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Temple Anshe Amunim

inside May, 2017 Volume 147, Edition 7

5 Iyar - 6 Sivan 577726 Broad Street, Pittsfield MA 01201 413-442-5910 Fax: 413-442-8315 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ansheamunim.orgwww.facebook.com/ansheamunim

page twoSchedule of ServicesFrom the Rabbipage threeMessage from the Presidentpage fourCelebrate Israel’s BirthdayIsraeli Wine & Food TastingWelcome Cantorial Soloist, Tamara Wolfsonpage fiveMen’s Club Movie MinyanFederation Super SundayTAA Book Clubpage sixCalendar RaffleTemple Gift ShopSave the Date: ConfirmationHebrew ClassesAdult B’nai Mitzvah Classpage sevenSeth Rogovoy to discuss Bob Dylan’s Jewish InfluencesBoard of Trusteespage eightCelebrate Shavuot at TAAShabbat Across the BerkshiresEnergize Your Planned GivingRuth Breindel Save the Datepage nineTAA 147th Annual MeetingRabbi Josh’s Summer Lecture SeriesEducation Celebrationpage tenTAA Fundspage elevenDonationspage twelveYahrzeits, BirthdaysAnniversariespage thirteenFriends in ArizonaArchivist NeededCondolencesPFTYpage fourteenFederation Day - Laurel Lakepage fifteenCalendarback coverMeet Author, Joselin Linder

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks will be the featured speaker at Temple Anshe Amunim’s Spring into Summer Brunch on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Ms. Brooks will read from her acclaimed book, The Secret Chord, a novel about the life of the Biblical King David. She is the author of the international bestsellers Caleb’s Crossing, March, People of the Book, and Year of Wonders. Her books will be available for purchase at the brunch. The brunch presentation by Ms. Brooks is part of a weekend of activities, starting with a reading by Ms. Brooks on Saturday, June 3rd at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Church in Lenox where The Cantilena Chamber Choir will present a performance of King David in Words and Music.

Reservations for the brunch with Geraldine Brooks are $36 per person and may be paid for by mailing a check to Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Checks can also be dropped off at the Temple Office. Note that checks must be received by May 30, 2017.

The Secret Chord Author Geraldine Brooks to Speak at Temple Anshe Amunim

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Schedule of ServicesPlease note the change in time for Shabbat Morning Services to 11:00 a.m.Friday, May 5, 20175:30 p.m. Erev Shabbat ServiceYom Ha Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)Service followed by a Seder and Dinner

Saturday, May 6, 20179:30 a.m. Torah Plus11:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service

Friday, May 12, 20175:30 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service with Tamara Wolfson

Saturday, May 13, 20179:30 a.m. Torah Plus11:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service with Tamara Wolfson

Friday, May 19, 20174:45 p.m. Pre-Neg5:30 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service / Confirmation

Saturday, May 20, 20179:30 a.m. Torah Plus11:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service

Friday, May 26, 20175:30 p.m. Sabbath of Story

Saturday, May 27, 20179:30 a.m. Torah Plus 11:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service

Wednesday, May 31, 20179:30 a.m. Guided Reading of Megillat Rut10:45 a.m. Festival Service w/Yizkor

Rabbi Josh Breindel

From the Rabbi

The Blessings of SpringFrom a certain point of view, Judaism reveals its true beauty when it

helps us to celebrate transitions. Havdallah (the ritual that concludes Shabbat) fills me with a sense of peace and uplift as I look to the week ahead. Similarly, at Passover I feel a new relief as our liturgy shifts from acknowledging the winter winds and rains to blessing the spring-time dew.

As we move deeper into May, our community is celebrating another moment of transition. Shavu’ot (or Shavu’us, as I grew up calling it) con-cludes the omer period – a span of seven weeks beginning at Passover. At the end of counting these 49 days, we gather to remember the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. This festival marks our ancestors’ transfor-mation from a loose aggregate of clans to a people. No longer were the people Israelites, connected by the bonds of blood and tradition. Now they became Jews – held in covenant to each other and to their Creator.

This springtime holiday has a special resonance for our temple fam-ily. The festival marks the season when many of our members return to the Berkshires from their winter sojourns. While there’s no official blessing for this occasion, it’s a time of great joy for our community. I feel a special sense of wholeness as I see friends and companions who are returning to our home in the Berkshires.

The confluence of Shavu’ot and the return of our members would have been enough for us (dayeinu!), but there are many more reasons to celebrate this new month. Our Yom Ha-Atzme’ut (Israel Independence Day) festivities are always a beautiful moment for us. Even more, I hope that you will join me in welcoming Tamara Wolfson, our cantorial intern, when she makes her first visit to our community for the Sabbath beginning May 12. Also this month, I invite you to join in our Con-firmation Shabbat as we honor the hard work of our confirmands on Friday, May 19.

