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March 2013 | 19 Adar - 20 Nisan 5773 

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Scroll 

A Publication of Mosaic Law Congregation 

Passover and Mitzvah 

Passover begins on Monday Night, 

March 25th. The Selling of Hametz 

must be accomplished no later than 

2pm on March 22nd. 

One of the 613 commandments of the Torah commands us 

to leave a corner of the field unharvested, so that the poor 

can gather gleanings of wheat for themselves. 

This ancient Jewish practice is reflected in Maot Chitim, 

the centuries old custom of gathering wheat to provide the 

Jewish needy with matzo and other holiday foods, including 

wine/grape juice, for the observance of Pesach. 

In contemporary terms, Maot Chitim is now observed year 

-round with a Kosher Food Bank under the aegis of our 

Jewish Federation. I encourage everyone to support the 

food bank by dropping off kosher food items at the 

Federation offices in midtown Sacramento (2014 Capitol 

Ave). These items are available to every Jewish individual 

and family in need of assistance. 

Each year, before Passover, it is the obligation of every 

‏,חָמֵץ / חמץ (Hebrew: Jewish household to sell their Hametz 

are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish 

holiday of Passover. The form for selling your Hametz is 

on page 3) and make a donation to a charitable organization. 

We have always earmarked MAZON, the Jewish 

Response to Hunger, as the recipient, but this year I urge 

everyone in our congregation to take part in this Mitzvah 

of selling your Hametz and making your tax deductible 

contribution to Jewish Helping Hands, with a notation to 

earmark your donation to Rabbanit Kapach’s Passover 

needs. I hope that you will pass this information on to your 

own individual lists of friends, family, and acquaintances. 

In 1983 when I led my first congregational trip from 

Phoenix, Arizona to Israel, I was most fortunate to meet 

the Rabbanit Bracha Kapach. Danny Siegel, a Mitzvah 

Mensch, poet and a past Mosaic Law weekend Scholar-in- 

Residence had put me in touch with the Rebbetzin and told 

me about the important Mitzvot she does every day, 

including providing wedding dresses for poor women all 

over Israel. On that trip to Israel, Rabbanit Bracha Kapach 

arranged for my entire tour group to be invited to a Yeminite 

wedding in Jerusalem. I will never ever forget that 

amazing and unique experience. She is a true Tzadeket/ 

Mitzvah hero in the classic sense of the word. 

Danny Siegel recently gave me an update and told me that 

donations throughout the year for her “regular” Mitzvah 

work continue to be disastrously low, and she is greatly 

concerned again this year as she was the last couple of 

years about her ability to provide for Pesach for as many 

people as she would like. 

For more than 50 years, the Rabbanit has provided food 

packages in Israel for Passover for many hundreds of families, 

tens of thousands of individuals in all. With the help 

of many volunteers, in the past few years her incredibly 

fine and beautifully well-organized program has managed 

to provide from 2,500 to more than 6,000 packages for 

families and individuals. 

(Continued on page 2) 

Inside this Issue 

Services & Festivals 2 

Education & Youth 4 

Men’s Club 5 

Women’s Network 5 

Community Notes 6 

Birthdays and Anniversaries 7 

Donations 8 - 10\ 

Kiddush Sponsors, Mazel Tov! 

and Condolences 11 

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Rabbi (Continued from page 1) 

March 

Services & Festivals 

Shabbat Candlelighting 

Times 

March 1 - 5:40pm 

March 8 - 5:47pm 

(March 10th - TIME CHANGE) 

(Spring Forward 1 hour) 

March 15 - 6:54pm 

March 22 - 7:01pm 

March 29 - 7:08pm 

Shabbat 

Shabbat Morning Service – 9:00am 

March 2 - Parshat Ki Tisa 

Edina Goore & Rebeka Shapiro 

B’nei Mitzvot 

Havdalah - 6:38pm 

March 9 - Parshat Vayakhel & 

Pekudey | Shabbat HaHodesh | 

Shabbat Mevarekhim HaHodesh 


March 16 - Parshat Vayikra 


March 23 - Parshat Tzav 

Shabbat HaGadol 


March 30 - Hol Hamoed Pesach 


Minyan Schedule 

Mornings 

Sunday – 9:00am 

Monday, Thursday & 

Rosh Chodesh – 7:15am 

Federal Holidays – 8:30am 

Afternoons 

Monday – Thursday – 5:45pm 

Friday Kabbalat Shabbat – 5:45pm 

The Rabbanit distributes as many packages as the contributions can cover. 

