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Fifty Eighth Year - Volume 8
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Iyar - Sivan 5769
May - 2009
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Funny Hat & Ice Cream Havdalah:
May 9, 8:30 pm – Please RSVP
Theater Night at Turtle Lane:
May 21, 8:00 pm
“The Producers”-Mel Brooks’s hilarious Tony Awardwinning musical-is coming to Newton’s Turtle Lane
Playhouse, and so are we! If you’ve already bought your
tickets, we’ll see you on May 21 at 8pm at Turtle Lane
Playhouse in Auburndale. Sorry, no more tickets available.
Come say goodbye to Shabbat as only
Temple Reyim can-with funny hats and ice
cream! We’ll have a very special Havdalah
service, followed by delicious ice cream
sundaes to get us all ready for the new
week. Flamboyant headwear is optional but
encouraged, so dig out that old bowler, beret,
or dreadlocks wig, and come join us in this Temple Reyim
tradition. The program is free, but please contact the office
to let us know you’re coming, so we know how much ice
cream to buy.
Don’t Bite Your Tongue
Paw Sox Baseball on June 7:
Last Chance for Tickets!
Spring officially starts this month, so get ready for Paw
Sox baseball on Sunday, June 7 at 1 pm. There are just a
few more tickets available to Temple Reyim’s second annual
outing to the Paw Sox, the Triple A affiliate of the Boston Red
Sox. The Paw Sox play in Pawtucket, RI, just 45 minutes
from here-with cheap tickets, easy parking, a family-friendly
environment, and major league fun. Tickets are just $10.
Please call Charisse in the office to reserve your seats before
they’re all gone.
Did you ever wonder how to foster
rewarding relationships with your adult
children?
Join us for a entertaining and
informative evening with Ruth Nemzoff
at Temple Reyim, Wednesday, May 27 at
7:30.
There is no charge, and you are
welcome to bring your friends.
Dr. Ruth Nemzoff is a resident scholar at Brandeis
University’s Women’s Studies Research Center and an
adjunct assistant Professor at Bentley University. She holds a
doctorate in Social Policy from Harvard University, A masters’
in Counseling from Columbia University and a bachelor’s
degree from Barnard College. Her first book is titled Don’t
Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships
with your Adult Children. Ruth has been speaking around the
country on this compelling topic and has even brought these
issues to an international audience. She and her husband,
Harris Berman have four children and six grand children.
D’var HaNasi’a—A Word From The President—vthabv rcs
May is a month for many kinds of
celebrations. I’m looking forward to an
Auf Ruf and wedding, bar and bat mitzvah
celebrations, and other milestone events. On
May 23, five women will celebrate their bat
mitzvah together. This event will be the culmination of two
years of dedicated study. The women learned Hebrew, history,
liturgy, customs, chanting haftarah and leyning Torah. They
are role models to their families and to the entire congregation.
Mazal tov to Beth Byer, Lauren Cheng, Sheila Clawson,
Kim Gilbert and Joanne Robinson on this wonderful
accomplishment. And a special thanks to Carol Stollar
who had the vision and the practical know-how to make this
program such a resounding success.
Congratulations, too, to Kita Zayin, who will be
graduating on Sunday, May 31st. While I assume the students
are relieved to be done, it’s important to remember that
after all these years in religious school; this is really just the
beginning. So to the entire class: Remember that religious
school imparts the basic knowledge, and now you have the
rest of your lives to continue learning about Judaism and to
live a fulfilling Jewish life.
The 31st is also the date of our spring bar-b-q. The
entire congregation is invited for delicious food and wonderful
company. And between these two events is our Congregational
Annual Meeting.
Please plan on being at the meeting. I’ll be reporting on
the status of the congregation, and committee chairs will report
on their accomplishments and their goals for the future. We
will also vote on the new slate of officers as well as the budget.
While our membership is 217 families, we run programs as if
we were three times this size. Being small and haimish is a
quality most of us love about Temple Reyim. But our small
congregation faces the ongoing challenge of supporting the
extensive programming to which we’ve grown accustomed.
At the Annual Meeting, I’ll lay out the ways in which we’re
attempting to live within our means, and we’ll have an
opportunity to discuss the implications of these changes.
As I approach the end of my presidency, I’m beginning
to look into my rear-view mirror, seeing both accomplishments
and challenges that we’ve faced over the past two years. But
I still have my eye on the road ahead, and I’m focused on
continuing to strengthen and build our community for a long,
bright future.
Amy Worth
Annual Congregational Meeting
President’s Report
Reports from Chairs
Budget Presentation
Election of Officers and Board
Sunday, May 31
9:15 AM
Scott Rosenberg, Rabbi
Dr. Philip Kieval, Rabbi Emeritus
Stephen Thompson, Cantor
Amy Worth, President
Cheryl Vogel, Education Director
Meryl Alpert, Nursery School Director
Joie Schwartz, Youth Director
Charisse Middlebrooks-Dib, Office Administrator
Lorraine Crowe, Bookkeeper
Rachel Albert, Bulletin
Temple Reyim
1860 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02466
voice: (617) 527-2410
fax: (617) 928-0212
email: office@reyim.org
website: www.reyim.org
Affiliated with the United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism, and with the
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts.
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Shabbat Reyim “Opening Night”
Thank you to all who attended the Shabbat Reyim
“Opening Night” dinner, and congratulations to Aaron
Foster, who won a pair of Red Sox tickets!
Yasher Koach to those who helped pull it all together:
Jim Rosenbaum, Carol Stollar, David Stollar, Marty
Sullaway, Emma Sullaway, Gail Schulman, Bob Sullaway,
Joie Schwartz, Jonathan Perlmutter, Mitzi Perlmutter,
David Carlen, Alanna Horowitz, Josh Orlando, and Lenny
Brick.