With all of these blessings, I look forward to seeing you soon! May this month bring us uplift and expansiveness, the inspiration of com-munity and much joy!

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Temple Anshe Amunim ~ May, 2017 ~ 3

President’s Message

Some of you may have enjoyed the first season of a new television show, This is Us. I find it to be a rather compelling and emotional drama,

which intertwines several story lines. With legacy, love, and family at its core, the show embeds the characters in life 40+ years earlier with the lives of people in the present. That’s all I will say, as I don’t want to be a spoiler and give away the premise or the content. But, I think it is clever; and I am hooked.

How does this show relate in any way to my message to you? Well, I have been finding myself wishing that I could have been around temple, say, 40 years ago. I would have loved to witness the life of our growing congregation at that time. How did people feel about assuming leadership roles? What was the inspiration to become a temple leader? How were we considering our legacy as a way to sustain our future?

‘HOW,’ will be my questions to the pillars of this temple, about a lot of things. Gratefully, I can ask some of these dear people in our temple family; gratefully, I can research a beautiful array of archives. It is time for me again, which has been my hope and desire to do, to widen the query among all in our temple community, so that our past and the circumstances of our ‘now,’ may inform our best leadership. More on this idea next month.

WHY am I wondering a lot about HOW? Well, it is that time again to nominate new leaders to our Board, Management Team and Committees. Actually, we are a month late in this process given some other critical temple needs these days, such as security; such as supporting a congregation that has experienced a

great deal of loss. As I consider that WE, like our

sister congregations across the country, lead and operate with fewer available people to meet all of our essential and desired needs. I have noticed that we are actually realizing our temple leadership model as one that is much more cooperative (leading with people) rather than from a consumer based model (leading to people). And, indeed within the texture of our beautiful worship, study, education, programs and events; even with our Board and Management Team and burgeoning committees and people taking responsibility to oversee and to do a great many things for our temple and our congregation, we require several more people to partner in our leadership efforts. As I have said time and again, given our ever-changing demographics, capacity, and resources - the financial and the human - leadership must now be in the hands of the many, not the few!

So, dear congregation, when members of our Management Team, Board and Nominating Committee ring/buzz your phone to request your place as a leader in the life of this temple, please wholeheartedly consider this as an honor and blessing, and then say,”Hineni - Here I Am!” When you do, you too may act on the legacy of our leaders to care for this congregation for the present and the future of this temple. You will share your talents and best efforts with an amazing group of people, and you too may get hooked! Our leadership must succeed as a lasting tribute to the life of this congregation. After all, for the best part of 150 years, TAA has been, and must continue evermore, to be US! L’Shalom,Debora Cole-DuffyPresident

Thisis

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Hi, everyone! I’m Tamara Wolfson, a rising fifth-year cantorial student at HUC, and I’m so excited to meet all of you soon!

A little bit about me: I grew up in Scars-dale, NY and attended a Conservative syna-gogue called Temple Israel Center of White Plains where I caught the Jewish music bug. But outside of temple, music was always my first love. I learned to play piano when I was 5, and was singing as soon as I could talk! My grandfather worked with Broadway actors and actresses for a living, so a love of music and performance was in my blood. I was very involved with piano, voice, and theater for as long as I can remember. In fact, I attended a performing arts camp called Belvoir Terrace in Lenox, MA and fell in love with arts in the Berkshires at a young age, too — so this feels a bit like I’m coming home!

Growing up, I was always drawn to Juda-ism through music. It was how I connected to God, to the words in the prayer book, and to my Jewish community. While I was raised Conservative, I discovered Reform Judaism in college and it truly opened up a new world for me! I love merging my two Jewish tradi-tions in every service I lead, bringing together both the ancient and modern to create a mu-sical, meaningful prayer experience. I think it is so important to find a good balance be-tween the old and the new, especially when it comes to Jewish music!

I can’t wait to sing and pray with the in-credible community here at Anshe Amunim and to learn more about the songs, prayers, and experiences that bring you meaning. I’m looking forward to an amazing year!

Welcome Cantorial Soloist, Tamara Wolfson


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MAKE THE CALL Two convenient phone-a-thon locations. Food, fun and training provided!

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires 196 South Street, Pittsfield 9 am-12:30 pm

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Administrative Office 244 Main St. Suite #3, Great Barrington, MA 9 am- 12:30 pm

Kids & Families Free Concert with Joanie Leeds! 10 am at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire Bring your tzedakah box and choose how you want to make a difference.

