“...to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.”

TEMPLE BNAI ISRAEL’S MEMBERS & FRIENDS NEWSLETTER

JUNE 2019 IYAR-SIVAN 5779

The Bulletin

President Anne Willenborg:

(A partial excerpt from the President’s Message column in the May, 2019 edition of The Bulletin.)

“Dear Friends, your Board of Directors has been spending much of its time discussing the future of the Temple and the Jewish community in general. I was surprised to hear that some of you have not heard about the Temple Visioning process. Although I have referred to “Visioning” and “Future” frequently in my monthly President’s column please bear with me as I do so again. I am repeating myself not only because this is an important discussion for the congregation but because we will be discussing these topics at the annual meeting on June 19 and we strongly encourage all of you to attend! To learn more about the visioning process please refer to the Temple’s Visioning Process web page at templebnaiisrael.org; the entire process is explained.

It is possible that we will be bringing some innovative topics to the annual meeting in addition to initiating a discussion about the building. Although it is true that some kind of decision has to be made about the building (even if it is a decision to continue as is) some other ideas came out of the Visioning

process and the Board and additional supporting committees have been investigating these ideas.

There is a Cohousing Committee (www.urbanmoshav.org/bnai-israel.html) and, if it is determined that there is enough congregational interest to consider this a possibility, we will discuss cohousing as one option. In addition, another committee has begun reaching out to faith based organizations to ascertain if there might be interest in a Shared Values/Interfaith initiative which includes sharing space. If we learn that other faith based communities might be interested then we will discuss this at the meeting.

Additionally, the Building Committee has done an incredible amount of research about building options which will be presented soon. However, it is important that you know that investigative work is being done so that information can be presented to you, and you can join in the

discussion and decision making. That is why we need you to attend the annual meeting, if possible!”

More information and a complete agenda will be included in the call to the Annual Meeting.

TEMPLE ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19th, 7:00 p.m.

A light repast will be served.

Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz

Office hours: by appointment.

To schedule an appointment, call 860.423.3743 Ext. 1

(Confidential voice mail ext.) or e-mail

ravjeremy@templebnaiisrael.org

Jewish Explorations School Administrator

Morah Dara Bowling 860.423.3743 Ext. 0

Email: morahdara@att.net

THE BULLETIN is a monthly publication of TEMPLE BNAI ISRAEL

383 Jackson Street PO Box 61

Willimantic, CT 06226 Phone: 860.423.3743

Fax: 860.423.7594

Submission deadline: 15th of each month

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President’s Message 3

Rabbinic Reflections and June Torah Readings 4

Shabbat Celebrations and Services 5

Temple Family News 6

Caring Committee, Daughters of Abraham Book Club, Tikkun Olam Committee

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J-Kids Families Club, Interfaith, Jewish Explorations 8 & 9

Sarah Ratner Library and our Jewish History Book Club 10

We are now an official Amazon Smile charity; use your purchasing power to help the Temple

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Sustainer, Patrons, and Bnaifactors - THANK YOU! 13

Pledge Form 14

Your Recipes wanted (Dairy ones too!) AND BEANS! 15

Planning for our Gala Auction event is underway. Please join us for our planning meeting

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Sip and Shop 17

Donations - THANK YOU 18

JFEC Film Fest, two movies remain for this year’s festival 18

Summer camp subsidies 18

June Jewry Duty participants and needs 19

June Yahrzeits 20, 21, 22

June Calendar 23

Everybody Stood at Sinai - A (Shavuot) Celebration of Inclusion Back Cover

In This Issue

Office Administrator

Marlene B. Aulten

My last day of work prior to medical leave will be Friday, June 21st. My anticipated

return is Monday, August 5th. Wishing everyone a

wonderful summer eason!

