The Bulletin from Temple Beth Sholom, April 2008

Temple Beth Sholom Bulletin April 2008 Second Night Passover Seder Sunday, April 20, 2008-6:30 pm Experience Passover like you've never experienced it before; participate in the Temple Beth Sholom Family Passover Seder! The TBS Second Night Seder on Sunday, April 20th at 6 : 3 0 P.M. led by Rabbi Felipe Goodman and Cantor Daniel Friedman will include all of the traditional readings from the I laggadah, as well as singing and a wonderful holiday spirit. In addition, a gourmet Passover meal will be catered by Chef Gustav Mauler. This year, leave the cleaning, cooking and dishes to someone else and register for the TBS Seder. Prices are $75 for adult members and their guests, $95 for non-member adults, $30 for youth age five through twelve and children under 4 years of age, free of charge. RSVP prior to April 4 by sending your check or credit card information to the Temple office or calling 804-1333, ext. 100. The order form can be found on page 11. Jewish University (formerly the University of Judaism) where he is also a Professor of Jewish Studies. For the three years, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. lie was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute at the U.S. I Iolocaust Memorial Museum and the Hymen Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. His most recent books include: A Promise to Remember: The 1 Iolocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors and After the Passion Has Passed: American Religious Consequences and co-editor of Martyrdom: The History of an Idea. In film, his work as Co-Producer of "One Survivor Remembers: The Gerda Weissman Klein Story" was recognized with an Academy Award, an Emmy Award and the Cable Ace Award. He was the historical consultant on The Shoah Foundation's Documentary "The Last Days" that won an Academy Award for the best feature-length documentary of 1998. For his work in journalism, he won the Simon Rockower Memorial Award of the American Jewish Press Association three times in three different categories during a two-year period. I Ie has been featured on "Nightline" and the "Today Show" as well as National Public Television. Yom Hashoah Community Wide Service Wednesday, April 30, 2008-6:30 pm Michael Berenbaum is a writer, lecturer, and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and the development of historical films. He is director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust at the American Rabbi's Message Pesah does not mean "Spring Cleaning!"" Rabbi Felipe Goodman Pesah is one of those holidays that I find myself enjoying only after it's begun. I find absolutely no joy in houseeleaning. Joan Rivers once observed that (Justing furniture is a meaningless activity, because six months later you only have to do it again. I don't always agree with Joan Rivers, but in the matter of dusting furniture, she has a point. I often caution adult students that preparing for Pesah does not mean Spring cleaning. We are talking about ridding our homes of hametz, changing the occupants of our kitchen cupboards for a week, not necessarily cleaning out every closet and drawer. But, of course, we do. We check drawers to make sure no one was munching a cookie while looking for a sock. We peer into closets to be certain none of the four legged beasts in our home dragged food to a hiding place for later enjoyment. We pull down curtains for washing, remind ourselves of how to find the on switch on the vacuum cleaner, and we dread the day we have set aside to do the kitchen. If we're lucky, there are cupboards on the same level as the kitchen, so the shlepping of dishes and pots isn't an Olympic event. But for some of us, the Passover equipment is in the garage, or the basement, or the downstairs closet, and the cleaning and shelf-lining and scrubbing and shopping are compounded by enough stair climbing to make our membership in the health club unnecessary. Passover is a lot of work. When we begin to think about Passover, and for me that's just after Tu B'Shevat, we think about two issues. We think about all that work, and we think about food. More than at any other time of the year, we think about food at Passover, because we worry not only about whom we are going to feed, or where we will be fed, but about the using up of our hametz and the cleaning out of our homes. As the days fly by, we worry about the box of pasta we'll never get to, the half loaf of bread in the freezer, the cup of rice left in the box in the pantry. I low will we use them up? What about that cake we bought because it looked good, but we froze it and never got to it? Or the gourmet crackers we bought because we had a craving for cheese, and we ate the cheese but kept forgetting about the crackers? How will we ever use up all the hametz? Of course, we don't have to use it up. We can sell the foods that contain hametz, and we can give our bread and cereal and rice and pasta to the soup kitchen or food bank. It doesn't have to go to waste. But it bothers us that we have to get rid of all this food, one way or another. As a people we have the ability to learn from those who would not traditionally be immersed in the knowledge of our tradition. Torah teachers come in all shapes, sizes, and denominations. Consider, for