RSVP: 413-442-4360, ext 10 or online at Jewishberkshires.org

We will come together with members of the entire Berkshire Jewish Community to raise money for the Jewish Federation’s Annual Campaign. Together, we can build, strengthen and care for our Jewish community across the Berkshires, in Israel and around the world.

ANSWER THE CALL If your phone rings on Super Sunday, answer it. Your contribution to the Federation’s 2017 Annual Campaign -- whatever it is you can give -- will help feed the hungry, comfort the elderly and care for Jews in need here at home, in Israel and around the world. It will also help to nurture and sustain Jewish life in the Berkshires today and for future generations.

Temple Anshe Amunim is a proud affiliate and beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires

Temple Anshe Amunim Volunteers needed Sunday, May 21

Special thank you to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Berkshire United Way and Cohen, Kinne, Valicente and Cook

Men’s ClubMovieMinyanMay 14 at 7 PM

The Movie Minyan film, presented by the Anshe Amu-nim Men’s club will be the film Phoenix. As with all the monthly films presented by the Men’s Club, it is open to all Anshe Amunim Men and Women and their friends.

Phoenix (2014)After a reconstructive facial operation, concentration-camp survivor Nelly Lenz tracks down her husband, Johnny, who believes she’s dead. Unrecognizable to Johnny, Nelly befriends him to find out whether he betrayed her to the Nazis.Director: Christian PetzoldCast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf

TAA Book ClubThe next book cub meeting will take place on Thursday, May 18 at 11:45 am. We will continue reading about Jews around the world and will focus on the Jews of India. Readers will pick their own book and share it with the others. New members are welcome.

Suggestions are:

1. The Jew in the Lotus : a poet’s rediscovery of Jewish identity in Buddhist India by Roger Kamenetz (non-fiction)

2. Shalom India Housing Society by Esther David (a novel)

3. Baumgartner’s Bombay by Anita Desai (a novel)

4. Guardian of the Dawn by Richard Zimler (a novel)

5. The Jews of India: Their Story by Rachael Israel (available on Kindle) (non fiction)

6. The Jews of India by Benjamin Israel (available on Kindle) (non fiction)


Join Esther Benari-Altmann on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. Learn to speak Hebrew from a native Israeli, expand your vocabulary and improve your conversational skills. Topics will include: weather, food, directions, shopping, restaurants, recipes and much more. The ability to read Hebrew is required. Open to teens and adults.

Tuition: FREE for members, $100/non-members (10 sessions) (checks should be payable to Temple Anshe Amunim)

Classes will be held at Temple Anshe Amunim.

This course will improve your fluency in reading Hebrew. Special emphasis will be given to words and prayers from the Siddur. Knowledge of and comfort with Hebrew letters (and vowels) is required. Open to all members of the community.Instructor: Esther Benari-Altmann, Director of Education. Tuesday evenings at 6:15 PM.

If you have:• Always wanted to have a bar or bat mitzvah ceremony but never had one;• Been looking for a nurturing and supportive group with whom to learn about Jewish life and culture;• Been looking forward to deepening your connection to Judaism….

THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU!Join us as we learn to read Hebrew, chant from the Torah, craft divrei Torah (sermons), and much more! Classes are on Thursdays at 12:00 p.m.

Calandar Raffleto Benefit Temple Anshe Amunim

Raffle Winners

We have a BIG winner. The monthly $500 prize was won by one of our calendar raffle ticket-buyers. Don’t miss out. There is a daily ($25 win) a weekly ($100) and a monthly ($500) raffle ticket draw. Buy your raffle tickets sooner rather than later. They

cost $25 apiece and you can buy as many as you like.

Recent WinnersBev and Gerry Nacheman • Nick Hubacker

Pam Walsh • Em and Susan GagnonRabbi Josh

TEMPLEGIFT SHOP

Proceeds benefit our Religious School.

Contact Esther Benari-Altman (413) 442-5910x12 or [email protected]

Affordable and practical gifts for all occasions, including Bar and Bat Mitzvah at the Temple Gift Shop.

ConfirmationMay 19 at 5:30 p.m.You are warmly invited to join in the festivities as Jonah Alemany and Liz Mulligan become our newest confirmands! In addition to leading our service at 5:30 PM on Friday, May 19th, they will reflect on the development of their Jewish identity through their years at the temple and months of preparation for this ceremony. A pre-neg, hosted by their families, will be held at 4:45 p.m.

Hebrew Through the Siddur

Conversational Hebrew

Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class


Seth Rogovoy to Discuss Bob Dylan’s Jewish Influences

Seth Rogovoy, termed “American Jewry’s greatest Dylan scholar” by Religious News Service, will present a multimedia program exploring the Jewish influences in the life and work of a Nobel Prize-winner whose name is familiar to all: “The Kabbalah of Bob Dylan,” at Congregation Knesset Israel (16 Colt Rd.) on Monday, May 22, at 7pm. The event is co-sponsored by Congregation Knesset Israel and Temple Anshe Amunim.

