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VOLUME XXVI . ISSUE NO. 8 . April 2006 . NISSAN/IYAR 5766 

Save the Date 

The Jewish Theological Seminary 

will honor 

Rabbi Steven Lindemann 

and 

Yale Asbell 

at 

The JTS Community-Wide 

Awards Dinner 

June 7, 2006 

at the 

Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at 

Penn’s Landing 

JTS 

We’re doing it again! 

Save the date: 

May 12, 2006 at 7:30 pm 

Don’t miss it! 

Mitzvah Day 

Sunday, May 7, 2006 • 9 am-1 pm 

Refreshments to follow 

So many mitzvot from which to choose! 

Projects will take place at TBS as well as other 

locations throughout the community. 

See page 13 and the flyer inside this issue of Temple Talk. 

April 2006 . NISSAN/IYAR 5766 . Page 1 

Inside this Issue: 

The Passover Pullout Guide 

A Zissen Pesach from the 

Officers, Board of Directors 

and Staff at TBS 

Shabbat for Me 

Come welcome Shabbat with 

Rabbi Joel Levenson and Jennifer Stofman 

as they lead songs, stories and prayers in this 

year-long celebration designed for 

young children and their parents. 

April 7 May 5 at 7:00 pm 

Young Members Group 

Family Shabbat Service & Dinner 

and New Baby Shabbat 

Friday, May 5, 2006 at 6:30 pm 

Join us for a pasta dinner and ice cream 

sundaes for dessert. All babies will receive a 

special blessing and gift. 

See flyer inside this issue. 

SAVE DARFUR 

We can stop the genocide in Darfur, 

But we must act now. 

RALLY FOR DARFUR IN D.C. 

ON APRIL 30, 2006 

For more information, visit 

www.MillionVoicesforDarfur.org.

REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE 

Proposed Slate of Officers & Directors — 2006-2007 

In accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of Temple 

Beth Sholom, the following slate of officers will be presented 

at the Annual Meeting of the congregation on June 4, 2006. 

President—Term Expires in May 2007 

Steven Ravitz 

President-Elect—Term Expires in May 2007 

Mark Fendrick 

Officers—Terms Expire in May 2006 

Jerry Baer, Vice President 

Vivian Barnett, Vice President 


Sharon Green, Vice President/Secretary 

Debbie Perlman, Vice President 

Stephen Scheinthal, Vice President 

Elliot Braunstein, Treasurer 


Jerry Baer, Vice President 

Vivian Barnett, Vice President 

Directors—Terms Expire in May 2006 

Randi Altmark, Helene Amster, Ben Ansell, Sherrie Cohen, 

Sharon Horowitz, Lisa Jacobson-Katz, Jill Kastenberg, Cliff 

Kitey, Bernie Coval, Andrea Levin, Zach Oppenheimer, 

Carol Orwitz, Harriett Kirsh Pozen, Harvey Shapiro, Ellen 

Spitz, Michael Yasner 


Ben Ansell, Robie Bloom, Reva Farenback-Brateman, 

Sandy Brown, Anat Cohen, Alan Ettenson, Miriam Feldman, 

Mark Fendrick, Michele Golkow, Peter Goodman, Bruce 

Gottschalk, Joanne Kanoff, Lisa Jacobson-Katz, Joe 

Poulshock, Ellen Spitz, Michele Warren, Toby Winter 


Stacey Chazin, Bernard Coval, Dana Fallick, David 

Kastenberg, Pearl Klein, Debbie Ravitz, Harvey Shapiro, 

Ann Sundstrom 

Appointed Directors by Virtue of their Office 

Helene Amster, Sisterhood President 

Marc Cohen, Men’s Club President 

Myrna Cohen, Senior Chaverim President 

Gerri Friedman, Young Members Group President 

Respectfully Submitted by: 

Art Simons, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee 

Committee Members: Susan Baskies, Sandy Brown, Marc 

Cohen, Myrna Cohen, Dana Fallick, Michele Golkow, 

Eric Jacobs and Debbie Perlman 


Senior Chaverim 

April is the month that we 

memorialize the Holocaust. We 

will show the award winning 

film “Secret Lives” at our next 

meeting. It tells the emotional 

stories of the lives of a small 

number of children who were 

saved from the 1.5 million 

Jewish children who were living 

in Europe at that time. It also 

tells of the men and women who 

showed kindness and decency to 

save them, risking their own lives 

in the process. 

Join us on April 25, 2006 at 

12:30 pm for fancy desserts and 

“Secret Lives.” 

May your Seder table be filled 

with good food, happy and 

healthy family and friends. 

Happy Passover, 

Myrna Cohen, President 

215-885-8556 

www.ramahpoconos.org

Men’s Club 

Men’s Club is always busy! 

Our bowling team finished 

fifth in the JAG Bowling 

Tournament held in March at 

Laurel Lanes. Pictured below 

from left to right are team 

members: Lee Brooks, Mike 

Brooks, Jim Rudofker, Marc 

Gershon and Bill Edelstein. 

We would love your support 

at any or all of our upcoming 

programs and honors, including: 

Softball is ongoing with 

games every Sunday from April 

2 to June 25. 

Poker Night is Thursday, May 

11 (more information to follow). 

Mitzvah Day is Sunday, May 

7. Please join us. 

Honors for FJMC Middle 

Atlantic Region President and 

TBS member Joe Swerdlow at a 

special ceremony here at TBS on 

Sunday, June 11. 

Men’s Club Golf Outing at 

Pine Hill on Wednesday, June 

14. 

Men’s Club Board Elections 

for next year: Date TBA. 

Come join us and get 

involved. Contact me for more 

information at 856-396-0189 or 

Brendad02@comcast.net. 

Marc Cohen, President 

Men’s Club Photo 

WHAT’S NEW IN THE MISHPOCHE? 

Speedy Recovery to: 

PEARL BRAMNICK STEVE RAVITZ 

Mazel Tov to: 

PHIL & ANDE SAX on the birth of their granddaughter, SARAI 

AMELIE SAX 

PAMELA AUGUST on her engagement to DONALD LEVIN 

GERRY & BOBBI GROSSMAN and MARTIN & EDITHE SILVER on 

the birth of their granddaughter and great-granddaughter, 

KAMRYN GROSSMAN 

RONIT & DAVID ASCALON on the birth of their granddaughter, ZIA 

JANE MAY ASCALON 

HILLEL & LIBBY LIEBERMAN and JAIME & AARON BELITSKY on 

the birth of their grandson and nephew, JACOB HAYIM YEHUDA 

RISA SHIBER on the marriage of her daughter, TAMARI to BEN 

OVADIA 

Mazel Tov to our April B’nei Mitzvah: 

MIKAELA SUTKIN, daughter of STEVE & JOANNE SUTKIN 

BRETT, KARP, son of MICHELLE & DAVID GOLDSTEIN and 

WILLIAM & JOANNA KARP 

JAMIE GIGLIO, daughter of JAMES & SUSAN GIGLIO 

TYLER PRICE, son of ALEC & JACLYN PRICE 

NINA ORWITZ, daughter of JONATHAN & CAROL ORWITZ 

JARED KAUFMAN, son of LARRY & ROBIN KAUFMAN 

Condolences to: 

ANN MILSTEIN on the death of her beloved mother, FRANCES 

ARBITMAN 

AILEEN LEVINE, on the death of her beloved father, SAUL 

MESHOVER 

THE FAMILY OF FLORENCE BASS 

ANITA ROSNER on the death of her beloved husband, ROBERT H. 

ROSNER 

RANDI WOLFE on the death of her beloved father, GERALD 

FINEMAN 

JACK DEMBOWITZ on the death of his beloved father, RABBI 

MORRIS DEMBOWITZ 

If you have an item for What’s New, please notify us at the 

TBS Office at 751-6663. 


Todah Rabah from 

Rabbi Lewis 

Dear Friends, 

Thank you for the 

Mi Shebayrahs, for the 

contributions, for the visits, for 

the cards and letters you are 

sending me, wishing me a Refuah 

Shlayma, a speedy recovery. 