An extra special thank you goes out to Stu Perlmutter
and Fred Mermelstein, who manned the outdoor grills in
the rain! My apologies and a sincere thank you to anyone I
missed!
Stu Horowitz
Temple Reyim
Machshevot HaRav—Rabbinic Thoughts—crv ,ucajn
Over the next few weeks, the annual transition from
school year to summer will begin. Traffic will increase as
family and friends come to town to celebrate
the graduations of their loved ones from the
numerous universities and colleges in our
area. The moving vans, that we last saw at
the end of August, will return to move the
students out of their dorms and apartments and things will
slow down a bit for the summer.
This year the Temple Reyim community will also be
celebrating a special graduation toward the end of May. On
Shabbat Morning May 23rd, Parshat B’Midbar, five students
who have completed a two year course of study in our Adult
Bar/Bat Mitzvah program will celebrate their B’not Mitzvah
during our Shabbat morning service. These women have
worked very hard over the past two years increasing their level
of Jewish knowledge and commitment. They have learned
about our history, our holidays, our values and the sacred
texts that serve as a strong foundation to everything we stand
for as a faith community. Additionally, they have mastered
leadership skills for parts of the Shabbat morning service and
will be leading the service and chanting from the Torah and
Haftarah as part of the celebration. I am very proud of our
adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah class and I hope you will join us as we
mark their accomplishment on May 23rd.
As one of their teachers in this program, I have been
most impressed with their desire to learn and understand
the variety of materials that has been presented to them. As
a group and as individuals, their thirst for knowledge has
made their experience even more fulfilling than the original
program outlined in the initial course syllabus. This group
wanted to learn and all of their teachers were excited to teach
them. But what now? What happens after the ceremony, after
the graduation?
The answer is a simple one: we all continue to learn
together. For us as Jews, learning is an ongoing process. There
are no graduations. In fact one week later, on May 28-30th
we gather to celebrate the festival of Shavuoth, where we
learn together and celebrate the gift of Torah and all that it
represents. Learning is critical to Jewish existence. It is not
a seasonal undertaking but truly a life-long engagement. I
hope that you will join us for both the Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah
celebration and the observance of Shavuoth. Both are ways
through which we express our commitment to knowledge and
understanding and seek intellectual and spiritual fulfillment
through Torah.
Rabbi Scott Rosenberg
Celebrate Tikkun Leil Shavuot, Thursday May 28
Examining the Relationship of the Jewish People to the Environment
Tikkun Leil Shavuot is on Thursday evening May 28,
2009. It is an evening of study and learning to commemorate
the giving of the Torah by God to the Jewish people. The
theme of the study sessions will be an examination of the
relationship of the Jewish people to the environment. Our
keynote speaker will be Rabbi Natan Margalit, Director of
Oraita, Institute for Continuing Rabbinic Education at Hebrew
College. Dr. Margalit is an Assistant Professor of Rabbinics at
Hebrew College. He received his BA from Reed College and
his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. His
rabbinic ordination is from the Jerusalem Seminary.
Robbie Durschlag from the Green Decade coalition
in Newton will help us to put Jewish values into practice in
our practical day-to-day realities of life, both at home and at
the synagogue. She is the Faith and Environment Chair and
a Board member of the Green Decade since June 2008. She
A Congregation of Friends
directs the undergraduate and graduate nutrition programs at
Boston University. Durschlag has served as a member of the
Environment Group at Temple Emanuel, Newton since 2006
and is involved in the Family Table food pantry of the Boston
Jewish Family and Children’s Service.
According to a legend in the Midrash, the night before
the Torah was given, the Israelites retired early to be wellrested for the momentous day ahead, but they overslept and
Moses had to wake them up because God was already waiting
on the mountaintop. To rectify this, observant Jews stay up
during the night to study, thus assuring they are awake when
the Torah was given.
After study, there will be dairy refreshments and an
evening service. Come and celebrate the giving of the Torah
and learn more about our role in being stewards of the
environment.
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Gan - Viola and Joseph Rosenshine Nursery School - id
This is it. This is the same article I have spending time at the shuk. We also plan to schedule a visit
submitted for the May bulletin for several to an archaeological site and a stop at Hadassah Hospital to
years. Each time I read it over I realize that view the beautiful stained glass Chagall windows. While
we are close to the end of another school year. we are in Israel we will have numerous occasions for
I cannot believe that in just a few weeks I viewing authentic Israeli artwork and for creating our own
will be completing my twenty eighth year at reproductions. Although the official date of Yom Ha-Atzmaut
the Rosenshine Nursery School. And I can’t (Israel Independence Day) will have passed before we arrive
believe that I am about to embark on another “make believe, in Israel, the children will still get to enjoy their own fabulous
fake believe” pretend trip to Israel with all the children in the celebration while we are in Jerusalem.
school. This is the highlight of our school year.
When we look at our three, four, and five year olds, we
From the moment the nursery schoolers begin preparing see the future of the Jewish people. Nowhere else do we see
for their trip (constructing the kotel, obtaining passports, the meaning of hatikva more clearly. The children in our
purchasing tickets and more) to the minute they return home preschool represent the “hope” for the future. We must nurture
from their five days, no nights trip, excitement fills the air. them, their Judaism and their love for Israel. That is why
Although security will be tight
when you read this article, our
and our itinerary flexible, the
trip to Israel will be just about
Nursery Enrollment Open
children are sure to have a
We are currently enrolling children for the school to begin. We will continue
great flight aboard a jumbo year, 2009-2010. If you or someone you know would like to instill in our children an
EL-AL jet. The flight to Israel to visit our school, please call Meryl at 617-527-2410, understanding of the word
will be just long enough for ext. 18 or email Nursery@reyim.org.
