What’s Inside:

Page 2 • Cantor’s Message • Gospel Shabbat

Page 3 - 4 • Worship

Page 5 • Ansin Religious School • B’nei Mitzvah

Page 6-7 • Tributes • Circle of Giving

Page 8 • Sisterhood • Brotherhood

Page 9-10 • Special Meeting of the

Membership

Page 11-13 • Yizkor Elohim

100 Blessings a Day Rabbi John Franken

Lieberman; Deborah Langston; Aaron and Katherine and George Miller; Amanda Bushnell; Phil Bressler; Jessica Soler; Nigel Mustapha; Mara, Bob, Hannah, Sophie and Lilah Goldstein; Joanna, Rob, Charlie and Teddy Gilman; Sharon, Craig, Hannah and Caleb Sender; Suzan Blankenstein Chin, Carlton and Shayna; Adam Barnosky; Iourii Belenkii; Lauren Cutler; Josh and Karina Gilbert; Brett, Mimi, Ella and Avery Moss; Rob, Ella and Dylan Sherry; Cecile, Marc, Eitan and Raphael Timsit; and Maya, Rollan and Isabel Shnayderman. Each one has a unique story, but each chose TOS as their spiritual home along many others in the last two years. Last month, at a lovely new member reception hosted by John and Beth Gamel, I had the opportunity to bring some of them together and welcome them formally. As we draw these wonderful people into synagogue life, they are already bringing blessings into our community. Please join me in extending a prolonged and warm welcome to the newest members of the TOS family. Get to know them and invite them into your home! For my part, one of my delights as your rabbi is the opportunity to get to know you and for us to become important parts of each other’s lives. To that end I invite you, if you haven’t already, to come by for a cup of coffee or tea, whether it is to discuss a serious personal issue or simply to schmooze. May the spring bring us all new life, personal growth and renewal!

I hope all of us had a joyous and meaningful Passover, and that “Dayeinu,” is still echoing in our ears. “Dayeinu,” after all, is more than a catchy tune. It represents an attitude for living Jewishly. Especially in an age that prizes perfection and continually urges us to want more and do more, “Dayeinu” teaches us the spiritual values of feeling satisfaction with what we have achieved already. It instructs us to count the blessings with which we have already been bestowed. It helps us to cultivate an attitude of gratitude. And what would life be like without the “Dayeinu” approach? Consider that as the Israelites marched out of Egypt and into the wilderness, the greatest threat they faced wasn’t Amalek or Pharaoh, or even starvation or drought. The biggest threat they faced was of becoming wanting, demanding, and overcome by a sense of the grass being greener. For this they brought on themselves many a disaster. In the end their dissatisfaction exacted a heavy price. Only the new generation, the one born after the Exodus, would enter the Promised Land; and only their descendants would come to experience the meaning and satisfaction of “Dayeinu—It would have been enough!” With this in mind, particularly in this season of our joy, I invite us all to take stock not of our many wants, challenges, and shortcomings, but of our many blessings as a synagogue community. We are blessed with wonderful, caring congregants. We are blessed with a talented and dedicated staff. We are blessed with a magnificent facility which is being renewed, expanded and modernized. We are blessed with a growing and thriving preschool and a religious school that is working hard to engage our kids and families in a 21st century context. We are blessed with engaging adult learning which now includes Torah Study, Adult b’nei mitzvah, and weekly Introduction to Judaism classes (now with upwards of 35 students!). And we are blessed with more worship opportunities—on weekdays and Shabbat, on holidays and festivals, at Hebrew school and preschool and beyond—than probably any other Reform synagogue in the entire country is. We are also blessed by the many people who in the last several months have chosen to join our Temple community. New members include Merri Arnold; Carol

Progressive in attitude yet traditional in practice, Temple Ohabei Shalom is an inclusive Reform Jewish community committed to nurturing, sustaining, and touching Jewish lives through joyful worship, life

long-learning, and repair of the world in word and deed.

May & June 2010 / Iyyar - Tammuz 5770

Tidings Temple Ohabei Shalom - Judaism in Motion

Illness? Hospitalization? Engagement?

Wedding? Birth?

Simcha?

Please let us know…

617-277-6610

Please save these two dates when we will honor Shirley Spero and Spencer Gould for their deep and lasting contributions to the TOS community: May 16 at 9:30 a.m. Breakfast honoring Shirley Spero as Brotherhood Person of the Year. See page 10. May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Gospel Shabbat service honoring Spencer Gould. See page 2.

Every night at bedtime, my children sing the Sh’ma. They sing in lovely, little girl voices, the “traditional” melody composed by Solomon Sulzer in mid-nineteenth century Vienna. But my daughter, Sonya, has taken to singing the Sh’ma twice each night. She sings it first, as she has learned it, with her best possible Hebrew. And then she sings it her way. Sometimes she changes the words or tune. Sometimes she echoes each word as she sings (“sh’ma-ma-ma-ma Yisrael-el-el-el…). In short, she has a great time while singing

the Sh’ma.

That a five-year-old has a great time performing a millennia old Jewish ritual every night is no small statement. It says a great deal about her, our family, our Jewish community (both Temple Ohabei Shalom and the JCC) and the future of our people. And it exemplifies my ideals as a cantor and as a Jewish leader, and the ideals of our synagogue and education programs. Judaism has wonderful traditions, but in order to create a vibrant, relevant Jewish experience, we need to embrace both our traditions and our unique, modern sensibilities. Here are a few upcoming events that exemplify this approach and the joy and fulfillment that the participants display:

A Message From the Cantor Cantor Randall Schloss

Name:___________________________________ ____ Adult Dinners at $12 $_______ ____ Child Dinners at $8 $_______ (under the age of 12)

Donation to defray expenses $_______ TOTAL AMOUNT $_______

Please RSVP to the Temple Ohabei Shalom office by Tuesday, May 18.

