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HORIZONS JANUARY 2020 Tevet, 5780—Sh’vat, 5780

Tevet, 5780 —

Sh’vat, 5780

UPCOMING EVENTS

Host an Oneg……………………………….. 2

Rabbi’s Column…………………………….. 3

January Yahrzeits………………………….. 4

November Contributions ………………… 5

Friday Night Speaker …………………….. 6

Tot Shabbat ………………………………… 7

Men’s Club Events—January ………….... 8

Or Shalom Student Calendar …………… 9

Social Action News………………….…… 10

Jewish Federation—April 26, 2020 ……. 11

Camp Scholarship Funds ………………. 12

High School Summer Book Camp ……… 13

Searching for a Job ………………………… 14

Donations……………………………………. 15

January Calendar ………………………….. 16

Donation Form………………………..…. 17

Advertisers ………………………………… 18

IN THIS ISSUE

1/1/2020 Happy New Year

Office Closed

1/7 Liturgical Class 7 pm

1/10 Friday Guest Speaker

1/12 Board Meeting 9:30 am

1/14 History Class 7 pm

1/17 Tot Shabbat 5:45 pm

1/23 Liturgical Class 7 pm

1/25 Dalet & Hey Class Svc @ Or Shalom

1/26 Men’s Club - Guest Speaker Larry Bilker

1/28 History Class 7 pm

2/8 Jr. Congregation @

CBENT 10:30 am

2/17 Office Closed

Follow us on Facebook and at orshalom.com

January 10th

Friday Night Speaker

8:15 pm

Dr. Bruce Terry

January 26th 10 AM

Men’s Club

Larry Bilker speaking on

Personal Technology

HORIZONS 2 JANUARY 2020 Tevet, 5780—Sh’vat, 5780

Horizons is published monthly. Materi-al submitted for publication may be edited for style, length and content. Please contact the office to report any errors or omissions. Thank you. Editor: Lauren Porter Congregation Or Shalom 835 Darby-Paoli Road Berwyn, PA 19312 Phone: 610-644-9086 www.OrShalom.com E-mail: [email protected]

Congregation Or Shalom Executive Committee

President: Andrew Levin Vice President: Treasurer: Alan Daroff Secretary: Larry Bilker Membership: Scott Markovitz Events/Fundraising: IPP:

Auxiliary & Community Groups

Sisterhood: Mindy Bernstein Men’s Club: Dan Bernick Social Action: Gina Arlen Education Chair: Alice Presley

Ritual Committee: Joel Stern

Advertising rates Advertising contracts are arranged through the Temple office. All adver-tising is due the first of the month for next month’s edition of Horizons. We accept ads with a check made out to Congregation Or Shalom and the ad copy sent at the same time. Size 11 issues Per issue Full Page $1000 $110 1/2 page $750 $80 1/4 page $500 $60 1/8 page $250 $35

Or Shalom Sisterhood is delighted to announce that you can sponsor an Oneg for any celebration you wish! Friday night and/or Saturday

morning. The Sisterhood will be happy to purchase it and set it up, we only want you to join us and

celebrate! Call Julie Miller at (267) 886-9171 or email Julie at [email protected]

Do you know Unaffiliated Jews in Chester County, Montgomery County

and Delaware County?

Celebrate with an Oneg

Do you have Jewish friends or acquaintances who live in Chester County, Montgomery County and Delaware County who are not already members of a synagogue? If you do, why not invite them to one of the upcoming events at Or Shalom. They may have a good time and decide to come back. They may have such a good time that they decide to become members themselves. According to a recent survey by the Jewish Federation, there are many, many unaffiliated Jews in Chester county. We’d love to contact them, but don’t know who they are. You can help. Todah rabah!