“peace.” Even our youngest
the children to get buckled up,
children are learning how to
have a small snack and watch
solve their problems by using
a three minute movie.
words, not fists. They are learning that “peace” means when
The children have been learning about Israel throughout people all over the world can live together without fighting.
the school year and by the time we depart for Eretz Yisrael, We recognize that life in the nursery school is a simplified
they will be well versed in the Hebrew language, the names microcosm of the greater world. Perhaps some of the lessons
of major cities in Israel, some biblical history of Israel and an learned during the preschool experience will be brought to
overview of modern Israel. During the trip itself, the children the negotiating table by our future world leaders.
will have opportunities for a riding on a camel, swimming in
As we look ahead to planning for our trip to Israel next
the Dead Sea, climbing Mt. Masada, working on a kibbutz, year, may it be a year of peace for all us and may we look
walking in the desert, leaving messages at the kotel, and forward to planning a “real” trip to our homeland.
Meryl M. Alpert
Temple Reyim USY
I hope everyone had a wonderful Pesach
and a restful school vacation week. After a
slow and rainy April, we’re looking forward to
a very busy and we hope sunny and dry month of May. With
the upcoming NERUSY Elections at Spring Convention and
TRUSY Elections on June 7, I want to take this opportunity to
congratulate the outgoing TRUSY Board for their hard work
and dedication this year.
President - Hannah Deresiewicz, Religion/Education
VP - Gabe Schneider, Israel Affairs VP - Matthew Worth,
SA/TO VP - Josh Richards, Membership/Kadima VP Mike Zissman, Communications VP - Stevie Kreimendahl,
Freshman Representatives - Josh Rubin & Ellie Deresiewicz,
Jr. USY President - Abbie Richards
May events include:
• May 2- Israel USY Shabbat (all USY)
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• May 7 – Spring Lounge & Election Form pickup (Jr.
& Sr. USY)
• May 8-10- NERUSY’s Spring Convention (Jr. and
Sr. USY)
• May 16- NERUSY’s Spring Fling (Sr. USY)
• May 17 – Kadima Event TBA
• SAVE THE DATE - June 6- Final USY Shabbat (all
USY)
• SAVE THE DATE- June 7 - Elections and Banquet
(Jr. & Sr. USY)
• SAVE THE DATE- June 14- Canobie Lake Park (all
USY plus 4th grade)
If you have any questions about our award winning
youth program, please call me at (617) 527-2410 ext. 21 or our
Youth Committee Chair, Kim Gilbert at (617) 244-6615.
Joie Schwartz, Youth Director
Temple Reyim
Sandberg Relgious School
On May 29 and 30, we will celebrate the holiday of
Shavuot. Shavuot commemorates the day the Jewish people
received the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Shavuot has a few customs
associated with it: eating dairy food, staying up all night to
learn Torah, and decorating the synagogue with flowers, just
as the Children of Israel decorated humble, plain Mt. Sinai.
We also read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot. One
reason given for reading Megillat Ruth on Shavuot is that
Ruth’s acceptance into the Jewish faith is analogous to the
Jews acceptance of the Torah. Another reason is that the
story of Ruth takes place during harvest time, and Shavuot
occurs during the spring harvest, hence the name Yom
HaBikkurim.
When we read Megillat Ruth, we learn of her devotion
to her mother-in-law Naomi and her willingness to adopt
Judaism. Naomi guides Ruth into marriage with Boaz, who
provided the poor stranger Ruth with sustenance by instructing
his workers to leave the gleanings of his fields for her. These
actions illustrate the laws of pe’ah (leaving the corners of
the field unharvested) and leket (leaving behind individual
stalks that fall from the bundles that have been reaped). These
laws allow the needy to reap. They are found in the Torah
immediately following the instructions to observe the festival
of Shavuot (Leviticus 23:22).
The Torah law relates these laws specifically for
observance in the Land of Israel, but Maimonides, a 12th
century Jewish scholar, wrote that they do extend to areas
outside of Israel. Since we don’t live in an agricultural
society, how can we observe these laws today? There are
several established organizations that reach out to the hungry,
specifically our hungry Jewish brethren.
The mission of Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger
is “to educate and raise the consciousness of the Jewish
community regarding its obligation to alleviate hunger and
its causes,” and “to provide for people who are hungry while
at the same time advocating for other ways to end hunger and
its causes.” Mazon encourages families who are celebrating
s’machot (bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings, etc.) to donate 3% of
the cost of these events to Mazon. Mazon also offers tzedakah
projects for b’nei mitzvah. You can find out more about Mazon
at www.mazon.org.
Jewish Family and Children’s Services Family Table
is Greater Boston’s Kosher food pantry. Temple Reyim
participates in this program by collecting packaged food
in a designated cabinet in the front lobby of the building.
Donations are collected and delivered to Family Table. At least
twice a year, volunteers from the Temple gather and pack and
deliver food to area families in need. To get involved in this
program, contact Bobbi Fox at bobbifox@pair.com.
Yad Chessed Charity Fund delivers to needy Boston
area Jews gift cards or certificates that can be used at local
supermarkets and kosher groceries. Yad Chessed also
distributes food certificates for Purim (matanot l‘evyonim)
and to defray the extra food costs of preparing for Pesach
and Rosh Hashanah. You can learn more about Yad Chessed
Charity fund at www.yadchessed.org.
This Shavuot, as we read about our matriarch Ruth and
her plight as a needy widow, let us keep in mind the needy
Jews in our community and abroad by contributing what we
can, whether money or time, to perform the mitzvoth of leket
and pe’ah.
Cheryl Vogel
Solomon Schechter Day School
Support Family Table! —
We are collecting PASTA and
CEREAL!
