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50th Anniversary • Looking Forward, Looking Back • www.harshalom.org/thetablet

March 2015 Volume 50, Issue 8 Adar/Nissan 5775

Alan B. Levenson Endowment Breakfast

Speaker Mike Eisenberg Sunday, March 15, at 9:30 am

Our speaker, Mike Eisenberg, is vice-chairman of the Anti-Defamation League and the ADL’s National Executive Committee. The ADL is always on the forefront of the fight against anti-Semitism and is louder in the fight against all forms of Jewish bigotry.

Mike will speak on the most current anti-Semitic issues facing America and the world Jewish committees. His remarks will be timely and eye opening.

Please register by March 10th with Erika Balser at 301-299-7087 ext. 228 or email [email protected].

Sunday, April 19, at 6 pm

Get ready to dress up, and join your Har Shalom family as we commemorate our 50th anniversary at a gala on April 19, 2015. Over cocktails, dinner, and music, we’ll cherish the milestones that have brought us to our 50th year and celebrate the exciting future ahead of us.

We want to feature your photos and memorabilia as part of the gala. Please share copies of your photos of Har Shalom activities, life-cycle events, and outings. Please drop them off in the office.

Your gala invitation and response card should have already arrived in your mailbox. If you’re interested in reserving an entire table, please contact Shelley Engel at 301-299-7087 ext. 222, or email [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you on April 19th!

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Beineinu: Between Us

Rabbi Adam J. Raskin • 301-299-7087, ext. 1 | [email protected]

The Tablet | Newsletter for Congregation Har Shalom

RabbiAdam J. Raskin

HazzanHenrique Ozur Bass

Executive DirectorShelley Engel

Director of Congregational LearningRabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen

Early Childhood DirectorBrenda Footer

Director of Youth ProgramsChelsea Rothschild

Rabbi EmeritusLeonard S. Cahan

Cantor EmeritusCalvin K. Chizever

Founding RabbiMorris Gordon, z”l

PresidentCindy Fishman

President ElectSorell Schwartz

Financial SecretaryDavid Silver

Vice PresidentsWes KaplowBernie LubranMiriam MishkinJeff RubinRobert ShapiroMichael Baron

SecretaryMikki Ashin

OmbudsmanKen Paretzky

Emergency Contact InformationIn case of illness, death, or any other

family emergency, please contact Rabbi Raskin at 240-687-7218.

Rabbi

Adam J. Raskin

Dearest Friends...One of the most enjoyable and fulfilling parts of my rabbinate is the monthly lunch and learn that takes place downtown at the law offices of Hogan Lovells. Thanks to the generosity of Har Shalom member Stuart Stein, we are able to meet in a beautiful conference room; participants bring their lunches and there is a wonderful spread of fruit, dessert, coffee, and soda. Each month Har Shalom members (and increasingly, non-members) leave their offices, their fast-paced jobs and obligations to come study Torah together. The conversation is always

inspiring, engaging, and sophisticated. I feel so buoyed by the experience… and I love to see the joy and meaning that Torah study brings to the lives of these high achieving professionals.

I am writing this article on Tu B’shevat, and I just came from Text in the City, where we studied some deep and beautiful texts about Tu B’shevat. I began by telling them that this holiday is about much more than dried fruit and JNF (not to disparage either… I love them both)! We learned some extraordinary midrashim, including one from Bereishit Rabbah (39:8), which imagines the experience of Abraham’s journey from his ancestral homeland to the promised land, eretz Yisrael. The Torah tells us in Genesis chapter 12 that God tells Abraham to “go to the land that I will show you,” but no further information was provided. As Abraham and Sarah set off on their journey, they have no idea where the destination will be. Along the way, describes the midrash, Abraham encounters Aram Naharayim and Aram Nahor, two locales not far from where he came from… somewhere near the junction of Iraq, Syria, Turkey

and Iran. There he witnessed the inhabitants of the cities eating, drinking, and reveling non-stop. It’s like Mardi Gras all the time! Abraham prays to God, “May my portion not be in this country.” He then travels farther, to the region of Tyre, in the northwest portion of eretz Yisrael. There he witnesses the inhabitants working the ground, planting, and tilling, and growing seasonal crops. At that moment he exclaims, “Would that my portion be in this country!” And that indeed is the land that God gave to him and his ancestors, the Jewish people. What is interesting about this midrash is not that Abraham doesn’t know how to have a good time, or that he puritanically eschews parties or celebration. Rather, Abraham wants to live and dwell among people who are making something of the world… who work, and till, and cultivate; who are engaged in the creation of something that will be sustaining and nourishing in the future. He wants to be among “Level 5 leaders,” as best-selling business author Jim Collins writes in Good to Great, “Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company… they are incredibly ambitious, but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves.” (p.21)

“ I feel so buoyed by the experience… I love to see the joy and meaning that

Torah study brings to the lives of these high achieving professionals

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Notes from the Hazzan

Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass • 301-299-7087, ext. 227 | [email protected]

Copyright ©2015 by Congregation Har Shalom11510 Falls RoadPotomac, Maryland 20854-2297301-299-7087 fax 301-299-2247www.harshalom.org

Hazzan

Henrique Ozur Bass

From the Hazzanis modern day slavery, and, hopefully, spring into action. The US State department defines modern day slavery as any activity “when someone obtains or holds a person in compelled service”. These can be: forced labor; sex trafficking; debt bondage, especially among migrant laborers; child soldiers, etc. In their website, the State Department offers a very comprehensive and fast course defining modern day slavery and human trafficking (http://www.state.gov/j/tip/what/).

It is slightly overwhelming to learn about the myriad of ways that humans exploit other beings for money. But we do not need to be paralyzed by it; we must not choose inaction. Every single one of us can do a lot to stop trafficking and modern day slavery. To start with, we must educate ourselves on the problem. The CNN Freedom Project offers in their website ways in which you can help: from education to donation (thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/). The Anti-Slavery organization (antislavery.org) has links to petitions and other suggestions for you to participate in the fight against modern day slavery. They suggest buying products that are fair-trade certified, such as chocolate, coffee and cotton products. As of last year, sadly, no Kosher for Pesach chocolate or coffee products have received fair-trade certification. But you can join Fair Trade Judaica in their petition (fairtradejudaica.org), and take a look at the many products that are available with certification. You should take the test on slaveryfootprint.org to find out how you might be, unwittingly,

Submissions to the TABLET are welcome. Please email to [email protected]. Deadline for each issue is FOUR WEEKS prior to publication date. The TABLET is published monthly, except bi-monthly July/August, for $20.00 per year, or free with your membership dues, by Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac, Maryland 20854.

Pesach is one of my favorite holidays. I love the cleaning and preparation that precedes it; I enjoy seeing the dishes and silverware that I put away a year before; and, I actually like matza. Getting together, sometimes 30 or 40 people strong, for a delicious and lengthy meal is a bonus. The house is crummy from the matza, and messy from the kids on break; but I like the holiday.

