Temple’s Passover Second Seder...

The Temple Tablet

Temple Israel 130 Riverside Drive

Dayton, OH 45405

937-496-0050

www.tidayton.org

April 2016

Vol. 52, No. 7

Some stories get better with

each retelling, and the story of

the Jews’ Exodus from Egypt—

as told during the Passover

Seder is no different! Come and

hear the story again while

enjoying dinner with your fellow

Temple Israelites.

Rabbi Bogosian will lead the

Seder in the Great Hall on

Saturday, April 23, beginning

at 6:00 p.m. and concluding at about 8:00 p.m.

Any profits from the Seder will provide

scholarships to help Temple’s younger

members attend summer camp at Goldman

Union Camp Institute in Zionsville, IN.

This year’s Seder menu will include matzo ball

soup, gefilte fish, roasted chicken, vegetable

medley, mashed potatoes, a mixed green salad

and various desserts. A

vegetarian option will be

available for those who request

it in advance. The dinner will

be provided by Christopher’s

Restaurant. No chametz will be

served, and no chametz may be

carried into the building during

Passover. Dinner will also

include wine or juice, and

congregants may bring wine of

their own.

Cost of the Seder is $30 for adults, $15 for

children ages 4-10, and free for children age

three and under. Seating is limited;

reservations are required and must be paid by

Thursday, April 14. Members’ paid

reservations will be given first priority. Please

RSVP online at www.tidayton.org or call

Temple at 496-0050.

Saturday, April 23 6:00 p.m.

in The Great Hall

Temple’s Passover Second Seder Dinner

On Wednesday, April 13, at

7:00 p.m. at Temple Israel, Women

of the Wall Executive Director,

Lesley Sachs, will present thoughts

and opinions about the recent

Knesset decision to establish an

egalitarian and pluralistic section at

the Western Wall. What was

gained through this momentous

decision and what was conceded? Where does

the organization and its supporters go from

here?

The Women of the Wall has been fighting for

equality for over 25 years. A group of Jewish

women from around the world, they strive to

achieve the right for women, to wear prayer

shawls, pray and read from the Torah

collectively and out loud at the Western Wall in

Jerusalem. In many circumstances, Jewish

sanctity is still accessible and available solely by

and for men. Women and girls do not always

have the opportunity to take active, leadership

roles in Jewish spiritual life. Women of the Wall

strives to change this by providing a model of

involvement and leadership for women of all

ages on all levels of Jewish prayer and

celebration.

Prior to becoming the Executive

Director of Women of the

Wall in 2008, Lesley Sachs

had a long and successful career in

the area of women’s rights and

religious freedom in Israel. Lesley

was one of the founding members

of “Isha L’isha – Haifa’s Feminist

Center.” Lesley volunteered at the

Rape Crisis Center and served for ten years on

the board of the Jerusalem Women's Shelter.

After five years as spokesperson and Director of

Public Relations at the Israel Women’s

Network, Lesley was promoted to Executive

Director of the organization. She then served

as Executive Director of the Israel Religious

Action Center (IRAC); next as Vice President of

the World Union for Progressive Judaism

(WUPJ) and was the founding director of

"Project Kesher Israel," an organization which

empowers Russian-speaking immigrant women.

Join us as we delve into a continuing hot topic in

Israel, and bring your questions for Lesley. Light

refreshments will be served following the

presentation. Attendees will also have an

opportunity to purchase Women of the Wall

tallitot.

Women of The Wall

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This is a season of multiple

transformations. The sun is getting

higher in the sky, but tomorrow it

might be chilly again. We’re not

exactly in winter heating season any

more when the temperatures soar in

the daytime sun, but we also can’t

call this springtime yet. In some

places this is known as mud season.

Another transformation that comes

every year at this time is the one we

observe during Passover. Along the

road to freedom we had to pass

through some mud – on the floor of

the parted Red Sea. Can you imagine

the mess? But on the other side, all

of the former slaves were free.

The Hagaddah teaches us that “in

each generation, every individual

should feel as though he or she had

actually been redeemed from

Mitzrayim, as it is said: ‘You shall tell

your children on that day, saying, It is

because of what Adonai did for me

when I went free out of

Mitzrayim.’ (Exodus 13:8). For the

Holy One redeemed not only our

ancestors; He redeemed us with

them.”

This is a remarkable statement. Our

liturgy and our history are not

written in the first person singular.

We always speak of what we did,

what we were commanded to do,

and so on. How is it that the

transformation from slavery to

freedom is presented as the agenda

of each individual? And if so why do

we sit down in groups at the seder

table to experience our liberation?

Each year I respond differently to the

tension between the individual and

collective aspects of Passover.