The Rabbanit is now 90 years old, and she should not have to be burdened with 

this kind of concern. Our efforts can allow her to do what she does best, 

Mitzvahs, with ease and with the sippuk nefesh (soul-satisfaction) she deserves. 

So, please, do not delay. Please complete the Selling of Hametz Form and email, 

fax or drop it off to our synagogue office. And, please consider making your contribution 

to Jewish Helping Hands and designating the donation for Rabbanit 

Bracha Kapah’s Passover needs. Send your checks to our synagogue office and 

we will see that they arrive to the New York organization and transferred directly 

to Israel before Passover. 

Providing for those in need, in a way protective of their dignity, is an act of 

chesed (lovingkindness) and has been a cornerstone of Jewish belief and practice 

since the days of Israel's ancient past. 

We are our brother's keeper and, in so doing, reflect the G-dliness that resides in 

each of us. 

On behalf of Judy, Avi, Amy, Josh, Ari, Matt, Chelsea, Ethan and Eliana, I wish 

all of you a wonderful happy and healthy Passover. 

Chag Samayach v’Kasher, 

Rabbi Reuven H. Taff 

How to Contribute: 

1. Checks made out to: Jewish Helping Hands 

(see the website www.mitzvahheroesfund.org) 

2. Mail to: 

Jewish Helping Hands 

c/o Mosaic Law Congregation 

2300 Sierra Blvd. 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Once we collect the checks we will mail them directly to New York who will 

transfer the funds to Israel. Please do not delay. Passover is only weeks away. 

Electronically: 

Go to http://www.mitzvahheroesfund.org/mitzvah_heroes_donate.html 

Please indicate that you would like your donation to be used for the Rabbanit 

Kapach’s Passover needs. 

Note: This is a direct donation to Jewish Helping Hands and will not be reflected 

on your MLC statement. 

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From the Director of Education 

and Youth - Orit Morgenshtern 

Important Dates: 

March 

Friday, March 8th – B’nai Mazel (3rd & 4th grade) Shabbat Dinner at Rabbi Taff’s house. Please 

contact Sharon Best at sbest@live.com or 949-232-4453 with questions. 

Saturday, March 9th – Tikkunim/Seum Hasefer Ceremony for 3rd & 6th grade. 

Sunday, March 10th – TIME CHANGE! Spring forward one hour. 

Sunday, March 10th - Kadima (7th & 8th grade) going to Laser Tag. Please contact Dana Penn at 

geshergirl@gmail.com or 562-440-8993 with questions. 

Sunday, March 10th - Perachim (Kingergarten, 1st & 2nd grade) going to John’s Incredible Pizza. Please contact Sarah 

Turtletaub at sarahturtletaub@hotmail.com with questions. 

Sunday, March 17th - Passover Day. The students will be learning how to make matza. 

NO SCHOOL on Sunday, March 24th, Wednesday, March 27th or Sunday, March 31st due to Pesach. 

April 

Saturday, April 6th - Final ShabbaBoom! 

Sunday, April 7th from 11:30am - 12:30pm - Yom Hashoah Program. Mark Rubin, will be speaking. Mark Rubin, 

Caren Zorman's father, is a child survivor of the Holocaust. Liberated with his immediate family from Terezin when 

he was 8 years old, Mark was one of 100 children left in the concentration camp out of 10,000. He immigrated to the 

United States in 1948 and is a successful real estate developer in Los Angeles. He is dad to Caren, Brian and Michelle 

and "zeide" to Aaron & Evan Zorman and Brock & Eva Rubin. This program is open to the congregation. 