These expressions of your 

affection have raised my spirits 

and touched me deeply. 

Rabbi Albert Lewis

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Do You Know of a 

“Mitzvah Waiting to 

Happen” That May Need 

a little Assistance? 

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Say Little And Do Much 

Social Action Cooking 

Each month, about 85 meals are prepared and 

packaged for the Jewish elderly. Join in the fun 

and camaraderie of performing this mitzvah. 

Meet us in the meat kitchen at 6:30 pm on: 

April 27 • May 7-Mitzvah Day • June 15 

Ancora Update 

Ancora Psychiatric Hospital needs the 

following: clothing, grooming supplies, games, 

new greeting cards, puzzles, craft supplies, 

calendars, magazines, puzzle books and sports 

equipment, as well as furnishings, linens and 

towels for those being discharged. If you have 

items to donate, please call me at 795-6373. 

Important Note: I received a call from a 

congregant who wants to donate items, but I 

don’t have your phone number. Please call me 

back. Thank you. 

Passover Food Drive 

Please place Kosher for Passover nonperishable, 

ready to eat type foods in the yellow 

bins in the TBS lobby through April 10. Call 

Beverly Solomon with any questions at 428- 

5929. 

Musical Program for the Elderly 

A suggestion has been made by congregant 

Jodi Feldman to form a group of children who 

would like to play their musical instruments for 

the elderly at the Federation Apartments or the 

Jewish Geriatric Home on a regular basis. The 

residents would be thrilled, and the children 

would be able to showcase their talent. Great 

idea! If you and your children are interested, 

please call Jodi at 856-797-5380. 

Join Us! 

If you are interested in being on the Social 

Action e-mail list to receive notices of cooking 

and Mitzvah Day activities, please e-mail me at 

janetsimons68@comcast.net. 

Janet Simons, Social Action Chairperson 


ACH Has Come to TBS! 

But what is ACH? 

ACH stands for Automated Clearing 

House, and it’s how financial transactions 

are moved electronically and 

automatically. When you sign up for direct 

payment to Temple Beth Sholom, each of 

your membership dues payments come by 

ACH and is automatically paid on the 

predetermined monthly date you choose. 

So, after your 50% dues deposit, you 

no longer have to pay your balance by 

check or credit card. You can have 

payments made directly from your bank 

account. 

TBS and Commerce Bank have put into 

place a safe and secure system to pay 

your dues, while at the same time 

reducing costs for the synagogue. 

Do you need to change your bank 

account? No. Although TBS banks with 

Commerce, the funds are taken directly 

from your account, no matter which 

institution you bank with. Maybe you’re 

already paying your mortgage or utility 

bills via ACH. 

ACH costs you nothing while helping 

TBS realize cost savings by reducing 

credit card charges and postage costs, 

and by improving our overall cash flow. 

Want to sign up? Call Jerry Ackerman at 

the synagogue office at 751-6663. 

L’Zecher Olam: For an 

Everlasting Memory 

We record, with love and dignity, those whose 

lives are forever remembered in our synagogue. 

The following plaques have been added in our 

Memorial Alcove by devoted family members. 

FLORENCE GREENBERG 

Mother of Stephen Greenberg 

FRANCES ARBITMAN 

Mother of Anne Millstein

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 

4 Nissan 

5 Nissan 

6 Nissan 

7 Nissan 

8 Nissan 

9 Nissan 

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

11 Nissan 

12 Nissan 13 Nissan 

14 Nissan 

15 Nissan 

16 Nissan 

9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Omer 15 

18 Nissan 

19 Nissan 

20 Nissan 

21 Nissan 

22 Nissan 

23 Nissan 

16 3 Omer 17 4 Omer 18 5 Omer 19 6 Omer 20 7 Omer 21 8 Omer 22 

25 Nissan 

26 Nissan 

27 Nissan 

28 Nissan 

29 Nissan 

30 Nissan 

23 10 Omer 24 11 Omer 25 12 Omer 26 13 Omer 27 14 Omer 28 15 Omer 29 

30 

Nissan April 

Iyar 

1...........Jewish War Veterans Meeting 

2...........Yom HaZikaron 

3...........Yom HaZtzma’ut 

3...........Bimah Protocol 

5...........Plus Givers Dinner & Service 

5...........Shabbat for Me Service 

Daylight Saving Time 

Begins; 9am Sisterhood 

Create Your Own Seder, 

Rel School Pretzel Sale, 

Passover Wine Sale 

9:30am Rel School Seder 

No Religious School 

Spring Break 

Classes Resume on 

April 20 

Second Day Chol 

Hamoed 


Religious School Resumes 

BeST III & IV Trip to DC 

9am USY Car Wash, RS 

Pretzel Sale 9:15am Men’s 

Club-Sisterhood Meeting, 

Putting God on the Guest 

List 

2 Iyar 

9am Religious School 

Board Meeting; 9:15am 

Men’s Club Breakfast, 

Adult B/M; 1:15pm Boy 

Scouts; 7:30pm Yom 

Hazikaron reception 

12:30pm Lunch & 

Learn; 7:30pm Jewish 

War Vets Mtg, Adv 

Hebrew; 8:15pm Ritual 

Committee Meeting 

Third Day Chol 

Hamoed 

Preschool Resumes 

12:30pm Lunch & 

Learn; 7:30pm 

Advanced Hebrew, Yom 

Hashoa Observed at JCC 

6...........Gimel Siyum (Last Shabbat for 

Honor Roll Eligibility) 

7...........Mitzvah Day 

7...........Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parents’ Meeting 

8...........Lunch and Learn 

11.........Men’s Club Poker Night 

Service Schedule 

Daily Services: Monday-Friday at 7 am and 

Sunday at 8:15 am 

Evening Services: Sunday-Thursday at 8 pm 

Shabbat Services: Friday at 6:15 pm and 

Saturday at 9:30 am 

Minha at Sundown 

SCRIP Available For 

ShopRite/Cherry Hill Kosher 

Acme/Stop & Shop 

Macy’s 

Purchase SCRIP in the TBS Judaica Shop or Office. 

Upcoming May Events 

9:30am Hebrew II 

6:15pm PS Music 

Round; 7pm Hebrew V, 

Boy Scouts; 7:30pm PS 

Bd Mtg; 8:15pm 

Tuesday Night Talmud 

Search for Chometz 

After Nightfall 



6:15pm PS Music Round 

7pm Hebrew V 

Fourth Day Chol 

Hamoed; 9:30am 

Hebrew II 

6:15pm Erev Yom Tov 

Candlelighting time: 

7:22 pm 

Yom Hashoa 


12:30pm Senior 

Chaverim 

7pm Hebrew V 

12.........Shabbat Live and Unplugged 

13.........No Children’s Services 

13.........“Take Your Ema to Shul” Shabbat 

14.........No Religious School/Mother’s Day 

18.........Sisterhood Installation 

20.........Religious School Honor Roll Luncheon 

7:30am Mishnah Torah 

9:30am Hebrew I 

1:30pm Book Club 

7pm Hebrew I, Choir 

Rehearsal, Exec Bd Mtg 

Erev Pesach—First Seder 

No Preschool or Religious 

School; 7am Siyum 

B’Korim (light breakfast) 


1pm TBS Office Closes 

Candlelighting time: 7:16pm 

Seventh Day of 

Pesach 

TBS Office Closed 

8pm Minha Ma’ariv 


9:30am Hbw I; 10am PS Fun 

Day; 12:30pm Int Hebrew 

6:15pm PS Music Round 

7pm Hebrew I; 7:30pm TBS 

Bd Mtg, Choir Rehearsal 

Preschool & 

Kindergarten Model 

Seder 

12:45pm PS Karate 

& Cheerleading 

First Day of 

Pesach—Second 

Seder 


Eighth Day of 

Pesach 


12:45pm PS Karate 

& Cheerleading 

6:30am Social Action 

Cooking 

Children’s Service Schedule* 

Tefilat Yeladim (TY) 10:30am: 

Shabbat Services for grades 3 and 

4 led by Claire Spechler. 