What I particularly love about Pesach is how filled with symbolism it is. The seder is an impressive array

of metaphors: each element of the seder reverts back to our history. The goal of the telling is to take us from the lowest point in our story to this time of salvation and glory. The journey is, in itself, another symbol: just like the Israelites were redeemed, so we expect, soon, the coming of the Messiah. The seder and its symbols are meant to reassure us that God is on our side against earthly rulers and tyrants. Hopefully, the seder and its symbols also remind us that we need to be on God’s side, fighting for what is right and defending those who cannot defend themselves.

Because of this commitment we have to be on God’s side, Pesach is the perfect time to meditate on the huge injustice that

Table of Contents50th Anniversary Members: 1995-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11

Beineinu: Between Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 8

Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15

Daytimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23

Early Childhood Education Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Family News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Men’s Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Notes from the Hazzan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 8

Sisterhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Staff Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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> a series celebrating 50 years of Har Shalom through an appreciation of our growing membership over the decades <

Robert z’l & Blanche AbelPhilip & Lorraine AltschulerIrwin & Leslie AltschulerJulie AshinJohn & Ziva AzhdamLinda B. MackCarlos Bachrach & Deborah KalksteinDaniel & Sarah BaidenJon Baker & Anita MosnerBrad & Ellen BalfourMichael & Marsha BarisMichael & Paulette BaronScott Becker & Sharon AvruninIan & Natalie BeiserHarold z’l & Shirley BergerDaniel & Diane BerinsteinKurt McDaniel & Jordana BernardGabriel & Sherrie BerrebiWayne & Sandra Lynn BersonScott BlackmanScott & Marcie BlackmanAlexander & Michelle BloshteynJeffrey & Jenifer BochnerDoug Bradley & Dorann BunkinMarcos & Raquel Denise BrujisBernard & Elayne BurkeCraig & Elizabeth BurkeHarold & Margaret BurkeJen CassellLarry Center & Elizabeth StoffDavid & Jodi ChenDeborah CohenRonald & Lesley CooperRichard & Miriam Ozur DahlJoel & Laurie DorfmanStuart & Heidi DrossDavid Dwares & Susan KaminskyDavid & Nancy EisnerWilliam & Roslyn EisnerSheryl EtelsonLawrence & Marci EtmanClaudia FaigenDoron & Elaine FertigJeffrey & Heather FitterHal & Laurie FreedDavid & Sandra FreemanTerry-Ann GardemalDonald & Irene GavinBarry & Meredith GeislerArlen & Jane GelbardPeter & Janette GilmanRonnie GinsbergMichael & Robin GoldLawrence & Sara GoldkindHelen GoldkindHarold & Carole GoldsteinBrett & Debra GoltzJason Gould & Debbie Reichmann

Darryl & Susan GrantMark & Joan GreenLawrence z’l & Addy GreenfeldJason & Dana HarrisonAndrew Hoenig & Abbe MilsteinRobert & Stacy HolsteinEric & Alissa HorvitzReid Horwitz & Robin StutmanDonald & Melissa HurwitzEric & Gail HymanJoe & Zeevia JaffaJohn & Valerie KabelacWes & Amy KaplowBrett & Barbara KaplowitzJoe & Rachel KatzDavid & Laura KatzDennis & Ilene KieferBob & Lisa KoppelBrian & Wendy KrakowerSteven & Karen KramerJoe & Dana KromashRobert & Lauren LaddenCraig & Janet LauferSusan LeitmanPaul & Andrea LewisAndy & Barbara LieberEric & Audrey LiebermanRichard & Lisa LindLorraine LippmanMichael & Judy MaelLloyd & Rori MalechManny & Adrienne MandelSol & Pearl MansbachSeth & Marisa MarcusMichal MarcusTerrence MarkinKenneth Max & Patti RaberEric & Sharon MaylLouis z’l & Julie MedinDavid & Debra MeisegeierScott & Arlen MillerCarol MillerDavid & Jennifer MillerSeth MillerGary & Miriam MishkinSteven & Tamara MorganLeon & Lisa NasarMark & Ruth NewburgerRon & Donna OserNorma OzurHenrique & Janet Ozur BassLawrence & Wendy PapierMark & Nancy PlumerLisa PlushnickSeth & Judith PopkinKen Popkin & Jan ShapiroJerry & Susy PostalScott & Diana Rabinowitz

Samuel & Irma RakerGordon & Mindy RaphaelRichard & Kathryn RebackJonathan & Charisse ReinerThomas Rogers & Marlene MichaelsonGary Rohen & Esther Childers RohenBill & Robyn RosenbauerSteven Rosenbaum & Hae-Soon HahnGerald & Idelle RosenbergJonathan RosenbergMatthew & Randi RosenblattHoward RosenstockMartin Rush & Sandra Pincus-RushEzra & Rebecca SafdieDick & Leslie SalzmanAndy Satin & Gail SeikenAnn ScherAlan & Sharon SchickMarc & Julie SchumacherSteve & Wende SchusterAllen & Aimee SegalJeremy Selengut & Jessica SunshineEd & Randi ShakinDaniel & Rose ShamesRobert Shapiro & Joni Lucas-ShapiroDavid & Reli SilverMike Silverman & Cindy FishmanMichael Simmons & Gail Provizer-SimmonsRobert & Cindy SingmanMitchell & Amy SmithDaniel Snow & Linda SilvermanLeonard z»l & Rita SnowMike SolomonEllen SolomonBeth Ann SpectorLen & Joanne SperlingDavid Spitzer & Cheryl KaganStuart & Joy SteinMark & Susan StrassmanDaniel & Margery SwerdlowBob Tettelbach & Ellen UngerleiderMarc Toplin & Pam KalenBruce & Sharon TraubenSherwin & Rashel TurkCurt & Heather UdellSandy WassermanRhonda WeinerDavid & Joan WeissPeter WeissMark & Hilary WeissAndrew & Randy WeissL. Scott & Marcie WertliebJeff & Jill WiechertRobert & Joni WilliamsJeffrey & Karen WilliamsMarcia WittScott & Emily YingerJohn & Ellen Zidar

Members who joined 1995-2004

z’l indicates deceased: zihrono livraha (male) or zihrona livraha (female)


Leslie Henning, Assistant to the Clergy | 301-299-7087, ext. 223 | [email protected]

How do you write a brief autobiography on yourself? Do you speak in the third person or the first... or the creepy second? Self-aggrandizing or modest?

Let’s start at the beginning (a very good place to start) – I’m a local. Born at Shady Grove, raised on the mean streets of Kensington, salad years in downtown Bethesda, and now married to a mortgage in Wheaton. I did run away to college in upstate New York and Paris. I know the area so well, I could fall

back on driving an Uber without GPS for a living. I come from a long line of Presbyterians – yes, the Frozen Chosen. My mother, aunt, and grandfather (z”l) have all been “of the cloth,” so I grew up deeply enmeshed in a faith community. That’s why I found Har Shalom as a workplace so appealing. A Craigslist ad, back-and-forth emails, and a 3-hour interview with Michael Simmons later, I was hooked, and signed on as a Member Services Assistant. Yup, I started at the bottom, and now I’m here... as the Clergy Assistant for the past 3 years.