Temple Bnai Israel is an affiliate of

Reconstructing Judaism

ReconstructingJudaism.org

Rav Jeremy will be away from the office June 23rd through June 28th.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I had the intention of skipping my article this month but then I was jolted by the burning of the Diyanet Mosque in New Haven, that, at this time, is thought to be due to an act of arson (editors note: it has been confirmed that this was an act of arson). I think I do not have to highlight the horror inflicted upon people by the hatred of others. Thank goodness there were no direct human injuries in this most recent act of violence but how can one measure the trauma and fear of repetitive exposure we all have by hearing about so many acts of violence and hate against all types of people including people of faith? And then as I write this, I received an email from the Interfaith Working Group and their call for participation in a vigil to be held for the Diyanet Mosque. I am so proud to be part of a community that is working hard to form relationships with others and is so empathic and empowering. Unfortunately, this has also left us in a position where we have to talk about security. Temple Bnai Israel has a dedicated group of members on our Security and Safety Committee which has been investigating security and safety concerns around our building and community. They recently met with an individual from Homeland Security and

hope to meet with the Willimantic Police. And yet, I cannot help but be saddened by the fact that this Committee needs to exist and spend so much time learning about how to keep us safe. The fact is there are differing opinions about how to keep safe: is it possible? Should we do things that make us feel safe even if it does not make us safe? I have been reading information shared by Presidents of other Reconstructionist congregations and the opinions are varied but I was struck by one opinion published in the Forward. https://forward.com/opinion/423676/letter-after-poway-my-synagogue-wont-be-locking-its-doors-were-keeping. The author opines against having locked doors and armed guards and I feel is worth reading regardless of how you feel about the subject. Temple Bnai Israel’s Board will continue to discuss our safety with the support of the Security Committee. Please let us know if you have questions or concerns. I hope to see you all at the Annual Meeting on June 19th!

RABBINIC REFLECTIONS RABBI JEREMY SCHWARTZ

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READINGS FOR JUNE 2019 Iyar - Sivan 5779

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019 12 SIVAN 5779

Parashat Naso Numbers 4:21 - 7:89 This Year: 7:1 - 7:89 Haftarah: 1 Kings 8:54-63

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 27 IYAR 5779

Parashat Behukotai Leviticus 26:3 - 27:34 This Year: 27:1 - 27:34 Haftarah: 2 Samuel 15:7-26

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019 19 SIVAN 5779

Parashat Behaloteha Numbers 8:1 - 12:16 This Year: 10:35 - 12:16 Haftarah: Joshua 3:9-17

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 5 SIVAN 5779

Parashat B’midbar Numbers 1:1 - 4:20 This Year: 3:14 - 4:20 Haftarah: 2 Kings 11:1-12

The whole community is necessary...

...this is one of my favorite teachings about the revelation of God and Its Torah at Sinai, which we celebrate this month on Shavuot. If even one of the people had been missing at the scene, it’s been taught, the Torah could not have been given. (Bereshit Rabbah 70:9, Mekhilta on Exodus 19:11.) So, contrary to other teaching both within Judaism and outside of it, no one person can contain or reveal all of Torah. Not Moses, not Jesus, not Karl Marx or the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

There’s a human component to knowledge of the Divine and Its ways, and each of us contains an essential and unique aspect of that knowledge. And there’s an interpersonal component; we need to be together for revelation because the Divine Way is about the interactions of our lives together – our loves, politics, economics, communities and relationships, – as well as our individual, internal, existential lives, as well as the immense universe outside the human world. We might even say that our deliberations about how best to live with one another, when done in a spirit of love and learning, is a form of Revelation.

Two events this month exemplify these notions of the necessity of the whole community’s involvement in revelation: The first, on June 8th, our all-Federation Shavuot celebration at Temple Emanu-El, will be a program called “Everybody Stood at Sinai – A Celebration of Inclusion” (details on back cover) in which we affirm that those who have sometimes been

SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019, 5 SIVAN 5779, Parashat Shelah Numbers 13:1 - 15:41 This Year: 15:8 - 15:41 Haftarah: Jeremiah 11:1-7

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SHABBAT (AND OTHER) CELEBRATIONS

HOST/HOSTESS NEEDED FOR THIS MONTH’S 4TH FRIDAY SHABBES

DINNER ON JUNE 28TH.

1st Saturday of every month is Bagel & Bible beginning at 9:30 a.m. Shabbat Service at 10:30 a.m.

All other Saturday Shabbat Services begin at 10:00 a.m.

T.G.I. Shabbes, Friday, June 14th, 6:30 p.m

We again welcome this year’s young emissaries, Liron and Roy for

T.G.I. Shabbes. It will be an evening of lively discussion and

learning, and of course, music, cheese, wine, grapefruit juice, and

some crackers too!

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TEMPLE FAMILY NEWS

Refu'ah shelema - Get Well Soon תרגיש טוב במהרה

Stuart Sidney and Leanne Rand! We wish them both a speedy recovery from their recent surgeries.

