The Bulletin of Temple Beth Sholom, March 2003

TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM Temple Beth Sholom THE FULL-OF BULLETIN March 2003 Adar I?Adar II 5763 Vol. 3. No. 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Shopping Mall Take Home Policy 2 Rabbi Appointed Chief of Mexico's Bet Din 3 Cantor Signs for Solo at Met in NYC 4 President Zucker in Sanitarium 5 Women's League to include Husbands 6 Hugh Hefner voted Men's Club "Man of Year" 7 Preschool to offer Stu-dents class in Shopping 8 Sister Mary Joseph, SRN appointed Director of Religious School 9 Donations?Not enough! 10 11 TBS to self rule?Board Dissolves 12 Calendar of Events-cancelled 13 Temple Beth Sholom is a Conservative Congregation affiliated with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Sandy Mallin Appointed by Gov. Guinn to Balance State Budget The deadlock between the Gover-nor's office and the legislative branches of Nevada's government has finally been broken. After weeks of wrangling over the Gover-nor's package for increasing taxes, the parties reached agreement with the announcement that Sandy Mal-lin, Immediate Past President of Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, and fundraiser-extraordinaire, has accepted the new post as Nevada's Financial Advisor. Mrs. Mallin will be charged with approaching Ne-vada's wealthiest citizens to change their Nevada tax payments into do-nations to various state agencies, thereby obtaining State tax deduc-tions for what otherwise would have been hard dollars (only deductible from Federal taxes). "I'm confident that our citizens will be unable to resist Mrs. Mallin's soft sell," said the Governor. "People have shown their willingness to respond to her appeals in the past. Just look at the swell synagogue they put up in Summerlin." Mrs. Mallin was said to be thrilled with her new appointment. "I just know there are thousands of people out there dying to give to Nevada. They just need to be asked." When asked if she would use some of the same techniques she used in funding Temple Beth Sholom, Mrs. Mallin said "Absolutely. If you thought there were lots of naming opportunities at TBS, just imagine all of the places we can put plaques throughout the state. When I'm through, every school room will be named for a donor and every water fountain will be plaqued." Mrs. Mallin immediately named Arlene Blut as her Chief-of-Staff. "We'll do a Gala the likes of which has never before been seen," announced Mrs. Blut. "Our silent auction will include artifacts from the Museum of Nevada and will include the first pick to strike silver in the Comstock Lode, items from the Mustang Ranch and Benjamin Siegel's broken eye-glasses." "With this team in place," Gov. Guinn said, "we will be able keep taxes at their current levels and still expand state services." TBS is proud of its taxbusters, Sandy Mallin and Arlene Blut. PURIMSPEIL PAPERl 2?Jewish Shopping Mall/TBS Take Home TBS ANNOUNCES CREATION OF JEWISH SHOPPING MALL IN SUMMERLIN In an on-going effort to generate non-dues funding for synagogue needs, the Board of TBS has authorized enter-ing into contracts for an all-Jewish shopping center in the Summerlin area. The center, to be known as "Kosheropolis" will be available to shopping by Gentiles as well as Jews but will feature stores catering to Jew-ish tastes. The allusion to food is no accident. Kosheropolis will be designed in the shape of a U. The East sec-tion of the "U" will be designated as "Flieshich Street," while the West section will be known as "Milchic Ave-nue." The cross bar of the "U" will be named "Parve" Place. Restaurants will abound, as will food suppliers. On their appropriate side of the street, shoppers will be able to find almost every type food vendor, including two pizza parlors (with and without cheese) and salad sellers (Chinese Chicken or Greek with Feta cheese). A key tenant on the meat side is "Bubbie's Best Butcher" who has contracted to bring into the mall the best in beef butchered by balibustim. Paul's Phresh Phish will provide patrons with pounds of pflounder and pike, as well as a full line of pickle products. Kosher clothing will also be available in the Parve wing. All clothes sold in the mall will only have been touched by Jewish hands. Products will be brought in from Israel and Crown Heights. Vendors who wish to rent will have to provide a certificate of kosherness before their store can carry a line of clothing. Leases are cur-rently being negotiated for stores featuring archeological and antique items that date back to the Pre-Davidian era. Higher priced items may even include mosaics from the