Yee-Haw! - Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

Number 5 January 2011 

25 Tevet – 26 Shevat 5771 

Rabbi Andrew Busch 

Cantor Robbie Solomon 

Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen 

Cantor Ann G. Sacks 

Rabbi Emeritus Rex D. Perlmeter 

Inside . . . 

Todah Rabbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 

Welcome New Members . . . . . . . . . .2 

From the Clergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 

A Message from the President . . . . . . .3 

Night of the Stars Fundraiser . . . . . . . .3 

Dr . Martin Luther King, Jr . Weekend . . 4 

Upcoming at BHC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 

Program Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 

Meet BHC Board Member . . . . . . . . .6 

L’Dor V’Dor Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 

Religious School Ruach . . . . . . . . . . . .7 

Hoffberger Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 

Bulletin 

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation 

Yee-Haw! 

Baby Boomers’ Square Dance and Bar-B-Que 

Saturday, January 22 • 7-11 p m 

All Community Baby Boomers Welcome. 

For details see page 3. 

www .bhcong .org 

Day School Doings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 

Brotherhood News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 

Sisterhood in Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 

Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12 

January Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Todah Rabbah 

The Congregational Kiddush on November 

20 was sponsored by Lenore Meyers and 

Mark Sugarman in honor of their daughter 

Ilana Rose Meyers Sugarman becoming a 

Bat Mitzvah. 

The Congregation congratulates the 

Meyers-Sugarman family on their joyous 

occasion. 

Welcome New Members! 

We welcome the following Congregants 

who have joined BHC since December: 

Brian Goldstein 

Chad Libraty 

Kate Benjamin & Jonathan Weiner 

Yahrzeit Name Reminder 

To have a yahrzeit name read, call the 

Temple Office or fill out a card when coming 

to worship. For more information call Iris, 

410-764-1587, ext. 224. 

Lifecycle Events 

For lifecycle events and 

special occasions, BHC 

has wonderful facilities 

to rent, such as the 

Dalsheimer Auditorium, 

the Goodwin Center and Straus Social Hall. 

For information contact our Facility/Event 

Coordinator, Francie Gill, 410-764-1587, 

ext. 226, and be sure to call one of our 

participating caterers listed below. 

BHC Participating Caterers 

• Biddle Street Catering 

• The Classic Catering People 

• Linwoods Catering 

• Santoni’s 

• Zeffert and Gold Catering 

Insulate Your Home 

Make sure your walls and ceilings are 

insulated . Save 2,000 lbs . of carbon dioxide 

and $245 per year . 

-Green Team Task Force 

Disclaimers: All prices, events and times 

published in the Bulletin are current at the time 

of publication, but are subject to change . 

Publication of an advertisement in the Bulletin 

is neither an endorsement nor recommendation 

of any advertisers’ products or services by BHC . 

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin • Number 5 • 25 Tevet – 26 Shevat 5771 • January 2011 

From The Clergy 

Not Joking 

A rabbi, a priest, and a minister were sitting on an El Al airplane… 

In November, that honestly is how I found myself seated on a flight to Israel. 

I wasn’t surprised, because I am honored to be involved with the Maryland 

Clergy Initiative. The Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies and the 

Baltimore Jewish Council sponsored this opportunity for approximately 20 

Christian and Jewish clergy to study together for several months (since April), 

travel to Israel together, and continue our studies upon returning (already 

happening). The experience has been full of deeply serious conversations, 

fresh ideas and insights, and plenty of laughter. All three of these components 

have been crucial components of building relationships among religious 

leaders, and thus hopefully religious communities, in the Baltimore region. 

There are a few overlapping goals of this initiative: to build those 

relationships which may deepen our general community on a number of levels, 

to deepen an understanding of Israel and her context while providing insights 

regarding the Palestinians and their context, and to provide for dialogue that 

might enhance the nature of discussion regarding Israel on a local and even 

national level within religious denominations. On our trip, we met with a 

variety of government, religious, military, and academic personalities. Our 

experiences ranged from standing where Jesus preached on the edge of the 

Kinneret to receiving a briefing in the Knesset, from visiting with Palestinian 

Authority Prime Minister Fayyad in Ramallah to welcoming Shabbat at Reform 

Congregation Kol Haneshama in Jerusalem. 

We discussed borders, the differences between Christian denominations, 

our own personal histories, and our reactions to the various holy sites we 

visited and speakers we encountered. We returned to Baltimore as friends who 

shared a renewed humility regarding our knowledge and our limitations. We 

find ourselves at home studying together, reaching out to one another, and 

grappling with the sweetness and complexities of Israel. 

A rabbi, a priest, and a minister were sitting on an El Al airplane… randomly; 

I was seated with the same two colleagues on our return flight, transformed 

and inspired. 

• Please Let Us Know • 

—Rabbi Andrew Busch 

Due to hospital policy, clergy and 

Family Concerns Volunteers have no way of knowing you are in the 

hospital unless you or a family member inform us .

For an unforgettable night of hilarious entertainment 

SAVE THE DATE 

Saturday, April 2, 2011 

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation 

Honoring Laura Black & Charles Klein 

This event will benefit 

Religious School Scholarships 

and Youth Programs. 

For information, contact 

Annette Saxon, 410-764-1587 x 236, 

asaxon@bhcong.org 

So You Think You Can Dance? 

SARGE 

Cory Kahaney 

Join the BHC Baby Boomers as we dance, eat, and drink the night 

away! This event will be lots of fun, and is open to the Community 

“Baby Boomer” age group. A professional square dance caller will 

be sure to get even the most reluctant dancers out there. This is 

for everyone – singles, couples, groups – just come out and enjoy 

the evening! Dancing! Bar-b-que! Drinks for All! Saturday, January 

22, 7-11 p m. Snow Date February 5. We hope you’ll join us, to meet 

new people and see old friends—but not THAT old—burn up some 

calories, eat, drink, and dance! Reservations required by January 15. 

For event details, ticket prices and reservations visit www.bhcong. 

org/squaredancing. 

Tu B’Shevat Tasting 

Join us for a Tu B’Shevat Tasting, Saturday January 22, 11:30 a m. 

Judaism preceded our ecologically-minded times with Tu B’Shevat, a 

holiday celebrating trees, and thus all life. Join Cantor Sacks for an 

informal and intriguing exploration of a variety of fruits and Jewish 

views of creation. This tasting is a twist on the seder BHC has held 

in past years and will enable us to schmooze, taste, and celebrate 

following Shabbat Shelanu. RSVP to Becky Gutin, bgutin@bhcong.org 

or 410-764-1587, ext. 250. 

In Good Company Dining Club 

Join BHC’s new In Good Company Dining Club! This wine and dine 

group is intended for the double-chai and triple-chai demographic, 

and will explore some of the region’s great restaurants. We might 

even have a professional chef cook for us in someone’s home. 

Our first restaurant event will be sometime this spring. If you 

are interested in receiving more information as things develop, 

contact Andy Wayne, Program Director, awayne@bhcong.org or 

410-764-1587, ext. 246. 

A Second Home 

A Message from the President 

Happy New Year! It is the second time in 

months I have been able to greet you with 

this phrase. May the year 2011 be a happy and 

healthy year for all of you. 

At this time of year, it is customary as part 

of our secular customs to make New Year’s 

resolutions. Unfortunately, custom has also shown that soon after 

the New Year, many of these resolutions are forgotten. It is, however, 

a time for us to reflect on the type of life we wish to lead. 

As I look around the Congregation, I see many members who 

have made BHC an integral part of their lives. BHC is a multifaceted 

entity. Educational and worship opportunities abound. For 

our young members we have PJ Shabbat and Junior Congregation. 

