Mar 23 - Congregation Beth Shalom

6800 35th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98115
206.524.0075
Welcome to Beth Shalom! Great to have you with us.
Please join us during Kiddush after services. B’ruchim Habaim (Welcome!)
Shavuon
A Beth Shalom Weekly
“God in His infinite wisdom works forever through the same laws which were in force in the
beginning and which shall continue through all the realms of time and space.”
~ Kaufmann Kohler
29 Adar-7 Nissan 5772 March 23-30, 2012
Board Members & Staff
Congregation Beth Shalom • Voted in JT News
Best Congregation for 2011! 3rd year in a row!
President
Jill Cohen
Past President
Susan Monas
President-Elect
Mark Stiefel
Vice-President
Harry Goldman
Treasurer
Marie Poole
School Committee Chair
Tamara Griffin
Secretary
Craig Lawson
Members at Large:
Rhona Feldman
Neeloufar Gharavi
Jeff Gillman
Joel Goldstein
Steven Katz
Patti Kieval
Rachel Kleit
Ron Schneeweiss
John Schochet
Peter Shapiro
Amy Stephson
Perry Weinberg
Rabbi Jill Borodin
Tzachi Litov
Executive Director
Irit Eliav
Director of Education
Leah Lemchen
Early Childhood Center
Director
Carol Benedick
Program Director
Marjie Cogan
Front Office Coordinator
Emma Shusterman
Bookkeeper
Sandy Sloane
Lifecycle Coordinator
Michele Stern
B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator
Jaen Gomez-Cervantes
Rimma Lobas
Carlos Del Cid
Custodians
Transliterations of
services are available;
speak to an usher to
get a copy.
Hearing Devices:
Beth Shalom has
hearing devices for all
services.
Should you require
one, please speak to an
usher.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Beit Midrash
Candlelighting for March 23th is at 7:09pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00-7:00pm
Noah Etzioni - Leader/Ruth Etzioni - Maariv
Shabbat Morning Services in the Sanctuary at 9:15 am
Shabbat Ha’Chodesh
Vayikra
Leviticus 3:1–4:26; Numbers 28:9-15
Maftir: Exodus 12:1-20
Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
Bar Mitzvah of Noah Etzioni
This week’s Kiddush is Hosted by Ruth Etzioni and Oren Etzioni
Shabbat Babysitting at 10:15am in Room 4/5
FDI (Future Daveners of Israel) - kids ages 3-6 from 10:45am in Room 1
Kid's Kehilla - kids ages 7-11 from 10:45am in Room 2
Kiddush Co-op from 1:00-2:00pm in the open space downstairs
What our DNA tells us about our Jewish origins and migrations:
with Rita Rothenberg Calvo
from 1:15-2:15pm in the Beit Midrash
(see page 3 for more information)
Weekday Minyanim in the Beit Midrash
Monday - Friday: 7:00AM • Monday Evening: 7:30 PM
Thursday Evening: 7:30 PM • Sunday Morning: 9:30-10:15 AM
Torah study group every Sunday;
Torah study immediately following Minyan in the Beit Midrash
To honor the sanctity of Shabbat and High Holidays, we do not permit smoking, photography,
writing, use of beepers, cell phones or other wireless equipment.
When congregants are standing in prayer please do not disturb their concentration
by moving around the shul.
In consideration of other members, please minimize the use of scented body products. Thank you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Seder Hosts Needed
Have extra room at your Seder We have more people
looking for Seders than Hosting. CBS is willing to make
matches. If you are looking for a Seder, please let us
know immediately. Call Sandy at 206-524-0075 or email
sandysloane@bethshalomseattle.org.
ERUV Website
Follow this link to check on the Eruv update each week
http://twitter.com/cstleruv. If you want to take a look at
the Eruv map use this link (it’s a long one) :
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms
msid=216346072790836754082.00046432d032bebff971e
&msa=0
Join our Facebook group!
Get the latest news, join in discussions, keep in touch.
From www.facebook.com, just search on Congregation
Beth Shalom and click “join.”
CBS Gift Card / Scrip Program
Pesach is nearly here! Do you have enough gift cards on
hand to use for all of your Pesach shopping There is still
time to pick up more cards for QFC, PCC and Safeway.