Mosaic period. The project is to cost $100 million. All necessary funds are being underwritten by the Strip hotels. Manny M. Moiskowitz, spokesman for the investment group, told The Full Of Bull-etin that, "All the owners think this project and collaboration with TBS is a sure fire winner. With the demographics moving West and the influx of Jews coming to Las Vegas, when they're not gaming they will be shopping, and where else will they get all the stuff they need that isn't carried at the Fashion Shows or the hotel shops? This way we get the locals and visi-tors every which way." Proceeds will be split 50/50 between the investors and TBS. There will be opportunities for dedication of various items throughout the Mall. Street lights can be dedicated for $1000 to $2500, based on location. The Central Mall Fountain will be available for $100,000, and each tile on the tiled walkways will cost $180. TBS to Implement "Take Home Policy The TBS Board has been struggling with the problem of people taking Kiddish food home. It has received many complaints from those who feel the shul is ignor-ing a serious problem. The problem was studied by a Blue Ribbon panel, which brought recommendations to the Board. The Board acted swiftly and passed the following recommendations. The new program will be known as the "TBS Kiddish Karry Away Program." When picking up High Holy Day tickets, each family will be given 10 bar-coded large baggies. Only food placed in these baggies will be permitted to be taken from the Kiddish table on Saturday morning, thus solving the problem of: 1.) inability to fit enough food into pockets or purses, 2.) food falling on the foyer floor as it is spirited out of the Social Hall and 3.) getting suspicious looks when walking out of shul. Only one bag is permitted for any single Kiddish. A "Shabbat swiper" will be passed over the bag and will electronically record the date and the name of each recipient in order to prevent overindulging or baggie swapping. Lost bags will NOT be replaced. The budget was amended to provide salary for the Karry Away Kordinator, for supplies and for the cost of the swiper. Estimates of cost are in the $15,500 range. The Board is Konfident that Kongregants will Kvell at this new Karry Away program. TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM Temple Beth Sholom THE BULLETIN March 2003 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Executive Director Announcements 2 Rabbi's Column Rabbi's Events 3 Cantor's Column 4 President's Message Board Biz 5 Under the Dome 6 Women's League Warsaw Donor Form 7 Preschool News 8 Religious School 9 Ambassador Nairn Mazal Tovs 10 11 Pictures 12 13 Donations 14 15 Rabbi Resnicoff 24 Purim Events 25 Calendar of Events 26 Temple Beth Sholom is a Conservative Congregation affiliated with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Adar I?Adar II 5763 Vol. 3, No. 3 CHAPLIN LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Temple Beth Sholom is pleased to announce that well-known syndicated columnist and political analyst, Charles Krautham-mer, will be the guest speaker of the Shirley and Sidney Chaplin Lecture Series on Wednesday, May 21st at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Krauthammer is a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, an essayist for Time Magazine, a political analyst for Fox News, a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and The New Republic and a weekly panelist on "Inside Washington". In 2001, he was appointed to the President's Council on Bioethics. He has won numer-ous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism. Born in New York City, Mr. Krauthammer grew up in Montreal, was educated at McGill University (BA with First Class Honors in Political Science and Economics), Oxford University (Commonwealth Scholar in Politics) and Harvard University (M.D. Harvard Medical School). He then practiced medicine as a Resident and then Chief Resident in Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His scientific papers, including his co-discovery of a form of bipolar disease, are still frequently cited in the psychiatric literature. In 1978, he quit psychiatry and went to Washington D.C. to serve as a science advisor in the Carter Administration and, later, speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale. In 1981, he joined the staff of The New Republic where he was an essayist and editor from 1981-88. In the mid-eighties, he began writing a monthly essay for Time maga-zine. In the first full year as a syndicated columnist, he won the Pulitzer Prize (Distinguished Commentary, 1987). His New Republic essays