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The Centre CallG E r m A n t o W n J E W i S h C E n t r E

Volume 21, Issue No. 4 ADAR 5773 MARCH 2013

www.GermantownJewishCentre.org

Germantown Jewish Centre • 400 West Ellet Street • Philadelphia, PA 19119 • tel 215.844.1507 • fax 215.844.8309

By Rabbi Annie Lewis

Growing up,whenever I

would come homefrom school, my mother would ask methe same question: “Did you ask anygood questions today?” One of my fa-vorite things about Judaism is thevalue we place on asking good ques-tions. My mother’s daily ritual of in-quiry led me to feel at home in theworld of Torah study. I am grateful forthe gift of Torah, forever unfolding - aninfinite web of questions and stories. Ibelieve all of our voices and storiesare part of the ongoing revelation ofwhat it means to be human.

We are entering the prime season

for questions and stories as Passovercomes closer. According to the kab-balists, the name of the holiday, Pe-sach, can be read as two words, PehSach, which mean “a speakingmouth.” The holiday invites us into di-alogue with stories, those of our an-cestors and those from our own lives.We place objects on our seder plateprecisely so that the children will askquestions. We fill our mouths withmatzah, known as lechem oni, com-monly translated as the bread ofpoverty. In a play on words, the Tal-mud teaches that matzah is calledlechem oni because “we need to(onim) answer many words over it”(Pesachim 36a). Finding our voice isan essential part of our story of libera-tion and it is through language that wefashion our identity as a free people.

On Rosh Chodesh Adar, I had the

privilege of participating in an inter-

generational gathering of GJC womenorganized by Melissa Klein, Dena Lakeand Anne Shlay. In a circle of chairs inAnne’s living room, a group of womenfrom different walks of life in our GJCcommunity shared stories of our fore-mothers and the lessons they havetaught us. I spoke about my grand-mother, Ann, my namesake, recountinghow she fought to go to college andhow she was known in her yearbook asthe Fanny Brice of the dorm. Listening toprecious memories of women from ourcommunity, I was reminded of thepower of stories to speak to the heart. Inthat circle, we experienced how storiesinvite laughter and tears and weavethreads of empathy for the mystery andmagic of human existence.

Marshall Ganz, a community organ-

izer and Professor of Public Policy atHarvard’s Kennedy School teaches thatstories tap into our search for agency inour lives and in the world. He writes,“We are all infinitely curious in learninghow to be agents of change, how to bepeople who make good choices undercircumstances that are unexpected andunknown to us.” The story we tell onPassover, our foundational story of theExodus from Egypt, gives us a glimpseinto how change happens. It offers ushope that like our ancestors, we, too,might have the courage to face the un-known, to come out of our most narrowplaces and to lead lives of dignity anddepth.

This month, as we stock up on un-

leavened products and scrub the cornersof our homes in preparation for Passover,I hope we will take some time to shareour stories with one another. At Kid-

dush, at the Co-op or over coffee, I in-vite us to discover the commonthreads and the colorful differencesthat infuse our community with life.Below are four(ish) questions for start-ing a conversation with someone youknow or someone you don’t yet knowin the GJC community.• What experiences in your life led

you to become part of the GJCcommunity?

• What is a particularly meaningfulmoment you have experienced inthe context of the GJC community?

• What are your hopes for our syna-gogue community and for our cityin the next ten years?

A Quest for Questions, A Season for Stories

Program HighlightsHealthcare Justice, Part II:

“The Affordable Care Act and You”March 3

Women’s Shabbat & Scholar-in-Residence

March 9

Kids Stuff GiveawayMarch 10

“Follow Me: The Yoni NetanyahuStory” Film Screening

March 13

Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Men’s Club

March 17

Workmen’s Circle Chorus Concertsponsored by Hazak

March 17

Pre-Pesach Chinese DinnerMarch 22

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Rabbi’s Message Continued from page 1

• What justice issues are you mostpassionate about? What storiesfrom your life move you to actionin the world around you?

In the spirit of generating new

questions, what questions are onyour mind this Pesach? I am eager toreceive your questions at [email protected]. I will compile them and sendthem out to the community to sparkstory-telling at our seder tables andin our synagogue halls.

This Peh sach season, as we

speak our truths, ask our questionsand share our stories, may we beblessed with a taste of redemption.

Connecting to what still needs to changeBy Mitch Marcus, GJC President

President’s Message

In early No-vember, soon

after the HighHolidays and Sukkot, Minyan Dor-shei Derekh invited the entire congre-gation to join it for a special Shabbatdavening and afternoon program inmemory of Stefan Presser z"l, as it hasevery year since his death in 2005.The Stefan Presser Memorial Shabbatcelebrates Stefan's passionate com-mitment to the struggle against socialinjustice; Stefan was the legal directorof the Pennsylvania ACLU for 21years and a long-time member ofGJC.

This year’s focus was “Transgender

Jews: Moving Toward the Blessing ofInclusiveness.” The afternoon pro-gram drew well over 200 people fromacross GJC, leaving standing roomonly. Our speakers were Nurit Shein,the executive director of MazzoniCenter, a health center servingPhiladelphia’s LGBT community, andour own members Rabbi DavidTeutsch, Yoel Solis and Leiah Moser.

The first two presentations framed

the larger issues. Nurit presented aprimer to the transition process frommale to female or vice versa, whileDavid showed us that the rabbis ofthe Talmud presumed that gender wasnot binary, and often presented Ha-lachic modifications for various gen-der categories.

