DECEMBER 2016KISLEV 5777

This month we celebrate Chanukah, a holiday which brightens the darkest time of year. The dreidel with its Hebrew message nes gadol haya sham, a great miracle happened there, reminds us that miracles can occur, even when the world seems shrouded in darkness and fear.

What is the quality of a miracle? How might the chanukiah represent the nature of miracles? The answer may lie in a debate about the menorah’s fuel. Rabbah, the Babylonian sage, would use poppyseed oil because it was long-lasting until he learned the dictum of Rabbi Joshua ben Levi, an earlier Palestinian Sage. While Rabbi Joshua permitted all oils, he suggested olive oil is the best. Utilizing olive oil, Rabbah discovered that though it may burn shorter, olive oil burns clearer.

So much in this world is fleeting. While we wish we could hold onto every bit of goodness, we recognize that at times light flickers out just when we think it will last. Chanukah reminds us... we need to keep kindling, keep beating back the encroaching dark with each flame. We may at times have limited effect on the quantity of light, but just as Rabbi Joshua ben Levi learned from olive oil, our vision can still be one of quality. May this season bless us with clear eyes to see the work before us and send occasional miracles to light our path.

Chanukah and MiraclesRabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

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MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI

CANTOR’S CORNER

CONGREGATIONAL LEARNING

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMMUNITY NEWS

CONTRIBUTIONS

FUND DESIGNATION

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Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

OfficersPresident Julie Gottlieb1st Vice President Lisa Akchin2nd Vice President Lynn SassinTreasurer Alan KopolowSecretary David Lunken

Trustees through 2017David Demsky Risa JampelAshley Pressman Naomi Rosner

Trustees through 2018Debbie Agus Dina BillianCarol Berkower Matt Herman Trustees through 2019 Ilene Cohen Marjorie ManneBrenda Serpick Bob Wittenstein

Past Presidents and Life MembersPast President Scott ZegerPast President Cy SmithHonorary Life Member Lainy LeBow-SachsHonorary Life Member Efrem Potts

Standing CommitteesContinuing Ed Chair Roberta GreensteinContinuing Ed Co-Chair Rachel RosenheckFinance Chair Alan KopolowFinance Co-Chair Joe WolfsonKiddush Chair Desireé RobinsonMembership Chair Patricia BermanMembership Co-Chair Meg BermanReligious Services Chair Joe WolfsonSocial Action Chair Arthur ShulmanSocial Action Co-Chair Jackie DonowitzYouth Education Chair Dina Billian

Ad Hoc CommitteesAnnual Fund Co-Chair Ricky FineAnnual Fund Co-Chair Jim JacobsAnnual Fund Co-Chair Ilene Busch-VishniacBalt. Jewish Council Rep. Ben RosenbergBeth Am Connection Joanne Katz Risa JampelBAYITT Chair Sara GoodmanCongregant to Congregant Joyce KeatingDevelopment Chair Lainy LeBow-SachsDevelopment Co-Chair Cy SmithIn, For and Of, Inc. Don Akchin Marketing Chair Ellen SpokesOperations Co-Chair Ashley PressmanOperations Co-Chair David DemskyRes. Hill Improvement Council Don Akchin

Cantor Ira Greenstein Dir. of Cong. Learning Rabbi Kelley Gludt Executive Director Henry Feller

Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg (443) 202-0912 (urgent matters only) ravdaniel@bethambaltimore.org Cantor Ira Greenstein (443) 759-7807 (home) • cantor.ira@gmail.com Rabbi Kelley Gludt Director of Congregational Learning (520) 248-9541 (cell) rabbikelley@bethambaltimore.org

Henry Feller Executive Director henry@bethambaltimore.org (443) 742-9654 (cell for emergencies only) Julie Gottlieb Board President juliegbetham@gmail.com • (410) 294-7418

Office Contact Extentions:

Rabbi Daniel Burg - 14Rabbi Kelley Gludt - 15Henry Feller, Executive Director - 20Josh Weisberg, Program Coordinator - 16Rachel Weitzner, Capital Campaign Coordinator - 21Norm Weinstein, Bookkeeper - 17Nakia Davis, Front Office Coordinator & Assistant to the Rabbi - 11 Lynora Lawless, Communications & Membership Coordinator - 10Linda Small, Annual Fund Coordinator linda@bethambaltimore.org Sandy Winters, Ritual Coordinator - (410) 598-6397 Transportation assistance? Contact Joyce Keating at joyceskeating@yahoo.com or (410) 358-5477

Office Hours: Phone Numbers:Email/Website:

Tuesday — Thursday: 9am - 4pm Telephone: (410) 523-2446Email: nakia@bethambaltimore.org

Friday: 9am - 3pm Fax: (410) 523-1729 Site: www.bethambaltimore.org

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BETH AM OFFICE AND STAFF

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- Exodus 25

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Beth Am’s Journey to Germany & Poland Exploring Jewish History, the Holocaust & Jewish Life Today

led by Dr. Michael Sanow & Rabbi Kelley GludtJune 13 – 27, 2017

For more information, contact Michael Sanow: msanow@ccbcmd.edu or 410-274-1499

Special Group Orientation and Information Session

A representative of the travel agency will join us

Thursday, December 22, 2016 @ 7:00 p.m.3500 West Strathmore Avenue

RSVP to msanow@ccbcmd.edu

December 24, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Beth Am wishes you a happy Chanukah!

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Following the contemplative High Holy Days and Sukkot / Shemini Atzeret, and having just concluded an irritating election season, I want to reflect on our relationship with prayer – fitting what should be a lengthy essay onto one page and letting you fill in details for yourselves, much like Rabbi Hillel summarized the entire Torah while a cynical visitor stood on a single foot.

Our prayer texts emanate from different points in time, each shaded by authors’ experiences. If you read the prayer texts as literary texts, rather than as fixed liturgy, you can find: The angry prayer, “Pour out Your wrath…” or psalm, “I was angry at that generation for 40 years…”, The loving prayer, “With everlasting love have You loved Israel …”, The brash, “Thanks … for not making me like them” or The subtle prayer, the allegorical and philosophical, the guilt-ridden “we were exiled because of our sins…”, perhaps even the irrational – certainly prayers premised on Temple practices which are part of our past but have no place in our future. Editors of siddurim confront the words and frequently make small changes with major implications – I devoted an evening with several of you, going over the differences captured in Siddur Lev Shalem

contrasted with our previous siddur. Each word change, each comma or hyphen, reflects the culmination of an editor’s analysis of the sensibility of the text to us today.

I have my own issues with the editor of Siddur Lev Shalem and some of the commas, and some inconsistencies in the same texts, because being somewhat finicky about prayer texts, I find myself no longer identifying as closely with some of my own favorite prayers as presented.

My favorite example of big-time editing is the Aleinu prayer, which dates back to around 1300 CE. Originally, it contained a line describing non-Jews: “… they bow down to something vain and empty and pray to a god who cannot save [them].” Sometime around 1400, an “apostate” went to the authorities and complained that the prayer was referring to Jesus (whose Hebrew name comes from the same root as “savior”), using as further evidence that the numerical equivalent (“gematria”) of the Hebrew word for “empty” has the same value (316) as the Hebrew name of “Jesus.” It also did not help that people have been prone to spit on the ground when reciting the words “vain and empty.” Really. The assertion was immediately disputed by the Jews of that day, but if you repeat a mistruth enough, people may begin to believe it.

CANTOR’S CORNERParalleling Prayer and Present Politics Cantor Ira Greenstein

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Does this sound familiar? In the end, the line was excised, except by Sephardi and some other Orthodox traditions.

I find that we are challenged to accept attitude swings, and if we gave it some thought, we could probably identify with one prayer more than another. Still, we have all of them from which to choose. Have you ever taken a prayer text and tried to figure out the mindset or attitude of its author when it was written? Taking that forward, how about the attitude of the editor who included that

prayer in our siddur or who altered the words to better fit the contemporary generation as the editor envisioned it?