A Congregation of Friends
Temple Reyim member Harry Baker, who is a first
grader at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston,
is preparing for his class Siddur celebration in May. This
milestone event at Schechter marks the students’ proficiency in
Hebrew and prayers. At the program, which includes morning
prayers and class presentations, each student will receive a
personal copy of the Siddur.
Congratulations to Temple Reyim member Josh
Chartock, who will be graduating from Solomon Schechter
Day School of Greater Boston in June. Josh will continue his
studies at Gann Academy next year.
There are 11 children of Temple Reyim members
attending Schechter this year. For more information about the
school, please contact Carol Rumpler, Director of Admission,
at 617-964-7765, ext. 4608, or carol.rumpler@ssdsboston.
org.
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Brotherhood News
Leading the Way at Temple Reyim for over 50 Years
Program Kudos... Thank you! We have received
compliments on our recently presented programs: Brotherhood
Shabbat, Meeting the Mayoral Candidates Forum
and the Bone Marrow Registration Drive.
Brotherhood is always interested in having
variety in our programming. We realize that our
members have individual tastes and that’s why
we provide such a wide range of programs and
events as the three referred to above and the ones
listed below.
As a friendly reminder here is a Review of Brotherhood
Programs for 2008 -2009. Fall BBQ – Sep., KOF Awards
Program – Oct., Sports Breakfast – Nov., Chanukah Brunch
– Dec., World Wide Wrap – Feb., Yom HaShoah Candles
– Apr., Spring BBQ – May, Laymen’s Institute – June.
Donations are Appreciated: We thank Gloria Karas
and Joan Smoller for their generous donations. Please
remember Temple Reyim Brotherhood when you wish to
make donations in honor of someone special or in memory of
a loved one. Your contributions help us to provide the highest
quality Brotherhood programs and assistance to support other
temple programs.
Brotherhood Life Cycles:
Happy Birthday – We wish the following members
who are celebrating their birthdays in the month of May
a happy and healthy year; Michael Baker, Lenny Brick,
Michael Chartock, Robert Deresiewicz, Brad Goodman,
Michael, Gooley, Robert Guterman, Neil Halin, Arby
Kaufman, Alan Klevan, Martie Lurie, Robert Michel,
Doug Plotkin, Lawrence Rubin and Paul Sorkin.
Happy Wedding Anniversary – We wish all who are
celebrating their wedding anniversries on the following
calendar dates in the month of May, have a happy and healthy
year: May 5 – David & Lisa Carlen; May 11 – Jack &
Lynn Siegel; May 22 – Lewis and Diane Silverman; May
24 – Andy & Suzanne Offit; May 28 – Craig Forman &
Linda Brenner; May 28 – Bruce & Laura Wilson; May
31 – Jim & Iris Bloom;
Get Well Wishes To: Marion Arvedon, Jim Bloom,
Harriet Goldweitz, Elaine Kamowitz, Lenny Serkess. A
get-well card, call or email would be most appreciated We
Want to Know: Please let me know of any news of members
concerning happy or sad occasions. 2009 Calendar Events
and Save the Dates:
Sun. May 31 School Graduation BBQ*
*Indicates Temple Reyim Program partially or
completely funded by Brotherhood.
Bernie Zigman
A Brotherhood Shabbat Morning to Remember
A hearty Yasher Koach to all the members who
contributed to making the 14th Annual Brotherhood Shabbat
Service on March 21, 2009 such a success. Daveners:
Preliminary Service – Michael Baker; Shacharit – Marc
Zissman; Musaf – Allen Whitestone; D’Var Torah – David
Stollar; Gabbaim – Bob Deresiewicz and Joel Sowalsky;
Torah Reader – Ethan Mascoop; Maftir – Larry Berger;
Kiddush and Motzi – Mitzi and Jonathan Perlmutter;
Birkat HaMazon – Michael Zissman; Ushers – Jim Bloom,
Lenny Brick, Bryon Rakoff and Jack Siegel. The following
also deserve special thanks: Open/Close Ark – Ruth Brown
and Al Camerato, Rita Freudberg, and Selma Grosser;
Dressing Torahs – Bob and Amy Worth, Bob Sullaway
and Gail Schulman; Procession Torah Carriers – Bruce
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Jacobs, David Carlen; Torah Holders – Lee Caplan, Marty
Lurie, and Alan Radding; Prayer Readers – Eva Radding,
Bobbi Fox, Sasha Helfner, Dalia Schneider, and Laura
Grosser.
Award Highlights: Man of the Year – Lenny Brick;
Yasher Koach Awards – Steven Karas, Mitzi Perlmutter,
Carol Stollar and Limud Committee Members; USY
Leadership Award – Michael Zissman Award Surprise:
Bernie Zigman presented a surprised Amy Worth with a
Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of Brotherhood for her
dedicated service as Temple President these two past years.
The family Shabbat Luncheon was sponsored by
Brotherhood and a special cake was presented in honor of
our Awardees.