Make checks payable to TOS or you can call

the office to pay by credit card.

If you have any questions, please call the synagogue office 617-277-6610.

Temple Ohabei Shalom’s Annual

Friday, May 21, 7:30 PM

Honoring our beloved member, Spencer Gould

Come hear 40 voices united in song as our guests, the Boston Community Choir (a.k.a. The Boston Pops Gospel Choir), joins our own Temple Ohabei Shalom Choir for this energetic and moving service. Invite your friends and neighbors to join us for this highlight of our music and worship calendar. Please note the later start time for this special Erev Shabbat service. This is a night not to be missed! A festive Oneg will follow services. A Congregational Dinner will precede the service at 6:30pm (RSVP required).

• On April 30th, our Judaism in Motion service will be enhanced by the participation of all of our ARS students and teachers for our Teacher Appreciation Service.

• On May 18th, we celebrate the festival of Shavuot and the Confirmation of our tenth grade students.

• On May 21st we sing and dance on Gospel Shabbat as the TOS Choir joins together with the Boston Community Choir for a moving Shabbat experience for all.

• On June 5th, Six adult women will lead us in Shabbat services as they become B’not Mitzvah. I think it is fair to say that this year and a half long journey has been transformative, captivating, and fun for all.

None of the above would matter at all if the participants didn’t feel a similar connection as Sonya does. As Reform Jews in particular, we cannot participate for purely traditional reasons. Our Jewish connection succeeds only when we are engaged and inspired as individuals. So come, join in and lend your unique voice to our communal Sh’ma. L’shalom,

Great Opportunity!

Seize the opportunity to participate in a unique tradition at Ohabei Shalom. We have been the only Reform Temple in New England to offer Daily Worship Services both mornings and evenings for over 60 years. These have always been led by lay members of the congregation. Openings are available for new worship leaders. Training will be provided. Hebrew reading skills are not a requirement. To find out more call: Ita N. Wiener at 617-734-7137 or Spencer Gould at 781-329-7439. We look forward to seeing you at services!

Worship

Lucy Florman Hannah Gottlieb

Laura Jacobs Sydney Karnovsky

Beth Lazarus

Oren Leifer Sonia Marton

Emily Mogavero Hannah Mogavero

Sophia Mosner-Koor Max Shore

/ohsxj ,Ukhn§D k©g§u vsIcg©v k©g§u vrIT©v k©g :s¯nIg okIgv o³hrc§S vJO§J k©g The world is sustained by three things: Torah, worship and righteous acts. ~Pirkei Avot

Shabbat Torah Study

Twice a month (2nd and 4th Saturdays)

May 8 and 22 June 12 and 26

9:00 am – 10:15 am

Join us as we read (in English), discuss, debate, and learn together in a warm and welcoming environment. The sessions will be facilitated by Rabbi Franken or by a lay volunteer who has prepared topics for discussion. Torah study is always “come as you are,” and no preparation is required (or expected). Dress comfortably, and perhaps bring a spouse or friend.

We meet in the Berenson Library. Coffee and tea are provided. No experience necessary! All opinions welcome.

Please join the Ohabei Shalom Community as we honor the Confirmation Class of 5770

Tuesday, May 18 at 7:30 pm, oneg to follow

Shavuot and Yizkor Service - Wednesday, May 19 at 10:30 am

Worship

Haverim Shabbat Friday, May 14 & June 11

6:00pm

Please joing our new young adult group “Haverim” for our monthly Shabbat program. We will meet at 6pm at Temple Ohabei Shalom for the Erev Shabbat Service, and then together we'll head to out for some drinks. No fee. No RSVP. Just your smiling face required. See you then!

5:45 - Tot Shabbat Service

6:30 - Community Dinner $12 per Adult; $6 per Child

7:30 - Shabbat Rishon Service Call the office at 617-277-6610 to RSVP!

and Shabbat Rishon

Friday, May 7 & June 4

Mindfulness and Meditation

Saturday, June 19

9:00am - 10:15am

Please join Rabbi Franken

and Donna Rubenoff for

mindfulness and silent

meditation before Shabbat

morning services.

We will study a Psalm

related to mindfulness

followed by a brief

introduction to

meditation, silent

meditation, and

end with the singing

of a niggun.

Clara Ben-Ari Marton

Daughter of Danit Ben-Ari and Tom Marton

May 1, 2010 • 17 Iyyar 5770 Parsha Emor

For my Bat Mitzvah project, I have chosen to serve dinner every other Thursday at Hebrew Senior Life in Brookline. I love participating in this because I can offer kindness to people who may be lonely. I do this with a few of my friends and it is rewarding and fun to be together helping people in our own community. I also will donate some of my Bat Mitzvah money to the Animal Rescue League. I love animals and have been a vegetarian for four years. I look forward to volunteering there when I turn sixteen.

Ashley Elizabeth Davidson

Daughter of Laurie and Len Davidson

May 8, 2010 • 24 Iyyar 5770 Parshat Behar-Bechukotai For my Bat Mitzvah project I have been working to assist people suffering from cancer, especially brain tumors. This is of special importance to me as my grandmother Helen died of a brain tumor. At Chanukah I began this project. Rather than exchanging gifts, I asked members of my family to make donations to the Brain Tumor Foundation. After my Bat Mitzvah, I wil l be riding in the Children’s Pan Mass challenge. This bicycle mini-marathon fundraiser will help raise money to provide support for cancer research and to help in the care and treatment of cancer patients.

