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SUNDAY, MARCH 24: SEARCH FOR HAMETZ (EVENING)

MONDAY, MARCH 25: EREV PESACH – 1ST SEDERNo eating of hametz after 10:54 a.m. • Sell and burn hametz before 12:06 p.m. 7:00 a.m. Combined Minyans; Siyyum b’Chorim (Fast of the First Born) 6:00 p.m. Mincha/Evening Service

TUESDAY, MARCH 26: 1ST DAY OF PESACH – 2ND SEDER 9:15 a.m. Festival Service 6:00 p.m. Mincha/Evening Service

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27: 2ND DAY OF PESACH 9:15 a.m. Festival Service 6:00 p.m. Mincha/Evening Service First days of Yom Tov end at 8:26 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 31, EREV 7TH DAY OF PESACH 6:00 p.m. Mincha/Evening Service

MONDAY, APRIL 1: 7TH DAY OF PESACH 9:15 a.m. Festival Service 6:00 p.m. Mincha/Evening Service

TUESDAY, APRIL 2: CONCLUDING DAY OF PESACH 9:15 a.m. Festival Service/Yizkor/Dedication of Memorial Plaques 11:00 a.m. Children’s Programming during Yizkor 6:00 p.m. Mincha/Evening Service 8:33 p.m. Passover ends

PESACH SERVICES 5773

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�idin�sMarch 2013

Adar/Nissan 5773

Our mission is to ensure the fl ourishing of Jewish life through educational, social, and Conservative religious experiences in

a warm and dynamic community.

Founded in 1866Publication No. 629180 • Vol. 86 • Issue No. 3

27501 Fairmount Boulevard • Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124 • 216-831-6555 • FAX: 216-831-4599 • EMAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: www.bnaijeshurun.org

14th Annual Willie & Ida Radman Cholent CookoffSaturday, March 2 • 12:00 p.m. • Presented by Men’s Club

Enjoy a selection of cholents cooked by our teams of chefs. Your challenge is to pick the winner. If you’d like to enter the competition, team up with some friends to prepare your own special cholent recipe. You provide the creativity and expertise and we provide the ingredients. Please contact the synagogue offi ce to register your team and/or to reserve your spot at the luncheon. Please make checks payable to B’nai Jeshurun Men’s Club. Cost is $8 per person; children under 3 years old are free. Pre-paid reservations only.

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Submissions for the May Tidings are due by Friday, March 15.

Mitzvah DaySunday, April 14

with special guest Fran Held,

Founder & Executive Directorof Mitzvah Circle

SAVE THE DATE

CANDLE LIGHTINGMarch 1 ........................................................ 5:58 p.m.March 8 ........................................................ 6:06 p.m.March 15 ...................................................... 7:14 p.m.March 22 ...................................................... 7:21 p.m.March 25 ...................................................... 7:25 p.m.March 26 ...................................................... 8:25 p.m.March 29 ...................................................... 7:29 p.m.March 31 ......................................................7:31 p.m.

TORAH PORTIONSMarch 2 ............................................................. Ki TisaMarch 9 ..................................... Vayakhel/Pekudei; Shabbat HahodeshMarch 16 ......................................................... VayikraMarch 23 .......................... Tzav; Shabbat HagadolMarch 30 ............................. Chol Hamoed Pesach

DAILY SERVICE SCHEDULEMonday - Thursday 7:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. (March 25, 7:00 a.m. only)

Friday Morning 7:00 a.m. & 7:30 a.m.

Friday Night 7:30 p.m. March 1 6:00 p.m. March 8, 15, 22 & 29

Saturday 9:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

See front page for Pesach Service times

Beineinu – Between UsShabbat Rocks!What do you get when you combine the fl owing poetry of Psalms with a band playing the rhythms and sounds of Rock and Roll, Reggae and Gospel? You get Shabbat Rocks! -- a Friday night service to welcome Shabbat

unlike anything you have ever experienced. Shabbat Rocks! is an energetic, soulful, joyful, soothing, uplifting, transition from the stresses of the everyday to the magic of the holiest day of the week. Cantor Shifman, Rabbi Rudin-Luria and I have been working for months preparing for what promises to be an extraordinary prayer experience, an opportunity to connect deeply with God and community. The music for the service was chosen from pieces written by some of today’s hottest contemporary Jewish bands: SoulAviv, Rick Recht, Craig Taubman, Brian Zive and Kol Echad, Jon Nelson and Yom Hadash, Nava Tehila, Mark Opatow and Sheldon Low. They wrote these melodies specifi cally for passages in the Friday night service, but B’nai Jeshurun will be the fi rst anywhere to use these pieces - together with a cover band - to recreate them as they were intended to be performed: for a unique liturgical experience that will make your heart sing, your hands clap and your feet dance.

Shabbat Rocks! is not just about great music. It is a participatory prayer experience with a fl ow of energy that will be a true spiritual journey. Through instruments and voice we will draw close to God and feel nurtured by the presence of the Holy One and the sanctity of Shabbat. This is a service that will transform your mood and your soul.

Shabbat Rocks! will take place monthly during Daylight Savings Time when we can complete Kabbalat Shabbat (through Lecha Dodi) before candle lighting time. When it is still light out and we choose to start Shabbat early, according to Jewish law, Shabbat begins starting with the next psalm, the Psalm for Shabbat. That second half of the service will also feature contemporary melodies, though it will be without instrumentation. Our fi rst Shabbat Rocks! will be Friday evening, April 12. We look forward to seeing you there!

In order to introduce you to Shabbat Rocks! and help you learn the melodies, we have posted MP3 fi les on our website. I urge you to go to the website and check it out. Words cannot adequately describe this music. You have to hear it. Initially, these will be play-only fi les by the original artists. By the time you see this article, we will hopefully have added fi les by our own Shabbat Rocks! band and will also have a CD available for you to play at home or in your car. We hope you will play these tunes often so by the time you join us on April 12 you will be ready to sing along as we raise our voices in prayer.

In the meantime, Naomi joins me in wishing you a very joyous Passover.

Rabbi Stephen Weiss

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A Traditional Seder: Is Tradition What

We Think It Is?A congregant whom I love dearly and respect greatly once said to me, “I talked to the kids and we all

agree that we like doing the traditional thing. We are sticking to Maxwell House.” Although I suspect many people feel similarly, there is delicious irony in his statement. The Maxwell House Haggadah was � rst published in 1933 by the Joseph Jacobs Advertising Agency. While its publication made Maxwell House a household name with Jewish families, it was, in actuality, a clever marketing strategy to convince Jews that coff ee was kosher for Passover. They hired an Orthodox rabbi who asserted, correctly, that a coff ee bean was not a legume and hence kosher for Passover. In any case, despite the myriad wine stains on all of our Maxwell House Haggadot, it hardly dates back to Sinai.

So, where does the haggadah come from? Well, de� nitely not from Sinai because the tradition of seder as we know it dates to the � rst century CE. Allow me a little history lesson. If you were a Jew who lived when the Temple stood, Passover meant that you and your family went up to Jerusalem with a lamb and off ered it as a sacri� ce at the Temple. Your lamb was roasted on the altar and then you ate it together with matzah and maror. Were there special words you said? Probably. Did you recline and ask the four questions? De� nitely not.

After the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in the year 70 CE, Rabban Gamliel, the second head of the Sanhedrin, essentially created the seder as we know it. Do you remember him from your haggadah? He is the one who says, “If you have not discussed these three things, matza, maror and Pesach (the lamb, or shankbone), you have not ful� lled the mitzvah of Passover. He maintains the symbols of Passover as practiced in the Temple but shifts the context – now the mitzvah of seder is not eating your lamb, but talking about these three central symbols! Now it need not take place in Jerusalem but rather wherever Jews gather to celebrate! Now the High Priest is not the offi ciant – you are! Each of us becomes our own high priest; every table becomes its own altar.

If you are thinking this is a radical transformation, you are right! And yet, by maintaining continuity

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Dayeinu: Is Enough Really Enough?Dayeinu is one of my favorite Passover songs that we sing at the seder. It is not simply because of its fun and upbeat tune. Dayeinu serves as a history lesson, recounting the great miracles God

performed for the Jewish people. The poem shares the Jewish core value of living a life � lled with gratitude and satisfaction. The � rst prayer that a Jew recites each morning, Modeh Ani, is a prayer of gratitude. Each meal is to be concluded with the feeling of satisfaction and thanking God with Birkat HaMazon. Dayeinu encompasses both.

In the Haggadah, A Different Night, Noam Zion and David Dishon write: “Dayeinu translated liberally means ‘Thank you, God, for overdoing it.’ The point of the poem is to express gratitude for every facet of God’s miraculous deliverance. There is a sense that the Exodus, which reached its ful� llment with entry into the Land and the building of the Temple (a process of 400 years!), unfolded in many steps, each constituting a miracle in itself. The poet feels the living power of each gesture of divine favor, irrespective of the total result. The principle of Dayeinu - of giving thanks even for the partial and incomplete - is crucial for living in the uncertain world in which few dreams ever come to total fruition. We thank God every day for the miracle of being alive. In learning gratitude to God, we also learn to show gratitude to parents, teachers, loved ones and friends, even when their eff orts fall short of completeness.”

