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Weekly Dvar Torah, by Rachel Anisfeld
It’s Parashat Shmini, the parsha of the “eighth day,” the day after the 7 days of miluim, of practicing the erection and consecration of the Tabernacle. This is the day when all the lessons learned actually come into practice. And it feels like the eighth day, in terms of holidays. We’ve had 7 (okay, 8, but it should have been 7) days of Passover. And now is the eighth day, when we put all those lessons into practice. What do we take with us from Passover into life? As if to answer this question, we are immediately confronted, post-Passover, with Yom
HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. We go from a celebration of redemption to a remembering of tragedy and suffering. What is the relationship between these two? They are both practices of memory. We have 6 zechirot, 6 acts of memory we are commanded to do (see your siddur for a complete list), and these are 2 of them: remember that you left Egypt and remember the terrible things Amalek did to you. Remember that there is redemption in the world and remember that there is cruelty in the world. The two are necessarily linked. Remembering the Holocaust is a difficult thing. One can easily fall into the pit of despair with such memories. One begins to feel that the world is essentially an evil place where cruel things have happened and are still happening at this very moment. How can we bear such thoughts, such memories? As a people, how do we avoid a descent into hopelessness? We can only face such memories fortified with the lessons of Passover, the holiday of hope. Passover teaches that there is ultimate redemption, that one must hold firmly to the belief that the world is moving in the right direc-tion. Leaving Egypt does happen for those who are in straits. But remembering our exodus from Egypt is not enough. If we did only that, we would be complacent, content in our sense of having already been redeemed. Our obligation is also to remember Amalek in the world, to remem-ber that there still is cruelty and along with this memory, comes the obligation to erase its presence, to work at the eradication of evil from the world. Immersed in a sense of evil in the world we could not fight it. It would overwhelm us. One cannot save a drown-ing person unless one is able to swim securely oneself. And so, we arm ourselves for the fight with the tools gar-nered in our Passover celebration – the faith in the ultimate triumph of good, in the possibility of redemption.
This is the eighth day, the day we take the memory of redemption to help us confront the memory of tragedy and cruelty.
Candle Lighting times for April
Friday April 20th —- Light 7:19 Saturday April 21st —- End 8:22
Friday April 27th —- Light 7:27 Saturday April 28th —- End 8:30
Upcoming Events April 25th
Israel’s Memorial Day
(Yom HaZikaron)
יום הזיכרוןApril 26th
Israeli’s Independence Day
(Yom HaAtzmaut)
יום העצמאות
Bet Shraga Hebrew Academy Of The Capital District Receives
Substantial Support From
April 20, 2012Issue Issue Number 56 Volume Number III
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Holocaust
By Noah Degroult-Elias
(5th Grade)
Horrific
Outrageous
Lost lives
Odor of Death
Cast away
Atrocity
Unfair
Shouldn’t happen again
Time to remember
Rachel Lapiner (5th Grade)
Dear friend,
I know you are in such a bend
Soon we’ll all be free
Just have faith in me
I’ll get you out
Just listen to my shout.
I love you too
This is for you.
Concentration Camps
By Hannah Kamenir (4th grade)
We were kept in concentration camps,
We didn’t have anything, not even a lamp.
All we ate, was nothing on our plate.
We had had enough, but they would not stop being tough.
Six million Jews were killed, which made our lives not fulfilled.
Aviva Schwartz (4th Grade)
The Holocaust gave us death.
It was the world’s last breath.
It ruined the lives of innocent people.
It left nothing but useless evil.
Dara Weingarten (4th Grade)
Helplessness
Outrageous
Lunitic
Overcrowded
Crushed
Awful
Understanding
Sorrow
Tearfull
During Judaic studies class, the 4th and 5th grade learned about the Shoah, the Holocaust. We read some meaningful stories and discussed why it is so important to remember in order to honor those who died. They chose different types of poetry to reflect their feelings for this holiday.
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Save The Date!
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
will be held on the afternoon of
Friday ~ May 18, 2012
12:00-3:00 PM
Join the
Hebrew Academy Facebook Page
at
www.facebook.com/HACDAlbany
Stay connected with events happening at HACD!!!
Shabbat Sponsorship It’s with thanks that we acknowledge Ethel & Jeff Kramer for their
Shabbat Sponsorship
For Friday April 20, 2012
In Honor of
Susan Lord’s 8th Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
HACD
Drama Club presents
WILLY WONKA!! May 17th, 7pm
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PRESS RELEASE “Willy Wonka”
Bet Shraga Hebrew Academy of the Capital District (HACD) will be staging the Broadway Musical “Willy Wonka”, featuring the vocal talents of Vered Ornstein as Willy Wonka and Celia Rosen as Charlie Bucket. ‘Golden ticket winners’ will also be played by Sean Setzen as Augustus Gloop, Kira Gold as Veruca Salt, Aviva Schwartz as Violet Beauregarde and Donald Goldstein as Mike Teavee.
