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Vol. 92 No. 8 April 2014 - Nisan 5774

139 Winton Road South Rochester, NY 14610-2997

www.tberochester.org

Weekly Services

Shacharit:

Sunday: 8:30 am Monday-Friday: 7:30 am

Rosh Hodesh: 7:15 am

Shabbat 9:00 am

Secular Holidays 8:30 am

Mincha/Ma’ariv:

Sunday-Friday 6:00 pm

5. B’nei Mitzvah, USY &

Keshet

6-7. Passover Information

8. YAD Day

9. Challah Baking

Inclusion Shabbat

10. Men’s Club & Sisterhood

11. Friday Night Jazz

12-13. Purim Celebration &

Carnival Thank Yous

Table Of Contents

Page

2. Temple Beth El Mission,

Vision and Values

President’s Message

Limmud

3. From Our Senior Rabbi

Notes From Our Hazzan

4. From the Associate Rabbi

Religious School Corner

Article & Mazal Tovs

14. Community Garden,

Jewish Community

Golf League

16-17. Donations & Article

18. Yahrzeits

19. Condolences,

Board Meeting Minutes

Highlights,

Officers & Staff

20. Calendar

Have no plans yet for the 2nd Seder, April 15?

Join your Temple family for a kosher Passover Seder.

Our menu will include: • Kugel (Potato, Matzo or vegetable) • Matzo Balls & Chicken Soup • Roasted Chicken • Brisket • Tzimmes • Charoset • Delicious Desserts • Vegetarian option available

Traditional Pesach foods

Tuesday, April 15th

5:30 p.m. In the Garden Room

Please make reservations for the

2nd Seder, led by our clergy,

with the Temple office no later than

Monday, April 7

or register online at www.tberochester.org.

Service Times During Passover

Mon. April 14th, 7:00 AM, Siyum Bechorim (festive meal) and burning of hametz to follow.

Tues., 15th & Wed., 16th 9:00 AM

Thur., 17th & Fri., 18th 7:15 AM

Shabbat, 19th, 9:00 AM

Sun., 20th, 8:30 AM

Mon., 21st, 9:00 AM

Tues., 22nd, 9:00 AM Yizkor is recited.

Mincha/Ma’ariv daily at 6:00 PM except on Shabbat, which will be at 7:10 PM

Passover is almost here! Please donate any unopened, unexpired, non-perishable hametz to the Brighton Food Cupboard. Food can be dropped off Monday – Friday from 9 - 12 at the BFC. Located in the Brookside Building (Brighton Rec) at 220 Idlewood Road, you can get to us from Winton Road, or from Westfall Road. (to Evans Lane). Questions, please call us at 271-5355.

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Temple Beth El

Mission Statement

Temple Beth El is a vibrant and

inclusive community of Jews who join

together for prayer, education,

celebration, mutual support and

comfort, tikkun olam and acts of

loving kindness. We are guided by

Torah and the principles of the

Conservative movement. We are

committed to our community, the State

of Israel, and Jews around the world.

Vision Statement

Our vision is that Temple Beth El will

be an inspiring center of Conservative

Judaism in which meaningful

experiences and memories

take root and grow.

Values Statement

We are a welcoming and inclusive

congregation.

We value and respect each congregant

and his or her personal journey in

Judaism.

We foster a sense of connectedness

with our community.

We value participation in all aspects of

synagogue and Jewish life.

Our congregation will be here for the

entire Temple family now and for future

generations.

Welcome to our house.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

After one of the longest and hardest winters in recent memory, the renewal of spring comes with a sense of relief and dare I say it, euphoria. When we first interviewed Rabbi Bitran and his family, many of us talked about Rochester’s weather. He passed it off without any concern. And while he remains an eternal optimist, I think even he has

wondered if it would ever end. So please help me reassure him and his family that this winter was an aberration. As the seasons begin to change, it is easy to be in awe of nature’s renewal. I hope you feel some of this with regards to our shul. We have spent many months creating a new kehilla (a sacred community). You have heard our leadership speak about bringing our community closer together by developing interpersonal relationships. This goal has been the lens through which all of our decisions are made. And we have been improving one step at a time. I hope that you have been able to personally experience this change. It may have been through a holiday event, a mitzvah you have been planning, a phone call you made or received or perhaps just being in the building on a busy weekend. And speaking of renewal, the leadership of your synagogue, the lay leaders and clergy together, have recently made a very difficult decision. A couple of months ago, we decided to change the direction of our Religious School. One of the most important issues facing our kehilla, our congregation, is to look at our Religious School education model and how it engages our students and their families. This is a tremendous challenge and will be a primary focus of our leadership for the foreseeable future. We felt that we needed to move in a different direction and have decided not to renew Susan Bernstein’s contract. To that end, we have decided to create a search committee, co-chaired by VP Lisa Silverstein and Youth Committee co-chair Susan Trumble, to find a new Education Director to fulfill this vision. We have already reached out to schools around the country that have experimented with different models. We have preliminarily considered creating a Youth/Family Education Director position. We believe that the experience and education about Judaism is best done with the entire family involved. This vision is being formed as I write this, and I encourage all of you to contact me at the email below with any thoughts you may have. The leadership of Temple Beth El would like to thank Susan Bernstein for her three years of hard and sometimes thankless work, which will conclude on June 30. Please join me for Shabbat Services and Kiddush on May 10th as we honor Susan. B’Shalom, Todd Stein [email protected]

Sunday 11:30-12:30PM The Sacred Art of Writing: Tapping Into Your Soul; 4/6 and 5/4

Monday 6:15-7:15PM New Trends In Conservative Judaism Series:

•To live as a modern Conservative Jew means@ - April 28

Wednesday 9:30-10:30AM Hebrew I (new session); April 2,9,23, 30, May 7, 14 and 21 12:00-1:00PM Lunchtime study sessions led by Rabbi Leonardo Bitran: at TBE.

