July & August 2017

7 Tamuz through 9 Elul 5777 www.cabi-boise.org

Congregat ion Ahavath Beth Israe l , 11 North Latah, Boise, ID 83706

(208)343 -6601 www.cabi -boise.org

Shabbat on the Mountain Saturday, August 26

Bogus Basin Nordic Center

9:30am—8:30pm

Welcome Rabbi Dan back from his Sabbatical and enjoy a day long retreat in the gorgeous Bogus Basin area just out-side of Boise. Together we will worship, share music, and food, relax and enjoy outdoor activities.

Adult Ed Series:

Torah! Torah! Torah!

Summertime, and the

Learning is Easy!

Bring dinner and your ideas!

Wednesdays

June 21 – Aug. 31

6:00 to 7:30 pm

Summer is here, and with it comes a unique opportunity to learn with your CABI family in a re-laxed, enjoyable, inspiring way. Our wonderful series of To-rah topics, led by Haya Kinberg, has begun. All members of B’nai Mitzvah age and older are welcome to join the discus-sion. Haya’s open-forum approach is fun and informative. Join us when you can, through August.

This series is ideal for all Torah enthusiasts, whether longtime CABI members or newcomers to Judaism. We will discuss a broad spectrum of traditions, concepts, liturgical readings and prayers. We’ll explore parts of the Siddur (prayer book), their derivation and use, and our own attitudes and impressions of them. We suggest a nominal donation to help cover building and copying costs. Questions? Contact Haya Kinberg, alicekinberg@gmail.com, or Sandy Berenter, berenterlaw@cableone.net. Or just show up! We enjoy hav-ing you.

CABI Socialites Theater & Dinner Group

Sunday July 16 at 2 pm – Neil Simon’s Star Spangled Girl (suggest calling me for reservations asap). Dinner after the show. Tickets are $12. Call or email and I will arrange for tickets. Arleen Winkler (arleen@ahavathbethisrael.org) or 818-398-7660.

Eagle Project in Process at CABI

Did you notice the cleared overflow parking area at Deli Days? You have Boy Scout Jake Little to thank. Looking for an Eagle project he approached CABI to see where we needed help. He developed a project with three phases. Clearing those menac-ing goatheads was Phase I. CABI is now looking to pave the area. Phase II is build-ing a mosaic display with stones for the Tisha B’Av reflection area. Jake will imple-ment a design from our landscape archi-tects Stack Rock Group. Phase III is re-

pairing and building five to six raised garden beds. Jake is with Unit 285, sponsored by the Green Valley Ward in Meridi-an. Great work Jake! Thank you.

Photo above is Jake and his dad Richard. Right Marc Snyder shows the scouts how to use the blow torch.

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CABI Graduating High School Seniors

Tegan Ruffalo I graduated from Timber-line High School and will attend the University of Alabama at Huntsville on a full merit scholarship this fall. I will be studying aer-onautical engineering with the goal of working for NASA and one day going to Mars.

Naomi Clayton

I graduated from River-stone International School, and I will attend Grinnell College in Iowa this fall. I’m looking for-ward to enjoying my last summer before college by spending time with friends and family, and working at my grandfa-

ther’s ranch in Star. Thank you very much for all of your sup-port over the years.

Sydney Jones

Sydney Jones is attending Westminster College this fall.

Rosh Chodesh gathering July 23

We don’t typically hold Rosh Cho-desh gatherings over the summer. But we had such a lovely time last summer at our mikveh experience and Rosh Chodesh observance at

