a special Saturday evening gathering
with Rabbi Hollander which will include,
perhaps, a replaying of Steve’s Bar Mitzvah
speech.
DAILY MINYAN NEEDS YOU! In order
to continue having a daily morning and
afternoon minyan available for mourners and
those observing a yahrzeit, we need you to
attend one or more of our services each
week. Weekday minyan times are normally
7:15 am and 5:15 pm. We have a particular
need for volunteers for Sunday minyan at
8:00 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. We hope to see you
there!
See you at Temple,
David
schwager@epix.net
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Temple Israel
236 S. River St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18702
Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Permit No. 105
April 2003
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Don’t Miss the
Shavuot
Cheesecake Sale
in May!
Board of Trustees
Meeting, 7:30 pm
Nashim, 7:30 p.m.
Bar Mitzvah of
1 2 3 4 Josh Bloch 5
School Board,
Rabbi’s
Bar Mitzvah of
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
7 pm
Lunch & Learn
Sam Davidowitz
“Matzoh is Not
All It’s Cracked
Up to Be”
Siyyum for
Second Seder
Hebrew High
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
First-Born, 7 am
School, 5 pm
First Seder
JCC Seder, 6:30 pm
Executive
Yizkor -
Yizkor
Friday Night
Bat Mitzvah of
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Committee,
following
Live, 7:30 pm
Diana Smith
7:30 pm
evening service,
5:15 pm
Yom Hashoa
B’nai Mitzah
27 28 29 30
Class 7:30 pm
Temple Israel Funds
The following is a listing of Temple Israel funds to which donors may contribute for memorials, simchas, recoveries, etc.
Minimum contribution is $5.00 unless otherwise noted.
BUILDING FUND
BIBLE FUND ($10)
CHAI CONTRIBUTIONS ($18)
SALLY & RALPH CONNOR
HIDDUR MITZVAH FUND
JOSEPH N. COPLAN PRAYER BOOK FUND
CHARLOTTE & JOE CUTLER FUND
ETZ CHAIM BIBLE ($118)
FRIEDMAN INTERFAITH ENDOWMENT
ROBERT FRIEDMAN LITURGICAL MUSIC FUND
HAPPY DAY FUND
ENID HERSHEY KIDDUSH CUP FUND
HIGH HOLIDAY PRAYER BOOK FUND
LAWRENCE HOLLANDER B'NAI MITZVAH
PRAYER BOOK FUND
FEED THE HOMELESS FUND
DORIS & SIDNEY KEISER KERUV FUND
ESTHER & NATHAN KLEIN
PASSOVER ENDOWMENT
KLINE LIBRARY FUND
LANDAU PAVILION FUND
LEVY CHAPEL FUND
BEN LIBENSON MEMORIAL ART FUND
FRANK & HILDA LUBIN
FEED THE HOMELESS FUND
LYONS EDUCATION FUND
MINYAN FUND
BARBARA NEWSBAUM MILLER
PRAYER BOOK FUND
SAM NELSON CARE PACKAGE FUND
SAVE THE DATE!
Joint Sisterhood
Kiddush
JCC
May 17
SAVE THE DATE!
Cantor Propis
Concert
May 7
DORIS & JEROME NEWMAN
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FUND
PRAYER BOOK FUND
RABINOWITZ TALLIT FUND
SAIDMAN-GREENWALD TORAH FUND
($18 minimum)
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
SANCTUARY FUND ($25)
SHAFFER SHABBAT KIDDUSH FUND
SHAFFER SUKKAH ENDOWMENT
SIDDUR HADASH ($20)
SILBERMAN MEZUZZAH FUND
MIRIAM K. SIMS ENDOWMENT
USY/KADIMA FUND