•What we believe about God - April 9 7:00-8:00PM When Bad Things Happen to Typical People:

•When life is at stake - April 30

Thursday 6:30-7:30PM Tikkun Olam: April 30, May 7 and 14

Shabbat 1:00-2:00PM Making Shabbat Observance Relevant to My Family

•Shabbat Observance at Home, where do I start? - April 5

Sign up for Limmud

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FROM THE DESK OF

THE SENIOR RABBI

Find the Afikoman!

In celebration of the upcoming festival of

Passover, I offer this little puzzle, to include

our younger readers of the Kol. See if you can find four

occurrences of “Afikoman”. Good luck!

V L H X O N Z V K M

I O D B Z B W A Z X

F E S T W N Z S J E

F A B H A I V I K S

Q M Q W F I A I W L

E X X O I L N B L D

G Q N X K W A T M T

I E N Y O I M H E C

L Y N A M L O J Z J

T J E T A X K G W F

W I O I N B I E S C

S V A W E T F M N W

N T P B B T A A Q A

C Q E L L C M Z R F

M C E P L O A Z U I

U M P C K E I R L K

O U R I H K N D C O

O I F B D H J M F M

B A D M C H N Y M A

N U I S K Y R L X N

Lisa joins me in wishing you and yours a Pesach Sameach!

Hazzan Martin Leubitz

NOTES FROM

OUR HAZZAN...

Elijah and the Seder We are told that at the Seder table of a great Chassidic rabbi,

one of his disciples was asked to open the door for Elijah.

When he returned from the open door, everyone noticed that the Chassid’s face was quite pale. When asked why he was so moved, the

Chassid responded, “When you open a door in the rebbe’s house, the

possibility is strong that Elijah will really come in, and I was afraid.”

The Rabbi heard these words and responded, “You don’t have to be afraid.

When Elijah will come in, he will come not through the door, but through

your heart." Why, of all the great prophets in Israel, was Elijah chosen as

our most important, albeit invisible, Seder guest? What, in our tradition,

associates him with Passover in coming not just through our doors, but

“through our hearts”?

The most obvious answer is historical. Elijah staked his life in the struggle

against idolatry in ancient Israel. The king and queen of Israel had betrayed

the faith of their fathers and had succeeded in establishing throughout the

land, the worship of the Canaanite fertility gods. Most of the true prophets

were slain by the king. But Elijah demonstrated a supreme courage and

zeal which designated him forever as forerunner of the Messiah, as one who would herald the redemption of all human kind. Thus, Passover, the

festival of Jewish freedom, is connected with Elijah, the prophet of

ultimate, universal freedom.

Yet there was another role which rabbis assigned to Elijah, less awesome,

but more human. The Bible says of Elijah that “he will turn the hearts of

the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.”

Before the coming of Passover we read this verse as we prepare for the

celebration of the Seder, because the greatest of the responsibilities of

Elijah will be the reunion of families, the joining of husbands and wives, of

parents and children. In Jewish legend, it is Elijah who, under different

guises and always unrecognized, appears and reappears to reconcile those

whom bitterness had split asunder. It is in this role, even more so than as harbinger of Messianic times, that Elijah “enters our hearts.”

Passover is uniquely a family festival when grandparents, parents, children and relatives reenact ancient rituals and “eat history”. The first instructions

given to the people of Israel to observe the Passover Festival state: “It shall

come to pass when your children shall say unto you, ‘what mean you by

this Service’ and thou shalt tell the story to your children.” If the head of

the household is the King of the Seder, then the star of the performance is

the child. The whole test of that night, the Haggadah, is intended to build a

path way to a child’s heart.

In the midst of our concern for success and achievement on the personal

level, Judaism teaches us that there is a foundation upon which human life

itself either becomes blessed or loses its possibility for regeneration, and

that foundation is the family. We have the obligation and privilege to

communicate our heritage to our young, to respond to them, to share with

them the values so precious to us. Therefore, we hope for the coming of

Elijah because he is a symbol of the reconciliation of the generations.

When the generations understand each other, when the young are willing to

learn from the experience of their elders, and when elders are willing to

draw faith and hope from the enthusiasm and sincerity of the young, then indeed, will we have reached the age of fulfillment. Elijah’s presence

reminds us that redemption involves not merely leading people out of

slavery, but bringing people back to each other – of leading all gathered

around the Seder table back to the mutual love and appreciation which are

the dearest possessions of free men and women. May Elijah enter our

homes, but more important, may he enter our hearts.

Silvana, Ethan, Lara and I express our very best wishes for a joyous

Passover to each of you. May you and your loved ones share in the blessings of this season.

Pesach Kasher V’Sameach

Rabbi Leonardo Bitran

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The first Pesach seder will be celebrated on

Monday evening, April 14th. The aisles at

Wegmans have been lined with Passover

provisions for weeks already. We continue to ask the

question, “Why is this night different from all other

nights?”

Why do we hide the afikoman and give gifts to the

children who find it?

In many ways children are the stars of the Seder night.

Jewish law states that the Seder should begin as soon after

nightfall as possible in order to insure the participation of

children. Various customs, including spreading nuts on

the table, exist specifically to arouse the curiosity of

children and to stimulate their active involvement.

Likewise, the hiding and seeking of the afikoman. The

annual afikoman hunt has a way of transforming even the

most bleary-eyed youngster into an exuberant Seder

participant. Like a child on the trail of the afikoman, we

too can see ourselves as seekers – for truth and meaning,

for the kind of fulfillment that lasts longer than a week

and for riches that transcend the material.

My wishes for a meaningful and rich Pesach to all.

Susan Bernstein

Director of Education

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

CORNER

The movie “12 Years a Slave” took home three Academy

Awards on March 2nd, including “Best Picture.” The film

tells the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man

living in Upstate New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery

in 1841. He remained a slave for twelve years, enduring back-breaking

labor and horrific abuse. The film captures the atrocities of slavery:

harsh labor, physical pain, merciless beatings, sexual abuse, and

extreme degradation.