Bernie Zigman
Temple Reyim
Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington St., Newton, MA 02466
Voice: (617) 527-2410
Fax: (617) 928-0212
May 2009
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Email: office@reyim.org
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FRIDAY
THURSDAY
DAILY SERVICES
7:00 am - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
6:55 am - Monday,Thursday
9:00 am - Sunday, 9:30 am - Saturday
6:00 pm - Friday
12:45 pm - Saturday, Mincha
10:30 am - Saturday, Tot Shabbat,
Mini-Minyan and Junior Congregation
Board Meeting
- 7:30 pm
SATURDAY
ACHAREI MOT/
KEDOSHIM
7:26 pm
USY Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm
Study with the Daf Yomi Group every
Shabbat after Mincha
Israel Celebration 9:00 am
Web Site: www.reyim.org
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Adult B’nai Mitzvah
- 7:30 pm
Hebrew Bible Class
- 11:00 am
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Lag B’Omer
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EMOR
7:33 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm
9 Iyar
Shabbat Ends 8:27 pm
7:41 pm
Adult B’nai Mitzvah
- 7:30 pm
Shabbat Ends 8:34 pm
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BECHUKKOTAI
Shabbat Ends 8:42 pm
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Rabbi’s Text Class
- 7:30 pm
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Memorial Day
1Sivan
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Annual Meeting
- 9:15 am
Graduation and
Barbecue - 11:00 am
8 Sivan
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2 Sivan
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27 Iyar
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EREV SHAVUOT
7:53 pm
Minyan - 8:00 am
3 Sivan
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4 Sivan
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BAMIDBAR
USY Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat
- 6:00 pm
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SHAVUOT
7:54 pm
6 Sivam
Shabbat Ends 8:49pm
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YIZKOR
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Saturday, May 2 – Bar Mitzvah of Nathan Foster, son of Gita and David Foster
Saturday, May 9 – Bar Mitzvah of Eric Halen, son of Lisa Cohen and Neil Halen
Saturday, May 23 – Adult B’not Mitzvot Shabbat
Sunday, May 24 – Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Whitehouse, son of Judy Gooen and Brian Whitehouse
A Congregation of Friends
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We Are Grateful to
Our Generous Donors
Cantor’s Music Fund
Phyllis Frank in memory of her
beloved father,
Samuel H. Feinson.
Phyllis Frank in loving memory of
her very dear brother,
Milton H. Feinson.
Gertie Epstein in appreciation
of Ethan Mascoop and
Liz Offen’s kindness.
Facilities Fund
Joan Smoller in memory of her
father-in-law, William Smoller.
General Fund
Michael and Mary Ann Ablove in
honor of Brotherhood Shabbat.
Mark and Sara Goldman in
memory of Sara’s father,
Izak Spigelman.
Mark and Sara Goldman in
memory of Sara’s mother,
Sonja Spigelman.
Cecily Grable in memory of her
husband, Ernest.
Bertram Lipman in memory of his
mother, Rebecca.
Library Fund
Charlotte Cutter in memory of her
brother, Max Plovnick.
Myron and Annie Greenside
in memory of Annie’s brother,
Sumner I. Strashun.
Myron and Annie Greenside in
memory of Annie’s sister,
Lillian Cohen.
Myron and Annie Greenside
in memory of Annie’s nephew,
Franklin S. Cohen.
Marshall and Esther Schneider
in memory of
Marshall’s mother, Gertrude.
Marshall and Esther Schneider
in memory of
Esther’s father, Samuel Platzman.
Minyan Breakfast
Sponsor
Cecily Grable in memory of her
father-in-law, Harry.
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Rabbi’s Tzedakah
Fund
Claire Gerstein in loving memory
of her parents, Esther & Sol.
Deborah Gerstein in memory of
her mother, Esther.
Elaine Goldenberg in memory of
her father-in-law,
Charles Blumenthal.
Elaine Goldenberg in memory of
her sister, Sylvia Hausman.
Gertie Epstein in appreciation of
her High Holiday aliyah.
Daniel and Selma Grosser
in memory of
Selma’s father, Samuel Cloper.
Florence Loew in memory of her
husband, Kenneth.
Robert Michel in appreciation of
the rabbi’s wonderful leadership
Milton Miller in appreciation of.
the congregation and in honor of
the baby naming of
Alana Apelbaum.
Mel Wartel in memory of Shelly
Rossman’s mother, Ruth Sorkin.
Mel Wartel in memory of his
parents, Goldie and Charles.
Mel Wartel in appreciation
of the Rabbi for his help
with Marcia’s unveiling.
Sheryl Anne Zigman
Memorial Fund for
Mitzvah Education
Edna Perlmutter in honor of her
daughter-in-law, Mitzi Perlmutter,
receiving the Yasher Koach
Award and her grandson Jonathan
receiving the
Cub Scout Aleph Award.
Sophie Weinfield Brit
Chesed Fund
Donna Cohen in memory of her
father, Sidney Ames.
Myron and Renne Idelson
in memory of
Myron’s father, Maurice.
To order Kippot
for special occasions,
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and Weddings.
Please contact
Lisa Miller.
It helps the Sisterhood!
Youth Committee
TRUSY and the Youth Committee have had a busy
Spring. TRUSY had an extremely successful Regional Casino
night, with all proceeds being donated to Tikun Olam. The
Youth Committee had its annual Wine Sale fundraiser (with
wines offered by Murray’s Liquors) and Social Event, which
featured a Chinese dinner from Ta’am China, with fruit
donated by Whole Foods Market and sweets donated by
Cheryl Ann’s Bakery. Raffle prizes were donated by Peet’s
Coffee, The Silver Woman, Games and Gizmos, Karma, and
Sabra Restaurant. Thank you to everyone who participated
in these events for your support of USY.
This has been a very successful year for our USY
programs. Overall membership increased significantly and
TRUSY’s Tikun Olam fundraising total for this year is already
double that for last year. TRUSY’s strength during the last
two years is in large part the result of the dedicated leadership
provided by Joie Schwartz, Youth Director and Senior USY
Advisor. Due to restructuring of TRUSY staffing for 2009-10,
Joie will be leaving Temple Reyim at the end of June. Please
take a moment to say farewell to Joie. We will miss Joie, but
her enthusiastic support of TRUSY over the past two years
will leave a lasting impression.
