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THE BULLETIN May - June 2015
Iyar - Sivan - Tammuz 5775
Temple Emanuel Comedy Dinner Theater
‘Late Night’ Comedy Coming to You!
A Funny Fundraiser for Temple Members 16 Years and Older
Saturday, May 2, 6:30 p.m.
held at Summit School, 2100 Reynolda Road
Laughs and entertainment with award-winning comedian,
Dan Ahdoot www.standupdan.com
$75 per person, includes dinner and entertainment
Register online at www.templemanuel.com or mail your check to
Temple Emanuel, 201 Oakwood Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
CELEBRATING SHABBAT - CREATING HOLINESS
THE NAVA TEHILA ENSEMBLE
MAY 14 - 16, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 7:30 p.m., Training Our Voices Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m., Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, May 16, 10:00 a.m., Praying in the Woods* Saturday, May 16, 7:30 p.m., Havdalah Concert
Join the musical prayer leaders of Nava Tehila from Jerusalem for a Shabbat of delight as they invite us to travel into the landscape of holiness and joy.
Visit www.navatehila.org for more information.
Sponsored by Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn’s Discretionary Fund and the Winston-Salem United Jewish Appeal.
*Weather permitting - in Menorah Valley at Temple Emanuel
Shavuot - From Kodesh to Kodesh ~From Shabbat to Shavuot
Shavuot Evening Service & Leil Tikkun Shavuot Saturday, May 23, beginning at 7 p.m.
Our service will be one of closing Shabbat and entering into the holy day that marks our receiving Torah. A brief service, followed by a dairy oneg, and a night of study that will focus on: What makes for holiness along our journey in our world?
Come for part or all of the evening. Bring a dairy delight and your own personal definition of the word ‘HOLY’. Bring a story or a picture or a midrash or a garment or an object – that reflects or demonstrates the holiness you have found in your journey in this life.
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CONTACT US Temple Emanuel Office: (336) 722-6640 201 Oakwood Drive Winston, Salem, NC 27103 www.templemanuel.com [email protected]
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn [email protected]
Courtney Anthony, Director of Education [email protected]
Colleen Lerner, Preschool Director [email protected]
Diane Deal, Bookkeeper [email protected]
Audrey Krakovitz, Office Manager [email protected]
OFFICERS
Richard Gottlieb, President
Felice Brenner, Exec VP/Fundraising
Lisa Purcell, VP Ritual/Education
Alan Abrams, VP House
Jeanne Ormsby, VP Finance/Admin
Cynthia Silber, Co-Treasurer - payables
Dawn LaGrone, Co-Treasurer - receivables
Vivian Smith, Secretary
Sid Shapiro, Immediate Past President
GOVERNORS
(2nd year of Term)
Adam Freidman, Rona Klein, Seth
Moskowitz, Nikki Shafer, Herb Spindel
(New 2-year Term)
Evan Friedel, Jennifer Grosswald, Eileen Schneider, Phyllis Seiler, Scott Sewell
Brotherhood: Dave Rosenblatt and
Mitch Neuhauser
Sisterhood: Vivian Smith and
Nikki Kourpias Shafer
LIAISONS
Bulletin: Audrey Krakovitz
Caring Committee: Colleen Lerner
Docent/Tour Guide: Ted Sulzberg
Education: Lisa Purcell and Adam Friedman
Library: Sharon Marks and Lois Miller
Lifelong Learning: Seth Moskowitz
Membership/Outreach: Regina Lobree
Nominating: Sid Shapiro and Jay Shifrin
Ritual: Jay Shifrin
Senior Programming: Herb Spindel and
Sandy Schneider
Sisterhood Gift Shop: Margot Lobree
Social Action: Pilar Beccera and
Joyce Shapiro
BULLETIN INFORMATION
Thank you to our bulletin editors: Kathie Burton, Bob Conn, Richard Gottlieb, Rochelle Kramer, Regina Lobree, Lois Miller, Cynthia Silber, and Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn. Deadline for article/photo submission is June 5 for the July - August issue.
MEMBERSHIP NEWS Meet our newest members: Ellie and Stuart Fine are delighted to be spending part of the year in Winston-Salem. They have visited with their family, Karen, Tom, Sam and Sarah Pranikoff, for the past 17 years. The Fines' other home is in Car-bondale, Colorado. Daniel Strickler is a transplant from Long Island, New York. He studied Mass Communications at University of South Florida and is an avid Carolina Panther fan. Thank you to our members who helped out with babysitting during Highland’s Easter service: Emily Alphin, Lois Buerkle, Rebecca Fleisher, Sarah Fleisher, David Koerner, Hannah Kostuchenko, Regina Lobree, Ines Malik (and Grace Crumpton), Jay Mintz, and Shelly Silverman. We will be sponsoring a new member Shabbat on June 19th for anyone new to our Temple since our new member Shabbat this past fall.