To Anne and Michael Willenborg on the marriage of their daughter, Emma to Eric Rahman on May 26th and on their son’s, Peter, graduation from college!

It’s twin grandchildren for Gail and Joe Petrowsky! “Joe and I would like to share that we are once again proud grandparents. Our daughter Jill and Anthony have had twins, a little girl, Zoey and a little boy Jacoby. Our hearts are filled with joy and love. We wanted to share our happiness and blessings with all of you, our community.”

Congrats to our college and high school graduates! COLLEGE: Josh Kaplan, Arielle Schwartz, and Peter Willenborg HIGH SCHOOL: Alex Goldhamer and Sean Rappold

JEWISH EXPLORATIONS LAST-DAY-OF-THE-SCHOOL-YEAR CELEBRATION! SEE RELATED ARTICLE ON PAGE 9

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TIKKUN OLAM COMMITTEE, Merle Potchinsky, jermerle@att.net

Fran Jaffe Ellie Shane 860.228.2390 860.423.7418 franjaffe@earthlink.net eshane01@charter.net

CARING COMMITTEE Caring for each other in times of need.

COMMITTEE AND BOOK CLUB NEWS

DAUGHTERS OF ABRAHAM BOOK CLUB Carol Kraus yvescarol.kraus@gmail.com

The Tikkun Olam Committee met on May 12th to discuss and plan a variety of actions. We will go forward planning a program on confronting racism with Dr. Mara Gottlieb from “Talking Changes, LLC” (see https://talkingchanges.com). We will be partnering with the local chapter of the NAACP and also plan to invite some additional partners into this special programming. Please consider if you have some time to help with preparations for an autumn program.

Our WAIM Work Day is scheduled for Sunday, July 21st; we will meet at the WAIM garden in Lauter Park, Willimantic, at 8:30 that morning for a couple of hours. Recall that the produce from this garden goes to feed individuals and families who depend on the Covenant Soup Kitchen. This would be a great opportunity for high school students to gain some community service hours required for their graduation while helping 2 different local organizations.

Thanks to our May leaders, Carol Kraus and Ellen Marshall. (our newest members are listed in BOLD and we give them a “shout out” for their willingness to help!).

LEADERS THROUGH NOVEMBER:

JUNE: Merle Potchinsky and Scott DeShong.

JULY: Sheila Amdur and Margie Mossberg

AUGUST: Bernice Freedman and Carol Kraus

SEPTEMBER: Doreen Simonsen and Margie Mossberg

OCTOBER: Hillary Stern and Karen Drazen

NOVEMBER: Jane Schreiber and Gail Petrowsky

DECEMBER - ANY VOLUNTEERS?

If you or anyone you know could use some help, you can contact the monthly leaders, the committee co-chairs or Rav Jeremy.

Hope you have a great summer!

Salaam, Shalom and Peace to all.

Our next meeting is Tuesday

June 18th, 6:30 p.m. Chris’ home in Glastonbury.

Contact Carol Kraus for details. yvescarol.kraus@gmail.com

Please join us for a POTLUCK DINNER

and discussion of The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister

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This is also part of our commitment to WAIM as a member community, so please join in this fun morning of gardening.

Our efforts to meet with our Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), Community organizer, Pat Spears, have been derailed a bit and we are again working to meet with him in early June. This meeting will help us to determine whether and how we will move forward with community organizing in our own synagogue community. The process will help to identify leaders and issues that we want and need to address most pressingly.

We hope to set up a meeting with Representative Joe Courtney in the late summer to speak with him about our continued need to keep the issue of settling refugees on our Federal agenda. This conversation will proceed with support from HIAS and our QCRR partners locally.

Please consider offering some of your time to Temple Bnai Israel’s efforts to repair the world. You may wish to help for a couple of hours working in the community garden or you may wish to assist us in planning or implementing one of our upcoming events. Please contact Merle jermerle@att.net or 860-450-0435 to help engage with this important work. Thanks!!

TIKKUN OLAM COMMITTEE, continued from previous page

What’s Coming Up in June 2019 Since June is a very busy month for families, we will schedule our last Friday night potluck Shabbat and our last Saturday service of the season based on the consensus of the group:

Saturday June 1 – Family Shabbat 11:00 – 12 noon – we’ll celebrate Shavuot with some dairy treats! (***alternate date Saturday June 15***)

I have greatly enjoyed this past year working with the wonderful families of Temple Bnai Israel, and with the many kind, generous and spiritual members of this very special community (too many to name!). Many thanks to all the families who participated in J-Kids Families Club activities; I do hope you stay connected and continue to join one another in celebrating Jewish life together.