But the heart of the presentation

was the telling of the journeys, stillongoing, of Yoel and Leiah. Thepacked room was completely silentas Yoel and Leiah each told their re-markably moving and compellingstories of identity and change. Thequestions that followed were an-swered with open, powerful re-sponses. Rather than review thesejourneys in limited space, you canfind a portrait of Yoel and his partner

Matthew is January’s Centre Call;Leiah’s presentation can be found onDorshei Derekh’s blog.

Earlier, during the morning’s D’var

Torah, Rabbi Annie Lewis raised twoquestions that continue to echo withinme during these intervening months.They are central questions for GJC.

Rabbi Lewis began with Isaac com-

ing from Be’er Lechai Ro’i, “the Wellof the Living One who sees me,”named by Hagar after God showed herwater there after Abraham sent her andIshmael into the desert. Rabbi Lewissuggests that Isaac, almost sacrificed byhis father, went to the same placeHagar did to reconnect with life at thisplace of seeing. And Rabbi Lewisasked “what can we do to make our‘community of communities’ here atGermantown Jewish Centre best re-semble Be’er Lechai Ro’i, an oasis ofseeing and being seen?”

Rabbi Lewis asked us to wrestle

with a question her teacher Merle Feldonce asked her: “Are you more con-nected with what has changed alreadyor with what still needs to change?”The context of her teacher’s questionwas the struggle within the Jewish The-ological Seminary as it began to admitLGBT students, and Rabbi Lewis’s owncommitment to struggling for changewhile a rabbinical student.

But Rabbi Lewis’s question has

power for the entire GJC community,given our proud history of being in thevanguard of change within the Conser-vative movement, on women’s rights inthe 40’s and 50’s, on support for a fullyintegrated community in the 60’s and70’s, on support for multiple prayerservices since the 70’s, and most re-cently on full integration of lesbian andgay, and most recently transgender,Jews into our community.

Again and again, we have been

challenged to move beyond the signif-

icant change already achieved aseach generation at GJC has beenchallenged to even more change bythe next. We are proud of thechanges that we embraced long be-fore they became the norm, for goodreason. But we should be evenprouder of our willingness since thefounding of GJC to embrace contin-ual growth and continual change.Remarkably, even now we remainfirmly more connected to what needsto change than what has.

Unlike many other Conservative

shuls, we continue to thrive. Core toour vitality is our commitment tochange what needs to change, witheach change laying the moral foun-dation for the next. May we continueto change, and may we continue tothrive!(For Rabbi Lewis’s D’var Torah as well asLeiah Moser’s presentation, do an inter-net search for “Rabbi Lewis Leiah trans-gender.” For the text of David Teutsch’spresentation, search for “Teutsch mishnaGJC transgender.”)

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In CeleBrATIon…

Rebecca Berg Nissenbaum, on her 96th birthday in May

Eric Brunner & Leah Weisman, on the naming ceremony of their daughter Anna

Evelyn Eskin & David Major, on their 50th wedding anniversary

Matti Hollo, on earning the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scouting

Barb & Dick Menin, on their 20th wedding anniversary

Amy Schrager & Craig Barkan, on the birth of their son, Joshua Lev Barkan

Charlie Noam Trey-Masters, son of Beulah Trey & Steve Masters, on becoming Bar Mitzvah

Maxine Feldman, on her retirement from Abington Hospital’s Hematology Lab

Chuck & Martha Schleifer, on the engagement of their son Marc

Frieda & Milton Sanders, on their special birthdays

(December 2012-January 2013)

Shabbat Chai-lites

T h e C e n t r e C a l l G E r m A n t o W n J E W i S h C E n t r E

In MeMorIAMDavid Perelman, father of Donald Perelman

Lois Cutler, mother of Jane Greenspan and grandfather of

Kate & Emily

Stanley Elkman, father of Carol Schwartz of blessed memory,

father-in-law of Elliot Schwartz, grandfather of Wendy Schwartz

and great-grandfather of Isa, Cele & Judah

Hannah Shaines, mother of Barbara Lissy

Beatrice Chazin, grandmother of Devorah Lissek

Marvin Flisser, father of Grace Flisser

Murray Janus, father of Beth Janus

Albert Falkove, uncle of Rachel Falkove

neW MeMBerS

• Daniel & Shelby Sulman and family

• Emily Brungardt & Leiah Moser

• Cat Niallon

March 1 & 2• Carlebach Shabbat

• Tot Shabbat

• Charry Service – Mazel Tov to Jake Shapiro, son of Jessica & Mathieu, on becoming Bar Mitzvah

• Kol D’mamah

March 8 & 9• Minyan Masorti home hospitality Shabbat Dinner Potlucks

• Women’s Shabbat & Scholar-in-Residence

March 15 & 16• Kol HaNoar

• 9:30 AM – Charry Service/Minyan Masorti – Mazel Tov to Gabriel Goldberg, son of Jacob & Dana, onbecoming Bar Mitzvah & Mazel Tov to Matthew Bacine