Here’s my understanding of the text

this year: The collective – in our

case the community that is our

congregation – cannot be healthy if

those who come to its table are

enslaved. Neither can we create

kedushah – holiness – if each of us is

concerned only with a private

agenda. The sacred connections

among us require each of us to

release enslavements to assumptions

about each other. Only then are we

free to engage in the task of growing

as individuals and as a kehillah

kedoshah – a holy congregation.

Those who have gone forth from

their own Egypts are able to stand at

the door of our synagogue to

welcome everyone, those they agree

with, those they have thought of as

adversaries and those who are

different.

Soon Temple Israel will be entering a

new season of its communal life.

We have been through a few winter

seasons on the way to this change.

At times it has been muddy and

messy. But there can be no new

spring growth without that mud.

This month each of you will be

sitting down at a seder table to

re-experience and celebrate

freedom. As a community, I hope

you will all be standing at the door

this spring welcoming each other

and the future you will build in

partnership Rabbi Karen Bodney-

Halasz.

From the Rabbi

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Rabbi Ilene Bogosian Interim Senior Rabbi

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Events

Thanks To Our Teachers And Madrichim,

And College Send-Off Shabbat

Join the congregation on Friday, May 6 as we say thank you to our dedicated

religious school teachers and madrichim as well as bidding goodbye to our

college-bound students. Services will be at 6:00 p.m., followed by a special

Share Shabbat dinner. Teachers, madrichim and high school seniors are

Temple’s guests for dinner, but please RSVP. Cake will be provided by

Temple.

Teachers: Sheri Alpert, Daniel Cohen, Rachel Dumtschin, Rita Dushman

Rich, Rachel Magdalene, Jennifer Mollenhauer, Rachel Rosen, Joy Schwartz and

Teresa Wyman. Madrichim: Abby Dickstein, Gabby Frost, Lake Miller,

Skyler Miller, Merrie Mollenhauer, Jack Nicholaisen, Adam Pfeiffer, Sara Pierce,

Tamir Rastetter, Morgan Saul, Jonathan Schwartz, Hannah Stickel.

Seniors: Sami Adler, Julia Caruso, Lake Miller, Adam Pfeiffer, Hannah Stickel.

Ryterband Lecture Series Concludes

Lectures this month will conclude the Dorothee and Louis Ryterband Brunch

Series’ 59th year at Temple Israel. Brunches begin at 9:45 a.m. The cost is

$7/week or free for new Temple members.

May 1

Marshall Weiss

Dayton Jewish

Observer

April 10

Rabbi Jan

Katzew

Hebrew Union

College

Tot Shabbat

Bring your little ones for an informal,

musical and active Shabbat service on

Friday, April 15 at 6:00 p.m. The

approximately 20 minute service will

be followed by a craft project and a

potluck dinner. You’ll be out in time

to get young ones to bed or to

attend the 7:30 p.m. service. RSVP

to Molly Blumer at

[email protected].

Soup Supper

There’s only one thing better than a hearty soup dinner on an early spring’s evening—sharing it with friends at the

start of Shabbat.

On Friday, April 8, services begin at 6:00 p.m. and the soup-and-salad supper begins afterwards.

Do you have a favorite soup recipe? Bring a pot to share (no pork or shellfish please!) and you’ll get in FREE—and

yours might be judged best in the taste-off!

The cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 4-12 and free for younger children. Attendees who don’t bring soup

should bring a salad or dessert to share (enough to feed 10 hungry people): last names starting with A – M please

bring salad; N – Z please bring dessert. For information or to RSVP, call Temple at 496-0050.

Earth Day

Recycling Event

The Greening the Synagogue,

Greening the World Committee is

hosting a Pre-Passover Cleaning and

Earth Day Recycling Event. We’ll be

teaming up with Goodwill Industries,

represented by our own Donald

Bush, on Sunday, April 17 from

8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Goodwill

accepts a varietyof items, including

clothing, kitchen and household

goods, furniture, books, tapes,

DVDs, electronics, tools, appliances,

and more. When in doubt, bring it!

Goodwill will have a large collection

truck on site. Whatever Goodwill

cannot take, the Committee will

bring to another recycling

organization. Bring your broken or

outdated computers, printers,

monitors, scanners, cables, speakers,

mice, keyboards, toner cartridges,

fax machines, radios, CD/DVD

players, etc. We’ll also be collecting

used batteries.

Dinner And a Movie at the JCC Film Fest

Join your Temple Israel friends on Tuesday, April 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the

Dublin Pub for dinner, then head over to The Neon for the screening of

BORROWED IDENTITY at 7:15 p.m. Reservations to secure the group rate

of $8/person are due by April 5. Dinner is on your own tab. Please call the

Temple office to RSVP for this fun evening of great food and a wonderful film.

mailto:[email protected]

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בני -עבדים היינו לפרעה במצרים עתה

חורין

“We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt

– now we are free.”

