purim! march 4th - congregation shirat hayam...these friday night experiences, and many others, were...

CSH ~ 55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907 ~ 781.599.8005 ~ Fax: 781.599.1860 ~ www.ShiratHayam.org The Wave

February 2015Shevat/Adar 5775

Volume 9

We practice radical hospitality!

The WaveTable of Contents

CSH PRESCHL40 years and going strong!infants to age 5; 7:30 am to 6:00 pm

year-round

Purim!March 4th

5:30 pm Join us for a yummy supper and...

Dondo the Clown and some Purim fun!6:00 Ma’ariv and then...

The Reading of the Megilah with The Ruach Band and songs like you’ve never heard before!

Bring your kids! Bring your parents!

Prizes for costumes!

Advertising Rates ................. 26AIPAC ................................... 3Alternative Service Info ....... 15Baking with Bubbe .............. 10Becky’s Book Club .............. 27Brotherhood ........................ 19Calendar ............................. 31Cantor Elana’s Notes ............. 4Cemetery ............................. 12Chesed ................................ 17CJE ....................................... 9Clothing Drive ..................... 25Condolences ....................... 20Connections .......................... 5Eastern Europe Trip ............6-7Executive Director Search ... 32Family Announcements ....... 13Family Life .......................... 10Happiness Program ............. 18Holidays .............................. 26JF&CS .................................. 17LEV Campaign ................28-29Minyannaires ...................... 16Mishloach Manot ................ 24Preschool .............................. 8Rabbi Search Update .......... 32Rabbi’s Writings .................... 2Service Participants ............. 16Shabbat Café Sponsors ........ 16Shabbat Olam ..................... 11Shabbat Synaplex ................ 14Staff Contact Info ................. 30Well Wishes & Donations20-23


Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

AIPAC

Dear Friends,

In times like these we must remain true to our core values. We must cling to our fundamental principle of strength through community by supporting Israel. This coming March, our congregation has a unique opportunity to do just that at the 2015 AIPAC Policy Conference, March 1-3, in Washington, D.C.

We have a chance to collectively stand with Israel in its trying hour—not as divided entities, but as a unified body. AIPAC is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, America’s pro-Israel lobby. AIPAC is bipartisan, and works with Congress and the administration to ensure that our country continues to stand with Israel. This annual gathering is a one-of-a-kind experience, and the largest gathering of pro-Israel advocates in the United States.

Our congregation has the chance to join the larger pro-Israel community to listen to presidents and prime ministers, diplomats and scholars, leading journalists and top thinkers. And on the last day, we will bring our collective passion to Capitol Hill to lobby our members of Congress face-to-face.

Together, we have the opportunity to join the pro-Israel community as one unified body, with one strong voice. I hope you will join me and the rest of our congregational family in Washington, D.C., to help keep Israel safe.

Please call the AIPAC office at 617-399-2552 to learn more about this year’s trip to our nation’s capital and to register for the AIPAC Policy Conference. For more information, register online, and to get a sense of what to expect at the conference, please visit www.aipac.org/PC.

L’shalom,

Rabbi B


Cantor Elana Rozenfeld

Shabbat Olam/Tu B’Shevat

One of my most vivid memories of synagogue as a child, was when I would turn to my father to find him snoring. Needless to say, my father did not have narcolepsy or any kind of disorder that caused him to randomly fall asleep.

He, like many others in the congregation, was simply... bored.

Flash forward several years, and I have an entirely different experience. I am living in Jerusalem as a first-year cantorial student and I attend services on Friday night, at various minyanim in the area: "The Carlebach Minyan” (hippie-Orthodox), “Yakar” (neo-Chassidic, liberal Modern Orthodox), "Shira Hadasha” (Carlebach-style, Modern Orthodox), Ades (Syrian), The Italian Synagogue (Italian), and in each of these very different minyanim, people are singing, they are swaying, sometimes dancing; they are having a spiritual experience.

For a year, I attended these services: inspired, in love with my religion, and wondering: how can I possibly re-create this energy as a cantor?

During the next few years as a cantorial student in NYC, I attended services at "B’nei Jeshurun” (liberal world-music style service with professional musical ensemble), “Hadar" (traditional egalitarian, no instruments, but people sing passionately and with abandon), and “Kol Zimrah” (non-professionally led mixture of the above two services, always followed by potluck dinner). These Friday night experiences, and many others, were life-altering, and taught me how to use music to create a prayerful atmosphere for many types of people.

And that brings me to Shabbat Olam. When I arrived at Shirat Hayam, and Rabbi B introduced his idea of creating something called "Shabbat Olam,” I instantly knew what it should look and sound like, and I was ready to create it. I hired three of the best classically trained, improvizing musicians in Boston and I designed a service that brings out the sounds of Shabbat around the world. For these three musicians, Shabbat Olam is a spiritual experience and a connection to sacred music, not simply a gig.

At Shabbat Olam, we gather as a community, often over 150 people let themselves be enveloped by the music and transported to the local musical traditions of a chosen place somewhere around the world. Whether we learn a new melody of lecha dodi from Cameroon, sing along to a bossa nova-inspired lechu neranena representing the Jews of Barbados, or hold our breath to the sound of the lingering melody from a Turkish flute, we sing, pray and meditate together. Finally, the Middle Eastern percussion transports us to another time and place, often a place of singing and dancing.

Afterwards, we gather together in the social hall for dinner, and conversation, community and laughter.

Every time I lead a Shabbat Olam service, I look around at the congregation. And not a single person, not even my father, is snoring.

Hope to see you on February 6th for Shabbat Olam/Tu B’Shevat!

Cantor Elana


Connections

55 Atlantic AvenueSwampscott, MA

[email protected]

Sunday, March 15Noontime at Shirat Hayam

RSVP$15.00 a person in advance

(payable to CSH)$20.00 at the door

You may also make your reservation online at

www.ShiratHayam.org

A Widow, Widowers & Singles Group at Shirat HayamOpen to the community. Membership not required.

March Mingle!Please join us for lunch andopportunities to meet and mingle....


This amazing tour includes… 3 nights at the Kings Court in Prague 3 nights at the Kempinski Hotel in Budapest 2 nights at the Radisson Blu in Krakow 2 nights at the Bristol Hotel in Warsaw Train between Krakow & Warsaw Breakfast daily Welcome dinner Shabbat dinner in Budapest Dinner in Krakow Dinner at Beit Warshawa in Warsaw Farewell dinner in Warsaw Arrival & departure transfers with main group Entrance fees & porterage per itinerary Touring in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle Experienced English-speaking city guides

Complete attached registration or register online at: www.ayelet.com/ShiratHayamOct2015.aspx

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October 18 October 18 October 18 --- 29, 201529, 201529, 2015

19 Aviation Rd. * Albany, NY 12205 * www.ayelet.com (800) 237-1517 * Fax (518) 783-6003 * [email protected]

Note Date Change


Disclaimer: Ayelet Tours Cantor, Marla Gay & Congregation Shirat Hayam act only as agents for the tour members in making arrangements for hotels, transportation, tour-ing, restaurants or any other services in connection with the itinerary. We will exercise reasonable care in making such arrangements. However, we do not assume any liabil-ity whatsoever for any injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity to person and property because of an act of default of any hotel, airline carrier, restaurant, com-pany, or person rendering any of the services included in the tour. The right is reserved to cancel or change itineraries or to substitute comparable service without notice. The right is reserved to decline to accept or retain any tour passengers should such person's health or general deportment impede the operation of the tour to the detriment of the other tour passengers.