Reba Lindsay’s backyard pool in Mountain Home that we’re going to do it again this summer. We will gather on Sunday, July 23

rd, from 3-6 pm, to mark

Rosh Chodesh Av. Reba’s home is at 1050 N. 9th East in

Mountain Home, and we’ll carpool from the synagogue (we already have a driver with a 7-passenger van); we’ll meet in the parking lot just before 2 pm and head out. At Reba’s, where there’s a heated backyard pool, we’ll gather, visit, nosh, re-examine the tradition of mikveh immersion, and wel-come the new month. Rosh Chodesh Av is a time that conjures up a mixture of conflicting moods: The joy of Rosh Chodesh and the renewal of the moon, mixed with the sadness and tragedy that fall during the month of Av, the month of the destruction of the Temple. Here’s a quote from the Orthodox Union about Rosh Chodesh Av: “Is it contradictory to say Hallel on the day that ushers in a sad period? No. Being Jewish often means being able to see the bright side of sad times, and not forget the sad note at happy times.” So we’ll gather and share joy and togetherness, even at a time of many tragic events, both in ancient times and in our own world now. Reba’s backyard is fenced, but our privacy may not be 100 percent complete; accordingly, please bring a swimsuit and towel if you'd like to immerse. If not, you can participate by immersing fingers or toes - no swimsuit required. Please RSVP to Reba at (845) 853-3569, or to Betsy Russell at bzrussell@gmail.com. Please bring a dish or beverage to share. And please arrive promptly at the synagogue parking lot, as we’ll pull out right at 2 to arrive at Reba’s by 3. Join us if you can, and have a chodesh tov - a good month!

Wave at the Gardeners!

When you come and go at CABI, are you in a hurry? I’d like to encourage you to slow down when you are present on our sacred grounds, including our parking lot. Let’s make this a waving place! Waving means seeing. Seeing means acknowl-edging—acknowledging that you know faces, cars, and activities. Waving means that you see gar-deners weeding and watering, children crossing to the side-walk, and elders who might walk slowly or with canes or walkers. Waving means that these peo-ple also see you. If we see, acknowledge and know each other, we can avoid accidents and build a stronger community.

Summertime Bat Mitzvahs Alison Block will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on

Saturday, August 12 at CABI.

Rachel Block will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on

Saturday, August 19 at CABI.

Please join the Block family in August as we celebrate this life

cycle together. Watch the e-blast for more information.

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CABI Staff Summer Work Schedule

I t’s July already! Rabbi Dan Fink’s Sabbatical has flown by faster than he, or any of the rest of us, could have antici-

pated. We hope that it has been as rewarding for him as it has certainly proven to be for his con-gregation. We’ve managed, with surprising ease, to provide lead-ership for all our regular Shabbat evening and services, for our holi-days and events, and for our eve-ryday operations. Thanks to the Sabbatical Committee members, who covered all contingencies; to our wonderful staff, who stepped up to take on additional du-ties; and to all of you who allowed your name to be listed as the con-

tact persons in the event that unexpected, or foreseeable-but-not-scheduled, events happened.

As we realized with Rabbi Dan’s prior 2 Sabbaticals, our con-gregation is capable, dedicated, and willing to do what is needed to continue the path of our Jewish life without missing a beat while our Rabbi is away on a much-deserved break. This Sabbatical has offered us an opportunity to grow, to learn from each other, to do what we never really thought we could do, and to enjoy it all, to boot! We will welcome Rabbi Dan back to our halls in August, and we know he will hit the ground running, a bit more energetic and hopefully en-riched from his time off. Meanwhile, follow our Rabbi’s adven-tures on his blog: "At Home and On the Road," http://rabbidanfink.blogspot.com. Thanks for your help, mem-bers of our CABI community. Stay safe, Rabbi Dan. See you in a month!

Nina Spiro will be off July and the first two weeks of Au-gust.

Beth Harbison will be out of the office, but working and replying to emails through July 16. She will be in the office July 17-31. She will be out of the office and unable to com-municate August 1-22.

Nemmie Stieha, our Music Educator, will be gone until August 22. This summer she will be working with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders at Camp Kalsman. While at camp she will be keeping a personal blog of her adventures. To follow Nemmie go to NemmieMusic.worldpress.com. She cannot wait to bring back new melodies and lots of memories.