Come to the shul office and purchase yours from Marjie.
Remember that your use of these gift cards when you
shop provides great benefit to the synagogue, and it costs
you nothing extra! If you have any questions about the
Beth Shalom gift cards, please contact Marjie Cogan in the
office or Kevin Coskey at scrip@bethshalomseattle.org.
On the Beth Shalom web site, there is now a page
dedicated to information about the Beth Shalom scrip
program. You can go directly to http://
www.bethshalomseattle.org/scrip_faq.php, or simply
follow the new link on the home page. Check it out! All
questions or feedback about the scrip program are
welcome.
Pesach Grow and Behold Kosher Meat
The orders will be available for pickup on April 2nd from
5-7 at Beth Shalom
Grow and Behold provides kosher meat
(OU) that is free from antibiotics and hormones.
All of the meat is pastureraised.
According to their mission statement,
they "adhere to the strictest standards
of kashrut, animal welfare, worker
treatment, and sustainable agriculture."
If you have questions about anything related
to Grow and Behold or the Seattle
buying club, send Shoshanna Barnett an e-mail at
sbarnett@uw.edu.
Beth Shalom Beit Midrash…in the Sanctuary – Now
on Shabbat!
Please join teachers Joel Goldstein and Stuart Light for a
weekly Talmud class covering the second chapter of Bava
Metzia. This class meets every Shabbat after Kiddush. We
will look not only at the Talmud in Bava Metzia, but at
other connected pieces of Talmud and the opinions of
commentaries ranging from Rashi, Tosefot, Rambam,
Ramban, and Shulchan Aruch. No Talmud experience is
necessary, nor is knowing all the terms in this class
summary; all you need is an open mind and willingness to
engage the text. Class is after Kiddush lunch. No Charge.
Contracts for the Sale of Chametz are due on
Wednesday, April 5th at 4:00pm. Late contracts will
not be accepted. Blank forms can be found in the
Ruach, on the flyer racks and on the CBS webpage.
Calling All Kippot!
We are getting dangerously low on kippot in the
shul. Please check your coat pockets and assorted
drawers at home for any stray kippot lying about.
Do you want to join Israeli Dancing but are worried
that you don't know the steps
Israeli Dancing now begins at 6:45pm on Wednesdays.
The first half hour we'll learn and review the steps that are
the basic building blocks for many dances. This is a great
time for beginners to join the class. No experience
necessary. Please wear shoes that slide easily. Tennis
shoes are NOT recommended. A 5 class punchcard is $30
for members, $40 for non-members.
PESACH GUIDE
The Rabbinical Assembly has published a very helpful and
updated Passover Guide for Passover 2012 with
information on how to kasher for Passover and food for
Passover – what does and does not need a kosher for
Passover label. It can be found at:
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/
public/jewish-law/holidays/pesah/rabbinical-assemblypesah-guide-2012.pdf
We also have copies available in the front lobby. Also,
please feel free to join Rabbi Borodin for a class on
kashering for Passover (and much more Passover
learning) as part of the Passover University on the
afternoon of Sunday March 25th.
Dear Friends of Israel,
Buy Israeli Goods Day!
Friday, 3/30
Israel needs us now. March 30 has been designated as a
day to boycott Israeli goods.
That’s why March 30 will be our next Buy Israeli Goods
(BIG) Day. Please forward this e-mail to your community,
synagogues, schools, other organizations, and your friends
in other cities and ask them to help promote the movement
to counter boycott activities against Israel. We`ve
had tremendous success countering this hateful initiative -
let`s keep it going!
MARCH 30 IS BUY ISRAELI GOODS DAY - it`s BIG!!
And you can help. Learn more
at www.buyisraelgoods.org
Thank you in advance for your participation! Please share
with your friends.
MILESTONES
Y Mazel Tov to Noah Etzioni and his family on becoming
Bar Mitzvah
TODDAH RABAH
Y Ruth Etzioni and Oren Etzioni, for Hosting this week’s
Kiddush

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
What our DNA tells us about our Jewish origins
and migrations: with Rita Rothenberg Calvo
Shabbat, 3/24 from 1:15-2:15pm in the Beit
Midrash
Thanks to revolutionary advances in genetics and
genomics research, science is advancing understanding
of human geographic and ethnic/racial origins. Modern
techniques allow separating maternal and paternal
origins. Studies of Jews from around the world have
shown a genetic signature of Jewish ancestry. The data
show that the male founders of all groups - e.g.
Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi (“oriental”)] of modern
Jews came from same ancestral male population from
the Middle East. Surprisingly however the female
founders have very different genetic histories from the
men. Each community has few female founders but each
community is different from the others. We will also
discuss ideas on why there are a group of “Jewish”
genetic diseases.
Rita Calvo, aunt of CBS member, Roz Bornstein, taught
biochemistry and human genetics at Cornell University.
From Apples to Zeroah: An afternoon of learning
about Passover for all ages
Sunday, 3/25 1-3:30pm
♦ What Happened to Moshe in the Haggadah
♦ Not Your Mother’s Seder—Passover Recipes for the
21st Century (including gluten free and vegan
recipes)
♦ Making your Seder relevant and fun for children
♦ Kashering for Passover
♦ Songs of the Seder
♦ Passover arts, crafts, and learning for children
$10/adult, $5/child, $25/family (scholarships are
always available) RSVP on the CBS website—
http://bethshalomseattle.org or call the office, 206-524
-0075.
Women’s Rosh Chodesh Chavurah
Sunday, 3/25 from 7-9pm
Presenter: Linda Portnoy
Rosh Chodesh Nissan
Linda Portnoy will lead us in a "tasting party"of
meditation using several different techniques, including
breathing meditation, guided visualization, and mantra
meditation (using primordial sounds and Hebrew
words). This will be like a wine tasting party, but
instead of wine, women will try various meditation
techniques. Linda Portnoy has been meditating for
many years and enjoys creating guided visualizations
for friends.
To RSVP and find out the location, please contact
Carolyn Friedkin, cbienn@yahoo.com.
Refreshments are welcome!
Can't be at the J Street Making History
Conference in Washington, DC
Sunday, 3/25 from 6:30 pm at Beth Shalom
J Street-Seattle invites you to view video highlights
right here in Seattle’s North End!
Hear a few of the remarkable conference speakers, join
in lively discussion, and enjoy a little nosh.
RSVP at www.facebook.com/jstreetseattle or via
http://act.jstreet.org/signup/Seattle_032512/
rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=1167.201729.Wj3FMN
Contact Rachel Jacobson at rachijacob@gmail.com with
any questions
Mitzvot and Middot:
Order-Seder with
Shirah Bell & Rabbi
Harry Zeitlin
Shabbat, 3/31 from
1:15pm in the Beit
Midrash
The soul trait of order is
about the middle way.
Too little order gives
birth to chaos, while at the other end of the range, too
much order ties us up in obsessive rigidity. The best in
life lies between these extremes, and we are welladvised
to seek that moderate course.
Youth Dept Spaghetti Dinner & Chametz Fest
Sunday, 4/1 from 6-8pm
Support Beth Shalom youth and take a break from
Passover cleaning.
Dinner costs $12/adult, $8/child under 12.
RSVP to Irit Eliav, Director of Education, at
iriteliav@bethshalomseattle.org
FOOD, FOOD, FOOD
Shabbat, 4/21 from 1:15pm in the Beit Midrash
(DATE CHANGE!)
Are you interesting in talking more about food at Beth
Shalom - what we eat, what ethics govern our choices
about food, what do we want to learn about Judaism's
perspectives on food
Join us for a follow-up conversation inspired by Nigel
Savage's teaching on Judaism and food, to talk about
what we would like to be doing as a community on this
topic.
Please feel free to also pass on comments and interests
to Rabbi Borodin and Carol Benedick.
New Thursday Maariv Minyan
7:30pm - Sanctuary
Have you been wanting to come for an evening minyan
but been unable to make it on Mondays
There is a new minyan on Thursday evenings at
7:30pm in the Sanctuary. Please join us.