Dayeinu has 15 verses recounting 15 miracles performed by God for Israel. These 15 verses are said to symbolize the 15 steps the priest would take to ascend the Temple to enter the Holy of Holies. They also symbolize the 15 chapters of Psalms (Shir HaMa’alot) that King David chanted as he entered Jerusalem and ascended to the foundation stone of the Temple Mount. The Dayeinu poem helps us to see the steps in our development and reminds us to pause and bless the small successes in our lives. We learn to walk before we run and learn the ABCs before we read. If we cannot acknowledge these moments, then nothing will ever be enough in our lives.

Some families have the custom to pause after Dayeinu in their seder and have each participant share a recent success or celebration. Then, all around the table (or on the � oor at our seder) participants respond “Dayeinu.” Some have the custom to continue following Jewish history (as the Dayeinu ends 3,000 years ago) to the present marking the milestones and achievements of our people and the land of Israel, reciting Dayeinu after each milestone. This year, may we all be able to say together, “Dayeinu, Thank you God for overdoing it.”

Hag Kasher v’Sameach! Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy and kosher Passover.

Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria

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MeshuganotesThe Ohio State University’s

Co-ed Jewish A Capella Group

Shabbat, April 6

SAVE THE DATE

We will celebrate Pesach the last week of March this year. A lot of preparation goes into making this holiday: kashering our kitchens, eliminating hametz and preparing for the seder. Unfortunately, after both sedarim are done, Pesach becomes an afterthought. As the holiday continues, a countdown begins as to when Pesach will be over. We have tried to make the seder more meaningful by using props, better-translated haggadot with deep and worthwhile insights, singing, discussion and wonderful food. How do we make the remaining days meaningful? This is a challenge for all of us. After all, it is an eight-day holiday. However, we peak during the early stages and much of the intensity is gone by the end.

Part of our challenge is to maintain the holiness of the holiday and not allow for a cavalier attitude for the remainder of the days. Another issue is pure exhaustion. After having stayed up for successive nights of eating, singing, probing discussions, not to mention four cups of wine, naturally we are in need of down time. However, the commandment to be festive is for all eight days. We need to pace ourselves and continue to attend services, study during the intermediate days and, perhaps, entertain the idea that the remaining days are an opportunity to grow spiritually and study. Taking off from work and spending time with our families and friends is a rare opportunity. Usually, vacations are when we do those things.

Combining the holiday and its rituals alongside our personal endeavors can be a very uplifting experience. I will be the fi rst to admit this is a very diffi cult challenge, but not insurmountable. Maybe, as the adage goes, ”one day at a time” we can look ahead and devise a plan. Highlight each day with something meaningful and make an effort to get it done.

Have a wonderful Pesach.B’shalom, Cantor Aaron Shifman

David Shifrin, President

Seeking BalanceFor many weeks, we’ve all been watching as Congress grapples with determining a federal response to the seemingly unending stream of violence plaguing our country. Whether it’s the attack on the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado or the attack on the elementary school in Sandy Hook, Connecticut or perhaps, God

forbid, another attack or attacks from the time I write this article to the time you read it, there is an increasing level of violence and disregard for human life in our increasingly intemperate and polarized American society. I am not going to use this column to propose a specifi c solution, and reasonable minds can differ about the effect and effectiveness of proposals for restricting the availability of weapons or restricting violent images and crude language in the various media. Instead, as we approach the Festival of Pesach, our season of freedom, allow me to ponder what freedom means to a Jew in America... at least to this Jew in America.

When we celebrate Pesach, we are not merely celebrating freedom from slavery, freedom from Egypt, or freedom FROM anything else; we are celebrating freedom FOR something. It is the freedom to freely accept our collective and individual responsibilities as part of a people whose duties are defi ned by the Torah. That is why we do not stop with Pesach, but count the Omer during the days from Pesach to Shavuot when we celebrate receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. If we are merely free, the result might be worse than the slavery from which we were freed. Put another way, freedom without responsibility is anarchy.

The debate regarding how to best reduce gun violence may really be about how to move our national culture from celebrating crude, insensitive behavior toward embracing civility and mutual regard. Violent video games, crude song lyrics and videos and bloody images from movies to television to the Internet may encourage certain people to disregard the value of other’s lives. Instead of seeing others as equally created in the image of God as our tradition teaches, the perpetrators of recent mass violence in our society seem to value their own capacity for mayhem above all else. Sadly, they seem to have lost the ability to see that human life is precious and treat others as no more valuable than the images they “kill” when playing a violent video game.

Judaism might fi nd a solution to our society’s ills in re-balancing. That is, fi nding the right balance between individual rights, desires and responsibilities, and satisfying our own desires, respecting others and supporting a civil, caring society. A civil society is not desirable merely for its own sake any more than a licentious one. It is desirable because it facilitates everyone’s wellbeing by encouraging mutual regard, the value of each human life, and ultimately helps us fulfi ll God’s desire as expressed through commandments in the Torah regarding how we should behave toward our fellow human beings. Let’s think about it, talk with each other and our clergy, and take action to help make a better American culture.

Debbie, Aaron and I wish you all a very Happy Passover. Hag Kasher v’Same’ach!


We note with sorrow the passing of

NATHAN FELDMANBrother of Marjorie Amster

Uncle of Vic Amster, Arda Golden and Sandy Kaufman

SANFORD FRIEDMANBrother of Carole Blake

RUTH KNIGHTMother of Laurie Terkel

RUTH LEBOVMother of Hedy Weiss

* 1 REY MACKNINHusband of Toby MackninUncle of Michael Macknin

SYLVIA MOSSMother of Ken Moss

*B’nai Jeshurun member1 past president

Tree of Life...

• Nicole & Ari Newman on the birth of a son, Seth David Leo Newman. Grandparents are Lynda & Nelson Newman.

• Melvin Banchek on the birth of a grandson, Eli Slepian.

• Lorin & Alan Gottlieb and Bernice & Saul Gottlieb on the engagement of their daughter and granddaughter, Robyn, to Danny Brenner.

Eli Slepian

We extend our deepest condolences to all the members of their families.

March 2013 Milestone BirthdaysHarry AbrahamDrew BarnholtzHoward BergsonAmy BermanElana CohenBenjamin FinerLydia FrankelMeredith GinsbergFrancine GordonMatthew GreenbergMark Groner

Stanley HazenMonique KawalekWayne KawalekArthur KleinAdam LevineNorbert LoebJill MarkowitzHedy MilgromMarilyn OzanRhoda RosenblattRonald Routman

Gil RubanenkoJerome SchmelzerMarius ShpanerAnn SimonBeth SimonClifford SobolDiane TuckerEugene VykhovanetsMax Wiznitzer

March 2013 Milestone AnniversariesToby & Mort Gross 65 YearsMilta & Jerry Mandel 45 YearsLynda & Harold Pollov 45 YearsJudy & Leonard Clark 30 YearsMeryl & Jeffrey Goldberg 30 YearsRobyn & David Gelwasser 15 YearsRisa Dunn & Scott Halpern 15 Years

Robyn Gottlieb & Danny Brenner

Seth David Leo Newman

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• In Honor of Lorin Gottlieb’s Bat Mitzvah by Laura & Jody Katzner

Contact the school office to purchase plaques.

Tree of Life for Education

Donations received as of January 18, 2013

College Financial AidApply for interest-free loans, grants and named scholarships. Deadline for the 2013-2014 school year is Thursday, March 14.

Contact Toby Bresky ([email protected] or 216-378-3429) for information.

Administered by Jewish Family Service Association, underthe auspices of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

If you have an Achievement or Mazal Tov to share, please contact Diane Shalom in the synagogue office. We are happy to share your good news! Please note: we do not

list college graduations unless an award or superior class ranking was also received.

Milestone listings recognize bir thdays at 5-year inter vals beginning with age 25, and each year af ter 90.

Anniversaries are recognized at 5-year inter vals.

• Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria is the incoming President of the Greater Cleveland Board of Rabbis.

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Hazak HappeningsHazak, B’nai Jeshurun’s senior adult group, is an active affi liate sponsoring many cultural, religious and social events. To join, or for further information, please contact Membership Chairpersons, Hilda Gibberman (440-442-1334), Barbara Warshawsky (440-473-0614) or President, Betty Fishman (216-591-9550).

Hazak AcadamyPhotography with Pete Copeland Wednesday mornings April 10 – May 22

(no class May 15 due to Shavuot)Bring your own camera and its instruction

booklet - and lots of enthusiasm! Please contact the synagogue offi ce or

Bob Goodstein (440-646-9419) to register. Free!

Spring Fling LuncheonSunday, April 21 at 12:30 p.m.

featuring the Mayfi eld Limited Edition Show Choir Hazak Members $15; Guests $18.

RSVP to Bernice Rothman, Chairperson, (440-449-0172) by April 15.

Welcome to our new membersRoz & Harry Abraham

Let the Madness Begin! March Madness

comes to B’nai Jeshurun! Enter our Men’s Club NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket Contest for only $5 for one entry or $10 for three entries. Contact Mitch Marder ([email protected]) if you are interested in participating.

Important dates: March 15: Send Mitch your email; submitting your email is not a commitment to play March 17: Rules and additional information will be emailed March 21: Deadline for entering your bracket is noon

All contest results will be available online, so you can follow your bracket in real time.