Every year as we read through the

Hagaddah we are reminded of our

people’s humble beginnings. We

learn about the suffering of our

ancestors at the hands of the

Egyptians. But the main point of

Passover is not simply to retell this

story as one would any other story.

The Haggadah tells us: “In every

generation, each person must regard

himself or herself as if he or she had

come out of Egypt.” In other words,

we each must remember the story in

a way that keeps the message of the

Exodus relevant today, so that we

learn from our past and allow it to

influence how we behave in the

present. It gives us the sensitivity to

recognize that there are many Egypts

from which people continue to seek

freedom and redemption.

I believe it is because of this

sensitivity that Jews were

disproportionately involved in the

civil rights movement. Roughly half

of the attorneys who traveled to the

south at that time were Jewish, about

30 percent of the Freedom Riders

were Jewish, and during Freedom

Summer, about two-thirds of the

volunteers who traveled to the south

to help register voters were Jewish.

As I read through the Hagaddah this

year, I will hear its message more

profoundly than in years past. After

traveling to the south in February

with our high schoolers, the stories

Rabbi Karen N.

Bodney-Halasz Jerome Epstein Family

Director of Education

From the Rabbi Educator

of oppression and persecution

continue to shape my understanding

of what freedom means. Please take

a moment to read reflections by our

teens and chaperones about our trip

and how it impacted each of them.

Molly Buchanan

The civil rights trip was very eye-

opening for me. I learned so much

about Martin Luther King Jr. and the

civil rights movement throughout the

entire trip. The trip could not have

happened at a more perfect time for

me. The week before the trip, I was

studying the civil rights movement in

American government and reading

MLK's letter from the Birmingham

jail in English class. So, before the

trip, I was somewhat knowledgeable

on the subject, but after the trip I

knew so much more about civil

rights and what it took for African-

Americans to achieve them. My

favorite part of the trip was walking

across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and

knowing that hundreds of people

walked across that same bridge to

fight for their rights just about 50

years earlier. It was very inspiring to

stand where the people of the civil

rights movement stood and fought

for something important to them.

Julia Caruso

I had an amazing experience on this

trip. It was really cool for me to see

places that I've learned about since

elementary school, and then hear

from people who had a huge impact

in the civil rights movement. All in

all, it was an eye-opener for me and

I'm extremely glad that I got to

experience this.

Gabby Frost

The civil rights trip was one of the

best educational experiences ever.

There was so much about the civil

rights movement that I didn't know

about it, such as the involvement of

Jews. Hands down, one of my

favorite parts of the trip was when

we went on a tour of Kelly Ingram

Park with Bishop Woods. I knew

nothing about him or his

involvement. Just the energy he had

towards us and what he was talking

about was actually amazing. All in all,

the trip was wonderful and I’m glad I

went.

Sean Frost

What an amazing experience this

Civil Rights trip was! Life-changing

and so educational. I have studied

and taught about the Civil Rights

Movement for nearly two decades

and I was so inspired. To walk in the

footsteps of the civil rights leaders;

to tour Birmingham, Montgomery

and Selma; to study and learn about

the important role of so many Jews

in the movement - all of this has

helped me to develop a deeper

understanding of this important

period of American history and will

forever inform my Judaism and shape

my work as an educator and as a

parent.

Adriane Miller

First I want to say thank you. Thank

you for welcoming and including us.

Thank you for new friendships.

Thank you for the amazing food.

Thank you for the opportunity to

participate in a civil rights journey.

Thank you for showing us the hard

work that the Southern Poverty Law

Center is doing. Thank you for the

opportunity to learn about the

involvement of Jewish people in the

civil rights effort. Thank you for the

opportunity to learn from Eli, Earl,

JoAnne and Bishop Woods. Thank

you for the opportunity to walk in

the footsteps of those who stood up

for civil rights. Thank you for the

reminder that we still need to stand

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From the Rabbi Educator

up for civil rights. Thank you for

igniting a fire in all who attended to

continue to stand up for civil rights.

Thank you!

Lake Miller

Imagine being equal. Pretty hard to

imagine because in reality it is hard to

achieve. But not at Etgar. It is a

place where black or white, Jewish or

Christian, you are the same. We are

all on an equal playing field. Being in

such a close group of like-minded

people, it was so easy to be able to

learn and accept what's happened in

our past, primarily about

the African-American civil rights

movement. This eye-opening

weekend allowed us to have

conversations that may otherwise

have been ignored and to learn what

schools may have skipped over. Then

to make it even more special you add

a Jewish touch. For the first time, I

learned that Jews actually had a huge

part in the progression of the civil

rights movement. It was a beautiful

reality and a weekend I will never

forget.

Skyler Miller

Currently in school we are talking a

lot about the civil war and human

rights. Before the south trip I would

sit in class just like everyone else:

little motivation, and paying attention

just enough so I would get an A on

the homework and tests. This trip

could not have come at a better time.