Perhaps it is that we are complex people, and that the prayer book only reflects that complexity. Or perhaps the editor deliberately sought to challenge us to think. Whatever, I encourage you to look at our prayer texts at some point as literature and see which texts you identify with more or less. It will make you a better pray-er and add a dimension to your service.

Cantor’s Corner continued

LUNCHlearn&

THE THRILLAS IN THE MEGILLAS: EXPLORING PROVOCATIVE AND PERTINENT THEMES IN OUR FIVE LITURGICAL SCROLLS

December 20 with Rabbi Gludt: Shir HaShirim & Sexual Ethics, Pt. I January 17 with Rabbi Gludt: Shir HaShirim & Sexual Ethics, Part II February 21 with Rabbi Burg: Kohelet and Mental Illness March 21 with Rabbi Gludt: Esther and Gender Issues April 25 with Rabbi Burg: Ruth, Conversion & Poverty, Pt. I May 16 with Rabbi Burg: Ruth, Conversion & Poverty, Pt. II

Please bring a fish/dairy lunch.

Location: Karin Batterton’s Office • Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Village of Cross Keys 38 Village Square, Baltimore, MD 21210

Join Beth Am congregants and friends for Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Daniel Burg and Rabbi Kelley Gludt. All are welcome.

MONTHLY AT NOON

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While there are many ways to give to Beth Am, we hope you

will consider supporting the Synagogue’s work by making a bequest to Beth Am in your will or living trust.

Making a bequest allows you to combine your financial planning with philanthropy to make a lasting investment in the future of our congregation.

Contact your attorney to learn how you can make a bequest to Beth Am.

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CONGREGATIONAL LEARNINGRabbi Kelley Gludt

With the launch of the Jewish Discovery Lab of Beth Am over four years ago, our congregation made an intentional cultural shift in our language. We diligently (some say vigilantly) purged from our vernacular the phrases Sunday School, Hebrew School & Religious School, insisting everyone refer to our supplemental educational program as the Jewish Discovery Lab or, simply, Lab. The change in language was both deliberate & thoughtful. We wanted to convey the very real sense that this was not your parents’ religious school. The updated designation captured & conveyed the experiential & innovative nature of the new program. We also desired to avoid the visceral reaction that many Jews of a certain generation have to the very phrase, “Religious School.” Fortunately, the Jewish Discovery Lab’s updated moniker achieved these goals. But this was not our only linguistic revolution. To describe what Lab is, we use “our synagogue’s supplemental education program.” This too is not merely a mouthful-turn-of-phrase but a clear, deliberate & premeditated choice of words. It effectively describes what Lab is while simultaneously expressing our principles. “Educational” underscores the value we as a community place on learning. While a conventional word, it doesn’t fully capture the entire essence of the Hebrew phrase Talmud Torah, but it does convey our seriousness. More than “school,” Lab offers the opportunity to instruct, to inform & to influence young Jewish lives.

“Program” lets you know that we have a plan. It puts out there that there is a strategy to the learning with a well-thought-out & detailed curriculum.

“Supplemental” does not merely distinguish this as separate from a child’s secular school or educational path, contrary to what many people think. The Jewish Discovery Lab is a supplemental program because it works along with the Jewish religious education provided in the home & by the family.

The word supplemental can be defined as “functioning in a supportive capacity” & as “added to complete or make up a deficiency.” And just as the definition implies, the Jewish Discovery Lab is designed to work in conjunction with your family’s own religious practice & priorities, not in place of them. Lab supports a congregant’s personal Jewish educational journeys & when taken together with practice at home, participation in a wide variety of synagogue events (both social & religious), & the example of living a Jewish life outside the home, a supplemental educational program can be hugely impactful & effective. But it was never designed to exist in a vacuum. Each family should identify its own hierarchy of Jewish proprieties, put those into action, & depend on Lab or day school to shore up other areas. Our Jewish Discovery Lab, our supplemental educational program, glories in acting in a supportive role, filling in absences, carrying a part of the load, & rounding out a vibrant, healthy & robust Jewish life.