Men’s ClubFor the fi rst time, March Madness will be coming to B’nai Jeshurun! All you have to do is enter the Men’s Club NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket Contest. Entry is $5 for one entry or $10 for three entries. All contest results will be available online, so you can follow your bracket in real time. Contact Mitch Marder ([email protected]) if you are interested in participating. All rules and additional information will be emailed on Sunday, March 17 when the Men’s Tournament Brackets are announced. The deadline for entering your bracket is noon on Thursday, March 21. Because of the short time frame, we must have your email address by Friday, March 15. Submitting your email is not a commitment to play. Let the madness begin!

March 2nd is the date for both Men’s Club Shabbat and the Cholent Cook-off. In order to accommodate all those who wish to attend the Cook-off, prepaid reservations are necessary. The cost is $8 per person; children under 3 years of age are free.

Again this year, we will be hand delivering Yom Hashoah candles. Your help in their packing and delivery will be greatly appreciated. Please contact Paul Wolf ([email protected]).

Due to confl icting dates on the part of the Red Cross, the annual Blood Drive will not be held during the Purim Carnival. Instead, it will be held on Sunday, March 17 from 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in Gottlieb Auditorium. Additional details are on the back cover of Tidings.

Aaron Canowitz and Rick Martin,Men’s Club Co-Presidents


Yom HaShoah Candle PackingSunday, March 3

Drop-in between 9 – 10 amWe need your help to prepare the candles for distribution. It’s not hard work and we would really appreciate an hour of your time to make this program successful. There is no need to RSVP.


Faith Eisenberg and Shirley Haas, Sisterhood Co-Presidents

Drop-in MahjSunday, March 3

from 10 – 12Future dates: Sundays, April 21 and May 5. Questions? Contact Grace Brower (440-823-9445 or

[email protected]).

Sisterhood Clergy Institute Classes

Thursdays from 10 – 11 am April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9

Each class is complete in itself; thus, you are not obligated to attend every

session. Subject matter varies weekly. There is never any homework and the

classes are free. We guarantee an enjoyable and educational time! Please register

with Hilda Gibberman (440-442-1334) or Shirley Haas (216-382-8320) so we may

contact you in case of cancellations.

We are very excited about our upcoming event this month, Pesach with Pizzazz. We have a talented committee, headed by Zehava Galun, working hard to ensure this will be a night to be remembered. The date is Monday, March 4 from 7 – 9 pm. For just $15, you will be treated to wine, appetizers, dessert and entertainment. You will have an opportunity to learn many new Passover recipes, make your own centerpieces, learn to make kids’ crafts, learn new melodies, and much more. Our gift shop will also be open featuring Passover items. Take home new recipes and ideas for your Passover seder. You won’t want to miss this event!

Our “Soup to Go” program is growing every month; our March soup is Vegetarian Chili. This year’s Torah Fund Luncheon will be held at B’nai Jeshurun on April 16 at 11:30 a.m. Along with a delicious lunch, you will be treated to musical entertainment.

Our nominating committee, headed by Robin Rood, has been meeting to select a slate of offi cers for 2013 - 2014. They will present this slate to the board at our March meeting.

For the very fi rst time, on May 19, we will have a Women of Valor event, honoring three special ladies: Hilda Gibberman, Sue Nash and Rifka Claypool. These women have made many contributions that benefi t our synagogue and our Sisterhood. Please save the date and join us in honoring them. A catered lunch will be served.

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Jews of Poland Today - Fact or Fictionfeaturing Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland

Sunday, April 7 • B’nai Jeshurun Congregation

9 am continental breakfast • 9:30 am lecture The Jewish Community of Poland Fund helps Polish Jews embrace their heritage and culture, and ensures that the rich and tragic legacy of Polish Jewry is properly recognized and memorialized. Visit www.jcpfund.org for more information.

Sisterhood Gift ShopSundays 9 am – noon or by appointment. Contact Ileen Rosner

(216-695-0145) or Lorin Gottlieb (216-906-3096).Special sale during the March 4 Pesach with Pizzazz program!

Clearance table plus 10% off Passover items.

Heinen's Gift Card ProgramEasy to Buy - Easy to Use.

When you purchase a Heinen’s Gift Card through the synagogue offi ce, B’nai Jeshurun earns up to 7% of the Gift Card’s value! When you use your Heinen’s Gift Card, there is no additional cost to you. You even get Heinen’s Preferred Customer Card discounts and other Heinen’s bene� ts when you use the Gift Card for your purchases. It’s a great way to provide additional support to the synagogue. For further information or to make a purchase, contact Paula Botkin at ext. 109 or at [email protected].

Pesach with PizzazzMonday, March 4 • 7 – 9 pm

Learn to make centerpieces, crafts for kids, charoset tasting with recipes, baking demonstrations, how to kasher your kitchen, learn new melodies and make your own Miriam’s Cup, just to name a few. Appetizers and dessert will be served and the Gift Shop and Library will be open.

For women only! $15 per person. RSVP to the synagogue offi ce, attention Zehava Galun. Please make checks payable to B’nai Jeshurun Sisterhood.

Free & opento the community. No reservations required.


MEMORIAL PLAQUE & BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE ORDER FORMI/We wish to purchase a ____Memorial Plaque and/or ____ Golden Book of Remembrance entry

in the name of (please print exactly as you wish the name to be memorialized):

______________________________________________________

Date of death: English ________________ Hebrew ________________

Please send yearly notices of the yahrzeit observance to the following:Name_____________________________ Name_____________________________Address___________________________ Address____________________________________________________________ _________________________________Relationship to deceased_____________ Relationship to deceased______________

Name_____________________________ Name_____________________________Address___________________________ Address____________________________________________________________ _________________________________Relationship to deceased_____________ Relationship to deceased______________

Enclosed, please � nd my check in the amount of $___________($600 for a Memorial Plaque; $200 for a listing in the Book of Remembrance)

YOUR ORDER MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN MONDAY, MARCH 11FOR A DEDICATION AT PESACH YIZKOR SERVICES

Please make checks payable to B’nai Jeshurun Congregation and mail to the attention of Diane Shalom at 27501 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124.

Robert & Gabriel Jewelers is a family-owned business that fi rst opened its doors in 1925 as Euclid Loan & Company. Owned and founded by Sam Botnick, Bruce’s grandfather and Larry and Martin Botnick’s father, Sam handed the business down to his sons. Bruce became owner in 1981 when the jewelry store moved from its downtown location to Lyndhurst. With the change in location also came the name change in honor of Bruce’s sons, Bobby and Gabe.

The store specializes in fi ne jewelry, watches and giftware for all occasions. Items from Nambe, Michael Aram and Annie Glass are featured. Robert & Gabriel is a full service store, offering custom design, jewelry repair and an extensive bridal registry. Located on Mayfi eld Road, between Richmond and Brainard roads, Robert & Gabriel Jewelers is still a family run business with a hamish fl avor.

Bruce has been a member of B’nai Jeshurun since 1973 and has met his closest friends through the synagogue. He enjoys the warmth and camaraderie of our clergy and his fellow congregants. Bruce is currently the Fellowship Committee Chairman; his past positions include: Board member, Awards Committee Chair and Israel Bonds Co-Chair. He is a past Israel Bonds honoree and Rabbi Rudolph M. Rosenthal Outstanding Family Award recipient.

Bruce Botnick

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The transfer of the ownership of HAMETZ during the Pesach holiday will be accomplished by your signing and returning the form below.

Please keep in mind that the Pesach season has always been a time for tzedakah. You may choose any cause. Contributions to our B’nai Jeshurun Passover Fund will be distributed to MAZON, the National Jewish Response to Hunger, to our Cleveland Jewish Relief Society, and to our local Passover Meals on Wheels and Passover Assistance Fund project.

Date __________________I, ________________________________________________________________________________

(print name)residing at _________________________________________________________________________

(street address) (city)

do hereby authorize, empower and enable Rabbi Stephen Weiss of B’nai Jeshurun Congregation, to sell all the hametz as de� ned by the Rabbis of the Talmud in the Tractate Pesachim, and which is located at the above address, to whomsoever he wishes provided that ownership of the same hametz is restored to its original owner one minute after the close of the Festival of Pesach. In addition, I authorize Rabbi Stephen Weiss to appoint another agent to carry out this sale in his stead. I also empower him to sell the hametz located at the following locations under the same terms and conditions as set forth: (please list name and address)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________ (signed)

Please return by Friday, March 22, 2013 by 4:00 p.m. to B’nai Jeshurun Congregation (attn. Diane Shalom) 27501 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike, OH 44124. Authorization forms will also be available

following the conclusion of the Siyyum b’Chorim and are on the synagogue website.

Dear Congregant(s), March 2013

On the following pages is the Rabbinical Assembly Pesach Guide, which we hope will add to your observance of the Pesach (Passover) holiday. Included are rules and procedures relating to the special food requirements of Pesach observance. They have been compiled by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Rabbinical Assembly and Conservative Movement. This information can serve as an annual reference for you. Any items not covered, and about which you have a question, should be discussed directly with one of our Rabbis.

The transfer of hametz ownership may be accomplished through the Transfer and Appointment form (below), which will designate Rabbi Weiss as your agent to accomplish this purpose. The form should be returned to us as soon as possible.

Any contribution you wish to make will be designated for the bene� t of three important relief organizations. Locally, we will support the Jewish Relief Society and JFSA’s Passover Meals on Wheels/Passover Assistance Fund. Nationally, we will support MAZON, the Jewish hunger initiative. You may write your check to B’nai Jeshurun Passover Fund. Each year, the generosity of our congregants makes possible meaningful contributions to these three bene� ciary projects.