July Fridays in July
5:30 p.m. Shabbat Nosh 6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, July 18 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service
Bar Mitzvah of Parker Boylan
Saturday, July 25 8:30 p.m. Tisha B’Av Service
June Friday, June 5
5:30 p.m. Pre-Kabbalat Shabbat Nosh
6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday, June 12
5:30 p.m. Pre-Kabbalat Shabbat Nosh 6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, June 13 9:00 a.m. Prayer Study
10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Minyan
Friday, June 19
5:30 p.m. Pre-Kabbalat Shabbat Nosh
6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday, June 26 5:30 p.m. Pre-Kabbalat Shabbat Nosh
6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, June 27
9:00 a.m. Prayer Study 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Minyan
Summer Service Schedule
During the summer, we begin celebrating Shabbat at 5:30 p.m. with a
pre-Kabbalat Shabbat Wine & Cheese Oneg, followed by Kabbalat
Shabbat service “in the round” at 6:00 p.m.
Iyar - Sivan - Tammuz 5775 Page 3
PRESIDENT RICHARD GOTTLIEB
BOARD BRIEFS
The following actions were taken by the Board of Governors during the March and April meetings: The Board approved a recommendation from the Membership Committee to elect for membership in the Temple and to welcome: Daniel Strickler, Ted and Deanna Kaplan. The Board approved the recommendation of Colleen Lerner, Preschool Director, to hire Alexandria Toledo for a 4 year old teacher’s position and re-hiring Casey Powell as an assistant in the Kitten room.
Annual Meeting Sunday, May 31, 8:30 a.m. Breakfast nosh
Proposed slate of officers Report on Congregation and Religious School
Highlights of the year Financial and Endowment Report
A Year in Review Our congregational annual meeting is May 31. As I plan for the meeting and the future, I cannot help but reflect on our many successes this past year. Here are a sample: Courtney Anthony - In June, we welcomed Courtney Anthony as the Temple’s Educator. Since arriving, Courtney jumped into the Religious and Hebrew school programs and the transi-tion could not have gone more smoothly. Courtney has garnered the support and respect of the faculty, and students and parents have expressed confidence and enthusiasm for her leadership. I am confident that great things will continue. Building improvements - There was no dispute that many areas of the Temple’s physical plant had become worn and threadbare. Under the leadership of Alan Abrams, our VP for House, improvements have been made throughout our buildings. Just a couple examples are the new carpet in the hallways of the Educational Building and around the borders of the Sanctuary, and there is fresh paint in many classrooms and hallways. And, have you seen the new playground equipment? Thanks to a donation from the Kaplan family, we have a beautiful new piece of equipment, and we used its installation as an opportunity to put in a safer play area and to address drainage issues. We will continue to address repairs in an effort to avoid the expense and disruption of de-ferred maintenance. Mitzvah Day - Both experienced and new volunteers declared this year’s Mitzvah Day among the most successful that we’ve had. Thank you to Wendy Brenner and the Mitzvah Day committee for their efforts to re-energize and to raise the bar for this important community event. Fundraising – Under the leadership of Felice Brenner, our approach to fundraising continues to be transformed and professionalized. I have mentioned many times in this column that the Temple’s sustainability is connected di-rectly to our financial future. Among our successes in fundraising was the introduction of a successful annual cam-paign that is an important step in assuring the Temple’s economic future. Events, events, events – Casino Night, Community Second Seder, Rick Recht concert, Latke cook-off, Purim din-ner, hamentaschen bake-off and spiel, Tu Bishvat, and many more events. Each was a success and brought us to-gether as a community. We can continue to look forward to more. Just around the corner is the Comedy Dinner Thea-ter on May 2! Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn – Now in his fourteenth year as our spiritual leader, Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn contin-ues to be our guide and teacher. Whether he’s calling on one of our loved ones who is sick, officiating at a bar or bat mitzvah, wedding, baby naming or other life cycle event for a family member, picking up and carrying one of our chil-dren, or leading services, his presence and influence have a profound impact on the Temple Emanuel community. While we know how impactful he is, we could not be more proud to have him as our Rabbi and we all celebrate his recent recognition in the Jewish Daily Forward as one of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis.” For each of you who has played a role in the many successes of the Temple, I offer my sincere thanks. On a per-sonal note, I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as your president and look forward to the year to come and many more successes.