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Second Fridays Kabbalat Shabbat services with dinner to follow. Check our social media for updates closer to the actual date.

Some events are catered; some are potluck.

December 9, 2016 at 6:30pm January 13, 2017 at 6:30pm February 10, 2017 at 6:30pm March 10, 2017 at 6:30pm April 14, 2017 at 6:30pm During Pesach May 12, 2017 at 6:30pm

Find us online:

www.facebook.com/bayitt www.bayitt.com

SANCTUARY SERVICESOur next Sanctuary Service will be December 3Join the “Kiddush Krew” and help make our kiddush buffet extra enticing and delicious!

In preparation for our Sanctuary Shabbatot, we ask you to put your culinary skills to work by sharing with the congregation a recipe which no one will be able to resist. Your delectable donation will help Beth Am live up to its motto “Feels like Home.”

Sign up: http://tinyurl.com/BASKiddush5777 or Desiree at desireemckenneyrobinson@gmail.com

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The Talmud teaches us Kol yisrael arevim zeh bazeh (All of Israel is responsible for one another).

To that end, we invite Beth Am’ers to gather, prepare & freeze Shabbat dinners which will be distributed to fellow congregants following a birth, death or hospitalization.

Sessions will be Sundays from 2 - 4pm on: 12/18, 2/12 & 5/7

Please RSVP to Josh@bethambaltimore.orgRESHET

NEXT MEETING: Jan. 11 at 7:30 pm 4308 Greenway

ALL ARE WELCOME! We address many issues relating to poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, environmental sustainability, literacy and more in the Reservoir Hill community & beyond!

Contact Arthur Shulman if you need a ride: arthur.shulman@gmail.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Beth Am is collecting women’s and men’s winter professional clothing and accessories for donation to Suited to Succeed and Our Daily Bread. Friday, Dec. 18 is the final day of the collection. Please make sure that your donated garments are cleaned, ready to wear, and on hangers. They should be hung at the far end of coat rack

WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE

[ [ATTENTION ALL ACTORS & WANNA BE ACTORS! Purim Schpiel Casting Call

December 18, 11:00 am in the Sanctuary Purim Schpiel is March 11, 2017

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TASTE OF LABApril 9, 2017

Monthly on TuesdaysDec. 20 Jan. 17 Feb. 21 March 21April 25 May 16

KLEI KODESH Musical Kabbalat Shabbat March 17 April 21 June 9

Mitzvah DayDec. 25

4th Annual Shabbaton March 24 - 26 Hebrew MarathonMarch 9 & 23 Megillah Reading & Purim Shpiel March 11 Purim CarnivalMarch 12

Scholar-in-ResidenceMarch 31 - April 2 GOT ShabbatMay 19

Second Fridays Dec. 9 Jan. 13Feb. 10 March 10April 14* May 12 *Pesach

bayitt.org

People’s Talmud

Contact Michael Sanow at msanow@ccbcmd.edu

Dec. 17 Feb. 11 May 13

Program RSVPs to: josh@bethambaltimore.org

(410) 523-2446, ext.16

SHABBAT SERVICES ARE SATURDAYS AT 9:30 AM FOLLOWED BY KIDDUSH LUNCH

LUNCHlearn&

Dec.17 Jan. 21 Feb. 18 March 18 April 8 May 13 June 17

Services in the Park

June 30 & August 4

APRIL 30, 2017

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BETH AM 5777 AT A GLANCE

SANCTUARY SERVICES ARE HELD THE FIRST

SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWED BY

KIDDUSH LUNCH

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY27 28 29 30

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December 1 Rosh Chodesh 1 Kislev

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4:26pm Candle Lighting

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Sanctuary Shabbat 10:30am Shabbat Lab 11:15am Shabbat Yachad

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4:25pm Candle Lighting 6:30pm BAYITT

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Sanctuary Services w/ Alex Norbrook’s Bar Mitvah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad

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Lab K/USY 3:00pm Beth Am @ the Movies (OS/pg. 19)

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4:27pm Candle Lighting

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Kesher L’Neshama 10:15am Junior Congregation 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 12:45pm People’s Talmud

