2011.05 Messages

Number 621 May 2011/Nisan-Iyyar, 5771

greetings from Rabbi Bellush — page 5

In celebration of Jewish Life The 2 011 Confirmation Class

of Temple Mount Sinai and their families invite you to

Confirmation Services

Friday, May 13, 2011 / 10 Iyar 5771 Oneg Shabbat 5:45 PM

Confirmation Service 6:15 PM Kiddush immediately following services

Temple Mount Sinai

Kaylen Rachelle Duran Corey Fruithandler

Rachel Madeline Goldfarb Meredith Heins

Benjamin Kalev Levin

Aaron McCoy Ben Puschett

Ethan Aviv Reiter Alex Stein Daryl Stein David Yates

Page 2 May 2011/Nisan-Iyyar, 5771 Messages from the Mountain

Worship Schedule May 2011

May 6-7 Parashat Emor Friday, May 6

Candlelighting, 7:31 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm

Family Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm

Saturday, May 7 Torah Study, 9:30 am

Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Bat Mitzvah of Abby Blumenfeld

Havdalah, 9:02 pm

May 13-14 Parashat Behar Friday, May 13


Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Confirmation, 2011

Saturday, May 14

Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am

Havdalah, 9:07 pm

May 20-21 Parashat Bechukotai

Friday, May 20 Candlelighting, 7:41 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm


Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 9:11 pm

May 27-28 Parashat Bamidbar Friday, May 27




Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Bar Mitzvah of Evan Blackburn

Havdalah, 9:16 pm

June 3-4 Rosh Chodesh Sivan

Parashat Nasso Friday, June 3



Saturday, June 4 Torah Study, 9:30 am

Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Bat Mitzvah of Ellen Hirsch

Havdalah, 9:20 pm

June 10-11 Parashat Beha’alotcha

Friday, June 10 Candlelighting, 7:53 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm


Saturday, June 11 Torah Study, 9:30 am

Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Bar Mitzvah of Isaac Ibarra

Havdalah, 9:23 pm


May Birthdays

May Anniversaries

May 1

Kyle Goldfarb

Ilana Kresch

May 3

Don Fertel

May 4

Andrew Feinberg*

Laura Karp

Naomi Katz

Sabrina Katz

Eithan Kotkowski

May 6

Susan Forbes

Lauren Holderman

Bob Prensky

May 8

Bill Dahlberg*

May 9

Asher Litt

John Mobbs

Carol Parker

Molly Tennen*

May 10

Linda Ettinger

Alan Kahn

May 11

Alanna Bach

Benjamin Ettinger*

May 12

Reyna Assael

Aggie Freundlich

Bob Jacobs*

Ken Weiss*

May 13

Erica Holland

Lulu Loeb

Marie Robbins

May 14

David Yates

May 15

Evelyn Bellman

Samuel Farley*

Toni Harris

Barbara Yarber*

May 16

Elan Goldstein

Robin Kobren

Lyndon Mansfield

May 17

Lietzie Belford

Riley Miner

May 18

Colin Burton

Madeline Halperin

Debbi Trejo

May 20

Roger Belbel*

Julian Gonzalez Herrell

May 21

Marv Abrams

Drew Frank

Meyer Marcus

May 22

Jackie Heins

Isaac Ibarra

May 23

Erik Leonhardt

Shari Schwartz

May 25

Mandy Blumenfeld*

Zack Fine

May 26

Mimmy Halperin

Jennifer Pratt

May 27

Dorothy Borschow

Levi Meyer

Elaine Rosenbloom

Arthur Weiss

May 28

Laura Alpern

Julie Mullen

Matthew Schonberg

May 29

Bea Eger

Jeff Siegel

May 31

Maddie Goldfarb

Ann Marks

May 1

Bob & Susie May*

May 12

Christopher & Amissa Burton

May 13

Ellyce & Gil Kimmelman

May 14

Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser

May 16

Stuart & Nancy Shiloff

May 18

Soheil & Ellen Nazarian

May 20

John & Bea Eger

Steve & Kris Mickenberg

May 22

Alan & Cheryl Karp

May 23

Greg & Susanne Kligman*

Bernie & Elaine Rosenbloom

May 24

Britt & Heather Chapman

Alan & Lori Gaman*

Sheldon Poretsky & Sylvia Delgado

May 28

Laura Brannon-Rosales & Ricky

Rosales*

May 29

Mark & Dori Fenenbock

Scott & Bess Poehlmann

May 30

John & Rita Silverman*

May 31

Bruce & Shelly Gopin

Gil & Lauri Holland

Lee & Sandy Nadler*


Mazel Tov! Congratulations… to Paul and Paula Leonhardt on the birth of their son, Carter Richard Leonhardt, on April 8. Grand-

parents are John & Shirley Leonhardt.

to Scott and Mandy Blumenfeld on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Abby. Abby will celebrate her

Bat Mitzvah at our Shabbat Morning Service on May 7.

to Bert and Bert Blackburn on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Evan. Evan will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah

at our Shabbat Morning Service on May 28.

to Roshelle and Adam Winkler on the birth of their daughter, Vivienne Althea Winkler, on April 20.