Yes! I want to join this amazing tour to Eastern Europe with Marla Gay & Congregation Shirat Hayam! I am sending this form with a $500 per person deposit, payable to Ayelet Tours. *Please include a copy of the front page of each person’s passport. *Passport must be valid for 6 months past travel dates.

Name as it appears on passport: Gender: __________ Address: City: State: ______ ZIP:___________

Passport No.: Expiration: Date of birth:_____________

Phone: Email:

Pay by credit card: __MC ___Visa __Disc __ AmEx #____________________ Exp:________ Security Code:________

Sharing with a separate registrant. Name: ____________________________________

If submitting multiple forms, please check this box to apply the CC information above to cover all registration deposits in your family

Mail to: Ayelet Tours, Ltd. * 19 Aviation Rd. * Albany, NY 12205 Phone: 800-237-1517 * Fax 518-783-6003 * E-mail: [email protected]

Question regarding the tour, please contact Marla Gay - 781.599.8005, Ext. 27 or [email protected]

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Tour does not include: Roundtrip airfare, departure taxes and fuel surcharges Tips to guides, driver and dining room waiters ($15.00 per person, per day-pre-collected), travel insurance (highly recommended), or items of a personal nature. Participants arriving at other times (not with the group flights) are responsible for their own transfers. Ayelet Tours will be happy to arrange private transfers at an additional cost. Full payment is due 61 days prior to departure. CANCELLATION POLICY: $100.00 per person charge if cancelled once booked plus any applicable airline penalties. $250.00 per person plus any additional airline penalties charged if cancelled 60-31 days before departure. 100% penalties apply if cancelled 30 days or less before departure.

On our adventure, together we will… Tour Golden Prague including the Charles Bridge, the Astronomical Clock & St. Vitus’ Cathedral Walk the streets of Josefov, Prague’s Jewish Old Town Travel to Terezin, the Nazi “model” concentration camp and visit the Fortress &Jewish Cemetery Enjoy a bus tour of Budapest including the Royal Palace, Parliament & the Castle Hill area Visit the Raul Wallenberg Memorial & the Dohany Synagogue Experience a moving visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour the Old Jewish District, Kazimierz See the Remuh Synagogue, Schindler’s Factory & the Plashow Concentration Camp Enjoy a city tour of Warsaw including

Chopin’s Monument, the Ghetto Wall, Umschlag Platz & the Gensa Cemetery

Witness the re-immergence of Judaism in Eastern Europe

Full itinerary & online registration: www.ayelet.com/ShiratHayamOct2016.aspx

TOUR PRICING Price per person

(double occupancy, based on 20 participants)

Full Cost (Credit Card)

Discounted (Payment by check)

MAIN TOUR $3,504.00 $3,399.00

Additional Cost for Single Occupancy

Main Tour $1,339.00 $1,299.00

Group airfare available soon.

Main Tour: October 18 - 29, 2015 Main Tour & Group Airfare Please contact me regarding room upgrades Congregation Member Non-Member (additional $100 applies)


Leslie Rooks Sack, Preschool Director

CSH Preschool

For more information about CSH PRESCHOOL, contact Leslie Rooks Sack at: 781.598.3311, or email: [email protected]

Preschool Programs• INFANTS ~ Our new infant program is a huge success. We accept infants from 3 months and up.

• MAGIC MOMENTS ~ a group for children 6 months to 2 years, 9 months, and their “favorite” adult. An “introduction” to Preschool.

• TODDLER MOMENTS ~ a program for toddlers 17 months and up.

• PRESCHOOL ~ classes for 3, 4 and 5 year-olds

• TRANSITIONAL CLASS ~ for those children not quite ready for Kindergarten.

Hours are 7:30 am to 6 pm - join the fun!

Shabbat with Rabbi B, Cantor Elana and Marcy Yellin

Hebrew with Rachel Jacobson Music with Dara Vanremoortel

Daily Lunch Options, including Spanish, and LOTS OF OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES!

Congregation membership is not required to be part of the Preschool; however, a reduced rate is available for CSH members.

February is here and with it brings lots of new learning fun for the children in our Preschool! This includes learning about the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, while we all read stories about trees, create tree projects, and sing, sing, sing about the important roles trees have in all our lives. Stop by to view the children’s tree creations!

Our children and teachers are looking forward to Pajama Day on Friday, February 13. This will be a LUCKY day for the Preschool as it will find the children and teachers cozy and ready to learn as we are all dressed in our PJs. What a fun way to celebrate Shabbat, too! This day will also be the culmination of our school-wide collection of new pajamas for children in need. Thanks to Cheryl Schwartz for organizing this for Cradles to Crayons, a non-profit organization that provides homeless and low-income children with the essentials they require to thrive - to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued.

February is also the month when we open our Preschool registration to the public. Please contact me for information about our Infant, Toddler, Preschool, PlayCare (daycare), and Summer programs. We offer many options for children between the ages of 3 months and 5 years of age, beginning at 7:30 am until 6:00 pm, 5 days a week, 51 loving weeks a year!

We thank all our Preschool and Congregation families and friends for contributing to Shirat Hayam Preschool’s annual fundraiser at Uno’s last month. We know it was quite a TASTY way to show your support!

Thanks,

LeslieRegistrat ion for 2015 is now open!


Center for Jewish EducationCheryl Schwartz and Beth Tassinari, Co-Directors

L’hitraot,

Cheryl and Beth

Cheryl Schwartz ~ [email protected]

Beth Tassinari ~ [email protected]

781.346.6075 CJE direct line

It is hard to believe that 6 months of the school year is already gone! The days have flown by, and each one of them is packed with discovery and understanding.

PK/K/1 students have been: learning the alef-bet; studying each holiday and Shabbat; participating in community T’Filah (prayer); reading and hearing about some of our bible heroes; seeing what makes a synagogue. The children hear stories each week, and have done some adorable craft activities. They sing and dance, enjoy a snack together, and leave us with a smile and a desire to return the following week.

Grades 2-5 are totally engaged in learning the Friday night service. They will be “showing off” to the CJE and CSH community on Friday evening, March 13. Wait until you hear their “L’cha Dodi” - - it is beautiful! They also: study bible; learn what it means to be a respected member of a Jewish community; listen to the adventures of Rabbi Rocketpower; and realize what it means to be a friend through the story of Emil and Karl. For 5 hours each week, these students are immersed in Judaism.