(son of Marcy & Dan Bacine) and Alyse Levy on their Aufruf

• Parshat HaShavua B’Ivrit

March 22 & 23• Pre-Pesach Chinese Dinner

• Kol Zimrah

• Charry Service – Mazel Tov to Esther Feingold on her adult Bat Mitzvah

March 29 & 30• Pesach

April 5 & 6• Carlebach Shabbat

• Men’s Club Shabbat

• Kol D’mamah

• Pirke Avot Study

April 13• Ginat Shabbat/Tot Shabbat in the Charry Service

• Parshat HaShavua B’Ivrit


April 19 & 20• Rabbi Elias Charry Memorial Shabbat & Installation

of Rabbi Lewis

• Scholar-in-Residence Professor Arnold M. Eisen, JTS Chancellor

• Kol Zimrah


April 27• Charry Service – Mazel Tov to Anna Kilmer and

Phill Goldberg on their Aufruf


Kabbalat Shabbat/Carlebach Shabbat/Kol ZimrahFridays at 6 PM

Shabbat MorningTorah Study at 9 AM

Services at 10 AM (unless otherwise noted above)Kol D’mamah at 10 AM

Parshat HaShavua B’Ivrit at 11 AM

Sundays at 10 AM$5 per session

For more info call Tamar Magdovitz at 215-247-9614

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and to the University of Michigan,where he earned a Bachelors and a Mas-ters degree. David didn’t decide to go tomedical school until late in undergrad-uate school, so when he wasn’t admittedthe first time he applied, he decided toget a masters in human genetics. Hethen went to Temple University medicalschool, training in internal medicine andanesthesia at Temple as well.

David did a fellowship in critical care

at Massachusetts General Hospital inBoston and returned to Temple where heran the surgical intensive care unit from1983-88. From 1988 to 2011, he wasdivision chief of anesthesia at Fox Chase.Since November 2011, he has been atCooper University Hospital in Camden,where he is section chief for critical carein the department of anesthesia. (Physi-cians will appreciate these carefullyworded titles, David notes, smiling.)David has two children from his firstmarriage, Rachel, 31, who lives in Madi-son WI and Andrew, 34, who lives inManhattan.

Marcy and David met at Fox Chase in

the fall of 1991 when she was assignedto a study on a drug for breast cancer pa-tients in the intensive care unit, a studyon which David was a consultant. “Oneday there was a knock on my door andthere she was. We met over a breast can-cer study about a year after my marriagewas breaking up.” Marcy was 34. Davidwas 40. They were married in the winterof 1994. Their daughter, Emily was bornin the spring of 1997.

They settled in Wyncote and began

looking for a synagogue. They looked atGJC because of Marcy’s connection tothe Arbel Chorale, a community-basedchoral ensemble, where she has sung for29 years. Sheldon Levin, then cantor atGJC, was the conductor.

“We were synagogue shopping,”

David recalls. “GJC was not the syna-gogue model I was familiar with. We

David and Marcy Fish, membersof the Charry minyan, have

developed strong ties to the German-town Jewish Centre and have a deep appreciation for the value ofcommunity.

Raised in Woodbridge, CT, a New

Haven suburb, Marcy is the youngestin her family. Her father was an attor-ney, her mother a hospital lab techni-cian. She had three older brothers,one of whom died in 1977. She grad-uated from Duke University School ofNursing and worked for two years be-fore getting a Masters in Nursing atthe University of Alabama at Birming-ham.

After graduate school, Marcy de-

cided she wanted to be closer to Con-necticut, so she looked up and downthe Atlantic seaboard and decided onPhiladelphia, where she knew threepeople, that was three more than sheknew in Boston, New York or Wash-ington.

Her first job here in Philly was at

the Hospital of the University of Penn-sylvania. She also worked at the FoxChase Cancer Center, where she metDavid. Marcy’s last full time job wasas a nurse at the breast care center atthe now-shuttered MCP (Medical Col-lege of Pennsylvania). More recently,Marcy has worked as a nurse at CampRamah for the past eight summers. David was born in Philadelphiaand raised in Havertown. His late fa-ther, Richard, was in advertising de-sign and a well established artist. Hismother, Fran, is living at the Quadran-gle in Haverford. He has two sisters,Aimee and Suzanne. He went to pub-lic school at Haverford High School

Fish Family

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Member Spotlight by Linda Kriger

walk in, the Friday night service is notin the sanctuary, but in a small undec-orated room. There was a man walkingaround the room talking, but no rabbiwas standing in front of the congrega-tion, so initially I was confused aboutwho was leading the service. Turnsout, the service was being led by acongregant and the person walkingaround was Leonard Gordon, nowRabbi Emeritus, who was greeting peo-ple. In three minutes,” David says em-phatically, “Rabbi Gordon’s D’varconnected with me, I was moved.”

David grew up in a Conservative

synagogue in Havertown, the Subur-ban Jewish Community Center, whichclosed its doors several years ago.Marcy’s background was similar.Marcy’s family belonged to a conser-vative synagogue and she attendedUnited Synagogue Youth and CampRamah. “She could speak Hebrew andI couldn’t,” David says.

They joined GJC in 1994. Their

connection to Rabbi Gordon is filledwith affection. “We say that he’s veryconnected to Emily because doingEmily’s naming was one of his first life-cycle events at GJC and officiating ather bat mitzvah was his last,” Marcysays.

Asked how she became involved at

GJC, Marcy remembers helping withthe decorations for the auction in1998. It was the beginning of her con-nection to Women’s Club. Now she’sinvolved with the Purim Bash, she vol-unteers with the Little Shop and serveson the board of the Women’s Club.

Their daughter, Emily, attended

Perelman and Saligman Jewish DaySchools and is now at CheltenhamHigh School. She reads Torah on YomKippur in the Charry and regularly atCamp Ramah, and is in her fourth yearwith Rosh Hodesh, It’s a Girl’s Thing



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with three other GJC girls, whose par-ticipation is partially funded byWomen’s Club. The program is oper-ated by Moving Traditions.