example, Erma Bombeck who was one of the greatest American humorists to ever write. We laughed at her insights as she portrayed reality in her column "At Wit's End.". Her finest columns were not just a delight to read, but filled with wisdom as well. Let me share a part of one with you: "I came from a family of savers who were sired by poverty, raised in the Depression, and worshipped at the altar of self-denial. Throughout the years, I've seen a fair number of my family who have died leaving candles that have never been lit, appliances that never came out of the box, wines that were saved for "something special" and new sofas shrouded in chenille bedspreads. "It gets to be a habit. After a while, you have dreams that you hid away for the days when you have time. You have nice compliments to say to people that you put aside until the "right moment." You squirrel away plans to take a trip until all of you can "get away." You have old grudges that you are going to settle when you "get around to it." "I had a relative who, for years, entertained in her basement. I once described the decor as "Early I lot Water Heater." We sat on glider swings and drank from plastic as we surveyed the room around us: a workbench, outdoor tables, mismatched lamps and stationary tubs. Upstairs was a perfectly beautiful living room that was misnamed. "I used to call her and say, "Let's go to lunch today! We'll eat something fattening and talk about everyone who isn't there." She always hesitated and said, "Let's plan it. We'll have all week to look forward to it." Usually by the time it rolled around, one of us couldn't go. "I have learned that silverware tarnishes when it isn't used. Perfume turns to alcohol and never smells its sweet as when it is used. Candles melt in the attic over the summer. Plastic left on lamp shades to keep off the dust makes thern wrinkle, and ideas that are saved for a "dry week" often become dated. "I always had a dream that when I am asked to give an accounting of my life to a higher court, it will go thusly: "So, empty your pockets. What have you got left of your life? Any dreams that were Cantor's Message unfulfilled? Any unused talent that we gave you when you were born that you still have left? Any unsaid compliments or bits of love that you haven't spread around?" And I will answer, "I've nothing to return. I spent everything you gave me. I'm as naked as the day 1 was born." She'd have made a wonderful rabbi. As we search the corners of our homes for the last crumbs of hametz, let us search the corners of our hearts for the words of love and reconciliation we allowed to fall by the wayside. As we give to a soup kitchen the food we'd always planned to prepare for family and friends, or just for ourselves on some "special occasion," let us search for dreams and plans and projects and goals set aside for a "better time." It always feels so sad to assemble those bags of food we bought with such good intentions, and while someone will benefit from them, we won't. And if assembling bags of unused food produces regret, how much more so to assemble bags of unused dreams, uncelebrated moments, unexplored friendships. On Pesah, Jewish children everywhere will chant "Mah nishtanah halayhla hazeh"-May this be a year that is truly different from all other years, a year when we learn to use up the blessings that are ours, to enjoy the hours and days and months of our lives, forge bonds with those we love, and begin to dust off our dreams creating new realities. Passover 101 by Cantor Daniel Friedman In the secular world Passover is probably the best known of the Jewish holidays, mostly because it ties in with Christian history (the Last Supper was apparently a Passover seder), and because a lot of observances have been reinterpreted by Christians as messianic and signs of Jesus. For us, Pesach is the spiritual beginning of our life as a free, independent burgeoning nation. Much of our liturgy harkens back to the fact that we were once slaves and now we are free, brought out by our faith in one God. Very powerful if you really stop to think about it. Pesach begins on the 15th day of the month of Nissan. It is the first of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two are Shavu'ot and Sukkot). Agriculturally, Pesach represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel, but little attention is paid to this aspect of the holiday. The primary observances of Pesach are related to the Exodus from Egypt after 400 years of slavery. If you want to check it out go to the book of Exodus Chapters 1-15. It makes for a great little night time reading before bed. The name "Passover"or Pesach, which is based on the Hebrew root meaning "pass over", refers to the fact that Cod "passed over" the houses of the Jews when he was slaying the firstborn of Egypt. The holiday is also referred to as Chag he-Aviv (the Spring Festival), Chag ha-Matzoth (the Festival of Matzahs), and Zeman Herutenu (the time of Our Freedom). Ilametz includes anything made from the five major grains (wheat, rye, barley, oats and spelt) that has not been completely cooked within 18 minutes after coming into contact with water. In our Ashkenazic tradition we avoid rice, corn, peanuts and legumes (beans) as if they were Hametz. Why? Simply because all of these items