Grades 6 and 7 have embarked on a journey to find their roots. The program “My Family Story” is a project that is offered by the Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. For the next 6 weeks, the students will be learning about their family history and delve into the past of the Jewish people, thereby creating a connection between the two. We are indeed fortunate to have this program, and, if the first week was any indication, the students are hooked!

Please come by and watch us in action!


Family Life

Baking with Bubbe! Sunday, Feburary 8, 10:30 am

Calling all bubbes! Calling all budding pastry chefs (age 8 and under)! Join us for our third annual Baking with Bubbe event! Grab your rolling pin and join us at Shirat Hayam for a sweet morning of baking. We’ll also have a craft to decorate while we wait for the cookies to bake. Bring your Bubbe (or Zayde, or anyone else!) or bake with one of the “borrowed” bubbes who will be on hand. While an RSVP (by February 2nd) would help us plan, walk-in bakers are welcome!

A Jewish Parenting Class for Everyone Parenting Through a Jewish Lens (PTJL) is a parenting program that explores core values through Jewish texts and wisdom. The class touches on numerous parenting issues, including how to incorporate daily rituals, how to parent during a loss, how to approach tzedakah or charity as a family, how to connect to a larger Jewish community, and so much more. PTJL will be coming to the North Shore in April, 2015.

Taught by knowledgeable, creative and skilled instructors, PTJL reaches a diverse background of participants ranging from Orthodox, Conservative or Reform to Jewish by choice and those of other faiths. The instructors are skilled at getting to know the participants on a personal level and tailoring lessons to meet their needs and concerns. As one parent stated, “Our instructor brings to each session incredible depth of knowledge, broad-minded perspectives, thoughtfulness, and experience as a parent.”

Parenting Through a Jewish Lens is a joint program of Hebrew College and Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ Commission on Jewish Life and Learning.

Classes are held throughout the Greater Boston area and the North Shore. For a complete listing of sites, times and instructors, or to register, visit: www.hebrewcollege.edu/parenting.

“PTJL has created a place for me to think through critical matters that get lost in the day-to-day. It has opened conversations between me and my spouse, and has given me access to ideas and texts I hope to pursue long after the class ends.” To begin your journey or for more information, please contact Marcy Leiman at 617-559-8734.

Marcy Leiman

Associate Director of Parenting Through a Jewish Lens

[email protected] ~ www.hebrewcollege.edu


Shabbat lam

at Shirat HayamFriday, February 6

Service begins at 6:00 pmRSVP for dinner by February 2 to:

[email protected] or 781.599.8005, or mail your check to CSH,

55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott 01907

Sorry, we are unable to accept walk-ins and payment at the door.

The community is invited to

Kabbalat Shabbat featuring International Jewish Music

(no charge to attend service only)

followed by a

Shabbat DinnerDinner - $25.00 a person/$10.00 kids under 10

tu b’shevat


CongregationShirat Hayam

CemeteryLowell Street, Peabody

Temple Israel and Temple Beth El Sections for Jewish familiesTemple Israel and Temple Beth El Interfaith* Sections

*One person must be of Jewish faith

CSH members and their immediate family members - $800 per graveNon-member - $2,000 per grave

Includes perpetual care (installation of shrubs and stone maintenance additional)

Reseeding/maintenance fee of $250 is waived when deceased is a member in good standing of CSH

Single (limited), two, four, six and eight grave plots available

For more information or for additional help in making this very important decision, please contact Barri Stein at [email protected] or 781-599-8005 ext. 11

Don’t leave this decision to your loved ones to make during a difficult time.

Map and site visits are available.


Kvelling... Family Announcements

Send us your simchas! We can publish your pictures. New baby, new home, engagement, marriage, anniversary, special birthday, new dog, cat, fish....

you get the idea! Share your joy with your CSH family... let’s kvell together!

Send your information (photo optional) to: [email protected].

If you would like to have a card sent to any of the families listed above in honor of their life cycle events, you may make donations online at: www.shirathayam.org or mail your check (minimum $10) payable to CSH, 55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907, listing the occasion you are honoring and how you prefer to have the card signed.

Desiree and Arye Gil have a new grandson, Lior Gilad Spiewak. Parents are CJE teacher Rebecca and her husband, Rafi Spiewak; Bery and Robert Sanford are the proud great-grandparents

Rhonda Preman has a new granddaughter, Gabrielle Dorothy Preman

Dottie and Richard Tatelman have a new granddaughter, Addison Emily Tate Steirman

Suzanne and Nick Tutus have a new grandson, Abel John DeAmelio

Dawn Ehrlich’s granddaughter, Lauren Ehrlich, became a bat mitzvah

Diane and Robert Hart’s great-granddaughter, Aryanna Rose xxxxx was named at CSH

Lior Gilad Spiewak


Shabbat Experience @ CSHBabysitting Ages up to 4

Downstairs PlayroomAn adult must remain in the building.

9:00 -11:50 am, weekly Babysitting is provided at no charge so that parents may attend services.

For Everyone - Main Sanctuary11:45 am - noon

Ruach RallyConcluding prayers and Kiddush/Motzi

Community Shabbat Café at noon12:30 Mini-plex Lunchtime Learning concluding with Kaddish for those in mourning or with yahrzeit.

Attire is casual. We practice radical hospitality.

Traditional and Alternative Service Schedule Time Service Led by Location

8:30 am Early Mystic Minyan Rabbi HaLevi Sanctuary 8:45 - 9:50 am Renewal Minyan Rabbi HaLevi, Sanctuary Cantor Rozenfeld and Greg Coles 9:00 am Living Minyan Jan Brodie Tefillah Studio 10:00 am Torah Service Rabbi HaLevi and Sanctuary Cantor Rozenfeld

10:00 am Yoga Minyan Ariela HaLevi Tefillah Studio

10:00 am Nosh & Drash Torah Study Alternating guest Social Hall rabbis and scholars

11:15 am Healing Havurah Rabbi HaLevi Sanctuary

11:25 am Rabbi’s Ruach Reflections Rabbi HaLevi Sanctuary

Limud Shabbat Kids’ CJE Experience

Center for Jewish EducationAges 4* and up9:00 - noon weekly *Preschool Limud Shabbat is free and open to the community. Registration required.


Early Mystic Minyan - 8:30 am weekly

As it says in the Mishnah, the early mystics would gather together and sit for an hour before even attempting to formally engage in prayer. So too at CSH we offer the Early Mystic Minyan as an option for practitioners of meditation to come and sit as we begin to open up the space of our Sanctuary on Shabbat and of our hearts in the early quiet hours before the crowds arrive. There will be minimal, if any, instruction for the first fifteen minutes. It is a time to gather one’s self and one’s thoughts together through individual prayer without words.