We hope that your preparations for Pesach will lead to a joyous holiday for you and your dear ones.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Stephen Weiss Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria Rabbi Rona Shapiro

Sincerely,

Rabbi Stephen Weiss Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria Rabbi Rona Shapiro

HAMETZ TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP


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THE RABBINICAL ASSEMBLYPESAH GUIDE by Rabbi Barry Starr and the Committee on Jewish Law & Standards (CJLS) Kashrut Subcommittee

��It is customary (and easiest) to remove the utensils and dishes that are used during the year, replacing them with either new utensils or utensils used year to year only for Pesach. This is clearly not possible for major appliances and may not even be possible for dishes and utensils.

There is a process for kashering many, but not all, kitchen items thus making them kosher for Pesach:

The general principle used in kashering is that the way the utensil absorbs food is the way it can be purged of that food, ke-volo kach pol’to. This principle operates on the basis of the quality or intensity of how the items absorb food. Things used for cold food can be kashered by rinsing since no substance has been absorbed by the dish or glass. Items used on a stove absorb the food and thus need a stronger level of action namely expelling the food into boiling water, called hag’alah. The most intense form of usage is directly on a fire or in an oven and these utensils require the most intense method of kashering, namely libbun, which burns away absorbed food.

�� To kasher pots, silverware, and utensils wholly of metal not used for baking, thoroughly clean the item with soap and water, then, following a strict 24 hour waiting period during which they are not used, immerse the item in water that is at a rolling boil (hag’alah). For pots and pans, clean handles thoroughly. If the handle can be removed, do so for an even more thorough cleaning. To effect hag’alah, the item must be completely exposed to the boiling water. Pots and pans are either immersed in a larger pot of boiling water (may be done one section at a time) or filled with water brought to a rolling boil and then a heated stone is dropped into the pot such that the boiling water overflows to cover the sides of the pot. A safer alternative might be to let the water boil over the sides of the pot. In the case of silverware every part of each piece must be exposed to the water at a rolling boil. Following this hag’alah, process, each utensil is rinsed in cold water.

Metal bakeware used in a fire or in an oven must first be thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned and then must be subjected to direct fire or an oven at its maximum setting. Thus using a blow torch or putting it in an oven during self-cleaning are two ways to accomplish this purging libbun. This is a complicated and a potentially dangerous procedure and may result in discoloration or warping of the metal being purged. Exercise caution when performing libbun. Metal baking pans and sheets require libbun at very high temperatures which may warp the vessel. This may result in a reluctance to submit the vessel to the required temperature.

A metal kitchen sink can be kashered by thoroughly cleaning and scrubbing the sink (especially the garbage catch), letting 24 hours pass during which only cold water is used, and then carefully pouring boiling water over all the surfaces of the sink including the lip. A porcelain sink cannot be kashered, but should be thoroughly cleaned, then Pesach dish basins and dish racks must be used, one each for dairy and meat. ��Glass dishes used for eating and serving hot foods are to be treated like any dish used for eating and serving hot food. Kashering is effected by cleaning and immersing in boiling water.

Glass cookware is treated like a metal pot for kashering (see paragraph on metal, above). The issues regarding glass bakeware are complex. Some authorities allow it to be kashered and others do not. Drinking glasses or glass dishes used only for cold foods may be kashered by a simple rinsing. Some follow the custom of soaking them for three days. ��Heavy duty plastics including dishes, cutlery or serving items, providing they can withstand very hot water and do not permanently stain, may be kashered by hag’alah. If there is some doubt as to whether particular items can be kashered, consult your rabbi. ��Ceramic dishes (earthenware, stoneware, china, pottery, etc) cannot be kashered. However, fine china that was put away clean and that has not been used for over one Jewish calendar year may be used after thorough detergent and hot water washing. The china is then considered pareve and may be designated for meat or dairy use. ��For ovens and ranges, every part that comes in contact with food must be thoroughly cleaned. This includes the walls and the top and bottom of the oven. Then the oven or range should be heated as hot as possible. The oven should be heated at maximum heat for an hour; the range top until the elements turn red and glow. Then parts of the range top around the elements that can be covered should be covered, (usually with aluminum foil). After a general and careful cleaning, self cleaning ovens are put through the full cleaning cycle while empty.

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Following this process, the oven should be again cleaned to remove any ash. If the oven was very dirty to start, two cycles may be needed to assure a thorough cleaning.

Smooth, glass top electric ranges require kashering by libbun and iruy – pouring boiling water over the surface of the range top. First, clean the top thoroughly, then turn the coils on maximum heat until they are red hot. Then carefully pour boiling water on the surface area over and around the burners. The range top may now be used for cooking. Microwave ovens that have no convection option should be thoroughly cleaned. Then an 8 ounce cup of water is placed inside and the oven is turned on until the water almost disappears (at least 6 of the 8 ounces is gone). Heating to complete dryness may damage the oven. A microwave oven that has a browning element cannot be kashered.

Convection ovens are kashered like regular ovens. Make sure that during the cleaning phase you clean thoroughly around the fan. ��A dishwasher needs to be cleaned as thoroughly as possible including the inside area around the drainage and filters. Then a full cycle with detergent (with racks in) should be run while the dishwasher is empty. After 24 hours of not being used the dishwasher is again run empty (with racks in) and set on the highest heat for the purpose of kashering. If the sides of the dishwasher are made of enamel or porcelain, the dishwasher cannot be kashered for Pesach.

Other electrical appliances can be kashered if the parts that come in contact with hametz are metal and are removable, in which case they may be kashered like all other metal cooking utensils. If the parts are not removable, the appliances cannot be kashered. We recommend whenever possible that small appliances be used that are strictly for Pesach, thus avoiding the difficulty of kashering these appliances. ��Tables, closets, and counters should be thoroughly cleaned and covered for Pesach. The coverings can be contact paper, regular paper, foil or cloth that does not contain hametz (e.g. been starched with hametz starch). Note that the covering material should be made of material that is not easily torn.

Many counter top surfaces can be kashered simply by a thorough cleaning, a 24 hour wait and iruy – (pouring boiling water over them). To have iruy be effective for kashering, the surface must have no hairline cracks, nicks or scratches that can be seen with the naked eye. • Plastic laminates, limestone, soapstone, granite, marble, glass, Corian, Staron, Ceasarstone, Swanstone, Surell and Avonite surfaces can be kashered by iruy. • Wood without scratches is also kashered by iruy. • Ceramic, cement or porcelain counter tops cannot be kashered by iruy. The potential effectiveness of iruy depends on the material of which the counter was made. A full list of counter materials that can be kashered (according to their decisors) may be found on the website of the Chicago Rabbinical Council (CRC). Refrigerators and freezers should be thoroughly cleaned with detergent. If there are places where food can be stuck (e.g. cracks or difficult corners to reach), these areas should be covered. ��The Torah prohibits the ownership of hametz (flour, food or drink made from the prohibited species of leavened grain: wheat, oats, barley, rye or spelt) during Pesach. Ideally we burn or remove all hametz from our premises which may be effected by donations to a local food pantry.

In some cases, however, this would cause prohibitive financial loss. In such cases, we arrange for the sale of the hametz to a non-Jew and its repurchase after Pesach: Mekhirat hametz – the sale of hametz – is accomplished by appointing an agent, usually one’s rabbi to handle the sale. This must be considered a valid and legal transfer of ownership and thus the items sold must be separated and stored away from all other foods and supplies. This means that non-Passover dishes, pots, utensils and hametz food that have been sold as part of the selling of one’s hametz should be separated, covered or locked away to prevent accidental use. If you sell your hametz through Rabbi Weiss, the sale is done with a deposit and if not paid in full the ownership reverts to you immediately after the holiday. If you sell your hametz outright, you must wait for it to be repurchased before consuming it. To eat it before repurchase in such a case would be theft.

At the end of the holiday, the agent arranges to repurchase the items on behalf of the owner, since the hametz at that time is again permitted. One must wait until one is sure the repurchase has been done. If ownership of the hametz was not transferred before the holiday, the use of any such hametz remains prohibited after the holiday. Hametz she-avar alav ha-Pesach and any such products should be given away to a non-Jewish food pantry. ��Since the Torah prohibits the eating of hametz during Pesach, and since many common foods contain some hametz, guidance is necessary when shopping and preparing for Pesach.

Prohibited foods include the following: • biscuits • cakes

• coffees containing cereal derivatives • crackers

• leavened bread • pasta


These are foods that are generally made with wheat, barley, oats, spelt or rye (grains that can become hametz). Any food containing these grains or derivatives of these grains must be certified kosher for Pesach. Flavorings in foodstuffs are often derived from alcohol produced from one of these grains which would render that food hametz. Such products also need Pesach supervision.

Kitniyot Ashkenazi: Rabbinical authorities added the following foods kitniyot to the above list of prohibited foods: • beans • corn

• millet • peas

• rice • soy

These and some other plant foods (e.g. mustard, buckwheat and sesame seeds) are not permitted for eating on Pesach. They need not be sold or disposed of before Pesach. The processed products, whether liquid or solid, from kitniyot are also forbidden by most Ashkenazic rabbinical authorities. These might include but not be limited to ascorbic acid (vitamin C), corn oil, corn sweetener, and soy oil.

Most Sephardic authorities permit the use of all the kitniyot foods other than those that might have come in contact with the prohibited grains. Israeli products are often marked “contains kitniyot” and thus Ashkenazi Jews who do not use kitniyot need to be vigilant when purchasing Israeli products for Passover.