David’s involvement began in

2003, when he got a phone call askinghim to organize a Red Cross blooddrive at GJC. He now sends emails,postcards and makes phone calls tobring blood donors in three or fourtimes a year and appreciates help inthis from Justin Fink. He stays the en-tire time and contributes his iPodmusic mix to keep the atmospherecongenial. David is now serving hisfirst term on GJC’s Board of Directors.He’s also a member of Men’s Club,where he is a vice president and vol-unteers with their activities.

Both David and Marcy gradually

came to their involvement in GJC andnow that they are involved, they findtheir lives are intertwined with the syn-agogue. “It’s something that’s grownon me: the friendship, the inclusive-ness of the people who are here. It’snot something I necessarily recognizedat the very beginning,” David says. “Ifeel very much at home at German-town. That’s more important than any-thing else. I feel part of it. I’m verycomfortable.”

Marcy agrees and looks back to

two periods in her life when she wasn’tso connected and would have appre-ciated the community’s support. “Be-fore I was connected to the synagogueand Jewish day schools, I was put onbed rest for six weeks when I was preg-nant with Emily. And, when Emily wasa year and a half old, I was diagnosedwith breast cancer. I had a mastectomyand breast reconstruction,” she says.“My activity was restricted. I wish I’dhad the community. We were mem-bers but we weren’t well connected.Had the timing been different and hadI already been involved, help would

have been overflowing. I have regrets.Not that I could change anything, but ifthe timing were different, it would havebeen a lot easier.”

David and Marcy take different posi-

tions on what it takes to get people in-volved. “If you let yourself get involved,you find that there’s a lot more therethan you thought, but you have to get tothat point,” David reflects. “And that’s areally tough barrier to break. People’slives are so busy between kids, jobs andother communal activities. The syna-gogue isn’t a high priority for a lot ofpeople. But if you can break throughthat, and allow yourself to become in-volved, the impact is extraordinarily sat-isfying. It worked that way for me.

Outreach is so important. I run theblood drive because I was asked to.Then I got a call inviting me to benominated for the Board of Directors.I never thought of asking to be nomi-nated. If the synagogue gets people in-volved, they’ll stay with you. It’s amatter of reaching out.”

Marcy’s perspective is that the bar-

riers to involvement in synagogue lifelay more with the individual than withthe institution. “I don’t think the barri-ers are created by the synagogue,” shesays. “Each person has his or her ownpersonal barrier to break through toallow themselves to commit sometime. That’s probably the biggest thing.Show up.”

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Special Thanks to the Wolfe Family Foundation for generously supporting

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Hazak

Hazak is the United Synagogue of Con-servative Judaism’s organization for Jew-ish men and women, 55 years and older.The name HAZAK is an acronym. Thehet stands for Hokhma (wisdom), thatzayan for Ziknah (maturity) and the kuphfor Kadima (looking ahead). The RheaShils Chapter of Hazak at GermantownJewish Centre has offered programs thatappeal to a wide audience since 2003.

Programming for Adults 55+

By Hazak Co-Chairs, Cherie Goren & Sonia Dishler

With March upon us, we arelooking forward to spring and

the return of our "snow birds.” Pleasejoin us for Hazak’s only fundraiser, aYiddish Concert with the Philadel-phia Workman’s Circle Chorus onSunday afternoon, March 17 at 2 PM.Our modest $5 admission makes it abargain family affair. Those who at-tended last year with their grandchil-dren and the whole mishpoche(family) will tell you what a fun, nos-talgic afternoon it was. So mark yourcalendar, you don't want to miss it!

The next Hazak Book Club meets

Wednesday, March 13 at 10 AM. Wehope to squeeze a vintage Jewish filmin between. A happy Pesach to all!

early Childhood Program (eCP)

Gan Katan, ECP’s oldest students, celebrated Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of the trees, in many ways this winter. They played with tree cookies, made a sustainable mezuzah out of tree bark and visited the Morris Arboretum!


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THE BUTTERFLY poem by Pavel Friedman, whilean inmate in the Terezin concentra-tion camp, 1942

The last, the very last,So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow.Perhaps if the sun’s tears would sing against a white stone....

Such, such a yellowIs carried lightly ’way up high.It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye.For seven weeks I’ve lived in here,Penned up inside this ghetto.But I have found what I love here.The dandelions call to meAnd the white chestnut branches inthe court.Only I never saw another butterfly.

That butterfly was the last one.Butterflies don’t live in here, in theghetto.

About Pavel Friedman: Born inPrague on Jan. 7, 1921.Deported to the Terezin Concentra-tion Camp on April 26, 1942. Died in Aushchwitz on Sept. 29,1944 On January 30, student perform-ers from the locally-based Wolfe Per-forming Arts Center (PAC) graced thebimah / stage in the Charry sanctu-ary with their interactive productionof the play “I Never Saw AnotherButterfly.” More than 15,000 chil-dren passed through the TerezinConcentration Camp (Theresienstadtconcentration camp, also referred toas Theresienstadt Ghetto) in theCzech Republic during the Holo-caust. Less than 100 of those chil-dren survived. Wolfe PerformingArts Center honors the memory ofthose children, and keeps their spirit

and story alive, with the touring pro-duction of the play. The short play provided us with a“snapshot” of the children and teensand some of their caretakers at Terezin.We learned that they studied in secret,produced a newsletter in secret, fell inlove, supported each other through thefear, loneliness, cold and continuingtransports. Beyond that story lies thepower of art to heal and transformboth the actors / artists and their audi-ence. The interactive session with theremarkable group of teen actors andactresses, one of several Wolfe PACgroups performing this play, expandedour (the audience’s) understanding ofthe story and showed us how art trans-forms both the actors and the audi-ence together. We heard how thegroup of young actors and actors, byworking together, grappled first withlearning about the Holocaust and thenwith portraying characters who, in theend, would die. We learned how thisgroup, by working together, deepenedtheir understanding of human behav-ior and related to the hope and spiritof the characters they portrayed. Theactors, many of whom are not Jewish,understood that the lessons of theHolocaust are universal, and are stillbeing written, performed and learned.