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Journey. It seems like everyone is on a journey. It’s even the name of our sculpture that sits outside our sanctuary building. But it’s a great word. I never get tired of it and it is good because it’s so true!! Life IS a journey. And we are the travelers … walking this sacred path of life together and finding our way, groping for answers and direction. And that is always okay. And we will never know the nature of the journey until it is over, which is why we must remain as present as possible while we are on the path and simply be. Simply be in the moment as much as is reasonable. But to make life happen and force the journey, at times, we need to look ahead and plan and assume, hope, imagine that those laid plans were well-placed and suitable for where we will be
and hope to be at that time. Whether it is a lunch, meeting or a trip to a far-away place, the journey has its own course and life but is open to some direction and intentionality by us, the user. It has been four years, this summer, since our temple family took a trip to Israel. Many members have expressed interest in a temple trip to Israel. With this in mind, I have begun working with Ayelet Tours to plan a trip for our community on June 15th-26th, 2016. We will travel to Israel to engage meaningfully with our people’s ancient and modern homeland. Though I will write more and discuss more as we near the departure, I want us all to consider what it means to travel intentionally in this life. We make our journey happen and can learn from it each and every day … whether it is something as simple as a lunch date or far more involved like a trip to Israel. May we rejoice in this season of journeying (as we work our way to Sinai for Shavuot having left Egypt with Passover). May we consider ways to finding meaning and act with intention as we go … finding many blessings along the way.
RABBI MARK STRAUSS-COHN
A Priest and a Rabbi Walk into a Bar …
And that’s no joke! It’s Torah and Testament on Tap!
****** Special Date - Thursday, May 28, 6:00 p.m. at Finnigan's Wake *****
620 N. Trade Street (between 6th and 7th Street)
Now finishing our third year! Laughter is a key part of this interfaith event. The Winston-Salem community is welcome to join in Torah and Testament on Tap: 1 part meaningfulness, 2 parts spirituality and 1 shot of irreverence. All are welcome.
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn of Temple Emanuel and Father Steven Rice of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church discuss matters as mighty as morality and humanity and as important as good food and drink, focusing on shared or parallel texts.
Note change for May - May 28 and then we resume October 2015!
Community Seder Passover 2015
Thank you to everyone that made our community seder a success: Cookie Carmen, Naomi Greenberg, Rona Klein,
Laura Kline, Rochelle Kramer, Lindsey Lobree, Margot Lobree, Regina Lobree, Ines Malick, Stuart Mandel,
Leslie Masingo, Shimshon Masingo, Serene Mirkis, Ellen Newman, Beatriz Ortiz, Jane Rogers, Dave Rosenblatt,
Rebeccah Rush, Ava Saperstein, Kay Schneider, Bonnie Seligson, Bob Shar, Faith Shifrin, Jay Shifrin, Cynthia Silber, Gail Stein, Eitan Strauss-Cohn, Daniel Strickler, Gayle Tuch.
Our Skit performers:
Sharon Averill
Maddie Backfield Bert Kalet
Stephen Kramer
Jason McKinney
Lucas Rosenblatt
Rebeccah Rush
Rob Simons
Iyar - Sivan - Tammuz 5775 Page 5
COURTNEY ANTHONY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Is it possible for an individual person to have a lasting impact on society? Which individuals in our culture have made this kind of lasting impact, either positive or negative? How do we reconcile that genius and selfless leadership sometimes exist alongside selfishness and mediocrity – in the same person? These are some of the questions we considered during our tenth through twelfth grade trip to Washington, D.C. last month. The educational theme of our trip was “The Power of One.” We examined the lives of famous leaders who left enduring legacies, and the ways that many non-famous individuals contributed greatly to the
successes or failures of these leaders. At the Sewall-Belmont House, which served as headquarters for the women’s suffrage movement during the early twentieth century, we learned about Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul. We visited monuments honoring Mary McLeod Bethune, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. We experienced the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and learned the difference a single person can make in the world, for good or evil. And finally, we toured the Folger Shakespeare Library and explored how one writer singlehandedly changed our language and our culture. Thanks to our six participating students – who approached the packed itinerary with energy, enthusiasm, intellectual curiosity, and good humor – the entire trip was
so meaningful and memorable that it is difficult to choose just one or two highlights to share. One recurring theme throughout the weekend was that we don’t always know what kind of impact we are making during our lives. There was a poignant moment at the Sewall-Belmont House when we discussed that Susan B. Anthony never legally voted during her lifetime, or knew that her years of hard work helped pave the way to the nine-teenth amendment; but after the 2014 mid-term elections, her tombstone in Rochester, New York was covered with small, oval “I Voted” stickers placed there by grateful women voters who remembered and honored Ms. Anthony’s legacy. At the Jefferson Memorial, on the other hand, we had a challenging conversation about the mixed legacy of our third president. Jefferson gave our young nation the Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Lewis and Clark expedition. He also remained ambivalent on the issue of slavery until the end of his life, publicly opposing the institution because he knew it was morally wrong, yet continuing to hold slaves on his plantation at Monticello and carrying on a long-term relation-ship with a slave named Sally Hemings. This duality prompted our students to ask: How could someone who wrote that “all men are created equal” own hundreds of slaves throughout the course of his lifetime? Why did Jefferson wait until his children with Ms. Hemings were adults before he freed them? What kind of courage did it take for her to raise her children in slavery until they were freed? Why didn’t Jefferson ever free her? There are no unequivocal answers, but simply pondering the questions encourages us to realize that humans are complicated and imperfect, and to examine our own choices and actions. Are we truly living according to our highest values? Are we making choices based on what is right, or on our own momentary convenience? How will we be judged by future generations? The teens who participated on the D.C. trip are our next generation of Jewish leaders, and after spending three days in thoughtful conversation with them, I can be sure of this: They are more socially aware, less racist, less sexist, and less homophobic than any generation before them. Their values are strong. They will hold us to high stan-dards.