Our Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards has permitted the use of peanuts and peanut oil on Pesach provided said items have proper year round kosher certification and do not contain any hametz ingredients. ��An item that is kosher all year round, that is made with no hametz, and is processed on machines used only for that item and nothing else (such as ground coffee) may be used with no special Pesach supervision. As we learn more about the processing of foods and the ingredients they contain, relying on the kashrut of a product for Pesach without a Passover hekhsher may be problematic. Wherever possible, processed foods ought to have a “kasher l’Pesach” hekhsher from a reliable source. Since that is not always possible, however, our guidelines reflect some alternatives that are acceptable.

Any food that you purchase with a “kasher l’Pesach” hekhsher must have a label that is integral to the package and it should have the name of a recognizable, living supervising Rabbi or creditable kosher supervision agency if possible. If the label is not integral to the package or if there are questions regarding the labeling, the item should not be used without consulting a Rabbi. ��Products which may be purchased without a Pesach hekhsher before or during Pesach: • baking soda • bicarbonate of soda • eggs • fresh fruits and vegetables • fresh or frozen kosher meat (other than chopped meat) • Nestea (regular and decaffeinated) • pure black, green, or white tea leaves

• unflavored tea bags • unflavored regular coffee • olive oil (extra-virgin only) • whole or gutted fresh fish • whole or half pecans (not pieces) • whole (unground) spices and nuts

��Products which may only be purchased without a Pesach hekhsher before Pesach. If bought during Pesach they require a Pesach hekhsher: • all pure fruit juices • filleted fish • frozen fruit (no additives)

• non-iodized salt • pure white sugar (no additives) • quinoa (with nothing mixed in)*

• unsalted Grade A butter • white milk

Frozen, uncooked vegetables may be processed on shared equipment that uses hametz. It is preferable to purchase those with a “kasher l’Pesah” label. One may, however buy bags of frozen non-hekhshered vegetables before Pesach provided that one can either absolutely determine that no shared equipment was used or one is careful to inspect the contents before Pesach and discard any pieces of hametz. Even if one did not inspect the vegetables before Pesach, if one can remove pieces of hametz found in the package on Pesach, the vegetables themselves are permissible.

*It has come to our attention that there is a possibility of grains being mixed with quinoa if it is not under Pesach supervision. The best option is to purchase quinoa with a Pesach hekhsher, if it is available. Where that is not available, purchase Bolivian or Peruvian quinoa, marked “gluten free” before Pesach. Please make certain that quinoa is the sole ingredient in the final packaging. ��Products which require reliable kasher l’Pesah certification (regular kosher supervision being not sufficient) whether bought before or during Pesach: • all baked goods • farfel • matzah • any product containing matzah • matzah flour • matzah meal • Pesah cakes • all frozen processed foods

• candy • canned tuna • cheeses • chocolate milk • decaf coffee • decaf tea • dried fruits • herbal tea

• ice cream • liquor • non Grade A butter • oils • soda • vinegar • wine • yogurt

Regarding cheeses and non Grade A butter, an inspection by a rabbi of a local dairy may suffice to resolve potential questions in some cases.


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SIYYUM B’CHORIMFirst-borns, normally required to fast the day before Pesach, are relieved of this requirement by attending a Torah study session (Siyyum) on the morning before the holiday. This year’s Siyyum will be held on Monday, March 25, at the conclusion of the Shaharit service. There will be just one minyan beginning at 7:00 a.m. in Halpern Hall.

PASSOVER FOOD COLLECTIONThe Federation’s Jewish Volunteer Network will again be coordinating the Annual Passover Food Delivery to JFSA clients. This year, each participating synagogue will be responsible for collecting/purchasing food items, packaging up and delivering 20 boxes of food to those in need. This is a great mitzvah opportunity for families to do together. This year’s collection will run through Friday, March 8. If you would like to help box and deliver food, please contact Rachel & Joel Schwarz (216-292-3691, [email protected]), Chesed Chairs.

If you are looking for home hospitality for the seders, or are willing to open your home to guests, please contact Rabbi Rudin-Luria. If you, or someone you know, will be

out of town and are looking for a seder to attend, visit: www.projectreconnect.org.

�� Baby food with a Passover hekhsher is sometimes available. Of course, home preparation of baby food, using kasher l’Pesah utensils and kitchen items is always possible. Pure vegetable prepared baby food that is kosher the year round is acceptable for Pesach. The use of kitniyot is also acceptable with care taken that this baby food does mix with food from the rest of the family. Separate dishes and utensils are recommended. Most infant formulas are made from soy and the use of kitniyot does not apply to infants. Thus, infant formula products, kosher the year round, are acceptable for Pesach. Here, as in baby foods, the bottles, nipples and formula should be kept away from the general kitchen area and clean up should be done out of the kitchen area (e.g. a bathroom sink). ��Prescription medicines are permitted. Non-prescription pills and capsules are permitted; for liquids, check with your rabbi. ��The issue of pets on Pesach is a complicated one. There are several options: 1. The pet is given, for the week of Pesach, to a gentile who can feed it whatever food is available. 2. Since no hametz is allowed in our possession on Pesach, one could feed the pet either kasher l’Pesah pet food, pet foods with no grain, or food off your own table which is already kasher l’Pesah. Incidentally kitniyot would be permissible. 3. Some authorities allow for the pet to be sold along with the hametz and, since the pet does not belong to the Jewish owner, regular pet food would be fed. Note that the document of sale would have to include the pet as well as hametz. If you have these pet foods in your home be careful to keep them away from the general kitchen area. Washing of pet utensils should be done out of the kitchen area (e.g. a bathroom sink). ��Any detergents, cleaners, etc. which are not a food stuff and which are not eaten, may be used for Pesach with no hekhshered supervision. This would include:

• aluminum product • ammonia

• baby oil • bleach • candles • contact paper • charcoal • coffee filters

• fabric softener • isopropyl alcohol • laundry and dish detergent • oven cleaner • paper bags • paper plates (with no starch coating) • plastic cutlery

• plastic wrap • polish • powder and ointment • sanitizers • scouring pads • stain remover • water with no additives • wax paper



Shabbat Sha-Bang!March 8 – 9

For ALL 5th and 6th Grade StudentsJoin us for a Shrek-themed Shabbaton!

Please contact Rabbi Josh Foster for more details.

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Passover: Experiential Education at its FinestPerhaps the strongest trend in schools today is a move towards experiential education, developing methods of teaching where students learn by doing and gain understanding through their experiences. As we work to develop more experiential learning for

students and families here at B’nai Jeshurun, it’s easy to forget that the Jewish people have been practicing experiential education for millennia, long before the current trend. What have we been doing, you ask? Maybe you’ve heard of it, it’s called the Passover seder. Eight out of ten Jews in the United States hold or attend a Passover seder each year, making it the most practiced Jewish ritual (alongside lighting Hanukkah candles) in the country.

The seder is the quintessential educational experience. Rather than simply telling a story, we become part of the story. We eat bitter herbs to recall the bitterness of our slavery, we dip parsley in salt water to remind us of the tears of our ancestors, and we eat matzah to remember our hurried departure from Egypt. We sing songs, place symbolic foods on our seder plate, and declare that we are obligated to feel as though we personally came out of Egypt. And there are so many ways we can build on the experience at our seder. The Talmud teaches us that we do things differently at the seder precisely so that we will ask questions and learn more. We are encouraged to keep people on their toes so they will always be asking.

So, as we continue to build our experiential programs throughout the year here at B’nai Jeshurun, I encourage you to add a custom or two to your seder this year that will help enrich the experience. Perhaps you can adopt the Afghani ritual of getting green onion stalks, for each person and playfully hitting one another during Dayeinu to remember the taskmasters in Egypt. Or, you could adopt the Egyptian custom of wrapping your matzah in a sack and walking around the table to represent the physical journey out of Egypt. You can add songs or readings, or you can act out the story in costume! In place of (or in addition to) awarding a prize to the person who fi nds the afi komen, you can let the fi nder choose a cause to support and donate to tzedakah. And you can give your children the opportunity to create their own ritual to share at the seder.

We already have the fi nest example of experiential education right in our own homes on Passover, and each year we have the ability to make it an even more memorable experience!

Hag Sameach!Rabbi Josh Foster, Education Director


USY and Kadima are starting a buddy program! We would like to pair all 6th to 8th graders with a USY buddy. If you are interested in joining, contact Dana Blocker ([email protected]). In preparation for Passover, BYJUSY will hold a car clean-out Sunday, March 17, weather permitting, in the back parking lot from 11:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. A minimum suggested donation of $20 is appreciated. First come fi rst served. Proceeds go to the BYJUSY Tikkun Olam pledge. Consider hiring a USYer to help you get ready for the holidays! For a $36 donation, two USYers will help you out for two hours. USYers are happy to move furniture, clean cupboards, watch children, paint...the sky is the limit!

Ari Ross, BYJUSY President

BYJUSY

B’nai Mitzvah

JOSHUA EMERY ROBBINSShabbat afternoon (Mincha), March 9;Monday, December 31 on top of MasadaJoshua attends University School and lives in Pepper Pike. He enjoys

baseball, basketball, golf, musical theater and plays trumpet in his school’s jazz band. For his Mitzvah Project, he volunteered with Project Leket, PACT, the Cleveland Foodbank and Federation’s Super Sunday. He is the son of Beth & Brian Robbins, brother of Emma Robbins, grandson of Noreen Koppelman Goldstein & Barry Goloboff , Alan Robbins & Iris Micochero and Sondra & Leon Tracy and the great-grandson of Vivian Koppelman.