Special thanks to everyone involved in creating this grant opportunity with the Mansfield United Jewish Communities and honoring me with the task of carrying out an ambitious year-long schedule of programming and outreach.

Please feel free to call on me in the future for music or program ideas. Wishing everyone a relaxing and fun-filled summer, Nancy Beller-Krieger

J-KIDS FAMILIES CLUB, Nancy Beller-Krieger, 561-707-2623

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JEWISH EXPLORATIONS MORAH DARA BOWLING, MORAHDARA@ATT.NET

INTERFAITH Sheila Amdur, sheilabamdur@gmail.com

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY UNDER ATTACK

Over the last year, we have all seen and witnessed the attacks on Jewish, Christian, and Muslim places of worship, and deadly attacks on their congregants. We must not accept this as “the way things are.” The first amendment to the U. S. Constitution enshrines this belief as a basic part of the American fabric, and we are each part of its guardian.

Three years ago, the Hochberg Human Rights and Holocaust Education Committee called together people from across all faith groups in our area and from people of good will. We mutually formed the Windham Interfaith Working Group, which has sponsored educational forums and interfaith sharing events over these last three years. It is the kind of initiative that builds over time, as more and more people open their minds and their hearts to what is new and different to them.

The Interfaith Working Group also promoted the “Welcome the Stranger” lawn signs and banners, one of which is proudly displayed on our Temple. The Working Group also sold over 200 peace T-shirts that benefited the local homeless shelter. We have also walked each year in the July 4 Boom Box parade.

Please join the Windham Interfaith Working Group on July 4 in Willimantic’s Boom Box Parade. We will walk under the banner of “Welcoming the Stranger”, we will walk with pride, and we will walk together. If you would like to join the Group on July 4, please contact Sheila Amdur at 860-477-0339.

Shalom chaverim—

Another school year draws to a close. This one was successful thanks to our wonderful school families; our talented and dedicated teachers, Merle, Stephanie, and Hillary; the ever-awesome Rav Jeremy; our super-engaging Israeli emissaries, Liron and Roy; and most of all, our amazing students!

We had a great time at our year-end picnic. We were rained out of our original Lauter Park destination but we still had a great time at the shul, picnicking and visiting and playing and enjoying impromptu drama and vocal performances - SEE OUR GREAT PICTURE FOLLOW UP - SPREAD A BIT FAR AND WIDE, ON THIS PAGE AND ON PAGES: 6, 12, 16, and the back cover.

I wish everyone a restful and restorative summer break. Whether you’re traveling, stay close to home, working, whatever...I wish you peace and happiness and immense joy.

With every best wish, Morah Dara

Dear Friends, as you may or may not know, for the past few months, either Rochelle or Peter has selected books to review in this bulletin. We'd like to invite you, our readers, to help us select books for review (thanks to Miriam Drew for her previous recommendation!). You're also invited to contribute a book review at any time. Please email Rochelle, rochelle.marcus@gmail.com, with suggestions and requests or simply let her know in person.

For the month of June, we are enjoying a summer vacation theme, so you will find some light beach fiction and some humorous texts available on our annex library carts. Come see what we have to offer!

Three Daughters is an excellent first novel by Letty Cottin Pogrebin. The three quirky, estranged Wasserman sisters must reconcile their differences and deal with past family secrets in this funny, well-written text. If you enjoy hu-morous, empathetic, authentic characters, this book is perfect for you. One reviewer writes, "Three Daughters is a rich and complex story of three lives, their loves, and the web of relationships that either hold these lives together or hopelessly entangle them."

Calling all pet owners/animal lovers! How to Raise a Jewish Dog by The (fictional) Rabbis of the Boca Raton Theological Seminary as told to Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman explains how to apply successful Jewish child-rearing strategies to Jewish dogs. Stereotypical behaviors and expectations color this manual with humor and laughter. For example, one chart shows what one should say when feeding table scraps to one's dog including, "See how nice!? From my own plate!" and "Of course I like it. But I'll be all right..." Enjoy this entertaining illustration of Jewish parenting/pet-owning. Happy reading!