So what do I do, and what can I be blamed for?

I keep the Hazzan’s and Rabbi’s calendars and make sure they’re in the right place at the wrong time (or is it the other way ‘round?). Did you know that the Hazzan meets with at least 35 B’nai Mitzvah families every year, weekly, and I coordinate those schedules? I write the weekly Shabbat program and the Gabbai sheet for all services, the Book of Remembrance for Yom Kippur, and various Tablet articles. I send out the weekly yahrzeit letters. I’ve ordered so many plaques for the building, the dimensions of the Tree of Life are engraved in my brain. When a congregant passes away, I work with the clergy and the Hevra Kadisha committee to ensure that end-of-life procedures are followed, funerals are arranged, and the mourners’ requests are honored. Likewise, if you, a relative, a colleague, or a friend, are sick or in need of prayers, call me. Whether you want the congregation to know, or just the clergy, I will ensure that your privacy is respected.

The Har Shalom community is my second family. When I was in a car accident a few years back, everyone asked how they could help... and recommended “their son, the lawyer” and “their brother, the chiropractor.”

My first family is my husband Dan and our fur baby, Bowie (named after David Bowie, of course), our handsome rescue mutt. I love our weekends on the Eastern Shore, summers in Maine, rock/classical/bluegrass concerts & festivals, and discovering delicious hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

Swing by my office, or find me in Wheaton, the home of Kosher fishbowl margaritas – “Oy-lé!” (hey, that’s a good name for a fusion restaurant; any lawyers out there who can help me trademark it)?

Meet The Staff

Spotlight: Leslie Henning

Leslie Henning

Assistant to the Clergy

As I think about Har Shalom, what attracted me to this shul was a group of Level 5 leaders who are so dedicated to the future of this place, so ambitious about our potential as a congregation, that I wanted very much to be a part of it. That too is what has animated the capital campaign…a drive and desire to bring renewal and renaissance to our congregation and the indefatigable commitment to making it happen. What inspired Avraham Avinu, was that the whole community was engaged in planting and cultivating together. I hope you join me in the fields and orchards and vineyards of Har Shalom… help me plant and grow this community, and we will together harvest the most amazing fruits. Let us work together to make this holy garden grow!

Warm regards & blessings,

Rabbi Raskin

From the Rabbi | Continued from Page 2

bankrolling the business of slavery. I took the test and was dismayed to find out how many slaves work to keep the lifestyle I take for granted.

Pesach is not only about the past, but about our future. Let’s make this Pesach the holiday when we celebrate our own freedom, and that we work to end slavery in our days.

From the Hazzan | Continued from Page 3


Early Childhood Education Center

Brenda Footer, Director • 301-299-7087, ext. 235 | [email protected]

From the ECEC Director

ECEC DirectorBrenda Footer

On March 22, 2015, please join us for the Har Shalom Auction to benefit the ECEC: a fun-filled adult-only evening. Dinner and drinks will be served.

Donations are coming in now from generous vendors. Last

year’s items included:

• Beach house vacation

• Interior design session

• Cooking lessons

• Family portrait session at Freed Photography

• DC comedy show tickets

• Pack of 6-tickets for walking tour of DC

• Collectible sports memorabilia

• Disney theme park passes

• Hotel stay and breakfast for 2 at Fairmont Hotel

Tickets are $36 per person!

Please register online at HarShalomECEC.org/silent-auction. I look forward to celebrating Har Shalom and our youngest community members with you!

ECEC Silent Auction 2014Left: Rabbi Raskin and Brian Ashin

Middle: Stephanie Batchelor and Yoni & Amanda Nesher Right: Marianna Ashin and Jackie Blanken

•• Gan Shabbat ••

March 21 at 10:45 am

Young children and their families are invited to celebrate Shabbat through music, dance, prayer and stories. Join us for this meaningful, fun, age appropriate service. The service is open to the community. Invite your friends!

•• Shabbat Sing & Play Date ••

March 27 at 10:45 am

Come enjoy a play date with all your friends at Har Shalom ECEC as Rabbi Debbie Cohen will be reading her new book, Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush.

This program is open to the community. Invite your friends!


Registration is now open for ECEC Summer Program and the 2015-2016 school year. For more information, please contact Director of Early Childhood, Brenda Footer at [email protected] or 301-299-7087 ext. 235.

FOR QUESTIONING IN MEGILLAH THEFT

WANTED!

Har Shalom Early Childhood Education Center Toddler First Steps Program 2014 Summer Sessions

SESSION 1 - June 16 – July 14 SESSION 2 - July 21 – Aug. 18 WHEN? Tuesday mornings from 9:30 am – 11:00 am COST? $75 per session with a one-time $25 processing fee WHO? For children 12-24 months with parent or caregiver.

Enjoy this weekly class with a story, snack and playtime in a preschool classroom with other toddlers. Questions? Please contact Brenda Footer, Director, with questions about this fabulous introduction to preschool. Call 301.299.7087, ext. 235 or email [email protected].

Find registration form online at harshalomecec.org/firststeps

Upcoming


Congregational Learning

Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen • 301-299-7087, ext. 229 | [email protected]

From the Director of Congregational Learning

RabbiDeborah B. Cohen

I am very excited that my newest children’s book, Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush, is fresh off the presses! Often, I am asked about the process of writing a children’s book. Although Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush is only about 1000 words long, it took several years to write and get published! I have written seven other children’s books and this time schedule is typical.

Over 3 years ago, my publisher suggested that I think about writing one more installment in my Engineer Ari series. Although I had written Engineer Ari books for Rosh Hashana, Sukkot and Hanukkah, I didn’t have a book for Pesah in the series. As with most of the children’s books that I have written, I composed most of this picture book in my head before writing a single word. For six months or so, I thought about Engineer Ari and the adventure that he could have on Pesah. I wanted the story to fit with the other books in the series, but be different enough to be unique.

Once I had a solid idea of a story line, I started to write, and write and write. Like everything, the story went through several different drafts. First, I got the basics of the story down, then did some research to add in details. Engineer Ari lives in 1892 in Jaffa and I work hard to make the story historically accurate. Then, after some fine tuning of the language, I read the story out loud several times. Most children’s books are read out loud and, so, it is important how they sound. After about 3 months of working on the story, I was ready to show it to my editor. She loved it, but also made some subtle changes. And, so, after about a year, we had a solid text for the storybook. But, work was only half done on the book.

Sometime in 2012 or 2013, Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush was put onto the publisher’s queue to come out in Winter 2015.