Kat Dellamater will be off the month of July. She will be checking her email once per week. She will resume her nor-mal hours in August, working Monday, Wednesday and Fri-day.

Miki Goodwin and Pettra Pollack prepare to lead Shabbat evening service.

New Shabbat Facilitator

My name is Moshe and I am your new shabbat facilitator! I grew up in Chicago/Central Illinois where I received my bachelor's in Political Science. My hob-bies include music (i.e. collecting vinyls, listening to and playing music), reading, gardening, and cooking! I look forward to helping and serving you all!

Moshe Yochanan Avraham

O n Thursday, June 15, an hour before we sold our first Deli Days sandwich, the Rotary Grand Plaza was dedicated in Julia Davis Park. The vision of Diane Davis Myklegard,

a great-granddaughter of Julia Davis, the Rotary Grand Plaza is a new gathering place just east of the Rose Garden, on the walking path from the Boise Art Museum to Zoo Boise. The Plaza contains almost fifty monuments dedicated to architectural icons from Boi-se’s history, some of them no longer standing. On the southeast perimeter of the Plaza, you can now admire a four-foot pillar featuring an 1899 photograph of CABI’s historic synagogue building, originally known as Congregation Beth Israel. Money for the pillar was raised privately, but all of us at CABI and in the wider community will benefit for years to come. Our beloved synagogue has a place in this “who’s who” of historic buildings, sending the message that Jews have lived and thrived in Boise for a very long time.

Historic Synagogue in the Rotary Grand Plaza

HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

September 16—Selichot September 20—Erev Rosh Hashanah September 21—Rosh Hashanah September 22—2nd day Rosh Hashanah September 29–-Kol Nidre September 30—Yom Kippur

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July & August Worship Calendar

Shabbat Morning Jewish Times Study: Every Saturday at 9 am Join Haya Kinberg as she continues to bring us captivating insights on the topic of “Jewish Times.” Come and hear her in-formative presentation each Shabbat morning in July and August. Bring your ideas to share, and hear what others are thinking, too! We hope you will join us in the Social Hall for a lively, thoughtful Shabbat morning discussion.

Talmud Study (in English) on Tuesdays is taking a sabbatical and will resume in September 2017.

Saturday, July 1 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Chukkat–––Numbers 19:1 – 22:1 Friday, July 7 at 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, July 8 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Balak–––Numbers 22:2 – 25:9 Friday, July 14 at 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, July 15 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Pinchas–––Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 Friday, July 21 at 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, July 22 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Matot - Masei–––Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 Friday, July 28 at 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, July 29 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Devarim–––Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22

Friday, August 4 at 6:00 pm Shabbat in the Park, Kathryn Albertson Park Saturday, August 5 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Vaetchanan–––Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11 Friday, August 11 at 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, August 12 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Ekev–––Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 Friday, August 18 at 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, August 19 at 10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Korach–––Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17 Friday, August 25 at 6:00 pm Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, August 26 at 10:00 am at CABI and at Shabbat on the Mountain at Bogus Basin. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Reading Portion Korach–––Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:19

Teshuvah and Tikkun Olam: An environmental series in anticipation of the Days of Awe

Please mark your calendar for a series of Adult Ed sessions, coming in September, about our en-vironment. Our discussions will be led by experts from our congregation as brown bag dinners on Tuesday nights from 6:00 to 7:30 throughout September.

In our self-reflection leading up to and through the High Holy Days, we strive to mend relation-ships and ease damage we have done in the prior year. As we work to heal what has been bro-ken, to renew ourselves, and to do the “work” of Teshuvah (often translated as repentance), we also consider our impact on the planet. Our series will feature information about our environment, climate change and other ways in which humans impact the planet, precautions we can take, and the long-term picture for environmental protection. We hope you will join us, and we welcome your ideas. Questions? Contact Sandy Berenter, berenterlaw@cableone.net, or Leigh Evans, leigh@spiritone.com.