We celebrate Shabbat with our Friday night service, Torah Talk and 

Shabbat Shelanu as well as our B’nai Mitzvah services. Brotherhood, 

Sisterhood and Parents’ Association, along with our Program 

Director Andy Wayne, sponsor a myriad of programs for all ages, 

both educational and social. It is impossible to look at the Temple 

Bulletin without noticing programs that appeal to all segments of 

the Congregation. 

Our Religious School, The Day School and E.B. Hirsh Early 

Childhood Center offer our children an avenue to learn about and 

to express their Judaism. This is augmented as they get older by 

their participation in JYGE and BHeCTY, the Congregation’s youth 

groups. 

These are but a few of the activities that BHC sponsors on a daily 

basis. The question for many of us are is whether we wish to make 

the Congregation an integral part of our lives and of our children’s 

lives. For many of you, this decision has already been made and 

the Congregation has become a second home for you and your 

families. 

I can think of no better resolution than to make Judaism and BHC 

a fundamental part of your life. Read our Bulletin, call the Temple 

Office, and speak to our clergy and Board of Electors to find avenues 

of interest to you. We welcome the opportunity to help make BHC a 

second home for you as it has been for us. Happy New Year! 

Philip Abraham 

President 

BHC’s Nominating Committee 

BHC’s 2010/2011 Nominating Committee has been appointed: 

Karen Adashek, Gary Aiken, John Elias, Gerri Kobren, 

Matthew Lynn, Elise Morris, Jill Petschek, Joel Simon and 

Chair Edward Perl. 

Luiann & Lee Dellon 

Simcha 

TREE of LIFE 

Thank You for purchasing a leaf on our Simcha Tree of Life 

since the publication of our November Bulletin: 

For those interested in inscribing a leaf for any simcha, 

contact Sally Palmbaum, 410-764-1587, ext. 225. 

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“If we are to go forward, we 

must go back and rediscover 

those precious values - that 

all reality hinges on moral 

foundations and that all reality 

has spiritual control.” 

"An individual has not started 

living until he can rise above 

the narrow confines of his 

individualistic concerns to 

the broader concerns of all 

humanity." 

Photo courtesy of 

Captain Heber Watts, Jr. 


Shabbat Shira Worship 

Honoring 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Friday, 

January 14 

7 p m 

Co-Celebration Weekend at BHC! 

guest speaker 

Bishop Oscar E. Brown 

First Mt . Olive 

Freewill Baptist Church 

Accepting his call to the preaching ministry 

in 1981, the then-Reverend Oscar E. Brown 

was ordained Pastor of First Mt. Olive Freewill 

Baptist Church in 1986. A native of Baltimore, 

he graduated from Forest Park Senior 

High School, received a Bachelors Degree 

from Morgan State University in Religious 

Studies, and in 1996, graduated from Howard 

University with a Masters of Divinity Degree. 

Featuring Kol Rinnah and the First Mt. 

Olive Freewill Baptist Church Choir 

BHC members are encouraged to represent 

our Congregation and attend both the Friday 

night and Sunday morning services during 

the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. co-celebration 

weekend. We are proud to be in our fourth 

year of hosting First Mount Olive Freewill 

Baptist Church at BHC. The presence of 

BHC members at both services reaffirms the 

continuing relationship between our two 

Congregations. 

Sunday, 

January 16 

9 a m 

Rabbi Andrew Busch 

guest speaker 

First Mt . Olive Freewill 

Baptist Church at BHC

PH Program Highlights 

Peace and Harmony 

As I write this, the year 2010 comes to a close. It 

was an interesting year, full of news stories that 

covered the spectrum of life on this planet. There was a massive 

oil leak in the Gulf, a massive earthquake in Haiti, and a massive 

rescue of trapped miners in Chile. There was progress and there 

was regress. Thousands came together to “restore sanity,” while 

others threatened to hold a “Burn the Koran Day.” 

While the fight against racism and anti-semitism continues, 

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and First Mount Olive Freewill 

Baptist Church continue their own efforts at peace and harmony. 

Another January arrives with the prospect of another fantastic Dr. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. co-celebration weekend. First Mount Olive 

is working hard on their relocation, but, in the meantime, they 

spend their Sunday worship hours in BHC’s Sanctuary. 

If you haven’t been part of the First Mt. Olive worship experience 

yet, then this is your best chance to check it out. Join the two 

Congregations both Friday night, as First Mt. Olive comes to 

participate in BHC’s Shabbat worship, and then Sunday morning, 

when we are invited to join First Mt. Olive for their service. The 

Congregational Choirs will sing together. Bishop Brown will deliver 

the Friday night sermon, and Rabbi Busch will deliver Sunday’s 

sermon. 

It is truly an awesome experience and I hope you will join us for 

worship, community and fellowship during the Dr. Martin Luther 

King, Jr. co-celebration weekend at BHC. 

Andy Wayne 

Program Director 

Spring Bereavement Support Group 

The Family Concerns Committee will offer a Bereavement Support 

Group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. 

The group will begin on Tuesday, March 1, 5-6:30 p m, and will 

run for six consecutive Tuesdays, ending on April 5. This program, 

led by a licensed psychologist and caring lay leader, is open to 

adults. Cost is free for BHC members and their families and $18 

for non-members. 

For more information contact Family Concerns Chair Carol 

Caplan, carolcjca@comcast.net, or 410-764-1587, ext. 270. 

Celebrate Purim in Israel! 

Join us for BHC’s Adult Trip to Israel with Rabbi Busch, Sunday, 

March 13 – Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Hurry —Just a few spots 

left! Questions? Contact Ed Perl, eperl1@comcast.net. 

BHC Coffee House 

This is not American Idol. This is not Glee. This is not even Name 

that Tune! This is bigger and better and more fun than you may 

have had in a long time!! Mark your calendars! Back by popular 

demand it’s the BHC Coffee House, Saturday, May 7, 7 p m. 

To get the fun started, we are forming a band and we need all 

of the musicians out there —we know who you are so don’t try to 

hide—so polish up your instruments right away. Contact Andy 

Wayne, Program Director, awayne@bhcong.org, or 410-764-1587, 

ext. 246, to join the band. 

UPC 

Upcoming at BHC 

Lyric Opera à la Carte in Opera Favorites 

Sunday, January 2, 2 p m • BHC 

Free tickets available in the Temple Office. Funded by the Peggy and 

Yale Gordon Trust. 

Sisterhood’s Triple Treat Thursdays 

Thursday, January 13, 20, 27 

Classes with clergy, 10 and 11 a m. Afternoon Delight Programs, 1 pm. No 

classes on January 6. Refer to www.bhcong.org or the Shabbat Update 

for the Afternoon Delight Program schedule. 

Hoffberger Gallery Artist’s Reception 

Sunday, January 9, 2-4 p m 

Refer to www.bhcong.org/hoffberger for artist information. 

Second Monday Series 

Monday, January 10, 10:30 a m 

“The European Financial Debacle: It’s All Greek to Me” presented by 

Aris Melissaratos, Senior Advisor to the President of Johns Hopkins 

University. The series runs through May and begins with coffee at 

10:30 a m followed by a speaker and discussion from 11 a m – No o N. 

For information call 410-764-1587, ext. 270. 

Taste of Judaism 

Tuesdays, January 11, 18 and 25, 7 p m • BHC 

Beginners and curious: enjoy three free weekly classes on the 

modern Jewish take on spirituality, values, and community. 

Our classes are dynamic and interactive; our teachers are 

accessible, fun, and can answer any and all of your questions. 

Everyone is welcome. You don’t have to be Jewish to be curious. 

But you do have to register so we can save you a seat! RSVP 

to Andy Wayne, Program Director, 410-764-1587, ext. 246, or 

curiousaboutJudaismBaltimore@urj.org. 