With the aid of audio clips, video, still images, and textual comparisons, Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet (Scribner, 2009), will illustrate how Bob Dylan’s songwriting has always been profoundly rooted in Jewish writings, including the Torah, the Prophets, the Talmud, and mysticism, fusing these inspirations into a genre of “rock ’n’ roll mi-drash.” Along the way, the program will examine the Minnesota-born folksinger’s deeply religious and cultural upbringing, his commitment to Jewish practice and causes, and his long connection to Chabad.

Seth Rogovoy is a familiar name to Berkshire readers and public radio listeners. For 16 years he was a music critic and arts writer at the Berk-shire Eagle; he was the founding editor of Berkshire Living magazine; and his weekly cultural commentary has been heard on WAMC North-east Public Radio Network for two decades.

Seth is also an expert on klezmer, having penned “The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover’s Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music” (Al-gonquin, 2000), the all-time, best-selling guide to the music. He was awarded the 2016 Simon Rockower Award from the American Jewish Press Association for excellence in arts and criticism for his portrait of musician Leonard Cohen, published in the April/May 2015 issue of Ha-dassah Magazine.

Seth is a contributing editor to the English edition of The Forward, for which he has written for more than 25 years. His work has been published in Haaretz (Israel), Jewish Press (U.K.), Jewish Quarterly (U.K.), Boston Phoenix, and others. He is the programming consultant for the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, where he curates the annual Yidstock: Festival of New Yiddish Music. Seth’s Friday weekly cultural commentary can be heard on WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network on Midday Magazine. He also publishes daily and weekly newsletters in his online magazine of cultural and critical news and observations, “The Rogovoy Report”.

Guitar players can bring their instruments to “jam” with Seth on Bob Dylan songs at the conclusion of his presentation. Light refreshments and beverages will be served. Seth’s books will be available for purchase after the program.

Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online at www.knessetisrael.org; reserved at Knesset Israel’s main office during business hours; called in with credit card at (413) 445-4872 x. 10; mailed to 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201 with enclosed check made to Knesset Israel.

2016 – 17 Board of Directors and TrusteesMANAGeMeNT TeAMDebora Cole-Duffy, PresidentHome: (413) 684-1202 Mobile: (413) 537-4660Email: [email protected] Alemany, Immediate Past Co-PresidentHome: (413) 499-8616 Mobile: (413) 822-2293Email: [email protected] Gagnon, Assistant Treasuer and Immediate Past Co-PresidentHome: (413) 655-2545Email: [email protected] Myers, Immediate Past Co-PresidentHome: (978) 807-6309Email: [email protected] Hochberg, Treasurer Home: (413) 698-3883 Mobile: (413) 822-6913Work: (413) 499-2323Email: [email protected] Shapiro, AuditorHome: (413) 637-3342 Mobile: (413) 212-9948Email: [email protected] Bernstein, AdHocHome: (413) 499-3647 Other: (561) 272-4702Email: [email protected]

Josh Cutler, Recording Secretary, Trustee Mobile: (413) 464-2541Email: [email protected]

Michael Duffy, Trustee Mobile: (413) 441-1332Email: [email protected]

Laura Feakes, TrusteeHome: (413) 443-5712Email: [email protected]

Joshua Hochberg, TrusteeHome: (413) 822-5397Email: [email protected]

Wendy Rabinowitz, TrusteeHome: (413) 448-2397 Mobile: (413) 281-2399Email: [email protected]

Sharon Rawlings, TrusteeHome: (413) 822-8713Email: [email protected]

Robyn Rosen, TrusteeHome: (413) 499-1514 Mobile: (413) 822-5104Email: [email protected]

Sandi Rubin, TrusteeHome: (413) 442-0237 Mobile: (413) 626-5765Email: [email protected]

Judy Stolzberg, TrusteeHome: (413) 443-9481 Mobile: (413) 441-2874Email: [email protected]


Celebrate Shavuot at TAAAt Shavuot, we acknowledge one of Judaism’s great blessings: the gift of the Torah. To honor this joyous festival, Rabbi Josh Breindel will lead a guided reading of Megillat Rut (the Book of Ruth) as part of an uplifting worship experience starting at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, May 31st at Temple Anshe Amunim. Participants will read the story of Ruth (in English) and discuss its relevance in the modern day. Services (including a Yizkor/memorial service) will follow at approximately 10:45 a.m. and will conclude shortly after noon.