Important ARS Dates:

Ansin Religious School

Last Days of School Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! Monday, May 10 for Jr. Chai and High School Monday, May 10 at 4:00pm Tuesday, May 11 for Kindergarten - Grade 6 The final gatherings of the year for girls in grades 7 & 8 are on Monday, May 10, 2010 from 4 - 6 pm. Confirmation Service - Erev Shavuot Join us for Erev Shabbat Services to honor this year’s Confirmation students. See the invitation on page 3.

Isabel Schulman Daughter of Wendy Wolf and Andy Schulman

May 15, 2010 • 2 Sivan 5770 Parshat Bamidbar

For her Mitzvah Project, Isabel chose to support Grassroot Soccer (GRS). GRS trains African soccer stars, coaches, teachers, and peer educators in the world’s most HIV-affected countries to deliver an interactive HIV prevention and life skills curriculum to youth. This organization uses the power of soccer in the fight against HIV and AIDS. As an avid and competitive soccer player since kindergarten, Isabel is excited and honored to support this vital cause. To learn more about GRS, visit their website: www.grassrootsoccer.org. Emmett Howard Gordon Son of Christina and Michael Gordon

May 22, 2010 • 9 Sivan 5770 Parsha Naso

Emmett's Mitzvah Project is related to his personal interest in The Special Olympics of Massachusetts (SOMA). Emmett will be volunteering at the State Soccer Tournament in Byfield, Massachusetts in October. Soccer is one of the most popular sports for Special Olympics athletes and it contains the youngest age bracket of athletes in all Special Olympic events, so this is a natural fit for Emmett. SOMA hosts 115 teams at the State Soccer Tournament, so they are very grateful to have Emmett on board as a volunteer. In addition, on Emmett's Bar Mitzvah invitation, he requested that his guests make a donation in his honor to SOMA instead of receiving traditional gifts.

Mazel Tov to our B’nei Mitzvah

Tributes In Memory of Samuel Hazen David E. Rosengard

In Honor of The Naming of Chloe Penn

In Memory of Morris Dresner In Honor of Rabbi Franken, Cantor Schloss, Shari Churwin and Kate Mikesh

In Memory of

Morah Rohna’s Dear Mother Enid P. Talambiras In Memory of Shifra Tanfilyev Beloved Nephew Daniel Lefman Shepard Robert Glass Bell B. Shapiro Saul Kaplan Marvin Meyer Mitchel Koritz Doris Waldman Eufegenio Soto Herman S. Greene Jeanette Brooks Helen Berk G. Irving Hillson Ida Alberg Myer Cohen Samuel Siegal Rita Cohen Shurdut Seymour Lewis

Rosita & Aaron Shinberg Doris R. Zich Jack and Rita Cohen Morris Greenbaum Norman and Selma Sherman Roger and Myrna Landay Judith Robbins Bernice Levinson Warren and Nancy Winnick Robert A. Beal Ida and Barry Sidman Richard and Roslyn Wennett Ann Ruth Lipman Elaine Cohen Samuel and Anita Leibowitz Scott and Susie Allen Martin Plovnick and Milly Krakow Dan and Eva Deykin Raymond Mannos Elizabeth H. Levin Milton and Dorothy Kassner Phoebe Langenthal Louise Levingston Dr. Barry Goldberg Project for Our Future Daniel W. Krueger

Jacob W. Shinberg Phillip and Josephine Zich Beloved Mother Alice E. Ginsberg Henry Polak Goerge Shuman Martin M. Landay Martin L. Robbins Freida Diamond Rose and David Winnick Julius Beal Harry Rosenberg Charles Wennett Ira Lipman Esther M. Ruthfield Beatrice Borteck Barbara Fine Max Plovnick David Yona Edythe Mannos Simon L. Levin Ethel Kassner Beloved Father Nathan Smith Donald J. Gillespie, Jr. In Honor of Daily Worship Service Leaders

Bruna H. and David E. Rosengard Fund Robert Rosengard Congregational Dinner Fund Daniel W. Krueger James E. McCafferty R. K. (Shelley) Schwartz David Seldin and Cathryn Stein Shirley Spero Herman and Sandra Rosen Flower Fund Gerald and Toby Penn

Esther Strachman General Fund Debra and Abram Klein Hannah, Sharon, Craig Sender and Nanna R. K. (Shelley) Schwartz Minyan Fund Elizabeth and Aaron Rivin Spencer and Eddie Gould Catherine Glass Nelda S. Maltz Kyra and Eliot Harold and Sylvia Koritz Lois Nathan Hilda Lopez Alan and Susan Greene Richard L Brooks Fred Berk Rabbi and Babs Abromowitz June Hurwitz Doris S. Cohen Cynthia Siegal Shurdut Family Edwin Lewis and Resa Lewis Arovas

Circle of Giving 5770 Co-Chairs: Spencer Gould & Cathryn Stein

Leadership Gifts We wish to honor the generous benefactors who have provided Leadership Gifts to fund specific initiatives and to promote The Circle of Giving:

$25,000: Mike & Christina Gordon Doug & Toni Gordon $20,000: Richard Leibovitch & Cindy Roseman Shirley Spero

Annual Appeal We are grateful to the valuable donors who have contributed to our annual appeal, The Circle of Giving (gifts received through April 12th):

Pillars ($ 5000+) Dick & Carol Daynard Rabbi John Franken Cantor Randall Schloss Alexander & Brenda R. Tanger

Benefactors ($2500 – $4999) David G. Kanter Bill & Lynn Kargman Steven & Janet Kouroubacalis Chip Shore & Shari Lisann Donald Steinbrecher & Shellee Robbins Andy Sumberg & Mindy Berman