won the highest award in magazine writing, the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism. (1984). He has won awards for his writing on everything from the economics of oil to religion in civil society. His essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies on subjects ranging from nuclear deterrence to human cloning. A collection of his essays and columns, Cutting Edges, was published in 1985 (Random House). In 2001, he was appointed to the President's Council on Bioethics. He serves on the editorial board of several journals, including the National Interest and the Public Inter-est. He is a member of the board of the Nixon Center, and he is a founder of Wash-ington's Shoresh Hebrew High School. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Robyn, an artist, and son Daniel. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. For more information, please con-tact Temple Beth Sholom at 804-1333. 2?Executive Director/Announcements Robert Mirisch, Executive Director I HAVE SAFETY ON MY MIND In my lifetime, I've lived through WWII (you know - the one the Korean War (which was only a "police action"), Viet Nam, numerous Israeli wars, Bosnia-Herzegovina, a small skirmish the War on Terrorism and now we wait for the start of Persian Gulf II. we get all nostalgic about), the Cold War, as Jews - the in Somalia, Persian Gulf I, I've probably left out some major conflict, but my mind just reels at what has gone on in my lifetime. You would think a person gets used to it, but we don't?we can't?we dare not. Through all of them, to me the one that has done the most psychic damage to America as a whole, to the minds of individual Americans, to our sense of security - is the War on Terrorism. To date, that is the conflict that has destroyed our precious sense of invulnerability. No longer does the God-given gift of being protected by two oceans mean what it once did. "Over There" would not be what Irving Berlin would write today. So we prepare. Our synagogue is what has become known as a "soft target." In that, we are not alone. Jewish institu-tions are not alone. Hotels, apartment houses, schools of all kinds, any place that isn't a fortress is a "soft target." In the last month, I've been to FBI/ADL briefings. I've been a participant on a conference call of 400 Jewish leaders. I've spo-ken with police, had security meetings with our leadership, shopped for items, changed scheduling and beefed up secu-rity in numbers of ways that we are cautioned not to disclose. I've heard varying views from congregants about what we should be doing. As you read below in this issue of The Bulletin, we are in the process of sending auto ID tags to all our members. If you don't receive yours shortly, please contact the office. We have placed a sticker on the envelope indicating that important material is inside - so you don't chuck the envelope as just another TBS mailer. It is a small step, and an imperfect one at that, but it's a part of what we can do for now. Others will follow. We beg you to use these parking passes judiciously. They are for your immediate family only. You are part of our security here at TBS. Prevent these IDs from getting into the hands of people for whom they are not intended. All these steps, all these meetings and every place of authority says the same thing. The best security is an alert congre-gation and staff. We must be vigilant at all times. If something seems strange - report it. If a bag looks out of place - re-port it. If people are hanging around outside TBS or taking pictures - report it. First call these things to the attention of staff. If after hours, call Metro or the FBI. We should not feel intimidated or worried that we are making a mistake. They are prepared for us to be wrong, and they are prepared for us to be right. Err on the side of caution. In the final analysis, security equates peace of mind against expenses and levels of threat. How much are we, as mem-bers, willing to spend for security measures? It is true, without question, that no amount of money can be enough to pro-tect our children and ourselves. But are we willing to fund any amount? The money has to come from us. Do we feel so vulnerable here in Summerlin on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada, that we wish to turn TBS into a fortress? It is your congregation. You and your leaders must make those decisions. In the meantime, we are trying to be prudent and to use common sense in what has become the senseless world in which we live. LETTER SENT TO CONGREGATION REGARDING SECURITY TAGS As part of our effort to tighten security in and around Temple Beth