I learned so much from Eli and

everyone else who took time out of

their day to talk to us and teach us.

Their passion for the topics rubbed

off on me, as well as the rest of the

kids and adults who came, passion

that cannot come from regular-school

teachers. Sitting in class now, I am

relating everything I hear back to the

south trip. I either already learned it

and know extra about it; or I know

some random fact about it that

intrigues me and makes me want to

learn further. I learned a lot from

this trip and gained a lot of passion.

But I also got to know my peers at a

new level, which to me is just as

important. Thank you for convincing

me to go on this trip and arranging

everything. It is another great Jewish

experience to add to my collection.

Thank you!

Meredith Mollenhauer

The civil rights movement trip really

opened my eyes to the injustices that

happened in the past and that are still

happening. It was incredibly moving

to learn what struggles and hardships

people went through to achieve

change in the world. Going on this

trip has made me definitely want to

participate in more activism. It has

made me realize that I can

do so much to help people.

Everything that I learned and everyone

I met helped me know that the world

has changed a lot, but I can still help

the world become better.

Sara Pierce

The trip to the south was a great

experience. Seeing the places where

the civil rights movement took place

helped me connect the history to

issues, and individual people. It helped

me understand where change comes

from, and how people have brought it

about. Now I know that the civil rights

movement has not ended, and now it

has taken on new causes, like current

social issues of equal rights and

xenophobia. This helped me

understand the history of social change

in America, which is one of

determination and persistence. It

increased my interest in activism and

social issues, since I know that the civil

rights movement is still alive, and

fighting for important causes that are

important to me. The trip was an

incredible experience, and it taught me

so many things about both history and

activism, while allowing us to have a lot

of fun and meet other Jews from the

area.

Shown (l to r) front row

Adriane Miller, Skyler Miller,

Joanne Bland, Noah

Gruenberg, Danielle De La

Cruz, Rabbi Chessin.

Second row Barbara Cauper-

Mendoza, Merrie

Mollenhauer, Molly

Buchanan, Sarah Abrams,

Rachel Taylor, Emma

Pickard. Third row Rabbi

Bodney-Halasz, Sara Pierce,

Julia Caruso, Gabby Frost.

Back row Jonah Simpson,

Bryce Lindsay, Lake Miller

and Sean Frost

Civil Rights Trip

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Events/News

Volunteers Needed for JCF

No number of volunteers is too many and no amount of time is too small.

We need volunteers to help plan, bake, schlep, and

set-up in addition to LOTS of volunteers on Festival

day, June 5, to greet, offer directions, sell raffle

tickets, supervise children’s activities, sell food and

drinks, and so much more! To find out how you can

get involved, email [email protected]. Save the date,

tell your friends, plan to attend and - even

better - volunteer your time to make this day a

success!

education...!

celebration...!

graduation...!

Sunday, April 3 No Religious School

Thursday, April 14 through-

Saturday April 17 NFTY-OV Spring Kallah

Friday, April 15 Scout Shabbat

Sunday, April 17 Mock Seders 11:00 a.m.

Parents are invited but please RSVP.

Saturday, April 23 Second Seder 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 1 Yom Ha Shoah 11:00 a.m.

Grade 8

Friday, May 6 Teacher Appreciation

& College Send-Off

Share Shabbat 6:00 p.m.

Join us to thank our faculty for a job well

done, and to give our graduating seniors a

hearty ‘mazal tov’ as they prepare to leave for

college.

Environmental Film and Breakfast

Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 15, from 9:45-11:45 a.m. The

Greening the Synagogue, Greening the World Committee will be hosting an

environmental film with breakfast and discussion. The film is Bag It: Is Your

Life Too Plastic? Find a trailer at: http://www.bagitmovie.com/. The Sierra

Club is co-sponsoring the film with us. The event is free and open to all.

Bring your friends!

New Donation Station

If you’ve been to Temple recently you’ve noticed the beautiful wooden cabinets on the right as you come in the main

doors. The cabinets were a donation from the Faust family in honor of Ellen’s 80th birthday, giving our lobby a clean

and organized look. When you bring in your donations of food, books, shoes, school supplies and dried out markers

for recycling, just place your donation in the appropriately labeled bin.

Calling All Culinary Queens and Kings

Looking for an opportunity to help with the Jewish

Cultural Festival, but maybe you can’t be here the day

of the event? Join Lois Goldberg and her group of

volunteer bakers! They’ll bake great Jewish treats on

April 17, May 8, and May 15 in the Temple Israel

kitchen. Baking will also take place at Evans Bakery on

May 15, 22, and 29. For more information, contact

Lois Goldberg at 937-426-5131.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.bagitmovie.com/

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Cultural Festival

Run! Participate in our Second

Annual Oy Vey 5k at 10:30 a.m. This

flat, fast, and scenic route cruises on

the bike path through Island Metro

Park and back down Riverside Drive.