Patrons ($1200 - $2499) Cherise & Bob Bransfield John & Beth Gamel in honor of Rabbi Franken & Cantor Schloss Spencer & Betsy )ז״ל )Gould Eddie & Betsy Jacobs (continued next column)

Sustainers (continued) Leonard Davidson & Laurie Katzman Saul & Doris Feldman Jonathan & Lissa ז״ל( ) Florman Larry & Denise Green Ellen Harder & Edward Bloom Clifton & Ruth Helman Lisa Irvings, Michael, Nathan & Henry Brill Jonathan Kaufman & Barbara Howard The Kaufman-Howard Family in memory of George Kaufman Hana Kolton-Patsouris & Peter Patsouris Dorothy Lebach Louise Levingston Alan Litchman & Laura Trust R. K. (Shelley) Schwartz Robert & Tamara Sitkoff Cathryn Stein & David Seldin Herbert & Hanna Zeiger

Patrons (continued) Allison & Eric Rimm Adrienne Shishko & Joel Sklar TOS Sisterhood Betsy Gould Mitzvah Fund in Loving Memory of Betsy Gould

Guardians ($1000 - $1199) Ted & Cynthia Berenson Daniel & Eva Deykin Bill & Marcia Harris Ed & Margie Kahn Donald Levin & Thomas Horn Martin & Diane Trust

Sustainers ($360 - $999) Scott & Susie Allen Sara Arbel in honor of Martin Patsouris Danit Ben Ari & Tom Marton Selma Bengis Marc & Denise Casper (continued next column)

Anonymous (3) Ciro & Ellen Alfaro Jonathan Atkins & Barbara Rome Louis & Jane Barber Adam Barnosky Marilyn Barron George Bazer Joseph Beck David Bernstein & Donna Sorgi Teresa Betit & Howard Lurie Bernard & Marjorie Birnbaum Stuart Blitz & Emily Fuchs Roberta Brucker Hubert & "Ray" Caplan in memory of Betsy Gould and in honor of Spencer Gould Jesse Cochin & Alice Newton Beryl & Barbara Cohen Elaine Cohen Timothy Cooley & Marilyn Novich Marilyn & Andre Danesh Steven Davis Eugene Deutsch & Eva Balash Jason Dubey Stephanie Duchin in appreciation of Rabbi Franken Leona Estridge Marion Fertel Corinne E. Gilbert

Robert Gilman & Joanna Skoler-Gilman Beth Glasky Gertrude Goldberg Elinor Goldman Louis Goldman Arnie & Tracy Greenfield Judith Halper in memory of Bea & Sam Halper Barbara Helfgott Hyett Florence Hootstein Sam & Anne Jacobs Dan & Priscilla Karnovsky Mark & Beth Kates Estelle Katz Stan Keizer Steve Kern Aaron Kravitz Jerome Kravitz Maya Krisgsgaber Daniel Krueger Rabbi Paul & Marilyn Levenson Jami Levine & Alan Beggs Nathan Levine Marc Linderman Tammy & Bob Loeb Hilda Lopez-Soto Joan & Jay Meltzer Sherry Michelson Greg & Ilene Mogavero

Laura Moskowitz & Robin Shore Ellen Mosner & Howard Koor Carl Ostroff Josh & Tanya Paris Stephen & Roberta Paris William Price & Arlene Scherer Richard & Sonia Ravech Marc Revzin David Rogovin & Susan Liberman Sheldon & Hilde Rotenberg Tom & Donna Rubenoff Esther Rubinovitz Evelyn Ruby Zita Samuels Andrew Schloss & Nancy Bloom Lila Sesholtz Judy & Alan Shepro Katherine & Josh Shmikler Simon Singer & Elena Brachtel Phyllis Sisson in memory of Louise Parker James Palma Spunt Esther Strachman Myles and Lise Striar Ronny Sydney Michael Weintraub & Diane Rosen Ita N. Wiener Alexander & Marina Zelfond

Friends (up to $359) Friends (continued) Friends (continued)

We offer warm and loving thanks to the Congregants, Trustees, TOS Officers and Brotherhood Officers who have made calls on behalf of The Circle of Giving: Jonathan Atkins, Mindy Berman, Cherise Bransfield, Jesse Cochin, Len Davidson, Louis Goldman, Doug Gordon, Barbara Howard, Ed Kahn, Jonathan Kaufman, Dan Krueger, Bob Loeb, Diane Rosen, David Seldin, Chip Shore, Shirley Spero, Ronny Sydney, Cassandra Warshowsky and Michael Weintraub Add your name to our growing list of generous givers. The Circle of Giving provides for consistency in our funding and gives everyone the opportunity to join in supporting our community above and beyond the annual membership commitment. Join us this year as we strive for 100% congregant participation in our annual appeal. Gifts can be sent to Circle of Giving, 1187 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446.