Sholom, the Board of Directors has au-thorized the issuance of Automobile ID cards. By hav-ing these forms of identification, we can speed up the process of allowing entry into the Temple parking area and checking whether or not cars on the premises are properly there. We are enclosing two ID cards for use by you. One is a sticker which should be placed in the lower left hand corner of your front window (driver's side). The second is a card which can be hung from your mirror and can be used in more than one vehicle. These cards have numbers which have been as-signed to you. You will also notice that, as an addi-tional safety measure, only geometric shapes were used on the ID cards so as not to associate the parking ID with a Jewish institution. They are not for use by anyone other than your family. We ask your cooperation in 1) remembering to use these identity cards and 2) in restricting their usage to your family. It defeats the purpose of securing the safety of TBS and those who spend time here, if you make these cards available to non-members. Rabbi's Column/Rabbi's Events?3 Felipe Goodman, Rabbi Purim and Passover represent two of the paradigmatic redemptions of the Jewish people. On both, the Jews were saved. Yet, in many ways, these two redemptions are very different. Purim is marked by a wild sense of joy and relief at the physical salvation of the Jewish people and their triumph over baseless hatred. Purim cele-brates, in a Mardi Gras atmosphere, that life is not what it appears to be. Purim versus Passover Esther, demur Queen of the land, turns out to be a politically sawy leader and a Jew. The gallows Haman intended for Mordecai is Ha-man's own end. The insecurities of living as a minority people in a strange land (the Diaspora) are all too often very real. They are terrifying on one hand, yet ethereal on the other. So, we drink so much wine on Purim we cannot tell the difference between the name of cursed Haman or blessed Mordecai. We eat of sweets and rich cakes and sit down in calm and luxury to a meal (seudah, which requires bread, lechem). In all this, God's name is not mentioned but remains hidden behind the scenes. The physicality of existence is stressed. The redemption of Purim is physical, as well. What happens after Purim? We go on with our lives and we prepare to party again next year. Passover, on the other hand, is a very different type of redemption. It is true that here, too, we Jews found ourselves oppressed in a foreign land. We faced eventual physical destruction through Pharaoh's order to kill all the male children. Yet the celebration of this redemption is so different from that of Purim. Passover is a joyful holiday, don't get me wrong. It is my favorite time of year, but on Passover we do not experience the unbridled joy of Purim. Passover is celebrated through the very structured joy of the Seder. Though we drink four cups of wine, we are not supposed to get drunk. Indeed, through the joy there is, literally, a taste of bit-terness and of sadness. We re-experience our ancestor's oppression through the eating of the bitter herbs, the dipping in salt water (representing our tears) and especially in the flat matzah, which we call the bread of affliction. Without leaven, matzah is not puffed up. Unlike on Purim, where everything is dressed up, on Passover, matzah is exactly what it seems: flour and water. Passover is just such a holiday, telling it like it is - the good and the bad. Though God is hidden in the Purim story, behind the deeds of human actors, God is made manifest in the Passover story, the Haggadah, for without the leaven we can see to those things which really matter. Here we come to the ultimate difference between Purim and Passover. Purim leaves us unchanged. Sure, the Jews were saved, were thrilled to be safe for a while, at least, until the next Jew-hater arose against us. But the Jews of Purim, and we ourselves, have stayed in our places. Physically, the Jews of Persia long ago remained in Shushan. Through the Persian Empire, just as have Jews in the Dias-pora throughout history, they enjoyed a breathing space between oppressions. We are doomed to repeat the cycle of Purim over and over again. Maybe that is why it is so crazily festive with abandon; to let off steam over the fear and insecurity bred by the Diaspora life. Passover, however, leaves us changed forever. The Jews of the Exodus are called dor hamidbar, the generation of the wilderness - for they left their oppression, and they became their own nation. Their children founded their own country in the Promised Land; the land we celebrate and support (and maybe to which