SARAH RATNER LIBRARY - BOOK REVIEWS AND OTHER NEWS.

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Library Committee: Sue-Ellen Kirkham, Rochelle Marcus, Scott DeShong, Peter Malinow

Jewish History Book Club PLEASE JOIN US!

Our next meeting is Friday, June 14th, 1:00 p.m.

in the Temple library.

If you would like to participate, please contact Sheldon Mossberg.

sheldonmossberg@gmail.com 860-228-2897

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Judith A. Stein Attorney at Law

Executive Director

Tiffany Blumenstein

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RABINNIC REFLECTIONS continued from page 4

excluded from full participation in Jewish life must, in fact, be celebrated members of the Community. The second, the Temple’s Annual Meeting, on the 19th, will be an act of revelation that needs your presence. With care for one another, pride in our past and hope for our future, we’ll be determining our next steps in how we’ll build our Jewish community in the coming years. I hope to see you there!

WE ARE OFFICIALLY AN AMAZON SMILE CHARITY!

Dear Friends - we’ve just added a very easy way to donate to the Temple!

For every purchase you make via Amazon Smile (same as ordering from the “regular” Amazon) a small portion of your purchase price will be donated to the Temple.

So, the next time you are ready to place an order via Amazon, simply type in the link below (we know, it’s long, so look for a direct link in your e-mail), choose Temple Bnai Israel as your charity, and a small portion of your purchase price goes to the Temple!

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/06-6046346

You can also find this link on our website: From the Support drop down list

Select Amazon Smile Then simply click on the link to place your Amazon order.

JEWISH EXPLORATION CELEBRATION. TURN TO PAGE 9 FOR RELATED ARTICLE.

Jewish Explorations face and arm painting fun at the end-of-the-Jewish-Explorations-school-year celebration!

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THE TREE OF LIFE - SUSTAINING OUR SPIRITUAL CENTER

We are well under way with our new pledge program, honoring those who are able to give over and above their current membership dues for the following:

To have your name added to our Tree of Life, or to honor or memorialize a loved one or special occasion:

At $100, your inscription will appear on a Tree-of-Life leaf (limit of 21 letters).

At $500, your inscription will appear on a Tree-of-Life branch.

At $1,000 (Bnaifactors) your name will be on a Tree-of-Life rock; the foundation of our synagogue.

We have also established two new Major Gift categories, which will be recognized on a new Honorial Board in the upstairs lobby.

Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 will be acknowledged as Patrons.

Gifts of $5,000 or more will be acknowledged as Sustainers.

Please join those who have already given. Note: Patron and Sustainer giving will include that which a donor has already given for Chai, Yizkor and Bnaifactor.

For further information, please contact Sheila Amdur, sheilabamdur@gmail.com.

SUSTAINERS

Sheila Amdur David & Marilyn Foster

Pearl Zuckerman Ken Dardick & Judith Stein

PATRONS Robert & Jane Moskowitz

Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz and Merle Potchinsky

BNAIFACTORS

Sheila Amdur Ken Dardick & Judy Stein Harry & Honey Birkenruth Peter & Stephanie Malinow Georgia & Gene Mittelman Anne & Michael Willenborg Martin & Randee Berliner Stuart Sidney & Joan Seliger-Sidney Rita Pollack Robert & Jane Moskowitz Gerry Berkowitz Jerome & Nina Rosen Bruce & Sharon Brettschneider Carol Colombo Pearl Zuckerman David & Marilyn Foster Todd & Mona Friedland Stephen & Faith Kenton Gail & Joe Petrowsky Edith Prague Sharen & Tom Peters Glenn & Tiffany Blumenstein

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YOUR RECIPES WANTED (DAIRY RECIPES TOO!)

Dear Friends, we are collecting recipes for a Temple Bnai Israel cookbook as part of our year-long focus on food and spirituality. If you have a family/favorite recipe to share, please put it in the grey cardboard box marked “Recipes”, located in the upstairs lobby.

You can also e-mail your recipe(s) to

Judy Stein at JStein@medicareadvocacy.org or to the Temple office, office@templebnaiisrael.org.

Please include your name, and if there is a story about the food or the recipe that you would like to share, please include that as well. We look forward to gathering all of your recipes and creating our very special cookbook.