dIVrAY CHInUCH

Following the performance anddiscussion, we had the privilege oflistening to Trudy Klein Gompers, achild survivor of the Holocaust. Herfamily’s story, like so many others,was one of tragedy, hope and tri-umph. Her message to the students,in particular, was simple: you are allour witnesses. You are now thekeepers of these stories. Take the les-sons to heart, and work for peaceand understanding and tolerancewherever you are.

By Chana Dickter, Religious School Director

Actors & director of the Wolfe Performing Arts Center

Healthcare Justice, Part II: “TheAffordable Care Act and You”featuring Dr. Walter Tsou, MD,along with members of the GJCcongregation. Sponsored by theSocial Action Committee.

Save the Date!

Sunday, March 3at 10 AM


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PEOPLE OF

THE BOOK

GJC’s Jewish Book Reading Group

We meet at Germantown Jewish Centre in the Quitman

Library. We read fiction and nonfic-tion books of Jewish interest writtenmostly, but not solely, by Jewish writers and chosen by the group.Volunteer group members lead thediscussion. For more information, contactDena Lake at 215-233-1414 or [email protected].

March 12What We Talk AboutWhen We Talk AboutAnne Frank by Nathan Englander

April 9Movie Night: Something on my Own:Gertrude Berg

and American Broadcasting

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Ellen Frankel Mondays 7-8:30 pm (Living Room

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Adult education 2013/5773

Please review the chart below for our courses at a glance. Advanced

registration is requested for all courses. Contact the office to register.

Please consider making a planned

gift to the Germantown Jewish Cen-

tre’s endowment fund. Planned gifts

come in many forms, including for

example – charitable gift

annuities, life insurance, trusts, or

even a bequest in your will.

For more information about how you

can join the Ner Tamid Society

please contact the office.

Join the ner Tamid

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Shavuot Memorial Plaque dedication

Throughout the ages, Jews have re-sponded to the loss of loved ones

by committing themselves to remem-bering those who have died and to per-petuating their memories throughdevotion to the values that they helddear in life. Memory, that most insub-stantial of experiences, is in fact thething that stays with us the longest; it istruly our most lasting possession. Thecustoms of mourning – including therecitation of the kaddish prayer, the ob-servance of yahrtzeit on the yearly an-niversary of a death, and the yizkormemorial service on holidays – are allintended to help us keep the memoriesof those whom we have loved and lostalive in our hearts and in our lives.

In medieval times, people began in-scribing the names of those who haddied on the walls of their synagoguesso that they would be remembered bysucceeding generations. This custom,which grew out of the losses of the Cru-sades and other hard times for the Jew-ish people, finds its moderncounterpart in the memorial plaquesthat hang on the walls of the CharrySanctuary. The names on theseplaques, dear to so many of us, serve asa reminder of those who have come be-fore us and the many blessings they

have passed on to us. The lights be-side their names are lit on the weekof the yahrtzeit and at the yizkorme-morial service on holidays as a markof love and respect.Please consider adding the name

of a loved one to those on our me-morial plaques. We will hold a ded-ication ceremony for the newplaques on the second day ofShavuot (Thursday, May 16, 2013)when we remember the encounter ofthe people with God at Mt. Sinai. Aswe stretch our minds back to thatmoment, we encompass all of thegenerations that have lived betweenthen and now, as we continue to up-hold the values of their lives in ourown time.Y’hi zichronam livrachah – may

the memory of our loved ones al-ways be a source of blessing andstrength in our lives.

You are welcome to order plaquesat any time, however in order toguarantee that your plaque has ar-rived for dedication on Shavuot,please place your plaque order byMonday, March 11, 2013. Pleasecontact the office for more informa-tion or you can find an order form onour website.


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Thanks to Nan Daniel’s and her

wonderful committee for mak-

ing the Purim Bash such a success!

Rabbi Zeff and the Synagogue choir

entertained us with a super Purim

Spiel. Chuck and Martha Schleifer

keep writing such great scripts. We

love your talent and humor. Todah

Rabah to all. A wonderful time was

had by all, take a look at the photos.

Women’s Club news

By Barb Menin & Maxine Feldman, Co-presidents of Women’s Club

See you next year at the Purim Bash!

A special thank you to Genie Ravital

and her dedicated committee for mak-

ing the Women’s Club a benefactor of

the Women’s Clothing Give Away. Peo-

ple were delighted their “nearly new”

items. Start gathering your clothes to

“swap” for the 2014 Women’s Clothing

GiveAway.

The groundhog did not see his

shadow, so spring will be early this

year. No excuses to miss our exciting

spring programs.

March 9th Women’s Shabbat/

Scholar in Residence (see additional

information on page 13)

April 14th Rabbi Jon Cutler

May 5th Torah Fund Brunch hon-

oring Eve Pinkenson

Best Wishes for a happy Passover.

The GJC Choir entertained us with theirPurim Spiel, a spoof on “Oklahoma.”

Even Taylor Lautner stopped by (ask any teenager if you’re not sure who he is).