Grandparents are Tony and Julie Mullen and Great Grandmother is Lollie Scott.

to Becky and Justin Blumberg on the birth of their son, Owen Zev, on April 16. Grandmother is Bar-

bara Loeser and Great Grandparents are Judy and Bernie Lauterbach.

Hamakom Y’nachem—May God Bring Comfort...

to Garrett & Sylvia Levin on the death of their son, Daniel Levin.

to John Shecter on the death of his aunt, Rhoda Gordon.

to Ellen Goodman, Susan Novick, Rebecca Krasne and Amelia Krohn on the death of their father and

brother, Robert Goodman.

to Maria Klein on the death of her father, Weldon DePrang.

to Joyce Anenberg on the death of her brother, Harvey Hoffman.

B’ruchim Haba’im — Welcome, New Members!

Robert Novick

Leaves and Stones on the Temple’s Tree of Life

Do you know that you can honor or remember a loved one with a leaf or a stone on the Tree of

Life? This beautiful work of art is displayed on the wall in the foyer at Temple just outside the

Sanctuary.

For a minimum donation of $300 for a leaf or $3,000 for a stone, the brass will be engraved

according to your instructions and will remain on the Tree of Life forever. Your donation becomes

part of the Foundation Trust and benefits Temple Mount Sinai in perpetuity.

For more information, contact Sally Parke at the Temple office at 532-5959.


A framed print of Hal Marcus’ “Torah in

Glass” has hung over my desk since 2003. It

was a gift from Temple Mount Sinai

presented by Ellen Goodman to each

participant in that year’s Sh’liach K’hilah

program. Although not the first step in my

Jewish journey, my participation in the

Sh’liach K’hilah program was a milestone on

my path to rabbinic ordination and my

becoming a rabbi at Temple Mount Sinai.

We learn in Pirke Avot “All is foreseen, yet

freedom of choice is given.”

Still, I can’t help but think that

my becoming part of the TMS

community was somehow

meant to be.

My husband Arnold and I had

the pleasure of meeting many

members of the congregation

during our recent visit in April

and we received a very warm

welcome! Although El

Pasoans have a reputation for

hospitality, the congregation’s

kindness and openness far

exceeded our expectations. One of the first

things which attracted us to Temple Mount

Sinai was the description on the Temple’s

website as a community “of supportive,

caring and diverse people with a rich

history” and the “temple as a place for

prayer, ritual, spirituality, learning,

wholeness and healing, social action and

celebration.” In just a matter of days we

learned that the Temple Mount Sinai

community is indeed such a place. I feel

honored to serve and be part of such an

inspiring and spiritually rich community.

By now you might have heard that I

describe myself as “a New Yorker,” but that

I was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. My

parents, also born in Montevideo, were in

love with everything American and were

searching for greater economic opportunity,

so they moved to New York City when I

was one-year old. By speaking Spanish at

home, my parents reinforced

my Latin upbringing, but

unfortunately, Judaism was

relegated to an ethnic rather

than religious part of our

identity. When I married into a

Reform Jewish family, I

became aware that there was

much more to being Jewish

than eating Jewish food. It

took time, but through

learning, attending services,

engaging in Torah study and

living in Israel, I came to see

the beauty and appreciate the meaning

which Judaism adds to our lives.

Prior to entering rabbinical school, I lived

the high stress, fast-paced, professional life

of management consulting and investment

banking. However, there was a significant

period of time before moving to Cincinnati,

OH to attend Hebrew Union College –

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from the (soon-to-be) Rabbi’s study...

At Temple’s Annual Congregational

Meeting on April 12, we voted to accept the recommendation of the Board of Trustees to extend an offer of

employment to Sandra Bellush. She happily accepted, and we are delighted to welcome

her to our team, beginning July 1.


Congregation Mount Sinai Cemetery

Just a reminder, our Cemetery hours are Sunday through

Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm and closed on Saturday.

Jewish Institute of Religion during which

Arnold and I lived in Sequim, a small town

in western Washington State. Having

rejected the high-stress New York lifestyle, I

had time to hike and backpack in the

Olympic Mountains, train two Labrador

retrievers to become certified therapy dogs

and refine culinary skills using fresh

ingredients from the Pacific Northwest -- a

pastime I hope to pursue again, this time

with new and exciting flavors of the

Southwest! More importantly, I had time to

focus on a spiritual journey which began

years before. While living in Washington, I

became an adult bat mitzvah, and took on

the responsibilities of being a sh’liach tzibbur

(service leader) and board member of my

small, 25-family congregation. It was during

this time that I attended the URJ’s Sh’liach

K’hilah program. Shortly thereafter, my

application to rabbinical school did not

surprise family and friends.

As a student rabbi I served congregations in

Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, and taught at

the Cincinnati Reform Jewish High School.

At my internship this past year at Temple

Shalom in Louisville, KY, I have the

privilege of leading worship, teaching adult

education and tending to congregants’

pastoral needs. Together with a rigorous

course of academic study over the past five

years, these experiences have prepared me

for rabbinic ordination. As exciting as it is

to think that I will have the title Rav

bestowed in just a matter of weeks, it is

even more exciting to know that I will be

sharing all I have learned with the vibrant

and dynamic Jewish community of Temple

Mount Sinai!

