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MAY-JUNE 2018 | IYAR-SIVAN-TAMMUZ 5778

SAVE THE DATES!

SUMMER SHABBAT POTLUCK DINNERS

Fridays, June 29 and July 27 | 6:30-7:30 pm Join us for a summer Shabbat potluck before services.

We'll eat outside in the CBJ garden and welcome in Shabbat together. Please bring a dairy or pareve main or side dish.

We'll provide challah, wine and dessert. Questions and RSVP to Rebecca@bethjacobrwc.org.

3RD ANNUAL SCOTCH WHISKY & BBQ

Sunday, July 15 at 3:00 pm in the CBJ Parking Lot

ANNUAL END-OF-SUMMER BBQ Sunday, August 26

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MESSAGE FROM

DAVID SAUL, President

This year, Tara and I, along with our daughter Daphne, travelled to Deadwood, Oregon for Pesach. Our eldest daughter, Phoebe, was doing her Spring semester of her Junior year of high school abroad in Jerusalem, bringing a special meaning to our annual refrain “next year in Jerusalem.” Our son, Nathan, was, literally, exploring his freedom from slavery in the wilderness. And our family had been dwindling rapidly over the last few years, with elders passing away and others moving away. I was left with an emptiness, knowing that our Seder table wouldn’t even require a single leaf from the basement. But in every challenge, there is opportunity. My wife, Tara, had spent a portion of her childhood growing up in the magical forest of Deadwood, Oregon, in a hippie community an hour west of Eugene. One of Tara’s Deadwood (fairy) godmothers, Michelle, and her family have hosted a community Seder (open to Jewish and non-Jewish members of the community and passers-by) every year since 1975, and I was excited for the opportunity to participate in their observance. Michelle has been an important part of our lives for years, and had an aliyah at our daughter Phoebe’s Bat Mitzvah at CBJ four years ago. Michelle also makes beautiful mezuzot, one of which hangs from our front doorpost. (www.deadwoodcreekmezuzot.com) Approximately 25 of us sat on pillows on the floor of the living room, our legs tucked under rustic wood planks resting on milk crates, set up in a square shape. The table was adorned with blue table clothes. The elders, families with babies and others who could not sit on the floor, sat at tables, bringing the total attendance to over 50 people. Everyone brought their own pillows, bowls, plates, glasses, utensils and napkins from home. Everyone signed up to bring something for the community – food, wine, seder plates. The evening began around 5:30 and, after much socializing, the Seder commenced about an hour later. The Seder Plates included homemade matzo, made in accordance with strict kosher standards. We used a haggadah called “The

Velveteen Rabbi’s Haggadah for Pesach,” which had been modified a bit over the years by the community. It was approximately 40 pages long, not including the appendix of about 30 post-meal songs from which to choose. The haggadah was traditional but progressive. As lovely as the haggadah was, the magic happened outside of its pages. Johnny told the story of Passover, speaking of the exodus from slavery to freedom from the pages of a King James version of the bible that he had received in the 1950s when he began his religious schooling. For years, Johnny had raised sheep for the pascal offering (and blood for the doorposts), but this year, he only had one ram born, and it was too small to slaughter, so he brought some lamb and a shank bone that had been frozen after the 2017 Seder. Johnny spoke evocatively about his own recent test of faith and journey from despair to hope, having lost his precious son, Shiloh, to a hit and run drunk driver 28 months earlier, as he was walking along the shoulder of a road near the OSU campus, where he had been finishing his Ph.D. studies. Shiloh’s death shook Deadwood to its foundation, and it remains a tear in the fabric of the community to this day. A bit later in the Seder, Michelle spoke passionately about her community activism against aerial herbicide spraying in rural Oregon. For decades, the timber industry has been engaging in clear cutting forests and aerial spraying of herbicides that contain known carcinogens over the bare land, resulting in poisoning of the local area and serious health problems to the communities (See, for example, www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2018/02/12/rural-lane-county-residents-fight-aerial-herbicide-spraying/329746002/). The timber industry in Oregon carries a lot of political power and it takes tremendous fortitude by Michelle and other community leaders to effect change.

A seder to remember in Deadwood, Oregon

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MESSAGE FROM

BILL FUTORNICK, Ritual Director

“take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history

of any people in human history.”

I have found another podcast! The Jewish Story with Mike

Feuer comes from the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem (thank

you Barry Rosekind!), elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-jewish-

story/. It tells the story of our past in connection with how

it helps us understand the present and guides us in the

future. Or, as they say in their iTunes description: “take a

journey through the most remarkable, majestic and

dramatic history of any people in human history.”

It’s a journey worth taking. Rav Mike does an amazing job

of contextualizing history as a way of defining our present

and informing our future. He starts with the Book of Daniel,

which he defines as the end of the age of prophecy, and

the beginning of the age of wisdom, and continues through

time. There is a lot to chew on—from the return to Zion

through the printing press.

One piece that I particularly grabbed was his talking about

Mishna and Talmud. Specifically, Rav Mike talks about how

important Mahloket L’shem Shamayim is—argument for the

sake of heaven. In the very words of our sacred literature

are arguments, and each side is held up as vital. Which

should surprise nobody, of course, given the reputation of

the Jewish people. But that this is absolutely intrinsic and

vital to our very identity is remarkable. The very word

Mahloket comes from the Hebrew root Helek, which is a

part or portion. Each of our arguments is necessary to form

a whole that helps us to understand truth.

With that, I want to invite you to participate in our Tikkun

Leil Shavuot on Saturday night, May 19, where the theme

will be Mahloket L’shem Shamayim. Please come and teach,

even for only a minute or thirty. Or come to learn and

absorb the arguments and let it become part of your

seeking. We will study late into the night together, and

hopefully we will do so with holy arguments.

SHAVUOT 2018/5778

Tikkun Leil Shavuot Services and Study

Saturday, May 19

6:30-7:45 pm

Services and presentations with 7th Grade

Class. Community invited to join!

7:45 pm

First Torah study session starts.

7th grade and community encouraged to

attend and study together.

9:00 pm

Ice cream sundaes!

9:30 pm

Torah study continues with lay teachers!