“In every generation all individuals should regard themselves as if they

personally went out of Egypt.”

This instruction from the Haggadah takes on a new resonance this year

after seeing “12 Years a Slave.” The experience of slavery in Egypt

plays a central role in Jewish tradition. During the seder, we point to

the matzah, the symbol of our slavery, and declare, “This is the bread

of our affliction.”

The Passover Seder centers around asking and answering questions.

The Haggadah leads us to wonder, “What was the nature of our

ancestors’ enslavement?” It provides two distinct answers.

“Avadim hayinu l’Paroh b’Mitzrayim/We were slaves to Pharaoh in

Egypt” declares the Haggadah. The answer is simple: enslavement is

physical. We had no freedom, no liberty. In Egypt there was harsh

labor, there were forced quotas, there were cruel beatings. Our infant

sons’ lives were at risk of being drowned in the Nile. We were slaves

until God’s miracles liberated us and we became a free nation.

The Haggadah provides another answer as well. “Mit’chila ovdei

avodah zarah/At first, our ancestors engaged in idol worship, but now

we are drawn nearer to God’s service.” We began as idolaters and only

later came to worship the One God. Enslavement does not need to be

physical; it can be spiritual as well. We can be enslaved to false ideals

and ideologies and meaningless values. We can lose our faith in ways

both large and small.

The Exodus from Egypt freed us from both types of slavery. Our

bodies were freed from the harshness of forced labor while our minds

and spirits were freed from the false beliefs of idolatry and brought to

realize and celebrate the existence of the One God. On Pesach, we

celebrate both liberations.

And yet, according to Jewish tradition, we are not meant to stop with

merely remembering the miracles of liberation. In the words of

Exodus 22:21, “You shall not mistreat a stranger, nor oppress him: for

you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” The reminders of the past are

meant to inspire present action.

May our Pesach celebrations remind us of the many ways that we are

free, point to the areas in our lives where we hope for liberation, and

sensitize us to the needs of all those around us.

Marvin and Rena join me in wishing you a Chag Kasher v’Sameach, Rabbi Sarah Freidson-King

FROM THE DESK OF THE

associate RABBI

New Baby!

Mazal Tov to Courtney & Michael Cornell on the birth

of their daughter, Kellin Avagail Cornell,

born March 3, 2014.

And Mazal Tov to grandparents Olivia & David Cornell,

Leslie & Robert Cordaro and Lin & CJ Rapp; and to

great-grandparents Helene & Alfred Gupp.

Mazal Tov to Lisa & Michael Kosoff on the birth of

their son, Ori Richard Kosoff on February 14, 2014 in Falls Church, VA.

And Mazal Tov to grandparents Myrna & Robert Karz

and Barbara Kosoff and to great-grandparents

Janet Karz and Helena Kirstein.

Torah, Tapas & Tequila:

Ancient Wisdom meets

Modern World

Upcoming Dates/Topics

Wednesday 4/23 -- What Does the World Need From You? Wednesday 5/14 – Where Do You Feel At Home?

All Events are at CHAR at the Strathallan Hotel,

7:30 PM and are for young professionals.

The first round of drinks and vegetarian appetizers are FREE for Temple Beth El members, $10 for non-members.

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B’Nei MITZVAH

Mazal Tov

Daughter of: Jamie Columbus and Richard Glaser

Sister of: Max Glaser

Granddaughter of: Jane & Seymour Glaser and Judy & Richard Columbus

Lily is a 7th grader at The Harley School. She enjoys drawing and painting, reading and running for exercise. Lily

is on the modified swim, soccer and track & field teams at Harley as well as serving on the student council. She

enjoys spending time with her friends and her rabbit. Lily is really looking forward to becoming a Bat Mitzvah.

Lily Cole Glaser

April 26, 2014

Daughter of: Susan & Gary Hollenberg

Sister of: Alex & Michelle Hollenberg

Granddaughter of: Mary Davis & Al Davis, z’l and Nancy & Dr. Murray Hollenberg

Ronnie is a 7th grader at Calkins Road Middle School. She loves playing volleyball and softball. She also enjoys

playing piano and clarinet. Ronnie has attended Camp Seneca Lake for the past four summers. She is looking

forward to celebrating her Bat Mitzvah with her family and friends.

Ronnie Emma Hollenberg

April 5, 2014

All teens in grades 8-12 are invited to Sababa USY’s

CHOCOLATE SEDER

Join us for singing, a fun seder, and most importantly - chocolate!

April 8, 2014 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM in the Youth Lounge

Sign up at www.tinyurl.com/sababaseder

or to the USY advisor, Leah at [email protected]

RSVP by April 1!

Don’t be left out in the cold!

Registration has begun for the 2014-2015 school year. Call 473-1190 to speak with our

director Randi Fox Tabb and to schedule a tour! Looking forward to meeting you and your family!

Calling all 2 1/2—4 1/2

year olds!

Camp Keshet

Registrations due by April 23.

Call 473-1190 for more information!

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PASSOVER INFORMATION

EREV PESAH SIYUM

The sunrise to sunset ta'anit (fast) bekhorim (of the firstborn), which occurs on the day before Passover, is the

only fast that applies to just a segment of the community: all males who are the firstborn children in their

families (if the firstborn child is female, the first son born after her is not obligated).

There is a widely practiced exemption: On the principle that fasting is prohibited on a joyous occasion,

Judaism allows for anyone who attends a religious feast to forego fasting. It is customary to hold a celebratory

meal on the completion of study of a tractate of rabbinic literature, called a siyyum (conclusion). So the sages

initiated the practice of studying the end of a tractate after morning services on Erev Pesah followed by a

celebratory meal.

At 7:00 am Monday, April 14th, the firstborn in each family is invited to the Siyum B’khorim. Following the

meal, there is an opportunity to burn your family’s remaining hametz in a bonfire in the TBE Garden.

IS IT KOSHER FOR PASSOVER?