During July and August we will revert to our summer schedule. Friday night services will be held at 6pm . There will be two

Shabbat in the Park services, August 4 and September 1. These are held at Kathryn Albertson Park behind the stone letters.

Saturday services are at the regular time.

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Deli Days: Idaho’s Jewish Festival 2017 Thanks to all of the amazing, hardworking, dedicated volunteers who made this summer’s event a huge success! Moving Deli Days outside gave the whole event a more festival feeling, and our volun-teers were able to enjoy the music, the atmosphere, and the mild weather, along with our guests. Under the direction of Joe Levitch, we introduced HOT sandwiches, which were a huge hit. Out fear-less team of Kosher Pitmasters kept the hot pastrami flying out of the food tent, until every bit had been sold. Our unparalleled desserts continued to be a highlight of the event, thanks to the joint ef-forts of Telma Anderson and Betsy Russell, and their tireless teams of bakers and baked goods vol-unteers. Oliver Thompson organized a stellar musical lineup for our entertainment, culminating in a beautiful Shabbat service led by Chava Mirel. Now that I have started naming names, the list could go on and on! Thanks to Shira Kronenberg and Juan Carlos Duque for helping Joe and Ken slice 1000 pounds of meat; to Kathryn Shapero for coor-dinating the beer and wine; to Arleen Winkler for overseeing the raffle and gift shop; to Jeannette

Bowman for managing the ticket sales; to Addie Waxman for coordinating the event security; and to so many others who stayed onsite for the whole event to keep things moving (if I try to list you all, I will certainly forget someone, but you are all rock stars). The event would not have been possible without the contributions of our teens and religious school students – the kids of CABI worked every bit as hard as the adults, in many cases staying all day both days to work various shifts. The future of our congrega-tion is in good hands! I would like to extend a special thank you to Andy Savin and his company Fresca Mexican Foods, LLC, for their sponsorship of the event. Thanks also go out to Jim Kinnas, Boise Greek Food Festival chair, for his support and advice (and trays), as well as our fantastic Sysco contacts this year, Gus Fitzpatrick and Execu-tive Chef Dave Knickrehm. I know everyone is curious about our profits. We are still working on the numbers, but we will share them in an upcoming Chai Lights as soon as they are final.

Amy Duque

It’s Party Time! Sunday, August 6

If you had anything to do with Deli Days this year, including baking at home, please join us for a Volun-teer Appreciation Party on Sunday, August 6, from 2-5pm, at the Harris Ranch Spring Creek Pool and Clubhouse, 3450 S Millspur Way, Boise. RSVP to Amy: fourdu-ques@gmail.com.

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Jewish Journeys 5778 Religious School Update – I know it’s long, but I promise it’s worth your time

School has been a happily crowded place on Wednesday nights this year and, in fact, it spilled out into two “cubicle” classrooms erected in the Social Hall. As our kindergarten (gan) through high school enrollment continues to hove between 80-90 students, including 20+ teens, we anticipate filling every nook and cranny with Jewish youth for some time to come. Families convened twice this year to discuss expectations and desires for their children’s religious education. We all want so much for our children and grandchildren and realized that a scant 2 hours, once a week, is insufficient. As a result of family and teacher input, religious school is expanding:

Classes will meet twice weekly.

Wednesday will remain Jewish Journeys/general religious education focusing on Talmud/Torah, history, land and people, and culture (5:15 – 7:45 p.m.)

Sunday afternoon class will be devoted solely to ability-based Hebrew (4:30 – 6:00 p.m.).

Optional dinner program will be offered on Wednesday nights .