Festival Services

Sunday, May 20 | 10:00 am

and

Monday, May 21 | 10:00 am (includes Yizkor)

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MESSAGE FROM

BARBARA POWELL, Cantor

Shavuot is known as the Zman Matan Torateinu, the time of receiving Torah. This is seen by our tradition as an act of Divine grace. Midrash teaches that the potency of this process was such that not only were the 10 Commandments brought down from Mount Sinai by Moshe Rabbeinu, but all our sacred texts were given as well, upon which Jewish law and ethics are derived. Midrash teaches that the entire Jewish people were present, those who lived, those who were living and those yet to be born. What about our liturgy and its music? Were they included in the wisdom we received? Is it also derived from the Giving of Torah? The Maharil, Rabbi Yaakov HaLevi Möllin, whose life spanned the mid-14th to -15th centuries, was concerned that Hebrew liturgy of his day had come to incorporate too many “foreign” elements. Not only as a Rabbi, but as a prayer leader, the Maharil was known for his sacred music knowledge. His location, in what is today western Germany, brought him into contact with liturgical music from all over Eastern Europe. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz notes that when masses of Jews fled persecution during the Crusades, among other calamities in Eastern Europe, to shelter in the Rhineland, the Maharil had a prime opportunity to research his fellow Shlichei Tzibur, or prayer leaders, about the musical traditions of their respective communities. This led the Maharil to compile an

authentic collection to counter what he saw as the cumulative assimilation of inappropriate musical forms. The Maharil hoped to exclude from the synagogue any music which he could not link to the tradition he had received from his teachers. This musical document came to be accepted by the Ashkenazi community. Even though they were codified by the Maharil long ago in the Middle Ages, the Mi Sinai melodies, as they were known, form the foundation of traditional nusach, or patterns of prayer melodies today. You’ll likely know some of these pieces, such as Kol Nidre, or the call and response lines of, Atah Horeita as we dance with the Torah on Simchat Torah. Erev Rosh Hashana, as we sing the Barchu we are singing a Mi Sinai tune. The congregational part Ba’agala, ba’agala u’vizman kariv, v’imru omein, during the Kaddish is as well. These musical gifts didn’t literally “come down from Sinai,” but I imagine them as part of the meta-Torah, the entire body of wisdom and law received in a moment out of time that includes every Jew. I cherish these melodies, even as I incorporate the works of contemporary composers and songwriters in the music of our prayer services. As we sing praises together, I hope you can hear the echoes of these tunes of long ago along the resonance of today’s music.

Songs from Sinai

THE CORINA QUARTET: ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Violist and composer Be’eri Moalem returns to CBJ, in the Corina Quartet. In 2017, we heard him as an accompanist to soprano, and Yiddish Chanteuse, Heather Klein’s recital. The members of the Corina Quartet, found each other in the Bay Area chamber music and string quartet landscape. Their regular rehearsal space on Corina St, in Palo Alto, inspired the group’s name. Some have played together in Kinneret Quartet, appearing regularly at Beth Am. Others got to know each other at the Hidden Valley Chamber Music Workshop in Carmel Valley. Corina Quartet cut its teeth on the Shostakovitch Quartet #7 at Palo Alto’s Fortnightly Concerts. Be'eri Moalem is originally from Israel and currently lives in Palo Alto. He has performed all over the world in a variety of settings including Classical, Klezmer, Middle Eastern, and Electronica. Claudia Bloom, violin, began her studies in Berkeley with Anne Crowden. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the Manhattan School of Music, and currently plays principal second violin in Opera San Jose. On the appeal of chamber music, Bloom observes, “Chamber music speaks to human relationships. The interplay between voices brings out both individual and collective emotions.” Glenn Fisher began his cello studies as a child, and started playing chamber music soon after with his family. Fisher was principal cellist of the Peninsula Symphony for 20 years. Heather Katz, on second violin, also grew up in a musical family. In additional to the Corina Quartet, Katz is Concert Master for the Redwood Symphony.

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Canzonetta by Felix Mendelssohn

Meditation by Ernst Bloch

Quartet #3 by Michael Nyman

Lullaby and Summertime by George Gershwin

Works by Be’eri Moalem

Selections from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

Songs by Percy Granger and Artie Shaw

Your generous donations to the Cohn Music Fund support this concert.

CBJ SPRING CONCERT

featuring

THE CORINA QUARTET BE’ERI MOALEM, Viola | GLENN FISHER, Cello

CLAUDIA BLOOM and HEATHER KATZ, Violins

CANTOR BARBARA POWELL, Guest Vocalist

SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018 | 3:30 PM

Congregation Beth Jacob

1550 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA

Tickets: General $18-36 sliding scale | Sponsor $54

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MESSAGE FROM

RABBI ILANA GOLDHABER-GORDON, Rabbi Educator

students. Each guest parent reflected on the mitzvah “Love your neighbor as yourself” through a personal story. We heard stories of extraordinary effort and devotion. Liza Meek creating the documentary “BatKid”, about a child whose dream to be Batman for a day was realized by the Make-A-Wish foundation. Rachel Winikoff shared her experiences visiting an orphanage in Ethiopia where they adopted their daughter. And we heard from parents who found chance opportunities for compassion, during ordinary and extraordinary moments. Robyn Cornyn’s car became an impromptu animal shelter during an earthquake. Barry Wolf and Dori Ben-David Johnston saw the divine spark in the ordinary people around them. A Jewish education must be a deep collaboration, between parents, teachers, students, and community. Let’s all look for more opportunities to support each other. We all deserve nothing less.

Where do children learn their values? Where do children develop their identity? At home, of course! But isn’t that what religious school is for, to develop our children’s Jewish values and identity? The answer has to be that what we do at the synagogue supports what parents do at home. Parents provide the soil and the sun, and the community provides water to share. Our teachers ignite the children’s excitement to engage with their families’ Judaism. Casey Inman, our kindergarten teacher, helped her students make exquisite challah trays, so the kids couldn’t wait to go home and do Shabbat dinners with their families. Terrah Yevilov’s 5th grade students couldn’t wait to bring their parents’ to Rockin’ Shabbat when it was their turn to lead Lchah Dodi. This year, Esti BenDavid, our 3rd grade teacher, took it one step further, bringing parents into the classroom. She called her new program “Tradition Together”, once a month inviting a parent to speak to our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade

...isn’t that what religious school is for, to develop our children’s

Jewish values and identity?

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SHABBAT KIDDUSH HONORING

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS May 19 and June 23 at 10:00 am

The Shabbat Kiddush Committee has organized micro-sponsorships for Shabbat lunch,

to honor all those celebrating May & June wedding anniversaries.

We will have a group aliyah, a blessing from the Rabbi, and then break bread together at lunch.

The suggested levels of micro sponsorship are at $36, $72 or $180.