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Lab 2:00pm Reshet (OS)

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25 No Lab Mitzvah Day 4:49pm Candle Lighting

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4:53pm Candle Lighting

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Sanctuary Shabbat 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 4:53pm Candle Lighting

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Sanctuary Services w/ Blanca Berger- Sollod’s Bat Mitzvah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad

OS: offsite

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY27 28 29 30

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Sanctuary Services w/ Alex Norbrook’s Bar Mitvah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad

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Lab K/USY 3:00pm Beth Am @ the Movies (OS/pg. 19)

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Kesher L’Neshama 10:15am Junior Congregation 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 12:45pm People’s Talmud

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24Chanukah Begins 8:45am DIY Torah Study 9:30am Kesher Services 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 4:00pm Shabbat is Awesome 4:49pm Candle Lighting

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Sanctuary Shabbat 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 4:53pm Candle Lighting

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8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Sanctuary Services w/ Blanca Berger- Sollod’s Bat Mitzvah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad

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Sunday, December 11Beth Am @ the MoviesSee descpition below

Date TBDThe December DilemmaJoin other Beth Am families in a conversation on conflicts and resolutions that arise in our intermarried families at this time of year.

Sunday, January 22The Play’s the ThingTheatre J presents Copenhagen, the thought provoking Broadway hit by Michael Frayn. Group ticket discount and communal kosher lunch prior to the performance.

March 24th through 26thShabbaton in the Spring! (see insert)

March 31st through April 1stScholar in Residence: Stay Tuned!

Sunday, April 30Sages for the AgesThis year Ron Shapiro welcomes Drs. Freeman Hrabowski, President of UMBC, and Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore Public Schools for a discussion on leadership.

Wednesday, May 10Israel’s Challenges from Within and WithoutDr. Robert Freedman provides perspective on today’s issues.

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co - Chairs: Roberta Greenstein Rachel Rosenheck

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“In Search of Israeli Cuisine”Sunday, December 11@ 3pmGORDON CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 3506 GWYNNBROOK AVE. OWINGS MILLS 21117

This feature-length documentary puts a face on the culture of Israel, drawn from the more than one hundred cultures that make up Israel today – Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Druze. A rich and human story of the people emerges.

The producer/director, Roger Sherman, will be the guest speaker and do Q&A after the movie. The “star” of the movie is Michael Solomonov, the chef and owner of Zahav in Philadelphia. - 3:00 pm: Live Israeli music in the lobby and Israeli snacks. - 4:00 pm: The screening

Beth Am will be getting a special group rate of $10pp. Tickets will go on sale November 1. Please go to www.gordoncenter.com/film and note our group discount code: BACUISINE.

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Items are ready to find a new home - yours! Come browse! After hours and special appointment times contact:

Marcia: 410-433-5582 Bonnie: 410-653-2380

SHUKAN STORE

“In the Kitchen with Harriet, Vol.2” is available.

Hardcover: $25 Paperback: $18

The net proceeds benefit Beth Am.

Order/Reserve your copy today! 410-523-2446 or nakia@bethambaltimore.org

In the spirit of volunteerism, we would like to invite you to help clean up after Kiddush Lunch.

Join our unofficial cleanup crew to make the transition quicker and

cleaner than ever before. Make it a mitzvah!

From time to time Beth Am members ask for help in the following ways:

• Rides to shul and events • Rides to doctor appointments • One-Dish Meals for those who are ill • Occasional errands

Beth Am’s Congregant to Congregant (C2C) committee wants to provide these services for our members. Please indicate your interest to Joyce Keating: joyceskeating@yahoo.com

Enrollment for The Jewish Discovery Lab 5777/2016-2017 is now open for kindergarten through eleventh grade.