Chai Society at Linwood’s 

Saturday, January 15, 8 p m 

RSVP now as there might be a spot left for you at this great dinner 

event. E-mail Andy Wayne, Program Director, awayne@bhcong. 

org, if you would like to attend. 

JYGE Shul Scavenger Hunt 

Sunday, January 23, No o N-2 p m 

Join JYGE for a crazy scavenger hunt through BHC. Pizza lunch is 

included and event cost is only $5. No RSVP needed. 

Book Club with Rabbi Busch 

Tuesday, January 25, 7 p m 

Rabbi Busch will discuss David Grossman’s, The End of the Land. For 

more information contact Evelyn Gorman, egorman00@verizon.net 

or 410-828-0144. 

Brotherhood Film Festival 

Sunday, January 30, 1 p m 

Enjoy popcorn, refreshments and the movie Loving Leah, a 

quirky love story revolving around the unexpected wedding and 

unconventional married life of a 26-year-old widow and her 

late husband’s brother, a handsome 30-year-old cardiologist. 

All welcome and all for free! For more information contact Joe 

Boccuzzi, Brotherhood President, jboccuzzi@aol.com. 


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Meet Treasurer of BHC Aron Perlman 

My family were original members of 

Beth El Congregation, but as Bobbi and 

I began to develop a Jewish home and 

ventured into the Jewish community we 

looked for a place of worship that was 

compatible with our beliefs; BHC fit our 

needs. 

BHC has been our Jewish home since 

1982. Our two daughters went to Sunday 

school, became Bat Mitzvah, were 

confirmed at BHC, and were married by 

BHC clergy. BHC is the place where we 

gather, grow and share events in our lives. I am delighted that my 

daughter and son-in-law have joined us with their family to be a 

part of BHC; my older daughter and her family live in Richmond. 

I hold a B.A. degree in Business Administration from University 

of Baltimore. I had the pleasure of working alongside my father in 

a packaging business for 15 years before he passed away. Then I 

doubled the size of the business for another 18 years and later sold 

it. I took some time to travel, enjoy family, friends and develop new 

interests, one of them being BHC. I got involved three years ago as a 

board member. I have served on many community boards but BHC 

stands out among them all. 

I believe now that the strength that is needed to really make 

a difference comes from within. We must get involved in our 

communities, that is how we can make them stronger for our 

friends and family and build on the future. It is most fitting during 

this season of giving to give the greatest gift—that of ourselves, not 

only in thought, but also in deed. Reach out. Make a difference. 

Our Daily Bread 

BHC is looking for a few good men —and women—who are 

interested in volunteering to serve lunch at Our Daily Bread (ODB), 

Maryland’s leading provider of daily hot lunches to Baltimore’s 

hungry. Operated by Catholic Charities, ODB serves over a quarter 

of a million hot lunches annually to the homeless and low income 

residents of Baltimore City at its facility located at 725 Fallsway. 

BHC has long had a relationship with ODB, providing casseroles 

and Christmast dinner to ODB through Sisterhood. This year, as 

part of BHC’s social action plan to work on hunger issues, BHC is 

hoping to step up its involvement in the ODB hot lunch program 

by providing volunteers to serve lunch on a regular basis, such as 

one day per week or month, and to clean up afterwards. Volunteer 

shifts last approximately two hours. 

For more information contact Andy Wayne, Program Director, 

410-764-1587, ext. 246, or awayne@bhcong.org. 

Family Concerns Text Magnifier 

Need to have your materials enlarged to see easier? Visit BHC’s 

Julius and Doris Myerberg Library to use our Topaz Text Magnifier 

which was generously donated by the Sol & Sonia Berenholtz Large 

Print Book Fund. Library hours: Tuesdays 4-8 pm, and Sundays 

9 a m-No o N. 

Thank you to all who have made a difference through 

Meal Makers! Sponsored by Family Concerns. Find out 

more at www.bhcmeals.org 


Congratulations Corner 

Hadass Gerson was awarded a grant from Birthright Next to start 

an innovative gallery/art space, blending the ethos of the kibbutz 

with contemporary creative practices, in San Francisco. 

Gary Ashbeck won a Baltimore Community Fellowship to 

establish farms and gardens in West Baltimore communities. He 

will train and support neighbors to grow food on urban farms. 

Congregation Wish List 

If you have a digital video projector, an iPad, netbook or laptop that 

you would like to donate to the Congregation, contact Becky Gutin, 

bgutin@bhcong.org or 410-764-1587, ext. 250. 

Hats, Gloves and Scarves 

Sisterhood is collecting hats, gloves & scarves, to be donated to 

homeless shelters, through Monday, January 31. Place items in the 

drop off box in the Temple Office. 

Remember the Hungry 

Join us in our mission to help GEDCO Cares Food Pantry fight 

hunger during these cold winter months. Drop your donation of 

non-perishable food items in the bin at the Hoffberger Chapel 

entrance. 

51st Annual Interfaith Institute 

Join us for Sisterhood’s 51st Annual Interfaith Institute, Monday, 

March 7, 9:30 a m-2 p m. Cost: $12 includes lunch. CEU credits available. 

Mail checks made payable to BHC Sisterhood to: Ann Fishkin, 6501 

Trotwood Court, Baltimore, MD 21209. For details call 410-764-1587, 

ext. 270. 

Anjum Gupta, Associate Professor of Law and Director of 

the Immigrant Rights Clinic, University of Baltimore, will be 

the keynote speaker on “Immigration Challenges: Religious and 

Ethnic Responses.” Rabbi Busch will be the moderator. In addition 

Father Joe Muth and Rev. Adrien Dawson will serve as two of the 

panelists. 

Father Joe Muth is a priest in the Archdiocese of 

Baltimore. He was ordained in 1974 and has served 

in six parishes in the Archdiocese. Currently he is 

Pastor of St. Matthew Church which has a community 

of people from over 40 different countries. The 

Church also established an Immigration Center in 

the year 2000 to assist people with political asylum, 

status adjustment, and family reunification. Father Joe is also 

the Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Baltimore City. As of 

September 2010 Father Joe has also been asked to initiate a Catholic 

Campus Ministry on the Campus of Morgan State University. He 

also works with Catholic Relief Services’ Global Fellows Program. 

Rev. Adrien Dawson, who serves as rector of 

St. Mark’s-on-the-Hill, Pikesville, a highly diverse 

church community including immigrants from 

Africa, the Caribbean, Mexico and El Salvador, 

was recently recognized for her volunteer spirit 

and long-term commitment to others with a 2010 

Rotary Club award, “Service Above Self.” While 

serving as assistant rector of Trinity Church, 

Towson, Dawson gathered people into the Abraham’s Tent Coalition 

and started the Sara’s Hope Outreach Center with St. Vincent de 

Paul and the Baltimore County Office of Community Conservation. 

She also serves as a clergy member of BUILD (Baltimoreans United 

in Leadership Development).

LDVD 

L’Dor V’Dor Society 

From Generation to Generation 

Today, with almost 1,400 member families, BHC is 

a warm, vibrant and welcoming Congregational 

family, rich in Reform Jewish history and a tradition 

of innovation. With caring, dynamic clergy and educators, BHC 

combines the comfort of tradition with the amenities required to 

meet the expectations of a thriving and ever-evolving Congregation 

in the 21st Century. 

BHC has flourished and endured, in part, because individuals 

throughout its long history have made the commitment to us and 

our children through gifts to the Congregation. As the beneficiaries 

of their lasting devotion, it is now our turn to secure the future for 

generations to come. 

For information contact me, 410-764-1587, ext. 236, or asaxon@ 

bhcong.org. 