Renewal Minyan - 8:45 - 9:50 am weekly

The Renewal Minyan is an attempted synthesis of keva – the traditional structure of tefillah (Jewish prayers) with kavanah – spiritual depth within the prayer itself. During the Renewal Minyan we are committed to traversing the Shabbat morning tefillot structure (Birkot HaShachar, P’seukei D’Zimrah, Shachrit), but not necessarily davening (praying) each and every prayer along the way. Our aim, again, is to strike a balance between breadth and depth, and within a one hour period that is a fine balance, to be sure.

Living Minyan: Traditional Prayers and Learning - 9:00 am weekly

The great thing about being Jewish is to be part of a tradition that is thousands of years old! But if you can’t read Hebrew, don’t know the words, or maybe can’t carry a tune, tradition can feel a little daunting. Come and join Jan Brodie and friends in a safe, welcoming space to discover the beauty of traditional Jewish liturgy, prayer and song in a user-friendly format. Yoga Minyan - 10:00 am weekly

A full-body Shabbat experience. Yoga Minyan incorporates yoga practice with a Shabbat theme.

Nosh and Drash - 10:00 am weekly

Grab a cup of coffee and a nosh at the Boker Tov Café, and join the guest rabbi or scholar for a Torah-based Shabbat learning experience.

Magic Minyan - 10:45 - 11:30 am (dates below)Musical Shabbat programs for the littlest ones and their grown-ups. Magic Minyan with Marcy (Preschool age and under) will be held on the following Saturdays: March 14 and May 9.

Alternative Service InformationNosh & Drash

Pick up your “nosh” at the Boker Tov Café and enjoy a Torah study session in the Social Hall with the following guest scholars for February:

7 - No nosh & drash - visiting rabbi; 14 - TBD; 21-TBD; 28 - Rabbi Shoshana Friedman

Mini-PlexBring your dessert to the designated table and study with us in February:

7- Open forum with Rabbi David Rosin; 14 - TBD; 21 - TBD; 28 - Rabbi Shoshana Friedman

Service ScheduleDaily Minyan

Monday - Friday mornings: 7:30 am Monday - Thursday evenings: 7:00 pm Sundays - 9:00 am and 6:00 pm

Shabbat Friday evenings: 6:00 pm; Saturday mornings begin at 8:30 am (see Synaplex schedule) Saturday afternoon kaddish will follow Mini-Plex

Candle Lighting February

6 - 4:46; 13 - 4:55; 20 - 5:04; 27 - 5:13


CSH Minyannaires Thank you to the following members for supporting daily services in January:Ellen Alexander, Michael Bailen, Rand Foreman-Bergman, Kate Borten, Barry Cohen, *Joel Cohen, Michael Cohen, Neil Coo-per, Deanna Cooper, Larry Feffer, Bernie Forbush, *Barbara Tobin-Forbush, Fran Levy-Freiman, Herb Goldberg, Sandra Gold-stein, *Murray Goodman, *Ellen Gordon, Sandy Hirshberg, Don Hurwitz, Lois Hurwitz, Gary Insuik, *Eric Kahn, Jack Karas, Nancy Klayman, Alice Leidner, Charles Leidner, Arlene Leventhal, Diane Levin, Mikaela Levine, Roz Levy, Sandy Levy, Steven Levy, *Mark Messenger, Carolyn Perlow, Rhonda Preman, Sylvia Revman, Joan Rich, Stanley Rich, Sheila Rich, *Michael Rosenbaum, Gloria Sax, Ann Segal, *Carl Shalit, Margery Shapiro, Roz Shapiro, Burt Shepard, Bette Shoreman, Dan Shoreman, *Alan Sidman, Nancy Sorkin, Jason Stark, Madeline Stark, Bea Strome, *Eli Talkov, Sue Weiss, *Natalie White and Ben Yellin

*denotes service leaders

We are very fortunate to have the above minyannaires attend when they can. However, please know that making a minyan twice a day is a challenge.

Please consider helping to make a minyan - once a week, once a month or whenever you can. Those needing a minyan to say kaddish would greatly appreciate it.

Shabbat Café SponsorsThank you to the following for co-sponsoring the Shabbat Café in January:

Harriett and Ralph Kaplan in honor of their 67th wedding anniversary and Ralph’s 90th birthday

Diane and Robert Hart in honor of the naming of their great-granddaughter, Aryanna Rose xxxxx

The Lev Initiative and generous donations to the Kiddush/Shabbat Cafe Fund

The Congregation Shirat Hayam Shabbat Café Fund helps support our Shabbat luncheons, and commemorate a yahrzeit. For information about sponsoring or co-sponsoring a Shabbat Café, please contact Barri Stein at: [email protected] or 781.599.8005, Ext. 11.

Todah Rabah Thank you to the following for participating in services in January:

Torah Readers: Diane Levin, Rabbi Shoshana Friedman, Ann Segal, Murray Goodman, Jan Brodie, Natalie White, Dara Fruchter, Haftarah Chanters: Jan Brodie, Alan Sidman, Diane Levin, D’var: Leah Jacobson, Marty Schneer

If you would like to read Torah or chant a Haftarah, contact Cantor Elana: [email protected] or 781.599.8005, Ext. 12


Chesed Committee Nancy Sarles, Chair

Shalom,

Please join our Chesed Committee to assist our congregation members at times, both urgent and on-going, with the generous energy of our congregation.

Chesed is our opportunity to give and receive a helping hand. Please volunteer for as little as a few hours a year to care for the needs of our members.

Chesed ‘Reach Out’ program is to assist in emergency situations with meals, rides, child care, or Shiva. Chesed ‘Reach In’ program is to address our members’ more on-going needs such as a phone call, a visit, a meal, a ride to services, a new member buddy, new parent outreach, or simply being in touch and lending a helping hand.

I invite you to email me with your name, email address and phone number where can you can be called on to help.

As a Chesed Committee volunteer, there are no meetings. All communications are by email and phone, when needed.

Please call CSH if you have any needs we can help with.

With lovingkindness,

Nancy Sheena Sarles

[email protected] - 781.631.6416

Did You Know…• FamilyTableprovideskosherfood,freshproduce,dairyproducts,meatsandJewishritualandholidayitemseach month?

• FamilyTabledistributionfortheNorthShoreislocatedatTempleSinai?

• MorethanfortyfamiliesontheNorthShorereceivefoodfromFamilyTable?

• Everymonthvolunteersassistsettingup,packinganddeliveringfoodtohomes,andcleaningupandrestocking?

• FamilyTableneedsyournonperishable,kosherfoodproducts,especiallypeanutbutterandwhole grain crackers?

• CSHhasafoodcollectionbininitslobbyasyouenterthebuilding?

Our next food distribution will be on Sunday, February 8, at Temple Sinai.

Thank you for your support.