Parents and grandparents of the ticket winners will be played by Ari Levine, Melissa Kearns, Harrison Burack, Ella Rosen, Netania Kligerman, Ami Israel, Mollie Laniado, Ethan Katz, Marissa Burack and Sarah Eligberg. Supporting roles will also be played by Noah Fisher, Matan Adler, Shore Goldberg, and Jesse Levine.
The Willy Wonka Oompa Loompa Chorus showcases the talents of many students from second through fifth grades including: Bina Kovach, Rachel Lapiner, Yoni Eligberg, Hannah Greenblatt, Eli Horwitz, Tani Israel, Zachary Wasserman, Susan Lord, Ilan Kligerman, Rebecca Rappaport, Sara Lapiner and Miriam Eligberg.
Play Producer Dr. Cheryl Burack is bringing back the Directing talents of DeLynn Wickham. Accompanying music will be provided by Gene Marie Kern.
Performances are scheduled for Thursday evening May 17, at 7pm and a Sunday matinee per-formance May 20, at 2pm. Tickets are on sale now and can be ordered through Howard Gold-berg at howardagoldberg@gmail.com or requests can be left in the main office at
Hebrew Academy to his attention.
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Please contact me if any additional details are needed:
Deborah Gold C#469-9995, DAYGold@nycap.rr.com
Photography by:
Liz Goldstein C#364-0108, LGoldstein@HACDAlbany.com
* Please note that a cast picture is not available at this time and we will attempt to resubmit when available. We wanted to make certain to make any deadlines first for inclusion of this information. Thank you for your assistance.
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Presented by the Bet Shraga Hebrew Academy
Thursday, May 17 | 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20 | 2:00 p.m.
Tickets Prices: In Advance (by May 10): At the Door: $6.00/Adult (9th Grade and Up) $8.00/Adult (9th Grade and Up) $4.00/Child (Pre/K-8th Grade) $6.00/Child (Pre/K-8th Grade)
Note: Tickets purchased in advance will be held at the door;
they will not be distributed via “kiddie mail.”
Name: Phone:
To purchase tickets in advance (on or before Thursday, May 10): Please complete the form below and return it to the HACD office with a check made payable to “HACD” with Tickets in the memo line in an envelope labeled “Play Tickets, c/o Howie Gold-berg” or contact Howie at howardagoldberg@gmail.com (note the “a” between howard and goldberg!)
# of Tickets Thursday, May 17
# of Tickets Sunday, May 20
$ Total
Adult (Grade 9 and up) @ $6.00 each
Child (Age 4 – Grade 8) @ $4.00 each
Total Enclosed $
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New Friday Morning Parsha Class at HACD!!!
Come in for some Torah study on Friday morning’s right after drop-off, from 8:00-8:30.
Class taught by Rachel Anisfeld, writer of
e-shabbaton’s dvar torah.
Wednesday Weekly
Due to the overwhelming requests for
community emails, HACD will now be sending out a weekly email update on Wednesdays. If you would like to send out
information to our HACD community please
contact me, no later than the end of the day on Tuesday.
Hebrew Academy is now offering tutoring for adults in Hebrew Language.
If you are interested,
please call
Sharon Strosberg 377-2510.
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Dear Families,
We are moving forward with our planning and are in dire need in obtaining many of these items. We would like to begin to prepare the beds for planting in Early April. We are very ex-cited about this adventure and hope to reap many benefits!
HACD Community Garden
Anticipated Materials and Supplies for 6 4ft x10ft raised beds
-lumber for the beds
-seed starter containers
- 24x60x2 = 2880 / 27 = 106 Cu/yards of soil mix
- 4 ft between beds, lined with mulch or wood chips
- 1/4 inch wire mesh to line beds for gopher protection
- (3) 100ft long hose
- (2) 50ft long hose
- (2) 2 way hose connectors
- 60ft of soaker hose (with holes)
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HACD All Sports Banquet
I am pleased to announce that Coach “Abe” (Katie Abrahamson-Henderson) will be the guest speaker at this year’s banquet. She just completed her first year as head coach of the UAlbany women’s bas-ketball team, where she earned a trip to the NCAA tournament.
Please RSVP with an exact number of attendees so I can provide the caterer with a head count.
HACD All Sports Banquet – Thursday May 3rd @ 6:30
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Grandparents and Special Friends Day will be held on the afternoon of
Friday ~ May 18, 2012 12:00-3:00 PM
Each student is asked to invite a grandparent, relative or adult friend to
visit. Volunteers from Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation
will be available as “special friends”. Please fill out a separate form for each child.
Your guest will receive an invitation from the school. To prevent disappointments, please invite someone who will be able to attend.
Please return this form to school ASAP
My child________________________________in grade_____: (choose one of the following)
1. will be visited by______________________________________
Address for invitation_____________________________________
_____________________________________
2. should be paired with his/her classmate ________________________
and that guest.