HAMAKOM YINACHEM ETCHEM: “May God Comfort You”
Y Elizabeth Richmond, for her step-mother, Helga Ashkenaze, z”l,
who passed away Sunday, March 18 (24 Adar I)
MEMBERS IN SHLOSHIM OR YUD BET HODESH
Gene Huppin, for his brother, Sam Huppin (8 Adar)
Harold Bobroff, for his mother, Pamela Bobroff, z”l (22 Shevat)
Nona Phillips, for her brother, Larry Phillips, z”l (21 Shevat)
Bob Rothstein, for his mother, Beulah Rothstein, z”l (20 Shevat)
Beth Skirm, for her mother, Rosemary Skirm, z”l (13 Shevat)
Bob Rothstein, for his father, Alvin “Buddy” Rothstein, z”l (1 Shevat)
Anne Geiger, for her sister, Dorothy Winters, z”l (28 Tevet)
Allen Gown, for his father, Daniel Gown, z”l (17 Tevet)
Wally Kegel, for his mother, Katie Kegel, z”l (9 Tevet)
Julian Judelman, for his mother, Esther Judelman, z”l (4 Tevet)
Betsy Deutsch, for her father, Cyrus Rubin, z”l (24 Kislev)
Grace Rubin, for her husband, Cyrus Rubin, z”l (24 Kislev)
Margaret Montsaroff, for her father, Peter Williams Montgomery, z”l
(19 Kislev)
Joel Erlitz and Marc Erlitz, for their father, Stanley Erlitz, z”l (18 Kislev)
Jeff Miller, for his mother, Ruth Miller, z”l (7 Kislev)
Rick Kustina and Frank Kustina, for their mother, Helen Kustina, z”l
(26 Heshvan)
Michelle Weinberg, for her father, Milton Lubow, z”l (9 Heshvan)
Ellen Spear, for her father, Howard Arbetter, z”l (19 Tishrei)
Sharona Gordon, for her father, Robert Gordon, z”l (8 Tishrei)
Joe Orzech, for his father, Ze’ev Orzech, z”l (15 Elul)
Rita Edelson, for her son, David Harris Edelson, z”l (8 Elul)
Carolyn Bernhard, for her mother, Beverly Grashin, z”l (24 Tammuz)
Jeff Gillman, for his mother, Vicki Gillman, z”l (13 Tammuz)
Jon Zimmerman, for his father, Neal Zimmerman, z”l (13 Sivan)
Miryam Kabakov, for her mother, Ceil Kabakow, z”l (10 Sivan)
MEMBERS IN SHLOSHIM OR YUD BET HODESH - CONTINUED
Leah Lemchen, for her mother, Samantha Ripley, z”l (4 Sivan)
Jeff Miller, for his father, Phillip Miller, z”l (23 Iyar)
Judy Rosenfeld, for her father, Benjamin Rosenfeld, z”l (20 Nisan)
Steve Marx, for his father, Arthur Julius Marx, z”l (10 Nisan)
MEMBERS OBSERVING YAHRZEITS
Gerald Pollack, for his mother, Helen Pollack, z”l
Flora Ostrow, for her sister, Jane Lazere, z”l
Inna Lacker, for her father, Michael Posner, z”l
Nancy Zeitz, for her grandmother, Anna Seelig, z”l
Liora Minkin, for her mother, Ruth Minkin, z”l
Guenter Mannhalt, for his brother, Herbert Mannhalt, z”l
Steve Adler, for his uncle, Herbert Mannhalt, z”l
Sheryl Stiefel, for her grandmother, Miriam Cooperman, z”l
Mark Slosberg, for his grandfather, Jack Gelfenbaum, z”l
Rachel Jacobsen, for her mother, Miriam Levy, z”l
Kayla Weiner, for her grandfather, Carl Baker, z”l, and for her
grandmother, Dora Weiner, z”l
Judith Mentzer and Kathryn Bern, for their friend, Roger Decker, z”l
Suzanne Cole, for her father, Philip Silverman, z”l
Rita Edelson, for her son, William “Willy” Edelson, z”l
Deborah Isgur, for her mother, Shula Monroe, z”l
Jane Fein, for her brother-in-law, Jesse Fein, z”l
REFUAH SHLEMAH
If your loved one’s name is not listed, you may announce them during the
prayer for the sick, after the reading of the Torah.