OFEK EDWARD HYERThursday, March 21 and Shabbat, March 23, both in JerusalemOfek attends Beachwood Middle School and enjoys playing classical guitar, basketball, swimming and football. For his Mitzvah Project,

he volunteers at Monte� ore and the Cleveland Foodbank. He is the son of Shoshana & Moshe Hyer, brother of Yehonatan Hyer, grandson of Clodette & Ya’akov Agai and Marilyn & Robert Hyer and great-grandson of Bidah Maman.



Mishpachot* & Kulanu** Familiesare invited to a family fun day at the

F O R C E S P O R T S I N D O O R A R E N A26555 Richmond Rd. • Bedford Hts. • (216-464-7122)

Sunday, March 10 from 1 – 3 pmActivities include: soccer, bounce house, tennis, basketball, obstacle course, parachute and so much more!

Kosher snacks will be provided. $10 children 4 and up, $5 children up to 3, $30 family max. RSVP to Leah Polikoff (216-373-1045 or [email protected]).

*Mishpachot is for families with children ages 0-6 **Kulanu is for families with children grades 1-5

This event is co-sponsored with The Foundation for Jewish Camping’s One Happy Camper Grant.

News FromThe Jewish FamilyEarly Childhood Center

Pesach will be here soon. As I begin to do the copious work preparing for our holiday, there are defi nitely moments when I can truly relate to the backbreaking labor of the Jews in Egypt and the reward of freedom. Pesach, for me, is always a high point of the Jewish year. The harder the work, the more it seems to equal stronger meaning. It includes time with some or all of my family and will be the fi rst year my granddaughter will participate. I’m sure she will love the matzah. But, is Pesach a holiday for adults or children? It is important to let kids know they are an important part of the seder. Make a seder fun, interesting and memorable for them. But, although it’s become popular to turn the seder into a kids’ night, we can’t just live our Jewish lives for our kids. Adults need spiritual sustenance and growth, too. And our children need to know that we are having a seder for ourselves and see that Pesach is important when you are grown up, too. That is one goal: to pass down our family history in Egypt. Even though this history would not show up on a genealogy website, it nonetheless is the history of our Jewish ancestors, a remembrance of family, miracles and freedom.

Risa Roth, Director


Mommy & Me Mondays at 9:45 a.m.

Winter semester through March 18 Is your child turning 18 months soon?

Join us for the spring semester, beginning April 8.For children ages 18 mos. – 3 years with an

adult. A fi rst classroom experience with learning through play, art experiences

and music. Free & open to the community. Registration and paperwork required.

Kinder Shabbat & Open PlayroomEvery Friday at 10:15 a.m.

(except March 29 due to Pesach)Drop in for our popular “get ready for

Shabbat” program with challah making and singing. Free and open to the community.

Shabbat B’Yachad & Shabbat ShelanuMarch 9 • 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Shabbat b’Yachad is a family service for young children, their parents and grandparents, led by Rabbi Hal. Shabbat Shelanu, with

Ines Ades, is for children in grades K-2, full of songs, prayer, activities and stories.

To RSVP, or for more information about any of these programs, please contact

[email protected] 216-831-6555 ext 125.


Received as of January 22, 2013 To better manage administrative expenses, it is requested that contributions be at least $10 or more each.

Thank you for helping us reduce the synagogue’s costs, which increases the actual value of your gifts.To better manage administrative expenses, it is requested that contributions be at least $10 or more each.

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ABRAHAM FAMILY COURTYARD FUND In Honor of:Milestone Birthdays of Gloria Kahan, Jordan Max, Lynn Benchell-Harris, Michael Loewenstein, Nancy Kay, Renee Lieberman and Barbara Amper; Milestone Anniversaries of Marilyn & Dick Myers and Renee & Marvin Klein; Birth of Hannah Eliana Schwarz and Jonah Levi Tucker by Roz & Harry Abraham…Speedy Recovery to Harry Abraham by Nicki & Gabe Adler and the Leitson & Walters Families. In Memory of:Fred Brandon, Albert Yedid, Morris Hersh and Bernard Shultz by Roz & Harry Abraham…Al Seligman by Diane & David Shedroff.

ABRAHAM-GRUENSPAN HIGH HOLY DAY CHOIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND By: Ruth Wolfson. In Honor of:Milestone Birthdays of Renee Lieberman and Norma Geller by Linda & Charles Gruenspan…Cantor Aaron Shifman by Roz & Harry Abraham.

JULIUS ABRAMS MINYAN FUND In Honor of:Speedy Recovery to Hilda Gibberman by Marilyn & Stuart Greenwald…Morning Minyan by Sylvia & Mitchell Schwartz. In Memory of:Arthur Schwartz and William H. Sherr by Sylvia & Mitchell Schwartz…Franklyn Weissman by Nicki & Gabe Adler…Julia Nathanson and Issedore Teitelman by Lois Teitelman.

ALIYAH FUND In Honor of:Milestone Birthday of Gil Peleg by Jodi & Gil Peleg…Joel Kay’s Aliyah by Nancy & Joel Kay…Leslie Weller’s birthday by Leslie & Jay Weller.

ADOLPH AMSEL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION In Memory of:Frieda Amsel by Alice Roth, Faith & Dean Eisenberg, Lois Teitelman, Sanford Robbins and Susan & Nelson Pole.

In Memory of:Natalie Becker by Andrea & Aaron Canowitz.

SHIRLEY AND DAVID BOMAN MEMORIAL FUND

In Memory of:Miriam B. Rubin by Elmer Rubin.

PHYLLIS AND JULES BOOKATZ FUND FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

In Honor of:Wedding of Gabrielle & Arnie Goodman by Shirley Lowy.

TEMPLE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT FUND

By: Bertha Gold and Joan & Mark Green. In Memory of:Carrie Weiss by Sylvia and Harriet Weiss…A. Albert Derman by Ava & Steven Derman…Michael S. Eisenstat by Marilyn Eisenstat…Jack & Birdie Polster by Joel Polster, Lawrence Skoke by Eric Skoke…Ruth & Leonard Eisenberg and Bernard Jaffe by Shirley & Paul Eisenberg…Margit Kertesz by Rhonda & Randy Kertesz…Nettie Shagrin by Frani & Michael Shagrin…Percy Solomon by Annette Solomon…Rose Wymor by Marilyn Bayer…Susan Lipman by Karen & Daniel Steiger…William Greenfi eld by Shirley Gordon …Shirley Kutash by Sanford Kutash…Abraham Shizgal by Rebecca & Richard Miller…George Arch by Ilene & Robert Neides…Jared Orchin and Jerry Rosenwater by Joni & Steven Wasserman…Jeanette Borodkin by Lisa & Bob Fishman and Mary Kostas Anasson…Natalie Becker by Jennifer & Neil Tramer…Otto Bloch by Nicki & Gabor Adler…Theresia V. McComish by Susan & Nelson Pole.

CANTOR’S MUSIC FUND In Honor of:Cantor Aaron Shifman by Marlene Fishel, Alison & Larry Borodkin, Alice Roth, Evelyn & Malcolm Brahms, Lynda & Nelson Newman, Sue & Vic Amster, Jodi & Gil Peleg, Sherry & Ken Banchek and Cheryl Wolkoff….Hedy Milgrom by Terry Amon.

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BEVA BERKOWITZ USY FUND In Honor of:Milestone Birthdays of Aaron Canowitz and Michael Jacobson; Speedy Recovery to Hilda Gibberman by Mary & Murray Berkowitz. In Memory of:Frieda Amsel by Mary & Murray Berkowitz…Ruth Polster by Connie & Murray Altose, Pamela Berkowitz and Alice Roth.

BERMAN-LIPPA FAMILY FOUNDATION In Honor of:Milestone Birthday of Michael Jacobson by Dean & Faith Eisenberg. In Memory of:Julius Berman, Julius Lippa, Sanford Berman, and Melvyn Leeb by Lana & Michael Jacobson.

BETH AM ENRICHMENT FUND In Honor of:Rabbi Weiss, Rabbi Rudin-Luria, Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Shifman by Miriam & Dan Rose. In Memory of:Evelyn Hoffman by Faith & Dean Eisenberg.

BLUESTONE-ROSE FAMILY EDUCATION FUND In Memory of:Gertrude Bluestone by Marlene Rose.

BOHNEN SCHAFFER GARDEN FOUNDATION In Honor of:Milestone Birthday of Aaron Canowitz by Faith & Dean Eisenberg.

In Memory of:Nathan Ritsky by Frances Ritsky-Kluter…Sam Feig by Carol & Joe Feig…Allen Block by Carole & Barry Kanefsky…Bernard Shultz by Lois Teitelman, Rowena Rubin, Paula Schaffer-Polakof & Steven Polakof, Mary & Donald Perlmutter, Alice Roth, Betty Fishman, Sarah Felder, Ruth & David Dobres, Nicki & Gabe Adler, Harriet & Gary Mann, Fay & Ed Blumenthal, Sylvia T. Rose…Hilda Miller by Harriet & Gary Mann…Otto Bloch by Faith & Dean Eisenberg.