have been used to make bread, thus use of them has been prohibited by "the Rabbis" to avoid any confusion. These additional items are referred to as "kitniyot". We may not eat Hametz during Pesach; we may not even own or derive benefit from it. We may not even feed it to our pets or cattle. /Ml I Iametz, including utensils used to cook Hametz, must either be disposed of or sold to a non-Jew. The process of cleaning the home of all Hametz is an enormous task. After the cleaning is completed, the morning before the seder, a formal search of the house for I Iametz is undertaken, and any remaining Hametz is burned. This can be a fun activity to do with the kids. You know about matzah, the grain product we can eat on Pesach. This is the bread that the Jews made for our flight from Egypt. It is unleavened bread, made simply from flour and water and cooked very quickly. The day before Pesach is the fast of the firstborn, a minor fast for firstborn males, commemorating the fact that the firstborn Jewish males in Egypt were not killed during the final plague. On the first night of Pesach (first two nights for us traditional Jews lucky enough to be living outside of Israel), we have a special family meal filled with ritual to remind us of the significance of the holyday. According to the 2000 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), more than 80% of Jews have attended a Pesach seder. If you do not have a place to attend the seder please join us here at TBS for our Community Seder on April 20th. This meal is called a seder, from the Hebrew root word meaning "order", because there is a specific set of information that must be discussed in a specific order. It is the same root word meaning "siddur" (prayer book). So, there you have it, Pesach 101 -a quick and simple overview of Passover. Of course, there is so much more to Pesach than these rituals but this is a good place to start. As always, I look forward to seeing you at Temple. Temple News L'Dor V'Dor Making a Difference for Seniors By Shel Kolner I'Dor V'Dor is planning another event for the 22nd of this month. I know you are going to look at your calendars and say it is Passover. You're right! We are planning to have around 250 seniors celebrate Passover at the Temple. The children from our schools will not be able to entertain as they are on a Passover break, but we will have some professional entertainment by Sasha Sernanoff and we will all enjoy a Kosher for Passover lunch catered by Gustav Mauler. All in all we will provide three wonderful hours for our guests. Many of our guests are repeat "offenders". By that I mean they come to every event. We get to know them personally They tell us they look forward to each event and really appreciate what L'Dor VDor is doing for them. We truly are doing a Mitzvah! If you know of any senior who is homebound and could benefit from this opportunity to socialize with other people, please call the L'Dor V'Dor coordinator, Shel Kolner (228-4744 or 334-8914), or the Temple office (804-1333 ext 100). We'll make sure they receive invitations to the upcoming events. In order to make these events happen, there is a cadre of volunteers without whom this would not be possible. We have volunteers who work during the time between events to make each event happen smoothly. Along with these volunteers there are those who join us at each event to make sure everyone is taken care of. They help bring the people in from the outside; they escort them to registration, to the sanctuary, to their seats at the tables, serve them their lunches and escort them back to their busses or cars. It does take a large number of people to make each event run effortlessly Speaking of escorting the guests to their cars, L'Dor VDor is in need of drivers for each event. This means that you would need to devote about 3Vi to 4 hours every other month. We need drivers to pick up those who live in the area but do not drive and cannot get to the event without our help. If you can afford this small amount of time on the day of the event, we would love to talk to you about it. Call Lillian Radomsky at 942-3251 or 757-581-6544 (cell) or call Shel Kolner at 228-4744 or 334-8381 (cell) for more details. We invite you to join the camaraderie and see how good it feels to make a difference in the life of a homebound senior by being part of the L'Dor VDor Volunteer program. Men's Club News March was a very busy month beginning with the Men's Club Shabbat. I would once again like to thank all those who participated and also (hank those who attended this special day. Purim was quickly upon us as the Purim Palooza gave a number of members the opportunity to make fools of themselves ?in a good way. Great job guys! Our monthly meeting held on March 26th, included dinner and we were treated to Rabbi Goodman as a special dessert. As always, he was interesting and informative as he took us to Israel. We also were pleased to continue our Schechter student achievement award and the charity projects of our B'nai Mitzvahs. Keep an eye out for their pictures. In the last few days you should have received a yellow candle sent to you by the Men's Club. We ask that your entire family light it together on Wednesday night April 30th to commemorate the Holocaust. Enclosed in the box with the candle