Join with friends from across the Berkshire Jewish Community as we come together for a musical, family-friendly Shabbat service, led by rabbis, spiritual leaders and musicians from across the County, then stay for a delicious, volunteer-prepared kosher Shabbat dinner.

Friday, June 2, 20175:30 pm

Hosted by

Congregation Knesset Israel16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA

DINNER: Adults $20, Teens (13-18 yrs) $15, Kids 12 and under, free. $56 Family Maximum

Space is limited and advanced dinner reservations are required by May 30.

Reserve online at knessetisrael.org or by calling (413) 445-4872, ext 10.

Ruth Breindel Lunch ‘n LearnTemple Anshe Amunim and WRJ are delighted to welcome back Ruth Breindel for an informative and entertaining Lunch n’ Learn Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 12 Noon.

The topic will be “Hospitality Now and Then”. This multi-media pre-sentation will begin in the ancient world; from Sumeria and Egypt to Babylon, Israel to Greece and Rome; where the guest was hon-ored and given the best of every-thing. We’ll visit the Middle Ages when nobility stayed at monasteries that were considered safe havens. We’ll move forward to present day: do we follow the ancient rules? Join us as we explore the uses and abuses of hospitality.

Please feel free to bring your lunch; dessert and cold drinks will be provided.

There is no cost to Temple members; $5 for non-members.


The education Celebration will be here before we know it!Saturday, June 17In addition to saving the date for a fun night with old friends and good food, make sure you get your personal message, well wishes, or ad into the commemorative book we are cre-ating. Please email [email protected] or call Diane at the Temple Office (413-442-5910) if you are interested in being included in the commemorative book.

RATeS ARe AS FoLLoWS:

Personal Message (up to 100/200 characters) ........................................... $18/$36

Business Card (3 ½” x 2”) ..........................................................................$50

Half page (3 ½” x 4 ½”) ...................................................................$125

Full page (7 ½” x 4 ½”) ...................................................................$200

The funds raised through the commemorative book and through the event on June 17 will help support our Religious School so that we can keep up this wonderful legacy for future generations of students. This year we are honoring Monroe “Moe” England with an award for Lifetime Achievement in Jewish Education. See you there!

The Management Team and Board of Trustees

invite you to

Temple Anshe Amunim’s147th Annual

MeetingThursday, June 15, 2017

6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall

Save the date for Rabbi Josh’s summer lecture series, “Gospel Truth”First Session: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. at TAAJoin Rabbi Josh for three conver-sations about the New Testament with his Christian colleagues. At each session, a dif-ferent member of local clergy will share how their selected text guides them in their work. Rabbi Josh will then explore the passage from a Jewish perspective and open the floor to questions and comments from participants. The first session will feature Rev. Sheila Sholes-Ross of First Baptist Church (Pittsfield). Bring your own lunch – dessert and cold beverages provided.

Rev. Sheila Sholes-Ross andRabbi Josh Breindel


Mitzvah Fund: Donations to the Mitzvah fund provide support for:

Commemoration of happy events both large and small; Onegs and Pre-Negs.

Expenses related to Temple music and the choir.

Remembrances at services (yahrzeits) and in the Bulletin for loved ones who have passed away.

Basic religious school expenses.

Purchasing new books for the library.

The purchase, repair, and maintenance of Temple art.

Capital maintenance and repair of the Temple building and memorial boards.

Dedicated Prayer book, Tanakh (Bible) minimum donation is $36, or Fund minimum donation is $50: Purchases new books with a dedication plate.

: (Please designate whether to Rabbi or Rabbi Salzmann s Fund): to be applied for the benefit of the Temple.

Endowment & Restricted Funds Descriptions: Rabbi Harold & Audrey Salzmann Religious School Endowment: To support Religious School programming, retreats and trips. Lynn Denmark/Faith Newmark Endowment: To support the Religious School, as determined by Women of Reform Judaism. Shaun Beckwith-Chasen Campership Fund: Scholarships for attendance at Eisner/Crane Lake Camp. Elise & Moe England Religious School Scholarship Fund: Scholarships for religious school attendance. Jeff Stolzberg Campership Fund: Scholarships for attendance at Eisner/Crane Lake Camp. Henry & Dorothy Halperin Fund: Simchat Torah celebration. Dan and Edna Miller Building Fund: For maintenance, renovations and improvements to the Temple. Individual Endowments: Set up by individuals, these funds are part of the main Temple endowment and support ongoing operations and programs as determined by the Board of Trustees. Minimum donation is $10,000.

Tree-of-Life in honor of, or in memory of: Inscribed leaf to honor the life or memory of a specified person or

Yahrzeit Plaques: To honor the memory of an ancestor or other family member to be displayed on the memorial board in the lobby. ($350) Please complete form from the office for leaf or plaque and submit with your contribution.