CHESED FUND By: Sylvia Rose. In Honor of:Milestone Birthday of Aaron Canowitz by Cindy & Jerry Brodsky…Milestone Birthday of Michael Loewenstein by Linda Schoenberg & Bill Jones…Murray Berkowitz by Adrienne & Mel Wasserman, Melody Whitman, Cindy & Jerry Brodsky, Lynn & Allen Danzig, Sonnie & Rick Martin and Tova & Chad Cohen…Milestone Birthday of Shelley Scher; Birth of Hannah Eliana Schwarz by Linda Schoenberg & Bill Jones and Faith & Dean Eisenberg…Birth of Hannah Eliana Schwarz by Susan Warshay & Jay Ross. In Memory of:Louis Markowitz and Irv Berman by Cindy & Jerry Brodsky…Joseph Greenblatt by Marilyn & Allan Klein…Marguerite Schwartz by Nancy & Joel Kay…Ruth Schloss Lever and Florence Stahlberg Hiedovitz by Caren & Harry Lever…Otto Bloch by Marilyn & Allan Klein and Sonya Shultz.

CHESED/MAZON In Honor of:Murray Berkowitz’s Bar Mitzvah Anniversary by Debbie & Barry Rothschild, Rosa & Joel Skolnik, Sharon Comet Epstein & Robert Epstein, Fern & Ken Adler, Deborah Rossman, Wendy & Bill Schwarz, Margie & David Cohen, Rachel & Joel Schwarz, Sherrie and Carrie Linden, Roni & Benjamin Wallace, Connie & Murray Altose, Susannah & Avery Cohen, Pamela Berkowitz, Esther Swertloff, Marilyn & Herb Bell and Sheila & Mitchell Balk.



HARRIET AND PAUL DENNIS CHILDREN’S LIBRARY FUND In Honor of:Milestone Anniversary of Connie & Murray Altose by Faith & Dean Eisenberg…Milestone Birthday of Ron Titlebaum by Marlene & Jerome Shultz.

KEREN REBECCA EMRICH MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of:Louis Kanter by Joyce & Ron Emrich.

ERENBERG FAMILY PASTORAL CARE FUND In Memory of:Rose Esterson Ehrlich by Shu & Gerry Erenberg.

FRANK AND IDA FRIEDMAN FUND FOR SPECIAL NEEDS By: Linda & Martin Ardman.

WILLIAM A. GIBBERMAN MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND In Honor of:Speedy Recovery to Hilda Gibberman by Faith & Dean Eisenberg.

GINSBERG FAMILY UNITED SYNAGOGUE YOUTH (USY) FUND In Memory of:Bernard Shultz by Diane & Melvin Ginsberg.

GOTTLIEB FAMILY FUND FOR HOLOCAUST MISSIONS In Honor of:Aliyah by Diane & David Shedroff…Engagement of Robyn Gottlieb to Danny Brenner by Susan Warshay & Jay Ross and Jill & Jeffrey Zimon. In Memory of:Albert Yedid by Susan & Jerry Gottlieb and Bernice & Saul Gottlieb.

EDWARD GREENE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND In Memory of:Elaine Greene by Lois Teitelman and Millie Mandel.

BESSIE HERSHEY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND In Honor of:Wedding of Gabrielle & Arnie Goodman by Cindy & Michael Furst & Family…Speedy Recovery to Sue Amster by Judith & Alan Riga. In Memory of:Jeannette Borodkin by Personnel Research and Development.

In Memory of:Martin Bohm and Phyllis Hellman by Denise & Lee Farkas…Mel Diamond by Abbey & Michael Guggenheim.

MAZON HUNGER FUND In Honor of:Rabbi Lettofsky by Sue & Vic Amster…Milestone Birthdays of Alvie Markowitz, Gary Gross, Karen Barson, Norma Geller, Robert Spira and Vic Amster; Milestone Anniversary of Cheryl & Robert Spira; Birth of Sasha and Eve Michaelson by Toby & Rey Macknin…Milestone Birthday of Linda Siegan by Jerry Siegan…Murray Berkowitz by Orna & David Schafer, Diane & Mel Ginsberg and Marlene & Kenny Burns…Milestone Birthday of Nancy Kay by Nancy & Joel Kay and Linda & Jerry Siegan. In Memory of:Anna & Harry Bordman by Rhoda & Morrie Bordman…Otto Bloch by Toby & Rey Macknin.

LEO AND SALLY MOSS LIBRARY FUND In Memory of:Bernard Udelson by Judy & David Zwick.

PRAYER BOOK FUND In Memory of:Barnet Adler by Lauren & David Feiglin…Harry Yaakov Goldstein by Edith Goldstein…Leonard Fenton by Shirley Fenton.

RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUNDS In Honor of:Rabbi Stephen Weiss by Hawken School, Marina Belyayev & Paul Eisenberg, Marlene Fishel, Alice Roth, Sue & Vic Amster, Lynda & Nelson Newman, Florence & Robert Goodman, Jerry Rothenberg, Sherry & Ken Banchek and Cheryl Wolkoff…Renee & Brian Heller’s Aliyah; Wedding of Rachel & Jeffrey Heller by Renee & Brian Heller…Aliyah by Judith & Alan Riga…Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria by Marlene Fishel, Alice Roth, Sue & Vic Amster, Lynda & Nelson Newman, David Rosner, Michelle & Evan Hirsch, Barbara Amper and Renee & Brian Heller…Rabbi Rona Shapiro by Marlene Fishel, Alice Roth and Sue & Vic Amster…Anniversary of Michelle & Efi

ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory of:Neil H. Light by Marv Light.

JACK JACOBSON AND BELLE JACOBSON WINOGRAD MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND In Honor of:Rafi Simon’s birthday by Michele Cydulka-Weinstein & Edward Weinstein. In Memory of:Yetta Kahane by Jacqueline Freedman…Irving Berman by Marcia & Larry Simon…Natalie Becker, Ruth Lebov, Teresia McComish, Frieda Amsel and Hilda Miller by B’nai Jeshurun Fellowship.

ETOLE AND JULIAN KAHAN FINE ARTS ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of:Eve Kaplin by Gail & David Kaplin.

SAM AND DOROTHY KOHN FOUNDATION In Memory of:Marion Tansky Tierk by Elaine & Jerome Kohn.

MAX LEFKOWICH SCHOLARSHIP FUND By Bertram Lefkowich.

SANFORD AND GLORIA KURLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND In Honor of:Birth of Matthew Bennett Hirsch by Sandy & Bob Berkowitz…Speedy Recovery to Kenny Kurland by Marlene Leitson and Eunice & Ernie Benchell.

LINDEN FAMILY CEREMONIAL COURTYARD FUND In Memory of:Albert Yedid by Ethel & Earl Linden, Michael Linden and Lisa & Ken Ingber…Hilda Miller by Ethel & Earl Linden…Irving Goodman, Alice Roth, Moshe Rubinstein, Philip Hoffman, Stan Fishel and Hilda Miller by Michael Linden.

MILDRED ROSE AND GEORGE MANDEL EDUCATION FUND In Memory of:Sylvia Katz by Millie Mandel.

BERNARD MARGOLIS FAMILY FUND In Honor of:Chickie Margolis’ birthday by Charlotte & Armin Guggenheim.

Golan by Eleanor & Robert Davis…Rabbi Michael Hecht by Alice Roth and Michele Cydulka-Weinstein & Edward Weinstein.. In Memory of:Esther Stulberg by Carolyn & Bernie Stulberg…Nanci Feiner by Susie & Irwin Kornbluth…Charlyne Schreck by Richard Schreck…Ida Vernick by Eleanor & Robert Davis…Sam Dwosh by Shirley Gold…Bella Korman by Sheldon Korman…Benjamin Rosenbaum by Anita Rosenbaum…Leah Buchman by Gitta Levine…Philip Groedel by Marc Groedel…Rose B. Cohen by Nita & Phill Cohen…Frances Greenberg by Lucille Mandel…Lottie Jaffe by Lore Levi…Otto Bloch by Barbara & Bernie Kotton.

ESTELLE ROSENBERG SHAVUOT FUND In Memory of:Bertha Orkoff, Morris Hersh and Ruth Polster by Harriet & Gary Mann.

LILLIAN AND HARVEY PHILIP ROSENSTEIN BOOK FUND In Memory of:Otto Bloch by Helen & Paul Wolf.

RABBI RUDOLPH M. ROSENTHAL MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of:Ann Cohen, Hilda Miller and Natalie Becker by Susannah & Avery Cohen….Edith R. Michael and Bertha B. Rosenthal by Flora & Irv Lewis.

ROSENZWEIG SINGER SCHOLARSHP FUND In Memory of:Blanche Singer, Harold Singer and Celia Rosenzweig by Alta & Arnold Rosenzweig.