3. would like Mrs. Arcus to arrange a volunteer special friend from the HACD community.
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A Special Recognition will be given to our very own
Middle School math teacher Alexandra Schmidt
who recently obtained National Board for Professional Teach-ing Standards certification. Through her efforts and the sup-port of the school and faculty we have an amazing math pro-
gram which includes math enrichment and competition oppor-tunities through Mathcounts and the American Math Competi-
tion (AMC-8).
Save the Date!
Heritage Awards Dinner and Auction
Honoring Amy and Richard Drucker
Marian Alexander and Rabbi Daniel Ornstein Beverly and Dr. Warren Geisler for outstanding service and dedication
Also to be honored: Bet Shraga Hebrew Academy
students and graduate classes of
1982, 1992 and 2002
Thursday, May 24, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Temple Israel, Albany, New York
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SHOMRAY TORAH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
DONORS 2011-2012
Todah Rabah to our extended family for your support. We’re over halfway to our goal
for the fall campaign! Help us add more names to our list of supporters by sending in your pledge.
Grandparents
Elizabeth and Moshe Anisfeld
Irene Ashery
Barbara and Eugene Berkun
Mirian Biskin
Malka and Eitan Evan
Sandra and Jerome Goldberg
Felice and David Gordis
Herbert Horwitz
Nina Israel
Sedell and Bernard Kamenir
Leo Koppel
Rainy and Stu Kovach
Barbara and Howard Levine
Esther and Morris Massry
Adrienne and William Rockwood
Norma Rosen
Evelyn Segel
Florence and Harvey Sharfstein
Valerie and Spike Solomon
Margo and James Strosberg
Ruth and Herbert Swift
Barbara and Harry Ungerman
Diana Yanklowitz
Cydney Yerushalmi
Dora and Mikhail Zelman
Alumni
Rachel and Jeremy Arcus-Goldberg
Ellen and Jonathan Berkowitz
Annette Kriegel Davidoff and
Ravin Davidoff
H.M. Dollinger
Deborah and Hershel Ellenbogen
Tamar Silton and Jeremy Epstein
David Farber
Sarah Farber
Jennifer and Jeffrey Finkelstein
Aaron Friedman
Harry Friedman
Sophie Friedman
Mindy Greene Huber and Josh Huber
Lea and David Kamen
Nadine and Raphael Kieval
Jenny Kovach
Maya Kovach
Nancy Kriegel
Lisa and David Kriegel
Aviva and Jay Leberman
Sarah Magidson
Beena and Steven Levy
Lisa and Jason Packer
Elana Zimand and Simcha Pearl
David Phaff
Wendy Phaff
Helena Rosenstruch
Paul Rosenstrauch
Gina C.R. Fiss and
Joshua M.F. Rubenfeld
Aliza and Daniel Scher
Ariella Segal
Benjamin Segal
Samuel Segal
Talia Segal
Lee Setzen
Ruth and Joel Simon
Wendy and Steven Susswein
Meital and Howie Teitelman
Nehama and Lawrence Teitelman
Alumni Parents
Rochelle and Sheldon Abelson
Ellen and Richard Ancowitz
Les Apple
Sue Swartz and Jeffrey Bernstein
Rabbi Moshe Bomzer
Sally Bratspis
Nanette and Arthur Brenner
Barbara and Karl Brodsky
Sharona Wachs and
Rabbi Donald Cashman
Stacy and David Cohen
Marilyn and Herbert Cohen
Morris Cohen
Arlene and Sol Daum
Martha and Jeffrey Farber
Deborah Biskin Flancbaum and
Louis Flancbaum
Judith and Daniel Flax
Deborah Moskowitz Fleischner and Ar-thur Fleischner
Sherry and Marvin Freedman
Roberta and Michael Fuhrman
Beverly and Warren Geisler
Elana and Ephraim Glinert
Harriet and Neil Gold
Judy and Martin Goldman
Sally and Matthew Greenblatt
Nancy and Elliott Greene
Kimberly Hacker
Meridith Englander and Joshua Heller
Abbey Farbstein Herd and
Joseph Herd
Linda and Daniel Hershberg
Jennifer and Richard Honen
Charlotte and Stanley Isser
Laura and Edward Jacobs
Rosalind and Gary Judd
Shelley and Stephen Justa
Lisa and Joseph Kay
Rabbi Rena and Shalom Kieval
Gail Kendall
Marta and Mark Koblenz
Sheila and Paul Koppel
Kim Friedman Landau and
Michael Landau
Ida Leberman
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Thursday, May 17 | 7:00 p.m.Sunday, May 20 | 2:00 p.m.Tickets Prices:In Advance (by May 10):At the Door:$6.00/Adult (9th Grade and Up)$8.00/Adult (9th Grade and Up)
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