Arnold and I are looking forward to our

upcoming move to El Paso and to getting to

know all of you as we worship and study

together. My official start date is July 1 and I

hope you’ll stop by my office to share your

thoughts about Temple, Judaism, maybe

share a recipe or even stop by just to say

“hello!”

B’shalom,

(soon-to-be) Rabbi Bellush

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from the (soon-to-be) Rabbi’s study, continued...


Southwest Jewish Arts Festival

Temple Beth El of Las Cruces is looking for artists for a juried art show, the Southwest

Jewish Arts Festival, to be held on Sunday, June 12, 2011 from 3 to 7 pm at Temple Beth

El. The show is open to Jewish artists from New Mexico and the El Paso area. The

mediums are painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, fiber arts and jewelry. Entry

forms are located at the Temple website, www.tbelc.org . You can also call the Temple at

575-524-3380. Submissions are free and must be postmarked no later than Friday, April

16 , 2011. Submissions can be mailed to: Temple Beth El, 3980 Sonoma Springs Ave, Las

Cruces, NM 88011.

If you have any questions, please contact Susan Fitzgerald at 575-647-1808 or

[email protected].

Have you been to Israel and always wanted to return? Have you yet to visit Israel

and long to make a first trip? Would you like to “experience” Jewish history in

many of the places where it was made? Would you like to meet the modern-day

peoples of Israel?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Temple Mt. Sinai invites you to

join us on our journey to Israel, January 1 – January 13, 2012.

We have designed an itinerary that focuses on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the wondrous

Arava and Negev, and Eilat. The trip also includes an optional day-trip to the ex-

quisite Nabatean city of Petra in Jordan.

The price for the land portion of this trip (excluding Petra) is $2550 per person

(double occupancy rate). Group air travel is avail-

able from El Paso to Tel Aviv on Delta Airlines for

$1400. A refundable deposit of $200/person is

due by June 15.

For an itinerary and registration form, or to ask

any questions, please contact Alanna Bach at 328-

6062 or [email protected].

January 2012 trip to Israel


Improv Workshop

The Improv Workshop has been meeting on Monday nights from 7 to 9 pm in

Zielonka Hall.

The main goals of this group are to have fun, to build our skills of listening,

teamwork, imagination and spontaneity, to learn to be in the moment, and to

gain confidence with movement. Through improv games, movement-based

exercises, and scene work, they will build toward creating—for themselves—

longer improvised theatrical experiences that will be powerful, funny, honest,

and compelling. It is not necessary to be a clever or funny person to join this

group—it is really about learning to trust others.

David Novick is leading the group. He brings a lot of experience from

attending many workshops, performing with ComedySportz in Portland,

Oregon, and leading team-building improv workshops here in El Paso.

No experience is necessary to join! The group will be open to all Temple

members over Bar/Bat Mitzvah age. If you’re interested (or just want to ask

questions), please contact David at [email protected].

Lunch and Learn: “What Does ‘Pro-Israel’ Mean?”

Our Lunch and Learn session this month will be on Tuesday, May

10. Rabbi Bach will explore what it means to be “pro-Israel” at a

time when the Reform Movement prepares to welcome a new

President who has taken some flack for being not sufficiently

committed to the Jewish State.

All are welcome to the session, which begins with a buffet lunch at

11:45 am. Rabbi Bach begins teaching at about noon, and we wrap

up at 1 pm. The cost is $10 for lunch. Your reservation helps us plan

and shop efficiently, so please let us know if you’ll be coming by

calling the Temple office by Friday, May 6.


Growing in Body, Heart, and Spirit

Each week, we offer opportunities for growth in body, mind and heart. Not so much “classes” as “opportunities for practice,” our yoga, meditation, and text study are at the core of our adult learning and growth. There’s great benefit from attending regu-larly, but drop-ins are always welcome! • Meditation, Tuesdays at 6 pm. We continue to have a good turnout for our weekly

meditation “sits”. These sessions take place every Tuesday evening at 6 pm in

Krupp Chapel. Rabbi Bach is joined by co-facilitators Mary McIntyre and Nancy

Schwartz. All three have some experience meditating. They share a commitment

to a regular meditation practice, and recognize that a group environment provides

support for that practice. Please consider joining us as we sit, focus and reflect. For

more information, call Mary at 915-490-7359.

• Yoga Practice, Wednesdays at 9 am. Take a much needed break in your day for

one hour of yoga on Wednesdays at 9 am. Anusara InspiredTM teacher, Susan Jaf-

fee, will lead you through a life-affirming, heart-oriented practice. This hour yoga

session is suitable for yoga students of all levels. Please wear comfortable clothing

and bring your own mat and yoga props (belt, block and yoga blankets).

• The Weekly Portion as a Vehicle for Spiritual Growth, Saturdays at 9:30 am.

Every Saturday at 9:30 am, a diverse and lively group of participants gathers to

study the weekly Torah portion through the lens of Hasidic spirituality. Rabbi

Bach typically brings a text from one of the classics of Hasidic Torah commentary,

in Hebrew and in translation, which serves as the starting point for our conversa-

tion. We conclude in time for the 10:30 am Shabbat morning service. Bagels and

coffee are provided, and all are welcome.