Tot Shabbat Friday, May 1, 6:00 p.m.
For our youngest members and their families!
Tot Shabbat will resume on September 4.
Felecia Morgan Becker Joshua David Breakstone Aaron Samuel Cooper Eva FloresDeValgaz
Ariel Wynne Freedman Jacob Benjamin Klaus Hannah Faryn Kostuchenko Brianna Regan Shafer
Justin Smith Eitan Strauss-Cohn
Mazel Tov to our Confirmation Students! Join us on Friday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.
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THE MAVENS (SENIOR PROGRAMMING, 55+) Join the Mavens "Lunch and Learn" events at noon on the second Thursday of each month. The Mavens are excited about plans for the next few months. May 14 --We will travel to Greensboro for a tour of The American Hebrew Academy. Carpools will leave the Temple no later than 9:00 a.m. Lunch will be provided (at no cost) in the dining hall. June 11 - Our guest will be an Ambassador from the Road Scholar programs who will present and describe the offerings of the many trips they coordinate. August 6 --We will board the Catawba Queen and enjoy a Lake Norman cruise. We will car-pool from Temple. There is a fee for the cruise, but lunch will be provided, courtesy of the Mavens for all paid members. Please send your annual dues of $18/person to Margot Lobree. A departure time and other details coming soon. Our newest offering is chair yoga class which starts at 10:30 a.m. prior to our monthly lunch and program held at the Temple. Yoga for seniors enables us to pay attention to our breathing and posture while we address our other aches and pains. For more information contact Herb Spindel [email protected] or Kathie Burton [email protected].
SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP
Kiddush Cups * Candle Holders
B’nei Mitzvah Gifts * Mezuzahs
New items arriving weekly!
Support Israel - Support Sisterhood
PRESCHOOL UPDATES April was a busy month, especially with our Passover seder – thanks to Rabbi Mark and Miss Courtney for leading us out of Egypt safely!
Now, it is our countdown to the end of the year – and Dinosaur graduation on May 21st! The Dino class is thrilled to be moving on up to kindergarten – and although we are sad to see them go, we are so proud of them. After graduation we will have a small celebra-tion, and finish up our school year with our family picnic at Hathaway Park on May 22nd.
We are also thrilled with our new playground equipment! Thank you so much to Hal Kaplan, Richard and Felice Brenner, and all the help we received from Temple Emanuel and Kaplan Early Learning Company. The children love it!
We are currently taking registration for our summer camp and for our 2015-2016 school year. Please call the Preschool at 722-6640 ext 109 with any questions.
LIBRARY If you, your children or grandchildren, have borrowed books from the Temple Library, please return them by
May 12th for re-shelving. Postcard reminders will be sent to those who have had books checked out for more than 3 weeks. It is expensive to replace lost, misplaced or damaged books. Books may be checked out over the summer; it's a great time to read a novel, watch a movie or en-joy learning. There are books for every age from pre-school to seniors.
The library is open during regular Temple office hours. See note on the desk for check-out instructions. - Temple Library Committee
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SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE Social Action Committee (SAC) is engaged in a number of initiatives toward Tikkun Olam, making the world a
better place. We work diligently at being inclusive! All Temple members are invited to participate in an area of your interest. SAC is co-chaired by Pilar Becerra and Joyce Shapiro, bringing their
passion and experience as leaders. Please share your ideas about organizations or social action
projects with Pilar Becerra, [email protected].
The next Social Action Committee meeting is Sunday, May 17 at 9 a.m. at Panera Bread on
Cloverdale. Please contact the office for the March and April minutes.
TEEM - ENVIRONMENTAL MOVIE AND SPEAKER NIGHTS
Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m. “Community Fair" of environmental-related organizations
Topic: Become an Environmental Activist Film: “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” is the first big-picture exploration of
the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from
conservation to climate change. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2012 and won acclaim at festivals around the world.
Speakers: Abby Bishop, NC Conservation Network - Skill building for community activism for organizations
Bill Blancato, Citizen’s Climate Lobby (CCL) – How to influence policy at legislative level Henry Fansler, Sierra Club – History of local environmental efforts
Sam Kiley, League of Conservation Voters – Mobilizing grass-roots efforts
June 4, 2015 Our Season has been extended! TEEM is partnering with filmmaker, Working Films Topic: Fracking
Film: “Fracking Stories”, 6 short films and speakers
Schedule for the 2015-2016 Movie Season: 1st Thursday of the month 2015: September 3, October 1, November 5, December 3; 2016: January 7, February 4, March 3, April 7, May 5
Our mission is to educate and empower! With knowledge, we can make positive environmental changes! Free Admission -- Contributions appreciated to offset our costs. Refreshments provided.