The editor then sent the book off to the illustrator. Something that always surprises people – I have never met the illustrators for my children’s books. Engineer Ari’s illustrator, Shahar Kober, lives in Israel and we have emailed a few times. But, he takes the text and interprets it artistically, without my involvement or input. At first, I found this part of the process odd but I have grown to like it. It is fun to see what the illustrator does with your words. This time, Shahar surprised me by making Engineer Ari appear more vintage and less cartoony. I enjoyed the change.

I am looking forward to sharing Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush with the congregation. I hope that you enjoy the “ride.”

“It is fun to see what the illustrator does with your words. This time, Shahar surprised me by making Engineer Ari appear more

vintage... I enjoyed the change

Join us on March 27 for a special ECEC Shabbat Sing and Play Date featuring a book reading of

Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush by Rabbi Cohen.

Religious School: Reminders to Families

Tuesday, March 3: No class. Students should come on Wednesday, March 4, for the Purim Megillah reading and celebration

Tuesday March 10: 7th Grade Sifreinu from 5:15 to 6:15 pm, parents invited

Sunday, March 22: 3rd Grade Parents Haggigat HaSiddur Workshop & Parents’ Meeting

Sunday, March 29: We have Religious School - even though it is a MCPS long weekend, in order to hold our model seders

April 5, 7, 12 (Pesah): Religious School Closed - Pesach Break


Adult Education Classes

Text in the City with Rabbi RaskinMonthly on Wednesdays from noon to 1 pm Mar. 4, May 6, and Jun. 10

Downtown Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Adam Raskin at the Law Offices of Hogan Lovells, Columbia Square, 555 13th Street NW (above Metro Center). Enter the lobby from F Street (between 12th

and 13th), across the street from Oceanaire, or from 13th Street, between E and F, right next door to the Warner Theater. Bring your own lunches. Beverages & dessert will be provided.

Register with Leslie in the Clergy Office, 301-299-7087 ext. 223 or [email protected].

Writing Modern Midrash – Just in Time for Passover with Rabbi Debbie CohenTuesday, Mar. 17, at 8 pm

At this workshop, we will create our own midrashim, or stories, based on the Exodus narrative. We will learn about the midrashic method and, then, try our own hand at creating midrash. Who knows? Maybe you will leave with a new reading for your Passover seder. Background in creative writing is not needed. Just an interest in exploring Jewish text in a new and creative way.

A Singing Service with Hazzan Ozur BassTuesday, March 24, 8 pm

Explore the origins of synagogue music. We will study the historical influences and circumstances that made our synagogue service so musically rich.

The Newest Holiday Cycle Yom HaShoah to Yom HaAtzmaut with Rabbi Debbie CohenTuesday, April 14 at 8 pm

Millenia ago, the Haggim of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot were developed in part to commemorate the historical experience of the Jewish people. In our own age, a new holiday cycle has emerged, moving from remembering the Holocaust to celebrating the birth of Israel. During this evening’s course, we will explore the development of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut and how these three holidays are based both on age-old holy days of our people and modern historical moments.

“A Fresh Look at Passover Food” with kosher food maven

Paula ShoyerCooking Demonstration, Talk & Tasting

Monday, March 16, 7 pm with a break for minyan

$25 per participant, Signed copies of Paula Shoyer’s new book The New Passover

Menu will be available for purchase at the event.

Come cook with Paula! There are limited spots earlier in the day to cook with Paula and prepare for the evening program. Please indicate if you are interested in this unique opportunity when registering.

Congregation Har Shalom is thrilled to welcome well-known kosher chef and author Paula Shoyer. Paula will be demonstrating recipes and talking about her new book The New Passover Menu. The New Passover Menu is a modern recipe book with dishes you might see at the hip restaurant down the street, but with others that traditional cooks would embrace. There are enough familiar recipes to remind people of their childhoods, but here they are updated, lighter and more flavorful.

Paula Shoyer, known as “the kosher baker,” is the author of The Holiday Kosher Baker (Sterling 2013), The Kosher Baker: 160 Dairy-Free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy (Brandeis 2010) and her first food book, The New Passover Menu (Sterling 2015). She is a freelance writer for the Washington Post, Hadassah, Whisk, Joy of Kosher, Kosher Scoop and Jewish Food Experience. Paula graduated from the Ritz Escoffier in Paris, and teaches cooking and baking classes around the world. Paula has appeared on Food Network’s Sweet Genius, Home & Family on Hallmark Channel, Fox News New York, San Diego Living and many other TV shows.

Thank you to the Zitomer-Ashin Dor l’Dor Fund for supporting this program.

Register at [email protected], or by calling Erika Balser at 301-299-7087, ext. 228.

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Adult Education Classes | Continued

Contemporary Songs and Prayers with Hazzan Ozur BassTuesday, Apr. 21 at 8 pm

We will explore current and new melodies and experience them in a non-service setting.

36 Arguments for the Existence of God with Chuck MyersTuesday, Apr. 28 at 8 pm

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a novel about one of the major debates of the present day, the clash between faith and reason. This class will focus on the 36 Arguments rather than the novel itself. To prepare for this class please request a copy of the 36 Arguments from Chuck ([email protected]). Come prepared for lively discussion.

A Touch Away - MerHaq Negiyah with Ira WeissTuesdays at 8 pm Upcoming classes: Mar. 3, 10

An Israeli-style Romeo and Juliet, Zorik comes from a secular Russian family while Rochele is from a strict Haredi family. Their

lives and families fatefully intersect in an apartment complex in the Orthodox suburb of Bnei Brak. Entertaining, cleverly scripted and well-cast, A Touch Away portrays a realistic reflection of social challenges facing today’s diverse Israeli society.

Text Study

Talmud Study with Rabbi Leonard CahanMondays, 8 to 9:30 pm Upcoming Classes: Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27

Explore the Talmud and its lessons with Rabbi Cahan. This perennial favorite has been around for over a decade. Hebrew or prior study helpful, but not required. Novice students always welcome! Touch the sources created by the Sages.

Mishna Study with Rabbi Adam Raskin and Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass Wednesdays at 10:30 am Upcoming Classes: Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25

This year we are learning Massehet Yoma, the tractate concerned with Yom Kippur. Come study the basis of our rituals on the holiest of days. Newcomers are always welcome. Join your clergy in exploring the wonders of Mishna.

Shabbat Torah Study Join lay-leaders for his popular, long-standing Torah discussion group, each Shabbat at approximately 12:40 pm. No Hebrew knowledge or previous Torah study necessary; just an interest in looking at Torah text and discussing it with other members of the Har Shalom community.

Minha, Torah Study, Ma’ariv Study GroupOngoing, Saturdays, 15 minutes before candle-lighting time for the previous day

Since 1990, Har Shalom congregants have celebrated the end of Shabbat with a lay-led Minha-Torah Study, Ma’ariv Study Group. This 90-minute service includes 30 to 40 minutes of learning on the weekly Torah portion or the prayers and their meaning. Dr. Stan Siegel and other congregants and clergy members have led the teaching and discussion. Come discover this gem of learning at Har Shalom - twenty-five years in the making.