All donations will be acknowledged in the Bulletin. Acknowledgements will also be sent to the honoree or family.

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Cantorial Soloist FundIn loving memory of Arthur HenleDebora Cole-Duffy and James Duffy

In loving memory of Jack NodiffDebora Cole-Duffy and James Duffy

In loving memory of Louis Ely, Jr.Debora Cole-Duffy and James Duffy

In loving memory of Peter Scott SachselDebora Cole-Duffy and James Duffy

elise and Moe england Religious School Scholarship FundIn loving memory of Arthur HenleMoe and elise england

Mitzvah FundIn loving memory of Arthur HenleNatalie CastleHelen and Gerald DuraNancy and Rik GagnonAnnette GordonJeanette LiemerMichael MargolisSandi and Alan RubinRabbi Harold and Audrey SalzmannAlba Passerini and Charles Wohl

In loving memory of Maxwell Shrager RossJeffrey and Karen Ross

In loving memory of Ethel Mudrik KaplanDiana and Stanley Feld

In loving memory of Dr. Norman AvnetRabbi Harold and Audrey SalzmannCarole SiegelNancy Shulman and Margie ShulmanSondra and Larry Klein

In loving memory of Jack NodiffSondra and Larry Klein

In loving memory of Norma TulganCarole Siegel

In loving memory of Iris and Sy SchwartzCarole Siegel

In loving memory of Charlotte SalzmannRabbi Harold and Audrey Salzmann

In loving memory of Dr. Franklin GlocknerThe Glockner Family

In loving memory of Max GordonAnnette Gordon

In loving memory of Boris ZernitskyAlexander Kutik and Alla Zernitskaya

In loving memory of Sadie Drought and Anna BliebergMel and Rita Blieberg

In loving memory of Ernst ZentawerPeter Weissenstein

In loving memory of Edith GrossLinda and Phil Halpern

In honor of the birth of Samuel Maxton Hochberg to Josh and Jessica HochbergNancy Shulman and Margie Shulman

In honor of Audrey Salzmann’s special birthdayJack Franklin and Mark and Jean Poopor

PFTY FundBill Gordon and MaximusBev and Gerry Nacheman

In honor of Jonah Alemany’s acceptance to collegeNancy Shulman and Margie Shulman

In honor of Caleb Alemany’s acceptance to the Master’s program at George Wash-ington UniversityNancy Shulman and Margie Shulman

Rabbi Breindel’s Discretionary FundIn loving memory of our dear parents, Irving and Helen ShulmanNancy Shulman and Margie Shulman

In loving memory of Dr. Norman AvnetCarole Schwimmer and Bob Mainzer

In loving memory of Louis Ely, Jr.Carole Schwimmer and Bob Mainzer

In loving memory of Peter Scott SachselCarole Schwimmer and Bob Mainzer

In loving memory of Sunny D’AmoreMary Levitt

In loving memory of Steve GershoffMary Levitt

In loving memory of members of the Levitt familyMary Levitt

In loving memory of Irma WallerHelen and Steve Radin

In loving memory of Arthur HenleMarlene ChautinCynthia and Harvey ZorfasCarole Schwimmer and Bob Mainzer

In loving memory of Roberta HubackerNick Hubacker and Maxine Wisbaum

In loving memory of Fred and Cecile LichtmanJulian Lichtman

In honor of the 5th Anniversary of Scott and Amber BloombergNancy Shulman

In honor of the acceptance of Mike Bloomberg into Cornell Tech MBA ProgramNancy Shulman

Religious SchoolRabbi Josh Breindel

In loving memory of Esther Zilverbergesther Benari-Altmann

In loving memory of Arthur HenleNancy Shulman and Margie Shulman

In loving memory of Joyce Levine AbecassisNancy Shulman and Margie Shulman

Donations

Help Us Acknowledge DonationsDonations are the lifeblood of the Temple and are most appreciated! Please help us acknowledge you proper-ly by completing the Donation Form provided in the Bulletin or available in Temple Office, and enclosing it with your check.

Please be aware that bank-generated checks don’t specify the purpose of the payment. If you are sending a donation through the bank, please use the “memo” line, if available, or contact the Office to ensure that your payment is recorded and acknowledged as you intended.