some of us will make aliyah) - Israel. That is not all. On Purim, it is easy to let God play behind the scenes, for Purim is a holiday of physical redemption. Passover, though, is not just a holiday of physical redemption. It is a holiday of spiritual redemption, as well. The end of the Passover holiday is not celebrated until fifty days later on Shavuot, called in the Torah the AtzereV, the cap or closure to Passover. This is, for good reason. For on Shavuot, according to tradition, God gave Israel the Torah; the mitzvoth; the constitution by which we Jews could be spiritually free of the servi-tude to others' laws and moral values by having a constitution of our own to guide us in developing the moral and cultural profile of our people. We need both Purim and Passover as holidays in the year to remind us of this. We need Purim for its sense of joyful abandon. It serves as a necessary release from the daily pressures of living in difficult times. Yet we especially need Passover and its matzah for our own redemption. First, we need it to make it possible to identify our oppression. Then, in recognizing it, we need to be able to move beyond it; to change into a free people holding by our own laws and values. This may be what the Rabbis hinted in linking the two redemptions of Purim and Passover: that we?as individuals and as a people - are called upon to grow and change as we move from a concern over our physical security to an additional concern with our spiritual well-being, as well. Watch for these events with Rabbi Goodman: March 18 March 8 4:45 pm...Mincha Maariv with Seudat Shlishit 7:30 pm...The Board of Rabbis of Southern Nevada is sponsoring a He will also be addressing the issues of Anti-Semitism and the Jewish condition from Haman to the 21st Century. tary General of the World Jewish Congress. Speaking at TBS, Dr. Becker will discuss what is hap-pening in Europe. lecture by Dr. Avi Becker, Secre- March 22 4:45 pm...Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff to speak on: Reflections of a Rabbi as Captain in the U.S. Navy and on the crisis in the Mid-dle East. 4?Cantor's Column Daniel Friedman, Cantor What a Trip! [This is the first installment in a series...My plane landed in the early morning. It was Friday and Shabbat was to begin in eight hours. I looked out the window of the DC-10 and was excited to see snow everywhere, all over the place, piles and piles of it. "New York here I am," I thought to myself, as I gathered my | carry-on bag from under my seat. Physically exhausted after a three hour delay in Las Vegas, I began to review my plans so I could stay coherent enough to retrieve my luggage and acquire transportation into the city. At first, my goal was to simply attend services at a congregation called B'nai Jeshurun, and from there...who knows. My thoughts raced between loving the idea of being back in NYC, the electricity of the city, the museums, Broadway, Soho, the Upper West Side and the drudge of getting around, the cold, the cold and the cold! Why am I here? Why not go to Los Ange-les and participate in some prayer experiences? It's a lot closer to home, and there are a lot of Jews there. I could attend "Friday Night Live" at Sinai Temple and "One Shabbat Morning" at Adat Ari El. But, I was famil-iar with these services already. Why not Chicago? I know a lot of Jews from Chicago, or San Francisco and experience "Jewish Renewal," or Dallas, or Memphis, or Miami for that matter. No, I thought, I have to check-out this Shabbat experience here in New York. Rabbi Goodman says it is great, and maybe, just maybe, I can see what else is "happening" around town. What lay ahead of me was a four day odyssey into Jewish prayer and study. First, I took a nap for a few hours and awoke to the sounds of traffic outside the apartment my brother still keeps in midtown Manhattan. Next, I cleaned up and headed to the Upper West Side to attend the 6:30 pm Family Kabbalat Shabbat and the 7:30 pm regular Kabbalat Shabbat Services at B'nai Jeshurun. At BJ (as it is popularly called) they conduct services in two different places. The early "family" service is held in their main sanctuary, and the 7:30 service is held in a church down the street. At the 6:30 "family" service, about 600 kids and adults of all ages dance, sing prayers and daven together accompanied by an electric keyboard, percussion, cello and flute. The congregation was led by a woman Rabbi and a woman Cantorial Soloist. This is a Conservative congregation! At the 7:30 service, about 900 adults of all ages and families with older kids (7 and up) dance, sing prayers and daven together accompanied by