Zita Samuels

Auxiliaries

Brotherhood News Jonathan Atkins & Louis Goldman

Sisterhood News

Thursday, May 6 at 7:00 pm is the Sisterhood's May event: "Make and Take" beading workshop. Please RSVP to Zita Samuels at zitasam@aol.com, or 617-277-3653. $10 fee for materials. Coffee & dessert will be served. See page 10 for more information. Monday, June 14, at 6:00 pm come enjoy dinner out at Pho Lemongrass, 329 Harvard Street, Brookline with the Sisterhood. Please contact Dottie Berman at dberman@ohabei.org or 617-738-8348 to RSVP. Dinner will be ordered off the menu and each sister will pay for her own dinner. Interested in a Sisterhood "field trip" to NewBridge on the Charles ( www.newbridgeonthecharles.com), a recently opened senior housing complex? If so contact Zita (zitasam@aol.com, or 617-277-3653) with your availability on Wednesday mornings in June and your transportation capabilities. Participants will be provided with an overview of the community as well as a tour of its excellent and extensive art collection, followed by light refreshments. This event is open to all members. Look out for more information. Help your family, friends, and colleagues usher in the New Year. Check out the Sisterhood Annual Rosh Hashana Honey Sale Ad on page 14. We have an early deadline of June 26 to ensure delivery of your orders before Rosh Hashanah. Submit your orders soon! Once again we extend congratulations to Sisterhood member and former Sisterhood vice president Shirley Spero on being honored by the Greater Boston Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee at their spring luncheon on May 3 and by the TOS Brotherhood at its Annual Spring Breakfast . We hope that all of you will attend to show your appreciation for all that Shirley has done for our community. Shirley, may you continue to go from strength to strength. We are so proud of you! We also congratulate Brotherhood officer and former president, Daily Worship Service co-chair, Trustee, past synagogue vice president, and all around "mensch" Spencer Gould who will be honored at the Gospel Service on Friday, May 21. For information about our small groups and book group please contact Amy Hozid at 617-566-1939 or ahozid@gmail.com. Contact Rhonda Solomon, coordinator of the Sisterhood Readers for the preschool, at seabirdshrs@verizon.net or 617-773-3549 to read to the children.

On Sunday, May 16th, 2010, at 9:30am our synagogue will hold our Temple Ohabei Shalom Annual Spring Breakfast with the Brotherhood. Please join us in thanking Shirley Spero for her dedication and generosity to the Ohabei Shalom Community! Held in Penn/Spero Hall, this breakfast will recognize Shirley Spero as the TOS 2010 Person of the Year and include a silent auction in raffle. Come enjoy and support the Brotherhood at its major fundraiser. Brotherhood funds go to provide essential programming and activities, benefiting our Brotherhood, synagogue, and the surrounding community. The morning also features our historic and fun raffle and silent auction. This year's Ben Adler Memorial Health Education Event, during our Annual Spring Breakfast, is Confronting the Diabetes Challenge: Progress and Hope. We are please to present our community with this special opportunity to learn in depth about this disease from Dr. Om Ganda of the Joslin Clinic, one of the foremost experts in this country and elsewhere in both the treatment of those affected by diabetes and as a teacher and researcher in this field. He is the Senior Physician at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School. Please do not miss this very important and unique chance to hear Dr. Ganda speak at our Brotherhood's Annual Spring Breakfast. We invite you to bring your family, relatives, friends, and colleagues with you to this important event. Advanced reservation tickets are available until May 9, 2010 at $18.00 per person, $10.00 per child (12 & Under), or $150.00 for a table of 10. Admission without reservation is $20.00 per person at the door. You may also call the synagogue office at (617) 277-6610 for more information. Are you interested in placing business ad or a Well Wish for Shirley Spero in our program book? If you are interested in this or other sponsorship opportunities: Please contact us at: Brotherhood@ohabei.org, or by calling Spence Gould at 781-329-7439. Concurrently, we will also be hosting the Annual Ben Adler Blood Drive in the Lissner Hall from 10am to 3pm. Please call the American Red Cross to schedule a blood donation at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE. As always, the Brotherhood wishes to thank everyone who has remembered to bring in or mail in their stamped Butcherie receipts. Please continue to support this vital program.

Project Bread’s 42nd Annual Walk for Hunger

Sunday, May 2 2010 7:00-9:00am

The Boston Common

With poverty and unemployment rising at unprecedented rates and 554,000 people across the state struggling to put food on the table, join Temple Ohabei Shalom’s Ansin Religious School at this year’s Walk for Hunger. The 20-mile Walk weaving through Boston, Brookline, Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge will include entertainment and free snacks and will help raise $4 million to fight hunger. For more information, visit www.projectbread.org/walk or call 617-723-5000.

Ohabei Shalom has been chosen to participate in an exciting Me’ah Brookline collaborative with Temple Beth Zion, Temple Sinai and Congreagation Kehillath Israel.

What is Me’ah? Me’ah is an exciting, two-year adult Jewish learning program, sponsored by Hebrew College and Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ Commission on Jewish Continuity and Education. Taught by renowned professors and scholars, Me’ah immerses active Jewish learners in core Jewish texts, providing them with a framework for understanding Jewish culture and civilization across four eras - biblical, rabbinic, medieval and modern. Me’ah gives students the opportunity to grow as literate students of Jewish life, and to join a growing community of adult learners.

Want to learn more? - Come to A Taste of Me’ah! Featuring Rabbi David Starr

Congregation Kehillath Israel Thursday, May 6th, at 7:30 p.m

Experience an evening of learning with a Me’ah teacher extraordinaire, Rabbi David Starr. Come and see what Me’ah is all about!

Community Notices

Temple Ohabei Shalom Annual Meeting

Please join the Ohabei Shalom Community on Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00pm

for our Annual Meeting.

Celebrate another wonderful year of innovative programming, Tikkun Olam, meaningful worship and lifelong learning. The 2010-2011 budget will be presented, new officers will be elected and Presidential and Rabbinic reports will be

given. Great thanks and a hearty Yasher Koach to Jesse Cochin and the outgoing Board Members! The Nominating Committee Proudly Presents the following Slate:

We hope you will be able to join us for this celebratory night!

Executive Committee Michael Weintraub President Ronny Sydney Vice President Shellee Robbins Vice President Saul Feldman Vice President

Executive Committee Edward Jacobs Vice President Edward Kahn Treasurer Martin Shore Asst. Treasurer Daniel W. Krueger Recording Sec.