Enroll Online! www.bethambaltimore.org

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PRAYERS FOR HEALINGSherwood Ross Judith LevyDavid KornblattRon ShapiroNelson WrubleIra Wruble Barbara Hakim Michael FeldmanMary JonasBertha SchwarzAlexa Moinkoff Gloria AskinStephanie WhippoClaire Tesh Stoltze Robert YoungCarolann CoryRalph DinsdaleGavriel Haskins Rebecca Feldberg Jacqueline Martins Bert RosenheckMurray RoseCole DeLormeJoshua SimonKoby GruenwaldChristine FletcherLenore and Marvin BermanNed PollardBurton GoldMerle and Murray SachsDonald AllenRobin LeidnerHilda CoyneVickie DorfFran Kanterman

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Mary Azrael 20-DecCharles Bernstein 29-DecBarbara Blumberg 17-DecConstance Caplan 28-DecMark Carp 20-DecLaura Coleman 02-DecSara Fishman 10-DecJoAnn Fruchtman 04-DecJack Fruchtman, Jr. 12-DecNorma Galinn 05-DecHelene Goldberg 16-DecViolet Goldman 19-DecPaula Hollinger 30-DecAlan Jonas 24-DecRuthellen Josselson 18-DecJon Konheim 09-DecJudith Langenthal 17-DecDavid Levine 15-DecJane Schapiro 23-DecLorraine Schapiro 30-DecM. Sigmund Shapiro 30-DecSolomon Snyder 26-Dec

50+ ANNIVERSARIESRichard & Nancy Bloom 26-DecMyron & Linda Weisfeldt 29-Dec

Benjamin Rosenberg being honored with University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Alumni Distinguished Graduate Award Lorraine & Mark Schapiro celebrating their 50th anniversary Mike Weinberg, on turning 70

RECENT DEATHSEdward Gulin, husband of Ida Gulin father of Joan Schoenfeld (Stuart) Miriam Shulman, mother of David (Carol) Shulman and grandmother of Gabriel Nathan Shulman and Michael Jacob Shulman Doris Fader, mother of Eileen Fader (Steve Himmelrich) and grandmother of Jessie and Andie Himmelrich Shirley Leaderman, mother of Pamela Berman (Mark) Gary Stern, cousin of Michael Sanow

Becky Eisen and Adam Kutcher & sister Netta on the birth of a son & brother, Isaac Eliezer Kutcher

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CONTRIBUTIONSThank you!O

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Accessibility Fund

Building Preservation & Ritual Enhancement Fund

Roz & Nelson Hyman in memory of Debbie Potts, wife of Efrem Potts

In memory of Mimi Davidoff, mother of Amy Davidoff and Judy Drager-DavidoffAdult Education Fund Lynn Sassin & Nate Braverman Building Preservation & Ritual Enhancement Fund Shirley BravermanSheila & Steve LeMel Cantor’s Discretionary Fund Naomi Goldstick Rosner & Gary Rosner Joanne Katz & Scott Zeger General Fund Joan & Stuart Schoenfeld

Kiddush Fund Harriet MillerAbby & Charles Rammelkamp Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Fran KantermanEileen Yoffe Social Action Fund Risa JampelJo-Ann OrlinskyLeslie Sporn-Symonds & Phil Symonds

Shirley Braverman in hopes of a speedy recovery for Lisa Michalek in honor of Jack Lapides on his special birthdayVicky Dorf in memory of her mother, Lillian Dorf, on her yahrzeit Harriet & Herb Goldman in memory of Debbie Potts, wife of Efrem Potts Sandy & Bob Hillman in memory of her parents, Sophia & Samuel Schwartz, on their yahrzeits Judy Hozore in memory of her husband, Seymour Hozore and father-in-law, Jack Hozore, on their yahrzeits Jan Kaufman in appreciation of Lynn Kapiloff’s hospitality during Joyce Kaufman’s Shiva in appreciation of Michael Sanow, on his help during Joyce Kaufman’s Shiva Linda & Saul Nathanson in honor of Eleanor & David Goldstein Paula Singer & Michael Pearlman in memory of Al Kanterman, father of Fran KantermanGail & Lou Wolhmuth in memory of Debbie Potts, wife of Efrem Potts

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Kiddush Fund

Sarajane Greenfeld in honor of Henry Feller Gail & Lou Wolhmuth in memory of loved ones