If you have any questions, please contact Gayle Tuch 766-2767 or [email protected]
Presented by Temple Emanuel’s Environmental Movement (TEEM), a sub-committee of the Social Action Committee
The Moore Food Pantry continues to add new families and is now serving 35 families. Our volunteers from
Temple Emanuel and Highland Presbyterian Church have done a great job. We will con-
tinue to operate the pantry through the summer months. To volunteer, please contact Bob Schwartz at [email protected]. We continue to need personal items such as
toilet paper, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap bars, deodorant, Kleenex and canned fruits
in natural juice or light syrup. There are donation boxes in both the Education and
Sanctuary buildings.
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BROTHERHOOD
In March, the Brotherhood grilled lunch for the BBYO Carnival, coordinated a post-Megillah Madness Poker
Night at the home of Richard Brenner and sponsored an Oneg. Thanks go to Richard and Jason Eckstein
for making poker night a big success and to Jay Mintz for coordinating the Oneg.
In April, the Brotherhood held its annual Yom HaShoah program. The program included Dr. Zohara Boyd and Dr. Peter Petschauer from Appalachian State University. Thanks goes to Ted Sulzberg for coordinating
the event. In addition, we held a Sunday morning meeting to discuss future activities and nominations for
officer positions for the new year. Finally, we did our spring sprucing-up of the grounds and learned about
when and how to prune. Thanks to Jeff Masingo for leading the landscaping activities.
Temple Emanuel has a Coed (Brotherhood and Sisterhood members) Softball Team. If you are interested in
playing, please contact Jason Thiel at 336-816-3940 or [email protected]
If you have an idea for a Brotherhood program or get-together, and are willing to “take the reins”, please con-
tact Dave or Mitch so we can help you get on the Brotherhood calendar!
Dave Rosenblatt/Mitch Neuhauser, Co-Presidents
SISTERHOOD Sisterhood hosted the Purim dinner and Hamentaschen bake-off in March. Special Todah Rabbah to Vivian Smith for providing us with a delicious lasagna dinner and Lori Baydush, Jennifer Cohen, Helene Elbein, Michaela Elbein, Margo Fesperman, Naomi Greenberg, Ines Malick, Jenn Rosen, Stacey Schlesinger, Adrienne and Herb Spindel, Julie Weiner Wanderman and Daniel Wanderman for assisting with set-up and clean-up. This year’s Hamentaschen Teams: Apple Taschen - Helene Elbein and Michaela Elbein, Lemon Drop Lovelies - Jenn Rosen and Marsha Strauss-Cohn, Noshen Taschen - Beth Morang, Toffe Taschen - Lori Baydush. Sisterhood members also baked hamentaschen for the Purim Carnival.
Sisterhood is planning next year’s activities! Send your ideas to Lori Baydush at [email protected] and join us on Tuesday, May 12, 7:00 p.m. at Gail Cohen’s.
Sisterhood Book Club meets during the summer on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 6:00 p.m. - A special potluck dinner and planning session for 2015-16 selections. For more information, contact Kathie Burton.
Sisterhood Closing Luncheon details coming soon. Please don't be hesitant to help - volunteers are always wanted to help coordinate our events.
BBYO BBYO has been very busy and successful. We participated in Mitzvah Day on the H.O.P.E. Truck of Winston-Salem delivering food to impoverished neighborhoods. We planned and held another awesome Purim Carnival! We will donate the proceeds to International Service Fund, the H.O.P.E. Truck and for our own Judaic programming. Spring Council was our last convention of the year. We elected new board members with Ariel Freedman elected to the position of North Carolina Council Morah (girls' vice president of membership and recruitment NC BBG) and Aaron Cooper elected to the position of NC Council Godol (boys' president NC AZA). We will host a community service project, eighth grade recruitment, and work at the Temple's comedy night. It has been a great year thus far and we are excited to finish strong!