We are re-establishing a family-teacher organization (FTO). We received a generous grant from the Groves Foundation which will go toward enhancing and expanding programming for all ages. We’re working on reviving a havurah program, enlivening and broadening the appeal and creativity of our Family/Tot Shabbat monthly programs, formalizing a “hadracha” (leadership and service) curriculum for teens, and starting a new b’mitzvah program designed to teach our children about philanthropy and Jewish values. Our budget is on the facing page. I was worried about how our precious school would fare this year when my partner and chochum (wise one) Becky Groves re-tired as Co-Director of Education in August 2016. Luckily, Becky has remained an advisor-in-the-wings, substitute teacher, and go-to volunteer, organizing Shabbat on the Lake and the new Shabbat on the Mountain, scheduled for August 26, 2017, at Bo-gus Basin. Lucky for us, Becky will return next year as a teacher. Becky’s legacy is the philosophy of creative and enjoyable engagement in living and learning Judaism across all age groups. Our number one goal in Religious School continues to be making CABI a place kids and teens want to be.

Beth Harbison

Y ear two of Under the Tent of Abraham Camp is underway, host-ed by CABI. On the first day campers baked challah. This camp brings together members of the Muslim, Christian and Jewish faiths. Last year the First Congregational Church host-ed the camp; next year the Islamic Center of Boise plans to

host the camp.

School begins after High Holy Days. The first class will be Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Registration, tuition information, and volunteer sign-ups will be sent later this summer.

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CABI Religious School 2017-18 Budget

Income Budget Notes

Income Tuition - Regular $ 48,750.00

Assumes 72 students w/ 20% scholarship rate at $750 per student; Pays for students Shabbat on the Lake; $83/month for 9 months or $62.50 for 12 months

Income Tuition - B'nai Mitzvah $ 6,600.00 Assumes 8 students at $825 per student; $92/month for 9 months or $68.75 for 12 months

Income Optional RS Dinners $ 8,400.00

Opt-in by semester = $140 per student; $10 per person x 14 weeks per semester; estimated at 30 students (Adults not included in cal-culation-can register and pre-pay ahead of time); $31/month for 9 months

Income Dinner subsidy $ 2,800.00 Subsidy provided through the generosity of The Groves Foundation

Income Shabbat on the Lake Fees - Adults $ 4,000.00 Assumes 40 adults at $100 per adult

Income Teen Program $ 1,000.00 Purim revenue, honey sales, etc.

Income CABI Cafe Inc $ 700.00 Coffee sales (B'mitzvah parties, RS and special event sales)

Income Total $ 72,250.00

Expenses Budget Notes

2016-17 Deficit $ (2,550.00) Carry forward of unpaid expenses from 2016-17 school year

Expenses Rel School Director (no benefits) $ (22,500.00) Assumes 11 months; 1910 hours/year; $11.78 per hour

Expenses Rel School Payroll $ (12,540.00) 15 teachers at $418 per semester w/ 2 semesters; $14.93 per hour

Expenses RS Payroll taxes $ (5,361.12) calculated at 15.3%

Expenses Textbook & Re-sources $ (1,500.00)

Expenses Classroom Supplies $ (750.00)

Expenses Special Events RS $ (1,500.00) Tu B'shvat Seder, Sukkot Stroll, Kehillah Nights, Teacher Apprecia-tion, Consecration, Chanukah, etc.

Expenses CAJE/Teacher Train $ (1,200.00) 2 teachers to training

Expenses Travl/Confrnce RS $ (1,500.00) Biennial, Youth Conference, etc.

Expenses Misc Expense $ (250.00) Teacher Gifts, Challah Bags, etc.

Expenses Dinners Rel Sch $ (9,800.00) 28 Weeks at $350 each

New Background Checks $ (600.00) 15 checks at $40/each

Expense Shabbat on the Lake $ (6,500.00) Total cost of Shabbat on the Lake incl students and adults (Idahaven - rent camp, food, etc.)

Expenses Teen CABI exp $ (5,000.00) $1500 for Advisor, Advisor travel, Lock-Ins expenses, CABIT t-shirts = $60/teen/semester

Expenses CABI Cafe exp $ (700.00) Supplies and espresso machine maintenance

Expense Total $ (72,251.12) Equals ~ $903 per student

Special Programs Budget (Restricted Funds)

Income Grant Support $ 30,800.00 JYEEP, BP B'mitzvah Project, Hadracha: Teen Leadership Pro-gram, and Tot & Family Shabbat

Expense JYEEP $ (5,000.00) Scholarships for Israel, NFTY, etc.