We’d love to TASTE those recipes as well; so feel free to make it for a kiddush, Shabbes dinner, or other food related event. A WORD ABOUT DAIRY. WE WANT YOUR DAIRY RECIPES AS WELL. Traditionally, we eat dairy, especially dairy desserts, on Shavuot, the celebration of the Revelation of Torah (evening of June 8, morning of June 9). Do you have special dairy dessert recipes to share for our Temple cookbook? Something you’ve brought to kiddush? Something you’ve enjoyed at home? If so, please email it/hem to Judy Stein jstein@medicareadvocacy.org. Thanks!

Soon to be the Temple Bnai Israel Cookbook.

Send us your recipes!

AND WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF FOOD

BEANS I (Rav Jeremy) recently read a wonderful Mary Oliver poem about beans. It ends like this:

I know what you think: this is foolishness. They’re only vegetables. Even the blossoms with which they begin are small and pale, hardly significant. Our hands, our minds, our feet hold more intelligence. With this I have no quarrel. But, what about virtue?...

...do the virtuous thing.

Bring beans for the food pantry and place them in the basket in the lobby - boxed, canned or dried!

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HELP US PLAN THIS YEAR’S GALA AUCTION

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR AUCTION PLANNING MEETING:

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 7:00 P.M. AT THE TEMPLE

Dear friends, this is our premier, major fundraiser which we have been holding every two years. All the funds raised support the Temple’s budget. The last two auctions together raised $28,000 so it is the NUMERO UNO of Fundraisers!

What is even better, it is great fun with wine and nibblies, esprit de corps, and wonderful items to bid on. The auction draws more people from the broader community who look forward to coming to our event.

You can help in many ways:

Donate time at your vacation home

Donate works or art or antiques

Offer your available points for travel, hotels, or vacation spots

Donate a service (home-made bread monthly for 6 months anyone?)

Ask your hairdresser, barber, massage therapist, pet sitter, law firm, accountant, or any other business you patronize to donate a service or gift certificate or to become an event sponsor!

EACH OF US CAN HELP. PLEASE COME ON JUNE 11!

For more info.:

Contact Sheila Amdur at sheilabamdur@gmail.com or Nora Stein at snstein42@gmail.com

AND SAVE THE DATE FOR AN EVENING OF FUN, FRIENDSHIP, FOOD & FABULOUS AUCTION ITEMS

DECEMBER 7, 2019

JEWISH EXPLORATIONS CELEBRATION. SEE RELATED ARTICLE ON PAGE 9

A little ingenuity creates an indoor ball field!

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General Fund

Stuart and Joan Sidney in honor of their 7 grandchildren, the newest of whom, Marcus, arrived just a few short months ago, and in gratitude for Stuart’s successful surgery and ongoing recovery.

Bnaifactor

Glenn and Tiffany Blumenstein

DONATIONS

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SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE FOR JEWISH SUMMER CAMP

We thank the Hevra Kaddisha for donating proceeds from taharas to the Hevra Kaddisha Fund.

I’ve often written about what a wonderful gift Jewish summer camping is to give to our children, how it’s a gift of fun, friends, independence, and solid grounding.

Now I want to remind you that there’s money available to help you send your kid(s). Through the generosity of the Temple’s Discretionary Fund donors, I have several hundred dollars available for small-to-moderate scholarships to Jewish summer camp.

There are also other sources of funding available to provide substantial scholarships, especially for first-time campers. If you’re interested in camp or in scholarships, please let me know. I’d love to perform the mitzvah of spending this money!

-Rav Jeremy ravjeremy@templebnaiisrael.org

Two films remaining for this year’s film fest!

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Saturday, June 1st, Bagel & Bible, 9:30 a.m.

Faye Ringel

3 more participants needed

Friday, June 7th, Shabbat Service, 7:30 p.m.

Steve & Nora Stein

Leanna Loomer

Judy Stein

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

Saturday, June 8th, Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m.

Lex Nishball

Hillary Stern & Marc Kornish

2 more participants needed

Friday, June 14th, T.G.I. Shabbes, 6:15 p.m. with our young emissaries!

Doreen Simonsen

Jane & Bernie Schreiber

Jill Marocchini

1 more participant needed

Saturday, June 15th, Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m.

Rita Pollack

3 other participants needed

Friday, June 21st, Tikkun Olam VaNefesh Ser-vice, 7:30 p.m.

Steve & Nora Stein

Mitzi Horowitz

2 other participants needed

Saturday, June 22nd, Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m.