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YAHRZEITS
May 1 Sioma Cukiernik
Allen Freiberg Howard Friedensen
Hyman W. Gelber
Katye Goldman
Betsy Jaffe
Saul Kapiloff
Gerry Lamy Ron Levine
Matthew Morris Miller
Goldye Hart Pandres
Esther K. Robinson
Dora C. Romm Henry Rothberger
Rachel Gladston Shapiro
Lois Shifrin
Lilly Silverman
Benjamin Sosnik
Bess Wainer Donald Paul Weinberg
May 8 Susie Abrams
Henrietta Ascher Allan Selig Bloom
Nathan Citron
Abe Berry Clein
David Epstein
Sylvia Friedensen
Joseph Goldberg Zahava Hirshmann
Selma Jaffe
Benjamin Kadis
Hyman Michael Kadis
Beth Fine Kaplan David Lobree
Beryl Alaynick Marchiz
James H. Moore, Sr
Dayna Pandres
Ludwig Pollak
Joseph G. Stein Jack Tenenbaum
Bobby D. Wilkins
Ethel Winters
May 15 Frances Abrams
Mabel Andorf Bernice Conn
Edith Hoffman Crohn
Esther Josephson Geller
Cathy S. Hampton
Charles Hartman
Marian Heller Florence S. Kaliko
Leroy B. Lamm
Philip M. Liebschutz
Max Bert Muller
Reuben Max Reifler Rose Schneider
Olga Seligson
Israel David Shapiro
Herman Silbert
Freda Weitzel
Leslie Winegarden Shedlya Zalitsman
May 22 Morris Aaron Bloom
Harvey Chaden Harry Lewis Cohen
Fannye Davis
Joseph Davis
Annie Durham Griggs
Tommy C. Kalet
Louisa Jane Miller Karolyn Coplon Morgan
John Whitney Ormsby
Dorothy Fine Paris
Pearl MantonPearlman
A. Arthur Price Harry Schneider
Sylvia Sklar
Lillian U. Sosnik
Leonard Walder
May 29 Jerry Baydush
Marie Burton
Abraham Cohen
Harriet L. Cooper
Harry Hiersteiner Stephen Hynes
May 29 (cont) Jeanne Jones
Fay G. Levy Samuel Listokin
Isadore Meschan
Bill Pilon
Esther J. Robin
Louis Sawelsky
Jerome L. Simon Gerry Spector
June 5 Marilyn Apolito
Edith Backfield Florence Carmen
Max H. Crohn
Leon Fine
Benjamin Goldman
Samuel Hoffman
Lila Isakow Mandel Samuel Kadis
Robert McCarthy
Sadie Klein Mittman
Melody Scott Moskowitz
Mary Robin Bune Sosnik
Susan H. Strauss
May Wiesenfeld
June 12 Rae Baker Bloom Steven Elbein
Freda Fern
Leafy Foreman
Roslyn Slovick Freedman
Ruth Gutziet Frances Hynes
Ira Koerner
Mark Levin
Allen I. Levine
Doris Weinberg Loevner
Anna Meschan Marcia Levine Robin
Joe Seiler
Muriel Anne Spellman
Stephen Wolfe
June 19 Robert Bernstein
Esther Kaplan Brandstater Gertrude Petock Brenner
Milt Dworkin
Harvey Edwards
William I. Goldstein
Samuel Grassgreen
Beatrice Cohen Harris Karl Krakovitz
James Odell Poe, Sr.
Robert Alvin Schugam
Nestor Yale Sosnik
June 26 Theodore Black
Louis Cleff
Elaine Davis
Sarah Edwards
Ronald Goldman Doris Himelfarb
Charles Levine
Theodore Levitt
Ronald S. Michalove
Yetta Moskowitz Jack Pinsler
Blanche Romm Silverman
Rose Slovis
Irving Vengrove
Eva Weiner
Peggy Mae Yarbro
July 3 Ben Byer
Daoud Dorra
Morris Ettin Robert F. Goodman
Sylvia Levin
Avraham Daniell Levine
Eleanor Margolin
Burton Prague
Arlene Savage Farrell K. Shar
Jules Snyder
Recent Condolences 2015 Helen Ackermann, grandmother of Daniel Ackerman, February 27.
Lewis Dilwith, father of Pamela Wolfman, March 7.
Julius Leshin, father of Barry Leshin, March 30.
Miriam Brenner, mother of Mike, Frances, Frank and Susan Brenner, April 28.
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CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions that are not identified for a specific fund will be credited to the General Fund.
All available funds are listed to encourage your future contributions. If you have any questions about supporting Temple Emanuel,
such as how to donate or what fund to designate, please call Bookkeeper Diane Deal at 722-6640.