Expense BP B'mitzvah Project $ (7,000.00) Materials development, professional development, coordinator ex-pense

Expense Tot & Family Shabbat $ (10,300.00)

Professional development = $2,000, coordinator expense = $1500, Shabbat dinners = 10 at $400 each = $4000, plus $2800 to offset cost of RS Dinners

Expense Hadracha: Teen Leadership Program $ (8,500.00)

Professional development, coordinator expense, materials develop-ment, etc.

Future Desired Line Items

New Bus Expenses $ 750.00 Fuel, maintenance & insurance (Sukkot Stroll for example) 5/per year

New Text Msg Alert Sys-tem $ 1,000.00 Estimated cost for all parents/guardians, teachers, staff and teens

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Donations If I am not for myself, who will be for me?

Rabbi (on sabbatical through July) Dan Fink, rabbidan@cabi-boise.org Synagogue Director Nina Spiro, director@cabi-boise.org Office Administrator Kat Dellamater, office@cabi-boise.org Director of Education & Teen Advisor Beth Harbison, school@cabi-boise.org & teens@cabi-boise.org Music Educator Nemmie Stieha, music@cabi-boise.org PJ Library Manager Joanna Jost, pjlibrary@cabi-boise.org Shabbat Facilitator Moshe Yager Board of Trustees President—Sharon Ledesma, president@cabi-boise.org Vice-President—Amy Duque Treasurer—James Auw Secretary—Alethia Dahlin At Large Members Oni Kinberg Joe Levitch Tamar Milstein Davida Mitchell Kathryn Shapero Ellen Suchar Addie Waxman Dennis Wolf Youth Representative—Sarah Chasin Synagogue Life Adult Education—Sandy Berenter Building Fund—Jeannette Bowman CABI Bus—OPEN

CABI Café—Beth Harbison CABI Community Garden—Renée Kline CABI Socialites— Arleen Winkler Cemetery—Jack Bonawitz, Paul Frank, & John Barnet Chai Lights Editor—Nancy Feldman Chai Lights Folding—Andrea Goodman and Susie Frank Chevra Kadisha—Freddie Fisherman Chicken Soup Group—Pettra Pollack Conversion Mentoring—Rabbi Dan, Isabel Ringer Deli Days—OPEN Eblast—Lorian Gans Emergency Prep.—Addie Waxman, Elizabeth Rodgers Facebook & Social Media—OPEN Facilities—Marc Snyder Feast of Torah—Nemmie Stieha & Sandy Berenter Friendship Feast—Kathryn Shapero, John Lllewellyn Gift Shop—Arleen Winkler, Paulette Esposito GreenFaith—Tom Rogers Idaho Jewish Festival—Oliver Thompson Jewish Assistance Fund of Idaho (JAFI)—Andy Chasan Kitchen—Marya Bruning Landscape—OPEN Library (Adults)—Terry McKay, Freddie Fisherman Library (Children)—Isabel Ringer Malkah Gathering—Molly O’Shea, Haya Kinberg Membership—Arleen Winkler Onegs—Debbie Holmes Ritual—Elisabeth Sonersen Rosh Chodesh—Betsy Russell Sabbatical Committee—Sandy Berenter Shabbat on the Lake & Shabbat on the Mountain—Becky Groves Social Action—Tom Rogers Social Activities—OPEN The TABLE—Nemmie Stieha Volunteer Coordinators—Sharon Ledesma, Amy Duque Website—Elliott Groves Yom HaShoah—Patti Diener, Sherrill Livingston