Bette Shoreman, CSH Family Table Site Coordinator


North Shore Teen Initiative ~ TO LIFE! ohhjk

Lighting the Way to a Happier, Healthier Youpowered by

The Science and Spirit of Positive Psychology

A six-session program* on Happiness and Well-beingwith Michele C. Tamaren, M.A.

at Congregation Shirat Hayam55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott

Thursdays, February 19 - March 267:30 - 9:00 pm

L’Chaim! To Life! Torah teaches us to “Choose Life.” How can you live, truly live, your fullest, happiest, healthiest life? Positive Psychology helps point the way. The research-based science of Positive Psychology offers pleasant and proven steps along the path to wholeness and well-being, even in the midst of challenge and change. Together we will explore small, simple changes to: • Lift your spirit

• Reduce your stress • Make happier, healthier choices • Appreciate your blessings

Michele Tamaren is an Author, Presenter, Positive Psychology Life Coach, Spiritual Director, Consultant, and former Special Educator. She received her Certificate in Positive Psychology as a student of Israeli professor, Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar. Michele speaks widely at regional, national and international conferences on Healing, Compassionate Caregiving, Spiritual Growth, and Positive Psychology.

www.micheletamaren.com

* 6-week session for CSH members, $75; non-members, $90 Space is limited. Registration required.

781.599.8005 ~ [email protected] ~ www.shirathayam.org


BrotherhoodBrian Cohen, President

Greetings from the Brotherhood!

Those who know us, know well that our Brotherhood is a fun group. We like to gather, eat, enjoy each other's company, and when we can, we work to improve our shul and our community. We are always looking for our next opportunity to have a good time and to strengthen the bonds amongst the men of our congregation.

2015 is already off to a great start. Our Poker Night in January was another success. Thank you for all those that came out and helped us to raise funds for our Burt and Becky Shepard Scholarship Awards.

Here is a summary of some coming events --

Plaques The Brotherhood has been asked to volunteer for a special project. This will be a Mitzvah for CSH. All of the yahrzeit plaques from Temple Israel, Temple Beth El and Anshei Tsfard are in the basement. We need a few handy men to help unscrew them from their racks and then categorize them alphabetically. The office will then be distributing them to their proper families. We would like to get this done before the end of February. Please contact me directly and we will pick a Sunday to get this done. Send emails to [email protected].

Scholarship Awards It's that time of year again. We will soon be getting ready for our annual Burt and Becky Shepard, Scholarship Awards. These are gifts that we give out to our congregation's High School Seniors. All applicants must be participating members of CSH. Interviews will be held on Easter Sunday (04/05), following morning Minyan. The Awards Breakfast will be on a Sunday in May (date TBD). If you wish to donate, please make checks payable to, The CSH Brotherhood; Note - Burt & Shepard Scholarship Fund. Every little bit helps! If you have not done so already, please contact us, ASAP, if you have an eligible high school senior. If you wish to be on the selection committee, please attend our next meeting.

Our next meeting... Another breakfast 02/22 -- Be there at 9:00 for Minyan. Afterwards, we will put out a wide spread to feed you (kosher \ dairy) while we discuss the issues of the day. Please RSVP so that we have the right amount of food. RSVP to [email protected].

We are always looking for new projects. If you have an event in mind for the Brotherhood, please do not hesitate to contact us. Send emails to [email protected].

L'chaim!

Brian Cohen


Condolences, Well Wishes & DonationsCondolences to: Donations

We mourn the passing of our member

Beverly Richman

and extend our deepest sympathy to her family

and friends

Hal Schwartz and Melissa Upton on the loss of Hal’s grandmother, Caroline Schwartz

Harvey and Gail Zarren on the loss of Harvey’s brother, Bennett Zarren

Bea Strome on the loss of her sister, Arlene Burtman

Marsha Gerber on the loss of her aunt, Arlene Burtman

Robert Soltz on the loss of his father

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDIn honor of the birth of Karen and Mark Meyer’s granddaughter

by Leslie and Bob Ogan

In memory of Chelly Gershman’s husband, our dear friend, Jack

by Faylyn and Charley Levine

Thank you to Rabbi B for everything you have done and every best wish to you and your family

by Joel and Stephanie Cohen

In memory of:Brother, Paul Siegel

by Frances Bobroff

Father, Sam Pressman

Mother, Mary Pressman

Brother, Larry Pressman

by Florence Pressman

Brother, Bernard Morris

by Faylyn and Charles Levine

CANTOR ELANA’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDIn appreciation of all that Cantor Elana has done


CSH PRESCHOOL FUNDIn honor of the birth of Michele and Luis Louro’s new son, Evan Manuel

In honor of the birth of Danielle and Regan Walker’s new daughter, Josephina Elizabeth

by Leslie Sack and the Preschool Staff

In memory of:Father, Bernard Siskind

Grandfather, Louis Lipsky

by Beverly Kahn

GENERAL FUNDIn honor of Bobby and Lois Kaplan’s 50th wedding anniversary

by Chet and Gail Baker

In memory of Ruth Schwartz

In memory of Dr. Sidney Strome

by Jill and Tommy Bloom and family

Wishing a happy special birthday and anniversary to Ralph and Harriett Kaplan

by Alan and Valerie Gilbert

Wishing a happy birthday to Ralph Kaplan

by Marc and Beth Andler

In memory of Rebecca Weiner

by the Trustees and Tenants of the Glen

SAMUEL BRODY MINYAN FUNDIn honor of Pablo Schapiro’s 64th anniversary of his special Bar Mitzvah day

In memory of Sidney Strome

In memory of Harriet Sussman

In appreciation of all the morning minyannaires who make each morning very special