CBS Members
Yehudit Avigail bat Pesha v’Tzadik (Joan Lite Miller)
Rivkah bat Minachem Lav v' Eliana (Rebecca Phelps)
Tikvah bat Avraham V’Tzipora (Marie Poole)
Gedaliah Yosef ben Yehudit
Tzipura bat David
Rolande bat Vivie (Rolande Chesebro)
Benyamin Lev ben Aviiva Ora v’Shmuel Moshe (Julian Silver)
Yonah Dov ben Shlomo ha'Levi (Jerry Becker)
Avigdor ben David (Avi Erlich)
Masha bat Shaindel
Baruch Leib Chaim ben Meir (Brent Brown)
Yakov ben Fayga (Yakov Koltman)
David Henached shel Goldja (Elric Wolfsbruder McCurdy)
Yachna Maryam ha’Cohen bat Masha Leah
Chisda ben Yonah (Tony Moore)
Chizkiyahu Yitzchok Yehoshuah ben Rachel v’Eliezer
Yitzchak ben Miriam v’Benjamin (Ira Kalet)
Yaffa Tova bat Reuven (Jane Fein)
Batsheva bat Sofia
Ita bat Taube (Inna Lacker)
Aviella Bara bat Nechama Raisel v’Shlomo Vared (Susan
Aylesworth)
Malka bat Leah v’Rav Avram (Mildred Rosenbaum)
RELATIVES of Members
Dorothy Saran, mother of Craig Saran (re-listed 3/2)
Shoshana bat Irene (Susan Markowitz), cousin of Patti Kieval (re-listed
3/2)
Ezra Zimmerman, nephew of Henry Zimmerman (re-listed 2/14)
Moshe ben Sarah, father of Nadine Cadesky-Zimmerman (re-listed 3/2)
Shmuel ben Zahava v’Yehiel Maier, father of Tzachi Litov (re-listed
2/16)
Ira Weiner, cousin of Kayla Weiner (re-listed 3/2)
Joyce Sundsvold, mother of T.J. Sundsvold (re-listed 3/1)
Helena Baronheid, cousin of Debbie Gordon (listed 3/12)
Refuah Shlemah
The Refuah Shlemah list is for the seriously ill and names need to
be re-submitted monthly.
Each entry is dated. The listing expires one month from the listing
date. To renew names on the list call Marjie at 206-524-0075.
Thank you for understanding our policy
to make room for names in the future.
RELATIVES of Members continued
Chaya Risha bat Rivka (Harriet Katz), mother of Steve Katz (listed
2/15)
Lori Abrams, sister of Eileen Klein (listed 2/23)
Inna bat Sonia (Inna Moldaver), daughter-in-law of Sara and Izya
Moldaver, and sister-in-law of Lucy Taskar (listed 2/23)
Herb Modelevsky, relative of Steve Greene & Peggy Mesnik (listed
3/5)
Za’ev Yakov ben Gittel, father of Linda-Jo Greenberg (listed 3/8)
Daniel McNamara, brother of Tink Williams (re-listed 3/14)
Benny Leeds, cousin of Steve Greene (listed 3/21)
Elisheva bat Tovah Ahuva, niece of Carolyn Cohen (listed 3/22)
FRIENDS of Members
Yehuda Dov Ha'Cohen ben Malkah, (Ernest Cohen), friend of
Sharon Greenberg (re-listed 3/2)
Larry Zolton, friend of Patti Kieval (re-listed 3/2)
Rabbi Joshua Stampfer, friend of Congregation Beth Shalom and
Camp Solomon Schechter (re-listed 2/14)
Tova Talya bat Yetta Davida v’Herschel Hayyim, friend of Paul
Schwartz (re-listed 2/16)
Rachel bat Gavriela v’Yehuda (Andrea Stern), friend of Patti Kieval
(re-listed 2/19)
Krista Conner, friend of Kayla Weiner (re-listed 3/2)
Inez Caspi, friend of Steve Greene (listed 2/2)
Ha’Rav Moshe Shlomo Ha’Levi ben Deborah, friend of Rabbi Borodin
(listed 2/27)
Christian Rusby, friend of Rebecca Cory (listed 3/8)
Renee Freiden, friend of Debbie Gordon (listed 3/12)
Yehezkel ben Avram v'Tzivia, friend of Jill Cohen (listed 3/21)