Both runners and walkers are

encouraged to work up a bit of a

shvitz before the festivities begin at

11:00 a.m.

Eat! El Meson, Pasha Grill, Smokin’

Bar-B-Que, and Bernstein’s Catering

will feature their takes on Jewish

classics, ranging from falafel to

traditional deli fare to Tex-Mex

brisket. Graeter’s will also be in

attendance, serving up delicious

kosher ice cream and blended-coffee

beverages. Our ever-popular bakery

will sell homemade challah, honey

cake, hamentashen, and rugalach.

Drink! Savor the tastes of Jewish

beers from Shmaltz Brewing

Company and indulge in the nostalgia

that comes from popping open a can

of Dr. Brown’s soda.

Win! Purchase a raffle ticket for

your chance to win a two-night cabin

retreat, gift certificates valued at over

$700, a hand-selected case of wine,

and four Dayton Dragons tickets

(behind home plate).

Play! Children can visit the Israel-

themed petting zoo (with a real live

camel), climb the 18’ inflatable

“Mount Masada” and slide down, and

create their own art projects.

Give Back! Learn about ways that

you can help repair the world, go

green, and help people with

disabilities in our community and

beyond in our Mitzvah Alley and

Greening room.

Shop! NEW this year are arts and

crafts direct from Israel, available for

purchase. In addition, local vendors

and artisans will offer items to suit a

variety of tastes and budgets.

Relax! Put on your dancing shoes

or sit back and enjoy an eclectic mix

of music, dance, and entertainment!

NEW this year is an indoor acoustic

stage, providing additional listening

and viewing pleasure inside the Great

Hall at our Second Stage Cafe. From

klezmer to rock to barbershop to

folk tunes, we will have something for

everyone. INDYKLEZ will headline

the outdoor stage with additional

appearances by the Dayton Jewish

Chorale, Tim Pritchard & the Boxcar

Suite, Miami Valley Music Men, and

the Shimmy Cats dance troupe. It

will be a feast for the eyes and the

ears. Learn! Local and regional experts

share their thoughts on a wide range

of topics, including social justice,

Yiddish language and words, Jewish

funeral customs, Hebrew and Jewish

ritual items, and learning from the

tragedies of the Holocaust. Come

prepared with any questions you may

have.

The Jewish Cultural Festival returns

to Temple’s grounds and building on

Sunday, June 5 at 11:00 a.m., with

expanded entertainment options,

delicious food choices, more drink

options, educational opportunities

with local and regional experts, and

shopping from local and Israeli

vendors. This is our chance to share

the sights, sounds, tastes and soul of

Judaism with the entire Miami Valley

(and beyond)! You are invited to join

in on the fun and get involved with

this event that serves as the

congregation’s major fundraiser of the

year. Thanks to our fearless leaders,

Teresa Wyman, chair, and Dan

Young, co-chair, we have a great day

planned for everyone.

Jewish Cultural Festival Countdown:

Two Months To Go! JCF 2016 Chairs

Festival

Teresa Wyman

Dan Young

Bakery Lois Goldberg

Sara Faust Beer & Drinks

Scott Miller Rachel Dumtschin

Children’s Activities Sheri Alpert

Sheri Poch

Education & Greeters Linda Novak

Marcia Cox

Entertainment Carol Finley

Melissa Sweeny Food

Mary Anne Davis Aaron Burke

Greening Rachel Magdalene

Cherish Cronmiller Hospitality & Volunteers

Cathy Lieberman

Judi Grampp

Logistics & Security Dan Young

Rob Brenner

Kelley Davis Mitzvah Alley Amy Margolin

Melanie Brenner Outreach

Cheryl Carne Cathy Brown

Parking Rick Goldberg

Publicity Walter Ohlmann Brandon Kissel

Raffle Shirlee Gilbert

Pat Saphire

Sponsorship Courtney Cummings

Stacy Emoff

Vendors Sarah Carpenter

Ryan Shannon

5k Race Connie Bank

Jeff Noble

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Events/News

Temple’s Annual

Meeting

At Temple Israel’s annual meeting on

Wednesday, May 25, congregants

will confirm a slate of officers and

elect new members to the Board of

Directors. The meeting will begin at

6:00 p.m. The congregation is

encouraged to attend; no

reservations are necessary. Light

refreshments will be served.