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn Discretionary Fund
● Yuriy and Bella Beznos
● Harris and Ann Clein, Jet and Karen Hollander, Stan and Patti Mandel in honor of Rabbi Mark being
chosen as one of America's Most Inspiring Rabbis
● Stuart and Ellie Fine
● Lydmila Groyser in loving memory of a dear mother
and grandmother
● Rob and Jan Hiersteiner ● Steve Klass and Tammy Klass with our appreciation
for Allie's Bat Mitzvah
● Tom and Karen Pranikoff
● Daniel Winters and Kathy Gross in memory of Barry
Leshin's father, Julius Leshin ● Donald and Erna Woodward
Robyn and Michael Block Memorial Fund
● Steve and Linda Block in memory of their beloved
children, Robyn and Michael
● Bob Bloomfield and Carolyn Pedley, Daniel and
Gusti Frankel, Barry and Michele Sigal in memory of
Robyn and Michael Block
Erica Wolfe Memorial Mitzvah Day Fund
● Stephen and Rochelle Kramer in memory of Barry Leshin's father, Julius Leshin
General Fund
● Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School
● Richard and Felice Brenner
● Harris and Ann Clein, Wes and Shari Covitz, Barry
and Michele Sigal in memory of Barry Leshin's
father, Julius Leshin ● Barbara Freiberg in memory of Al Freiberg, Minna
Freiberg, Allen Freiberg, Debbie Freiberg
● Phyllis Seiler in memory of her mother Ann Geiser
Comedy Dinner Theater donation
● Alan and Edie Abrams
● Ann Brenner
Jessica Wolfman Social Beautification Fund
● Steve and Linda Block, Mike and Wendy Brenner, Wes and Shari Covitz, Daniel and Gusti Frankel,
Barry and Michele Sigal, Pete and Fran Thull, Daniel
Winters and Kathy Gross in memory of Pamela
Wolfman’s father, Lewis Dilwith
Milton and Vera Goldberg Cantorial Fund
● Lucille Fine in memory of Rae Levin
Green Fund
● Steve and Kathie Burton
● Dr. Tanios and Mrs. Jan Ma'Luf ● TEEM Movie Participants
Jessica Wolfman Memorial Garden Fund
● Alan and Edie Abrams in memory of Shimshon
Masingo’s father, Lloyd Masingo
Religious School Donations
● Paul Finkelstein and Dawn LaGrone
● Steve Klass and Tammy Klass honor of Mike
Backfield
Prayerbook Fund
● Lucille Fine in memory of Edward Levin ● Temple Beth Tikvah
Primary Rabbinic Endowment
● Gail Citron in memory of Barry Leshin's father,
Julius Leshin
Milton and Vera Goldberg Endowment
● Miriam Brenner
2014 Tradition of Giving Annual Campaign
● Gail Ballin - Double Chai
● Mike and Debbie Rubin - Abraham
● Rob Simons - Sarah
Special Thanks!
� Gloria Fetsch for assisting in the office
� Ines Malick for keeping our Facebook page updated
Sisterhood Book Club and Winston-Salem Hadassah jointly hosted the special April meeting on the 21st.
We began with a one minute salute to Yom HaZikaron,
Israeli Memorial Day, by intently listening to a
recording of the siren that is a custom in Israel. We
sincerely appreciated all of Rabbi Mark's research as we delved into Ari Shavit's book, My Promised Land: The
Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. The book may indeed
have been challenging, but the discussion was
informational and powerful. Todah Rabah, Rabbi Mark.
We would like to thank Ann Brenner for her contribution
of funds given through the Winston Salem UJA that supported improvements at Mt. Sinai Cemetery. We were
able to sod approximately 3,000 sq. feet with beautiful
new grass and to refurbish the gate at Mt Sinai
Cemetery. - The Mt. Sinai Cemetery Committee
Many thanks to Barry Eisenberg and Mike Brenner who
work diligently to maintain and assure our Jewish
community having a lovely and beautiful cemetery.
Iyar - Sivan - Tammuz 5775 Page 11
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 12 Iyar 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat 7:30 pm Kabbalat
Shabbat
2 13 Iyar 6:30 pm Comedy Dinner Theater Spring Event
at Summit School
3 14 Iyar 9:00 am Pancake
Breakfast
9:30 am Rel School
w/Holiday Simcha
11:30 am RS Picnic
2:00 pm Confirmation
rehearsal
4 15 Iyar
5 16 Iyar 7:00 pm Board Mtg.
6 17 Iyar 8:00 am Morning Meditation and Prayer 4:00 pm Hebrew
School 6:00 pm Adult Hebrew Class
7 18 Iyar 7:00 pm TEEM Enivronmental Movie
Night
8 19 Iyar 5:30 pm Dinner for Confirmation Students and Families 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat & Confirmation
9 20 Iyar 9:00 am Prayer
Study 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Minyan
10 21 Iyar -
11 22 Iyar 7:00 pm FTD
Support Group
12 23 Iyar
7:00 pm Sisterhood
Planning Meeting
(off-site)
13 24 Iyar 8:00 am Morning
Meditation and Prayer
4:00 pm Hebrew School
6:00 pm Adult
Hebrew Class
6:00 pm Sisterhood
Book Club (off-site)
14 25 Iyar 9:00 am Mavens'
Lunch & Learn - field
trip to American
Hebrew Academy 7:30 pm Nava Tehila - Training our Voices
15 26 Iyar 7:30 pm Kabbalat
Shabbat w/ Nava Tehila
16 27 Iyar 10:00 am Nava Tehila - Shabbat Morning & Potluck Kiddush Lunch 7:30 pm Nava Tehila - Havdalah Concert
17 28 Iyar 9:00 am
Social Action Mtg
(off-site)
7:00 pm Movie
18 29 Iyar 7:00 pm Interfaith W-S Mtg
19 1 Sivan 7:00 pm Sisterhood
Third Tuesday Socials
20 2 Sivan 8:00 am Morning Meditation and Prayer 4:00 pm Hebrew School - Last day 6:00 pm Adult Hebrew Class
21 3 Sivan 10:30 am Preschool
Graduation
22 4 Sivan 10:00 am Preschool
Picnic 7:30 pm Kabbalat
Shabbat
23 5 Sivan 9:00 am Prayer
Study
10:00 am Shabbat
Morning Minyan
7:00 pm Shavuot
Evening Service &
Leil Tikkun Shavuot
24 6 Sivan 9:00 am Shavuot service with Yizkor
25 7 Sivan Office closed - Memorial Day
26 8 Sivan 27 9 Sivan 8:00 am Morning Meditation and Prayer
28 10 Sivan 6:00 pm A Priest and
A Rabbi (offsite):
6:00 pm Bariatric
Support Group
29 11 Sivan 7:30 pm Kabbalat
Shabbat
30 12 Sivan
31 13 Sivan 8:30 am Annual Congregational Mtg 10:00 am Calendar
Meeting
May 2015
DIRECTORY UPDATES
Additions: Kathy Salkin
1633 Windsong Ct, Winston-Salem, NC 27127
Daniel Strickler
2073 Craig St Apt 2, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
(586) 381-0720
If you move, change your phone number or email address, please notify the office, 722-6640.