a Cantor on electric piano synthe-sizer, and percussion; two male Rabbi's lead the service. At the end of the service, a congregant joined this little musical ensemble and played clarinet, while a small group of people listened. Both services were highly participatory and very inclusive. In both services, the melodies were like mantras, repetitive in nature and slow to build to a roaring climax of instruments and voices joined together to celebrate the Shabbat. I felt warm and cuddled by the experience, as if I were a child being held in the arms of God, alternately embraced with a hug or bounced on His knee to make me giggle with joy. I left feeling uplifted, peaceful, connected to God, connected to our people and connected to being Jewish. I immediately began thinking about what I could bring back and share with my congregation. The service was so inclusive; so inviting. Hmmm, maybe a nigun or two, but I really like what we do, and our service works for me on the same level. We use the same prayer book. Maybe a new melody or two. Maybe we can explore some additional instrumentation. Oh well, I'll think about it after Shabbat. As I walked home, the city seemed refreshing, and I felt relaxed and alive; ready to participate in life. Earlier in the evening, at the Kiddish following services, I met a young Rabbi who had decided to become a Chaplin. After a long discussion about how helping people through illness and injury and comforting families through the death of loved ones and coping with prolonged hospitalization and treatment, a person really begins to appreciate life so much more and how much Judaism has to offer those in this, their time of special need, he asked if I had ever considered the Chaplaincy. "No," I politely said, "I like being just a Cantor." "Oh, you're a Cantor," he said, "Then you already know what I mean." "Somewhat," I replied, as he informed me that he and his wife were going to the movies to see "The Pianist" with tickets they had purchased online before Shabbat. They invited me to go along. I politely refused, saying that, unfortunately, I did not have the fore-sight to purchase a movie ticket prior to Shabbat. They informed me that they had a "feeling" they would need an additional ticket and purchased an extra ticket accordingly. The ticket was mine if I wanted it. Thus began my odyssey of coincidence which led me from person to person, from "Jewish" experience to "Jewish" experience. As you will see, from the continuation of my story next month, there truly is "no place like home." President's Message/Board Biz?5 President's Message, Jeff Zucker Vote Early, Vote Often The recent increase in the terrorist threat level has once again put security in the headlines. Therefore, it is not surprising that Bob Mirisch's and my columns this month deal with the subject. What I particularly want to talk about is something Bob also touched on, which is how much security is enough. We must accept the fact that security concerns will not go away. Tensions will rise, tensions will fall, but no matter how much we would like things to be otherwise, we must recognize that modern technology and the complex nature of our urban societies gives the crazies powers of destruction that would have been unimag-inable 10 or 20 years ago. We must also recognize, however, that the purpose of TBS is to serve as a place of worship, education and assembly. We could have a lot more security if we encase the building in concrete and don't let anyone in, but what would be the point. Adequate security is, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. Some of our members believe we have already gone too far in converting the Temple into a fortress. I get the impression that there are other members who would not feel secure if we had an army division with anti-aircraft batteries and Apache helicopters surround-ing our property. In fact, security is like a path with no end. We can go as far as we want, but there is no need to go further than we want. There is no one-size fits all single solution. Security at the Temple is already much different than it was before 9/11. Some of the changes are obvious; some of you may have encountered other less patent measures and still other of those measures may never come to light. We are also continuing to make additional improvements, one of which is being announced in this Bulletin. Beyond what is currently in process, we also have a long list of items which we would like to im-plement. The question of how much security is enough is not one of developing plans or proposals. We have them. It is a question of how much we, as members, are willing to pay. At the current rate of funding, proposals al-ready on the drawing boards will take more than 10 years to complete. That process can be substantially sped up if the members want; it can continue at the current pace if the members want. This is an election, only we don't vote with our ballots, but with our wallets. Please treat your vote on this as seriously as you would any other. 