To sponsor a Kiddush, go to www.bethjacobrwc.org/donate/anniversary-kiddush-sponsorship/

These are joyous occasions and we welcome the opportunity

to celebrate with our CBJ community.

Mazel tov on your upcoming anniversary!

Please join us on May 5 and June 1 (RSVP by the Wednesday prior)

Musical service at 6:15 pm | Dinner, by reservation only, immediately following.

This service, led by the Team Rockin’ Musicians, under the direction of Cantor Barbara Powell, is full of Ruach (spirit!) Congregants are encouraged to join in leading prayers or play instruments with the band. This is an evening for people of all ages. A catered Shabbat meal is served following the service.

Cost for dinner: $18 Adults, $9 Children (ages 3-12), 2 and under no charge

FIRST FRIDAY ROCKIN’ SHABBAT

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ADULT EDUCATION ~ MERCAZ LIMMUD

NESHAMA: FEEDING YOUR SOUL ON SHABBAT A rotation of alternatives to our worship services Every week | 10:15 am | Note: After June 2, NESHAMA will be on hiatus through the summer and will resume in the fall. • MUSSAR on the 1st Shabbat of every month May 5 & June 2—Facilitated by Greg Marcus • YOGA on the 2nd Shabbat of every month May 12—Facilitated by Emily Lakritz • CHANTING & MEDITATION on the 3rd Shabbat of every month May 19—Facilitated by Rabbi Jen Clayman • MEDITATION & TEXT on the 4th Shabbat of every month May 26—Facilitated by Yochanan Poole, PhD For additional information, please contact Rebecca Schwartz at 366-8481 or Rebecca@bethjacobrwc.org

MUSSAR for Parents Saturdays, May 5 & 19; June 2 | 11:30 am Mussar is a Jewish spiritual practice, based on the idea that with small steps and mindful living, we can bring balance and healing to start living a better life today. Pre-registration required for this class: www.bethjacobrwc.org/mussar-2. Recommended monthly contribution for the Parenting Mussar is $60 for non-member, $40 for members, or whatever you can afford. Greg Marcus, Ph.D. is an American Mussar Practitioner, Facilitator & Innovator. His latest book is The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar. MONDAYS WITH MEANING Weekly on Mondays | 10:30 am Led by Rabbi Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, these classes focus on discussions of seasonal holiday themes, texts, traditions, literature and philosophy.

SHULMANSHIP: LEARN THE SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE May 7 & 14 | 6:30-7:30 pm A new synagogue navigation class for Shabbat mornings taught by Cantor Barbara Powell. We'll begin with Musaf, and work our way back to the start of things at Shacharit, unlocking the structure of the prayer service to find personal meaning in the flow of the prayers. This is a great next step for Adult B'nai Mitzvah alumni and adult students of Hebrew. Topics include prayers, music, Torah and Haftarah. SECOND FRIDAY SPEAKER Fridays | 7:30 pm May 11 – Karen Stiller from the JCRC will talk about their Israel advocacy and educational programs. The Jewish Community Relations Council has created Invest in Peace, dedicated to a two-state solution focused on positive, people-to-people actions taking place on the ground. Invest in Peace champions efforts on the ground in Palestine and Israel that are moving these societies towards a shared future and coexistence. They promote NGOs, social businesses, and private companies working for an equitable society to help create a counter-narrative focusing on what we can do now to develop peace on the ground. Karen Stiller is Middle East Project Director for the JCRC. SHABBAT TORAH STUDY Weekly on Saturday mornings | 9:00 am Torah study with prior to Shabbat services. This is a close reading in English, sequentially. The class started with Genesis in 2005 and is currently studying Deuteronomy.

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MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERIES Sundays | 2:00-3:30 pm

CBJ seeks to provide spiritual and practical support for people and families dealing with challenges connected to mental health. Each educational session in this series will meet on the first Sunday of the month and will be taught by a congregant who has expertise or a local professional.

MAY 6 - DEVELOPING RESILIENCE AND FINDING COMPASSION

There may be no better word to describe the Jewish people than the word, “resilient”. Time and again our people have risen from the ashes and survived unimaginable tragedy and hardship. We have rebuilt our temples, kept our faith and come together as community. Join us for a workshop focusing on resilience. We will be teaching skills to strengthen resilience—skills to help us through times of tragedy, challenge and pain. Let us learn to foster this skill in our children and practice these skills ourselves.

Led by Dr. Jane Weston and Jacki Silber, LMFT

JUNE 3 - SHALOM BAYIT: PEACE IN THE HOME Based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication, the final session of the mental health series will be a workshop on how we can create and keep sacred space in our home with our loved ones including partners, children (of all ages) and/or our parents and siblings. A brief presentation will be followed by a role-play and then time to practice the skills of self-care, deep listening, and collaborative problem solving—otherwise known as Hineni— for ourselves and our loved ones. All are welcome! Dr. Val Herman has been a CBJ member for 17 years. She has been practicing adult psychiatry for 30 years specializing in women's mental health issues; family therapy has long been an interest as well. Val has participated in various trainings in non-violent communication and has presented this material to colleagues at Kaiser, as well as a few years ago to the CBJ sisterhood. She also teaches it regularly in her practice and most importantly, tries to practice it at home.

For additional information about these programs, please contact Rebecca Schwartz at 366-8481 or Rebecca@bethjacobrwc.org

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UPCOMING EVENTS & PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG FAMILIES

TOT SHABBAT Saturdays | 9:00 am-end of services Every week we offer a drop-off Shabbat morning program where children ages 2-6 will have a chance to celebrate Shabbat, and discover traditions and customs of Shabbat through singing, stories, dance, and arts and crafts. It’s a great opportunity for children to develop their social skills through play. YOUNG CHILDREN’S SERVICE May 5 and 12 | 10:20-11:10 am Join us for this joyous Shabbat service for children ages pre-K through 2nd grade. Expect "brachah balls" to be flying, scarves whirling, and all of us out of our seats and dancing. Children ages 5 -7 are welcome to be dropped-off. Ages 4 and under will enjoy attending with a parent or caregiver. The Young Children’s Service will take a break over the summer and return in the fall, along with our other Religious School programs. BABIES & BLESSINGS Fridays, May 18 and June 15 | 5:00 pm A baby friendly Kabbalat Shabbat gathering with Cantor Barbara. Join us for songs and prayers, a story and activity, and time to schmooze. Older siblings welcome, too, along with parents and loved ones. FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER AND SERVICES Fridays, May 18 | 5:30 pm Dinner | 6:15 pm Services This program is a wonderful opportunity for families with children from infants to 2nd Grade to share the tradition of welcoming and sharing the joy of Shabbat with the community. Dinner starts at 5:30pm, followed by a family service at 6:15pm led by Bill and Barbara, and concludes with an art project to take home. RSVP by the Wednesday prior to the dinner on our website: $16 Adults, $9 children 3-12, no charge for 2 and under. For more information, please contact Natalya Martyushova natalya@bethjacobrwc.org or Rebecca Schwartz rebecca@bethjacobrwc.org. All events and programs for families with young children and their siblings are open to all and non-members are always welcome!