In memory of Bennett Zarren

by Jerry Rosen; Philip and Marla Gay

In memory of:Mother, Shirley Flanzbaum

by Barbara Meyer

Father, Louis Sher

by Esther Kramer

Uncle, Hyman Krugman

by Alice Leidner


Mother, Ada Millstein

by Ann Segal

Father, Jacob Handis

by Bernard Handis

Father, Joseph Fishman

Mother, Tillie Handis

by Evelyn Handis

Granddaughter, Marissa Broady

by Louis Chudnofsky

Father, Charles Dubrow

by Barbara Toby

Mother, Lisa Noskin

Father, David Karasik

by Semyon Karasik

Grandmother, Emma Stark

by Madeline Stark

Brother, Abraham Rosenberg

by Toby Bell

Mother, Dora Freedman

by Elaine Sevinor

Husband, Ralph Dunn

by Linda Dunn

Mother, Ona Henson

by Joseph Henson

Father, Samuel Frank

by Murray Frank

Mother, Shirley Cutler

by Audrey Weinstein

Father, Jack Namias

by Albert Namias

Husband, Lester Harris

by Mildred Harris

Father, Hyman Sontz

by Joseph Sontz

Sister, Jean Siegel

by Edith Spector

Brother, Clifton Surette

by Daniel Surette

Father, Martin Liebman

by Lois Kaplan

Father, Abraham Goodman

Grandmother, Anna Perlman

by Murray Goodman

Father, Fred Gerber

by Sally Hooker

Mother, Marian Eakins

by Katharine Borten

Father-in-law, Benjamin Tenenbaum

by Joann Tenenbaum

Mother, Irma Kahn

by Eric Kahn

Son, Bruce Finkle

Aunt, Gertrude Gilberg

by Mildred Finkle

Father, Oscar Spector

by Arnold Spector

Son, Sheppard Weisman

by Bette and Joseph Weisman

Brother, Murray Shauffer

by Lil Sherman

Mother-in-law, Helen Barent

by Jerry Rosen

Father, Joseph Rosenthal

by Marla Belostock

Aunt, Dorothy Levey

by Ethel Harris

Mother, Lee Stoller

by Natalie White

Mother, Nadya Shames

by Aron Mirmelshteyn

Father, Samuel Brooks

Mother, Rose Brooks

Mother-in-law, Roberta Kline

by Andrea Kline

Mother, Mollie Goldberg

by Howard and Betsy Goldberg

Grandmother, Ida Razin

Mother, Roberta Kline

by Alan Kline

Brother, Irving Miller

by Eleanor Schultz

Husband, Robert Shulman

by Shirley Shulman

Father, Lawrence Abrams

by Howard Abrams

Mother, Ethel Gould

by Joan Rosen

Cousin, Joseph Garber

by Carole Spatz

Mother, Esther Talkov

by Eli Talkov

Grandfather, Joseph Feffer

by Lawrence Feffer

Father, Hyman Chandler

by Jane Weiss

Nephew, Jonathan Ogan

by Robert Ogan

KIDDUSH FUNDIn honor of Bobby and Lois Kaplan’s 50th wedding anniversary

by Phyllis Sagan

In honor of the engagement of Shari and Ron Pressman’s son

by Reggie and Lew Weinstein

In memory of Elaine Geller

by Philip and Elaine Sevinor

In honor of Ralph Kaplan’s special birthday

by Janice Levine and Sumner Kessler; Miriam Kaplan

In honor of Stefanie and Bob Gladstone’s son and Herb Goldberg’s grandson, Jason Gladstone,

becoming a Bar Mitzvah

In memory of Michael Cohen’s mother, Merle Cohen


In honor of Diane Levin completing a section of each Torah portion

In honor of Mark and Carolyn Friedman’s daughter, Dora, becoming a Bat Mitzvah

In memory of Rachelle Rosenbaum’s mother, Rebecca Weiner

In honor of Gail and Gerald Gerson’s grandson, Max Mogolesko, becoming a Bar Mitzvah

In honor of the marriage of Barri Stein and Wayne Goldberg

In honor of the special CSH staff


In honor of Rhonda and David Preman’s new granddaughter, Gabrielle Dorothy Preman

by Charlotte and Donald Fine

In appreciation of Jerry Rosen’s magnificent hospitality

by Robert Grossman

In memory of Esther Salinsky’s uncle, Selwyn “Sully” Bloom

In memory of Richard Northrup’s mother and Ronnie Northrup’s aunt

In honor of my granddaughter, Lauren Ehrlich, becoming a Bat Mitzvah

In memory of Gloria Bloom’s husband, Selwyn “Sully” Bloom

by Dawn Ehrlich

In honor of the 101st birthday of my mother, Frances Mendelsohn

by Alvah Parker

In memory of Sidney Strome

In memory of Cynthia Schwartz’s mother and Hal Schwartz’s grandmother, Caroline Schwartz

by Robert and Diane Hart

In honor of Ralph Kaplan’s 90th birthday

by Beth and Marc Andler

In memory of:Mother, Wilma Alexander

by Susie Alexander Willis

Father, Israel Shuman

by Arnold Shuman

Grandmother, Adele Cheifetz

by Melissa Kaplowitch

Sister, Elaine Lewis

Father, Louis Hotz

by Joyce Rosenthal

Sister, Brion Foreman

by Rand Foreman-Bergman

Father-in-law, Louis Strome

by Beatrice Strome

Grandmother, Rose Goldberg

by Leslie Ogan

Husband, Robert Alexander

by Elizabeth Stevenson

Mother, Ethel Dubrow

by Barbara Toby

Father, Dr. Henry Rosen

by J. Myron Rosen

Husband, Melvin Chudnofsky

by Louise Chudnofsky

Grandmother, Esther Sandler

by Ed Smith

Father, Abraham Alpert

by Ronna Greif

Husband, Bernie Siskind

by Joan Garfield

Father, Mark Solov

by Frances Solov

Father, Samuel Barron

by Ruth Lunder

Mother, Shirley Harsip

by Michael Harsip

Husband, Sidney Ostrovitz

by Miriam Ostrovitz

Mother, Isabelle Ablow

by Herbert Ablow

Mother, Belle Gerber

by Valerie Gilbert

Mother-in-law, Jennie Poster

Brother-in-law, Ralph Dunn

by Cynthia Poster

Father, Norman Rubin

by Sheldon Rubin

Father, Edward Bekritsky

by Linda Siegel

Father, William Cohen

by Bunny Gorfinkle

Son, Alan Cashman

by Marvin Cashman

Grandmother, Sadie Stockman

by Phyllis Kaplan

Mother, Anna Kaplan

by Ralph Kaplan

Sister, Zelda Rotman

by Philip Sevinor

Sister, Rose Volch

Mother, Dora Freedman

by Elaine Sevinor

Father, Theodor Teimer

Mother, Wilma Alexander

by Ellen and Richard Alexander

Aunt, Ida Goldstein

by Myra Gulko

Father, Samuel White

by Louise Turner

Father, Frank Stahl

by Shirley Merken

Mother, Rosalind Kauder

Father, Saul Kauder

by David Kauder

Wife, Harriet Diamond

by Alan Diamond


Father, Melvin Polsky

by Bernice Mitchell

Mother, Ruth White

by Dan White

Father, Nathan Danberg

by Sheila Taymore

Brother, Sheppard Weisman

by Claudia Rodenstein

Mother, Frieda Ross

by Libby Ellin

Mother, Ellen Greenblatt

by Judi Simmons

Father, Morris Gould

by Sylvia Brown

Mother-in-law, Wilma Alexander

by Elizabeth Stevenson

Sister-in-law, Roberta Robinson

by Reggie and Lewis Weinstein

Brother, Bernard Milamed

by Robert Milamed

Brother, Bernard Schultz

by Herbert Schultz

Father, Morris Shanker

by Ruth Shanker

Mother, Belle Rosenkranz

by Alice Leidner

Mother, Esther Gilberg

by Fay Castleman

Father, Jacob Pearl

by Golda Greenbaum

Mother, Frances Dillon

by Nonnie Rubin

Sister-in-law, Pearl Brown

by Beatrice Strome

Mother, Bertha Ogan

by Jerome Ogan

Mother, Eleanor Rubin

by Sheldon Rubin

Father, Hyman Wintman

Former Husband, Jack Rothbard

by Bernice Rothbard

Stepfather, Ben Pike

by Ellen and Richard Alexander

TORAH FUNDIn honor of Ralph and Harriett Kaplan’s 67th wedding anniversary and Ralph’s birthday

by Saul Wersted

In memory of:

Grandfather, Harry Osattin

by Marion Garfinkel and family

JACK POLONSKY BULDING MAINTENANCE FUND

In memory of:Mother, Rose Polonsky

by Norma and Sherman Freedman

FLOWER FUND

In memory of:Father, Samuel Breitman

by Evelyn Ginsburg

Mother, Birdie Clebnik

by Eleanor Levingston

TIKVAH FUNDIn honor of the marriage of Marcy and Ben Yellin’s son, Seth


BURT SHEPARD SCHOLARSHIP FUNDIn memory of Sidney Strome

by Susan and Larry Weiner

LEV INITIATIVE by Philip and Irene Wachsler

by Susie Alexander Willis


by Shari Sarnevitz

by Alan and Valerie Gilbert

In honor of the birth of our granddaughter, Gabrielle Dorothy Preman, named after our beloved mother, Dorothy Rubin

by Rhonda and David Preman

In memory of my husband, Sidney Strome

by Bea Strome

With blessings for and from our family

by Bernice and Al Mitchell

In honor of Janice and Harold Cohen being recipients of the 2015 Israel Bond Award

by Herb and Audrey Weinstein

MOVIES AND MIDRASH

by Marcia Kalman

ISRAEL PROGRAMS

by Mitch Jacobson

SPIRITUAL PROGRAMS

by Catherine Jefferies


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Becky’s Book Club at CSH Everyone’s welcome! 7:30 pm on the following Monday evenings:

February 16 Freud’s Mistress by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman

March 16 My Promised Land—Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari ShavitApril 20 And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniMay 18 Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddJune 15 School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterThe CSH Book Club is open to the community - please join us.

For more information, email [email protected]


Todah rabah.The following CSH members have generously contributed to the Lev Campaign this fiscal year:

AnonymousHoward & Izzi AbramsSidney & Barbara AbramsonRichard & Ellen AlexanderIlan AmarAbraham & Frances BabbittJack & Ann BailenMichael BailenSteve & Cindy BailenEdye BakerGloria BakstGary & Marla BelostockAriel & Carrie BergerArnold Bergman & Rand Foreman BergmanNorman & Deborah BirnbachMichael & Robin BlakeJeffrey & Cindy BlonderEdward & Frances BobroffAdam & Jennifer BookmanAndrew & Cynthia BoydJeffry & Harriet BrandRebecca & Laura BrochsteinDavid & Rori BrodskyJan Brodie & Jane ZellerVeAnn CampbellAndy & Melissa CaplanRobert & Shari CashmanLouise ChudnofskyBrian & Michele CohenBarry & Caryn CohenEdward & Frances CohenHarold & Janice CohenJoel & Stephanie CohenKenneth & Lois CohenMike & Susan CohenRonald CohenSheldon & Brenda CohenRuthann CohnNeil & Deanna CooperRobert & Robin Cooper

Harvey & Helaine CottonCSH BrotherhoiodSamuel & Carol DenboAlan DiamondMichael Doolin & Annette BakerArnie & Linda DubinskyMichael & Wendy DubinskyJonathan & Rachelle DubowBarbara DusseaultDawn EhrlichMichael & Phyllis EidelmanLarry & Marsha FefferDonald & Charlotte FineDavid & Heleene FinkReuben Fisher

Bernard Forbush & Barbara Tobin-ForbushMurray & Delphine FrankSteve & Ellen FrankelGeorge & Ali FreedmanRobert & Shelley FreedmanSteven Freiman & Frances Levy-FreimanMark & Carolyn FriedmanNorma FinnHoward FrischSheldon Frisch & Fern SelesnickDara FruchterMarion GarfinkelMarsha GerberGerald & Gail GersonArye & Desire GilAlan & Valerie GilbertRonald & Barbara GilefskyArthur & Esther GoldbergHerbert GoldbergHoward & Betsy GoldbergLarry & Susan GoldbergMarty & Roz GoldbergJeff & Judi GoldmanGail Goldstein

Sandra GoldsteinLeonardo & Cara GoldwasserGerald GoodsteinJeffrey & Barbara GoodmanMurray & Jill GoodmanStanley & Ellen GordonDavid & Stephanie GreenbergMaurice & Pearl GreenbaumMichael & Carla GreenbergPaul & Jahna GregoryLarry & Lori GroipenHenry Hammond & Miriam L. NeumanBernard & Evelyn HandisStephen & Ethel HarrisRobert & Diane HartJeff & Sandy HirshbergChristopher & Jennifer HockertAlan & Ina HoffmanRobert & Beth HoffmanDonald & Lois HurwitzAline Hutner & Samuel RabkinMitchell & Leah JacobsonThomas & Catherine JeffriesRobert & Rosanne JepskyRon & Pat KafkerSpencer & Donna KaganBeverly KahnEric & Ruth KahnMarcia KalmanDonald & Edna KaplanRalph & Harriett KaplanRobert & Lois KaplanScott & Melissa KaplowitchJacob & Phyllis KarasJoseph & Judy KarasSemyon & Irena KarasikJeffrey & Beth KastenAndrew & Stephanie KatzDavid & Susan KauderNelson & Libby Kessler


Richard & Nancy KlaymanEdward & Diane KnopfSherman & Faith KramerRonald & Teri KrawitzCookie & Herb KupersmithEmir & Alexandra KurtovicJoel LangsamAndrew & Nancy Leader-CramerLenny & Debbie LeibowitzCharles & Alice LeidnerTom Levenberg & Amanda ClaymanHerb & Arlene LeventhalStephen Hicks & Diane LevinHarold & Carol LevinJason & Mikaela LevineJanice LevineDavid & Marilyn LevySanford & Roz LevyJames & Toni LewisLeonard & Bunny LiebersonRobert & Janet LiebersonPhilip & Elaine LinskyJerold & Karen MadorskyJason Mahler & Sarah EwingJudith MarderTimothy McMahon & Mindy Aaronson-McMahonMark Messenger & Ellen ReiflerMark & Karen MeyerJonathan & Megan MeyersHerbert & Nancy MillerJames MillerLaurence MillerLois Miller & Irving WeismanAron & Galina MirmelshteynAlbert & Bernice MitchellMelvin & Sylvia MiznerNeal & Lynn MiznerSusan MonacoDavid & Michelle MyersonRobert & Jacqueline MyersonAlbert & Gila NamiasBruce & Melanie NathanNathanson & GoldbergHoward & Karynn NeedelTim & Deborah NeilanJerome & Lois OganRobert & Leslie OganJeffrey Oringer & Linda KleemanRandal & Marjorie PatkinFred Phillips & Ellie Miller