Rabbi’s Reflections

We made it to 2020 and our Gregorian year was full of ups and downs. Just last month we witnessed the targeting of and terror towards the Jewish community with the shootings in Jersey City and the violent vandalism in Beverly Hills. Both of these events we experienced deep loss of two things that we hold central in Judaism: life and Torah. In a recently published American Jewish Community survey, administered in the Fall of 2019, we learned the following:

88% of Jews think that antisemitism is a problem in the United States, with 38% believing it is a serious problem

Over the past five years, 84% of Jews think that antisemitism has increased in the United States And of those that were targets of antisemitic attacks or remarks 75% did not report the Incident

This is unsettling and concerning. Many among us, myself included, are asking the questions: what happens now, what do we do as Jews, how do we create safe spaces for ourselves and the members of our community? And of course, the meta question: why is this happening and why now? I wish I had the answers to these important questions. I, along with you, have ideas, but they are not answers. But what I do know is that the only way we can attempt to answer these important questions, let alone change the current state of things, is that we must come together in community even more so then before, so that we can address these questions together and more importantly find answers together. Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel so wisely said: “Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” Some are probably asking, where is G-d among this pain and distress? G-d is here, G-d is with our community and wants to be even closer to us. Elie Weisel also wrote: “I have not lost faith in G-d. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to G-d for that reason.” This is one way to engage with G-d. Some may engage through belief in the many faces of G-d which we learn in the Torah, such as: protector, strength, and compassionate one. In either case, amidst this community we can be close to one another and also welcome G-d even closer within us, whether it be through anger or support. And we experience G-d the most when we are in relationship with one another, as the Jewish Philosopher Martin Buber argued “connection between two people is where G-d resides.” Because although there are those who try and divide us, we remain together. When they try and push us into a corner of fear, we grab hands and stand together in strength.


january YAHRZEITS

January 3, Tevet 6, 5780

Sol Harman, husband of Ruth Harman

Simon Markind, father of Dan Markind


Sarah Rosen, mother of Lawrence Rosen

Martin Stein, father of Mitchen Stein


Harry Hughes, father of Anne Burke

Jonathan Wolf Lafair, son of Charlotte Lafair, brother of Julie Miller

Jacob Mand, grandfather of Jeffrey Mand

Mary Mand, grandmother of Jeffrey Mand


Alan G. Routman, father of Mindy Markovitz


Vivian Rose, mother of Andrea Allon


Siegbert Kosterich, father of Jeff Kosterich


Michael Goldman, brother of Dede Strumpf

Stephen Zatuchni, brother of Beth Zatuchni


Leonard Gordon, father of Lisa Leff


Moe Blaustein, father of Bernie Blaustein


Max Dreiblatt, father of Hedda Shupack

Pauline Dreiblatt, mother of Hedda Shupack

Morris S. Jenkins, father of Lane Liebman

Saul Shupack, husband of Hedda Shupack


Irving Rubin, father of Harriet Krant


Leon Messing, father of Florence Messing

January 27, Shevat 1, 5780

Betty Fox, mother of Stephen Fox

Leonard Roy Lurie, brother of Howard Lurie


Contributions

Congregation Or Shalom gratefully acknowledges the following

generous contributions in the month of November 2019

Building Fund Michael & Gina Arlen: A/C Project Michael Leshem Fund Alan & Susan Daroff: Memory of Michael Sachs Leshem Roslyn & Steven Koss: Memory of Michael Sachs Leshem Misc. Events Alan & Susan Daroff: December 2019 Concert Yahrzeit Donations Bernard & Paula Blaustein: Memory of May Seidenberg Sam & Hilda Daniel: Memory of Mazel Daniel Leslie Jay & Laurie Katz: Memory of Michael Katz Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Alan & Susan Daroff: Donation High Holidays Steven & Marilyn Noble: High 2019 Holidays General Fund Alan & Susan Daroff: Donation Gad & Diane Hazum: Donation


If you asked local endodontist Dr. Bruce Terry, “what could be more fun than a root canal?” he might surprise you with the answer. This full time dentist is

a part-time mountaineer having the rare distinction of climbing the highest mountains of the seven continents. Hear the lessons he learned making his way uphill on

January 10 at Congregation Or Shalom as part of its popular Friday Night Speakers Series.