Knesset Noar (KN) 10:30am: 

Shabbat Services for grades 5 and 

6 led by Jane Lindemann. 

Shabbat Enrichment (SE) 

11am-12pm: Shabbat Services for 

ages 4 to 7 led by Harriet Baker in 

Room 106. 

Babysitting: Every Shabbat 

morning in Room 116. 


21 ........ Sisterhood Mother/Daughter Tea 

21 ........ Putting God on the Guest List 

21 ........ BeST Closing Assembly 

24 ........ Last Day of Religious School 

26 ........ Yom Yerushalayim 

29 ........ Memorial Day/Office Closed 

USY Convention in 

Delaware; 7pm Shabbat 

for Me Service 


7:11pm 

Second Day of Pesach 


USY leads services 


7:18pm 


7:25pm 

6:45pm PS Shabbat 


7:33pm 

1 

Rosh Hodesh 

3 Nissan 

9:30am B/M Mikaela 

Sutkin; 12N Rel School 

Teachers’ Shabbat 

5:45pm B/M Brett Karp 

Minha Time: 6:15pm EST 

Va-Yikra 

10 Nissan 

No Children’s Service 

9:30am B/M Jamie Giglio 

Minha Time: 

7:30pm DST 

Tzav 

Shabbat Hagadol 

17 Nissan 

2 Omer 

First Day Chol 

Hamoed 

No Children’s 

Services 

Minha Time: 7:30pm 

24 Nissan 

9 Omer 

9:30am B/M Tyler 

Price 


Shemini 

1 Iyar 

16 Omer 

9:30am B/M Nina Orwitz; 

7:15pm B/M Jared 

Kaufman 


Tazri’a-Metzora 

Deadline for the May 

Issue of Temple Talk: 

April 6, 2006 

Push the Right Buttons! 

Main Office......... 751-6663 

TBS Fax ............ 751-2369 

Religious School. 751-1824 

Preschool ........... 751-0994 

Internet Address......www.tbsonline.org 

Judaica Shop Hours 

Sunday: 9:00am-1:00pm 

Mon, Wed, Thurs: 9:30am-1:00pm 

Tuesday: 9:30am-6:30pm 

Wednesday: 4:00pm-9:00pm 

Friday: 9:30am-12:00noon 

Hours also available by 

appointment. Call 751-6663.

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS 

To send a contribution card, requests should be made to Betzy Abramson in the synagogue office. 