Finally, the Youth Committee would love to have
some new members. We are sorry to have to say good-bye
to Cheryl Kirschner, who has been a dedicated and active
member of the Youth Committee for many years. In addition
to her duties on the Youth Committee, Cheryl has coordinated
housing for the Reyim visit of the USY Wheels Summer
Program. Kathryn Kirshenbaum also has stepped down
after providing wonderful help as our Recording Secretary.
Please contact me (kgilbert68@gmail) if you are interested in
joining the Committee and/or if you are interested in hosting
a USY Wheels participant on July 1st .
Kim Gilbert, Youth Committee
Temple Reyim
Brotherhood Special Events
Program
“Meeting the Candidates” Forum Sunday,
March 15, 2009
We might say that this “meeting was 12 years in
the making”. But then we could wait it out! Then the
announcement finally came. Newton Mayor David Cohen
will not run for re-election this coming November. Now was
the time. Brotherhood invited the four declared candidates,
State Rep. Ruth Balser, Alderman Paul Coletti, Alderman
Ken Parker and Atty. Setti Warren to appear at Temple Reyim
Brotherhood’s “Meet the Candidate’s” Forum. An audience
of over 140 attended this free admission program to hear
the candidates voice their views, and solutions on the many
issues confronting Newton voters this coming election in
November; the financial crisis, the school system, roads and
public buildings and many more during this two hour program.
A hearty Yasher Koach to Jeff Lazarus who proved to be a
very capable and effective Forum Moderator and also David
Carlen, Bruce Jacobs, Joan Smoller, David and Carol
Stollar, Office Manager Charisse Middlebrooks and custodian
Luis Cardorna with their combined efforts in making this very
important program a success.
A special Todah Rabah to Joan Smoller for her financial
contribution to this forum program.
Bernie Zigman
Temple Reyim Outreach Program
We are celebrating our 20th year with the Newton Health
Care Center. We are helping Jewish residents stay connected
to the Jewish religion and traditions while living in a secular
environment.
On Friday, April 10 at 3:30 pm the monthly erev
Shabbat service was conducted by Committee members Mitzi
Perlmutter, accompanied by her son, Jonathan and Bernie
Zigman. A brief Kiddush followed the service wih traditional
Passover food being served. Our next erev Shabbat service
will take place on May 8. If you wish to have me visit a relative
or friend at Health Care please call or email me.
Bernie Zigman
Kallah Follow-Up
The Kallah speaker this year, Dr. James Loeffler,
mentioned a website for the organization he is affiliated
with: Pro Musica Hebraica. This organization is devoted to
presenting lost and forgotten masterpieces of Jewish classical
music in a concert-hall setting. Please check out http://www.
promusicahebraica.org/ for more information and a sampling
of the music.
A Congregation of Friends
Reyim Israel Action
The Reyim community came out
to show its support for Israel on April
30 at Newton City Hall where Israel
Consul General Nadiv Tamir discussed the
prospects for peace in the Mideast with a
spokesman for the PA. Earlier in the day
the entire community rallied in front of the Israeli embassy
to celebrate Israel Independence Day, Yom Haatzmaut.
The Reyim Yom Haatzmaut celebration will take place
Sun. evening, May 3, 6-8 pm. It will feature Israeli food,
make-your-own sundaes, videos (including the video of the
Reyim-IDF Purim distribution of treats to Israeli soldiers),
and brief presentations by Reyim members who recently
came back from Israel. Bring the whole family. A light dairy
supper will be provided.
Success Followed by Success:
Brotherhood Bone Marrow
Registration Drive
Brotherhood conducted back to back successful
programs on Sunday, March 15, 2009 in Ordis Hall. After the
two hour “Meeting the Mayoral Candidates” Forum ended,
Brotherhood continued its successful programming with a
Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive. Steve Karas, a donor
life saver himself set up a registration drive area to encourage
many of the Forum audience to sign up.
It was easy, fast and safe and successful.
Steven Karas, who grew up at Temple Reyim, received
a Yasher Koach Award at the Brotherhood Shabbat service on
March 21 for saving the life of a young boy who was dying
from osteopetrosis, a rare bone decease and who needed a
transplant immediately. Steve who had previously signed up at
a registration drive, agreed and fortunately the operation was
successful and now the boy is alive and well with a normal
life expectancy We thank Steven’s mother, Gloria Karas
a long time Temple Reyim active member for her financial
donation to this program.
Brotherhood is dedicated to focusing on the needs
of our Temple Reyim membership and our surrounding
community.
Bernie Zigman
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Laymen’s Institute
The New England Region of the FJMC Presents the
63rd Annual Laymen’s Institute at Camp Ramah June 11
– 14, 2009.
Laymen’s Institute is the first and oldest weekend
retreat for Jewish men in America. Synagogue or Men’s
Club membership is not required and Jewish men of all
traditions are welcome to attend. The weekend begins on
Thursday afternoon and ends Sunday morning before noon;
however men may arrive and leave at times that meet their
own schedules. We avoid traveling on Shabbat.
The schedule is centered on our two Scholars -in Residence, Rabbi Mayer E. Rabinowitz, associate professor of
Talmud at the JTS. and Rabbi Daniel Liben, of Temple Israel
of Natick, each of whom will deliver multiple lectures.
Between religious services and lectures you have a
wonderful mix of relaxation, sports, eating, singing and
camaraderie. Other activities include softball, a tennis
competition, swimming and boating.
For a free brochure with all the information you’ll need
please call Peter Matusow at 1-508-652-0968 or email at
pmatusow@comcast.net
Bernie Zigman
In these difficult financial times it is more
important than ever to support our kosher
food bank and help our neighbors live
with comfort and dignity.
Support Family
Table!
Temple Reyim is reponsible
for collecting PASTA and
Reproductive Rights Lobby Day
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), a
grassroots organization of volunteers working on public
policy issues from a Jewish perspective, urges you to join us
in advocating for the protection of reproductive choices at the
May 14th Reproductive Rights Lobby Day on Beacon Hill!