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MAZAL TOV TO

Arthur Cohn on celebrating his 2nd Bar Mitzvah on May 12, 2018

Parents Daphna Dror and Nicolas Lidzborski on the birth of their son, Nittai Michael Lidzborski, on February 8, 2018, brother Kai and sisters Adina and Noemie

OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO

Joe Aknin (Andree) and Blanche Aknin on the passing of their beloved sister-in-law Monique Aknin Sereen Barasch (Herb) on the passing of her beloved brother Norman Ball Lauri Flaxman (founding CBJ Preschool teacher) on the passing of her beloved husband Jon Flaxman, father of Freddy, Emily and Brian Lori Kaplan on the passing of her beloved father Joseph Kaplan, grandfather of Gabe and Rebecca Rahm Karen Stein (Elliot) on the passing of her beloved mother Judy Goldenberg, grandmother of Adam and Katie [Kampf]

May their memory be a blessing

Please don’t hesitate to contact the office and let us know of your lifecycle events: cbj@bethjacobrwc.org • 650-366-8481

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations! 2017 was another amazing year of food donations and

fundraising at Congregation Beth Jacob!

We’re very excited to announce that

CBJ will receive Second Harvest

Food Bank’s Spirit Award for

Outstanding Faith-based Food and Fund Drive

at this year’s Make Hunger

History Awards event at Second Harvest Food Bank

in San Jose on Thursday, May 3.

The celebration honors the achievements of over 2,000

companies and organizations that run Food & Fund Drives to support our community.

Thank you to the members

of CBJ for being steadfast supporters in the fight against local hunger.

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Classes and services held every week

10:30 am Mondays with Meaning 11:30 am Mah Jongg

7:00 am Minyan 10:30 am Advanced Maimonides Class 7:00 pm Mah Jongg

9:00 am - Torah Study - Tot Shabbat 10:00 am Traditional Service 10:15 am Neshama 11:30 am Power Hour

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2 Rockin’ Shabbat RSVP due 3:30-5:30 pm/ 4:30-6:30 pm Religious School

3 Lag B’Omer 4 6:15 pm Rockin’ Shabbat Service & Dinner

5 10:00 am - Ari Krane Bar Mitzvah - Jr. Congregation 10:20 am Young Children’s Service 11:30 am - Mussar for Parents - Cold Cooking

6 11:45 am Sisterhood Tour of Filoli Gardens 2:00 pm Mental Health Support Series

7 3:30-5:30 pm/ 4:30-6:30 pm Religious School 6:30 pm - 8th Grade Class - Shulmanship Class

8 7:00 pm Sisterhood Meeting

9 3:30-5:30 pm/ 4:30-6:30 pm Religious School

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11 7:30 pm Shabbat Services with speaker Karen Stiller

12 10:00 am Last Jr. Congregation 10:20 am Young Children’s Service 11:30 am Cold Cooking 5:00 pm Abigail Leslie Bat Mitzvah

13 Mother’s Day 14 3:30-5:30 pm/ 4:30-6:30 pm Religious School 6:30 pm - Last 8th Grade Class - Last Shulmanship Class 7:30 pm Women’s Book Group

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16 Family Shabbat Dinner RSVP due 3:30-5:30 pm/ 4:30-6:30 pm Last day of Religious School

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18 5:00 pm Babies & Blessings 5:30 pm Family Shabbat Dinner 6:15 pm Family Shabbat Service

19 Erev Shavuot 11:30 am Mussar for Parents 6:00 pm 7th Grade Chagigah 6:30 pm Tikkun Leil Shavuot

20 Shavuot 10:00 am Shavuot Services

21 Shavuot Office & Preschool closed No Mondays with Meaning or Mah Jongg 10:00 am Shavuot Services including Yizkor

22 7:00 pm Men’s Poker Club

23 7:30 pm Board Meeting

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25 7:30 pm Shabbat Services

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28 Memorial Day Office & Preschool closed

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30 Rockin’ Shabbat RSVP due

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MAY 2018

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JUNE 2018

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Classes and services held every week

10:30 am Mondays with Meaning 11:30 am Mah Jongg

7:00 am Minyan 10:30 am Advanced Maimonides Class 7:00 pm Mah Jongg

9:00 am - Torah Study - Tot Shabbat 10:00 am Traditional Service 10:15 am Neshama 11:30 am Power Hour

1 6:15 pm Rockin’ Shabbat Service 7:30 pm Rockin’ Shabbat Dinner

2 10:00 am Joseph Shlafman Bar Mitzvah 11:30 am Mussar for Parents

3 2:00 pm Mental Health Support Series

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7 8 7:30 pm Shabbat Services

9 10:00 am Ethan Liang Bar Mitzvah

10 10:00 am Sisterhood Annual Beach Walk 3:30 pm Corina Quartet Concert

11 7:30 pm Women’s Book Group

12 7:00 pm Sisterhood Meeting

13 Last days of preschool

14 Last days of preschool

15 5:00 pm Babies & Blessings 6:15 pm Shabbat Services

16 10:00 am Jacob Hornstein Bar Mitzvah

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22 7:30 pm Shabbat Services

23 No Power Hour

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25 Preschool Camp begins

26 7:00 pm Men’s Club Poker

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29 6:30 pm Summer Shabbat Potluck 7:30 pm Shabbat Services

30 No Power Hour

Check our website for the latest event updates: www.bethjacobrwc.org/calendar

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SUNDAYS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS

8:00 am & 8:05 pm Congregation Emek Beracha 8:30 am Chabad North Peninsula 8:30 am Chabad Palo Alto 9:15 am & 7:45 pm Congregation Kol Emeth

6:45 am Chabad Palo Alto 8:00 am & 8:05 pm Congregation Emek Beracha 7:45 pm Congregation Kol Emeth

6:30 am & 8:05 pm Congregation Emek Beracha 6:45 am Chabad Palo Alto 8:00 am Peninsula Temple Beth El 7:15 pm Peninsula Sinai Congregation 7:45 pm Congregation Kol Emeth