ANTELL EDUCATION FUND 

DONOR YAHRZEIT 

Carl Byck........................ Brother, Samuel Byck 

Barbara & Barry 

Hoffman.......................... Mother, Lillian Antell 

CANTOR BLASS MEMORIAL FUND 

DONOR IN MEMORY OF 

The Alternative Board .... Leonard Wolf 

EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS FACILITY FUND 

DONOR IN HONOR OF 

Anita & Abe Rothstein... Birth of Shira Rachel Rothstein 


Jewish War Veterans 

Post #126 ........................ Leonard Siegel 

DONOR SPEEDY RECOVERY 

Jewish War Veterans 

Post #126 ........................ Pearl Bramnick 

Abe Rothstein 

FINE ARTS FUND 


Ronit & David Ascalon .. Fran Kurtzman 

Mickey Weiner 

GENERAL FUND 


Zach Oppenheimer ......... Sara Horowitz’s engagement 

Arlene Schwartz ............. Jason Warren’s Bar Mitzvah 

Naomi & Barry 

Schimmer........................ Sara Horowitz’s engagement 

Shirley & George Solot .. Stan & Helene Curzman 

Lisa & David Forman..... Jason Warren’s Bar Mitzvah 


Woodcrest Country 

Club ................................ Leonard Wolf 

Ronald & Richard 

Kaplan............................. Leonard Wolf 

Howard Needleman........ Leonard Wolf 

Ken & Shelley 

Waetzman ....................... Leonard Wolf 

Beatrice Lewis and 

family.............................. Leonard Wolf 

Bernard & Polly Cross ... Leonard Wolf 

Mary Masinos................. Leonard Wolf 

Marion & Murray Gross. Lionel Rebhun 

James Kazmerskie .......... Leonard Siegel 

Irene Mennella................ Leonard Siegel 

Samuel London............... Sam Kushner 

Glenn & Patty 

MacAllister..................... Frances Arbitman 

Edward Porter................. Leonard Siegel 

Sharon & Mark 

Schwartz ......................... Saul Meshover 

David Caplin................... Simon Pugach 


Barry Berkowitz and 

Diane Sokalski................ Lynne Levin 

Glenn Fuhrman............... Janette Levitt 


Ira Dolich........................ Father, Meyer 

Warren & Roz Brandeis . Mother 

Manya Kamerling........... Father 

William Kamerling......... Mother, Dorothy 

Jacquie Sirota.................. Mother, Sylvia Ruberg 

David Bromberg ............. Mother 

Lezlie Schwartz .............. Father 

Deana Yellin................... Benjamin Greenberg 

Minnie Greenberg 

Harry Yellin 

Joseph & Joyce Fox........ Father, George Fox 

Claire Bass...................... Mother 

Valerie Yasner................ Herman Eisenberg 

Renee & Steven 

Tannenbaum ................... Father, Karl Plauner 

Julian Tannenbaum 

Dorothy Kelemen ........... Husband, Joseph 

Daughter, Barbara Lynne 

Debbie Perlman .............. Martin Gold 

Ed Silberman...................Father 

Michael Shaen.................Mother, Betty Shaen 

Beatrice Greenberg .........Mother, Ida Gruber 

Father, Paul Gruber 

Donald Kaplan ................Mother, Nettie Kaplan 

Arthur Seltzer..................Brother, Jack Seltzer 

Kathy Brookhart..............Father, Philip Yablonka 

Renee & Millard 

Braunstein .......................Grandson, Reid Trager 

Beatrice Bernstein...........Father, Samuel Bellitz 

Robert Rosner..................Mother, Rose Rosner 

Erna Anolik .....................Mother-in-law, Jeanie Anolik 

Dori Rose ........................Father, Murray Fenig 

Hilda Isaacson .................Sister-in-law, Selma Slepian 

Louise Greenbaum ..........Louis Niman 

Sister, Selma Camassar 

Charline Gaulton.............Brother-in-law 

Teddie Kritz ....................Mother, Anne Schmerin 

Joy Schafer......................Dorothy Salon 

Anita Schultz...................Father 

Michael Cohen & Robin 

Lewis...............................Mother, Thelma Cohen 

Alvin Zucker ...................Wife, Marilyn 

Dorothy Buchalter...........Father, Rubin Lessing 

Donald Morse..................Sister, Ruth Siegel 

Sue & Eric Baelen...........Father, Irving Brodsky 

Betty Zeidman.................Father, Herbert Rhodes 

Ken Hoffman...................Father, Arnold Hoffman 

Suzanne, Brian, Craig 

and Carly Robinson.........Grandmother 

Charlotte Gold.................Husband, Marty Gold 

Gary Udell.......................Mother, Dorothy Udell 

Lili Paul...........................Mother, Rivka Goldner 

Father, David Goldner 

Emil Paul.........................Mother, Sara Paul 

Father, Shalom Paul 

Rena Ruben .....................Father, Morris Schwartz 

Mother, Edith Schwartz 

Louis Wuhl......................Mother, Lola Wuhl 

Fred Kurz ........................Mother, Klara 

Michael Minoff ...............Mother, June Minoff 

Stephanie Tucker.............Mother & Father 

Neal Herzog ....................Mother, Dorothy Herzog 

Father, Charles Herzog 

Adam Engle.....................Mother, Janet Engle 

Ted Kaminer....................Benjamin Kaminer 

Steven & Susan Fox........Greta Fox 

Madalyn & Mark Sobin ..Mother, Pearl Herskowitz 

Father, Emanuel Herskowitz 

Lester Nelinson ...............Wife 

Father 

Beatrice Bernstein...........Husband, Harold Miller 

Brooke & Michael Zeitz 

and family........................Father, Murray Lertzman 

Father, Marvin Zeitz 

William Edelstein............Father, Joseph Edelstein 

Barbara Grossman...........Sister, Judi 

Barry Schimmer ..............Mother, Florence Schimmer 

David & Daryl Farber .....Cyria Farber 

Joel Elson ........................Father, Abraham Elson 

Norma Segal....................Husband, Sidney Segal 

Jeffrey Zucker .................Mother, Marilyn Zucker 

Gary Bressler...................Joseph Bressler 

Edith Kalech....................Husband, Albert Berenson 

Claire D’Angelo..............Father, Albert Kleiner 

Judy Friedman.................Father 

Arlene & Ira Dolich ........Mother, Ruth 

Yetta 

Ahuva Gleimer................Mother, Sara Devorkin 

Valerie Yasner.................Joan Ricefield 

Bernice Naythons............Mother, Pearl Schwartz 

Irene Raicer .....................Husband, Simon Raicer 

Warren & Becky Levy ....Grandmother, Gladys 

Weinberg 

Father, David Levy 

Marsha Yorinks...............Mother, Pearl Feller 

Glenn Fuhrman ...............Alan & Debbie Klein 

David Caplin ...................Milton Caplin 

Barbara Ayes...................Father 

Lenard & Rhona Brown..Mother, Adrienne Brown 

HERBERT GOLDBERG LIBRARY FUND 


Jim Hauk .........................My Children 


Tricia, Ira & Sam 

Schafer ............................Birth of Sarai Amelie Sax 

Marlene Denber ..............Lottie Denber 

Tamar & Jerry Levin ......Judy Brookover 

Pearl & Howard Klein 

and family .......................Alex Feldman’s Bar Mitzvah 

Sara Apple’s Bat Mitzvah 

Candy & Paul Rubin.......Ivy Brown’s engagement 

Zelda Joffe ......................TBS Library 


Amy & Bill Green 

and family .......................Caren Cohen’s brother 

Candy & Paul Rubin.......Winifred Lucy 

Evelyn Markowitz 

Louis Schnur 

Elsa Klughaupt 


Bernie & Marlene 

Epworth...........................Pearl Bramnick 


Leonard Yorinks.............Mother, Annabelle Yorinks 

Nina Zucker ....................Grandmother 

Marlene Denber ..............Father-in-law, Daniel Denber 

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FUND 


Samuel & Rosalin 

Schurr..............................Zoe McKay’s Bat Mitzvah 

HAZZAN DARDASHTI TZEDAKAH FUND 

DONOR IN APPRECIATION 

Miriam & Alan 

Feldman ..........................Alex’s Bar Mitzvah 

Michelle & David Brill...Ari’s Bar Mitzvah 

Janine Breier & 

Richard Greenberg..........Elyssa’s Bat Mitzvah 

ISRAEL CONFIRMATION FUND 


Miriam & Alan Feldman 

and family .......................Cantor Taenzer’s help with Alex’s 

Bar Mitzvah 


Dotti & Aaron Singer 

and family .......................Birth of Jackson Ryan Spigelman 

Alex Feldman’s Bar Mitzvah 

EVA & SAMUEL KRESS FUND 


Rita Buck ........................Father, Bernard Hirsh 

KAREN LEVY SCHOLARSHIP FUND 


Estelle Kushner...............Sister, Sarah Levine 

Mother, Celia Davis 

Edwin Greenblatt............Mother, Ida Greenblatt 

MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND 


The Turetsky Family ......Loved one of Patricia Genovese 

and family 

PRAYER BOOK & BIBLE FUND 


Susan & Arnie Baskies...Eric Jacobs 


Cynthia & Ed Adleman ..Leonard Siegel 

PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND 


Sylvia Schafer.................Birth of Joshua Max Baskies 

Birth of Sarai Amelie Sax 


Brenda & Jack 

Goldstein.........................Ruth Brodnick 

PERRY B GOLDSTEIN MORNING MINYON FUND 


Abraham Rothstein.........Misheberah said by Morning 

Minyan


Jackie & Stuart 

Goldstein & family ......... Sara Horowitz’s engagement 

Benjamin Levy’s engagement 


Hilda Isaacson................. Len Siegel 


Hilda Isaacson................. Jeanette Kirkpatrick 

CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP FUND 


Sharon & Charles 

Goldstein......................... Birth of Ezra Elimelech Friedman 

Birth of Joshua Max Baskies 

Ari, Michelle & David 

Brill................................. Ari’s Bar Mitzvah 

Susan & Barry 

Gertsman......................... Sarah Lewis 


Ruth & Jeff Abrams........ Jacquelyn Hess 

Gladys Steinberg............. Fran Kurtzman 


Susan & Barry 

Gertsman......................... Steve Ravitz 

RENAH RIVKAH RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND 


Lisa & Sam 

Gershenfeld..................... Jason Warren’s Bar Mitzvah 


Mildred & Arthur 

Seltzer ............................. Frances Arbitman 

RABBI LEWIS TZEDAKAH FUND 


Sylvia, Ira & Tricia 

Schafer ............................ Fran Kurtzman 

Sonya Katz...................... Fran Kurtzman 

Cynthia & Ed Adleman .. Leonard Wolf 

Leonard Siegel 

RABBI LINDEMANN TZEDAKAH FUND 


Naomi & Barry 

Schimmer........................ Rebecca & Ben’s aufruf 

Miriam & Alan 

Feldman .......................... Alex’s Bar Mitzvah 

Michelle & David Brill... Ari’s Bar Mitzvah 


Eric & Carolyn Jacobs.... Sara Horowitz’s engagement 

David & Jill Kastenberg . Henry Morse Kastenberg 

Susan & Arnie Baskies... Birth of Joshua Max Baskies 

Rob & Barbara Elkan ..... Alex Feldman’s Bar Mitzvah 

The Scheinthal Family.... Nathaniel Siegel’s Bar Mitzvah 

Elyssa Greenberg’s Bat Mitzvah 

Ari Brill’s Bar Mitzvah 

Jill, Peter & Brooke 

Greenberg ....................... Babynaming of Lauren Rose 

Greenberg 

Jill & Jeff Kraus.............. Alex Feldman’s Bar Mitzvah 

Doris Ravitz.................... Steve Ravitz’s birthday 

Arthur & Ninette 

Steinberg......................... Roy Levinson 


Pearl & Howard Klein 

and family....................... Lionel Rebhun 

Eric & Carolyn Jacobs.... Lionel Rebhun 

Shari & Jonah Smith 

and family....................... Herbert Toll 

Lionel Rebhun 

Maria & Tony Brullo...... Lionel Rebhun 

Michelle & Steve 

Scheinthal ....................... Jacquelyn Hess 

Lionel Rebhun 

Arlene Lauf and 

Mark Goldstein............... Lionel Rebhun 

Shirley & Irv Lazar......... Leonard Siegel 

Iris & Elliott 

Goldfinger....................... Saul Meshover 


Mildred & Arthur 

Seltzer............................. Pearl Bramnick 

Arlene Lauf & Mark 

Goldstein ........................ Lynne Levin 

Doris Ravitz.................... Steve Ravitz’s recovery from 

neck surgery 


Iris & Elliott 

Goldfinger ...................... Sarah & Ernest Goldfinger 

Pearl & Emanuel Herskowitz 

RABBI LEVENSON TZEDAKAH FUND 


Michelle & David Brill .. Ari’s Bar Mitzvah 

Janine Breier & Richard 

Greenberg ....................... Elyssa’s Bat Mitzvah 

GEORGE & MARY SHILLING SCHOLARSHIP FUND 


Tania & Jerry Sokoloff... Frances Arbitman 


Tania & Jerry Sokoloff... Mother, Mary Shilling 

Father, George Shilling 

Brother, Morris Sokoloff 

SOCIAL ACTION FUND 


Ruth & Jeff Abrams ....... Jason Warren’s Bar Mitzvah 

Jeannie & Larry Teller 

and family....................... Benjamin Levy’s engagement 


Jeannie & Larry Teller 

and family....................... Milt Gottschalk 

SANDRA FRAME FOR MUSIC FUND 


Sid & Helene Amster ..... Harold Raffel 

SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION FUND 


Traci & Gary Miller ....... Philip Glass 

STANLEY RAVITZ ACT OF KINDNESS FUND 


Anita & Abe Rothstein... Rebecca Schimmer’s marriage 

Add your voice to the 

Jewish Community Choir 

at the 

Jerusalem Day Community Concert 

Monday, May 22 • 7:30 pm • Congregation M’kor Shalom 

We invite you to attend four rehearsals at one of the local choirs 

listed below to participate in the Community Choir: 