1. Board approved a tuition insurance and tuition collection program for the Pre-School starting this Fall. 2. A set of Kitchen Rules presented by the Catering Committee was discussed and ap-proved. 3. Funding for the Purim Carnival was approved. 4. Morris Manache and Terry Thienhaus were nominated to two Board vacancies. The Board unanimously approved these nominations. BOARD BIZ Meeting for February, 2003 6?Under the Dome Judaica Shop is now open on Sundays and Wednesdays from 9-12, and under new management. Call Marci Selt-zer 364-9411 for information. Wednesday March 19 - Luncheon Meeting celebrating Pu-rim with a Game Show. Z'hava, the young women's initiative meets March 27 for Fiddler On the Roof. Call liana Shapiro 655-6241 for infor-mation. Judaism, Modernism, Feminism Seminar will be held Sun-day, March 30, for Women Only. WOMEN'S LEAGUE BOOK GROUP 2nd Thursday of each month, unless noted. MARCH 13th, Thursday THREE DAUGHTERS by Letty Cottin Pogrebin Three daughters is a bitingly funny first novel about a trio of ut-terly different sisters whose shifting loyalties play out within a Jewish family enmeshed in a web of well-meant secrets and lies. The daughters are the progeny of Rabbi Sam Wasserman, whose impending return from Israel to the States for his 90th birthday proves a defining event for his family. For book group location contact: Sheryl @ 255-1801 or email: tamij2day@aol.com Come out to support the Las Vegas Zimriyah Youth Chorale, who will be performing at a "Concert for Peace" on March 8th at the Green Valley Presbyterian Church. The money raised will help the Neve Shalom Village in Israel. For more information, call Susan Vex at 360-9197 after 4:00 pm. JCC 60+ Golden Singles Ice Cream Social The newly established 60+ Golden Singles Group of the JCC will hold its premier event, an Ice Cream Social, at 1:30 pm on March 30th at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd. Harve Mann, a multi-talented entertainer, will perform. Tickets are $5 per person if purchased by March 25th, $10 after March 25th. For more information, call the JCC at 794-0090 or visit their offices at 8260 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 3 to purchase tickets. Buzzing: The buzz at a recent Oneg Shabbat was about the soon to be strictly kosher take out restau-rant opening by TBS members Doreen Lewis and Brett Morgan. The new place, in the Trader Joe mall at Decatur and O'Bannon, is to be called "Holy Moses, It's Kosher". At last, there will be a place for kosher chicken soup to take out when that nasty flu that's been going around, hits home. Doreen and Brett are partnering with a long time Kosher caterer from San Diego, who is making the move to LV. The place comes with meat, dairy, a bakery and a mish-giach. It should be opened in time to get your kosher for Pesach provisions. Tales of Israeli Vendors: One of the vendors at the bazaar had a package with $2000 worth of merchan-dise "stolen" at the hotel in which they were stay-ing? Circus Circus. Someone must have been clowning around, because when Metro searched the premises, they were able to find the goods. By the same token, the luck of the Jewish held. Another Vendor left a big package in a taxi that brought him to TBS. A few hours later the driver brought it back, unopened. From what the taxi driver said, the ven-dor's wallet remained unopened, as well. The top hero of the day was Josh Pianko. On his way to the bazaar, he spotted a young girl on the sidewalk on Town Center who had fallen off her bike. She was unconscious, but regained consciousness as Josh attended to her. Josh brought her to the shul where she was given first aide. Her Mother found her here and her father , a doctor, took her to the ER. She will be fine. Good goin' Josh! On President's Day, Cantor Friedman was having a heavy historical discussion with the Pre-School Polar Bears. Cantor Friedman: "So kids, what's the capitol of Nevada?" A flurry of hands went up. Student #1 (a young man): "Las Vegas". Student #2 (a young man): "Carson City". Student #3 (a young lady): "Nordstroms." "Under the Dome" is an ongoing column of general information. Read "Under the Dome" to find out the latest tidbits about people and events at Temple Beth Sholom. Wom