Interfaith Bible StudyMeets on Sunday evenings at 7 pm Mar. 8 at Emmanuel Lutheran

Taught by Rabbi Leonard Cahan and Pastor Jan Lookingbill from Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Theme: “Messengers from God - angels, stars, and donkeys”How does God send us messages? Who are God’s messengers? We will explore these questions and more through the sacred texts of our two traditions.


Adult Education Classes | Continued

Hebrew Language

For the following classes, register with Erika Balser:[email protected], 301-299-7087, ext. 228

Learn to Speak Ivrit – Intro to Conversational Hebrewwith Batia CrossWednesdays, 7:30 pm Session II Dates: Mar. 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13$150/session (Newcomers welcome; the fee will be pro-rated.)

In Ulpan style, learn to speak Hebrew like they do on the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Useful vocabulary, phrases and introductory grammar will be introduced. The emphasis will be on building conversational skills.

Required knowledge: Ability to read Hebrew. If you took this class last year, you may either take it again for a refresher and to continue to build your skills. Or, you may opt to take the more advanced class. Please talk with Rabbi Cohen or the teachers to decide your placement.

Speak More Ivrit – Intermediate Modern Hebrew with Naomi BeroukhimWednesdays, 7:30 pm Session II Dates: Mar. 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29 $150/session – fee is prorated

If you took Conversational Hebrew last year at Har Shalom or you know some conversational Hebrew, this class is for you! Build a larger vocabulary, gain more conversational Hebrew experience and put your Hebrew knowledge to good use.

Required knowledge: Ability to read Hebrew characters and some conversational skills.

The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish LearningA Project of Hebrew University of JerusalemCongregation Har Shalom, in partnership with B’nai Israel Congregation and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, is proud to present this high level, exciting Jewish learning opportunity.

Join eager adults for a journey of deep examination of Jewish texts. Melton’s unique curriculum presents classic and modern interpretations that have shaped Jewish perspectives of the Bible for thousands of years and invites students to lend their voices to the ageless pursuit of Jewish wisdom.

Instructors: Rabbi Adam Raskin and Rabbi Michael SafraThursdays, 9:30 am - 11:00 amMar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, May 7, 14At Har Shalom

Shemot II: From Revelation to Revolution Our course follows the development of the emerging Jewish nation from its awe-inspiring encounter at Mount Sinai through the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness. The high points of divine revelation in “Ten Commandments,” “Encountering God,” and “Face to Face with God” are sharply contrasted with the low points of the “Golden Calf: Revolt or Reversion.” The text addresses some of the specific laws and regulations that were to become part of Jewish living as well as the meaning, purpose and relevance to our lives today.

This course is underway, if you would like to register, please contact Leslie in the Clergy Office at [email protected] or call 301-299-7087 ext. 223.

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Sunday TuesdayMonday

March 2015 Calendar

Daylight Savings Time Begins

9:00 am Shaharit 9:15 am Men’s Club Brunch: Congressman Van Hollen 5:30 pm USY & Kadima Basketball Leagues 6:30 pm Kesher Dessert Program 7:00 pm Kesher Classes 7:00 pm Adult Ed: Interfaith Bible Study at Emmanuel Lutheran 7:45 pm Ma’ariv

AIPAC Policy Conference

9:00 am Shaharit 9:00 am Sisterhood Purim Brigade 12:00 pm Religious School Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30 pm USY & Kadima Basketball Leagues 7:45 pm Ma’ariv

9:00 am Shaharit 9:30 am Levenson Breakfast and Lecture 12:30 pm Good Deeds Day1:30 pm Darfur Vigil at Embassy of Sudan 6:30 pm USY & Kadima Basketball Leagues 7:30 pm Kadima Dinner at Royal Dragon7:45 pm Ma’ariv

9:00 am Shaharit 9:00 am 3rd Grade Haggigat HaSiddur Workshop and Meeting; Visit from Save A Child’s Heart 6:30 pm ECEC Silent Auction 6:30 pm USY & Kadima Basketball Leagues 7:45 pm Ma’ariv

9:30 am ECEC Parent/Toddler First Steps Program 5:15 pm 7th Grade Sifreinu 7:30 pm AIPAC Briefing: David Horovitz 7:45 pm Ma’ariv 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Israeli TV - A Touch Away - MerHaq Negiyah8:00 pm Sisterhood Evening Book Club The World To Come

AIPAC Policy Conference Religous School Closed

9:30 am ECEC Parent/Toddler First Steps Program 7:45 pm Ma’ariv 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Israeli TV - A Touch Away - MerHaq Negiyah

9:30 am ECEC Parent/Toddler First Steps Program12:00 pm Sisterhood Senior Bingo 7:45 pm Ma’ariv 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Writing Midrash - Just in Time for Passover

6:45 am Shaharit 7:45 pm Ma’ariv 8:00 pm Talmud Study with Rabbi Cahan

AIPAC Policy Conference

6:45 am Shaharit 7:45 pm Ma’ariv 8:00 pm Talmud Study with Rabbi Cahan 8:00 pm Sisterhood Board Meeting

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10:00 am Sisterhood Bowling 10:30 am Adult Ed: Mishna Study12:00 pm Daytimers Forum7:00 pm ECEC Parent University 7:30 pm Learn to Speak Ivrit7:30 pm Speak More Ivrit7:45 pm Ma’ariv 8:00 pm Men’s Club Board Meeting8:00 pm B’nai Mitzvah Class of 2017 Meeting

10:00 am Sisterhood Bowling 10:30 am Adult Ed: Mishna Study 12:00 pm Daytimers Film Festival: The Grand Role7:30 pm Learn to Speak Ivrit7:30 pm Speak More Ivrit7:45 pm Ma’ariv

10:00 am ECEC Parent/Toddler Playgroup 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:55 pm Candle Lighting

10:00 am ECEC Parent/Toddler Playgroup 5:48 pm Candle Lighting 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat

10:00 am ECEC Parent/Toddler Playgroup 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 7:02 pm Candle Lighting

6:45 am Shaharit 9:30 am Adult Ed: Melton: Shemot II6:00 pm Men’s Club: Adult Kids Club Dinner7:45 pm Ma’ariv

Purim

6:45 am Shaharit 9:30 am Adult Ed: Melton: Shemot II 12:00 pm Play Reading Group 7:45 pm Ma’ariv

Fast of Esther

9:00 am Shaharit 10:00 am Sisterhood Bowling10:30 am Adult Ed: Mishna Study12:00 pm Adult Ed: Text in the City 1:00 pm Sisterhood Daytime Book Club The Orientalist6:00 pm Gan Megillah 6:45 pm Purim Dinner 7:45 pm Ma’ariv and Ganza Megillah