Monday, April 17, May 1, 8 & 15 • 7:30-9:00 pm 

Adath Emanu-El, 205 Elbo Lane, Mt. Laurel 

Tuesday, April 25, May 2, 9 & 16 • 7:00-9:00 pm 

Temple Emanuel/Kol Emanuel, 1101 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill 

Tuesday, April 25, May 2, 9 & 16 • 7:30-9:15 pm 

Congregation M’kor Shalom, 850 Evesham Road, Cherry Hill 

Wednesday, April 26, May 3, 10 & 17 • 8:15-9:00 pm 

Temple Beth Sholom/Mak’helat Bet Sholom, 1901 Kresson Road, Cherry Hill 

Attendance required at combined dress rehearsal on Sunday, May 21 

at M’kor Shalom from 3:15-6:00 pm. 

Register online at katzjcc.org, request a form at hpozen@jfedsnj.org 

or call 424-4444, x 281. 



Stan & Helene Curzman. Brother of Caren Cohen 

Debbie, Sam, Daniel & 

Eric First ......................... Grandfather of Fran & Michael 

Pollack 


Sid & Helene Amster ..... Steve Ravitz 

SHIRLEY TOLTZIS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT & 

SCHOLARSHIP FUND 


Ruth & Paul Brodnick .... Amanda Silpe’s Bat Mitzvah 

Kelly & Eric Shore and 

family.............................. Birth of Julia Rosten 


Karen & Robert Malmud 

and family....................... Philip Glass 

Martin Kessler 

Lori & Lenny Feltoon..... Celia Friedman 

Kelly & Eric Shore and 

family.............................. Jacquelyn Hess 

Mother of Ellyne Dombro 

Dana & Mark Fallick...... Grandmother of Karen Malmud 


Malmud & Starkman 

families ........................... Ruth Brodnick 

Karen & Robert Malmud 

and family....................... Lynne Levin 


Diane Morse ................... Betty Urove 

TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE & EDUCATION FUND 


Risa Shiber...................... Mother of Ellyne Dombro 

Evelyn Rosner ................ Harry Green 

Honey & Rob Rosner and 

family.............................. Harry Green 

USY KADIMA FUND 


Cyndee & Mitch Kotler.. Jason Warren’s Bar Mitzvah 


Susan & Arnie Baskies... Lionel Rebhun

“A single landmark of justice and honor does 

not make a world of peace.” 

Former U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson, 

January 1947 

The United States Congress established the 

Days of Remembrance as our nation’s annual 

commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust 

and created the United States Holocaust Memorial 

Museum as a permanent living memorial to those 

victims. 

This year, the Days of Remembrance fall 

between Sunday, April 23, and Sunday, April 30, 

2006, with Holocaust Remembrance Day 

observed on April 25. The United States 

Holocaust Memorial Museum’s theme for this 

year’s commemoration is “Legacies of Justice,” in 

honor of the courage of, and the precedents set by, 

those who testified during the trials of Nazi war 

criminals. The Museum notes that the theme also 

“pays tribute to those who tirelessly work for the 

cause of justice, both then and now. Today, more 

than ever before, individual and communal 

willingness to seek justice after the Holocaust 

serves as a powerful example of how our nation 

can—and must—respond to unprecedented 

crimes. We must vigorously pursue justice for the 

victims of such acts of hatred and inhumanity, not 

only for their sake but for the sake of present and 

future generations.” BeST III & IV students are 

going to the National Holocaust Memorial 

Museum in Washington, DC, on Sunday, April 

23. 

This Mother’s Day, show your 

mom that you love her by taking her 

to shul! May 13 will be the first 

annual “Take Your Ema to Shul” 

Shabbat. All moms who are in shul 

that day will receive a special floral 

corsage and their children will receive 

service credit for Religious School. 

On this special Shabbat honoring all 

mothers, we are asking moms to lead 

the service. If you are interested in 

participating with either a part in 

A Message from Rabbi Levenson 

From the Program Director 

“Take Your Ema to Shul” Shabbat 


On Tuesday, April 25, the BeST III students 

will see “Lida Stein and the Righteous Gentile” at 

the Katz JCC. This play highlights ‘ordinary’ 

people from ‘ordinary’ families caught up in the 

extraordinary political and social upheaval of the 

Nazi era. The play probes these issues from the 

perspective of teenagers, both Jewish and non- 

Jewish, who are swept up in life-altering decisions 

about friendship, politics, and family loyalty in 

extraordinary times. 

The search for justice requires more than 

punishment of the guilty. We honor the memory 

of those who suffered and perished during the 

Holocaust by working towards a world of justice 

and peace. Drawing attention to the voices of 

victims of oppression and genocide, whether they 

be Holocaust survivors or those fleeing the 

genocide taking place today in Darfur, Sudan, is 

one of the chief legacies of the justice sought at 

Nuremberg. Commit to attending the Save Darfur 

Rally to Stop Genocide in Washington, DC on 

April 30, 2006. 

Rabbi Joel Levenson 

SAVE DARFUR 

We can stop the genocide in Darfur, 

but we must act now. 

RALLY FOR DARFUR IN D.C. ON 

APRIL 30, 2006 

Hebrew or in English, please see 

me ASAP. Dina Eliezer and I are 

more than happy to help you learn 

your part and prepare you for this 

special day. “Take Your Ema to 

Shul” Shabbat is a wonderful 

opportunity for you to show your 

child(ren) that you practice your 

t’fillot and attend shul, too! 

Looking forward to hearing from 

you! 

Jennifer Stofman

Usually, my article for the month of Nissan 

would tell you how our children are starting to 

prepare for Pesach. They are involved in hands-on 

activities learning about the holiday and are very 

excited about being active participants in their 

upcoming family Seders. Kindergarten and 

Kindergarten Enrichment will organize and 

conduct a special Seder for parents. 

I also usually would tell you that their favorite 

song at this time of year speaks about frogs 

jumping everywhere. Lately, it is not only frogs 

jumping but our children jumping from one 

activity to another; learning, growing and having 

fun! Here are just a few things that have been 

going on in the preschool this past month: 

The Fours continue to take daily power 

walks to raise money for the Juvenile 

Diabetes Research Foundation. A 

former TBS preschooler is scheduled to 

speak to the children about Juvenile 

Diabetes. 

Animal Welfare Association’s Pet 

Therapy Dog Flower visited our Twos. 

With Tzedakah they collected, they 

adopted a dog from the shelter in 

Voorhees and will sponsor a drive to 

donate badly needed supplies. 

During Purim, the children decorated 

and filled bags of snacks and sent 

Shaloch Manot to the children at the 

Weissman Pediatric Rehabilitation 

Center. 

This past month, “Cinderella” was a big 

hit with the preschoolers. The Fours 

attended a performance by the 

American Theater for Performing Arts at 

the Voorhees Community Center and 

the Threes attended a unique rendition 

of this classic fairy tale at the Ritz 

Theater in Oaklyn, NJ. 

Preschool News 

Registration continues for Kindergarten, 

Preschool and Camp Keshet 2006! 

Inquire about our new Parent/Child Program starting this 

summer: “Splish, Splash & Fun!” It will be a 

blend of arts & crafts, cooking, water play and 

music with Marcia Kratz. It will specialize in 

transitioning children and their parents into a 

first preschool experience. For more 

information, call the Preschool Office at 

751-0994. 