is a special poem prayer that the family should read together to provide meaning for all of you to never forget this horrible tragedy Also enclosed in the box with the candle is a donation letter asking for tzedakah that would be used by the Men's club to support our Yom HaShoah and other service activities. Thank you to those who volunteered their time to help pack and mail the candles on Sunday March 30th. Because of Passover there will be no meeting in April but will look forward to May with a special presentation and officer elections. Anyone interested in running for office should contact Jerry Springberg, Chairman of the nominating committee, (tbsmensclub@hotmail.com). Pictured are Bat Mitzvah Gabrielle Kantor with her brother and parents Alan & Sharon with Jerry Springberg holding her check. Finally, I wish all congregants a happy and kosher Passover. Gabrielle has a wonderful project which is supporting the Rainey Fund for Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research. She explained her project at our February meeting and explained her fund raising by selling Roses (carved out of wood) for $1.00 a piece or $10.00 for a dozen including the vase that's holding them. By the time she left she had sold out the four dozen she came with and went home to get more to bring to the meeting. This is of course is in addition to the check that the TBS Men's Club gives to every B'nai Mitzvah that attends our meeting. We understand that Gabrielle also thanked Carol Jeffries for helping her sell roses. As 1 explained to Gabrielle's Parents, she has a great future ahead of her. B'nai Mitzvah Women's League News The month of April brings much excitement and anticipation to our Women's League. It is time for our annual spring conference in California. This is always a wonderful learning experience and the bonding that occurs between the women of our region is incredible. I am looking forward to being installed as PSW Region Area Director; which includes Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. This position has evolved more this year and I hope to create a lasting link between our various Sisterhoods. If you are new to our Temple, please join us on Wednesday, April 9th, at 11:30 for our April general meeting. See your Vision for more details; or ask Myrna, in the office, for my phone number. May 4th will be our Donor Luncheon. This promises to be a spectacular event honoring many women who have gone above and beyond in service to our Women's League. We also have a new award this year and our honoree is Fran Levien. Please strive to make your donor, so that you may be with us when we express our gratitude to these outstanding women at this event. You may make a cash donation to meet your donor balance. Invitations will be in the mail soon; letting you know how much donor credit you have. At this moment, due to Passover, our book club and scrapbook club dates are not firm. Please see your Vision for more information. We are looking forward to creating new and lasting friendships and preserving long time friendships. Put your strength behind Women's League and experience the connection with the women of our synagogue. Together we can be successful. Mazal Toy-Jennifer Rose On April 5, Jennifer Sadye Melissa Rose will follow the tradition of our people when she is called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. A seventh grader at .Alexander Dawson, she was a member of that school's inaugural kindergarten class in 2000 and in 2009, will be a member of the first graduating class at Dawson to have been enrolled for all nine years. Her Jewish heritage has always been important to Jennifer, and her Bat Mitzvah represents the culmination of the first part of her life's journey. She particularly enjoyed spending last summer at B'nai B'rith Bcber Camp, where she interacted with Jewish children and counselors from around the world, and made many new and wonderful friendships. An honor- student in the classroom, Jennifer plays the alto saxophone in the Dawson Jazz Band, and helped start the school's first Book Club. Away from campus, she enjoys tennis, arts and crafts, water sports and being with animals, particularly horses, and engaging in her favorite activity of all?horseback riding. (If she could sleep and go to school in the saddle, she would!) It is this love of horses?and all animals?that has Jennifer wanting to become a veterinarian, and is what gave impetus to her Mitzvah Project. Last fall, she went to Utah and visited Best Friends, the nation's largest animal sanctuary, and her project involves raising money and collecting pet goods for the facility, as well as increasing the awareness of the plight of neglected animals. Since that time, she has established friendships with many of the staff, and is working with them on current, as well as new, projects. As a result of Jennifer's connection with Best Friends, many of Jennifer's friends in Las Vegas and across the country have become interested in learning more about how they can become involved with this well-established organization. Jennifer is looking forward to experiencing the many joys of becom i ng a Bat Mitzvah, and sharing them with friends and family, alike. She hopes to use the lessons she has learned from both her Judaic and academic studies