The Friday Night Lecture Series on January 10, 2020 begins with 7:30 pm Shab-

bat services followed by an 8:15 pm presentation by Dr. Terry.

Mount Everest? Mount Kilimanjaro? Dr. Terry has checked off climbing the

Seven Summits on his bucket list with travels to Russia, Argentina, Indonesia and Alaska. He made “practice” climbs in exotic places like Cho Oyu, Tibet.

"As an endodontist, I spend my days looking in the tiniest of little spaces. I go and

mountain climb to try to get the big picture of life," Dr. Terry explained. "Mountaineering puts me in opportunities to see the bigger picture and have

challenges that are different. It does relate to dentistry because, at the end of the day, patients are challenges; teeth are challenges; insurance companies are challenges.

Mountaineering teaches me patience, how to look for opportunities and to always be my best."

He completed his Seven Summits goal in May 2019 when he reached the summit of

Mount Everest with his climbing group in Nepal. Congregation members will hear about his decades-long training routines and the thrill of reaching the top of the world’s

highest peaks.


Join us for Tot Shabbat!

We are starting a Tot Shabbat service once a month targeted towards kids, 0-6 (older siblings always welcome!). Bring your kids, your grandkids, tell other families

and friends!

Everyone welcome, one does not need to be a member to attend.

We will come together to prepare for Shabbat (kids will have the opportunity to set up for Shabbat every week using

their own playset), sing a few songs, and focus on a different theme every month. Grape juice and challah provided.

*The Tot Shabbat service is not a substitute for regular Friday night services, they are an addition.*

Mark your calendars for the following Fridays, 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm:

January 17th: Shema February 14th: Tu B'Shevat and Love

March- June dates to be determined.


Men’s Club events

Men’s Club Brunch on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 10 am

Larry Bilker

presentation on personal technology


Or Tamid Religious Calendar January 2020


Social action news


On next page is the reservation form for the Sunday, April 26, 2020 Dorothy Freedman Memorial Conversation with Survivor program that will take place from 10:00am-12:30pm at Moore College of Art and Design (20th Street & the Ben Franklin Parkway.Philadelphia). Students in 7th-12th grades will have the opportunity to meet with a Holocaust Survivor in a smaller group setting and then all groups will come together to hear from an inspiring keynote speaker. The program, which includes transportation and a light breakfast, is provided free of charge by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's Jewish Community Relations Council. Please see the attached the form to make your school's reservation for the program. The Conversation program takes place prior to the Philadelphia Community Memorial Ceremony for the Six Million Jewish Martyrs held at 1:00 p.m. that same afternoon at the Holocaust Memorial at 16th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Each year hundreds of members of our community memorialize those who died in the Holocaust. As the years go by, the Survivor community is decreasing and so there is an increased responsibility on the rest of the Jewish community to honor and recall those who perished at the hands of the Nazis. We strongly encourage you to have your students stay for the beginning of the Ceremony to participate in the March of the Generations. It has great meaning to those Survivors present at the Ceremony. Beth Razin <[email protected]>

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia


April 26, 2020 DOROTHY FREEDMAN CONVERSATION WITH A SURVIVOR

Program is held at Moore College of Art and Design, 1916 Race St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

REGISTRATION FORM Deadline: April 6, 2020

Name of Synagogue/Organization: ______________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip: ______________________________________________________________ Contact Person making reservation: _____________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________ Fax: _________________________________ E-Mail (required): _____________________________________________________________ Buses are provided free of charge for this event:

Bus departure location: __________________________________________________

Pick up time for departure: ____________ (note: Program begins at 10:00am)

Return options:

_____We will depart immediately from Moore College after the morning Conversation program at 12:30pm

_____We will participate in the March of the Generations at the beginning of the Memorial Ceremony, departing for return at 1:30pm

_____We will stay until the end of the Memorial Ceremony (@ 16th & Arch Sts), departing apx.

2:45pm

Number of Students: _______ Grades of Students: _________ Number of Adults:________

(Maximum number of passengers: 48 per bus *)


Apply for Scholarship Funds

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia offers two different kinds of scholar-

ships for Jewish camps and another for Israel Programs.