6:30 am & 8:05 pm Congregation Emek Beracha 6:45 am Chabad Palo Alto 7:00 am Congregation Beth Jacob 7:45 pm Congregation Kol Emeth

6:30 am & 8:05 pm Congregation Emek Beracha 6:45 am Chabad Palo Alto 6:45 am & 7:45 pm Congregation Kol Emeth 7:00 am Peninsula Sinai Congregation

6:30 am Congregation Emek Beracha 6:45 am Chabad Palo Alto

(We recommend contacting the synagogues to confirm schedules)

CHABAD NORTH PENINSULA | 137 North San Mateo Drive, San Mateo | 650-341-4510 | chabadnp.com CHABAD PALO ALTO | 3070 Louis Road, Palo Alto | 650-424-9080 | chabadpaloalto.com

CONGREGATION BETH JACOB | 1550 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City | 650-366-8481 | bethjacobrwc.org CONGREGATION EMEK BERACHA | 4102 El Camino Real, Palo Alto | 650-857-1800 | emekbaracha.org

CONGREGATION KOL EMETH | 4175 Manuela Avenue, Palo Alto | 650-948-7498 | kolemeth.org PENINSULA SINAI CONGREGATION | 499 Boothbay Avenue, Foster City | 650-349-2816 | peninsulasinai.org

PENINSULA TEMPLE BETH EL | 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo | 650-341-7701 | ptbe.org

MINYANIM IN THE PENINSULA

Felice, a modern day (good) Witch of the West, tarot card fortune teller, and maker of the most delicious chocolate truffles, performed the ritual washing of the hands and discussed the significance of the night’s full moon – a moon in Libra. Wali spoke of his trip to South Carolina’s former slave-trade district and led the group in a moving rendition of “Oh Freedom!”

Oh, freedom, oh, freedom Oh, freedom over me

And before I'd be a slave I'd be buried in my grave

And go home to my Lord and be free…. The Seder meal was potluck with contributions from many members of the community -- for me, the highlight was Mara’s Nettle Matzo Ball Soup. Yum. The Afikomen was hidden, and, as is the tradition at the Deadwood Seder, the finder did not receive money, but rather the reward of choosing a charity to support and passing around the hat for contributions from those in attendance. Over $250 was collected for #NeverAgain. The evening ended around 10:30, as everyone washed their own dinnerware and packed up. Five hours—by far, the

longest Seder I’ve ever participated in, and yet, the time went by quickly. It was so nice to participate in a Seder without any thought about how long it was taking. Though we read thru every bit of the haggadah, it was wonderful to have people offering up their own thoughts, ideas and stories along the way. For me, it was a refreshing change from the previous

Seder dinners I have hosted and participated in, when I’ve always felt a bit stressed, conscious of the need to keep the pace going and to get thru the haggadah as fast as possible, conscious of the kids getting restless to eat, and the elders getting antsy about the commutes awaiting them for their drives home. But in Deadwood Oregon, the pace is very different from Silicon Valley, and time is measured by the “i-thou,” not the “iPhone.” I look forward to another Deadwood Seder in the future, and maybe next time, I’ll have my own story to share.

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Our Men’s Club brings together men of all ages for social activities and networking. MONTHLY POKER NIGHT Tuesdays, May 22 and June 26 | 7:00 pm We hold monthly poker nights on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Men and women invited to play. We provide cards and whiskey; bring a nosh or dessert to share. $25 to buy-in/$5 to hang out. Want to see more Men's Club activities? Please contact Rick Kirske at rickrph@hotmail.com or Rebecca at rebecca@bethjacobrwc.org to find out more about Men's Club and get involved.

MEN’S CLUB

SISTERHOOD

MONTHLY MEETINGS AT CBJ Tuesdays, Mat 8 and June 12 | 7:00pm Sisterhood planning committee meets monthly to discuss and prepare upcoming events. MAH JONGG Mondays at 11:30 am and Wednesdays at 7:00 pm Crack! Bam! Mahj! Join your fellow CBJ members for fun afternoons or evenings of racking tiles and socializing. Beginner and refresher lessons for anyone who wants them. For information and to RSVP contact Rebecca@bethjacobrwc.org. Please let us know you’re coming so we’ll know how many tables to set up. WOMEN’S BOOK GROUP Second Monday of every month | 7:30 pm Please join us on May 14 and June 11. Watch for emails with the book selections. For more information contact Ann Chalmer achalmer@gmail.com or Jackie Dines jdines1010@gmail.com. Watch your inbox for the evite and more details on these upcoming events.

CBJ’s active Sisterhood gathers women of all ages for social activities, support, wisdom, learning, recreation, spiritual endeavors and service to our synagogue and the greater community. We meet monthly to celebrate the new moon (Rosh Chodesh), and to explore life together. We have engaged in guided meditation, learned to bake Jewish foods, planned and created rituals, studied with inspiring teachers, listened to each other’s stories, created art, enjoyed mu-sic, gone on field trips, and have eaten a lot of food. We are intergenerational and our goal is to foster community. Dues are $36/year — join Sisterhood and make it yours.

VISIT FILOLI HISTORIC MANSION AND GARDENS Sunday, May 6 | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Join the CBJ Sisterhood for a private docent lead tour of Filoli, an exquisite world-renowned, ever changing gardens and Georgian Revival style mansion. Admission to the historic house, gardens and docent lead one-hour tour is $25 for CBJ Sisterhood Members and $30 for Non-Members, by advance reservation only. ANNUAL BEACH WALK IN HALF MOON BAY Sunday, June 10 | 10:00 am Men, women and children of all ages and abilities welcome on this easy coastal beach walk. Dogs can come too! Meet at Poplar Beach parking lot. We will be walking on the bluffs above the beach, on a paved walkway. After the walk, we’ll meet up in town for lunch at the San Benito House Deli at 365 Main St, Half Moon Bay.

If you are not getting Evites to Sisterhood events and would like to receive them

please contact Rebecca to be added to the list.