April 5 Historic Plaza Theatre

7:30 p.m. Once In A Lifetime

April 6 The Little Art Theatre

7:00 p.m. Once In A Lifetime

April 7 The Neon Movies

7:15 p.m. Atomic Falafel


7:15 p.m. The Last Mentsch


9:30 a.m. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem


7:15 p.m. Borrowed Identity


7:15 p.m. Apples from the Desert

April 14 Little Art Theatre

7:00 p.m. Secrets of War


5:20 p.m. Making Morning Star—Panel discussion

with local film makers Steve Bognar and

Julia Reichert


7:15 p.m. Dough

April 19 Cinemark at the Greene

7:00 p.m. Rosenwald

Q & A Panel: Martin Gottlieb and Rosenwald

director Aviva Kempner

The Dayton Jewish International Film Festival

The Dayton Jewish Film Festival will bring the best in Jewish and Israeli cinema to the Dayton area, including an

international selection of both feature films and documentaries. Festival venues are The Neon Movies, The Little Art

Theatre, Cinemark at The Greene and The Historic Plaza Theatre. Single tickets are $9, student tickets are $8 and a

season pass for all showings is $75.

Movie Venues

The Neon Movies The Little Art Theatre Cinemark-The Greene Historic Plaza Theatre

130 East Fifth St. 247 Xenia Ave. 4489 Glengarry Dr. 33 S. Main St

Dayton Yellow Springs Beavercreek Miamisburg 222-7469 767-7671 429-4130 253-4629

New on the Shelf

Abba Eban: A Biography

by Asaf Siniver

The Muralist: A Novel

by B. A. Shapiro

The Improbability of Love: A Novel

by Hannah Rothschild

The President’s Corner

Now that the business of choosing our Senior Rabbi is

complete, we are moving forward, full steam ahead. I am so

thankful to our wonderful staff who continue to perform at

high levels. I think back to where we were just a few years

ago when Alan Halpern resigned as Executive Director. At

that time, we made a conscious decision to retain our

current staffing structure, albeit with a few tweaks. We

could have taken that opportunity to change our business

model, but chose instead to put our faith in the dedicated

people already in place at Temple. I am so thankful that we

made that decision, as it has proven to work out even better than we could

have imagined! Suzanne, Courtney and Ellen wear many hats without much

fanfare. Kudos to them from all of us!

As we look to our future, I invite you to think about how we can continue to

make Temple a warm and welcoming environment for everyone. What is it

that we can do better or improve upon? What makes Temple Israel feel like

your Temple? Feel free to reach out to me or any of the Board members

with suggestions. I look forward to seeing you or hearing from you soon.

Bart Weprin

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Birthdays and Anniversaries The Tablet publishes birthdays every five years starting at age 35 and annually starting at age

85; we publish anniversaries every five years. If you prefer not to be listed, please call Ellen at

496-0050. If you were not included in our list, please call Ellen, and we will publish your name

in the next Temple Tablet.

Milestones

We Remember These names are inscribed on the Memorial Tablets in our Sanctuary and, together with others whose Yahrzeit occurs during these weeks,

will be read before Kaddish during Shabbat services and listed each week in TIDBits.

April 1 and 2

Betty Jane Abrahams, Harry E. Cohn,

Phyllis Jacobs Elias, Fannie Fisher,

Bertram M. Frank, Morris Gewertz,

Joseph H. Goldberg, Joseph Gross,

Rene' Javery, Eleanor Katchman,

Fred Levitt, Gordon Frank

Matthews, Frances Stotter Sangor,

Louis Schwartz, BettyAnn Simon,

Mollie Weiner, Fan Weisman

April 8 and 9

Mildred Block Barrar, Max Bloch,

Benjamin Cohen, Robert (Bob)

Emoff, Hannah Gewertz Epstein,

Harry A. Gilman, Fannie Glasser,

Barney Helfert, Helen B. Kusworm,

Norma Lipton, Ray W. Metzger,

Adeline Pollock, Miriam Rosenthal,

Richard Serbin, Anna Shleier, Annie

Simon, Adelaide Stern, Isaac Stern,

Isaac Yassenoff

April 15 and 16

Nathan Appel, Hyman Barrar, Anna

Cohen, Jacob Colp, Eva Dubro,

Matthew Carl Finke, Sr., Mandel

Frankel, Jeanne Goldzwig, Samuel

Gordon, Jesse J. Jacobs, Julia Jacobs,

Henrietta Jenefsky, Cora F. Lehman,

Sam Moss, Leo Pollack, Sheila D.

Rosensweet, Pauline S. Rothenberg,

Minnie Y. Schatzley, Sigmund Wilson

April 22 and 23

Regine Leeds Bicknell, Rose D.

Bloch, Mose Bramson, Leopold

Brown, Joseph T. Cline, Marvin

Cutler, Harry Jacobs Daniels, Henry

Euphrat, Jack W. Feigelson, Neil B.

Frank, Joseph Freemas, Esther I.