Bring friends and family and come make your voice
heard. It is important for the pro-choice faith community to
be represented at this event.
While Massachusetts leads the nation on health care
reform, archaic laws restricting reproductive choices threaten
the Commonwealth’s ability to ensure quality health care for
all. Dangerous statutes remain on the books that, if enforced,
would put women’s health and safety in danger. Legislation
that would finally repeal these unconstitutional limitations is
being considered by the legislature, and it is important that
we show up and speak to ask legislators to pass this important
and long-overdue legislation now!
Reproductive Rights Lobby Day will run from 10 am2 pm on May 14th. Before venturing to legislators’ offices,
activists will hear from policy makers, pro-choice advocates,
and will receive a brief lobby training. Participants who
cannot stay for the entire time are encouraged to stay for part
of the program. Even an hour of your time will make a huge
difference!
What: Reproductive Rights Lobby Day
When: Thursday, May 14th, 10 am-2 pm
Where: State House
For More Information: Contact Dena Snyder, NCJW’s
Massachusetts Representative, at ncjwmass@ncjw.org or
(617)566-1017.
Give yourself a gift.
Try our daily minyan.
Support our community.
Try our daily minyan.
CEREAL!
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Adult B’not Mitzvah Celebration on May 23
The Adult B’not Mitzvah class of 5769 will be called
to the Torah at Shabbat morning services on May 23, 2009
(29 Iyar 5769) at 9:30 a.m. This occasion will mark the
conclusion of the 18-month class which was formed in
October 2007. Class participants in the service will be Beth
Byer, Lauren Cheng, Sheila Clawson, Kim Gilbert, and
Joanne Robinson.
Under the guidance of Carol Stollar, chair of the Limud
Committee, the class has completed an intensive program of
Jewish Learning covering a wide variety of topics, including:
an overview of Jewish History; The Jewish Calendar and
Life Cycle; Theology; Mitzvot and Middot; Entering the
Prayer Service theologically and in practice; Writing a
D’var Torah; Women and Judaism; Hebrew; and Haftorah
T’aamim training. These classes have been taught by Rabbi
Rosenberg, Cantor Thompson and Carol Stollar, as well
as guest lectures by Cheryl Vogel, Educational Director at
Sandberg Religious School; Suzanne Offit, Temple Reyim
congregant and rabbinical student at Hebrew College; and Dr.
Jane Kanareck, a rabbi and assistant professor of Rabbinics
at Hebrew College.
In addition, the class was able to take advantage of two
Sisterhood workshops on making tallitot and kippot, and a
tour of the Mayyim Hayyim Mikveh and Education Center
is scheduled for early May.
Temple Reyim has had two previous Adult B’not Mitzvah
groups. The first was on May 14, 1977 with Rabbi Kieval.
There were 16 participants including Sally Green, Annie
Greenside, Sylvia Kaufman, Esther (Dana) Rothkopf,
Esther Schneider, Sylvia Shulman and Carol Stollar.
The Temple’s second B’not Mitzvah date was December
4, 1999 with Rabbi Rosenberg. There were 8 in the group:
Liz Epstein, Corinne Ertel, Bobbi Fox, Claire Gerstein,
Mildred Goldman, Elaine Kamowitz, Arlene Lintz, and
Lynn Meltzer.
The Torah portion to be read for the B’not Mitzvah on
May 23rd will be B’midbar and the Haftorah portion to be
chanted will be Machar Chodesh.
The congregation is invited to a Kiddush luncheon
following services in celebration of this joyous occasion.
The Adult B’not Mitzvah class of 5769: Cathy Gould, Joanne Robinson, Sheila Clawson,
Beth Byer, Lauren Cheng and Kim Gilbert
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Poker, blackjack, and roulette were enjoyed
by all at the annual NERUSY Casino Night
hosted at Temple Reyim.
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TRUSY Kadimaniks (4-6th graders) gathered
for a “Chocolate Seder” complete with a
Chocolate Seder Haggadah and lots of sweet
treats!
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Rabbi Rosenberg teaches
a Passover class on “Sage
Seder Practices.”
Carol Stollar leads a
workshop on “Women
in the Passover Story.”
Attendees of the Passover
class had the opportunity
to preview a variety of
Haggadahs . . .
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as well as gather charoses
recipes from around the
world and taste Passover
Coca-Cola.
Chef Andrea Silver
demonstrates how to make
Matzoh Meal Polenta
Triangles in the gourmet
Passover cooking class.
Two cooks prepare one
of the dishes for the
oven.
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Rabbi Rosenberg leads the
congregation in reciting Birkat
HaChama on April 8. Birkat
HaChama is the blessing of the
sun and is recited every 28 years
when the sun returns to its point of
creation.
“Here comes the sun!”
The Cooks hit a home run with
the delicious food they prepared
for the Shabbat Reyim feast
celebrating opening day at
Fenway Park.
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An AIPAC Meeting was held
at the home of Lynda Adler
and Ian Noy.
Larry Saloman, Naomi Nuta
from AIPAC, Ian Noy
Larry Saloman, Naomi Nuta
from AIPAC, Ian Noy
Bob Worth, Amy Worth, Larry
Saloman, Carol Stollar, Rabbi
Rosenberg Naomi Nuta of AIPAC,
Lynda Adler
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Welcome to Our New Member Families
Steve List and Aviva Kupferberg left the New York City area earlier this year to begin fulfilling their respective
dreams and goals.
Steve worked as an Asian markets
trader with a well-known New Yorkbased trading and investment firm. It
was a position that he handled with
dexterity and oftentimes, single-handedly,
at night. When Steve accepted the
newly created position of Vice President
and Head Trader with AlphaSimplex,
a hedge fund firm based in Cambridge,
Steve and Aviva left New York with
high hopes and big smiles.