1 May Benjamin FilsonEmil Sachsel

2 May Ida Wisbaum

3 May Esther Chaneles

4 May Esther Kazer8 Iyyar

5 May Ursula Lewy

6 May Frieda DenmarkLeonard PosnerMax Stayman 10 Iyyar

7 May Faith Spencer

8 May Lt. Benjamin R. ChanelesEsther KaufmanOliver Zoltan Moss

9 May Stewart GluckMurray RappaportVernice Lederer SeilerNathan SisselmanYosef ben Menachem Sadighi 14 Iyyar

10 May Edith Kaplan Bregman 15 IyyarSarah Nodiff 15 Iyyar

12 May Philip E. Rothkopf

13 May Jill Proskin

14 May Stanley L. Rosenfeld

15 May Harry M. HaidakJules KraterHarry Silverstein 19 Iyyar

16 May Earl Drought

17 May Helen PerryFreda Weiden

18 MayIda S. BraunEvelyn SlominHelen Weinstein

19 May Nathan Mayer GlickmanAugusta Lipshitz Korkin

20 May Helen Ruth Shulman

22 MayCharles S. Levey

23 MayLeonard Stolzberg

24 MayFrances SteinbergLois Sussman

25 May Isabella Kelm

26 May Anna Alpert 1 SivanLena Briskin

27 May Alexander Golden

28 May Gertrude Rod

29 May Harriet ArenswaldDr. Howard KannerHenry A. PerryMrs. Rosalie Rose

30 May Harry HandlerKenneth Hubacker

31 May Abraham Levin

May Yahrzeits We hold in loving memory:

Yahrzeit donations – It is customary to make a donation on the occasion of your loved one’s Yahrzeit.

Yahrzeit dates – Yahrzeits are based on the Hebrew or Gregorian (English) date, depending on family preference. If there are any omissions or errors, please call the Temple office, 413-442-5910.

Yahrzeit Plaques

Yahrzeit Plaques honor the memory of an ancestor or other family member. Each plaque is $350.

For more information or to request an order form, please call the office at 413-442-5910.

BirthdaysYom Huledet Sameach! Happy Birthday to our members and friends with May birthdays:

2 May Michael Duffy

Rhoda Kaminstein4 May

Sheila GershoffMary Yarmosky

6 May Martin Schwartz

8 May Steven Yarmosky

9 MayElise England

12 May Berta Cole

Larry Pellish14 May

Dr. Richard Greene17 May

Michael Wasserman18 May

David Henner19 May

Ellie Ware21 May

Melvin CohenLauren Dudley

22 MayPeter Weissenstein

25 MayBarbara Waldinger

26 MayH. Alan (Bud) Frank

27 May Enrico Lamet

Maxine Wisbaum31 May

Rachel AlemanyJoel Greenberg

June Paley

1 May Parvis and Kay Sadighi

4 May Robert and Caryl Siskin

5 May Marsha and Melvin Cohen

11 May Michael and Janell Sargent

16 May Michael and Arlene Shreefter

18 May Melvin and Rita Blieberg

Robyn Rosen and Vincent Higuera

20 May Steven and Mary Yarmosky

24 May Michael and Barbara Wasserman

27 May Chris Fader and Michele Krieg

Bauer 28 May

Andrew and Barbara Hochberg30 May

Bonnie and Martin Oszmian

Anniversaries


Nancy L. Shulman413-212-9385

[email protected]

3% of Nancy’s commission goes to TAA

BLOOMBERGREALTY, INC.

We have friends in sunny Arizona!Thank you to Bill Gordon, who sent in a generous gift to support PFTY. He writes that, as a former advisor to the youth group, it does his heart good to see that our youth are participating in Temple activities and that PFTY is alive and well! Maximus, aka “Max,” is his therapy dog and they visit a local hospital ever week to put a smile on the patients’ faces. Looking at this photo, we’re smiling too!

Archivist NeededJim Overmyer, one of the original members of the Rabbi

Harold and Audrey Salzmann Archives team, is stepping down from his position of documents archivist as of June 30. One or more individuals are being sought for this part-time work.

The Salzmann Archives contain documents about the worship services, religious school, and administrative and financial aspects of the temple dating back to the 1950s. In addition, the Archives hold nineteenth century minutes books and ledgers from the congregation’s earliest days, including minutes of the congregation’s founding in 1869. The Rhoda and Phil Kaminstein are in charge of an exten-sive photo collection, which includes many pictures of re-ligious school classes and various temple social occasions. Again, there are some photos of the temple’s earlier days.

A large portion of the sorting and cataloging of docu-ments has been done at this point, although the Archives are continually receiving new items. Primary duties for the document archivists are to finish processing the unarchived materials, handle new items, use the resources to assist the temple administration and committees in preparing for events, and help temple members and descendants of past members in tracking family histories. The entire Archives team also assembles periodic historical photo and memo-rabilia displays for the temple lobby.

Interested archivists should contact the temple adminis-tration. Jim Overmyer and the Kaminsteins are available to answer questions.