Kindergarten continues to send supplies 

and keep in contact with Ner Adim 

The Threes made their first donation to 

Magen David Adom and over the next 

month will receive a visit by our visiting 

nurse as well as the Cherry Hill Fire 

Department. 

HSA organized a wonderful fundraiser 

called “Art Works” where children 

created drawings in the classroom that 

can be printed onto mugs, stationery 

and key chains to be ordered just in 

time for Mother’s Day! 

And finally, through the hard work and 

generosity of the HSA and our parents, 

a new playhouse has been purchased 

for the outside playground. The children 

will be able to enjoy it this spring! 

Flower the Dog Photo 

Flower the Pet Therapy Dog, who resides at the Animal 

Welfare Association in Voorhees. Our Preschool’s Two 

Year Olds donated money and much-needed supplies to the 

shelter. 

From all the teachers and staff at the preschool, 

we wish you a Zissen Pesach! 

Ellen Berju, 

Preschool Director 

Jewish Geriatric Home 

Shabbat Visits 

Join Norman Hutz at 

2:30 pm to perform this 

mitzvah on the following 

upcoming dates: 

April 8 May 27 

For more information 

call Norman at 428-6676.

Parashah Previews 

Comments for conversation on the weekly Torah Portions, from Etz Hayim, 

the Conservative Movement Humash. 

Parshat Vayikra—Leviticus 1:1-5:26 

Shabbat, April 1, 2006—3 Nissan 5766 

These chapters describe the basic kinds of sacrifices 

and list the several classes of offerings to be presented to 

God in the sanctuary. Chapters 1-5, addressed to individual 

Israelites and their leaders, recount what may be offered— 

including animals, birds, and grain. They establish the 

proper procedures for presenting the various sacrifices, a 

function performed primarily by priests but that 

occasionally required the participation of those who 

brought the sacrifices. 

Leviticus is a difficult book for a modern person to read 

with reverence and appreciation. Its main subject matter— 

animal offerings and ritual impurity—seems remote from 

contemporary concerns. Yet almost half of the 613 mitzvot 

of the Torah are found in this book, the text with which 

young children traditionally began their Jewish education. 

Our concern in reading Leviticus should be more than 

historical (“this is what our ancestors used to believe and 

practice”). It should be an effort to understand the religious 

needs that were met by these practices in ancient times, 

needs that we still confront today, and the religious ideas 

that were taught in the process. 

“The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the 

Tent of Meeting.” (Leviticus 1:1) 

Parshat Tzav—Leviticus 6:1-8:36 


The rituals for each of the various sacrifices outlined in 

chapters 1-5 are presented in chapters 6 and 7. These 

chapters also offer us a unique glimpse into the 

participation of the priesthood in the sacred meals within 

the precincts of the sanctuary. 

The important Hebrew word torah, which appears in 

these chapters, derives from the verb “to cast, shoot”—an 

arrow, for instance. The verb, in one of its forms means “to 

aim, direct toward”—hence “to show the way, instruct.” 

The word torah here is limited to the content of the 

instruction. 

“This is the Torah of the Sacrifice of Wellbeing that one 

may offer to the Lord.” (Leviticus 7:11) 

Parshat Sh’mini—Leviticus 9:1-11:47 


This parashah begins by recalling a tragic incident that 

marred the installation ceremony of Aaron and his sons as 

kohanim. The focus of the text then shifts to the second of 

the major concerns of Leviticus, the avoidance of ritual 

impurity (tum-ah), which would separate the Israelite from 

contact with God and God’s sanctuary. 

The basis for one major pillar of the Jewish dietary 


code, the separation of meat and dairy products, is 

enunciated in Exodus 34:26. Now the Torah adds a 

second pillar, the distinction between the living creatures 

that may be eaten and those that are forbidden. 

An attentive reading of this chapter clearly shows that 

the dietary laws are not based on considerations of health, 

neither in terms of the animals permitted or forbidden nor 

out of concern for meat spoiling in the desert heat. 

“These are the creatures you may eat…” 

(Leviticus 11:2) 

Parshat Tazri-a-M’tzora—Leviticus 14:1-15:33 

Shabbat, April 29, 2006—1 Iyar 5766 

This double parashah focuses on rituals of 

purification. It begins with the offerings brought after the 

birth of a child. The remainder describes the ritual of 

purifying and reintegrating the recovered leper. We can 

read it as a description of the Israelites’ attitude to the 

experience of recovering from illness. 

The formal description of the cleansing ritual masks 

the deep and possibly conflicted feelings of the person 

who has recovered from a serious illness. These might 

include feelings of relief and happiness together with a 

new appreciation of good health, perhaps resentment over 

what he had been going through as well as envy of people 

who had remained healthy. The offering of the recovered 

leper is sometimes referred to as “the sacrifice of one who 

has returned from the dead,” either because the illness 

was so grave or because a life cut off from all human 

contact, a life without friends and family, was not really a 

life. 

“This shall be the ritual for a leper at the time he is to 

be purified.” (Leviticus 14:2) 

Parshat Aharei Mot-K’doshim—Leviticus 16:1-20:27 

Shabbat, May 6, 2006—8 Iyar 5766 

Aharei Mot presents the rituals for Yom Kippur and 

then goes on to discuss prohibited sexual relations. Ritual 

and ethical purity are the concerns of this double portion 

of Torah. K’doshim begins with the words “you shall be 

holy” (k’doshim tihyu). What is holiness? The term can be 

applied to God, to good people, to a book, to a period of 

time, or to an animal offered as a sacrifice. To be holy is 

to be different, to be set apart from the ordinary. 

“Ordinary” (hol) is often used as the opposite of “holy” in 

rabbinic discourse. To be holy is to rise to partake in 

some measure of the special qualities of God, the source 

of holiness. Holiness is the highest level of human 

behavior, human beings at their most Godlike. 

“Then he shall come out and offer his burnt offering, 

and the burnt offering of the people.” (Leviticus 16:24)

Who uses the library? 

Who walks through that open door? 

Everyone in the congregation can, and many 

do, for all sorts of reasons. 

Steve came in for travel guides for his first trip 

to Israel and has stayed on as an avid film patron. 

Paula came in and borrowed 25 age-appropriate 

books on the immigrant experience in the U.S. for 

her Hebrew High class. A preschool parent came 

in for a book to read to help her child after a death 

in her family. Rachel came in for audio books to 

listen to on a car trip with her husband. Preschool 

teachers come in regularly for books to augment 

both their classroom libraries and to find books to 

enrich their lessons. Members of the Nextbook 

Book Group at the public library come in for 

copies of the books they are reading. Mara is 

making her first Seder and has been methodically 

going through most of the cookbook collection to 

carefully plan her meal (it’s going to be a good 

one!). Marlene comes in to do her Hebrew 

homework for Dina’s Hebrew class. 

Then there are the fearless readers—the ones 

for whom English is not their native language. 

They are truly amazing. They love to read and 

will tackle anything that looks interesting to them, 

no matter the level of difficulty. They are 

inspiring! 

Mitzvah Day 

Library News 

The Open Door 

Mitzvah Day is Sunday, May 7. Enclosed in this issue of 

Temple Talk is the complete Mitzvah Day volunteer form, with 

lots of wonderful opportunities to make a difference. Please get 

your form in early to guarantee your first choice. 

There are a couple of additions to the activities listed on the 

form, including a “Blankets from the Heart,” a project that will be 

making blankets for needy families. There will also be a Walk-a- 

Thon supporting Multiple Sclerosis, leaving at 9:00 am from 

Eastern High School in Voorhees. We will be walking with team 

“Emunah.” 

For more information and to register for the walk, contact Dina 

Eliezer at TBS or email her at Dinae@tbsonline.org. Please call 

Michele Warren at 795-9185 or Miriam Feldman at 751-3752 if 

you have any other questions about Mitzvah Day. 