JONATHAN ROTH TORAH FUND By: Rosh Chodesh Members. In Memory of:Otto Bloch by Alice Roth, Wendi & Robert Shapiro and Arda Golden…Natalie Becker by Wendi & Robert Shapiro…Martin Kasson by Arda Golden…Phil Groedel by Howard Groedel…Edith Friedman by Wendi & Robert Shapiro…Jonathan Roth by Ellen & Benjamin Richman, Frances Ritsky-Kluter, Sandra & Steven Laserson, Sara Bucholtz



Please note: Donations may be made by mailing or bringing in a note to the synagogue office detailing the name of the fund, the reason for the donation, to whom acknowledgement should go, and the donor’s name, along with a check made out to B’nai Jeshurun Congregation. It would be greatly appreciated if checks for donations were separate from other checks to the congregation.For Sisterhood Building and Development Fund, please mail your donations and full information to Millie Mandel, 25805 Fairmount Blvd. #103, Beachwood 44122. For Torah Fund, please mail your donations and full information to Linda Powers, 3323 Belvoir Blvd., Beachwood 44122.Again, for Sisterhood, please make separate checks for donations, dues, luncheons, etc. as they go to different people and different accounts. Thanks for helping to make the job of our bookkeepers and treasurers a little easier.

with the symbols of old, Rabban Gamliel enabled Jews to feel they were preserving their past as much as they were taking a giant leap into the future.

So, where did the haggadah come from? Parts of the seder date back to the time of Rabban Gamliel. But, in reality, every generation has added its own words. So, in reality, Maxwell House is its generation’s riff on a story that has been in the process of being written for over 2,000 years. The invitation to us, if we want to be traditional, is to do what our ancestors did – add our voices to the chorus of the past! A seder is and always has been like a jazz composition – a new riff on an old theme. Tradition is not and has never been written in stone. Tradition is a highly �exible concept that allows us to recreate the traditions of our ancestors in radical ways, just as Rabban Gamliel, the creator of the seder did, and call it Tradition!

I bless you all to have seders steeped in tradition this Pesach!

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& Adam Feldman, Myra Weiner & Irving Newman, Fay & Ed Blumenthal, Rivka Greenberg, C2BMC Missile Defense National Team and Judie & Bruce Amsel.

RUTH AND GEORGE ROTHSTEIN ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of:Milestone Anniversary of Mary Ann & Dan Rothstein by Selma Friedman.

RABBI STANLEY J. SCHACHTER PRAYERBOOK FUND In Honor of:Matthew Cohen by Nancy & Joel Kay.

PHYLLIS K. SCHWARZ LIBRARY FUND In Honor of:Birth of Avishai Shapira Ferency by Grace & Marc Brower.

ROSE AND MAX WEINBERG FOUNDATON By: Shirley & Lewis Einbund.

WIKAS FAMILY LIFE CYCLE FUND In Honor of:Birth of Asher Dylan Benson by Faith & Dean Eisenberg. In Memory of:Otto Bloch by Cheryl & Schield Wikas.

WYNBRANDT FAMILY FUND FOR BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE In Memory of:Harry Wynbrandt and Jack Wynbrandt by Rose & Daniel Lash.

ALBERT AND EVETTE YEDID FUND (pending Board approval) By: Joan & Isaac Yedid. In Honor of:Evette Yedid by Elizabeth & Larry Weiss. In Memory of:Albert Yedid by Lorin & Alan Gottlieb, Rhonda & Roger

THOMAS AND RICHARD SHATTEN MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of:Richard Shatten by Shirley Shatten.

ARNIE SWERTLOFF FUND In Honor of:Milestone Birthdays of Aaron Canowitz and Michael Jacobson by Esther Swertloff. In Memory of:Frieda Amsel by Esther Swertloff.

RONALD AND NATALIE TITLEBAUM ENDOWMENT FUND In Honor of:Milestone Birthday of Ron Titlebaum by Gail & Alan Abrams.

TORAH PRESERVATION FUND In Honor of:Aliyah by Sue & Vic Amster. In Memory of:Alvin Amster by Sue & Vic Amster.

ALFRED AND HERTA WEIL FUND In Memory of:Dave Sokol, Moses Schnerb and Herta Weil by Carol Sokol.

Wolfson, Laura & Michael Bennett, Cari & Gary Gross, Nicki & Gabe Adler, Brad Demsey, Denise & Lee Farkas, Lori & Steven Raichilson, Harriet & Gary Mann, Susan & Sheldon Karp, Laurie & Gary Biales, Marcia & Alec Berezin, Lenore & Nate Oscar, Joy Leventhal, Rita Barron, Lynne & Irv Berliner, Elizabeth Weiss, Rochelle & Harley Gross, Toby & Mort Gross and Phyllis Goodman & Ken Kabb.

IDA AND SAM ZELWIN FAMILY FUND In Honor of:Murray Berkowitz by Ronna & Robert Zelwin. In Memory of:Samuel Zelwin and Otto Bloch by Ileen & Larry Boro…Natalie Becker by Ronna & Robert Zelwin.

EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING By Leah & Joshua Golub.

Thank you to our January kiddush & flower sponsors:

January 12: The bima flowers were sponsored by Jodi & Steve Marton in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Zachary. The extended kiddush was co-sponsored by the Martons for same and by Hana Loewenstein in honor of Michael Loewenstein’s milestone birthday.

January 19: The bima flowers were sponsored by Debby Botnick in honor of the aufruf of Gabe Botnick & Rose Prevezer. The kiddush was co-sponsored by Debby Botnick for same and by Michele Cydulka-Weinstein and Rita Cydulka and their families in honor of the milestone birthday of their father, Dr. Samuel Cydulka.

January 26: The bima flowers and kiddush were sponsored by Karen & Daniel Steiger in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Aaron.

Sponsoring an oneg, kiddush or bima flowers is a lovely way to celebrate a simcha or remember

a loved one. Partial sponsorships are also possible. Please contact Diane Shalom.


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7:30 p.m. Service; Birthday Shabbat w/Zamir Choir

9:00 a.m. Service; Men’s Club Shabbat

9:30 a.m. Open Tent Minyan

12:00 p.m. Cholent Cook-off

7:30 p.m. Board of Trustees Meeting

9:45 a.m. Mommy & Me

7:00 p.m. Sisterhood Pesach with Pizzazz

8:00 a.m. Men’s Club Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Men’s Club Yom HaShoah Candle Packing

10:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.Drop-in Mahj


7:30 p.m. Men’s Club Meeting

Daylight Savings Time – Spring Forward

9:00 a.m. B’nai Mitzvah Program

10:00 a.m. Sisterhood Board Meeting

1:00 p.m. Force Sports

5:30 p.m. Shabbat Schmooze

6:00 p.m. Service; Anniversary Shabbat

9:00 a.m. Service

10:00 a.m. Making Prayer Real: Deepening Your Davening

7:30 p.m. Sisterhood Book Discussion (out of building)


9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Red Cross Blood Drive

11:45 a.m. –2:00 p.m. USY Car Clean-Out


6:00 p.m. Service

No School

9:00 a.m. Service

No School2nd day Pesach; Offi ce Closed

9:15 a.m. Festival Service

1st day Pesach; 2nd Seder; Offi ce Closed; No School

9:15 a.m. Festival Service

Fast of the 1st Born; Erev Pesach; 1st Seder; Offi ce closes at noon

7:00 a.m. Siyyum b’Chorim

No School; Bedikat Hametz

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6:00 p.m. Service

No School

9:00 a.m. Service

5th/6th Grade Shabbaton

9:00 a.m. Service

10:30 a.m. Shabbat b’Yachad

10:30 a.m. Shabbat Shelanu

4:30 p.m. Joshua Robbins Mincha Bar Mitzvah


6:00 p.m. Service

7:00 p.m. 5th/6th Grade Shabbaton

RECURRING EVENTSThursdays: 12:00 p.m. Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Weiss(Commerce Park 4, Chagrin Blvd. & Green Rd., Room 130)

Fridays: 10:15 a.m. Kinder Shabbat followed by Open Playroom (no class March 23)

Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. Starbucks, Bread (or Matzah!) & Torah

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Stephen Weiss, Senior Rabbi ext 104Hal Rudin-Luria, Rabbi ext 101Rona Shapiro, Rabbi ext 108Aaron Shifman, Cantor ext 112Stanley J. Schachter, Rabbi Emeritus ext 106Michael Hecht, Rabbi Emeritus ext 105Jay Ross, Executive Director ext 107Marcy Stahm, Controller ext 111Rabbi Joshua Foster, Education Director ext 124Barbara Rosenfeld, Executive Educator ext 121Risa Roth, Early Childhood Director ext 125Dana Blocker, Youth Director ext 120Dr. R. Raphael Simon, Librarian ext 114Anne Muskin, Membership/ Programming Director ext 131 Diane Shalom, Asst. to Rabbi Weiss/ Newsletters Editor ext 104Paula Botkin, Accounting/ Cemeteries/Calendaring ext 109Wendy Altmire, School Admin. Asst. ext 123Julie Berman, Asst. to Cantor and Rabbi Shapiro ext 102Shirley Haas, School Admin. Asst. ext 122Rachel Taxer, Receptionist, Asst. to Rabbi Rudin-Luria and Jay Ross ext 100

Red Cross Blood Drive

Sponsored by Men’s Club

Sunday, March 17 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.Gottlieb Auditorium

Give blood and save a life! There is a critical need for blood right now. For more information,

visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/. No appointment necessary.

Shabbat Rocks!Friday, April 12

What do you get when you combine the flowing

poetry of Psalms with a live band playing some of today’s hottest Jewish music? You get Shabbat Rocks! -

a Friday evening service to welcome Shabbat unlike anything you have ever experienced. B’nai Jeshurun

will be the first anywhere to use these pieces for a unique liturgical experience that will make your heart sing, your hands clap and your feet dance.

MP3 files have been posted on our website to

familiarize you with the tunes. Check it out and joinus for this wonderful, new Kabbalat Shabbat experience!

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