Garfinkel, Jacob Greenbaum,

Caroline Feinberg Levitt, Jeanette

Sternberger, Max D. Sussman, Louis

Traxler, Jr., Saul Witheiler

April 29 and 30

Chester Adler, Irma E. Asher,

Francine Belcher, Jerome P. Bloom,

Claudine (Sis) Friedman, Barbara

Michaelson Holt, Jesse H. Jacobs, Ida

F. Jacobs, Katie B. Kahn, Leah Marie

Karp, Rita Kohlhagen, Max Kohnop,

Leona Leeds, Miriam B. Lessner,

Brina Rose Levenson, Marvin A.

Levine, Carl H. Lipton, Gerald

Marvin Mayer, Wendy Ritter, Sue

Rosenberg, Celina Rosenthal, Nancy

F. Samuels, Shirley Semmelman,

Rebecca Y. Solgan, Sophie Tourkow,

Samuel I. Tourkow, Louis Traxler,

Rosa Wise

We Mourn These

Recent Deaths

Al Phinick

Husband of Eileen Phinick

Barbara Lotney

Wife of Ken Lotney

Stan Rakieten

Husband of Marilyn Rakieten

Rick Fried

Brother of Chuck Fried

Regina Gronefeld

Daughter-in-law of Barb and Bill

Gronefeld

15 Pat Shapiro

19 Ray Shaw

20 Ed Gessel

22 Eleanor Must

23 Pam Schwartz

27 Bea Harris

29 Lee Schatzley

30 Tom Bainbridge

30 Bea Ballas

30 Harvey Tuck

31 Zerla Stayman

1 Larry Katz

1 M.J. Freeman

2 Rick Martin

5 Melvin Wiviott

6 Charlotte Bloom

7 Steve Knick

9 Gary Pacernick

11 Jeff Lubow

11 Susan Gruenberg

14 Harold Prigozen

May Birthdays

May Anniversaries

6 Art and Marlene Carne celebrating 65 years

19 Mike and Karen Weprin celebrating 20 years

29 Dave and Sheri Saul celebrating 5 years

Geniza Burial

Religious school students, parents

and faculty will be burying sacred

books on Sunday, May 1 at

Riverview Cemetery. If you have old

prayer books to be included, please

bring them to the Temple office by

Wednesday, April 27.

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Generous Donations

In Honor of

Senior Rabbi-Elect,

Karen Bodney-Halasz

Skip Becker

Marcia Cox

In Honor of the Bar Mitzvah of

Aaron Guggenheimer

Joel and Judi Guggenheimer

In Yahrzeit Memory of

Our beautiful daughter and

sister Leah Marie Karp

Bob, Lynette, Joshua and Matt Karp

Jayne Emoff Miller

Michael and Anita Emoff

Donations

In Honor of

Senior Rabbi-Elect,

Karen Bodney-Halasz

Nora, Bob and Amy Newsock

Paul Burte

Harold and Linda Schlozman

Barbara and Herb Simon

Lloyd and Lois Kuck

Shelley Dickstein

Larry and Natalie Katz

In Honor of a Speedy Recovery of

Mike Goldstein

Franklin and Cheryl Lewis

In Honor of the Bat Mitzvah of

Courtney Cummings

Chuck and Dee Fried

In Honor of the Special Anniversary of

Don and Sally Green

Cicely Nathan

Ivan and Sonia Goldfarb

Ron and Shirlee Gilbert

In Honor of the Special Birthday of

Richard Donenfeld

Andrea Grimes


Ralph Heyman

Lois Goldberg

Walter Ohlmann

Jim Hochman

Lois Goldberg

Walter Ohlmann

Phil Office

Walter Ohlmann

In Memory of

Al Phinick

Ned and Ellen Rosenthal

Mrs. Marilyn Abrams and Family

Ruth Scheuer

Nora, Bob and Amy Newsock

In Yahrzeit Memory of

A. B. Goldberg

Barb Goldberg

Anna Eisner

Beatrice Harris

Beverly Elovitz

Alan and Becky Elovitz

David Hamburg

Larry and Sydelle Balas

Edward Reames

Michael and Connie Bank

Frank Stein

Jack and Maggie Stein

Harriet Hirsch Margolis

Franklin and Cheryl Lewis

Herschel Forsythe

Steve and Sandy Forsythe

Jack Rosenthal


Leslie Weber

Fred and Judith Weber

Lillian Sniderman

Paul and Sandy Kulback

Louise Nudleman

Lois Harris

Maxwell F. Ettlinger

Phil and Sis Office

Leah Marie Karp

Mendel and Nan Solomon

Pearl Stern

Gary Pacernick and Peggy Weller

Phyllis Shane

Mike and Felice Shane

Samuel G. Cohen

Patty and Michael Caruso & Family

Tribute Donations Temple gratefully acknowledges the following gifts received during February 2016. Temple will list donations of $10 or more in

The Tablet, and mail a notification for donations of $18 or more. Donations of $100 or more are described as “generous.” A complete list of

Temple funds is online at www.tidayton.org/aboutus/foundation/.