Linda and 

Harvey Litofsky 

L’Dor V’Dor 

Legacy Society 

Founding 

Members 

Annette Saxon 

Director of Development 

“‘As taught by our parents, to volunteer, tikkun olam, 

and tzedakah are at the very core of our lives. We have 

been passing on to our children and grandchildren these 

beautiful values and traditions that we have always 

treasured. 

“Baltimore Hebrew Congregation has been a place 

for us to worship, study, work, celebrate holidays, and 

through Sisterhood and Brotherhood, nurture many 

special friendships. To continue our family values, we 

have joined the L’Dor V’Dor Society so that when we are 

no longer able to give directly, our legacy to Baltimore 

Hebrew Congregation will continue. 

“To quote Winston Churchill, ‘We make a living by 

what we get; we make a life by what we give.’” 

Linda and Harvey Litofsky 

RS Religious School Ruach 

Becoming Home 

As I sit in my office and reflect on the past 

year, my mind focuses on my short time here 

in Baltimore and specifically at BHC. I think about those beginning 

summer months, hotter than I expected, as I long for them now. 

I remember the warm feeling I had in my first weeks as a staff 

member. That feeling has grown into amazing relationships, 

friendships, and community. 

A couple of weeks ago my wife Claire said, “I no longer feel like I 

am visiting Baltimore. I feel like it is becoming our home.” We have 

some of the most wonderful families, children, teachers, and staff 

that anyone could ask for. 

Thank you for making my family and me feel welcome. 

The Religious School is going strong thanks to our talented 

teachers. Together we are always looking for ways to help the 

Religious School grow and become better. As we move down the 

path into winter, spring, and summer, I look forward to the many 

adventures ahead that working at BHC will bring. 

Happy and Healthy New Year! 

L’Shalom (For Peace), 

Brad Cohen 

Religious School Director 

Mark Your Calendar 

4tH Grade Etz Chaim Havdalah at BHC 

Saturday, January 8, 4:30 p m 

1St Grade Etz Chaim Tu B’Shevat in the Valley 

Sunday, January 23, 12:30 p m 

5tH Grade Etz Chaim Brit Milah and Havdalah 

at the home of Aimée and Steve Adashek 

Saturday, January 29, 4:30 p m 

7tH Grade trip to Holocaust Museum 

Sunday, January 30, 9 a m 

Religious School Closed 

Sunday, January 2 


BEIT-RJ Closed 

Monday, January 17 


HG 

Hoffberger Gallery 

Opening Reception 

Sunday, January 9, 2-4 p m 

For more information, log onto www .bhcong .org/hoffberger . 


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Day School Doings 

Connecting Generations 

Each year The Day School holds a Grandparents and Special Friends 

Day which provides “warm glue” to connect generations and help 

cement these bonds. Whether called Saba or Safta, grandma or 

grandpa, Bubbe or Zaydeh, or Dedushka and Babushka, all of our 

students were thrilled this year to be able to show off their school 

to their beloved family members. Some did not have available 

grandparents, so invited uncles, parents and close friends, a 

testament to our celebration. 

Before the program, older students put meaningful quotes about 

grandparents on placards and decorated them for the table. This 

year’s program included music and skits, and in the classroom all 

sorts of wonderful activities took place. Middle school students and 

their grandparents shared lists of ‘What’s Hot and What’s Not,” 

i.e., Clark Gable in some people’s day and Johnny Depp or Justin 

Bieber in ours. There was a lot of laughter remembering crushes of 

yesteryear, beloved old shows, expressions and songs. 

Second and third graders shared special writings—including 

personal poems—just for their visitors, and then young and old 

used Smartboards together. Fourth and fifth graders created poems 

and crafts with their family members and special friends. 

In the E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center classroom stories were 

shared, laps were snuggled on, and a great time was had by all. 

Gerri Chizeck 

Head of School 

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Vicki Firestein, vmjfire@verizon .net . 

Gerri Chizeck 

Head of School 

gchizeck@bhcds.org 

Sharon Edlow, Director 

The E. B. Hirsh 

Early Childhood Center 

sedlow@bhcds.org 


• www.thedayschoolbh.org • 

Roberta Garfield Sachs 

Director of Institutional 

Advancement 

admissions@bhcds.org 

Allene Gutin 

Judaics Department Chair 

agutin@bhcds.org 

Gerri Chizeck 

Grandparents and 

Special Friends Day

SH 

Calling All Avid Readers 

Sisterhood in Session 

All readers welcome Tuesday, January 25, 7 p m as Rabbi Busch leads 

a discussion on The End of the Land by David Grossman. On Tuesday, 

March 1, 7 p m, Rabbi Sachs-Kohen will discuss The Spirit Catches You 

& You Fall Down: A Hmong child, her American doctors and the collision 

of two cultures by Anne Fadiman. Please read the book in advance so 

you can participate in the discussion. 

Sisterhood Shabbaton 

Hold the date for Sisterhood’s Shabbaton, “Breathe, Pray, Love and 

Eat!” on Friday April 29, 5 p m – Saturday April 30, 5 p m, at the 

Cork Factory Hotel in Lancaster, PA. Rabbi Sachs-Kohen will be our 

spiritual leader and we will be joined by Sisterhood women from 

Main Line Reform Congregation in Pennsylvania. 

Social Action 

Donate knitted mittens, hats and scarves to Sisterhood’s Social 

Action Project. For information contact Marcia Gampel, mathmjg@ 

aol.com or 410-517-2451. 

Bat/Bar Mitzvah 

Shop the Judaica Shop for all your Bat/Bar Mitzvah needs. The Judaica 

Shop’s hours of operation are: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and 

Friday: 10 a m-4 pm; Tuesday: 10 a m-5 pm and 7-9 pm and Sunday: 

9:30 a m-12:30 pm. If necessary, we will meet with customers by 

appointment apart from our usual business hours. Volunteers 

needed. Contact Linda Paige, Merchandise Chair, 443-794-4645. 

http://bhcong.judaicabeautiful.com/store 

Save the Dates 

Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations of Maryland 

Mid-Winter Conference 

Thursday, January 6 • 9:45 a m-No o N 

Shomrei Emunah, 6221 Greenspring Avenue, 21209 

with Dr . Neil Rubin, Editor, Baltimore Jewish Times 

Sisterhood’s Triple Treat Thursdays 

Classes with clergy, 10 a m and 11 a m . Lunch at No o N 

Afternoon Delight Programs • 1 p m 

January 13, 20, 27 

Following morning classes, join us at No o N for lunch 

and then at 1 pm for our afternoon programs . 

Bring non-perishable food items for GEDCO 

to every Sisterhood event! 

BH 

Brotherhood News 

Being Busy vs. Being Productive 

It started with my becoming President of 

Brotherhood. Feeling overwhelmed and busy. How 

was I going to manage all the requests for meetings and assistance 

and actually be productive? How was I supposed to be doing all this 

in my spare time as a volunteer? Realizing that we are now dealing 

with a new generation of leaders and volunteers, in a new century, 

maybe it is time to start doing things in a new way. 

These days, people try to stay connected to others in their busy 

lives by using technology, such as cell phones, texting, e-mail and 

Facebook. The world is at our finger tips, 24/7, on demand, without 

the hassle of travel, a fixed date and time, or other inconvenience. 

I have found that many meetings are unproductive. In addition, 

many people feel that they have little or no impact on the ultimate 

decisions that are made. Even worse, many feel pressured to back 

an opinion with what they privately don’t agree with. So, why 

burden people to try to all get on the same schedule, to be in the 

same place, at the same time, when all they have to do is get on 

the same page? Using a simple e-mail format, information can 

be sent to all, to read when it is convenient for them, and then 

respond thoughtfully. By adding to a thread (reply all), feedback 

and different viewpoints can be considered and a common ground 

established and a course of action can be ascertained. Then go out 

and get it done! 