Changes to the directory: Ted Kaplan, [email protected]
Al and Sarah Mendlovitz, (336) 464-0670
Barrie Podair
4021 Leak Creek Ct, Winston Salem, NC 27127 (828) 266-1839; [email protected]
Sharon Marks, new cell (336) 408-1403
Lee Shapiro
4789 Summerlyn Place Dr, Kernersville, NC 27284
Elaine Warshofsky, new cell (336) 486-5935
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 14 Sivan
2 15 Sivan 7:00 pm Board Mtg.
3 16 Sivan 8:00 am Morning Meditation and Prayer
4 17 Sivan 7:00 pm TEEM
5 18 Sivan 5:30 pm Pre-Shabbat Oneg 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat in
the Round
6 19 Sivan
7 20 Sivan 8 21 Sivan 7:00 pm FTD Sup-
port Group
9 22 Sivan 10 23 Sivan 8:00 am Morning Meditation and Prayer 7:30 pm Sisterhood
Book Club (off-site)
11 24 Sivan 12:00 pm Mavens'
Lunch & Learn
12 25 Sivan 5:30 pm Pre-Shabbat Oneg 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat in
the Round
13 26 Sivan 9:00 am Prayer Study 10:00 am Shabbat Morning
Minyan
14 27 Sivan 9:00 am Social
Action Mtg (off-site)
15 28 Sivan 7:00 pm Interfaith W-S Mtg
16 29 Sivan 7:00 pm Sisterhood Third Tuesday Social
(off-site)
17 30 Sivan 18 1 Tammuz 19 2 Tammuz 5:30 pm Pre-Shabbat Oneg 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat in
the Round -
New Members
20 3 Tammuz
21 4 Tammuz 22 5 Tammuz 4:30 pm Ronald
McDonald
House Mtg
23 6 Tammuz 24 7 Tammuz 25 8 Tammuz 6:00 pm Bariatric
Support
Group
26 9 Tammuz 5:30 pm Pre-Shabbat Oneg 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat in
the Round
27 10 Tammuz 9:00 am Prayer Study 10:00 am Shabbat Morning
Minyan
28 11 Tammuz 29 12 Tammuz 30 13 Tammuz
June 2015
We all know that Rabbi Mark is inspiring. Now
the Jewish Daily Forward thinks so too! The Forward has included Rabbi Mark in its article about 33 of America's Most Inspiring
Rabbis. The 33 inspiring rabbis were chosen from hundreds of nominees who, according to
the Forward, are among "the most inspiring men and women from North America who are
defining and redefining what it means to be a rabbi in the 21st century." Congratulations Rabbi Mark!
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn has been with Temple Emanuel since 2001. In that time, he
has not only led the congregation, but has also worked tirelessly to reach out to the larger
community. He is part of “A Priest and A Rabbi Walk into a Bar,” in which he and an Epis-
copalian priest discuss theological matters. In the South, this is a lovely feat, made enticing with humor,
food and drink. I converted to Judaism in 2002 under his guidance and from the first moment I stepped into Temple Emanuel, I felt as if I had come home to the mother ship. Rabbi Strauss-Cohn is inspiring and leads
by stellar example. He is an outstanding rabbi. — Submitted by Lisa Wagoner
Strauss-Cohn named ‘Inspiring Rabbi’ April 1, 2015, by Meghann Evans A friend recently congratulated Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn on Facebook for being named to the Jewish Daily Forward’s annual list of America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis.
It was a total surprise to Strauss-Cohn, who has been with Temple Emanuel in
Winston-Salem since 2001.
To read the articles and Rabbi Mark’s blog, please visit our website: www.templemanuel.com.