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Religious School Nicole Fox Kirstan Matteson Shabbat on the Lake Leigh Evans Nemmie Stieha Unrestricted Contributions Shannon Blackley Daniel & Elizabeth Fitch Rabbi Elliott Tepperman & Sarah O’Leary in honor of Michael Heck & Leigh Evans’ Torah transport. Under the Tent of Abraham Jane Buch Peter & Karan Kahlke Davida & Sid Mitchell Charles & Mary Slaughter Anonymous donor via First Congregational United Church of Christ Shellan Rodriguez

Deli Days Robert Friedman & Gretchen Hecht Marty & Dorothy Geffon Eva Goode Lillian Kagan Bruce & Ardeth Smackey Hode-Lia Svidgal Nancy & Murray Feldman, in memory of Jim Thompson Security Cameras Louis & Valerie Vogel Youth Enrichment Harriet Berenter in honor of Shira & Hananya’s new grandson, Nathan and in memory of Jim Thompson

The September Chai Lights deadline is Wednesday August 23

Email submissions to Nancy Feldman at mnfeldman@cableone.net.

We welcome notices of births, weddings and deaths for inclusion in our Life Cycle section.

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The CABI gift shop is open by appointment until after

the High Holy Days. Contact Arleen Winkler at 818-398-

7660 if you need an item from the gift shop.

July & August Birthdays Sandra Berenter July 2 Mollee Lou Hecht July 2 Addie Waxman July 3 Jesse Berenter July 6 Gabriel Dery July 7 Paul Frank July 7 Rachel Chasin July 8 Jodi Kahn July 9 Kathy Zuckerman July 9 Hannah Dornfest July 10 Hava Fisherman July 10 Matt Oppenheimer July 11 Asher Sonersen July 14 Shellan Rodriguez July 15 Jeannette Bowman July 18 Aviva Braun July 18 Abigail McLean July 18 Joe Bonawitz July 19 Elaine Sturm July 19 Jonathan Holmes July 20 Shira Kronenberg July 23 Susi Cagen July 25 Kathryn Shapero July 25 Romy Rasmus July 27 Dan Stern July 28

Stella Ruth Thornfeldt July 28 Seline Kahn July 29 Tenzen Maye Rasmus July 29 Sharon Katz July 30 Ellie Mozes July 30 Henry Spiess July 30 Marissa Broussard July 31 Jerry Cagen August 1 Andrew Savin August 1 Shirley Finiguerra August 2 Arthur Engler August 3 Daniel Goodwin August 3 Oleg Ravitskiy August 4 Adam Block August 5 Jane Foreman August 5 Varia Sonersen August 7 Jennifer Thornfeldt August 7 Andrew Chasan August 8 Leilani Katz August 8 Amy Pollack August 9 Adam Berenter August 10 Casey Byron August 11 Pennington Luangaphay August 11 William Ben Peterman August 11 Alexa Sakolsky-Basquill August 11

Heidi Chasan August 12 Mark German August 13 Ceili Waylan August 13 Beatrice Kopp August 14 Susie Frank August 15 Morton Weiner August 15 Joel Pollack August 16 Dan Zuckerman August 16 Susan Newman August 17 Piper Luangaphay August 18 Naomi Clayton August 19 Alan S Dornfest August 20 Teri Engler August 20 Amelia Messenger August 20 Milya Mikhaleva August 21 Devon Thrall August 21 Naomi Savin August 23 Nina Spiro August 25 Alexzander Goldstein August 27 Joseph B. Levitch August 28 Paula Koppel August 29 Riley Page August 29 Ashtyn Cayley Abmont August 30 Rachael Metzgar August 30 Zev Kronenberg August 31

Welcome New CABI Members

Frederica Francesconi Linnea Armus

Aviva Braun & Justin Ross Gabriel & Marina Dery

Elisa Cooper & David Kaplan Mordecai Katz & Eva Risley

Michael Heck Davida & Sid Mitchell

Life Cycle Condolences to Ina Thompson, and her children Zack Thompson, Vanessa Dancer and Iven Thompson, on the death of their husband and father Jim Thompson on Monday, May 29.

Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel accepts credit and debit cards to make payments to the synagogue more convenient for our members. We incur incremental processing fees for providing this service that have until now been absorbed by the syna-gogue. This is no longer sustainable: in the past fiscal year alone, these “incremental” fees amounted to almost $6,000.

It is common practice for nonprofit organizations to charge a convenience fee for all credit/debit card transactions. CABI will begin charging a 3% convenience fee on all credit/debit card transactions effective July 1, 2017. This convenience fee may be tax-deductible for you; please consult your tax professional.

If you prefer not to incur this convenience fee, please contact the CABI office to pay in cash or with a check. Thank you for your understanding and for your continued support of Con-gregation Ahavath Beth Israel.

Credit Card Update

Sharon Ledesma Elected President

On Monday, June 26, CABI held it’s annual meeting at the shul. Officers voted in at this meeting are Sharon Ledesma, President; Amy Duque, Vice President; James Auw, Treasur-er; and Alethia Dahlin, Secretary. Members at large voted in are Joe Levitch and Davida Mitchell. Cody Lineal, who was on the slate of nominees, had to withdraw due to a job relocation. No 2017/2018 budget was presented. The Executive Com-mittee will be convening during the summer to formulate a plan to meet our budgetary needs. A budg-et will be sub-mitted at anoth-er CABI-wide meeting this fall in conjunction with a fiscal plan for meeting this budget and long term goals.

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CABIT OFFICERS CONTACT INFORMATION Carly Hanna, President, carly.surfcr@gmail.com Mira Torf, Membership Vice President mira.ruby7@gmail.com Alex Swerdloff, Social Action Vice President, swerdkiffa@gmail.com Rachel Kaufman, Religion & Cultural Vice President , rachelmichelle2345@gmail.com Steven Wiener, Financial Vice President, hebrewnational35@gmail.com Izzy Lusby, Programming Vice President, izzy.lusby@gmail.com Rachael Metzgar, Communications Vice President , Rachael@metzgars.net

S halom! Last month the teens worked at Deli Days prepping food, taking orders, pulling sodas, creating expert Brooklyn Egg Creams, barista'ing, and helping out wherever we were needed.

Soon, some of us will be going to Camp Kalsman in Arlington, Washington, or Kutz in New York. These camps teach us about Judaism and leadership. As teens, we are the next generation of leaders and we need

to know how to do it right...and we have to learn somehow. These camps also help us find out who we are as Jews and give us life-long friends whom we look forward to seeing every year. We hope you have an amazing summer.

Rachael Metzgar

The teens will be selling honey again this fall. The honey comes from our own bees on CABI property.

NFTY NW Calendar 5778 September 15-17, 2017- Leadership Training Institute October 8, 2017 for 6, 7 & 8th graders November 17-19, 2017- Fall Kallah December 6-10, 2017 – URJ Biennial in Boston December 17, 2017 for 6, 7 & 8th graders January 12-15, 2018- West Coast Party February 2-4, 2018- Winter Kallah February 23-24, 2018- for 6, 7 & 8th graders Shabbaton April 12, 2018- Asefah and Elections for Regional Board April 13-15, 2018- Spring Kallah April 20-22, 2018– for 6 & 7th graders Kallah

Bold Events are High School events;

Italicized are 6th, 7th & 8th grade events.

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Coming in September

Friday, September 1: Boise Hawks Baseball game Sunday, September 17: Old Boise Oktoberfest Thursday, September 21: Rosh Hashanah Hike up Table Rock

See pages 5, 10, 11 & 12 for Deli Days photos.

CABI was blessed to have two photogra-phers at Deli Days this year who took the amazing photos in this issue of the Chai Lights. Your Deli Days photographers were Chris Wethered and Alan Leschinski.

If you want to see more of their Deli Days photos you can contact them directly.

Alan Leschinski—855-4800

Chris Wethered: 249-0634 or chris-wethered.photoshelter.com

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