Passover has its own special rules of kashrut. On Pesah, Jews are forbidden from owning or consuming hametz

(flour, food or drink made from the prohibited species of leavened grain: wheat, oats, barley, rye or spelt).

Most Ashkenazic authorities have added the following foods (kitniyot) to the above list: rice, corn, millet,

legumes (beans and peas; however, string beans are permitted). The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

has ruled unanimously that peanuts and peanut oil are permissible. Sephardic authorities permit the use of all

of the above kitniyot.

PERMITTED FOODS:

A. The following foods require no kosher l’Pesah label when purchased before or during Passover: fresh fruits

and eggs, fresh fish (whole or gutted), fresh or frozen kosher meat other than chopped meat, whole (unground)

spices and nuts, including whole or half pecans (not pieces), pure black, green, or white tea leaves or teabags,

Nestea regular and decaffeinated unflavored tea, coffee (unflavored regular), baking soda and bicarbonate of

soda.

B. The following items may be purchased before Pesah without a Pesah hekhsher but if bought during Pesah

require a kosher l’Pesah label: white milk, 100% pure fruit juice, filleted fish, frozen fruit (with no additives),

pure white sugar (with no additive), olive oil (extra virgin only), non-iodized salt, quinoa (with no additional

ingredients).

C. The following products require reliable (“kosher l”pesah”) certification (regular rabbinic supervision is not

sufficient), whether purchased before or during Pesah: all baked goods (matzah, Pesah cakes, matzah flour,

farfel, matzfel meal, and any other products containing matzoh), herbal teas, canned tuna, wine, vinegar,

liquor, decaffeinated coffee and tea, dried fruits, oils, frozen uncooked vegetables and all frozen processed

foods, candy, chocolate-flavored milk, ice cream, yogurt, cheeses, butter, and soda. Any processed food

bought during Pesah must have a (“kosher l”Pesah”) certification.

D. Any detergents, cleaners, etc. which are not a foodstuff and which are not eaten, may be used for Pesah and

do not require a special label. These items include: isopropyl alcohol, aluminum products, ammonia, coffee

filters, baby oil, powder and ointment, bleach, charcoal, candles, contact paper, plastic cutlery, laundry and

dish detergent, fabric softener, oven cleaner, paper bags, plates, wax paper, plastic wrap, polish, sanitizers,

scouring pads, stain remover, and bottled water with no additives.

E. Medicines: Prescription medicines are permitted. Non-prescription pills and capsules are permitted, for

liquid medications, check with your rabbi.

For a more complete Passover guide prepared by the Rabbinical Assembly which includes guidelines for

koshering a kitchen, please visit: rabbinicalassembly.org/pesah-guide

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BEDIKAT HAMETZ

One of the required holiday ceremonies is Bedikat Hametz, searching for leaven. On the night before the first

seder, Sunday, April 13th, we conduct a candle-lit search through our home to ensure that no hametz is still

present. It is a brief ceremony in which the entire family can and should participate.

1. Make sure that all hametz has been removed or locked away with the exception of what will be needed for

the morning.

2. Carefully hide some crumbs of bread. This is to insure that the blessing and the ceremony will not be

performed in vain.

3. Take a candle, a feather or brush, and a box or cloth for the crumbs, and recite this blessing:

Baruch Ata Adonai, Eloheynu Melekh haolam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tsivanu al biur hametz.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has sanctified us with the commandments and

commanded us to remove all leaven.

4. Perform the search and gather up all the crumbs. Tie them in a bundle which will be burned the next

morning. Feel free to (safely) burn it on your own, or use the bonfire at Temple Beth El following morning

minyan.

5. Recite the following: All manner of leaven which is in my possession, that I have not seen or removed shall

be annulled and void of any ownership and considered as the dust of the earth. (The Aramaic for this can be

found in the front of your Haggadah.).

6. On Monday, April 14th, at or before 10:00 am, burn the leaven and recite the formula below:

All manner of leaven which is in my possession, that I have seen or not seen, that I have removed or not

removed, that I have destroyed or not destroyed shall be annulled and void of my ownership and considered as

the dust of the earth. (The Aramaic for this can be found in the front of your Haggadah.)

TO SELL YOUR HAMETZ

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 Pesah. 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 Pesah. You can arrange for this sale of your Hametz by sending the following

form to Rabbi Bitran at the Temple office no later than Friday, April 11th.

It is customary to include a donation to provide Maot Hittin funds for Passover supplies for the needy.

Please make checks payable to Temple Beth El which will contribute to maot hittin on everyone’s behalf.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Dear Rabbi Bitran:

Please act as my agent for this sale of any hametz on my premises.

Name________________________________________

Address_______________________________________

Enclosed is my contribution to sell my hametz.

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INCLUSION SHABBAT

February marks Jewish Disability Awareness Month, and in honor of this designation,

Temple Beth El presented a special Inclusion Shabbat on February 22. The service

promoted awareness of the needs, strengths, opportunities and challenges of people with

disabilities in the local Jewish community.

Under the leadership of Elliot Fix, the coordinator and instructor for Jewish Living and

special needs consultant to the Jewish Federation, the following people, residents of the

Arc of Monroe’s Farmbrook Jewish-based group home participated during services :

Aaron Allentoff, Gail Alpert, Rob Bonferraro, Gail Clifton, Jeffrey Crane, Eric

Eisenberg, Judy Falkoff, Rachel Gebell, Fran Havelin, Greg Herman, Deborah Kramer,

Barry J. Medved, Pamela Metzger, Judy Metzger, Bruce Miller, Lisa Newman, Michael

Newman, George Pffefer, Naomi Reichert, George Rotter, Larry Rubin, Vivian Saltoun

and Yeva Volfsen

Kiddush was sponsored by Leslie & Howard Crane and Adell Crane Ornstein and Alvin

Ornstein in honor of National Jewish Disability Awareness Month.

Thank you to all who helped make this Special Shabbat possible.

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Men’s Club of Temple Beth El Involving Jewish Men in Jewish Life!

Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs

Sunday, April 27 Breakfast Program 9:30am

“A Million Miracles: Survival and the Determination to Live”

presented by

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TBE Sisterhood Celebrate Summer! with Sisterhood on

June 8 at TBE Afternoon Beach Party

With ‘Hypnotic Clambake’

A little bit klezmer, a little bit zydeco, rock ‘n roll & more!

Hypnotic Clambake has performed at the Montreal Jazz

Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and more!

Come for the fun and enjoy Hypnotic Clambake!

Sisterhood Annual Meeting at 1:45 p.m.

Beach Party with desserts 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Everyone is Invited to Come for Fun and Enjoy

Hypnotic Clambake!

SAVE THE DATE & Watch for more information!

Sisterhood International Convention July 17 – 20 at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, NJ

STIPEND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE!

Contact Sue Zauderer at 383-7663 TODAY! Right now!! Immediately!!!

Go to www.wlcj.org for more information about events and speakers

Shop at Just Judaica for all your Passover Gifts!

Everything for the Seder, Afikomen gifts and just the perfect gift to bring as a guest.

Hours: Sunday 9 am-12 pm when

Religious School is in session Tuesday 3-6 pm

Wednesday 4-6 pm

or by appointment.

Spring Book Club - April 23, 2014

Join Athene Goldstein in a discussion of:

Day After Night, by Anita Diamant

What happened in Palestine between the end

of the war and the beginning of Israel?

Diamant poses this question as she considers

the men and women who escaped Europe

only to find themselves behind barbed wire in

the country they had dreamed about.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 7:30 pm

at the home of Marcia Nabut,

10 Danbury Circle North, 14618 R.S.V.P. to Marcia at [email protected]

or call 271-4189.

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FridayFriday NightNight JazzJazz

Temple Beth El welcomes back

Gap Mangione

Friday, May 30, 2014

6:00 pm

Shabbat Dinner to follow

RSVP to the Temple Office or

online at tberochester.org

Friday Night Jazz is sponsored by

Marcia Shapiro in honor of her family and

in memory of her late husband, Sidney, z’l.

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Spring is in the Air Don’t let the winter blues get you down�look ahead to the spring�help plan Temple Beth El’s new Community Garden.

Vegetables and flowers grown in our community garden will be distributed to the Jewish Family Service Food Cupboard, to Asbury Dining & Caring Center, and to the refugee resettlement family that members of our congregation will be working with.

The garden will be located at Temple Beth El and will be cared for by congregants, their family and friends, and clients of Jewish Family Service who ask for a way to give back to the community.

We are grateful to the Max and Marian Farash Foundation for providing the funding needed to establish the Temple Beth El Community Garden.

Please R.S.V.P. to the TBE Office at 473-1770 or [email protected].

Whether you have gardening expertise or not we need your help to:

• build raised garden beds • maintain a garden plot in the spring/summer

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TODAH RABBAH CONTRIBUTIONS* TO TEMPLE BETH EL FUNDS THAT ARE WORTH MENSCHEN-ING

Aaron Gabay Children's Garden Fund

In memory of Bruce Lipsky

Marcia and Gary Stern

In memory of Richard Price

Maxine Newman


In memory of Evelyn Scull Deanna and Howard Luntz


Building Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Flora Griesbach

Roslyn Griesbach

For the Yahrzeit of Martha Griesbach

Roslyn Griesbach

For the Yahrzeit of Ina Rosenbaum

Roslyn Griesbach

Capital Campaign Fund


Joan and Beryl Nusbaum

In memory of Harvey Phillips

Rina and Danny Chessin

In memory of Evelyn Scull

Rina and Danny Chessin

David E Sadick Jewish Enviro. Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Mildred Abel Jaschik

Sue and Nathan Jaschik

In memory of Albert Sadick

Dorothy and Robert Sadick

Exec Director's Discretionary Fund

In appreciation of Debbie Zeger

Weintraub Family

General Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Harry Aronow

Eileen and Dennis Kovel

For the Yahrzeit of Pesya Kogan

Genya Braslavsky

For the Yahrzeit of Isadore Jack Korenstein

Anne Korenstein

For the Yahrzeit of Margaret Kovel

Eileen and Dennis Kovel

For the Yahrzeit of Moshe Mann

Eva Mann

For the Yahrzeit of Sol Merzel

Howard Merzel

For the Yahrzeit of Yakov Neveleva

Liliya Neveleva

For the Yahrzeit of Nora Ouzer

Herbert Ouzer

For the Yahrzeit of Harry Rubinson

Naomi and David Schrier

For the Yahrzeit of Nathan Sadik

Murray Sanders

For the Yahrzeit of Rosara Sundell

Steve Sundell

In memory of Myron “Mike” Kolko

Ellen & Neil Melman

Harriet Melman

In memory of Lillian Levinson

Judy and Mark Alderman

Paulina and Larry Kovalsky

In memory of Boruch Libanov

Asya Kostinskaya & Viktor Kostinskiy

In memory of Daniel Owerbach


Helen Hecker

Phyllis and Al Schneider

Sheri, David & Ronni Schwartz

In memory of Lois Pheterson

Esther Smalline

In memory of Dr. Harvey Phillips

Marilyn Cooper

Seymour Fogel

Marjorie and Julian Goldstein

Paulina and Laurence Kovalsky Debby Landsman

Esther Smalline



Debby Landsman

Helene and Bruce Newman Sandra and Stuart Stern

Betty Tishkoff

In memory of Paul Schweid

Wendy and Jack Scull



Hazzan's Discretionary Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Essie Axelrod