6:45 am Shaharit 9:30 am Adult Ed: Melton: Shemot II 12:00 pm Har Shalom Play Reading Group Meeting 7:30 pm Men’s Club: Boyz Club Poker Night7:45 pm Ma’ariv

9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: Ki Tissa Bar Mitzvah: Ethan Alexandar 10:00 am Shabbat Youth Activities12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Study5:30 pm Minha, Torah Study, Ma’ariv7:00 pm USY: Laser Tag Lock-In8:00 pm RAC Kumzitz

9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: Va-yak-hel-P’kudei Shabbat Parah Bat Mitzvah: Leah Bloshteyn10:00 am Shabbat Youth Activities12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Study6:40 pm Minha/Torah Study/Ma’ariv 8:00 pm Dessert Night Out

Rosh Hodesh Nisan

9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: Va-yikra Shabbat HaHodesh Bat Mitzvah: Martin Weiss10:00 am Shabbat Youth Activities 10:45 am Gan Shabbat 12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Study1:00 pm Gesher Shabbat Games6:45 pm Minha/Torah Study/Ma’ariv

9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: Tzav Shabbat HaGadol Bar Mitzvah: Noah Smith 10:00 am Shabbat Youth Activities12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Study 6:55 pm Minha/Torah Study/Ma’ariv

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9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: B’shallah 10:00 am Shabbat Youth Activities12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Study 4:50 pm Minha/Torah Study/Ma’ariv

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Mitzvah Madness


Yom Ha’Shoah

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Educational & Commemorative Activities

“Unto Every Person There Is A Name” B’nai Brith Internaitional’s annual worldwide name reading program. Community Dor L’ Dor inviting all members of the community to interact with local Holocaust survivors as they share their living testimony of survival and triumph Art & Artifact Exhibit Har Shalom organizes artifacts from local survivors – submissions are welcome and Montgomery College Foundation displays the Portrait s of Life Exhibit with photographs and personal histories.

4:00 pm – 5:30pm Observance & Keynote Address

A community-wide remembrance with music, prayer, poetry, an intergenerational memorial candle lighting for all survivors and their families, and the Holocaust Mourners’ Kaddish. With a keynote address on, “Anti-Semitism in the Holocaust Years,” by Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director for International Jewish Affairs at the American Jewish Committee.

JCRC’s thanks the Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) for providing our community’s Holocaust survivors with critical safety net services. Information is available at 301-838-4200 / [email protected]. JCRC also thanks our partner organizations: B’nai B’rith International, Congregation Har Shalom, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington; Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Friends of Greater Washington; Kindertransport; One Thousand Children; Survivors of the Last Generation; The Generations After and the Washington Board of Rabbis

LEARN MORE about JCRC’s Maryland & Virginia commemorations and how you can support this effort at www.jcouncil.org/Holocaust. Individual supporters or family foundations that donate a minimum of $250 will be listed in our Yom Ha’Shoah program this year.

Yom Ha’Shoah The JCRC’s Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration in Maryland Sunday, April 12, 2015 I 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac

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Vote at Har Shalom: Sunday, March 8

This fall the World Zionist Convention will meet in Jerusalem. The first Convention was organized by Theordore Herzl in the 1870’s and now occurs every five years. The convention is where policy decisions are made for world Jewry. More importantly, it is where funds are allocated to causes in Israel, Europe and around the world. MERCAZ represents the Conservative Movement and has received $2 million in the past. Right now, and until April 30, voting is taking place online to determine the number of seats that slates will have at the convention. MERCAZ had 58 seats at the last Convention. Our own Rita Wertlieb is on the MERCAZ slate for this year’s convention. The more seats MERCAZ has, the more our Conservative Movement will benefit in the policy discussions and fund allocations. Please vote on line at votemercaz.org to ensure that the Conservative Movement is well represented. To assist our congregants, the Men’s Club will set up laptop computers at their Sunday Brunch on March 8. Note that there is $10 fee to vote to cover the administrative costs. For more information on MERCAZ and the vote, visit harshalom.org/votemercaz.

World Jewry

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Left: Rabbi Levi Raskin, Right: Bernie Lubran, Keith Hartman and Grade 1

Recap: World Jewry and the Men’s Club Taking Part in Word Wide Wrap

Left: Bernie Lubran and Grade 1, Center: Model Tefilllin Right: Kindergarten and Tefillin Manuscript

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Hametz Riddance Food Drive Capital Campaign

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As we look forward to our next 50 years, our spiritual home should reflect the energy and vibrancy of our congregation. With your help, outdated, tired spaces can be transformed into modern, versatile, welcoming venues we can be proud of; a facility where our children and grandchildren can celebrate sacred, special milestones in their lives right here at Har Shalom.

For more information about how you can support our 50th Anniversary Capital Campaign, please contact Rabbi Raskin’s office, (301) 299-7087, ext. 1 or speak to Capital Campaign Chair Joe Katz. You may also email

[email protected]. Thank you!

www.harshalom.org/capital-campaign

Hametz Riddance Food Drive

March 9 – March 30, 2015

Make a tangible contribution for those in need in our local community. It’s easy! Put your donated items in the food bank collection boxes in the Gordon Coat closet. All items must be unopened and nonperishable. No glass jars please!

We accept boxed and canned food, of grains, vegetables, fruits, healthy snacks, beans, etc. Donations will benefit the Capital Area Food Bank (www.capitalareafoodbank.org), which distributes to hundreds of local organizations.

Nearly 700,000 of our neighbors in theWashington metro area are at risk of hunger.

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Most Wanted Items High Fiber, Low Sugar, Low Sodium

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Canned Fruits in light syrup or its

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Canned or Dry Beans

Most Wanted ItemsHigh Fiber, Low Sugar, Low Sodium

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Men's Club

Richard Sternberg, President • 301-299-7087, ext. 411 | [email protected]

accordance with interest. We usually have a monthly dinner except for the months of April and October, when a golf outing is planned.

Dinners are usually well attended by over a dozen people. The next dinner is planned for Thursday, March 12. If interested, please RSVP to [email protected] as early as possible. Planning is always an issue and is complicated this month by travel plans of the organizer.

Boyz Club PokerThursday, March 19

RSVP to [email protected]

Recap: Jeff Beiber

Sunday February 1, the Men’s Club Brunch Speaker Series featured Jeff Bieber, Vice-president of WETA TV and producer of several highly regarded NPR-sponsored documentaries. He delighted the participants with excerpts and accompanying patter on the history of Jewish immigration to the US as well as clips from the soon to be released Italian-American Immigration Experience. Bieber (not relation to Justin) was one of those gifted presenters who could add tremendously to the slides and film clips we saw (which were, themselves, pretty amazing). If you haven’t managed to see the three-part series on the Jewish Immigration Experience, it is available from NPR.org and well worth your while.

Above, Jack Markowitz presents Jeff with our traditional Men’s Club Car Cup - a token of appreciation for a top notch program. And when you see him, please thank Jack for arranging for him to appear.