Richard & Wendy PolinsGay PorterBob & Amy PowellDavid & Rhonda PremanRon & Shari PressmanJudy & Shepard RemisMurry & Joan RichStanley & Sheila RichBeverly RichmanSeth & Karen RobinsonBarry & Claudia RodensteinShea & Ruth RoodNorma RooksJerry RosenJ. Myron RosenDavid & Karen RosenbergLeslie & Joanne RosenbergMichael & Laurie RosenMichael & Rachelle RosenbaumJackie RosenfieldMyriam RosenShirley RosenSteven & Betty RossRichard & Elise RothbardSheldon & Marsha RubinPhyllis SaganScott & Julie SaganRichard & Esther SalinskyAmy SaltzRobert & Bery SanfordNancy SarlesGloria SaxCory & Rachel SchauerMarty & Shelley SchneerGeorge & Janna SchwartzHal Schwartz & Melissa UptonAnn SegalJoseph & Ariana SelbyRobert & Anne SelbyEdward & Donna SeligmanPhilip & Elaine SevinorSheldon SevinorCarl & Sandra ShalitMargery ShapiroMyril SheinkopfDan & Bette ShoremanArnold & Sandra ShumanMerle SidellAlan & Barbara SidmanJason & Renee SidmanGerald Silverman

Joseph & Lynette SimonsLeeta SinrichMichael & Susan A. SinrichCarl & Toby SloaneEd & Joanne SmithPaul & Heidi SmythSteven & Karen SolomonMargaret SomerJeffrey & Amy SorkinNancy SorkinSeymour & Marilyn Stoll

Marc & Michelle StragerJason & Rachel StarkWilliam & Andrea StraussSidney & Beatrice StromeAllen SurkisGreta TaglieriEli & Muriel TalkovDavid & Michele TamarenPaul & Beth TassinariRichard & Dorothy TatelmanSheila TaymoreJoann TenenbaumNicholas & Suzanne TitusEileen TrebbinWayne TrebbinDavid & Melissa TuckerBarry & Ellen TurkanisRoger Tuttle & Beth RooksDan & Kate UrmanDoris VillaBarbara VinickThomas & Ilene VogelPhilip & Irene WachslerRobert & Fran WalkerAdam & Ariel WallenJames & Karyn WalshLewis & Reggie WeinsteinJoseph & Bette Ann WeismanNatalie WhiteSusan & David WillisAndrew & Irina WulfBeth YanofskyHarvey & Gail ZarrenBarry & Donna ZeffDavid Zion & Laura SherryRobert & Ellen Zirin

(as of 1-17-15)


Team CSHCSH Board [email protected]

*Howard Abrams, Member-at-large *David Brodsky, Financial Clerk

Brian Cohen

Michael Cohen

Sheldon Frisch, Congregational Home

Larry Groipen

Alexandra Kurtovic

*Diane Levin, Clerk

*Jason Levine, Budget Chair

Karynn Needel

Leslie Ogan

Jerry Rosen

*David Rosenberg Co-President

Laura Schulman-Brochstein

Hal Schwartz

*Joe Selby, Co-President

Renee Sidman

Wayne Trebbin*Executive Committee

CSH [email protected] Direct Line: 781.598.3311

Leslie Rooks Sack, Director [email protected]

Debbie Leibowitz, Assistant Director [email protected]

CJECenter for Jewish Education

[email protected] 781.599.8005, Ext. 24

Direct Line: 781.346.6075

CJE Co-Directors:

Cheryl Schwartz

[email protected]

Beth Tassinari

[email protected]

CSH Clergy & StaffRabbi Baruch HaLevi [email protected] Ext. 14

Cantor Elana Rozenfeld [email protected] Ext. 12

Marla Gay, Director of Congregational Life [email protected] Ext. 27

Barri G. Stein, Director of Events and Facility [email protected] Ext. 11

Marylou Barry, Office Manager [email protected] Ext. 10 Richard Kelleher, Bookkeeper [email protected] Ext. 22Rabbi Emeritus Edgar WeinsbergCantor Emeritus Emil Berkovits

Preschool Staff:Marisa CastroChristine DolanSonia D’OliveriaMarcy FurlongValerie GilbertStefanie GladstoneCourtney HamiltonMelissa HudsonWendy LewisShari LosannoBarbara LevineKimberly ManleyClaire O’DonnellHallie PicaKelly PorterSusan RobertsCheryl SchwartzRachel StarkNancy TerranovaJoyce WamseleLindsay WelchMarcy Yellin

CJE Staff:Rabbi Shoshana FriedmanSandy AbramsonMelissa CaplanPhyllis EidelmanSpencer GarfieldValerie GilbertStefanie GladstoneLynne GreenbergHallie PicaCheryl SchwartzDaphna ShemeshRebecca Gil SpiewakJason StarkMarcy Yellin

Maintenence Gus Ventura Eridania Vicioso Yanira Romero


14 Saturday

Full Synaplex

NO CJE

16 Monday

Presidents’ Day

Minyan 7:30 am and 7:00 pm

7:20 pm Mahjong

7:30 pm Becky’s Book Club

17 Tuesday

NO CJE

18 Wednesday

NO iShir

NO pm CJE Lab

NO Kol Isha

19 Thursday

7:30 pm Happiness Class #1 of 6

20 Friday

6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat

21 Saturday

Synaplex

CJE Camp Limud

22 Sunday

9:00 am minyan and Brotherhood breakfast and meeting

23 Monday

7:20 pm Mahjong

24 Tuesday

3:30 pm iShir

4:00 pm CJE

7:30 pm Kol Isha

1 Sunday

9:00 am World Wide Wrap

4:00 pm Minyan (early because of Superbowl!!)

2 Monday

7:00 Rabbinic Candidate

3 Tuesday

4:00 pm CJE

4 Wednesday

Tu B’Shevat

3:30 pm iShir

4:00 pm CJE Lab

7:30 pm Kol Isha

6 Friday

6:00 pm Shabbat Olam (Tu B’Shevat and Rabbinic Candidate

7 Saturday

Full Synaplex with Rabbi Eric Rosin (no nosh & drash)

CJE Limud

9 Monday

7:20 pm Mahjong

10 Tuesday

4:00 pm CJE

7:00 pm Rabbinic Candidate, Dan Selsberg

11 Wednesday

3:30 pm iShir

4:00 pm CJE Lab

7:30 pm Kol Isha

13 Friday


February 2015 25 Wednesday

3:30 pm iShir

4:00 pm CJE Lab

7:30 pm Kol Isha

26 Thursday

4:00 Event with Rabbi B in Florida

7:30 pm Happiness Class #2 of 6

27 Friday


28 Saturday

Full Synaplex

CJE LImud


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Rabbi Search UpdateThe Rabbi Search Committee has been very busy processing all the information from past visits and planning for the final few. If you have any questions, please contact Diane Levin and Alan Sidman, Rabbi Search Co-chairs, at: [email protected]. They are both here most Shabbat mornings and welcome your feedback in person as well.

Thank you.

The Rabbi Search Committee

Executive Director Search UpdateThe Search Committee completed its first round of interviews and brought 2 applicants in for congregational visits recently. After much thoughtful discussion, the committee feels they are unable to recommend either of the these applicants to the Board of Directors and have decided to keep the search open. We will keep you informed as more information becomes available.

Howie Abrams, Chair, Executive Director Search Committee

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