Adult Hebrew, Wednesdays at 6 pm

Adult Hebrew — 6 pm, Wednesdays. The Adult Hebrew class continues to meet in the

Zork Library at Temple on Wednesday evenings from 6 pm to 7 pm. The students are

progressing nicely with their reading and understanding of Hebrew and the weekly

Torah portions. If you are interested in learning with us, please join us on Wednesday

evenings. If you have any questions, feel free to call Ed Solomon at 525-4616.


Grades 7-8: Learning about the Shoah

How do you explain the Holocaust to 13

year olds? How do you make it real when

it happened so long ago and so far away

from their mostly happy, prosperous

lives? That was the challenge that Toni

Harris, former docent with the El Paso

Holocaust Museum and holocaust re-

searcher, took on in five lessons this

spring with seventeen students at TMS

religious school. She carefully planned

the sessions to progress through history:

Lesson 1 - Jews through history - How anti-Semitism arose in Europe

Lesson 2 - Events leading to World War II, the Nuremberg laws, Kristalnacht

Lesson 3 - How ghettos evolved and concentration camps

Lesson 4 - Extermination camps

Lesson 5 - Resistance, righteous gentiles, war crimes, tolerance

Field trip to the Holocaust museum

The seventh and eighth grade students reviewed timelines, examined various historic maps,

viewed video clips, and perused TMS library books. They watched as a banner hung up in

the room - which said “You have no right to live among us as Jews” - the motto at the be-

ginning of the Third Reich—changed to say “You have no right to live among us” as the

Nazi propaganda spread, and, finally, “You have no right to live,” as the accepted dictum of

the German government. But mostly, students listened attentively to the astounding facts

presented by the witnesses to

history who visited them.

Guest speakers spoke about

their personal experiences of

the Holocaust. Simon Bir

grew up in Poland and, after

the Nazi’s came, lived in the

cramped dirt cellar of a farm

family during the winter and

in the forest during the sum-

mer, gathering wild foods to

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survive. Irene Osborne was sheltered by

a French couple and managed to

have false papers issued which allowed

her to get to the U.S. Tibor Schaechner

was raised in a prosperous Hungarian

family where he attended a school with

half-day Jewish studies and half-day secu-

lar studies. All that changed when the Na-

zis arrived right after his Bar Mitzvah. All

of these speakers had family members

murdered by the Nazis and were narrowly

saved from the same fate by luck and

righteous people. The stories were diffi-

cult to tell and heart-wrenching to hear.

Finally, Stanley Marcus spoke as an

American serviceman and liberator of a German concentration camp. His questioning of

“How could God allow this?” brought the question to the forefront for the young people he

addressed, provoking stimulating discussion.

A specially scheduled field trip to the Holocaust Museum on a Sunday morning provides the

unit finale, accompanied by parents and teachers.


MRJ’s End-of-Year, Mothers’ Day, Cookout!

MSTY/mini-MSTY

MSTY sent eleven high-schoolers to Spring Conclave in Phoenix, and we’re

proud to announce that Kaylen Duran is the new NFTY-Southwest Communi-

cations VP! Elections for next year’s MSTY Board will be held on May 1, and

we’ll report on the winners in the June issue of Messages from the Mountain.

Ten mini-MSTYites gathered at the home of Lyndon and Randee Mansfield for

a Chocolate Seder just before Passover, and a great time was had by all!

Watch your mailboxes for information about the end-of-the-year MSTY/mini-

MSTY pool party.

Gesher

The last Gesher session of the 2010-2011 school year will be on Sunday, May 1 at 10 am in Zielonka Hall. We will be learning all about Israel.

MRJ Will be grilling on May 8, celebrating the last day of

Religious School. Another school year has come to an

end. Congratulations to all of our Religious School stu-

dents and families! Thank you to our faculty and staff

for a great year! Thank you to all the BBQ Chefs who

help with the grilling. Special thanks goes to David &

Donna Leffman for their sponsorship of the year-end

BBQ. If you'd like more info on MRJ activities, contact

Scott Feldt at 526-8478, or [email protected].


Women of Reform Judaism A Special Evening to Remember....

Meet us at the El Paso Museum of Art on Thursday, May 5 at 6 pm for a pri-

vate tour of Suzi Davidoff (a WRJ member) and Rachelle Thiewes exhibit,

"Common Language: Punctuating the Landscape." Suzi and Rachelle will

guide us through the exhibit.

The exhibit is composed of large-scale photographs on aluminum and video

projections. The project began when the artists received a joint-residency at

Fiskars Village, an artist's cooperative in Finland and continued upon their re-

turn to El Paso.

All components directly reference numerous site-specific installations created

by the artists that responded to the natural landscape and architectural/

historic structures by incorporating foreign objects/materials into both the

lush, green, forested Finnish landscape and the arid topography of the Chi-

huahuan desert.

After our tour, we will walk to The Oasis Cafe for a no-host dinner.

If you can only join us for one part of the evening (just the tour or just dinner),

please feel free! We'd love to see you at one or both parts of the event.

Please RSVP soon. Call Alanna at 328-6062 or email

[email protected].