T'Mahry Axelrod

For the Yahrzeit of Helen Korpeck

Mona Korpeck

For the Yahrzeit of Clarice G. London Lois London

In appreciation of Hazzan Leubitz

Jean Owerbach & Family

Weintraub Family


Helen Levinson

Robert Rutzen


Helen Levinson


Mr. & Mrs. Miichael Haymes

In memory of Dr. Martin Rosenberg

Robert Rutzen

In memory of Paul Scheid

Nancy and Paul Duberstein

Hebrew School Discretionary Fund


Daniel Saltzman


Iris and David Mand


Iris and David Mand


Iris and David Mand

Keshet Nursery Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Selma Sweet

Rona Stein


Iris and David Mand

Mazal Tov to Jamie & Loren Flaum on the

birth of their daughter, Jordana Flaum

Karen and Michael Haymes

Mazal Tov to Sara & Darren Ressler on the birth of their daughter, Janis Ressler

Karen and Michael Haymes

Kiddush Fund

For the speedy recovery of Rheva Kleinberg

Esther and Harvey Rosenbaum

Esther Smalline For the Yahrzeit of Lillian Joffe

Randi and Richard Cowen & Family

For the Yahrzeit of Myron Joffe

Randi and Richard Cowen & Family


Sandy Sapiro


Rosalyn Schreiber

Alice and Nathan Teichman


Esther and Harvey Rosenbaum


Burton Spiller


Gloria and Pincus Cohen

In memory of Evelyn Margolis Scull

Peggy Blumenthal and Ronald Gould

Henra Briskin

Joan & Bob Clar

Gloria and Pincus Cohen

Sharon and Sydney Cohen

Leslie and Howard Crane

Annette and Marvin Eisenstein

Mr. & Mrs. Warren Gager

Virginia and Irving Gordon

Roslyn Griesbach

Shirley and John Hart

Catherine and Sherman Henzel

Faye Herr

Lori and Frank Karbel

Helen Levinson

Kathy London

Carolyn and Marvin Miller

Perry Myers

Helene and Bruce Newman

Diane Rock

Roberta and Malcolm Savedoff

Rosalyn Schreiber

Barb and Steve Schron

Toby and Solomon Shinder

Alice and Nathan Teichman

Shirley Younger

L D Schacht Minyan/Chapel Fund

In memory of Harvey Phillips, DDS

Letty Gail and Robert Schacht


Athene Goldstein


Letty Gail Schacht

Library Fund

In memory of Cherie Lempert

Bunny Goldstein

In memory of Mrs. Lois Pheterson


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Library Fund (cont.)

In memory of Harvey Phillips Fran and Arnold Henry


In memory of Richard Price Harriet and Murray Merl

Neil Norry Mem Campership Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Celia Lapides Samuel Katz

For the Yahrzeit of Minnie Norwitch Samuel Katz

In memory of Lois Pheterson Sam Katz

In memory of Richard Price Sam Katz

In memory of Evelyn Scull Sam Katz


Prayer Book Fund

In memory of Morton Bardenstein Cathy Bardenstein

President's Discretionary Fund

In memory of Lois Pheterson Susan and David Rothenberg

In memory of Evelyn Scull Lesley and Daniel Glowinsky

R Briskin Cantor-in-Residence Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Gilbert M. Crane Adell Crane Ornstein

For the Yahrzeit of Melvin B. Fernandez Judy and Allan Schwartz For the Yahrzeit of Hazzan Samuel Rosenbaum Roslyn Griesbach

For the Yahrzeit of Hym Solomon Henra Briskin

In honor of Barbara & E. David Appelbaum's granddaughter Talia's, Bat Mitzvah Henra Briskin

In honor of the Richard W. Briskin Cantor-In-Residence Program Andrew J. Kirch Trust

Margaret Kleinman

Tillie Levinson

Maxine and Gerald Rosen

Joan and Arthur Segal

In memory of Sylvia G. Bloom Dolores Schwartz

In memory of Lillian Briskin Dolores Schwartz

In memory of Richard Briskin Ellen and Frank Hagelberg

Phyllis Kasdin

In memory of Evelyn J. Gray Dolores Schwartz

In memory of Isaac Gray Dolores Schwartz

In memory of Lena Gray Dolores Schwartz

In memory of Bruce Lipsky Phyllis and Bernard Natal

Sharon and Martin Rose

In memory of Lois Pheterson Marvin Korus

Rabbi Bitran's Discretionary Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Sam Freedland Ellen Kirschenbaum

For the Yahrzeit of Pearl Zinkin Joyce and Edward Zinkin

In appreciation of Rabbi Bitran Jean Owerbach & Family

Weintraub Family

In appreciation of a wonderful Limmud Melissa and Joshua Pheterson

In memory of Daniel Owerbach Julie Freedland

Ellen Kirschenbaum

Perry Myers

Dolores Schwartz

In memory of Lois Pheterson Lynda and Ronald Axelrod

In memory of Harvey Phillips Myrna and Richard LaBaer

Morris Shapiro

Mary Turcotte

In memory of Richard Price Jacqueline Meri Bamman

Judith Brody

In memory of Evelyn Scull Daniel Saltzman

Rabbi Freidson-King's Discretionary

For the Yahrzeit of Rose Gurell Earl Gurell

For the Yahrzeit of Louise Sussman Deborah and John Gallant

In appreciation of Rabbi Freidson-King Jean Owerbach & Family

In honor of Mona Korpeck's great granddaughter naming Ada Rebecca, daughter of Melyssa Weingarten Mona Korpeck

In memory of Harvey Phillips, DDS Gabriela and Samuel Rind

In memory of Evelyn Scull Cheryl and Robert Andler

Scholarship Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Daniel Chazanoff Nina Chazanoff

Mazal Tov to Jamie and Loren Flaum on Hebrew naming of Jordana Flaum Leah and Justin Goldman

Mazal Tov to Sara & Darren Ressler on the Hebrew naming of Janis Ressler Leah and Justin Goldman

Shulman Children's Music Fund

In honor of Syral & Lowell Fallick's birthdays Dvorah and Henry Shulman

In memory of Harvey Phillips Debby and Hank Shulman

In memory of Paul Schweid Amy Libenson and Brett Shulman

In memory of Evelyn Scull Amy Libenson and Brett Shulman

Sidney Levinson Youth Memorial Fund

For the speedy recovery of Ben Eisenstein Lori and Frank Karbel

In memory of Harvey Phillips DDS Arlean Levinson

TBE Foundation

In memory of Daniel Owerbach Molly and Bernard Panner

In memory of Evelyn M. Scull Molly and Bernard Panner

TBE Programming Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Jasper I. Manning Merle and Lawrence Markus