Thank you to our fearless organizer, Nan Daniels!

Our costume contest winners once again! Welcome to the Wild Wild West. Frank Krafchick and Centre Catering outdid

themselves with the food.

Purim Bash



Scholar-in-Residence At Germantown Jewish Centre

Saturday, March 9, 2013

featuring

Dr. Ruth Sandberg Leonard & Ethel Landau Professor of Rabbinics at Gratz College

Director, Jewish-Christian Studies Program

Shabbat Morning Charry Service

begins at 10:00 am

Community wide Kiddush following services

Study Session & Discussion following Kiddush at 1:30 PM:

In A Modern, Post-

Everyone Welcome

Free extended childcare available. RSVP by Thursday, March 7 to Elana

Shaw at [email protected] or 215-844-1507 x19.


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FUND BY OCCASION

Adult Education Fund Andrea Brockman & in memory of Lois Cutler, mother of Jane Greenspan

Vincent DiLorenzo

Judah Labovitz in memory of Rohama Siegel Lee, aunt

Steven Peitzman in memory of Manuel Peitzman, father

Leah & Norman Schwartz in memory of Mildred Magil, a founding member of GJC

Beth Stearman in memory of Freda Denniberg, grandmother

Beck Scholar-in-Residence Fund Elizabeth B. Beck in memory of William Beck, father

Joan Silver in honor of Maxine Feldman, on her retirement from

Abingdon Hospital Hematology Lab

Bess Schick Memorial Fund Shelley Weber in memory of Benjamin Marged, father

Marcy & Dan Bacine in memory of Hannah Shaines, mother of Barbara Lissy

Frances & Michael Baylson in memory of Lois Cutler, mother of Jane Greenspan

Michael Blackman in memory of Susan Blackman Adelstein, sister

Richard & Anne in honor of Michael Blackman

Berlin Blackman

Herbert Caplin in memory of Freida Becker, mother

Michael Robinson in memory of Julius Robinson, father

Joan Pitzele Sacks in honor of Mindelle Goldstein, for her caring attention to

our family

Mariann E. Schick in memory of Audrey Ellen Whitman, friend

Thomas & Theresa Swallow in honor of Audrey B. Fingerhood

Camp Scholarships Fund Ellyn Phillips in memory of Malvina Charlestein, mother

Dorshei Derekh Jacob Staub in memory of Frieda Staub Cohen, mother

Early Childhood Program Fund Richard Bazelon in memory of David Bazelon, father

ECP Gan Katan Class in memory of Murray Janus, father of Beth Janus,

grandfather of Zekie

Louie & Steve Asher in honor of Dan & Debbie Werlin, on the birth of their

daughter Nava Yael

in honor of Leah & Norman Schwartz, on the birth of their

new great-granddaughter

in honor of Noah Friedman-Nathan, on becoming

Bar Mitzvah

Marcy & Dan Bacine in memory of David Perelman, father of Donald Perelman

in memory of Lois Cutler, mother of Jane Greenspan

in memory of Stanley Elkman, father of Carol Schwartz

(of blessed memory), father-in-law of Elliot Schwartz &

grandfather of Wendy Schwartz

Lynne and Art Ellis in memory of Murray Janus, father of Beth Janus

Marvin & Marilynn Goldman in honor of Annalena Lattanzi

Judd Levingston & in honor of Melissa Schiffman & Tom McLaughlin, on the

Hillary Kruger Levingston birth of their son Adam Paul McLaughlin

in honor of Dan & Debbie Werlin, on the birth of their

daughter Nava Yael

Betsy & Hershel Richman in honor of Evelyn Eskin & David Major, on their 50th

wedding anniversary

Bev & Ira Somerson in honor of Eric Brunner & Leah Weisman, on the naming

ceremony of their daughter Anna

Joyce Videlock in memory of Matthew Wainer, father

Jacob Fishher & Ronnie Rubin in honor of Craig Barkan & Amy Schrager, on the birth of

their son, Joshua Lev Barkan

Contributions For the period of December, 2012 through January, 2013

Todah Rabbah!Sincere thanks and appreciation to those who remember to honor their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.

The fastest way for your contribution to be processed is for you to fill out a Contribution Form (available in the office or on our website) and return itto the office along with a check. Or just send in a check with a note.


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Contributions ContinuedFloral Fund Steve & Louie Asher in honor of Connie & Sam Katz, on the marriage of their son

Phil Katz to Leah Greenberg

in honor of Wendy Weingarten & Jerry Kutnick, on the

marriage of their son Uri to Galil Porat

General Fund Connie & Mike Cohen in memory of Claire Farber, mother of Barry Farber

Marvin & Marilynn Goldman

Dena & Ed Lake in memory of Albert Falkove, uncle of Rachel Falkove

in memory of Hannah Shaines, mother of Barbara Lissy

Sylvia Lifschitz in memory of Joseph Lifschitz, father

Jim & Sandy Meyer in memory of Lois Cutler, mother of Jane Greenspan

in honor of Evelyn Eskin & David Major, on their 50th

wedding anniversary

Ernest Mukamal in memory of Lynn Adelman

Maura Sostack in memory of Edward Sostack, father

Ellen Ufberg & Judah Labovitz in memory of Albert Falkove, uncle of Rachel Falkove

Paul Rudick & Denise Wolf in memory of Beatrice Chazin, grandmother of Devorah Lissek