The El Paso Museum of Art is located at: 1 Arts Festival Plaza, El Paso, TX

79901. The Oasis Cafe is located adjacent to the Plaza Theatre.

On Sunday, May 29 at 10 am, the YAMS group will be having a BYO pic-nic and hike with Rabbi Bach. We will leave from Temple for a short hike, followed by lunch and a discussion about Judaism and the environment. Please let Danielle Scher know if you will be there—[email protected].

YAMS—Young Adults of Mount Sinai


Dates: May 20-22, 2011

Location: Sacramento, New Mexico

Join your El Paso friends for a Jewish Women’s

Retreat in the beautiful Sacramento Mountains,

Friday, May 20 through Sunday, May 22. Take

this opportunity to remove yourself from the

pressures of everyday life in El Paso and focus on

friendship, Judaism, and personal growth.

The retreat theme is finding balance. Our pro-

gramming will be a mixture of prayer, adventure,

and relationship building. We will stay in hotel-

style accommodations at the Sacramento Method-

ist Assembly Retreat Center.

Cantor Robbi Sherwin from Austin will be our spiritual leader for the retreat. Cantor Robbi will lead us in

Shabbat blessings, prayer services, a song session, and inspirational discussions.

This retreat is sponsored in part by the TMS Women of Reform Judaism along with Terren and Maria Klein.

Registration forms are available by contacting Alanna Bach at [email protected] or 328-6062. The registration

deadline is Friday, May 13. Sign up today, space is limited.

Jewish Women’s Retreat—Finding Balance

The Healthy Schools/Healthy Choices Program of the El Paso Jewish Federation is happy to sponsor Community

Play Dates for the Jewish community.

Our first three gatherings have been a big success. In February we met at Coates Park, in March at the Mission

Hills Park, and in April on the River Bike/Walking Trail. Children and adults enjoyed exercising, biking, play-

ing, talking, and snacking on healthy food.

Join us in May and June as we continue to “Get Moving”. On the last Sun-

day of these months we will meet to hike and swim. Healthy Schools/

Healthy Choices will provide a snack and offer a short presentation on safe

and successful ways to “get moving” at each play date.

All ages are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Mark your calendars for 2-4 pm on the following Sundays:

Sunday, May 29 – Dino Prints and Fossil Hike

A hike at the base of Mt. Cristo Rey led by Eric Kappus, a UTEP grad stu-

dent. We will meet at the State Line Restaurant on Sunland Park and then

carpool over to the trail-head.

Sunday, June 26 – Swim Party at the JCC Pool

Join us for an afternoon of fun, sun, and healthy snacks

For more information or to volunteer to help, please contact Alanna Bach at

328-6062 or [email protected].

Let’s Get Moving


Please remember to use your key tag each time you shop for groceries at Albert-

sons. All you need to do is have the card scanned when you check out. Temple

will earn 1% of your shopping total each time you scan the card, at no additional

cost to you. If you need additional key tags, they are available in the Temple of-

fice.

Albertson’s Cash-Back Fundraiser

Landscaping Temple’s landscaping was greatly affected by the freeze in February and we want to share what is happening to care for our Temple grounds. We are ac-tively watering all of the plants and trees on the property and working to com-plete repairs on the irrigation lines to insure that the plants receive appropriate water. We are encouraged to see new growth on some of the trees, but we will certainly lose some of them. We are continuing to water to give the plant mate-rial time to recover and then we will determine exactly what will need to be re-moved and to decide what will be replaced. In the short run, this will leave the landscape unsightly but it will give us the opportunity to replace only what is needed. We feel this is the most cost effective and reasonable option. Our annual landscaping budget does not anticipate costs like this. Large land-scaping projects are typically funded though donations to the "Landscaping Special Projects Fund.” We are asking that you think of the beauty of our grounds when making donations to Temple and consider the Landscape Fund to assist in making Temple the beautiful place it was in the past. Hopefully the grounds here may be renewed in the not too distant future.


Shop

Helen of Troy Warehouse Outlet

July 17, 2011

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

10% of the day’s sales

will be donated to Temple Mount Sinai

Charity Sunday


Los Poblanos Ranch in Las Cruces to offer El Paso delivery – sign up now!

Would you be interested in a weekly box with fresh, local and/or organic produce in-

cluding locally grown greens, fruit and other vegetables? Are you looking for a way to

reduce your carbon footprint while increasing your and your family’s health?

Here’s the answer! Temple has offered some space on Friday afternoons for weekly de-

liveries of Harvest Boxes from Los Poblanos Organic farm in Las Cruces, New Mex-

ico. Each week’s box costs $28 (see the end of the article for the website and ordering

information) and includes different items each week, depending on what is in season

and currently being harvested.

Right now, the farm has asked us to gauge interest in a weekly El Paso delivery. If you

can commit to buying a box (see their website for other fantastic items like meats,

cheeses, milk, eggs and more!), please email [email protected] and let Char-

lie & Emily know that you’re interested in an El Paso delivery! Once they’ve heard

from 15-20 families who can commit to a weekly order, they’ll commit to sending a van

to Temple once a week for delivery!

As promised, here is the link to the farm’s website: www.nmorganics.com – click on the

“pickup locations” link on the left-hand side of the page and a new page will open with

the grocery and produce items listed along the left-hand side. If you have any ques-

tions about this farm, their products or anything from this article, feel free to contact

Alison Westermann at [email protected] or 915-443-4084.