As President of Brotherhood, I am pointing the way to modernize 

our methods, go green, save gas, time and energy by presenting 

routine communications in a posted fashion of e-mail updates 

and threads to reduce busy work and increase efficiency of our 

productivity. Let us not confuse being busy with meetings, and 

being productive with action. 

May your New Year be full of fun and prosperity with time to 

spare. Use it wisely. 

Joe Boccuzzi 

President 

Save the Dates 

Jewish Film Festival • Sundays, 1 p m 

Free • All Welcome 

January 30 

Loving Leah 

February 6 

The Reader 

February 13 

Cadillac Records 

Brotherhood Breakfast • 10 - 11:30 a m 

Sundays • February 6, March 6, April 3 

Enjoy a delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs, bagels, lox, cream 

cheese, orange juice, Danish and coffee. Not to be missed is the 

lively question and answer period following the guest speaker. 

Free to BHC Brotherhood members and children under 18, only 

$5 for guests and non-members. 

For upcoming events visit www.bhcong.org/brotherhood 9 


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BHC 

Offerings 

Malcolm “Mac” 

Bernstein 

Martin “Morty” 

Blumberg 

Joanne Brooks 

Aaron Chmar 

Dorothy (Deanie) 

Ehrlich 

December 31- 

January 1 

Jeffrey Barrett 

Lillian Bender 

Carrie Blankenberg 

Leah A. Brown 

Anna W. Carton 

Pauline Rosenberg 

Cohn 

Miriam M. Lewenberg 

Cowen 

Henry C. Dalsemer 

Henrietta Eilau 

Flora Bechhofer Ennis 

Lillian Felsen 

Nathan Fine 

Doris Kobren Folkoff 

Pauline Goldman 

Sadye Jacobs 

Goldman 

Larry Goldschmitt 

Mena Greenbaum 

Aaron Gutman 

Nathan Gutman 

Jacob E. Haas 

Adolf L. Hamburger 

Leon Hoffman 

Irvin Hurwitz 

Ben Hyman 

Joan S. Kahn 

Sidney Kahn 

George Kirschbaum 

Ada S. Knepper 

Maurice M. Kolker 

Pfc. Howard Morris 

Kramer 

Dr. Irvin R. Kramer 

Nellie Lasky 

Lore Wolf Levi 

Julius Mermelstein 

Pauline Metzger 

Meyer 

Lea Beth Meyers 

Morris Morris 

Leopold Novak 

Jacob B. Olch 

Louis Oppenheimer 

In Memoriam 

We record with sorrow the passing of 

Dr. Rhonda Fishel 

Dr. Jerome Gaber 

Nathaniel Goldstein 

Vashti Lewis 

Sylvia K. Lieberman 

Steven Lurie 

Bessie Meleneck 

Sylvia M. Merfeld 

Katherine D. 

Ottenheimer 

Rose Packer 

Eli Herbert Pinerman 

Dr. E. Leonard Piven 

Anne N. Plesser 

Herman Rogers 

Alan Lee Rothenberg 

Leah Sagal 

Rabbi Murray 

Saltzman 

Merle D. Schacht 

Joseph Schenthal 

Lillian Strauss 

Schreiber 

Walter I. Seif, Sr. 

Eleanor Selesky 

Joseph Shapiro 

Henry Siegel 

Klara Siegel 

Simon Sinsheimer 

Mary Virginia 

Thalheimer 

Ruth Taubman Vyner 

Celeste Fleischer 

Warendorf 

Paul C. Wolman, Jr. 

Benjamin Gershon 

Zerdin 

January 7-8 

Julia G. Abraham 

Cora Eichengreen 

Adler 

Barnet Annenberg 

Dr. Daniel Bakal 

Charles B. Baker 

Martha Baneman 

William Berger 

Marvin Blumberg 

Nathan Blumberg 

Ann W. Branch 

Oscar M. Brown 

Frank Caplan 

Melvin Carp 

Nathan Conn 

Samuel DeBoskey 

Milton H. (Mickey) 

Miller 

Sylvia Pleet 

Gabriela Rosenberg 

Dana Russell 

Isadore “Izzy” 

Shapiro 

May their memories be for a blessing. 

Perpetual Memorials 

David Dogoloff 

Mark Dogoloff 

Samuel F. Ephraim 

Belle A. Fensterwald 

Morton B. Finifter 

Sarah Senker Fisher 

Milton Fleischer 

Frieda Fox 

Amelia Frank 

Harry M. Goldberg 

Jeanne Lapides 

Goldberg 

Philip Gordon 

Anna R. Gorn 

Milton J. Haas 

Florence M. 

Hamburger 

Elsie Blum Herwood 

Olivia Himmelfarb 

Morris P. Hurwitz 

Anna F. Hyman 

Hyman I. Israel 

Joseph Lebow 

Gustav Leibowitz 

Jacob S. Leibson 

Alma Fleishman 

Leventen 

Herbert Levi 

Beverly E. Levin 

Fannie Ambach Likes 

Isaac Ernest Loveman 

Dr. Arthur J. Mandy 

Jack L. Medwedeff 

Helena Morris 

Frances L. Moskowitz 

Michael M. Myerberg 

Frances N. Perlmeter 

Morton William 

Peskin 

Sarah Pulda 

Benjamin S. Pumpian 

Sara Elsasser Rose 

Lawrence Rosenfield 

Lena Rudo 

Alfred I. Sakin 

Henry Sauber 


Shirley Spivak 

Alan Taylor 

Rosalie Walters 

Robert Kraus Weis 

Nurit Werthamer 

Nancy Wolk 

Anna Schabb 

Rose Schnaper 

Elsie Brown 

Schneeberger 

Louis Schumann 

Israel Shapiro 

Rose Dorman Shapiro 

Samuel L. Shor 

Ralph Sinsheimer 

Frank S. Solomon 

Lee Sonneborn 

Violet Strasburger 

Spear 

Michael Spencer 

Jess H. Speyer 

Jacob Stern 

Henry Cullen Straus 

Lois Rita Taubenfeld 

Nathan A. Trupp 

E. David 

Weinberg, M.D. 

Bertha Fisher 

Weisberg 

Charles M. 