to grow as a person and a member of the community. Mazal Tov-Naomi Winard Naomi Winard was born on May 12, 1994 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has attended The .Alexander Dawson School since it opened. Mien she moves on to high school she plans to attend Palo Verde 1 ligh School, to be a Panther. Naomi likes photography, ceramics and making videos on her Apple laptop. Naomi loves all kinds of art and hopes to pursue a career in it someday. She also enjoys her summer camp where she has many friends and gets great exercise. Naomi has always shown determination as shown by being called up to the Torah on April 5th, 2008. We are all so proud of Naomi! Mazal Tov-Allison Borgida Allison Borgida will be called to the torah as a Bat Mitzvah on April 12, 2008. Allison is the daughter of congregants Jeffry and Jill Borgida and big sister to Jason and Daniel. Presently she is a 7th grade student at Sig Rogich Middle School. She enjoys participating in choir, playing soccer, and is pursuing film and television acting opportunities. She currently trains at the Kim Flowers Academy and has been on several auditions in Las Vegas and 1 follywood. Allison has been coming to Temple Beth Sholom ever since her family moved here in 2004 and has made many special ^ ttk 'n r , K 's - She has chosen to help Child Haven for her mitzvah project. She is collecting DVD's and video tapes to share with the kids. She wants to share her love of acting and movies with those less fortunate. All of Allison s family and friends arc very proud of her and wish her nothing but the best on her special day. Education Jennifer Zukovvski Early Childhood Director Early Childhood Education News Beginning in November 2006, The Sandra and Stanley Mallin Early Childhood Center began working toward national accreditation through NAEYC. Established in 1926, the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) sets guidelines and standards that define what a quality program should look like. All college-level preschool education courses, university preschool programs, and other top-notch preschools are accredited by NAEYC, meaning they meet an exhaustive list of extremely tough guidelines. Programs that can prove through specific sources of evidence including observations, documentation, and surveys, that they meet NAEYC's 10 standards can become accredited. In order to reach this accreditation goal, the teachers and staff underwent an intensive review of themselves, their classroom performance and environment in order to honestly evaluate how our program functions and to see whether improvements or changes are needed. This was known as the Self-Study. The entire ECC was involved in this rigorous self-study, including the parents and families of our children. This process required that the teachers gather more than 100 pieces of documentation into a portfolio in order to prove that specific standards were met in their classrooms. Additionally, the Administrative Staff had to put together a similar portfolio relating to the entire operation of the school, as well as the children's and the staff's files. Our parents and families were included in this rigorous process. They aided tremendously by completing Family Surveys that contained a rating system of every aspect of the school, teachers, and staff, including space to write in suggestions for further improvements. Once all of the above paperwork was completed and complied we moved into the next step: Candidacy. It was now time to prove to the Accreditation Committee that we believed our Program had met the more-than 400 criteria set out and that we were ready for an Assessor to come and visit our school. Once all of our Candidacy materials were received and approved, a date was set for our Visit. In February we received a call from our Assessor, Stacey that she would be visiting us for two days sometime within the month. We eagerly awaited our 24-hour notice call and continued to perfect our classrooms and school. The thorough two day site visit went as we had hoped - organized and smooth. She inspected, toured, observed, and collected data to send back to NAEYC Headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the Accreditation Panel to study and review. Even though Stacey could not tell us the results of the visit, she made many positive comments and we are sure that when we receive our notice in three months, it will be accompanied by a huge "Congratulations!" Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas Jon Mitzmacher Director of Education S e c o n d Annual Wine Tasting and Chinese Auction a Great Success! The Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas hosted nearly two hundred and fifty people at its second annual "Wine Tasting and Chinese Auction" fundraiser on March 1 at Temple Beth Sholom. This year's event honored the memory of Sidney Chaplin and launched a memorial scholarship fund in his name. It was with great pleasure and pride that the Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas had this opportunity to honor him. The wine tasting was generously donated by Southern Wine and Sprits, and the food was catered by Custav Mauler. All proceeds will go toward the Sidney Chaplin Memorial Schechter Scholarship Fund, which will provide scholarships for families