Need-based camp scholarship applications are now open, with overnight camp appli-

cations closingJanuary 31, 2020 and day camp applications closing March 9, 2020. The appli-cation period is also open for One Happy Camper grants, for first-time campers; alt-hough there is no official deadline, a limited number of grants are available. For more information and to apply, https://jewishphilly.org/resources/scholarships/camp-scholarships

. Israel Program scholarships are needs-based and are available to eighth graders and up (including adults!), who would like to participate in educational or volunteer pro-grams in Israel. Applications are accepted year-round. For more information about The Israel Program Scholarship Aid Fund (IPSAF) scholarship https://jewishphilly.org/resources/scholarships/israel-program-scholarships


Special opportunity for students entering 10th & 11th

grade in fall 2020

Program Dates: July 26 thru 31, 2020


Rhonda Cohen MSW JEVS Career Strategies

Administrator of Community Relations 2100 Arch Street 4

th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103 [email protected]

(215) 832-0876

JEVS Human Services

mailto:[email protected]


Donations

We would like to thank those who have donated books and other items

to the synagogue. Unfortunately, just like you, we have no space to

accept most of the books and other items that have been donated

unsolicited. Please contact the synagogue office before you drive over

to drop off items. If we can use the items, we will welcome them and

provide a tax letter receipt but if we just have no room for the items you

want to donate, please consider another worthy cause for your donation.

Membership Directory

The new simplified membership directory and class list is now posted on our web site. It is password protected (todarabah) and will be

updated regularly as members notify the office of changes to their information.

Please review it today to make sure information about your family is correct.

If not, contact the office with changes


Or Shalom Donation Form

I would like to help support Or Shalom. I have specified each donation and I have included one check for the total amount payable to Or Shalom. Please send all donations to: Congregation Or Shalom, 835 Darby Paoli Road, Berwyn PA 19312

Name____________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________ Fund #________Amount $________ Phone #___________________ Made in memory of________________________________________ Made in honor of__________________________________________ Speedy Recovery__________________________________________ Send acknowledgment to (include address)

Name____________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________ Fund #________Amount $________ Phone #___________________ Made in memory of________________________________________ Made in honor of__________________________________________ Speedy Recovery__________________________________________ Send acknowledgment to (include address)

Definition of Funds

1. Building Fund: Donations are used for the continuous upkeep of our building. These funds help offset unexpected expenses such as A/C, Heater, roof repair and any emergency repairs to our facility. 2. Beautification Fund: Donations are used for the upkeep of our grounds. Trees, plants, mulch, etc.

3. Biblical Garden Fund: Donations are used to maintain and support our biblical garden. 4. Paul Seres Education Endowment Fund: This fund is maintained to provide interest income for restricted use by the synagogue for Education. 5. General Fund: All monies donated to this fund will supplement the current year’s budget.

6. Hebrew School: Funds are used for the needs of the Religious School. Examples: Bulletin boards, books and school supplies, etc. 7. Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund: The Rabbi uses these funds for charitable purpose. Donations to this fund can be made directly to the synagogue office.

8. Social Action: Donations will be used for all social action events and programs. Any questions to this fund should be addressed to Gina Arlen at [email protected]. 9. Tree of Life: A leaf can be purchased to honor or commemorate any important life event. The cost of a leaf is $180.00 which will be displayed in our foyer. For more information please contact office at 610-644-9086

10. Yahrzeit Plaque: Two plaques can be purchased for $360.00. The first would be a permanent plaque on the back wall of the sanctuary. The second plaque would be placed during the week of the Yahrzeit on the memorial wall in the front of the sanctuary. Additional information will be requested when purchasing a plaque. Please contact Ellen Gross at [email protected] for more information.

11. Oneg: Sponsor an Oneg for Friday night and /or Saturday morning for any celebration you with. The cost is $45.00 and the Sisterhood will purchase and set it up. Checks should be made payable to Or Shalom Sisterhood

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