Winternitz 

Natalie Wolf 

Sarah Zelkowitz 

January 14-15 

Dr. Max K. Baklor 

Henry I. Becker 

Jacob Benesch 

Sol C. Berenholtz 

Belle Berman 

Allen Brager 

Robert Cohn 

Levi H. David 

Beartrice Etterman 

Louis Federleicht 

Julius B. Fensterwald 

Seymour Fensterwald 

M. Austin Fine 

Bert Finkelstein 

Leonard Solomon 

Frank 

Jacob Freeman 

Louis Carl Fried 

Goldie Rose Frosburg 

Marion C. Futterman 

Sidney M. Goldsmith 

Shirley Zimmerman 

Goldstein 

Kate Hendin 

Mary L. Hyman 

Ida Kadish 

Marcus H. Kahn 

Jennie B. Katten 

Edward Klasman 

Sylvia Esther 

Rechtman Klein 

John G. Kohn 

Paul L. Kohnstamm 

Alice M. Lazarus 

Mollye K. Leibowitz 

Maurice W. Levin 

Samuel Levy 

Leib Lichter 

Esther Lustick 

Sarah Macks 

Theresa Mahler 

Melvin Philip Marks 

Linda M. Mayer 

Harold Miller 

Jeannette N. Miller 

Meyer Miller 

Samuel Miller 

Joseph Moskowitz 

Beth Olch 

Isaac Y. Olch 

Dr. Julian Tevy Potts 

Mamie S. Quartner 

Mildred Robinson 

Samuel Rosen 

Morris Rosenberg 

Miriam Rosenfeld 

Leah Rosenheim 

Stella Rosenheim 

Eva Rottenberg 

Goldye Rubin 

Tillye Sachs 

Isidor Salganik 

Rose Ruth Schapiro 

Moses Schenthal 

Clara Shackman 

Dr. Jerome Sherman 

Mendel Silverman 

Dr. Marvin Myron 

Small 

Leah K. Sonner 

Amelia G. Steiger 

Rabbi Richard 

Sternberger 

Max Straus 

Mindelle Strauss 

Sadie F. Strauss 

Walter M. Thomas 

Samuel Tockman 

Edward Wagner 

Albert Tobias 

Weinberg 

January 21-22 

Evelyn Blumenthal 

Abraham 

Daniel Stewart 

Aiken 

Max Alexander 

Maria Bachrach 

Samuel Barnett 

Henrietta Birnthal 

Samuel L. Braverman 

Annie Jacobs Caplan 

Arthur O. Carp 

Leon Carton 

Selma Cassin 

Rena M. Chapin 

Abe Cohen 

Charles Cohen 

Tillie Cohen 

Samuel Charles 

Cohn 

Janet Ellen 

Dalsheimer 

Flora S. Dashew 

Henry DeBoskey 

Albert I. Diener 

Eugene Lobe 

Eiseman 

Lee Eiseman 

Bertie Erlanger 

Felsenberg 

Louis Frank, Sr. 

Rachael Frank 

Rose Straus Frank 

James Frenkil, M.D. 

William Samuel 

Friedberger 

Milton Glazer 

Nathan Goldberg 

Helen L. Goldman 

Walter Goldstein 

Dora Gutman 

Elsie Rosenfeld 

Gutman 

Rabbi Adolf 

Guttmacher 

Morris Handle 

Bebe H. Hecht 

Hilda Himmelrich 

Miriam Himmelstein 

Ellinor O. Hirsh 

Esther Hornstein 

Rosa Herstein Jacoby 

Jeannette Carmel 

Kolman 

Morton Kramer 

Pauline Kramer 

Rose Lindenberg 

Marie W. 

Lowenstein 

Bessie Miller 

Louis Miller 

Annie Myerberg 

Celeste Davis 

Naviasky 

Ruth Oppenheimer 

Isaac Ossermann 

Jacob L. 

Ottenheimer 

Edward Pierson 

William B. 

Quirmbach 

Selma H. Ricklin 

Selina Robinson 

Theodore Ellis 

Rodbell 

Bernat Roller 

Ruth Rosenbaum

Morris Gabriel 

Rosenfeld 

Betty Rosenthal 

Fannie Rosenthal 

Sidney Rosenthal 

Walter Rosenthal 

Augusta Rothschild 

Zelda Estelle Salkin 

Susan Rayna Scali 

Morris Schabb 

Joseph Schiffer 

Abraham Schultz 

Paul Schwartz 

Jack A. Segel 

Anna Sharogrodsky 

Sol Shavell 

Max Samuel Shevitz 

Sylvia Snyder 

Henry Solomon 

Rose Roum 

Steinbach 

Eileen F. Stofberg 

Aaron Straus 

Jeannette E. 

Tissenbaum 

Bessie Urwick 

Jeanette Rosner 

Wolman 

Rosalie Zinn 

Fannie Frances 

Zipkin 

Lisa Cahane 

Zweifler 

January 28-29 

Jeanne Bloomberg 

Addelman 

Judah Paul 

Bachrach 

Etta Baum 

Benjamin Beck 

Mary Beck 

Anna Bercowitz 

L’Dor From Generation to v’Dor 

Generation 

Special Birthdays 

Gregory Gann, Dustin Walder, Mildred Blum, 

Michael Mannes, Christine Bachrach, 

Jeffrey Cohen, Mark Fried, Shelly 

Lohmann, Daniel Zlotowitz, Benjamin 

Hackerman, Marc Silverstein, Jo Wais, 

Marvin Gamerman, Joan Gottlieb, Homer 

LaBorwit, Katherine (Kay) Feldmann, 

Dr. Julie Rich, Judith Zuckerman, Fred 

Wolf III, Walter Cohen, Bruce Katzenberg, 

Janice Martin, Dr. Joseph Adams, 

Mario Kopeikin, Marietta Ries, Esther 

Winikoff, Gary Ashbeck, Margery Gluck, 

Ellen Uhlfelder, Leslie Scherr, Hannah 

Wasserkrug, Judy Griffith 

Special Anniversaries 

55th Estelle & Martin Waxman 

50th Joan & Lowell Abramson 

45th Sydnee & Herbert Burgunder, Jr. 

25th Susan Takemoto & Dr. Gary Benzion 

Engagement 

Kelly Mirvis, daughter of Debra and Howard 

Mirvis, to Jeffrey Cohen 

Marriages 

Amy Statter-Schaftel, daughter of Estelle and 

I. Barry Statter, to Marley Simon 

Lindsay Walker to Scott Smith 

Births 

Adam Wilkoff Akst, son of Jodi and Dr. Lee 

Akst 

Maxwell James Dickson, son of Katie and 

Beret Dickson 

Sara Kaploun, daughter of Shifra and 

Nechemia Kaploun, great-granddaughter 

of Ruth and Robert Taubman 

Tennell Maurice Lee, great-grandson of 

Dottie Smith 

Ida Burke 

Mollie Burke 

Esther Carliner 

Wanda Lynn Cherry 

Ellis Chomet 

Charles I. Cohen 

Harry Cohen 

Lydia Kolker Cohen 

Gerald H. Cooper 

Alan M. Dashew 

J. Louis Davidson 

Abraham Distiller 

Adelaide Rosenfeld 

Eiseman 

Abram Eisenberg 

Leonard Emerich 

Ruth Engel 

Joseph E. Feivish 

Sarah F. Feldmann 

Ellinor Jill Fox 

Ruth Antin Frank 

Solomon Fuld Edward A. Kraus 

A. Harry Goldstein Esther Cohen 

Fannie Greenbaum Kropman 

Leon Greenbaum Nathan Kropman 

Edith Hallock Saul R. Lasky 

Benjamin Hendin Alvin A. Lesser 

Fannie Herling Ida S. Libowitz 

Jeannette F. Hollander H. William (Billy) 

Louis Hyman 

Mandelberg 

Rose Jacobs Barbara D. Miller 

Julius Jacoby Harold P. Packer 

Bertha Jandorf Abraham “Al” 

David Kahn 

Rachelson 

Martin Katz Charles H. Raksin 

Alice H. Kaufman Edward Raskin 

Diane S. Kaufman Fred Rehns 

Jerome Kessler Dorothy G. Rosenblatt 

Isadore L. Kipness Hannah Rothschild 

Dora Kirschbaum Maurice Schlenoff 

Bessie Klasman Pearl Strauss Schlenoff 

Edna Klasman Hyman Schunick 

We gratefully acknowledge the 

following offerings: 

For the speedy recovery of 

Ruth Casper, by Suzanne Strutt 

Jack Garczynski, by Judy & Jerry Macks 

Louise Kemper, by Hilda Perl Goodwin • Lisa 

S. & Allan T. Hirsh, III • Fred Rahming • 

Ruth F. & Dr. Harris Silverstone 

Sylvia Klompus, by Patti & Thomas Minkin 

Marcy Kolodny, by Lisa S. & Allan T. Hirsh, III 

• Bobbi & Aron Perlman 

Alvin Levi, by Lisa S. & Allan T. Hirsh, III 

Caryl Odenheimer, by Elaine & Ross Jandorf 

Annette Saxon, by Liora & Gregory Hill 

David Sugarman, by Lisa S. & Allan T. 

Hirsh, III 

Ruth Taubman, by Hilda Perl Goodwin 

Peggy K. Wolf, by Hilda Perl Goodwin • Lisa S. 