Carol Kraus & Faye Ringel

2 additional participants needed

JEWRY DUTY PARTICIPANTS AND NEEDS

Friday, June 28th, Shabbat Dinner at a member’s home, 6:30 p.m.

HOST HOME NEEDED

Assistants to the host(s):

Paul & Annette Shapiro

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

Gloria Gerald

Saturday, June 29th, Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m.

Jill Marocchini

Scott DeShong

2 more participants needed

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JUNE YAHRZEITS

Kaddish will be said for the following Yahrzeits on May 31st and June 1st

Rebecca Rothblatt Cohen 27 Iyar June 1

Isaac Rosen 27 Iyar June 1

Michael Greenfield Brother-in-Law of Art Kirschenbaum 27 Iyar June 1

Eva Rosen Mother of Jerome Rosen 27 Iyar June 1

Anne Miller Sidney (Chana) Mother of Stuart Sidney 28 Iyar June 2

Miriam Milevitz 29 Iyar June 3

Amber Blumenstein Sister of Glenn Blumenstein 29 Iyar June 3

Harry Sherman Uncle of Janet Miller 2 Sivan June 5

Sally Berman Mother of Gary Berman 2 Sivan June 5

Doris Glassman Mother of Leanne Rand 2 Sivan June 5

Isidore Rosenstein 3 Sivan June 6

Gordon Lassow Father of Michael Lassow 3 Sivan June 6

Anne E. Rosen 4 Sivan June 7

Nelson Kosto Brother of Susan Meisler 4 Sivan June 7

Jason Kosto Nephew of Susan Meisler 4 Sivan June 7

Kaddish will be said for the following Yahrzeits on June 7th and June 8th

Hyman Sherman Grandfather of Janet Miller 5 Sivan June 8

Arthur Krishner Buchbinder 6 Sivan June 9

Alex Seplowitz 6 Sivan June 9

Jimmy Drazen Brother of Karen Drazen 6 Sivan June 9

Morris Goldstein Uncle of Herbert Segal 6 Sivan June 9

Frances E. Cohen Grandmother of Carol Colombo 7 Sivan June 10

Arthur W. Evans 7 Sivan June 10

Eleanor Nishball Mother of Alex Nishball 8 Sivan June 11

Herman Brettschneider Great-Uncle of Bruce Brettschneider 8 Sivan June 11

Elaine Guny Cohen Sister of Ida Millman 8 Sivan June 11

Toube Ringel Mother of Faye Ringel 8 Sivan June 11

Sarah Ratner Mother of Irene Gordon 11 Sivan June 14

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JUNE YAHRZEITS CONTINUED

Kaddish will be said for the following Yahrzeits on June 14th and June 15th

Philip R. Cohen 12 Sivan June 15

Francis Horn Aunt of Roberta Schwane 12 Sivan June 15

Lena Beller 13 Sivan June 16

Philip Lauter 14 Sivan June 17

Rose Meisler Mother-in-Law of Susan Meisler 14 Sivan June 17

Bessie L. Sherman Grandmother of Janet Miller 15 Sivan June 18

Ferol K. Donnelly Mother of Jane Schreiber 15 Sivan June 18

Irving Kronisch Father of Marc Kronisch 16 Sivan June 19

Jennie Rosen 16 Sivan June 19

Estelle Schiller Wife of Larry Schiller 16 Sivan June 19

Sylvia Borodach Hochman Rosenthal

17 Sivan June 20

Kenneth Vernon Brother of Sheridan Vernon 18 Sivan June 21

Kaddish will be said for the following Yahrzeits on June 21st and June 22nd

Rebecca Brettschneider Great-Aunt of Bruce Brettschneider 19 Sivan June 22

William Glasner 19 Sivan June 22

Lee Ratner Birnbaum Sister of Irene Gordon 19 Sivan June 22

Lynn Louise Renfroe Aunt of Glenn Blumenstein 19 Sivan June 22

Leonard Levine 20 Sivan June 23

Ruth Mautner First Cousin of Joan Sidney 20 Sivan June 23

Louis Goldstein 21 Sivan June 24

Leo Joseph 21 Sivan June 24

Ida Eisenberg Kelman 23 Sivan June 26

Mary G. Semel 23 Sivan June 26

Elwood Schubert Grandfather of Glenn Blumenstein 23 Sivan June 26

Morris Segal Grandfather of Herb Segal 25 Sivan June 28

Abraham Fuchs 25 Sivan June 28

Nancy Rand Mother of James Rand 25 Sivan June 28

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May their memories be a source of strength and a blessing.