Brunch: Eric LichtblauPulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Reporter

Sunday morning, March 8 Buffet opens at 9:15 a.m.

Building on last month’s excellent presentation by PBS producer Jeff Bieber, The Men’s Club speaker series will continue on March 8 with Eric Lichtblau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times. He will speak about his new book The Nazis Next Door – How America became a Safe Haven For Hitler’s Men.

Most people think that the U.S. just cherry picked a few noted scientists and mathematicians to bring here, but in his book, Lichtblau demonstrates that we welcomed approximately 10,000 Nazis, some of whom had played pivotal roles in the genocide. Learn more about this little known aspect of the post-war years. And of course come early to schmooze with friends and enjoy a hearty brunch.

Adult Kids Club Dinner OutThursday, March 12

As you may know, the Adult Kids Club is a subgroup of the Men’s Club. This group plans events of interest to members who are old enough to have adult children – people aged about 50 and over. We are open to suggestions about our activities and will plan in


Film Festival:“The Grand Role”Wednesday, March 18, at 12 pm

When a famous American film director comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of The Merchant of Venice, Maurice and his actor friends try out for the role. Thinking he has been chosen, Maurice rushes home to tell his beloved wife, Perla. When Maurice later discovers that the role has gone to a famous American star, he cannot bring himself to tell Perla, who has become very ill. He plays the role of his life to make sure she does not find out. Come see The Grand Role on Wednesday, March 18, to see if he can pull this off.

Film starts at 12:30PM. Bring a brown bag dairy or pareve lunch and join us at Noon. Dessert will be served.

Saul & Marlyn Schepartz • 301-299-7087, ext. 275 | [email protected]

Daytimers

Forum:Rob HalberRob Halber, Executive Director, JCRC

March 11, 2015

Our speaker will be Ron Halber, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) since 2001. He has been at the JCRC since 1997. Prior to that time, he was involved in a variety of political activities, including the campaign of Senator Charles Schumer of New York. The scope of the JCRC includes government relations, Israel advocacy, inter-group relations,, and social justice. The title of Mr. Halber’s talk will be “The Importance of Jewish Advocacy”.

On April 15, 2015, our speaker will be Barry Bogage, Executive Director of the Maryland/Israel Development Center, which provides many services to Israeli and Maryland companies, including missions to Israel, hosting Israeli delegations in the US, and other networking activities. With so many Israeli companies in the forefront of new technologies, this is an area of great interest. The title of Mr. Bogage’s talk will be “Trends in Israel’s High-Tech Economy”.

As usual, our sessions will begin with a brown-bag dairy/pareve lunch at noon (we supply beverages and desserts). The programs will run from 12:30 to about 2 p.m.

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Sisterhood

Wendy Epstein, President • 301-299-7087, ext. 410 [email protected]

Evening Book Club The World To Come

by Dara Horn March 10, at 8:00 pm

Facilitator: Wendy Epstein

A million-dollar Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles’ cocktail hour. The unlikely thief, former child prodigy Benjamin Ziskind, is convinced that the painting once hung in his parents’ living room. This work of art opens a door through which we discover his family’s startling history—from an orphanage in Soviet Russia where Chagall taught to suburban New Jersey and the jungles of Vietnam.

The discussion is open to all members of Sisterhood and Men’s Club! Full schedule available online at harshalom.org/sisterhood.

Daytime Book Club An Officer and a Spy

by Robert Harris March 4, at 1:00 pm

Facilitator: Yetta Plotnick

The selection for March 4th is An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris, a fictionalized account of the Dreyfus Affair. The discussion, led by Yetta Plotnick, starts at 1:00PM. Please DO NOT bring any food into the building, as March 4th is a fast day.

Youth DirectorChelsea Rothschild

Youth Department

Chelsea Rothschild, Director of Youth Programs 301-299-7087, ext. 236 | [email protected]

From ChelseaIt’s the month of Adar! The month where it is OK for everyone (even adults) to act as silly and crazy as those in the youth department! Last month was full of fun and exciting events, including Klub Kef Ice Skating, USY Formal, a Gesher Movie Day, Dinner in the Dark, Kadima Kallah and the introduction of bi-monthly USY lounge nights!

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 7-9 pm, 8th-12th graders are invited to participate in innovative programming lead by their peers. This month – in order to raise money for Tikkun Olam and scholarships, the USYers have stolen the Megillah!!! Follow the search on facebook.

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Youth Calendar

March 7-8: USY OvernightMarch 15: Good Deeds DayMarch 21: Gesher Shabbat Games 1-3pmMarch 22: Klub Kef Plague-a-PaloozaMarch 27: Kadima Fun Day (MCPS pupil free day)March 28: Chocolate Seder


Mazal Tov to: Scott & Diana Rabinowitz on their 21st anniversary.

Ed & Debbie Schapiro on their 36th anniversary.

Jerry Breslow on his 81st birthday.

Judy & Michael Mael on the engagement of their daughter, Allison Nicole Mael, to Michael David Lieberman.

Sandy & Chuck Myers on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Lior Tai Gordon, son of Susan & Noam Gordon of Palo Alto, California, on December 29th in Ashdod, Israel.

Bob Sunshine on his special birthday and the anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah.

Gaye & Alan Feinberg on the birth of their granddaughter, Ariella Nava Feinberg, on January 2nd in Los Angeles. The proud parents are Daniel and Rachel Feinberg.

Michael E. Richter, son of Bob Richter & the late Marian F. Richter, and Andrea Kennard on their engagement.

Yvonne Paretzky for recognition as an outstanding performer for Matched at the Maryland Community Theater Festival.

Condolences:Craig Ginsburg on the passing of his great-uncle, Bill Mantinband.

The family of Florence Margolis on her passing.

Sheila Taylor on the passing of her mother, Esther Kronberg Bass.

Ricki Cohn on the passing of her mother, Frances Spier.

Sandy Freeman on the passing of her stepfather, Ed Gordon, grandfather of Hannah & Daniel Freeman.

Naomi Beroukhim on the passing of her mother.

Jane Babil on the passing of her mother, Nessa Friedman.

Family News

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George Alexander & Nancy Gribeluk

3/7/2015

Leah BloshteynDaughter of

Alexander & Michelle Bloshteyn

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3/21/2015

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3/28/2015

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Abram Blum Library Fund

In Memory of

Pearl Grossman, my sister-in-law Natalie Weinstein

Alan B. Levenson Endowment Fund

In Honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Marisa Silverman Joan Levenson

Speedy Recovery to

Lois Forster Ruthjoy Leventhal

Arlene Sidman

In Honor of

Birth of Ariella Nava Feinberg, granddaughter of Alan & Gaye Feinberg Michael Goldfinger

In Memory of

Ray Muffs, father-in-law of Michael, grandfather of Larry & Amy Goldfinger Michael, Larry & Amy Goldfinger

Building Improvement Fund

In Honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Marisa Silverman Hal Scheinberg & Roberta

Lasken Richard & Joan Gorman

Rabbi Adam Raskin Larry & Dawn Fischer

In Memory of

Merlin Hirschorn, brother of Judie Shaich Hal & Laurie Freed

Samuel Binder, my father Albert Binder

Speedy Recovery to

Samuel Kramer Richard & Joan Gorman

Capital Campaign 50th Annivesary Donation

In Honor of

Bar Mitzvah of Tai Gordon Stuart & Valerie Gordon

Bat Mitzvah of Arianna Cohen Scott & Diana Rabinowitz

Bat Mitzvah of Marisa Silverman Scott & Diana Rabinowitz Owen & Margie Ritter

Birth of Ella Greene, granddaughter of Lowell & Sandie Satler Ronald & Joy Paul

Donations

We Gratefully Acknowledge the Following Contributions . . .