Aviva left the legal field to join Steve
and to pursue her interest in the social
sciences and services sector. She was a
volunteer with the Manhattan Borough
of CASA (“Court Appointed Special
Advocates”), which is an organization
that assists Family Court with children’s
cases. Aviva plans on pursuing her
MSW in the near future and exploring
the fields of gerontology, family-based
issues, as well as criminology.
Currently, Steve and Aviva are
happily living in Wellesley with a
menagerie of four cats, and a pair of lively
and very naughty miniature pinschers.
Steve enjoys all sports, sporting events,
sports news, sports… (you get the
picture) and of course, golfing. Steve also enjoys reading history, in particular, about U.S. economics history and the Civil
War. Aviva enjoys writing, gardening, watching the wildlife, and experimenting new dishes on Steve.
They look forward to being part of the Temple Reyim community.
Steve List and Aviva Kupferberg
We are Sam, Susan, Liza and Raphael Goldberg and we live in Wellesley. Sam is a Financial Advisor with Merrill
Lynch and Susan is an attorney with the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Liza is 11 years old and in 5th grade at Solomon
Schechter, she will be attending Wellesley Middle School next year. Raphi is 7 and is in 1st grade at Solomon Schechter.
Both kids play soccer, love to ski and play piano. Liza also enjoys gymnastics and track. We also have a house in Grantham
NH where we go to ski in the winter and swim, hike and kayak in the summer. We are very excited to have joined Temple
Reyim.
Sam and Susan Goldberg
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Yahrzeits Observed in the
Month of May
May 1
Lillian Levine
May 18
Minnie Meltzer
May 2
Ruth Black
Mattie Marsh
May 20
Morris Freed
Bernard Goldenberg
Ann Marks
Max Siegel
May 4
Harry Brick
May 5
Jacob Daniels
Edith Friedlander
Gad Hakerem
Barbara Miller
May 6
Joel Narod
May 7
Harry Friedman
Ruth Wineburgh
May 8
Lila Daniels
Leo Neuringer
May 21
Dorothy Greene
Akiva Kohane
Mary Kramer
Daniel Newman
May 22
Jacob Shrut
May 23
Sarah Briansky
Max Kassap
Eliot Marsh
May 26
Norman Chase
Martha Friedlander
Frances Stein
May 9
Manuel Band
Helen Brenner
May 27
Benjamin Steinberg
May 10
Alan Horowitz
Percy Stollar
May 28
Herbert Deresiewicz
Zachary Solomon
May 11
Harry Broude
May 29
George Cohen
Abraham Josephson
Joseph Wilson
May 12
Josephine Levin
May 13
Abraham Kay
May 14
Albert Berman
Charles Gould
May 15
Ernest Blaustein
Zelda Rakoff
Sarah Wallach
May 30
Abraham Guterman
Rose Roazen
Victor Silver
May 31
Adolf Goldschmidt
Gladys Krasnow
Honoring the Memory of
Our Loved Ones
Our departed loved ones live on in our thoughts and
actions. There is no greater way to honor their memories than
by inscribing their names permanently on a brass plaque to
be affixed in the Eleanor Weisman Gray Memorial Alcove in
the main sanctuary or a bronze plaque to be affixed on the
Jean Samick Klein Yizkor Board in the Goldweitz Chapel.
The cost is $450 per plaque. Please call or email me.
Bernie Zigman
Plan Ahead with Lindwood
Memorial Park
When you purchase cemetery property in advance,
you save your family and loved ones much grief later. Preplanning relieves them of the burden of making final decisions
at a difficult time and you’ll be assured that your wishes are
honored. A brochure from Lindwood Memorial Park of
Randolph is available to you at no cost. Please call or email
me.
Bernie Zigman, Temple Reyim Representative
Blood It’s the Ultimate in Giving
— Saving a Life
You’ll be giving the ultimate gift when donating blood to
help save a life at anyone of the following
Red Cross Donor locations in the month
of May:
• Tuesday,May 5, Waltham Red
Cross, 863 Main Street
• Wednesday, May 13, Newton Free
Library, 330 Homer Street
• Blood or platelet donations can be
scheduled during the day or evening at the Red Cross Center,
180 Rustcraft Road, Dedham.
Be a blood donor. Call 1- 800 - GIVE-LIFE and save a
life. You know it’s the right thing to do.
Bernie Zigman
May 16
Arthur Levine
May 17
Gertrude Chaletzky
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Temple Reyim
Writing Resumes
that
Rock
(and will be read as well!)
A free workshop
as part of a Temple Reyim series
for those in work transition
Offered by
Steven German, Ph.D., NCCC
Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
at Temple Reyim
Steve German is a member of Temple Reyim. He is a nationallycertified career counselor, as well as a licensed psychologist.
He has over 20 years of experience helping individuals in the
private and public sectors in a wide-range of positions with their
career transitions. He has practiced privately, provided training
in both private industry and for public sector employees, and
has served as a consultant in the outplacement industry.
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End of Year
Barbecue
and Graduation
May 31
May
Eiruim—Happenings—ohgurt
3, Sun 9, Sat 12, Tue 14, Thu 25, Mon 21, Thu 23, Sat
28, Thu 29, Fri 30, Sat 31, Sun -
Israel Celebration
Funny Hat Havdalah
Lag B’Omer
Visit to the Mikveh
Memorial Day
Theater Night
Adult B’nai Mitzvah
Celebration
Erev Shavuot
Shavuot
Shavuot, Yizkor
Graduation and Barbecue
Annual Meeting
Last Day of School
11:00 AM
Temple Reyim
1860 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02466
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