JUNE YAHRZEITS CONTINUED

Kaddish will be said for the following Yahrzeits on June 28th and June 29th

Joel Weiner Father of Jill Marocchini 26 Sivan June 29

Fannie Goldstein Grandmother of Herb Segal. 27 Sivan June 30

Dorothy Kinstler 27 Sivan June 30

Belle Rothblatt 27 Sivan June 30

Hyman Rothblatt 27 Sivan June 30

Carmen Mangino Father of Annette Shapiro 29 Sivan July 2

Sidney Vernon Father of Sheridan Vernon 29 Sivan July 2

Harry Fox 30 Sivan July 3

Jack Ogushewitz 30 Sivan July 3

Alexander Isaac Tozzoli Son of Macie & Dana Tozzoli 30 Sivan July 3

Leila Dardick Mother of Ken Dardick 30 Sivan July 3

Esther Gruber Mother of Gloria Gerald 1 Tammuz July 4

Samuel Cohen Grandfather of Carol Colombo 1 Tammuz July 4

David Freedman Father of Bernice Freedman-Warnke 1 Tammuz July 4

Hannah Rubenstein 2 Tammuz July 5

Betty Nagel Mother of Anne Flammang 2 Tammuz July 5

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9:30 a.m. Bagel & Bible 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Service

10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service

7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service

6:15 p.m. T.G.I. Shabbes with young emissaries.

BULLETIN DEADLINE

5:30 p.m. Security Comm. Mtg.

7:00 p.m. Planning meeting for December’s Gala Auction event!

10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service

6:00 p.m. BOARD MTG.

7:00 p.m. TEMPLE ANNUAL MEETING

10:00 a.m. - noon Shavuot Service with Yizkor

10:00 a.m. Sandwich making at the Soup kitchen.

Daughters of Abraham Book Club mtg. details on page 7.

7:30 p.m. Tikkun Olam VaNefesh Service.

6:30 p.m. Shabbes Dinner at a member’s home. HOST NEEDED.

7:00 p.m. Ritual Comm. Mtg.

10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service

10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service

6:00 p.m. Tikkun Olam Comm. Mtg. with Pat Spear; RE: Community Organizing

7:00 p.m. Everybody Stood at Sinai - A celebration of inclusion. Temple Emanu-El. See back cover.

6:30 p.m. Interfaith Working Group Mtg.

A:LSO ON FRIDAY, JUNE 14th 1:00 p.m.

Jewish History Book Club meets in the Temple Library. Contact info. on page 10.

2:00 p.m. JFEC movie: “The Law” Garde Arts Center. Post-movie reception. $10

7:00 p.m. JFEC’s LAST movie for this years film fest. “Gentleman’s Agreement”. Granite Theater, Rhode Island $10

It is the month of June,

the month of leaves and roses,

when pleasant sights salute the eyes

and pleasant scents the noses. Nathaniel Parker Willis

EVERYBODY STOOD AT SINAI A CELEBRATION OF INCLUSION

A JFEC/FEDERATION-WIDE SHAVUOT CELEBRATION

AT TEMPLE EMANU-EL

The Torah teaches Jews of every background were present for the giving of the Torah at Sinai: Jews-by-birth and Jews-by-choice, persons who were (visibly) whole alongside those who were broken or in need of wholeness, Jews of every hue, family station or sexual orientation. We stood as one before our Creator in a manner we have been hard-pressed to replicate since. This year, on the anniversary of this great convocation, Erev Shavuot (Saturday, June 8), Jews from throughout Eastern Connecticut will be gathering at Temple Emanu-El at 7:30 p.m. for a program entitled “We All Stood at Sinai: Inclusion in the Jewish Community.” We will be looking at diversity within our own community and examining ways that we inadvertently deny individuals who depart from our unstated “norms” equal access to the Jewish life that they aspire to and that others enjoy.

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 7:30 p.m.

TEMPLE EMANU-EL

20 DAYTON ROAD

WATERFORD, CT

JEWISH EXPLORATIONS CELEBRATION. SEE RELATED ARTICLE ON PAGE 9.

An impromptu and improvisational drama and vocal performance by three of our very creative Jewish Explorations Students. Our students wish everyone a very...