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B’NAI MITZVAH

My name is Jacob Hornstein. I was born in Manhattan and moved to the Bay Area when I was five months old. I attend Woodside Middle School. I

am interested in history, economics, law, and foreign policy. I have three brothers and my family is in the process of adopting a sister from India. We have one dog. My Parsha is Korach. Korach is set in the Sinai Desert, on the journey to modern day Israel. In Parsha Korach, several important families rise up against Moses. In response, G-d strikes them down, confirming Moses’s authority. A Jewish value that is important to me is Tzedek. This is because I place a great weight on justice and righteousness. I chose my Tzedakah Fund to be the IDF because the IDF is among the most democratic and moral armies in the world, even as it must shoulder great responsibility in protecting Israel. I look forward to discussing the Parsha Korach in my Bar Mitzvah. I would like to thank William Futornick, Rabbi Illana, Rabbi Ezray, Ann Chalmer, Mark Gerson, my parents, and Bruce Cahan for their mentorship and insights. I cannot wait for my Bar Mitzvah!

JACOB HORNSTEIN June 16, 2018

I am a 7th grader at Menlo School, and I love to play sports and read. My favorite sport is lacrosse, and I play for a few different club teams. This

summer my family and I are going to Israel to sightsee, as well as play lacrosse for Team Israel at the world championships! Also, I am the oldest sibling in the family and the first to have my Bar Mitzvah. Following me is my sister Ella, who is in 5th grade, and finally my brother Jordan, who is in 3rd grade. We have a labradoodle named Madison! My parsha, Emor discusses laws regulating the lives of priests, acceptable offerings for the sanctuary, and the calendar of celebration. It concludes with the laws dealing with profanity, murder, and the maiming of others. Emor is a part of Leviticus, and Leviticus, as we all know, is laws, laws, laws, and more laws. A Jewish value that I find meaningful is Tikkun Olam—which means improving the world. Right now, our world could use a lot of fixing, and if everyone does their part, a lot of problems could be solved. My tzedakah project is to support the Israel Lacrosse program. Last summer I played for “Team Israel” in Denver at a tournament, alongside fellow Jews from Israel and the U.S. This

ARI KRANE May 5, 2018

experience meant the world to me, and as a result, decided to look deeper into the Israel Lacrosse organization. There are many ways I can help. Many kids across Israel don’t have access to the seemingly unlimited sporting opportunities available pretty much everywhere in the United States. Playing sports and participating in extracurricular activities can change kids’ lives, inspire them, and help them make new friends. I am very excited for my Bar Mitzvah, I mean how could I not be?! I get to chant Torah with immense pride in the morning and then party my heart out with people closest to me at night. I am also ready to have the burden of studying for a Bar Mitzvah off my shoulders because it has taken up a lot of time, and occasionally has been difficult. Although, when my studies get challenging, I always have people there to pick me up, like my family, my teachers, and my friends. My parents have dedicated so much of their time to me and everything that comes with my Bar Mitzvah. Also, my teachers, Bill, Rabbi Ezray, Rabbi Ilana, Cantor Barbara, and everyone else who have guided me through my journey as a CBJ student have been immensely helpful. Finally, I owe deep thanks to my friends from Menlo School, CBJ, sports, extracurricular activities, my elder Yesh and his wife Debbie, and my extended family.

ABIGAIL LESLIE - May 16, 2018 JOSEPH SHLAFMAN - June 2, 2018

ETHAN LIANG - June 9, 2018

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FRUSY

TERRAH YEVILOV, USY & Kadima Advisor

If you have any questions ,please feel free to reach out: frusyadvisor@gmail.com

UPCOMING TEEN EVENTS FOR GRADES 6-12

TORAT CHAIM PROJECT (8-12 Graders) MAY 6 | 3:00-5:00 PM

FRUSY is participating in the Torat Chaim Project at Peninsula Sinai Congregation. Teens will volunteer, earn community service hours,

have time with the scribe, eat, and hang out.

MAY CONVENTION (8-12 Graders) MAY 24-28

It's time for May Convention 2018! This year, we are teaming up for the first time ever for a joint regional event with Pinwheel USY in Salem, Oregon! This means

even bigger and better programs with tons more friends to meet and memories to make. You can expect the same great New Fro style, and we will definitely be

spending quality time together as a region as well.

END OF YEAR EVENT! (8-12 Graders) JUNE 3: Elections & Installations

Join FRUSY as we conclude the year, with a final event and elections for next year. We will also be thanking the people who helped make this year possible, enjoying

memories from the year, and sharing highlights for next year.

FRUSY was honored to be part of the 1st Jewish Heritage Night for the Shark’s hockey team. Shark’s won the game, and the icing on the cake was a photo on the ice!

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Nate Richards and Esther Brotman by LaLa Richards Sylvia Greifinger by Ruth Rothman Laura & Michael Seeman by Kenneth Seeman RITUAL DIRECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY FUND IN APPRECIATION OF The "Power Hour" Service Community by Barbara Cohn Liepman and Family RUTH SHAPIRO KIDDUSH FUND Jeffrey Pollack Mah Jonng Group IN MEMORY OF Simon Danczak by Helen & Ron Danczak Dorothy Leven by Linda & Ed Rosen Dr. Jerome Mallon and Clara Sherman by Esther & Barry Sherman Bernie Waldman by Sue Borg & Jeff Sultan YAHRZEIT FUND IN MEMORY OF Arnold Schanz, Rosa Schanz, Sander Benowitz and Toni Benowitz by Arne Benowitz

ADULT EDUCATION FUND IN MEMORY OF Janet Schoenfeldt and Barbara Schoenfeldt by Marsha Lee & Norman Berkman Zale Teman by Janet Teman BETH JACOB CARES IN HONOR OF The birth of Daphna and Nicolas' new baby, Nattai Lidzborski, by Pamela and Brett Ehrlich CANTOR COHN MUSIC FUND Marcy Sharafian IN HONOR OF The birthday of Annette Weiss by Joanne Berdall IN MEMORY OF Benjamin Wiener by Janet Teman GENERAL FUND Melinda Berlant Gurman IN APPRECIATION OF The help and answering questions about relocating to the Bay Area by Nina & Bob Engel The Torah study by Peter Sommer IN MEMORY OF Mirel Carl by Diane Brown Evelyn Bittner by Ellen & Ira Ehrenpreis Rose Simon by Harriet Friedman George Heller by Iby Heller Bernard Horowitz, Barbara Horowitz and Lottie Gutterman by Sanae & Jan Horowitz Hope Howard by Steven Howard Maurice Ruben by Nelson & Sally Koen Rose Leviant by Martha Leviant Arnon Matityahu by Aaron Matityahu Dina Matlin by Carla Matlin Faye B. Lehman by Rayna Lehman, Bill Nack and Family Joseph Kaplan by Bob Rebitzer Miriam Reboh by Kerstin Reboh Bernard Spiegel by Milton Reynard Herbert Rosenbaum by Ophra & Gary Rudolph