Shirley Braverman in memory of her daughter, Renee CrockerBette & Alan Cotzin in honor of Rabbis Miriam & Daniel Burg and Eliyah and Shamir Burg Karen Egorin & Family in memory of Merrill Egorin Maggi Gaines in honor of Emily Gaines Demsky & David Demsky on their 20th wedding anniversary Helene Goldberg in memory of Debbie Potts, wife of Efrem Potts Nancy Holder in memory of her son, David HolderRobin Newman in memory of Nancy Carp wife of Mark CarpAnn & David Saunders in honor of their 20th anniversary Helen & Michael Weiss in memory of her parents, Doris & Sidney Zulver in memory of his parents, Max & Tessie Weiss

Prayer Book Fund for Siddur

Naomi Goldstick Rosner & Gary Rosner in memory of Melvin Siegel, father of Mike Siegel

Garden Fund

General Fund

Ellen Patz in memory of her father, Lester Levy, on his yahrzeit Carol & Malcolm Rubenstein in appreciation of Beth Am

Meg Berman in honor of Eric & Lou Jacobs’ new grandson, Oliver JacobsBarbara & David Schimmel in memory of his mother, Blanche Schimmel, on her yahrzeit

I. William Schimmel Student Scholarship Fund

Carol Berkower & Thomas Loveland in appreciation Connie Caplan in memory of her husband, Caswell Caplan, on his yahrzeit Mark Carp in memory of his wife Nancy Carp, on her yahrzeit Toby Gordon in memory of his father, Julius Gordon, on his yahrzeit

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

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Rabbi's Discretionary Fund cont.

Social Action FundEllen, William & Lawrence Heller in memory of her mother and their grandmother, Frances Moses, on her yahrzeit Jo-Ann Orlinsky in hopes of a speedy recovery for Rabbi Avram Reisner in memory of Al Kanterman, father of Fran KantermanAbby & Charles Rammelkamp in honor of Laura Loveland on her Bat Mitzvah Lissa Rotundo in memory of her mother Pauline Piuze, on her yahrzeit

Tiny Tots Shabbat FundBarbara & David Kornblatt in memory of his father, Harry Kornblatt, on his yahrzeit

Youth & Teen Education Support Fund

Joan & Robert Blum in honor of Heidi & Dan Moylan, on their AnniversaryWinnie & Neal Borden in memory of her father, Morris Cohen, on his yahrzeit

Ellen, William & Lawrence Heller in memory of her mother and their grandmother, Frances Moses, on her yahrzeit Janet Horn & Alan Yuspeh in memory of Al Kanterman, father of Fran KantermanRisa Jampel in memory of her father, Harry Chait Lainy LeBow-Sachs in memory of Debbie Potts, wife of Efrem PottsLiz Moser in memory of her husband, Peter Moser, on his yahrzeit Nadja & Albert Pats in memory of his sister, Leah Leavy, on her yahrzeit in memory of her father, Irving Barron, on his yahrzeit Leslie & Larry Polakoff in memory of his parents, Ruth & Herschel Polakoff, on their yahrzeits Jane & Ron Reifler in memory of Debbie Potts, wife of Efrem PottsEllen & Jeff Spokes in memory of her father, Marvin Kotzen, on his yahrzeitJoyce & Gilbert Walker in appreciation of Rabbi BurgEileen Yoffe in memory of Rikki Kessler, mother of Barry Kessler in memory of Al Kanterman, father of Fran Kanterman

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Memorial Plaques are added to the Beth Am Memorial Tablets in the Sanctuary lobby. Please complete this form to place your order.