Community-Supported Agriculture

Assistive listening devices are available at the entrance to our chapel and

sanctuary. Please ask a greeter for assistance.

If you have inadvertently left Temple with one of these devices, please

return it as soon as possible. These headsets are programmed to be used

only in our Sanctuary and Chapel, and many of them have disappeared,

meaning that they are not available for congregants who use them at

services. If you find you have one of these (perhaps in that drawer with all

the yarmulkes!), please return it to the Temple office so that it may be put

back into service.

Thank you for your cooperation.


EPHM Book Club Presents Spring Book Club Discussion

The El Paso Holocaust Museum Book Club will present the book "The

Wiles Of Destiny: A Survivor's Journey" by the late Itzhak Kotkowski

at 11 a.m., Sunday May 15th, at the Holocaust Museum, 715 N. Oregon.

The book is based on Kotkowski's memoirs as a young man growing

up in Nazi-occupied Poland who eventually found himself in a Soviet

prison and work camps, constantly escaping death. "The Wiles Of

Destiny" examines this dark era through Kotkowski's eyes and readers

will feel his sense of hopelessness and ultimately, his inspiring will to

live.

Gary Warner, former KVIA-TV news anchor, will moderate the discus-

sion. Mr. Warner will interview members of the Kotkowski fam-

ily. Mr. Kotkowski lived in El Paso with his wife Aviva, two sons and

his grandchildren. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 87.

This year, the EPHM Book Club committee chose to feature books writ-

ten by Holocaust survivors who made their home in El Paso. In Febru-

ary, the museum featured "The Lioness of Judah" by Sara

Hauptman. Future books include: "I Forgive Them" by David Kaplan;

and "From Darkness To Sunshine: A Young Boy's Odyssey" by the late

Mark Kupfer.

The EPHM Book Club is free and open to the public. Donations are en-

couraged. Copies of "The Wiles Of Destiny" are available for $15.00 at

the Museum's Bookstore.

Reservations are encouraged. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Maribel Villalva at 351-0048, ext. 24 or e-

mail her at [email protected].

El Paso Holocaust Museum


Israel Fun Day Israel Fun Day for Kids Sunday May 15 1:30-3:30 At the JCC and Presented by Federation $10 per family (parents welcome) For Kids ages 6-12 Dig the Past(digthepast.org) An extended hands-on Israeli Archaeological Experience Come Explore the Tel and see what you find and reconstruct with the help of two experts. For Kids ages 3-7 Watch two brand new Shalom Sesame Adventures, starring Grover in Israel. Special advanced showing brought to you by PJ Library. With appreciation to Jim, Elizabeth and Leah Levy for significant funding.

Yom Ha Atzma’ut Celebration

Let’s all be Together on Israel’s Sixty-third Birthday The Community’s Yom Ha Atzma’ut Celebration

Tuesday, May 10 from 5:30 until 7:00 Congregation Bnai Zion. 805 Cherry Hill.

Israeli Food Yom Ha Zikaron Commemoration Family Friendly Entertainment

Facilitated by the JCRC of the Jewish Federation of El Paso

Based out of Santa Fe, CLAN TYNKER is a family that performs a wide variety of whimsical entertainment. The show is an enchanting kaleidoscope of skills from around the world performed to live music--an impressive variety of juggling, stage magic, comedy,

and dance, culminating in a dizzying array of stunts.. This fun and lively show is appropriate for audiences of all ages.