& Allan T. Hirsh, III • Susan & Dr. Edward 

Perl • Bobbi & Aron Perlman • Ruth F. & 

Dr. Harris Silverstone 

In honor of 

Rabbi Busch & Cantor Sacks for helping with 

the preparation for Gregory Krasnoff 

becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by Wendi 

Sugarman, Jon Krasnoff and Gregory 

Claudia & Dr. Duke Cameron on the 

engagement of their daughter Danielle to 

Charles Culp, by Susan & Dr. Joel Brenner 

The special birthday of Sonya Dillon, by Ada 

Strausberg 

Margery Gluck on the engagement of her son 

Brian Dellon to Emily Ryan, by Susan & 

Dr. Joel Brenner 

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Gordon on the marriage of 

Lindsay Gordon to JJ Bezalel, by Mindy & 

Scott Wassel 

Elizabeth & Josh Greenwald on the birth of 

Nathan Jacob Greenwald, by Dr. Sarah 

Kern 

The special birthday of Elaine Jandorf, 

by Babette Chessler • Lois & Leonard 

Greenebaum • Adele Hollander • 

Loraine Lobe • Betty Spear 

Shifra & Nechemia Kaploun on the birth 

of their daughter Sara Kaploun, by 

her great-grandparents Ruth & Robert 

Taubman 

Gregory Krasnoff becoming a Bar Mitzvah, 

by Milena & Fred Trust 

Richard Mandy on the birth of Nathan 

Jacob Greenwald, by Dr. Sarah Kern 

Rabbi Sachs-Kohen for the blessing of 

Birkhat HaGomel for Morry and Dennis, 

by Joyce Overbeck-Geller 

Carole Seidman on her safe return home, 

by Karyn & Kenneth Calvert & Family 

The special birthday of Irving Simon, by 

Ada & Sigmund Bloom • Beryl Frank 

• Bert & Sol James • Janet & Stanley 

Kantor • Jeanne & Harry Macks • Judi & 

Les Sigman • Sharon Windsor 

The marriage of Amy Statter-Schaftel to 

Marley Simon, by her parents Estelle & 

I. Barry Statter 

The special birthday of Leonard Sussman, 

by Gerry Aronin 

Lenore Meyers & Mark Sugarman & Family 

on their daughter Ilana becoming a Bat 

Mitzvah, by Judy & Jerry Macks 

The 101st birthday of Anne Veditz, by 

Pauline Z. Chapin • Hilda Perl Goodwin 

In memory of 

Sophia Annenberg, by Phyllis Neuberger 

Selma S. Beck, by Merle Ann Beck 

Siegelman & Dr. Stanley Siegelman 

Gertrude Weinblatt Berman, by Elaine 

Finkelstein 

Jerome Bernstein, by Dee Silberman 

Mayer Joseph Binder, by Valerie Binder 

Martin Blumberg, by Patti & Thomas 

Minkin & Family • Elyse & Dr. Leon 

Schiff 

Bruce David 

Shackman 

Reuben Shiling 

Annie Sobelman 

Hilda Stark 

William L. 

Straus, Jr. 

Sadye D. Sussman 

Maggie Hayes 

Swope 

Dr. I.W. Towlen 

Jennie G. Trundle 

Rae F. Weinberg 

Clarice Groner 

Weinstein 

Ida Winaker 

Richard Joseph 

Zander, Jr. 


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Nathan Blumberg, by Barbara Blumberg 

Susan Blumenfeld, by Sydnee & Herbert 

Burgunder, Jr. 

Carol Bolotin, by Susan & Harvey Zeiger 

Helene Bordenick, by Bobbi & Aron 

Perlman • Jackie & Jordan Steinberg 

Alvin M. Braverman, by Marta Braverman 

& Family 

Gustave Brunn, by Simone & Ralph Brunn 

Frank Caplan, by Ann & Richard A. Fishkin 

Irwin R. Cohen, by Jan & Gerry Feldman 

Joel H. Cohen, by Rosalie Lichter 

Milton B. Cohen, by Rosalie Lichter 

Irma Klaff Davison, by Robert Davison 

Joseph Farkas, by Kenneth Farkas 

Lillian Felsen, by Phyllis Troy 

Ida Finkel, by Lee N. Sachs 

Mildred Fishbein, by Estelle & Ronald 

Fishbein 

Dr. Rhonda Fishel, by Lynda S. Weinstein 

Dr. Jerome Gaber, by Carole Belaga & 

Edward Fishman 

A. Harry Goldstein, by Eleanore Gann 

Nathaniel Goldstein, by Ruth Bakal • Sylvia 

Beser • Diane & Sidney Bravmann • 

Pauline Z. Chapin • Connie Getzov • 

Hilda Perl Goodwin • Becky Gutin • 

Susan & Norman Lorch • Fannie Marder 

• Betty Meyers • Patti & Thomas Minkin 

• Cheryl & Ben Moroff • Marlyn & 

Dr. Boris O’Mansky • Joyce S. & Mose 

Ottenheimer, 2nd • Rona & Bernard 

Raskin • Rheta & Barry I. Schloss • Dee 

Silberman • Sisterhood • Betty Spear 

• Gloria & Robert Speert • Lynda S. & 

Jerry Weinstein 

Leon Hoffman, by Natalie Hoffman & 

Family 

Melvin Karsh, by Elaine Karsh • Karen 

Tarala 

William Kobren, by Gerri & Larry Kobren 

Carolyn B. Kramer, by Rosalie Lichter 

Vashti Lewis, by Leslie, Alan & Rosalie 

Lichter 

Sylvia K. Lieberman, by Lisa S. & Allan T. 

Hirsh, III • Drs. Cindy & Steven Miller & 

Family • Esther E. Saltzman 

Steven Lurie, by the Wassel Family 

Mildred Marmer, by Robert Scher 

Bessie Meleneck, by Margie Chapin • 

Pauline Z. Chapin • Barbara & Arnold 

Cohen 

Milton H. (Mickey) Miller, by Betty Cohen 

Edith Mondell, by Elaine Finkelstein • 

M. Joan Mogul Garrity • Muriel & 

Marvin Goldberg & Family • Hilda Perl 

Goodwin • Norma & James Kapplin • 

Minna & Louis Katz • Rosalie, Alan & 

Leslie Lichter • Harriet Pollack • Carole 

Seidman • Hannah Winn 

Julius Myerberg, by Cynthia & David 

Myerberg 

Henry G. Nathan, by Gladys N. Nathan & 

Family 

Shirley Nathanson, by Jon Nathanson 

Nathan Newberger, by Ruth & Melvin 

Kabik 

Edith Shane Novak, by Susan & Norman 

Lorch 

Samuel I. Raichlen, by Linda & Marty 

Millison 


Anne Goldman Richmond, by Carla & Alex 

Katzenberg III 

Gabriela Rosenberg, by Mindy & Scott 

Wassel 

Sylvia Rosenfeld, by Ruth Fleisher & Dr. 

James H. Fleisher • Rabbi Cantor Alison 

Wissot 

James Roth, by Louise Roth 

Dana Russell, by Deborah Lieberman & Dr. 

David Cornblath • Minna & Louis Katz 

Leah Sagal, by Leonard Sussman 

Rabbi Murray Saltzman, by Esther E. 

Saltzman 

Dora Schabb, by Marie & Seymour 

Schwartz 

Merle Schacht, by Naomi Baron 

Isadore “Izzy” Shapiro, by Marlene & 

Christian Burdett • Drs. Cindy & Steven 

Miller & Family 

Mildred K. Sheff, by Shirley Sachs 

Shirley Spivak, by Ada & Sigmund Bloom 

• Esther, Benjy & Rachel Dubin • Lee 

Egerton • Hilda Perl Goodwin • Lisa S. 