Hazak Fund Mitchell Berk & Beth Stearman

Sonia Dishler in memory of Rose Feinberg, mother

Helene Feinberg in memory of Anne Rosenberg, mother

Samuel & Helene Feinberg in honor of Ken Weiss, on being named Men's Club Man

of the Year

in memory of Norman Danoff, cousin

Cherie Goren in memory of Neil Goren, son

in memory of Joseph Goren, husband

Leah & Norman Schwartz in memory of Esther Abrams, mother of Rochelle Fellman

Lucille Weber in memory of Phillip Applebaum, father

Healing Service Fund Abby Weinberg & Nathan Martin in honor of Rabbi Melissa Klein & family, for their wonderful

participation in Yehuda's Upshirin

Interfaith Hospitality Network Louie & Steve Asher in honor of David & Nahariyah Mosenkis, on the birth of their

new grandchild

David Picker in memory of Doris Picker, mother

Michael Rodin in memory of Sherwin A. Rodin, father

Frieda Sanders in memory of Ray Wasserberg, aunt

Milton Sanders in memory of Jack Sanders, father

Stephen Segal in memory of Arnold Segal, father

George Stern in memory of Edwin Stern, father

Geanne Zelkowitz in memory of Norma Kulberg, mother

Robert Zimring in memory of Katie Zimring, wife

in memory of Betty Zimring, mother

in memory of Celia & Jacob Pump, mother & father-in-law

in memory of Sam Pump, brother-in-law

in memory of the victims of the Sandy Creek Elementary

School tragedy

Israel Affairs Fund Carol Kaplan in memory of Samuel Pinn, father

Judy Schwartz & Jay Seitchik in honor of Marty Kaplan, on his special birthday

Leah & Norman Schwartz in honor of Raphael & Tanya Schwartz, on the birth of their

granddaughter Peninah Waitzberg

Bev & Ira Somerson in honor of Marty Kaplan, on his special birthday

in honor of Peninah & Albert Berdugo, on the engagement

of their daughter Michal

Israel Garden Fund Itzchak Kornfeld & in memory of Hannah Shaines, mother of Barbara Lissy

Maria Barracca refuah shleimah to Michael Spear

Mollie & Seymour Tinkleman in memory of Elliot Kapstein, father of Carol Tinkleman



Kiddush Fund Kathy & Saul Axelrod in honor of Barbara & Dick Menin, on their 20th

wedding anniversary

Vincent DiLorenzo in memory of Gabe DiLorenzo, father

Bonnie Buyum in memory of Barbara Buyum, aunt

Ann & Martin Itzkowitz in memory of Bertha Pepp, friend

Rebecca Ladenheim & in memory of William R. Ladenheim, father

Judith Rossman

Dena & Ed Lake in memory of Claire Farber, mother of Barry Farber

Judd Levingston & refuah shleimah to Michael Spear

Hillary Kruger Levingston

Richard Menin in memory of Benjamin Menin, uncle

Nan Myers in memory of Albert Myers, father

Michael Rodin in memory of Israel Akselrod, grandfather

Marta Brand Sivitz in memory of Clemens Brand, father

Joan W. Stern in memory of David Winderman, father

in memory of Lillian Winderman, aunt

Kol Zimrah Monica & Ramy Djerassi in support of Kol Zimrah

Library Fund Gloria Salmansohn in memory of Eva Smilowitz, mother

Minyan Masorti Louie & Steve Asher in memory of Pearl Weissler, mother of Chava Weissler

Memorial Shabbat Fund Marvin & Marilynn Goldman

Joan Pitzele Sacks in honor of the members of Minyan Masorti, who have kept us

in their prayers & been such help through my recuperation

in honor of Aaron Kavesh, on becoming Bar Mitzvah

Wendy Weingarten in memory of Ernest Weingarten, father-in law

in memory of Nancy Jacobs Traub, mother

Music Fund Mitchell Berk & Beth Stearman

Michael Blackman in memory of Norman Duffy, father

Bonnie Buyum in memory of Eda Kaufman, grandmother

Lyn Davis in honor of Ken Weiss, on being named Men’s Club Man

of the Year

Michael & Helen Feinberg refuah shleimah to Matti Hollo

Dena & Ed Lake in honor of Ken Weiss, on being named Men’s Club Man

of the Year

Chuck Schleifer in memory of Phillip Schleifer, father

Martha Schleifer in memory of John M. Furman, father

Lucille & Aaron Weber in honor of Ken Weiss, on being named Men’s Club Man

of the Year

Abby Weinberg & Nathan Martin in honor of Mikael Elsila & Dina Pinsky, for their wonderful

participation in Yehuda’s Upshirin

Playground Fund Mindy & Gary Pitkofsky in honor of Craig Barkan & Amy Shrager, on the birth of their

son, Joshua Lev

Prayerbook & Ritual Items Fund Dena & Ed Lake in memory of Elliot Kapstein, father of Carol Tinkleman

Deborah White & Dan, Rebecca, in memory of Milton White, father of Deborah

& Gabriel Piser

Program Fund Louie & Steve Asher in honor of Peninah & Albert Berdugo, on the engagement of

their daughter Michal

in honor of Marty Kaplan, on his special birthday

in memory of David Perelman, father of Donald Perelman

Daniel & Marcy Bacine in memory of Lois Cutler, mother of Jane Greenspan

Dena Lake in memory of Michael Rosenman, brother

Rabbi Lewis's Discretionary Fund Nan Daniels in honor of Marty Kaplan, on his special birthday

in honor of Ken Weiss, on being named Men’s Club Man

of the Year

Barbara Menin in memory of Ronald Lance, father

Deborah Stern in memory of Myron Schoen, father

Rivkah Walton in memory of Henry M. Walton, father

Contributions Continued


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Rabbi Zeff's Discretionary Fund Mitchell Berk in memory of Samuel Needleman, grandfather