June Heiser by Judith Schiffner Molly Lazarus by Dorothy & Paul Wachter Bluma Aizenberg Logasa, Carolyn Weiner and Marc S. Weiss by Annette Weiss ISRAEL ACTION FUND IN MEMORY OF Adele Herzlich by Lillie Kermit KORENGOLD CAMPERSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF Freda Korengold & Ruth Roth by Etty Korengold LINDAUER ACCESSIBILITY FUND IN MEMORY OF Sarah & Morton Levinson by Jon & Diane Levinson PRAYER BOOK FUND IN MEMORY OF Selma Polinsky by Norman & Marsha Lee Berkman PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sooze Protter IN MEMORY OF Jon Flaxman by Rosa Whitten & Family RABBI ILANA'S DISCRETIONARY FUND IN APPRECIATION OF Rabbi Ilana's teaching by Fran & Joel Teisch IN MEMORY OF Max M. Teisch by Fran & Joel Teisch Norman Wainer by Janet Teman RABBI EZRAY'S DISCRETIONARY FUND IN MEMORY OF My husband, Jacques Elbaz, by Marcelle Elbaz Miriam Gutterman by David Gutterman Leonard Levin by Ann Liroff Joseph Kaplan by Maddy Chaleff & David Arfin

RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Todah rabah to all those who have made contributions to the following CBJ funds.

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YAHRZEITS MAY/JUNE 2018

FRIDAY, MAY 4 SATURDAY, MAY 5 Ruth Aron Stefan Berger Ruth Beslove Hannah Boxer Hilda Bresler Theodore Bronk Barney Brotman Anida Daily Hamburg Yosef Tzvi Eliezer Marietta Fulton Julius Fulton Alfred Gessow Egon Goldschmidt Judith Harte Lewis Jackson Leonard Leven Shlomo Levin Maurice Lidzborski David Lobree Lilyan Lynn Freda Mervis Gracia Mosseri Kermit Mowbray Martin Popky Mark Richards Ulrich Rosenzweig Judy Sidman Malka Spiegel Charles Weinstein Anna Weiss Annie Wener Lazar Wener Daniel Weston Jack Winston Paul Zimmerman FRIDAY, MAY 11 SATURDAY, MAY 12 Elizabeth Barton Pauline Cohn Gertrude Fish Lucille Fliegler Fannie Friedman Phyllis Frost Mala Goldschmid Alice Jones Schendel Kurtz Natalie Lieberman Ethel Lindauer Moses Lisbonne Robert Loeb Carlos Meneses Meyer Reboh Sophie Robinson Max Siegel Howard Smith

Freida Wasserman Irving Weiner Ben Weiss Kurt Wollenberger FRIDAY, JUNE 22 SATURDAY, JUNE 23 Edith Appel Marra Coneda Kurt Donner Sidney Earle Esther Goldberg Selene Ichelson Joel Kaufman Esther Levy Leo Lindauer Chassiah Notik Jack Pinsler Ira Pollack Shirley Rakove Benjamin Reinhardt Leah Ritchey Charles Schonfeld Edna Schwarz Carmen West FRIDAY, JUNE 29 SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Elsie Barer Herbert Beres

Bessie Margolis Betty Mason Lillie Oshman Mamye Oshman Jenny Potolsky Rene Reboh Greta Reisman Varda Reisner Laverne Solkov Myra Sterling Eleanor Trieber-Zalk Richard Venezky Henry Wise Morton Wolfson FRIDAY, JUNE 8 SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Miriam Bernstein Nina Danker Frances David-Sontag Feiga bat Efroim Joseph Fischer Sidney Franklin Walter Grenn Robert Harris Wolf Homburger Isodore Krasner Selma Mallon Florence Mervis Sarah Puleo Kenneth Reich Harriet Reif Morton Rose Ernest Siegel Rose Tillinger Stanley Weiss FRIDAY, JUNE 15 SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Chaim Blumstein Milford Davis Jacob Epstein Morris Fish Milton Glazer Grace Goldberg Nathaniel Golovin Gerson Kimelman Lillie Kohn Samuel Malka Joseph Peckler Rabi Rahimzadeh Albert Rudolph Joseph Rudolph Jacob Sirinsky Fred Sommer Rhoda Sussman Lewis Oscar Taylor Louis Tobias

Maureen Stern Ferdinand Wachter Penny Sue Webster Irene Weiner FRIDAY, MAY 18 SATURDAY, MAY 19 Bertha Aron Naomi Chang Anna Cohn Abraham Frank Malcolm Gee Lorraine Geller Anne Goldberg Lev Golub Tillie Hertzberg Herman Kochavi Bert Korach Bernard Logasa Margaret Mandel Solomon Newman Saul Robinson Suzanne Rosenberg Anna Smilovitz Joseph Tillinger Bernard Yaffa Stanley Jack Zeckel Henry Zelinger FRIDAY, MAY 25 SATURDAY, MAY 26 Frances Aaronson Sonya Fishman Edith Flaster Paul Fulton Helen Golden-Stern Eric Goodman Elizabeth Lee Richard Levy Max Lewis Ida Pines Leon Soffin William Steiner Anna Yurfest Genia Zalipsky FRIDAY, JUNE 1 SATURDAY, JUNE 2 James Arnstein Sarah Berkman Anne Bleeman Flo Braker Steven Foerder Hyman Gurman Gertrude Kanner Mary Katz Ilse Korach Flora Lobree

Sally Beres Howard Dudnick Irene Dudnick Selma Endicter Goldie Fleischer Sol Frankel Phillip Kaufman Meyer Levinson David Lynn Tuvia Notik David Pomotov Davara Rahimzadeh Dan Richards Abe Schreibman Fanny Schreibman Max Sherman Haskell Silver Jack Weissman Helen Wilner Shabbat Evening Services 1st & 3rd Fridays 6:15 pm All other Fridays 7:30 pm Shabbat Morning Services Traditional Saturday 10:00 am Power Hour Saturday 11:30 am

The following yahrzeits are remembered during the services listed below:

If you would like to add loved ones to the yahrzeit list or have a correction, please send an email to cbj@bethjacobrwc.org.

YAHRZEIT NOTICE

We recently switched to a new

database for our membership records. Unfortunately, we learned

the transfer of yahrzeit records did not collect all the preferences for

those to be remembered by English dates. Some dates have defaulted to the Hebrew calendar.

If the yahrzeit date listed for your

family member is not correct for this reason, or any other reason, please

send an email to cbj@bethjacobrwc.org and we will make the updates. We

apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.