& Allan T. Hirsh, III • Minna & Louis 

Katz • Susan & Norman Lorch • Patti & 

Thomas Minkin • Marlyn & Dr. Boris 

O’Mansky • James & Alice Dolle Trosch 

Otts Strauss, by Honey Book 

Constance C. Yasinow, by Suzanne Strutt 

Charles Sussman, by Isabel & Stan Levin • 

Martin Shayt • Margie Strasburger 

Jean Schoeneman Sussman, by Harriet 

Isaacs 

Selma T. Wagner, by Betty W. Cohen 

Nurit Werthamer, by Mindy & Scott Wassel 

Richard Zander, Sr., by Simone & Ralph 

Brunn 

Adele Zukerberg, by Carol Hawtof; Shari & 

Steven Hawtof 

In commemoration of the birthday 

anniversary of 

Dr. Sylvan Caplan, by Carol J. Caplan & 

Family 

William “Billy” Hawtof, by Carol Hawtof, 

children & grandchildren 

Edward Raskin, by Sandy Raskin 

Harry A. Veditz, by Anne Veditz & Family 

Acknowledgments 

Appreciation is expressed for 

messages of good wishes and 

Books of Uniongrams received by 

Minna Katz on her special birthday 

Joan London on her recovery 

Drs. Deborah & Louis Shpritz on their 40th 

wedding anniversary 

Donation to The Day School at 

Baltimore Hebrew 

Speedy recovery of Peggy K. Wolf, by Pat 

Whitlock 

Prepaid Offering Envelopes 

may be purchased 

from the Temple Office – 

10 for $100, 

a savings of $50. 

Perpetual Memorials 

Pay tribute to those 

who blessed us in life 

and continue 

to bless us 

through memory. 

BHC makes it possible to establish a 

Perpetual Memorial for everlasting 

remembrance. A page in the special 

leather-bound books located in 

our Sanctuary may be dedicated 

as a memorial for your loved ones. 

Yahrzeit notification will be sent 

annually and your loved one’s name 

will be listed in the Temple Bulletin 

and the Shabbat Supplement. For 

information, contact Francie Gill, 

410-764-1587, ext. 226, or fgill@ 

bhcong.org.



Events 

January 2011 

Saturday, January 1 

9 a m Torah Talk 

10 a m Shabbat Shelanu 


9 a m First Mt . Olive Freewill Baptist 

Church 

2 pm Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust 

Concert 


No o N Yoga 

6 pm BEIT-RJ at Har Sinai Congregation 

7:30 pm BHC Board of Electors 

7:30 pm Adult Trope Class 

Tuesday, January 4 

4:15 pm Religious School 

7 pm National Alliance on Mental Illness 

7:30 pm Kol Rinnah 

7:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous 

7:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon 

7:30 pm Food Addicts in Recovery 

Thursday, January 6 

7:30 pm Family Concerns Meeting 

Friday, January 7 

6:15 pm Shabbat Worship 

6:30 pm PJ Shabbat 

7 pm PJ Oneg Shabbat 

7:30 pm Oneg Shabbat 




11:30 a m Adult Hebrew Class 

4:30 pm 4th Grade Etz Chaim Havdalah 



Church 

9:15 a m PEP 

9:30 a m Religious School 

2 pm Hoffberger Art Gallery Reception 


10:30 a m Second Monday Series 

No o N Yoga 


7 pm Day School Board Meeting 

7 pm Religious School Advisory 

Committee 




7 pm National Alliance on Mental Illness 

7 pm Taste of Judaism 






10 & 11 a m Triple Treat Thursdays–Classes 

1 pm Triple Treat Thursdays–Program 


7 pm Shabbat Shira Worship honoring 

Dr . Martin Luther King, Jr . with 

First Mt . Olive Freewill Baptist 

Church 

8 pm Oneg Shabbat 





8 pm Chai Society at Linwood’s 



Church with Rabbi Busch and Kol 

Rinnah 

Monday, January 17 • Dr. Martin Luther 

King, Jr. Birthday • Building 

Closed 



7 pm National Alliance on Mental 

Illness 









Friday, January 21 • Confirmation Trip 


7:30 pm Oneg Shabbat 

Saturday, January 22 • Confirmation Trip 



11:30 a m Tu B’Shevat Tasting 

7 pm Baby Boomers’ Square Dance 

Sunday, January 23 • Confirmation Trip 


Church 


10 a m Sistherhood Board Meeting 

No o N JYGE Shul Scavenger Hunt 

12:30 pm 1st Grade Etz Chaim Tu B’Shevat in 

the Valley 

Monday, January 24 • Confirmation Trip 

No o N Yoga 




7 pm Sisterhood Book Club 

7 pm Baltimore County Police Council 

7 pm National Alliance on Mental 

Illness 










5:45 pm Wine and Cheese Reception 






4:30 pm 5th Grade Etz Chaim Brit Milah 

and Havdalah 



Church 

9:15 a m PEP 


9 a m 7th Grade Trip to Holocaust 

Museum 

1 pm Brotherhood Film Festival 


No o N Yoga 



NFTY Convention 

NFTY Convention 2011 will convene 

February 18-22, in Dallas, Texas at the 

Fairmont Dallas Hotel. Bringing together 

Reform Jewish students in grades 9-12 

from the United States and Canada. 

NFTY Convention is the North American 

bi-annual convention of the North 

American Federation of Temple Youth. 

Laugh and learn, sing and dance, connect 

with friends from across NFTY’s 19 regions 

and have fun at this amazing event! 

www.nfty.org/convention 

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Officers 

Philip Abraham 

President 

Peggy K. Wolf 

1st Vice President 

David Block 

Vice President 

Edith Brotman 


Barbi Hyman 


Aron Perlman 

Treasurer 

Jay M. Kramer 

Assistant Treasurer 

Robert D. Waldman 

Secretary 

Dr. Edward L. Perl 

Immediate Past President 

Staff 

Jo Ann Windman 

Executive Director 

Brad Cohen 

Religious School Director 

Annette Saxon 

Director of Development 

David K. Weis 

Controller 

Andy Wayne 

Program Director 

Jimmy Galdieri 

Music Director 

Mark Hucks 

Facility Operations 

Coordinator 

Linda Losey 

Bulletin Editor 

Counsel 

Carl S. Silverman, Esq. 


Va’era, Exodus 6:2-9:35 

9 am • Torah Talk 

10 am • Shabbat Shelanu 


6:15 pm • Shabbat Worship 

Rabbi Busch will speak . 

6:30 pm • PJ Shabbat 


Bo, Exodus 10:1-13:16 




7 pm • Shabbat Shira Worship 

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

with Bishop Oscar E. Brown 

First Mt . Olive Freewill Baptist Church 

First Mt . Olive Freewill Baptist Church Choir 

and BHC Kol Rinnah Choir will participate . 

Worship 

Periodicals 

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phone 410-764-1587,fax 410-764-7948, e-mail postmaster@bhcong .org . Periodical Postage paid 

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Beshalach, Exodus 13:17-17:16 




9:30 am • First Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist 

Church Worship 

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Rabbi Andrew Busch will speak . 

First Mt . Olive Freewill Baptist Church Choir 

and BHC Kol Rinnah Choir will participate . 



Rabbi Busch will speak . 


Yitro, Exodus 18:1-20:23 



11:30 am • Tu B’Shevat Tasting 

RSVP required . See page 3 for details . 



Rabbi Sachs-Kohen will speak . 


Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18 



Bema-Home Connection is 

available in the Sanctuary, 

Goodwin Center and Hoffberger Chapel . 

A limited number of speaker phones 

are available on loan by calling the 

Temple Office, 410-764-1587 .

Yee-Haw! - Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

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