Tributes from March 13 to April 8 Amelia G. Krohn Basic Judaism

Collection

in honor of Doug Krohn's Special

Birthday by Matt & Elizabeth

Krohn

Campership Fund

in memory of Daniel Levin by

Joyce Davidoff

Caring Community Fund

in memory of Daniel Levin by

Donna Munch

in memory of Lois Ann Marko-

witz, Eric Markowitz, Herman

Markowitz, Richard &

Rosalind Heymann by Ray &

Taube Jenkins

Cemetery Fund

in memory of Fanny Lavinthal

by Fran Fleischer

in memory of Bobbi Shapiro’s

sister by Valerie Barnett

Ethel Oppenheimer Flower

Fund

in honor of Isaac Ibarra becom-

ing a Bar Mitzvah by Jorge Ibarra

& Lee Rosenthal

in honor of Brent Mobbs becom-

ing a Bar Mitzvah by Bita & John

Mobbs

in memory of Albert Heyde-

mann by Jack Heydemann

in memory of Archie Shiloff by

Bob & Sara Shiloff

in memory of Consuelo Hughes

by Arnold & Lila Bowman

in memory of David Oscar

Leeser by Arthur & Rhoberta

Leeser

in memory of Lawrence Reed-

man by Hilda Reedman

in memory of Leonard Kratzer

by Susan Davidoff

in memory of Linda Falcon by

Rose Falcon

in memory of Millard Krasne by

Bob & Elaine Krasne

in memory of Milton D. Feinberg

by Steve Feinberg & Susan Foote

in memory of Milton S. Goldman

by Debbie Hamlyn

in memory of Sanford Feldblum

by Sue Feldblum

Floyd Fierman Religious School

Fund

in honor of Simon Bir's Special

Birthday by Jim & Anne Spier

in honor of Sue Zaltz's Special

Birthday by Ruth Braun

in memory of Leo A. Rowen by

Ruth Braun

General Donations Fund

in appreciation of Temple Mount

Sinai by David Barta


Sinai by Azucena Gonzalez Mon-

zon


Sinai by Douglas Waters

in appreciation of Valerie Barnett

by Larry & Joyce Anenberg

in memory of our family by

Teresa, Steve & Robert Simon

Isadore Kahn Memorial Fund

in honor of Adam Dorfman's

Birthday by Stuart & Frances

Kahn

Jon Heller High Holiday Fund

Donation

in honor of Fifi Heller-Kaim's

Special Birthday by Lyndon &

Randee Mansfield,

Bill & Marcia Dahlberg, Marty &

Bonnie Colton

Krasne Discretionary Fund

in honor of Elaine Krasne’s Spe-

cial Birthday by Bill & Anne

Spier, Marty & Bonnie Colton

Landscape Special Projects

Fund

in honor of Elaine Krasne's Spe-

cial Birthday by Ron Blumenfeld

in honor of Sue Zaltz' Special

Birthday by Bill & Anne Spier,

Marty & Bonnie Colton, Ron Blu-

menfeld


in memory of Abe Scherotter by

Norma Levenson

in memory of David Terk by Bob

& Sara Shiloff

MAZON Donation

in honor of Tibor Schaechner's

Birthday by Edward & Evelyn

Schwartz

Prayer Book Fund

in memory of Irving Schecter by

High Flying Sams

Rabbi Bach's Discretionary

Fund

in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by

Wendy Axelrod

in honor of the birth of Micah

Farber by Bob & Jane Rosen

in memory of Frances Catalano,

Janet Susan Weiss & Heidi Bona

Weiss by Arthur E. Weiss

in memory of Frances Eisner

Barjansky by David Eisner

in memory of Great Aunt Rhoda

Gordon by Mr. Joshua & Sean

Shecter

in memory of Rhoda Gordon by

John & Kristine Shecter

in memory of Shirley Schecter by

Bob & Jane Rosen

in memory of Irving Schecter by

Bob & Jane Rosen

speedy recovery to Fan Geller by

Bob & Jane Rosen

Ruth Kahn/Andrew Kahn Rose

Garden Donation

in honor of Ellen Dorfman's


Kahn

Special Friday Night Oneg or

Kiddush

in appreciation of Rabbi Larry

Bach by El Paso Jewish Acad-

emy

in appreciation of Temple

Mount Sinai by St. Francis on the

Hill Episcopal Church

in honor of Isaac Ibarra becom-

ing a Bar Mitzvah by Jorge

Ibarra & Lee Rosenthal

Special Kiddush in honor of

Isaac Ibarra becoming a Bar

Mitzvah by Jorge Ibarra & Lee

Rosenthal

in memory of Alice Purvin by

Marshall & Stacy Berry

in memory of Amelia Delgado

by Sheldon Poretsky & Sylvia

Delgado

in memory of Consuelo Hughes

by Arnold & Lila Bowman

in memory of Edwin Berliner by

Barbara Berliner, Alda Berliner

in memory of Howard Arthur

Post by Mark & Joyce Post

Syd Dictor Memorial Fund

speedy recovery to Jody Klein

by Rona Dictor

speedy recovery to Lola May by

Rona Dictor

Tree Of Life Donation

in honor of Simon Bir's Special

Birthday by Jaime & Laurie Papa

Edward & Helene Solomon,

Sally Parke, Buddy Schwartz,

Jim & Anne Spier, David & Tina

Wolfe, Bill & Marcia Dahlberg,

Lyndon & Randee Mansfield,

Jon & Arlene Sonnen,

Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky,

Alex & Madelyn Shaheen

in honor of Sue Zaltz' Special


Kahn, Aaron & Sylvia Wechter,

Bob & Jane Rosen, Steve & Eve

Riter, Roy & Rachel Levit, Rich-

ard & Ellen Katz, Ron Blu-

menfeld

in memory of Phyllis Shecter,

Isabell Freeman, Rhoda Gordon

by John & Kristine Shecter

in loving memory of Colonel

Robert J. Washer by the Washer

Family

Youth Fund

in memory of David Bleiberg by

Al Bleiberg


Yahrzeits for May 2011 May 6-7, 2011

Louis Axelrod

Sol Berg

Helen Borschow

Marvin Citterman

Rae Dichter

Ann Bergman Eisen

Leah Ackerman Glass

Ruth Jacobs Goldberg

Ruth Heydemann

Josefina Kaim

Elias G. Krupp

Gerald Leeser

Irene Lerner

Harold Levy

Lilla Moye

Mario Nevarez

William Oppenheim

Judith Marjorie Loewe

Poehlmann

J.B. Robbins

William Rosing

Susan Levin Rothschild