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MESSAGE FROM

DIANE HOWARD

Dear Friends, Before I get into politics, I want to give you an update from my last article. In that article, I spoke of the search for that chip which will allow you to flourish as you age. I spoke of my husband’s cousin, who a few years ago at age 95 flew out from New York for a Bat Mitzvah in San Mateo. Over dinner, she casually mentioned she would return in three years for the Bat Mitzvah of the next great grandchild. Well, a couple of Saturdays ago, we went to that Bat Mitzvah and there she was, all smiles, at 98. May we all find that special chip. As far as politics, the Council recognized that there are renters in our community who were being taken advantage of by a few greedy landlords. The Council has introduced a Renter’s Protection Ordinance which is still being tweaked. Both sides of this issue feel the other side is getting a better deal so we are probably on the right track. On the Social Security front, I had the honor of listening to Our Congressional Representative, Anna Eshoo recently. She and her colleague, Congressman John Larson from Connecticut, are sponsoring a bill to help guarantee that Social Security will have a solid future. My friendship with Anna spans twenty five years. I have always looked to her as a mentor. She is a role model for what a public servant should be. She inspires me every day. She was very forthright with the audience about the situation surrounding Social Security. She reminded the audience that Social Security was not designed to be their entire retirement plan, but would be a supplement to their savings. Here are some websites that you might find useful: www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount to check your earnings and confirm you have enough credits to qualify; www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator will give you the most accurate estimate of your future retirement benefit; and

www.socialsecurity.gov/retireonline allows you to retire online. Please, let me know if you have any questions or issues you would like to discuss. My contact information is #650-208-4774 or dhoward@redwoodcity.org. In closing, I would like to thank Rabbi Ezray and Congregation Beth Jacob for allowing me to contribute to the continuing conversation of ‘Building a Great Community Together.’ Sincerely, Diane Howard Vice Mayor of Redwood City

Resources for navigating Social Security

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I started working with kids with special needs when my Aunt invited me to work in her Special Ed classroom as a speech model. She had students with limited speech and she wanted a kid their age to model good speech during play. I enjoyed the play and spending the time with my Aunt. When I got the chance in fourth grade to spend time in the special needs room at my school, I eagerly volunteered. In no time, I became friends with one boy who couldn't talk very much, but somehow I understood what he wanted. At first we played on the swings and looked at car magazines. He had a passion for fancy sports cars and showed me all the different models. I found myself really enjoying his company, because he was so glad to see me each time we played. For the rest of that school year, we played a few times a week and I looked forward to each encounter. We both benefited from spending time together. When it came time to do a mitzvah project for my bar mitzvah, I wanted to build on what I had already done in school. My cousins in New Jersey worked for a Chabad run organization called Friendship Circle. They recommended I check to see if there was one in the Bay Area. The Friendship Circle of the Bay Area had been around for about 10 years and has both bi -monthly play and summer and winter camps. It was perfect, except that you had to be 14 to participate! I was 12. We contacted them and we convinced them to interview me anyway. Since I had already volunteered, they reluctantly said yes. I felt lucky to have already had experience and the right mindset about volunteering.

They accepted me as the youngest volunteer ever. Now 2 years later, I so appreciate getting the chance to spend time with the kids in the program. It benefits the kids, their parents and the volunteers. Not only does it make us feel good to spend this time together, but we learn a lot about perseverance, respect, appreciation and love. Friendship Circle is an international organization and is available to all families with children with special needs. Its mission is dedicated to offering friendship and acceptance to children, teens, and young adults with special needs regardless of their disability while empowering teenage and young adult volunteers by building their leadership skills as they foster the values of altruism and volunteerism. At the same time, they provide respite and imparting renewed strength, comfort and peace of mind to the parents of these special children while simultaneously heightening the community’s awareness, sensitivity and sense of responsibility to individuals with special needs, ultimately embracing them. It gives parents a real break and even relief knowing their kids are having fun. Its mission dramatically supports so many families in need. It is a simple concept that has so much value. The work, facilities, programs (we go on field trips, do art, cook, go swimming, etc.) and events take support and I know this is something I will support for a very long time. On Sunday, June 3, our local chapter is holding a walk-a-thon to raise money for all of the amazing programs we offer. Feel free to sponsor me and this fantastic organization: www.walkwithfc.com/JasondeHaaff .

DOING CHESED: FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE by Jason DeHaaff, age 14

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Managing Funeral Director (1499) Pre-need Arrangements Available

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DONATE YOUR USED VEHICLE It’s a WIN/WIN for YOU and CBJ

CAR DONATIONS ARE AN EASY WAY TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF CBJ.

WHY DONATE?

• Recycling your car saves energy and natural resources • Proceeds from the sale of your car help CBJ. • You may receive a tax donation if you itemize

WHAT CAN YOU DONATE? Cars · Trucks · Boats · Motorcycles · RVs ANY OTHER VEHICLE—running or not!

Jewelry and real estate too!

FREE PICKUP & DMV PROCESSING

Contact Jerry Robbins at 650-572-0989 (H) or 650-766-7233 (C),

or email at robbins42@hotmail.com

LILLIAN NOLAN FUND FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS

The Lillian Nolan Fund for Low-Income Seniors was established through a bequest to Congregation Beth Jacob from long-time Beth Jacob member Lillian Nolan z”l.

• The Fund awards grants to assist low-income seniors with ongoing expenses associated with living in Retirement Facilities that offer kosher food.

• Only Beth Jacob members are eligible to receive grants from the Fund. Grants are paid directly to the Retirement Facility on

behalf of the grantee.

• The Fund is managed by a Board composed of several Beth Jacob members named in Ms. Nolan’s will, along with Rabbi Ezray and, in an ex officio role, and Executive Director Gary Geller. All business of the Fund is kept confidential within this

group.

• Criteria for grant decisions include: - Documented need

- Eligibility of the Retirement Facility under the stipulations of the bequest - Availability of funds

• Grants are made on an annual basis, to be applied toward monthly living expenses such as a monthly service fee charged by the Retirement Facility. The maximum annual grant per recipient household will be $24,000 for a single,

$48,000 for a couple. Applicants must re-apply annually. Applicants are counseled that there is no assurance of ongoing future availability of these grants.

• Grant applications may be submitted at any time. The Board meets periodically to evaluate the applications most

recently received. To receive an application, please contact Gary Geller by phone at 650-366-8481, x333; by e-mail to ggeller@bethjacobrwc.org;

or by mail to the Beth Jacob office.

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