Board of Trustees Andrew O’Connell Emily Fuchs Cathryn Stein Susan Zieger Roberta Brucker

Community Notices

Special May & June Birthdays

Anya Zelfond-Presayzen

Elisabeth Houston Osa Kamp

Lisa S. Kaplan Keith Kostick

Carol Lieberman Michelle Lipchin Aaron Shinberg Palma Z. Spunt

Scott Allen Adam Asarch

Suzan Blankschtein-Chin Timothy Cooley Barbara Epstein Marion Fertel Alan Greene

Donald R. Hootstein

Sisterhood Make and Take

Bead Making Worshop

May 6, 2010

7:00pm

Create your new favorite piece or make a gift at this workshop led by Ellen Mosner and assisted by Julie Boris and Sophia Mosner Koor. Please RSVP to Zita Samuels at zitasam@aol.com, or 617-277-3653. $10 fee for materials. Coffee and dessert will be served.

2nd Annual

Ben Adler Memorial Blood Drive

Hosted by

The Brotherhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom

Sunday, May 16th

10:00 am to 3:00 pm in Lissner Hall

Please call the American Red Cross to schedule

a blood donation at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.

Please join us as Temple Ohabei Shalom’s

Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class is called to the Torah!

Saturday, June 5,at 10:30 am

We hope you can join us for this special simcha.

Hilda Lopez Donna Rubenoff

Diane Rosen Shelley Schwartz Ronny Sydney

Cassandra Warshowsky

Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember

Charles W. Ginesky Edward Goldstein Harry Flamenbaum Harry L. Lipkind Hattie Wilson Helen Rosenthal Henry Wyner Ida Aronson Jacob Scheinfeldt Max H. Levy Norman B. Tobias Samuel Anthony Samuel J. Katz Simon Marlin Ellen Lotte Urbach Ethel Shapiro Hyman L. Schloss Jennie Wingersky Louis J. Adler Milton Grossman Robert Charles Tirk May 8-15 Abraham Schlesinger Benjamin Somer Bertha Marget Krinsky Isaac Cohen Joyce Sumberg Julius Lowenstein Rose Belitsky Ostrower Abraham Kirstein August Caro Bertha Obst Simons Hubert DeLynn Ida Olansky Irene Grund Joseph Gersh Kolman Fleisher Mildred Greenberg Solomon Goldfarb Solomon Goldkrand Abraham Levy David Goldberg Elinore Hootstein Grete Lebach Hanna Niditch Harry Geisinger Harry Katz Leo James Schildhaus

Nellie Bernstein Rosa Levi Cohen Walter Vanderwal Yetta Schmelzer Charlotte Rosnick Esther Levinsky Florence Levine Herbert Siegal Leonard Kudisch Louis Cohen Louis Kamin Margery Effenson Marie Stern Max Hoffman Rabbi Menahem M. Eichler Sara G. Cohen Saul Kaplan Anna Lou Gracia Anna Zimet Barney Fagelman Celia Leibowitz Florence J. Kimball George Kaplan Jacob Newman Julius Lebach Mannah N. Shrago Marjorie Golov Max Gerstein Muriel Smith Hurwitz Philip Miller Solomon Caro Barney Hurwitz C. Sidney Shapiro Edward E. Ginsburg Mildred Levin Morris Ralby Sidney Shapiro Anna Sobell Irving Adler Joseph Keezer Leo J. Altman Ada Dorfman Augusta R. Spector Jane Morningstar Janice Olins Morris Landman Pearl Kirstein Shaul Mashal Solomon Ascher

May 16-23 Flora Resnick Marilyn Belz Richard Caplan Sarah Herman Sarah Martha Nathan Abraham Katz Abraham P. Spitz Bertha Sheinwald George Zakon Ira Margolis Isabella Sheinwald Karl Burack Margaret Beal Martin Zanger Moses Gunsenhiser William Roginsky Wolfe James Smith Abraham B. Beal Alla M. Khlyap Baruch Fox Bella Fisher Esther R. Rosenberg Fannie Miller Ida Marvin Braun Jefferson S. Favermann Mildred Leifer William Ambuter Abraham Levy Beatrice Spector Bessie Hoffman Blanche L. Marks Cantor Erwin Wolkowich Esther Merriman Florence Plovnick Jacob Perlis Jennie Berk Joseph Libby Lillian L. Rolde Martin Orenberg Max Shapiro Michael Reece Morris Levin Rabbi Dudley Weinberg Sarah Rose Epstein Abraham Gershon Annie Touro Ben Adler

May 1-7 Beatrice Keizer David Presson Florence Feinberg Frances Klatzkin Hyman Hurwitz Isaac Bornstein Joseph Rosenfield Louis Horwitz Paul Bloom Paul Markson Rose Serkess Sofiya Podvalny Solomon Basch Beth Z. Lurier Elinore Green Fine Harold Chatis Jennie Beal Louis Markwett Mark Radlo Rae Needleman Suzanne Gardel Arlene Oppenheimer David H. Winnick Emma E. Frank Gertrude Stanger Joseph Kanter Lester Mintz Anna Koufman Anne Cogan Basia Voltson Esther G. Goldenberg Pauline S. Goldenberg Robert A. Sherman Solomon Shapiro Taten'ka Vorobyeva Clara Goldfarb Dora Marzynski Esther Gilder Goldie Chernus Henry Wyzanski Janet F. Small Joseph Leifer Marjorie Kapsten Maurice H. Hambro Mona P. Beal Sabet Y. Mangoubi Samuel Alman Alfred Harris

We extend our deepest sympathy to their families. Those listed below are recorded in our Book of Remembrance, windows, or on memorial plaques. A name in bold indicates that the plaque will be illuminated during the Shabbat of yahrzeit.

Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember, Continued Charolotte G. Wyzanski Clara Libby Beal Leon I. Shapiro Mary Greenhood Sadie L. Rosenthal Sarah Cohen Menachem Alfred Jacobson Celia R. Cherry Gordon B. Lassow Leo Chavis Louise Jacobson Rena Riess Sidney Newman Stanley Gaynor William Egon Schrage William Hurwitch Eliza Levy Harry Pristaw Henrietta Hyman Adler Irene Winterberg Jacob M. Mann Louis Finn Meyer Brodsky Millie Wolkowich Minnie Sherman Sumner Trombly William Sulkin May 24-31 Annette Gordon E. Geoffrey Nathan Kunia Zelfond Lena Belis Marshall Kates Max Shlanger Roman Krigsgaber Samuel Freiberg Samuel Goldman Sidney T. Small Henry G. Segal Louis H. Epstein Louis J. Risman Major L. Stern Max Frank Sylvia Usak Zelda Greenhood Max Krauskopf Ralph Bloom Simon Pearl Annabelle Berson Aron Kocherovskiy David Friedman Dora Fagelman Eva Drevitch Harold Goldstein Israel Sagoff

Marisha Sindolovskiy Mary Winnick Rome Rachel Hayman Berg Donald N. Urdang Harris Peyser Harry Greenfield Henrietta Cobe Ida Rosen Leslie Loeb Paul Steinhauer Selma Gordon Dr. H. Arthur Berson Edward Wingersky Frances Hausman Lillian Myers Max W. Goldman Earl M. Yavner Harold Harmon Harris Joffe Marilyn Howard Phillip Winnick Allan Meyers Charles H. Hertz Emanuel M. Helfgott Evelyn Posner Harriet Stein Louis Dresner Sara Gopen Weintraub Sumner David Goldberg Toby Kaufman William A. Feinberg Henrietta J. Fishel Isaac Endlar Leon Laserson Martin Levitan Myron Sherman Phillip Halpern Samuel Greenhood Thelma Levitan June 1-7 Alec Teleshefski Alvin Allen David Menachem Dora Starr Efim Podvalny Esther Seidler Frank Jampolsky Ida F. Miller Juste Maurice Miriam Applebaum Philip Phillips Rose Jacobson Rose M. Mosesohn Sam Darsa Sarah Mazer

Steven Fenster Thelma Alpert Price William Alpert Arnold Golov Beatrice B. Mersky Carl Moskowitz David Bromberg Ida Ginzberg Isidore Poust Karl Rauch Kenneth F. Butters Norman Palefsky Solomon Dilyock Sophie Lassow Alma Golov Esther Levi Fannie Sulkis Frances Gordon Scholl Harold S. Marks Ida Shapiro Isaac Daniels Jennie Feingold Jennie Menzer Joseph Mazer Laura C. Albert Lotta Slosberg Louis Lowenstein Maxwell B. Grossman Pauline E. Claff Toby Sue Fox Morris Clark Abraham Jacob Koritz George Oshry Jacob Wilker Joan M.F. Spunt Lena Pearl Ansin Roslyn Levine Walter Lisann Beatrice Oxman Edward Klein Esther Bergman Frank Zabarsky Irene Lebowich Natalie S. Padoll Anna Menzer Wolf Edith Neckes Evelyn Z. Grusby Herman Malcow Julius Rottenberg Luzer Khlyap Rose A. Franklin Stanley S. Lewenberg June 8-15 Benjamin Spinoza Dana Alan Berger

Hilda Goldberg Stepansky Maurice Elias Muran Mike Levine Myer Dana Neil Grossman Rae Basch Goldman Alice Rabinowitz Anna Shaps Benjamin Small Bertha Willis Emanuel Reisman Manuel M. Koufman Murray Fertel Renee Cochin Alvin Richard Haase Dorothy W. Pritzker Evelyn P. Ginesky Henry I. Bornstein Joseph Lourie Sylvia H. Kagan Charles Schlesinger Dorothy S. Barron Ethel Cohen Posner Gerard Kuchinski Harry Deykin Leonard Schlesinger Marty Fine Mary Madow Mitchell Rivitz Mollie F. Levin Robert M. Gargill Sally N. Glauber Zachary Lazarus Bernard Greenhood George M. Rosen Janice Rose Levinson Serkess Leo Possick Louis M. Gordon Marilyn Drevitch Isenberg Susan Brans Alice J. Stuart David Goose Ephraim Kaplan Genya Zippin Haim Cohen Harry C. Wilker Jack Brown James A. Mason Phillip E. Sage Samuel Solomon Arthur Bazer Gregory Abramovich Ira Steelman Myra Reisman Rose Cohen Blumenthal Rose R. Myerson

Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember, Continued Esther Nelson Max Simons Mollie Goldberg Rose Kateman June 16-23 Benjamin J. Shoolman Dorothy Bernson Frank Silverman Irwin Leibowitz Leo Desrosiers Masha Pasarevsky Mollie Sklar Mollie Smith Beatrice Feldberg Benjamin Springer Esther K. Zabarsky Helen Adams Lena Daniels Robert Effenson Roberta B. Koch Ruth Luster Shulamith Pierson Stella Meyers Abram Berkowitz Eva Neckes Frederic Wingersky Goldie Yarchin Herbert Shuman Mode Hilda Wolfson Cooper Ida A. Nathanson Jennie Taylor Marks Melissa Howard Nathan Festinger Pauline Siegal Benjamin Yarchin Charlotte Grodberg Eric Marmorek Irving W. Janock Joseph Koller Lillian R. Slotnick Minnie Levy Morris Rosen Phyllis Ruth Goodman Samuel Yasner Sumner Charles Sydeman Ann Silverman Arthur Gladstein Bessie Smith Celia Segal Willis Fannie Friedman Harry Tishelman Jay Lewis Levine Joseph Schultz Manny J. Freedman Stephan Kamp