Birth of Liam Matthew, grandson of Bill & Ellen Bresnick Owen & Margie Ritter

B’nai Mitzvah of Lauren & Michael Stephen & Eileen Sherr

In Memory of

Evan Rosenstock, my son Susan Rosenstock

Speedy Recovery to

Sam Kramer Owen & Margie Ritter

Community of Caring Fund

In Honor of

David M. Davis, husband and father Dennis & Linda Winson

Jeannie Fischer, mother of Larry Charles & Linda Rosenbluth

Debbie Karch Children’s Library

In Honor of

70th birthday of Bob Sunshine Owen & Margie Ritter

In Memory of

Abe M. Paul, our father Marla Paul Cohen & Janis Paul Ransom

Jay Cantor, husband of Merle Cantor Michael Karbeling & Ann Poritzky

Jerry Miller, husband of Selma Miller Michael Karbeling & Ann Poritzky

Doreen Fermaglich Endowment Fund

In Memory of

Harry B. Fermaglich, my father Joseph Fermaglich

Gemilut Hasadim Fund

In Memory of

Ed Morenoff Melvyn & Millie Rumerman

Frances Spier, mother of Ricki Cohn Barbara Teichman

General Operating Fund

In Honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Arianna Cohen Eric & Vicki Klein

Bat Mitzvah of Marisa Silverman Bernard & Francine Lubran

David Kenton Ronald Pomerantz

Evening Minyan Attendees Larry & Dawn Fischer

Hazzan Ozur Bass Agudas Achim Congregation


William Oshinsky Ronald & Hanna Lee Pomerantz

In Memory of

Aaron Brenner, father of Phyllis Coburn David & Phyllis Coburn

Benjamin Kossoff, father of Marty KossoffMarty & Marlene Kossoff

David Auerbach, my father Martin Auerbach

Edward Morenoff, my husband Judy Morenoff

Esther Kronberg Bass, mother of Sheila Taylor David & Joan Weiss Larry & Dawn Fischer David & Ronnie Hirschberg

George Basen, father of Barry Basen W. Barry & Shelly Basen

Harold Auerbach, my uncle Martin Auerbach

Helen Kossman Brenner, mother of Phyllis Coburn David & Phyllis Coburn

Helen Maler, mother of Judy Mael Michael & Judy Mael

Jim Walsh, our son-in-law Morris & Honey Rosen

Lillian Shames, mother of Daniel Daniel & Rose Shames

Lillian Stempler, mother of Gerald Gerald & Deana Stempler

Mark Yufik, my father Yan Yufik

Marvin Potter, brother of Aileen Morton & Aileen Rosenberg

Mathilde “Tillie” Rosenblatt, mother of Bob Rosenblatt Roy & Julie Eskow

Max Schwartz, father of Ellen Baker Arden & Ellen Baker

Murray Landow, father of Sandra Handleman Aaron & Sandra Handleman

Nathan Ladin, grandfather of Shelly Basen W. Barry & Shelly Basen

Richard Pomerantz, husband of Phyllis Pomerantz Howard & Sandy Arnold

Samuel Frishman, our brother-in-law Jack & Diana Binder

Susan Sitkoff, mother of Joan Sobel Scott & Michelle Levenson

Harvey Forest

In Memory of

Susan Sitkoff, mother of Joan Sobel Morton & Sandra Margulies

Hazzan’s Discretionary

In Honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Arianna Cohen Larry, Michelle, Amanda, Joshua & Hailey Spott

Donations | Continued

Hazzan Ozur Bass Stuart & Sheila Taylor

In Memory of Richard Pomerantz, brother of Ronald Lynn & James Mintzer and Marilyn Loesberg

Hevra Kadisha

In Memory of

Joel Forster, father of Jon Forster Jonathan & Andee Forster

Rose Robfogel Jaffa, mother of Joe Jaffa Joe & Zeevia Jaffa

Morris & Lillian Cahan Adult Education

In Honor of

80th birthday of Rabbi Leonard Cahan Madelene Bochner

Prayer Books

In Memory of

Esther Kronberg Bass, mother of Sheila Taylor

Sonia Taylor, mother of Stuart Taylor Rae & Jeffrey Mohr

Rabbi’s Discretionary

In Honor of

50th Anniversary of Harriet & Jerry Breslow

Robert & Susan Bodansky

Marriage of Kim Eskow & Aaron SobelJeanette Binstock

Rabbi Adam Raskin Stuart & Sheila Taylor

In Memory of

Jennie Plotkin, grandmother of Steve Schuster Steve & Wende Schuster

Mathilde “Tillie” Rosenblatt, mother of Bob Rosenblatt Jeanette Binstock

Stuart Beloff, my father Susan Rosenstock

Siddur Sim Shalom

In Memory of

50th anniversary of Jerry & Harriet Breslow Lawrence & Doris Margolis

Esther Kronberg Bass, mother of Sheila Taylor Alisa Isenberg

Helen Wisotsky, mother of Philip Wisotsky Philip & Shirley Wisotsky

Youth Activities

In Memory of

Judy Anne Frankel, sister of Mark Mark & Marlene Frankel

call Office & Facility Manager Joanna Rubin, at

Permanently Inscribed Giving Opportunities

There are many ways to honor family, friends, and occasions at

Har Shalom... a brick or plaque can be displayed as a permanent

reminder.

Forms are available in the Synagogue Office. If you have any

questions, whether about ordering or appropriate wording, please

contact Leslie in the Clergy Office: 301-299-7087, ext. 223.

• Megillat Simha leaf: ($180) Celebrate your simha with

a brass leaf, displayed in the hallway outside of the

Gordon Sanctuary.

• Bricks ($180): For any occasion. Located in the

walkway at the Burke Sanctuary entrance.

• Tree of Life leaf: ($360) Commemorate your family’s

milestones; displayed in the hallway between the

Burke Sanctuary and the Stempler Social Hall.

• Yahrzeit Plaque: ($500) Memorial plaque in the Burke

Sanctuary.

• Burke Seat Plaque: ($1,800) For any occasion or

remembrance; located on the back of seats in the

Burke Sanctuary; payable in three installments.

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