Donations

Contributions were made

to these funds:

The General Operating Fund

supports Temple Israel in the

current year.

Rabbi Bodney-Halasz uses her

Discretionary Funds to advance

Temple Israel and Judaism.

The Building Endowment Fund

helps maintain the Temple building.

The Buy-a-Book Fund purchases

books for Temple's library.

The Cantor Judah Smith Fund

supports musical programming at

Temple.

The Cemetery Operating Fund

helps maintain Riverview Cemetery.

The Stanley and Elaine

Donenfeld Greenspace Fund

helps beautify Riverview Cemetery

and the grounds surrounding Temple

Israel.

The Emoff Fine Arts Fund

purchases artwork for the Temple

building.

The Fund for Tomorrow supports

all aspects of Temple Israel’s

operation.

The Hochman Family Education

Fund supports an educational

program.

The Selma Ohlmann Fund

supports Temple in the current year.

The Past Presidents Fund

recognizes Temple’s past presidents.

The Patterson Campership Fund

helps Temple families send their

children to Goldman Union Camp

Institute.

The Rabbi Witt Memorial

Library Fund helps to purchase

books, subscriptions and supplies for

Temple’s library.

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6:00 p.m. Share Shabbat

7:00 p.m. Potluck

9:30 a.m. Torah Study

10:30 a.m. Service

No Religious School

4:30 p.m.

St. Vincent de Paul

Noon Advanced Biblical Hebrew

4:00 p.m. Continuing Beginner Hebrew

6:00 p.m. JCF Meeting

6:00 p.m. Service led by

grades 5 and 6

7:00 p.m. Soup Supper

9:30 a.m.

Torah Study

10:30 a.m. Service

9:15 a.m. Rel. School

Committee Mtg.

9:45 a.m. Ryterband Lecture

Rabbi Dr. Jan Katzew

Noon

Advanced Biblical Hebrew

4:00 p.m.

Continuing

Beginner Hebrew

5:30 p.m. Dinner and a

movie at the JCC Film Fest

7:00 p.m.

Women of the Wall

6:00 p.m. Tot Shabbat

7:30 p.m.

Scout Shabbat Service


10:30 a.m. Service

Earth Day Recycling (see page 3 for info)

Mock Seders

Noon Advanced

Biblical Hebrew

4:00 p.m.

Continuing Beginner Hebrew

6:00 p.m.

JCF Meeting

5:30 p.m. Executive

Committee Mtg.

Enjoy first Seder with your family

and friends Passover begins

NO SERVICE


10:30 a.m. Service

6:00 p.m.

Second Seder

4:00 p.m. Continuing

Beginner Hebrew

6:00 p.m.

Board Mtg.

OFFICE CLOSED Last Day of

Passover

7:30 p.m.

Service


10:30 a.m.

Service

Shabbat Tazria

Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-25

Calendar

Shabbat Acharei Mot I

Leviticus: 16:1-17:16 Haftarah: Ezekiel 22:1-14

Shabbat Sh’mini I

Leviticus: 9:1-11:47 Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:22-36

Shabbat Metzora

Leviticus 14:1-15:33 Haftarah: Malachi 3:4-24

No Advanced Hebrew

EVERY SUNDAY Unless indicated

Religious School

Grades K-10

9:00 a.m.

Tanakh with

Rabbi Bogosian

11:30 a.m. Hebrew School

Grades 3-7

Noon

Responsa with

Rabbi Bodney-

Halasz

EVERY WEDNESDAY unless indicated

10:00 a.m.

Coffee &

Commentary

at Dorothy Lane Mkt Far Hills and Whipp

Noon

Talmud Study

Yom Rishon shel Pesach

Exodus 12:37-42, 13:3-10 Haftarah: Isaiah 43:1-15

Seder

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Share Shabbat Our monthly camp-style service begins at 6:00 p.m. and is followed by a potluck

dinner. Join us and bring your friends! Temple provides broasted chicken, fresh-baked challah and wine for kiddush. Cost is$5/adult; $3/child 4-12; free for

kids 3 and under.

Teacher Appreciation and College Send-Off May 6, RSVP by May 4

Teachers, Madrichim and High School Seniors are

free but please RSVP.

Cake will be provided by Temple. If your last name begins with A to H, bring a vegetable; I to Q bring a

starch; R to Z, bring a salad. Please bring enough to feed 10 hungry people. No pork or shellfish, please!

A $2 surcharge per adult will be assessed for reservations received after the deadline.

see page 7 for more!

sunday, june 5

Calling All High

School Seniors!

Please contact Ellen in the Temple

office at [email protected] or

496-0050 x225 and let her know

your plans for the fall. We look

forward to honoring you at the Send-

Off Shabbat and sending you on your

way with a special present from the

Temple Israel community.

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