In memory of Harvey Phillips, DDS Merle and Lawrence Markus

Weintraub Memorial Fund

For the Yahrzeit of Harry Perlman Barbara and Chuck Freeman

In memory of Evelyn Scull Barbara and Chuck Freeman

Dorothy Silver In memory of Geraldine Weintraub Catherine and Sherman Henzel

Phyllis Kasdin

Linda Lakeman

Every contribution to a Temple Beth El fund is worth menschening. However, we can only publish those that are $10 or more. The contributions listed were received between February 11, 2014 and March 10, 2014. If your contribution is not listed, please call the TBE Office, we will correct it in the next KOL issue.

Re: Security Upgrade Donation

We wish to thank Rabbi

Bitran, Hazzan Leubitz and

Rabbi Freidson-King for their

generous donation to the

security upgrade that is

currently in progress at

Temple Beth El.

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YAHRZEITS… Dates are determined according to the Hebrew calendar. The

names will be listed in the Shabbat program booklet on the date listed.

T O R E M E M B E R April 5

Edward Barnett

Yetta Brown

Louis Buff

Naum Chizhik

Louis Cohen

Harry E. Copeland

Sidney S. Fine

Ida Fitelson

Leon Flakoff

Gretel Frank

Joseph Gastel

Else Goldfarb

Sophia Goldstein

Joseph Gurell

Herman Handelman

Janet Maas Harris

Sylvia Henzel

Walter Heuman

Fanny Hochman

Anna H. Holstein

Richard Howell

Bernard Katz

Ephraim J. Kauffman

Harold Kolko

Rose Korn

Abraham Korpeck

Idelle Krieger

Scott Nathan LaBaer

Julia Levy

Adolph W. Lieberman

Samuel Lipchitz

Evelyn G. Lipson

Gertrude Mann

Celia Bestry Manson

Samuel Marcusfield

Lillian Markus

Isaak Mechtovich

Therese Mtono

Arthur Osband

Edward Pinsky

Udiph Rappaport

Dorothy Sanow

Levy Schneider

Ida Schwartz

Joseph Shapiro

Ida Gordon Sheinfeld

Louis Siegel

Herbert E. Sim

Anna Gissin Stolnitz

Dorothy Alexander Sugarman

Chaya Noya Tubman

Victor Weinthrop

Sharon Wexler

Ida Dorothy Yanowitch

Ann Yungelson

April 12

Gertrude R. Alderman

Lorraine S. Barnet

Louis Belkin

Bessie Bracker

Annie Brody

Franz Bustin

Samuel Chazan

Esther Cohen

Lester L. Cohen

Rebecca Diamond

Simon Diamond

Bessie P. Drexler

Leah Dushay

Edward Elkins

Reysl Fayerberg

Marcia Feltman

Helen F. Flatow

Edith Freed

Joseph Fritt

Julius H. Goldberg

Isadore Goldman

Yosif Gordin

Leah Gordon

Max Gover

Matilda Greenstine

Sam Gwirtzman

Paula Harwood

Nathan D. Hershenhorn

William Hurwitz

Jeanette Kaplan

Mildred Konoff

Morris Kosoff

Sylvia Kowal

Benjamin Krieger

Lisa Beth Krieger

Wolf B Lasker

Stanley L. Levinson

Jerome L. Lubin

Yakov Makhnovskiy

Frieda E. Meislin

Eduard Melder

Rose Morgenstern

Rebecca Morris

Ralph Munzner

Jean Patiky

Celia Peck

Anne Perlman

Sarah Price

Bess Raskind

Paul Rath

Henry Rosenbloom

Joseph Rosenthal

Etta Rotenberg

Sidney Rubin

Joel I. Rudolph

Rhea Sadick

Adele Salz

Lee David Schacht

Dora Schaft

Nathan Schooler

Julia M. Shapiro

Ralph Shapiro

Leah Siegel

Harry Simon

Joseph Simon

Ruth Simons

Zelma Smith

Carol Strauss

Joseph Sweedler

Mary Tabachnick

Shlomo Tubman

Alex Vaksman

Paula Ann Victor

Minnie Weiss

Regina Zeger

April 19

Leah Begun Allyn

Betty Alpert

Leyka Berenshteyn

Lena K. Bolsky

Donald Brandt

Paul H. Braverman

Mildred Buff

Isidor Harry Bush

Lesser Byer

Benjamin Cantor

Louis Carr

Arnold Cohen

Lester Cohen

Minnie B. Cohen

Morris H. Cohen

Rose L. Deutsch

Beatrice Diamond

Allan Dinaburg

Garson Dinaburg

Milton Ergas

Morton M. Feldman

Gesya Gelman

Sylvia G. Gertzog

Jack Gold

Nelson M. Gorin

Bessie Hirst

Minnie Jassenoff

Emanuel Kahn

Leah E. Kaplan

David Kass

Florence Kingsley

Lillian Panner Klein

Sol Landsman

Arthur Lazoff

Josiah Manis

Loretta Manning

Eva Goldberg Marder

Fred R. Mayer

Georgiy Maymin

Lawrence Meyers

Cecelia Nedvedovich

Isadore Newman

Elizabeth Phillips

Robert Pollan

Leon Posen

Samuel Poze Baruch Reitzfeld

Lea Reitzfeld

Mendel Reitzfeld

Nathan Relin

Leon S. Rosen

Harold Rosenbaum Muriel L. Rosenberg

Ada Shavlan Rosenstein

David B Rosenthal

Isadore Ruderman

Yetta Sacks

Fannie Schaffer Leopold Schafheimer

Josef Schiff

Khaim Shandalov

Herbert T. Solomon

Ann R. Spiller

Samuel B. Spiller Feiga Spivak

Hyman Swartz

Philip Ugol

Yaakov Vigoda

Josef Weinthal

Golda Widawski

Simcha Binem

Widawski

Mollie L. Wronker

Samuel Yates

Florence B. York

Lorraine Yules

Bronya Zatz

April 26

Nathaniel Alpert

Molly DeMayo Baker

Mary Barnett

Dissa Berghash

Arthur Blumenthal

Louis Bracker

Saundra Braitman

Belle Brenner

Clara Comisar

Rena R. Davidson

Fanny Diner

Louis Doner

William Gelb

Rose Ginsberg

Marian Glowinsky

Samuel Goldstein

Morris Gordon

Irvin Greenstine

Henry L. Hagelberg

Esther O. Herzog

Rose Herzog

Irving Hollander

Eva Holtz

Myer Hormats