Kids from both public school and Kellman 

Academy come in for research materials for 

school projects. Entire families come in together 

on Sunday mornings and everyone takes out 

something to read. The kids come in with their 

Hebrew School teachers to hear stories and take 

out books (publishing of Jewish children’s books 

has exploded). The biography readers come, and 

the mothers and daughters who are planning 

weddings come. So do the Bar and Bat Mitzvah 

parents planning their simchas. The serious 

readers on Judaism and Israel come, as do the 

littlest patrons—the preschool classes who come 

in every week for Story Time and then come back 

after school with their parents to take home a 

book to snuggle with, or chew on in the case of 

the board books. Even the Rabbi comes in to use 

the Encyclopedia Judaica. And last, but not least, 

the fiction readers who read everything from 

Jewish romance novels (yep, we have them) to 

literary fiction and everything in between. They 

all come. 

So many books. 

So little time. 

So come on in through the open library door 

and find something to take home and enjoy. I look 

forward to seeing you! 

Chag Sameach to all. 

Judy Brookover, Librarian 

TBS Blood 

Drive 

Sunday, May 7, 2006 

8:00 am-2:00 pm 

Join us at TBS on Mitzvah 

Day for this very important 

act of kindness. 

Appointments are available 

every 15 minutes. Email 

TBSBLDDRV@yahoo.com 

to schedule your 

appointment to 

save a life.

USY 

Spring has sprung and our year in USY is quickly coming to an end, 

but not before we partake of some awesome events! 

April brings the annual Hagesher Region Spring Convention. The 

busses will be loading on April 7 (sorry parents, but your teenager 

won’t be around to help you clean for Pesach!) and will be heading 

for Claymont, Delaware, for what is always a weekend filled with 

friends that is sure to result in lots of wonderful memories. 

Be sure to join us in synagogue on April 14, the second day of 

Passover, as Mizrach USY leads services in the main sanctuary. This 

is always a special service that makes us very proud of our USYers. 

On April 23, we will be holding our Spring Car Wash in the TBS 

parking lot. Parents, make sure you stop over after dropping the kids 

off at Hebrew School for a sparkling clean car. Suggested donation is 

$5.00, with all proceeds benefiting SATO. 

April 26 brings the highly anticipated Election Informational 

meeting. Those interested in running for an executive board position 

should attend with a parent, to find out what positions are open for 

next year’s board, and what the responsibilities include. Applications 

will be handed out at this meeting. This culminates with elections on 

May 8 at the home of Adam Waxman. Join us for dinner at 5:00 pm. 

Elections will follow immediately at 6:00 pm. If you are running, be 

sure to bring all of your TBS USY friends to the Waxman’s to cast 

their votes. Please note that only paid TBS USY members may vote. 

Be sure to mark your calendars for April 30 as we head to the 

Riversharks game for our closing event. Cost is $20 which includes 

field level seating and transportation to and from the game. Paid 

RSVPs are required and must be in at the TBS main office by April 

10. Don’t miss the opening weekend of the Riversharks season and 

the chance to share it with your USY friends. 

And finally, be sure to come along with us on Mitzvah Day, May 

7, as USY once again leads the 15-mile bike tour. To register, or for 

more information on the ride, contact Rabbi Levenson. 

As you can see, it is a full calendar of events for Mizrach for the 

month of April. Don’t miss out on these wonderful activities. Please 

feel free to contact me with any questions you have. 

Rena Platt-Goldstein, M.Ed., Advisor 

Chaverim & Kadima 

On April 23, Chaverim and Kadima will be heading to Grandslam 

in Mt. Laurel for an afternoon of fun and games. There's something 

for everybody at Grandslam! Join us from 4:00-6:00 pm to play 

arcade games, Aeroball, and Spativity. You'll also get to use the 

batting cages and participate in a basketball tournament. 

This event is open to 4th through 7th graders, so sign up now! Cost 

is $14.00, but if you sign up with a friend, you'll each save $2.00. 

Contact me at (267) 253-4584 or ssaidel2000@yahoo.com to sign 

up or for more information. 

Sue Saidel, Advisor 


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Betty van de Rijn, Assistant Executive Director 

Dina Eliezer, Educational Director 

Ellen Berju, Preschool Director 

Jennifer Stofman, Program Director 

Steve Ravitz, President 

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TBS Blood Drive 

Sunday, May 7, 2006 

8:00 am-2:00 pm 

Join us at TBS on Mitzvah 

Day for this very 

important act of kindness. 

Appointments are 

available every 15 

minutes. Email 

TBSBLDDRV@yahoo.com 

to schedule your 

appointment to 

save a life. 


PLATT 

Memorial Chapels, Inc. 

2001 Berlin Rd Cherry Hill, NJ 

Bernard A. Platt, Mgr. NJ Lic. No. 3480 

Harry A. Platt, Dir. NJ Lic. No. 3824 

Alison Platt, Dir. NJ Lic. No. 4542 

856-428-9442 800-262-9442 

Infertility Support 

Group 

Jewish Family and 

Children’s Service of 

Southern NJ will sponsor a 

six-week Infertility Support 

Group, Seeds of Hope, on 

Wednesday evenings, 

beginning April 26, 2006 

from 7:30 to 8:45 pm at 

JFCS, Suite 702 Birchfield 

Drive, Mt. Laurel. 

Registration is $90 and 

scholarships are available. 

For more information call 

Rena Essrog at 778-7775.

From the Educational Director 

HOW IS THIS YEAR DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER YEARS? 

5766 Special Passover Pullout Section /Page 6 

?ohbav kfn ,tzv vbav v,b,ab vn 

IN ALL OTHER YEARS… 

We learn Hebrew. We learn about Jewish history and tradition. We celebrate the Jewish holidays and we perform 

mitzvoth. 

THIS YEAR… 

///,tzv vbac 

We recognize the significance of being involved in Jewish education by identifying magical moments we have and 

have had in Jewish education. 


///ohbav kfca 

We have opened our doors and included children with special needs in our program. We provide parents with many 

option for their children’s education and under the guidance of Shayna Sukoneck, we provide advocates to the students 

and guidance to the teachers in the classrooms. 

THIS YEAR… 

///,tzv vbac 

We invited Andrea Feigenbaum to help us in making better connections between our students with special needs and 

the students in the classroom. We also reached out to the community and invited Josh Goldstein (who has cerebral palsy) 

to join his friend Sarah to be part of our school family. 


///ohbav kfca 

We perform many Mitzvot. We raise tzedakah to assist various organizations and causes. 

THIS YEAR… 

///,tzv vbac 

We continue our acts of loving kindness. We raised throughout the school over $1,400 for the 

Israeli Red Cross—Magen David Adom. We hosted a party for 17 Israeli children who have cancer and who visited our 

community. Many generous people and families contributed for this event. Our Dalet and high school students will be 

participating in the MS Walk to support research in that field and boost the morale of a 15 year old boy in the 

community who is waiting for a cure for the disease. 


///ohbav kfca 

We connect with Israel through studies and joint activities. 

THIS YEAR… 

///,tzv vbac 

Before I left for Israel in January, I asked the children to write me a letter that I could take with me and read while I 

was there. They could ask me questions and tell me about things they would like me to observe. I arrived in Israel with 

almost 300 letters. I read all of them and replied to each and every one of them. I was pleased to discover the level of 

knowledge our children have about Israel! I recognized some remarks about the places that the teachers visited last year. 

Upon my return, I visited the classes to deliver the letters and spent time with the children telling them about today’s 

Israel and my experience. 

Pesach is known to be the holiday of questions. In Israel, we tell a person who asks too many questions: “Wait until 

Pesach and then you could ask all you want!” 

Pesach is also the first holiday, according to the biblical calendar. So, in this regard, it is also good to look back and 

ask ourselves about how different our year was and will be. The word vba –year—means in Hebrew “CHANGE” and 

also “REPEAT.” 

As we place Elijah's cup on the table, symbolizing the future messianic redemption; and as we add Miriam’s cup of 

water, symbolizing hope and renewal in present time, we could think and ask ourselves about the “change” and “repeats” 

in our lives. 