CondolencesThe Temple Anshe Amunim community extends its condolences to:

Eileen Henle and the Henle family on the passing of Arthur Henle

Ruth Nodiff and the Nodiff family on the passing of Jack Nodiff

Alba Passerini on the passing of her great-nephew, Louis Ely, Jr.

Bill Scott, Emily Scott Pottruck, Ilse and Irwin Browner, and Jackie Browner and Randy Johnson on the passing of Peter Scott Sachsel

Jayson Tanzman on the passing of his father, Irving Tanzman.

Bill Gordon and Max

is MAY 1 for the June bulletin. Please submit photos with captions.

Email material to: [email protected]

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PFtY


The Federation Mitzvah Day at Laurel LakeOn Sunday, April 2, Berta Cole, one of many happy Kindred at Lau-rel Lake residents, loved listening to enrico Lamet sing with oper-atic flair, hearing Jorden Senzel skillfully play “Ode to Joy” on the tuba, and being greeted by a long-time temple friend Jane Shiyah with her therapy dog, Inky. Thank you to all the volunteers from our temple family: enrico and Cookie Lamet; Jorden, ethan and Rich-ard Senzel; Helaine Rose and her family; and Deb Cole-Duffy and Jim Duffy for joining all the volunteers with the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. Special thanks to JFB Volunteer Coordinator, Susan Frisch Lehrer, and Executive Director, Dara Kaufman, and JFB staff and board members for making it all possible! Flower ar-ranging, happy day card making, chatting, visiting with two therapy dogs, enjoying delicious refreshments and music abounded. The experience was truly magical - a mitzvah for the Laurel Lake resi-dents, a mitzvah for all!!

The Blues Rabbis - at joint KI and TAA megillah reading

Rehearsing Purimshpiel with Religious School TAA Purim PartyPurim at TAA


TEMPLE ANSHE AMUNIM Email: [email protected] May 2017

1 4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Convers. Hebrew

2 Yom Ha Atzmaut

4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Hebrew Through the Siddur

3 4:00 pm CHAI

4 12:00 pm Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class

4:00 pm B'nai Mitzvah Class

5 5:30 pm Israel Independence Day Celebration/ Shabbat Service followed by a Seder and Dinner

6 9:30 am Torah Plus

11:00 am Shabbat Morning Svcs

No Religious School

6:00 pm L'Chayim Israel - Israeli Wine and Food Tasting

7 8 4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Convers.

Hebrew

9 4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Hebrew Through the Siddur

10

4:00 pm CHAI



7:00 pm Board Meeting

12

5:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service with

Tamara Wolfson and Alan Gold

13

9:30 am Torah Plus 11:00 am Shabbat Morning Svcs with Tamara Wolfson

3:30 pm Religious School

14

10:00 am Joselin Linder, Lecture & Brunch

7:00 pm Movie Minyan

15 4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Convers.

Hebrew

16 4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Hebrew

Through the Siddur

17

4:00 pm CHAI

18 11:45 am Book Club

12:00 pm Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class


19 4:45 pm Pre-Neg 5:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service/ CONFIRMATION

20

9:30 am Torah Plus

11:00 am Shabbat Morning Svcs

3:30 pm Religious School

21

Memorial Day Flag and Cemetery Cleanup PFTY

11:00 am Rabbi Salzmann’s Stamp Club Sale

22 4:00 pm CHAI

6:15 pm Convers. Hebrew

7pm The Kabbalah of Bob Dylan with Seth Rogovoy at Knesset Israel

23 4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Hebrew

Through the Siddur

24

4:00 pm CHAI



26 5:30 pm Sabbath of Story w/Alan Gold

27

9:30 am Torah Plus

11:00 am Shabbat

Morning Svcs No Religious School

28 29

30 4:00 pm CHAI 6:15 pm Hebrew Through the Siddur

31 9:30 am Guided Reading of Megillat Rut 10:45 am Festival Service w/Yizkor

Save the Date Sunday, June 4

10:00 a.m.

Geraldine Brooks at TAA!

Discussion of

The Secret Chord

Brunch to follow

Non-Profit OrganizationU.S. Postage

PAIDPermit # 7

Pittsfield, MA 01201

Temple Anshe Amunim 26 Broad Street Pittsfield, MA 01201

Join us for this Free Event and a Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Meet, greet, ask and listen with Joselin Linder, author of The Family Gene

Joselin’s mother, Rhoda Pomerantz and her father, Billy Linder were both born and raised in Pittsfield. Rhoda’s brother is Phil Pomerantz and Billy’s grandfather

was Pittsfield’s first orthodox rabbi – Rabbi Morris Fuhrman.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 5, 2017 to

Temple Office (413-442-5910) or [email protected]

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