Shirley Brown in memory of Hinda Brown, mother

Marim Charry in memory of Dana Charry, brother

in memory of Rabbi Elias & Ruth Charry, parents

in memory of Marim Charry, grandfather

in memory of Jordan Moshe Charry, son

in memory of Lawrence Charry, uncle

Karen Glaser in memory of Harold Moss, father

Rachel Falkove in memory of Albert Falkove, uncle

Mindelle Goldstein in memory of Milton Goldstein, husband

Edith Klausner in memory of Gilbert Klausner, husband

Mark Kushner in honor of Craig Barkan & Amy Schrager, on the birth of

their son, Joshua Lev Barkan

Joyce Kutler (of blessed memory) in memory of Dorothy Stern, mother

Frances Friedmann Neiman in memory of Bernice Friedmann, sister-in-law

in memory of Sophy Goodrich, mother

Elizabeth Richman in memory of Jerome Rosner, father

Hershel Richman in memory of Abraham Richman, father

Andrea & Ed Rock in memory of Evelyn Feldman

Joy, Jackie & Ava Shore in memory of George Shore, husband and father

Michael Steinlauf in memory of Doris Wald Steinlauf, mother

in memory of William Steinlauf, father

Norma Walton in memory of Henry M. Walton, husband

Mary Weinstein in memory of Rachel Nadjar, mother

Nan Daniels in memory of Timothy Daniels, husband

in memory of Albert Falkove, uncle of Rachel Falkove

Renee Levine

Jeffrey and Linda Needleman in memory of Alan Needleman, brother of Jeffrey

Ken & Susan Weiss in honor of Albert & Peninah Berdugo, on the engagement of

their daughter Michal

in honor of Chuck and Martha Schleifer, on the engagement of

their son Marc

in memory of David Perelman, father of Donald Perelman

in honor of Frieda Sanders, on her special birthday

in honor of Milton Sanders, on his special birthday

Religious School Fund Lizanne Berger in memory of Eric Michael Berger, brother

in memory of Joan Marcus Berger, mother

in memory of Mildred Magil, a founding member of GJC

in memory of the victims of the Sandy Creek Elementary

School tragedy

Debrah Cohen in memory of Lorelai Cohen, mother

Marvin & Marilynn Goldman in honor of Denis Lattanzi

Daniel Piser in memory of Leonore Piser, mother

Alex Seldin in memory of Milton Seldin, father

in memory of Max Routtenberg, grandfather

Amy Cohen in memory of George Cohen, father

Amy Cohen & Mark Spiller in memory of Pearl Weissler, mother of Chava Weissler


in memory of Israel Eisenberg, father of Ron Eisenberg

in memory of Cy Beer, father of Michael Beer

Samuel Furman Achievement Fund Alan Furman in memory of John M. Furman, father

Social Action Fund Lila Booth in memory of Nathan Wolfman, father

in memory of Newlin Booth, husband

Cheryl & John Frank in memory of Hannah Shaines, mother of Barbara Lissy

Renee Levine

Billie Schnall in memory of Charles Schnall, father




Leah & Norman Schwartz in memory of Dr. Stanley C. Diamond, husband of

Beverly Diamond

Abby Stamelman Hocky & in memory of Happy Fernandez

Eric Hocky in honor of Elaine Dushoff

Abby Weinberg & in honor of Tamara Cohen & Gwynn Kessler, for their

Nathan Martin wonderful participation in Yehuda’s Upshirin

Special Education Fund Ellen Brown in memory of Myra A. Sterns, mother

Corri Gottesman in memory of Rina Goldberg, niece

Torah Restoration Fund Bernadette Even in memory of Mildred Magil, a founding member of GJC

Eve Pinkenson in memory of Ignaz Spitzer, grandfather

Ruth Rosenthal in memory of Flora S. Mendelssohn, sister

Women's Club Bonnie Buyum in memory of Sylvia Buyum, grandmother

Mindelle Goldstein in memory of Ruth Meilachowitz, mother

Nina Gordon & Lou Walinsky in honor of Maxine & Maurice Feldman, on the Bar Mitzvah of

their grandson Adam Gregory Mermelstein

in memory of Esther Abrams, mother of Rochelle Fellman


in memory of Mildred Magil, a founding member of GJC

in memory of Dr. Stanley C. Diamond, husband of

Beverly Diamond

Joan Pitzele Sacks in honor of the GJC Women's Club, for keeping me in their

thoughts & prayers

Myrna Snyder in memory of Eva Litten, mother

Ellen Ufberg in memory of Emanuel Katz, significant other

Young Families Retreat Fund Abby Weinberg in memory of Ida Osherson, grandmother

Nathan Martin in memory of George and Faye Berman, grandparents

Youth Activities Fund Shellie Hol in honor of the B’nei Mitzvah Class of 5773

Judd Levingston & in honor of Rebecca Zaslow & Tristin Lowe, on the

Hillary Kruger Levingston Bar Mitzvah of their son Guston

in honor of Matti Hollo, on becoming an Eagle Scout

Curt & Leslie Pontz in memory of David Perelman, father of Donald Perelman


Leah & Norman Schwartz in honor of Aaron Kavesh, on becoming Bar Mitzvah

in honor of Josh Barash & Devorah Lissek, on the Bar Mitzvah

of their son Abe

Sidney Stein in memory of Irving Stein, brother



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