Judith Rubin

Hedwig Mathias

Schwartz

Rosalie Silberg

Sarah Silberman

Dorothy Simon

Ida Spivack

Louis Steinzig

Adelaide Weinstein

May 13-14, 2011

Ernestine Alfman

Esther Sacks Benson

Cecil E. Brannon

Edward Coffman

Maria Corral

Louis Dictor

Sara Braver Ettinger

Willard Freidman

Abram Geller

Alex Gershowitz

Rae Lipsky Gottlieb

Beatrice Horowitz

Grossman

Abe Krantz

Abner Kurtin

Sylvan Landau

Lillian Lasky

Walter Mann

Berdella Peyton

Max Rosenberg

Marvel Scherotter

Gilbert Schrier

Alan David Schwartz

Leon Siegel

Lillian Stolaroff

May 20-21, 2011

Shirlee Z. Amstater

Howard J. Barnett

Rose Beren

Adeline Blumenthal

Alfred A. Blumenthal

Howard Byrd

Abraham C. Cohen

Minnie Cohen

Nellie Daross

David Charles Erlich

Abraham Freifeld

Marion Freitag

Ann Goodman Gollob

Sali Goodman

Aida Halkin

Mary Hawkinson

Freda Shiloff Hill

Simcha Kozakish

Errold B. Lapowski

Stella R. Lent

Sarah Levin

Sol Litt, IV

Trube May

Louis Ovsay

Samuel Ovsay

Saul Poretsky

Melvin L. Potash

Samuel Reedman

Hyman Rivin

Howard B. Roisman

Sam J. Rosenberg

Irvin Rothstein

Linda Sue Rybak

Mike Snider

Donna Levy Thwaits

Flora Weiss

Rosalie H. Zimmerman

May 27-28, 2011

Norma Brody Aaronson

Arnold Aronson

Neal Axelrod

Dorothy Bonner

Sarah Goldin Brickman

Ruth Gray Brounoff

Laurence S. Calisher

Roz Chicofsky

Dora Strauss Cohen

Manley B. Cohen

Michael D. Colton

Elmo Curry

Tina DeJong

Meyer Fagelman

Samuel Feld

David Forman

Daniel Freundlich

Irma Glass

Isaac Halkin

Johnny Hammans

Phillip Horwitz

Irving Israel Kallman

Julius Kantor

Ruth Jane Strelitz

Majesky

Ruth Ellen Marcus

Dorothy Goodman

Marshall

Reta McCoy

Clyde P. Molloy

Harold Nitzburg

Rachel Raskob

Jennie Rosenberg

Arnold Rothchild

Manuel Schwartz

Alan Paul Stein

Harry C. Talpis

June 3-4, 2011

Dale Alkov

Edward V. Barnett

Adele W. Blaugrund

Irwin Breeman

Max Feldt

Eugene Fleischer

Lawrence Freitag

George Gornstein

Eleanor Given Guttman

Janice Heller

Maurice Heller

Vera Hirsch

Frances Levy Kahn

Frances Kaulkin

Leopold Leon

Tita Lyle

Kirsten Laura Meyer

Herbert D.

Oppenheimer

Irving Press

Pauline E. Raney

Etta Packer Rose

Billie Sparks

Robert Valdes

Eva Weiser

Earl Wigodsky


May 8, 2011

Last Day of

Religious School

COOKOUT

Parents, Grandparents, Board of Trustees and Staff,

Please come and join our students and faculty as we say

goodbye to a successful school year. Enjoy delicious

hamburgers and hotdogs prepared by our MRJ members

and celebrate Mother’s Day with us.

The end of school year cookout is generously sponsored

by the Leffman Family

Join Us From 11:15 to Noon

in the Religious School Courtyard

Students and Faculty will meet in Krupp Chapel at 9:30 am for

Tefilah and an end of school year assembly. Then they will head

back to their classroom for an end of school evaluation and a

Yom HaAtzma'ut lesson.

SEE YOU AT THE COOKOUT!

Staff

Rabbi ............................................................... Larry Bach Rabbi Emeritus ............................................... Ken Weiss Administrator ................................................ Sally Parke Administrative Assistant .................... Buddy Schwartz Religious School Director................................ Grace Bir Youth Advisor ............................................... Stacy Berry Rabbi’s Assistant ........................................... Elisa Gluck Building Manager .............................. Frank Hernandez House Keeping ......................................Ramona Pinales Accompanist ........................................... Linda McClain

Officers

Shari Schwartz ........................................................... President

Thomas Goldfarb ............................................. President-Elect

Greta Duran ........................................................ Vice President

Lori Gaman ......................................................... Vice President

Jack Heydemann ................................................ Vice President

David Leffman ................................................... Vice President

David Novick .............................................................. Secretary

David Kern ..................................... Immediate Past President

Trustees

Rick Amstater, Bill Carvajal,

Cindy Graff Cohen, Scott Feldt, Susie Goldman,

Ellen Goodman, Maria Klein, Arthur Leeser, Hal Marcus,

Susan May, Josh Meyer, Debby Robalin,

Danielle Scher, Mark Schrier, Jane Snow

Temple Mount Sinai 4408 North Stanton Street El Paso, TX 79902 Phone: 915-532-5959 Fax: 915-533-0092 www.templemountsinai.com

Temple Mount Sinai is the

Reform Jewish congregation

serving El Paso, Texas.

We are a congregation of

supportive, caring and

diverse people with a rich

history.

Temple is a place for prayer,

ritual, spirituality, education,

wholeness and healing, social

action and celebration.

Join us as we explore,

through these elements of

sacred living, the richness of

Jewish faith and tradition.

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ORGANIZATION

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