in the community who want to give their children a high-quality Schechter education, but need a little help to make it happen. Every dollar will go toward students. Schechter Celebrates Nevada Reading Week The Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas celebrated Nevada Reading Week (February 25-29) with much enthusiasm. The school used the opportunity to conduct a "Spirit Week" with such fun activities as "Crazy Hair Day1" and "Twin Day". Classes took ample opportunity to bring in parents and community members to read with Schechter students, highlighted by a school-wide assembly on Wednesday, February 27th by KLAS-TV Channel 8 sportscaster Michael Berk. On Thursday, February 28th, Jewish and General Studies Teachers teamed up for a day of integrated reading activities - students reading together in Hebrew and English, a Schechter trademark. Schechter First Graders are "Weather First Kids" On Thursday, February 21st, KTNV ABC Channel 13 weather forecaster Amanda Sanchez visited Schechter's First Grade for a special lesson on thunderstorms and hurricanes. The students had recently completed a unit on the water cycle and enjoyed the opportunity to show off their knowledge. SSDS-LV Receives $12,500 Grant through PEJE and JFN MATCH Program The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) and the Jewish Flinders Network (JFN) today announced they have awarded a $12,500 matching giant to the Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas through their 2007-2008 MATCH donor incentive program. This grant is part of a $15 million infusion of fluids from MATCH to Jewish day schools throughout North America. "We're excited about this Yonina Schnee Assistant Director of Religious School & Adult Education Education grant because Schechter will benefit in so many ways both now and in the future," said Jeff Zucker, Chair of the Schechter Committee. "The program offered a fabulous opportunity for us to introduce new donors to Schechter which helps us expand our network of resources even further. Schcchter is pleased to announce its planned expansion into Fifth Grade as it kicks off enrollment for 2008-2009. The school in just four short years has grown from a First Grade of six students to a K-4 elementary school of sixty-eight. Enrollment materials for 2008-2009 are available now. I want to start out by thanking everyone who helped with the Purim Carnival this year. It was a great success, and helped the Religious School to raise much-needed funds. A special thanks to Debbie Miner, our Purim Carnival Maven, for doing such a tremendous job coordinating (he Purim Carnival for the fourth year in a row! Her cheerful can-do attitude is an inspiration. Kim Memar, who recruited and coordinated all of our volunteers and solicited donations for the raffle, also played a large role in the success of the Carnival. Thanks also to Religious School committee members, Lauren Schlobohm and Allison Rudnick who assembled the Religious School class baskets for the raffle at the carnival. Of course the whole event could not have happened without the spirit that our more than eighty volunteers showed, helping with the setup and running of booths, cooking and serving the food, and pitching in wherever necessary. Even Kitah Zayin of the Religious School pitched in! It was really a wonderful time for everyone. 1 always love seeing the smiling faces on the kids as they win prizes, parade around in their costumes, ride the ponies and train, stick to the Velcro wall, and eat hamantaschen. Religious School News On February 24th, Kitah Aleph held a special "Webkins Naming Ceremony". Each first-grader gave a I Iebrew name to their special Webkins pet, and created an official certificate. They learned all about the Jewish tradition of giving Hebrew names in addition to our English names, and reinforced their knowledge of Hebrew words and letters. They all celebrated with cookies and treats afterwards. On March 7th, Kitah Gimmcl did a great job leading Friday night services, and they gave a presentation on what they had learned in class about the Torah portion of the week. They really proved that a lot of learning goes on in Religious School. On March 9th, Todd Polikoff, Director of A1PAC, Southern Nevada, came to speak to our teenagers who attended the Midrasha Teen Leadership workshop. They heard about Todd's role as a director of Southern Nevada ABPAC, and as a leader in the Jewish community. After the session, teens stayed to help out in the Religious School to earn community sen ice hours. Tributes RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND Thank you: Kristina iff Shimon Coneh Dr. Jason iff Cheryl Garber iff Family Pearl Schnee In Honor of: Lil Glicken's Birthday Bonnie Berkowitz An Aliyah Sam Showel Eleanor Wilchins Misheberah: Gil Ophir CANTOR'S DISCRETIONARY FUND Thank you: Dr. Jason iff Cheryl Garber iff Family Pearl Schnee SANDRA & STANLEY MALLIN EARLY EDUCATION CENTER Emanuel 7,amir In Honor of: Stan Mallin's Birthday Ruth iff Allen Brewster Kathy iff Moe Menasche Mona iff Charles Silverman SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL In Honor of: Jaimee & Jon Mitzmacher on the birth of daughter Maytal Adina Nancy iff Jerry Springberg Merle & Michael Mitzmacher on the birth of granddaughter Maytal Adina Mimi Katz