Lillian Hurwitz

Lasser Itkin

Helen Josephson Nathan Katz

Yospa Kinel

David M. Klein

Abraham Kolko

Nathan Korus

Michael Kowal Macy Lapides

Murray R. Levis

Lena Lewinson

Nehama Makhnovskaya

Gottlib Mann

Raymond N. Margolius Abraham Melter

Fred B. Morgenstern

Nettie Oberstein

Ivy R. Phillips

Ruth C. Pincus

Hyman Price Raisel Prokupets

David Rosenfield

Sara Rubenstein

Morris Salitan

Victor Salitan

Lewis Schultz

Frank Shames

Charles Shapiro

Hyman Shapiro

Rachel Shapiro

Joseph Shimberg

Mania H. Shorr

Mynne Shulman

Jean Solomon

Hyman Sterman

Irving Stern

Rhoda Tash

Nathan Tyser

Celia Weinthrop

Fraya Arlene Wildman

Rose Zakofsky

Isaak Zayonchik

Philip Zimmerman

Ida Zipkin

Boris Zwas

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SENIOR STAFF

LEONARDO BITRAN

Senior Rabbi

[email protected]

MARTIN LEUBITZ Hazzan

[email protected]

SARAH FREIDSON-KING

Associate Rabbi

[email protected]

DEBORAH ZEGER

Executive Director

[email protected]

SUSAN BERNSTEIN

Director of Education

[email protected]

RANDI FOX TABB

Keshet Preschool Director

[email protected]

OFFICERS

TODD STEIN

President

[email protected]

DAN GLOWINSKY

Vice President

CAROLINE KORN

Vice President

LISA SILVERSTEIN

Vice President

DAN GOLDSTEIN

Treasurer

JUSTIN GOLDMAN

Secretary

SCHOOL

Phone 585.473.1190

Michelle Caron

Administrative Assistant

[email protected]

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

HOURS

Monday-Thursday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Friday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Sunday (during school year)

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

585.473.1770

Anna Eckert

Admin. Asst., Ext. 112

[email protected]

Bonnie Harris

Accounting, Ext. 117

[email protected]

Carol Konuksever

Reception/Admin. Asst., Ext. 110

[email protected]

Colleen Schaefer

Admin. Asst., Ext. 119

[email protected]

Vee Nelson

Bookkeeping, Ext. 113

[email protected]

CONDOLENCES

We record with sorrow the passing of:

Mark Jay Gonsenhauser, z’l

Son of Ursula Gonsenhauser

Miriam Kleinberg, z’l

Mother of Marvin Kleinberg

Grandmother of Robert Kleinberg

Grandmother of Sandy Kleinberg

Myra Schiffmann Medeiros, z’l

Sister of Athene Goldstein

Lois Pheterson, z’l

Mother of Stephen Pheterson

Grandmother of Gregory Pheterson

Richard Price, z’l

Son of Pauline Price

Brother of Valerie Price Ciufo

Dorothy Roberson, z’l

Mother of Jonathan Roberson

Paul Schweid, z’l

Father of Marla Allentoff

Grandfather of Jonathan Allentoff

Dorothy O. Testa, z’l

Sister of Herbert Ouzer

May their souls be bound up in the bond of life.

Highlights of the Minutes of the Board Meeting on

February 10, 2014

D’var Torah: Rabbi Freidson-King spoke about the notion of

“why synagogue” as written about in Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove’s

sermon from 2/1/14. Several Board members added their own

thoughts and Rabbi passed out a transcription of the sermon. Finance Committee Report: Marc Haas talked about budget meetings for next fiscal year which are starting to take place at this time.

Membership Report: New members Danielle Mand, Sid Rosenzweig, and Alex Tubman, One deceased member: Geraldine Weintraub. Total net positive $2,329. Motion to approve new members by Mike Zwas, seconded by Eric Brandt.

Education Committee Report: Susan thanked Emily Krohn for her help this past weekend, and discussed upcoming Purim plans.

President’s Report: Colleen Schaefer has joined the TBE staff effective this week. Todd discussed some upcoming changes to USCJ member (synagogue) dues in terms of the way they are going to be calculated. The Temple collaboration committee met recently and there are active meetings set in coming weeks for the underlying sub-committees. Debbie discussed the weekend plans for the Purim celebration (Mar 15-16), which includes a special guest for the kids! Todd thanked Bob Marcus for leading the recent staff retreat. Finally, Todd discussed at a high level some plans for TBE over the next few years leading up to the TBE centennial including a possible historical project lead by Joy Getnick and Gerald Gamm.

Good & Welfare: Linda Kingsley mentioned that donations are welcome to the

Sisterhood Ronald McDonald dinner. Best wishes to Matt Ryen who broke his leg this past weekend. Condolences to Phil Weintraub and Sue Zauderer for their recent

losses. Mazel Tov to Jordana Gilman for graduating college.

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Friday Evening 6:00 pm

Shabbat Morning 9:00 am

Conclusion of Shabbat

4th & 5th Candle Lighting 7:22 pm

Tot Shabbat Service @ 5:30 pm Nosh to follow

Sidra: Metzora

Bat Mitzvah of Ronnie Hollenberg

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