The TBS staff and faculty join me in wishing you... 

!jnau raf jxp dj ~~~ HAPPY AND KOSHER PASSOVER! 

///ohbav kfca 

Dina Eliezer 

A story: 

Food Insecurity 

When the Israeli actor, Ezra Dagan, 

was chosen to play the rabbi in the 

Holocaust movie “Schindler’s List,” he 

went to visit a friend whose father was a 

survivor. Ezra wanted to get the personal 

feel of the Jews who had lived through 

Auschwitz. Arriving just as his friend’s 

father sat down to eat, Ezra marveled at 

the rapid pace at which he consumed 

everything on his plate. “Does your father 

always eat at so frenzied a rate?” he 

inquired. “I never noticed it but you are 

right. It must be a life saving lesson he 

never unlearned from his years in Nazi 

forced labor camps.” (A Different Night: 

The Family Participation Haggadah). 

The impact of food insecurity can last a lifetime. 

The term is new, but the problem has been around 

for a long time. It is “the uncertain ability to 

acquire adequate and appropriate foods in socially 

AM PM 

SIYUM HA B’CHORIM 

Wednesday, April 12 7:00 

EREV PASSOVER—FIRST SEDER 

Wednesday, April 12 

No Minha Ma’ariv Services 

FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER—SECOND SEDER 

Thursday, April 13 9:30 

Minha following Kiddush 

No Ma’ariv services 

SECOND DAY OF PASSOVER 

Friday, April 14 

USY Leads Morning Service 9:30 

Minha Ma’ariv Services 6:15 

HOL HAMOED PASSOVER 

Shabbat, April 15 9:30 7:30 


Sunday, April 16 8:15 8:00 

A Message from Rabbi Lindemann 

Service Schedule 


acceptable ways on a continuous basis.” And it 

doesn’t only happen in environments of oppression. 

It is usually a consequence of poverty. When a 

family has enough food the week after payday, but 

not the week before the next payday, that’s food 

insecurity. When parents eat less than they need so 

children can have a bit more, that’s food insecurity. 

When people have to turn to food pantries at social 

service agencies and food banks to get them through 

the month, that’s food insecurity. 

Food insecurity is the first thing we address at the 

Seder. We hold up the Matza and recite Ha Lahma 

Anya—“This is the bread of poverty and persecution 

which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all 

who are hungry, come and eat. Let all who are in 

need come and share the Pesach meal.” But, of 

course, nobody comes. It’s a symbol, and symbols 

only have meaning if we act on them. 

Mazon gives meaning to our words. 

Mazon provides grants to food banks around the 

United States, where, according to the USDA, 11.9% 

of the population suffers from food insecurity. 

(continued on page 4 of this Special Passover Section) 

AM PM 


Monday, April 17 7:00 8:00 


Tuesday, April 18 7:00 

Erev Yom Tov 6:15 

SEVENTH DAY OF PASSOVER 

Wednesday, April 19 9:30 

Minha Ma’ariv Services with Yizkor 8:00 

EIGHTH DAY OF PASSOVER 

Thursday, April 20 

With Yizkor 9:30 

Youth Torah Readers 

Minha Ma’ariv 8:00 

~ ~ ~ ~ 

In observance of Passover, the TBS office will 

close at 1 pm on Wednesday, April 12, and will be 

closed on Thursday and Friday, April 13 and 14 

and Wednesday and Thursday, April 19 & 20.

A Song for the Seder Table from The Hazzan 

AVADEEM HAYEENU 

Once We Were Slaves, Now We Are Free People 

Chords: H. Dardashti Traditional 

Any chometz owned by a Jew during the week 

of Passover is forbidden for actual use forever. If, 

therefore, one cannot dispose of all chometz before 

Passover, he must arrange for a formal mechiras 

chometz or sale of that chometz to a non-Jew. 

Check with your Jewish grocer and baker to 

ascertain that he has sold his chometz. 

All chometz in your possession should be 

collected and locked in a spare room, closet or 

trunk. All chometz dishes and utensils should also 

be placed in a special room or closet until after 

Pesach, after having been thoroughly scoured and 

cleansed. 

You should then see the Rabbi personally to 

authorize a bill of sale. If that is not possible, simply 

mail this form to the Rabbi before Wednesday, 

April 12. It is customary to make a donation for 

tzedakah as part of this transaction. 

Selling the Chometz 


CHOMETZ SALE 

Mail to: TBS, 1901 Kresson Rd, 

Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003. 

I, _______________________________, 

hereby authorize Rabbi Steven Lindemann to 

dispose of all my chometz wherever it may be 

stored. This I do in accordance with the 

requirements and provisions of Jewish Law. 

Name ________________________________ 

Hebrew Name _________________________ 

Address ______________________________ 

City ____________ State ______ Zip ______ 

Rabbi Lindemann (continued from page 1 of this Special Passover Section) 

Lately, Mazon has had to increase its profile in 

Israel because of food insecurity there. In Hebrew, it is 

called I-Bitahon Tzonati. Here’s what it means: 

22% of Israeli citizens— 

approximately 1,100,000 people— 

are food insecure. 

Of those Israeli citizens who are 

food insecure, 60% are Jewish, 

20% are Arabs and 20% are new 

immigrants. 

According to the National 

Insurance Institute, nearly 30% of 

Israeli children—approximately 

690,000—live below the national 

poverty line. ($937.50/month for a 

household of two adults and two 

children) 

So this year, give meaning to the opening words of 

the Seder. When you hold up the Matza in one hand, 

hold up the enclosed Mazon envelope in the other. 

Then use both to fight food insecurity. 

Hag Kasher V’Sameyah—Have a good and 

meaningful Passover, 

Rabbi Steven Lindemann 

Passover Kiddushim 

It has been a TBS custom for congregants to 

make monetary contributions for the Pesach 

Kiddushim. Can we count on you this year? 

Please return this form, along with your check, 

to the TBS Office. Thank You! 

Pesach Kiddushim Sponsorship 

Please send this completed form and your check 

to: Pesach Kiddushim; c/o Temple Beth Sholom; 

1901 Kresson Road; Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. 

Name ____________________________________ 

Address __________________________________ 

City _______________ State _____ Zip ________ 

Phone ____________________________________ 

Dollar Amount Enclosed $___________________ 


Passover Food Drive 

Jewish Family and Children’s 

Service and Camden County 

Hadassah are collecting nonperishable, 

Kosher for Passover 

food for their Annual Passover 

Food Drive. Please drop off 

donations through April 10 to 

either TBS (in the yellow bins in the lobby) or JFCS. 

Since the majority of recipients are seniors, ready-toserve 

canned and boxed items are best: gefilte fish, 

tuna, macaroons, juices, raisins, candies, desserts, 

borscht and soups. Also being accepted through 

April 10 are SCRIP, cash and checks. Please make 

checks payable to TBS and mark them “Pesach Food 

Drive.” For more information, call Beverly Solomon 

at 856-428-5929. 

Passover in April at TBS 

2..... Religious School Model Seder 

6..... Preschool & Kindergarten Model Seder 

9..... Religious School Spring Break 

(Classes resume on April 23) 

12... Erev Pesach—First Seder 

(TBS Office Closes at 1 pm) 

13... Second Seder (TBS Office Closed) 

14... Second Day of Pesach (TBS Office Closed) 

19... Seventh Day of Pesach (TBS Office Closed) 

20... Eighth Day of Pesach (TBS Office Closed) 

The First Seder is Wednesday, April 12. 

What are you putting on your 

Seder table this year? 

Visit the TBS Sisterhood 

Judaica Shop 

Seder Plates • Matza Plates • Matza Covers 

Washing Bowls • Miriam’s Cups • Elijah’s Cups 

Family Haggadot • Children’s Haggadot 

Charoset Dishes • Salt Water Dishes • Plague Bags 

Afikomen Bags • Afikomen Gifts 

Finger Puppets 

The Judaica Shop 

will be closed 

on Sunday, April 9.

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