*Plaques ordered by January 15 are expected to be dedicated on Yom Kippur

Option 1: Order plaque(s)

_________________________________________________________________________________Your Name

_________________________________________________________________________________Address (line 1)

_________________________________________________________________________________Address (line 2)

_________________________________________________________________________________Phone

_________________________________________________________________________________English Name of the Deceased

_________________________________________________________________________________His/Her relationship to you

_______________________________________ _________________________________________ English Date of Death (month, date, year) Hebrew Date of Death (month, date, year)

Please indicate the time of death: ______AM ______PM

COST PER PLAQUE: $595

I would like to order ________ plaques. At $595 each (total): _________

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Which book(s) you wish to dedicate: _________________________________ How many:_____ Contact phone number: ______________________ Email:____________________________________________________________

You may dedicate/rededicate a siddur in honor or memory of a loved one, including placement of a bookplate in the siddur.

From now until 12/31/16, as long as we have undedicated siddurim, they will be available at a reduced price:

Standard Lev Shalem $36, effective 1/1/17 $48 Large print Lev Shalem $72, effective 1/1/17 $85

Siddur Eit Ratzon $54, effective 1/1/17 $65

Sim Shalom (weekday) $36, effective 1/1/17 $48

____________________________in H/M/A ____________________________ ____________________________in H/M/A ____________________________ ____________________________in H/M/A ____________________________ ____________________________in H/M/A ____________________________ Send Acknowledgement to:

Name: ___________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip: ____________________________________________________ Note: ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

The name(s) of those people you wish to honor/memorialize/appreciate:

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Return form(s) to: Beth Am Synagogue 2501 Eutaw Place

Baltimore, Maryland 21217

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Fax (410) 523-1729

Please make checks payable to:Beth Am Synagogue

Questions? Call Nakia at 410-523-2446 or email her at nakia@bethambaltimore.org

As a kindness to neighbors without parking pads or garages, please park in the Beth Am parking lot behind the Esplanade Apartments - unless you have mobility or accessibility concerns. The lot is accessible from Brooks Lane and Beth Am’s spaces are designated by blue stripes. Take care to park only in the Beth Am spaces to avoid being towed (at your expense).

PhotographersJim Burger Aaron Levin Michael Temchine Siobhan O’Brian

ProofreadersSarajane GreenfeldBetty Seidel

Beth Am’s publications wouldn’t be possible without the help and generosity of our proofreaders & photographers:

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Accessibility Fund - Used to make the facility accessible to those with impaired physical abilities

Adult Education Fund - Supports educational programs for all adults

BAYITT Fund - Beth Am’s Young Adult Initiative for 20’s and 30’s

Building Preservation and Ritual Enhancement Fund - Supports the preservation and renovation of the building and the ritual items

Cantor’s Discretionary Fund - Allows the Cantor to support special programs and individuals in need

Educator’s Discretionary Fund - Allows the Educator to support special programs and individuals in need

Etta & Louis L. Kaplan Education Fund Supports the purchase of furniture, equipment and capital improvements for the Jewish Discovery Lab

Floral Fund - Beautifies the Bimah

Garden Fund - Beautifies grounds

General Fund - Applied to the operating budget of the congregation

I. William Schimmel Student Scholarship Fund - Assists students in their educational pursuits

Kiddush Fund - Used for luncheons following Sabbath and holiday services

Prayer Book Fund - Supports the purchase of prayer books and dedication prayer books

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund - Allows the Rabbi to support special programs and individuals in need

Social Action Fund - Supports social action activities in the Reservoir Hill area and the general community

Tiny Tots Shabbat Fund - Supports Shabbat programs for our preschoolers

Youth & Teen Education Support Fund - Supports educational programs for all of Beth Am’s youth

ACKNOWLEDGE THE OCCASION THROUGH BETH AMWe encourage all congregants to send their contribution requests directly to Nakia Davis, nakia@bethambaltimore.org so they can be processed in a timely manner. Online donations available at our website bethambaltimore.org/donate/

First & Last Name(s): __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________If your contribution is from a couple or family, please list all names (use additional paper if necessary)

Telephone: (________) __________ - ___________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip: _____________________________________________________________________

Date: _______________________________ Amount of Donation: ____________________________($18 minimum requested; please make checks payable to Beth Am)

Fund Designation____________________________________________________________________

In honor/memory/appreciation of ______________________________________________________Send Acknowledgement Card To:

Name: _____________________________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip: _____________________________________________________________________

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