Tsalo Lipchin William Dymsza Abraham Mashal Archie E. Balter David Rosenthal Eva Shapiro Grover B. Daniels Jennie Vershbow Julius Tofias Larry Franken Ora L. Katz Rebecca Lechten Saul Levine Trudy C. Zabarsky Bessie Berger Estelle N. Litter Harriet Shulman Joel B. Hartman Joseph Lacritz Joseph Nelson Max Feldman Simon Leslie Joseph Ernstina Levengston Esther Abelson H. Frieda Rosenthal Leah R. Corvin Manuel Held Morris Steigman Simon J. Helman William DuKaten Ziporah Rochwarger June 24-30 Elizabeth Vigor Evelyn R. Ansin Iosif David Vyshanker Lawrence J. Ansin Lilly Haber Louis Mason Malcolm Spunt Sarah T. Croan William David Sklar Babette Bornstein Elliot J. Englander Irving Hurwitz Joseph Kuchinski Lena Lipman Perlis Sarah Lebow Alfred Spear Babette Levy Gold Gerald M. Green Joseph Wilker Leah Goldstein M. Moses Rogovin Margaret Plovnick Melissa Howard

Minnie Cohen Beatrice S. Bass Bertha K. Wagman Frederick B. Seidler Joseph Y. Schooner Leib Rochwarger Louis Posner Mark Nelson Morris Raphael Sadie Weisberger George Ludensky Maurice S. Rogers Max Levenson Rivka Rosenthal Solomon Scheinfeldt William Wald Daniel Harris David Ansin David Rosenfield Elizabeth Oppenhimer Estelle Bernhardt Eva Caro Gertrude L. Barr Harold Oshry Harry Cohen Hyman Sherman Joseph Abrams Melvin Kritzman Mildred R. Robbins Robert Levi Solomon Gerson Solomon Gerson Genya Lisitsa Harry White Miriam Bond Morey Perlmutter Naomi Arnow Jacobs

NOW ENROLLING FOR SEPTEMBER 2010

May-June Calendar

Leadership Staff and Executive Board

John A. Franken, Rabbi Randall M. Schloss, Cantor

Emily G. Lipof, Rabbi Emerita David Brody, Acting Administrator

Shari A. Churwin, Education Director Karen Glansberg, Director of Early Education Kate Mikesh, Director of Informal Education

David Sparr, Music Director

Jesse Cochin, President Arnie Greenfield, Vice President

Cathryn Stein, Vice President Michael Weintraub, Vice President

Ronny Sydney, Vice President Martin Shore, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel W. Krueger, Recording Secretary

Candle Lighting Times

May 1 9:00am Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class 10:30am Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah of Clara Ben-Ari Marton Grade 6 B’nei Mitzvah Havurah 6 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 7:00pm Sisterhood Beadmaking—see page 10 7 5:45pm Tot Shabbat - see page 4 6:30pm Congregational Dinner (RSVP required) 7:30pm Shabbat Rishon - see page 4 8 9:00am Community Torah Study 10:30am Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah of Ashley Elizabeth Davidson 13 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 14 6:00pm Haverim Erev Shabbat Service—see page 4 15 9:00am Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class 10:30am Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah of Isabel Schulman 16 9:30am Brotherhood Spring Breakfast—see pages 8 &10 10:00am Ben Adler Memorial Blood Drive—see page 10 18 7:30pm Erev Shavuot Confirmation Service—see page 3 19 TCEE and Office Closed for Shavuot 10:30am Shavuot Service with Yizkor—see page 3 20 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 21 6:30pm Congregational Dinner (RSVP required) 7:30pm Gospel Shabbat, Honoring Spencer Gould—see page 2 22 9:00am Community Torah Study

22 10:30am Shabbat Service Bar Mitzvah of Emmett Howard Gordon 27 7:00pm Into to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 28 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service 29 9:00am Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class 10:30am Shabbat Service 31 Memorial Day—TOS Office Closed June 3 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 4 5:45pm Tot Shabbat —see page 4 6:30pm Congregational Dinner (RSVP required) 7:30pm Shabbat Rishon—see page 4 5 10:30am Shabbat Service - Adult B’Not Mitzvah 10 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 11 6:00pm Haverim Erev Shabbt Service—see page 4 12 9:00am Community Torah Study 10:30am Shabbat Service Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Greenfield 14 6:00pm Sisterhood goes out to Dinner—see page 8 17 7:00pm Into to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 18 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service 19 9:00am Meditation Program with Rabbi Franken—see page 4 10:30am Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah of Gabrielle Rizika 24 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 25 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service 26 9:00am Community Torah Study 10:30am Shabbat Service

Daily Worship Service Schedule

Monday - Thursday: 8 am & 6pm Friday: 8 am Sunday and legal holidays: 9 am & 6pm Please note there is no Saturday Daily Worship Service at 6pm. Daily Worship Services are now being held in the library. There are openings for new leaders. If this interests you, contact Ita N. Wiener at 617-734-7137 or Spencer Gould at 781-329-7439.

May 7 7:32pm May 14 7:39pm May 18 7:43pm

May 21 7:46pm May 28 7:53pm June 4 7:58pm

June 11 8:03pm June 18 8:06pm June 25 8:07pm