Saturday, April 13th - 5th & 6th grade are participating in leading the services. 

Sunday, April 14th - Yom Ha'Atzma'ut. We will be having Maccabee Games. Please have your children wear tennis 

shoes and clothing that can get dirty. 

Saturday, April 27th - 3rd & 4th grade are participating in leading the services. 

NO SCHOOL on Sunday, April 28 due to the Jewish Heritage Festival. For more information, go to 

www.jewishsac.org. 

Tikkunim/Seum Hasefer Ceremony 

On Shabbat, March 9th, we will be having our annual 

Tikkunim/Seum Hasefer Ceremony in which all MLC 

Third and Sixth graders are called up to the bima to 

receive their Special siddur. Third grade will receive the 

Siddur Shema Yisrael. The Sixth graders will receive of 

their Siddur Sim Shalom and Tikkunim that will prepare 

them for their Bar or Bat mitzvah journey. All families, 

friends and extended family are invited and welcome to 

stay for Kiddush lunch. 

Our Honorees are: 

Third Grade: Alexandra Barth, Ariana Brasch, Keila 

Debia, Hannah Finkel, Evan Grijnsztein, Heidi 

Grijnsztein, Tal Kanarik, Rachel Keating, Dotan Leibushor, 

Senesh Magill, Molly Ratinoff, Yanai Shtulvarg, 

Daniel Sokoler, Johanna Tokarski, Casey Vasquez, and 

Ellie Vaynberg. 

Sixth Grade: Raena Begley, Ariel Block, Jack 

Cartwright, Thomas Debia, Jake Harouni, Roan Karavani, 

Jeremy Loventhal, Alex Nails, Alex Rogawski, Bradley 

Rosenberg, Emma Sperber, Natalie Zimmerman, and Evan 

Zorman. 

Youth Group Advisors 

For more information on Youth Group activities, contact one of the following: 

Perachim (Kindergarten through 2nd grade) - Sarah Turtletaub: sarahturtletaub@hotmail.com 

B’nai Mazel (3rd & 4th grade) - Sharon Best: sbest@live.com. 

Machar (5th & 6th grade) - Monica Shapiro: shapiro2@comcast.net. 

Kadima (7th & 8th grade) - Dana Schneider Penn: geshergirl@gmail.com. 

USY (9th through 12th grade) - Alex Mazakas: alex.mazakas@gmail.com. 

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From the Men’s Club - Alex Zamansky 

Pictures from the Men’s Club Poker Night. 

From The Women’s Network 

Carol Loew 

SAVE THE DATE: 

"Happiness is nothing more than good 

health and a bad memory" 

Albert Schweitzer 

MAY 4th: Sisterhood Shabbat. Special each year is the 

beautiful Shabbat that Linda Reitzenstein creates for the 

congregation. While our name has changed to the 

Women's Network, we want to keep the tradition of calling 

our special day on the bimah "Sisterhood Shabbat." Linda 

brings her special magic to the morning with her ability to 

get so many involved and give our women reason to qvell. 

MAY 19th: Torah Fund Luncheon. We are excited to 

have Ricki Lobel and Gen Lobel present our JTS day 

again this year. Plans are underway and it will be another 

"do not miss" event. This event has become so much more 

than just a way to support the seminary. The day is filled 

with warmth, creativity and friendship. Plan to attend. 

Apology: Please accept our apology for the changes in 

dates as shown on our magnet. The Sisterhood Shabbat 

original weekend was the only Shabbat the RABBI TAFF 

could gather his family for their Ufruf. He asked if we 

would consider another date and we were happy to make 

the change for this very special event. 

Directory Advertisers: I would like to mention our directory 

advertisers. It is so important that we support them as 

they are an important source of revenue for our organization. 

Visit the delicious restaurants that have participated. 

Say hi to Leo and Kathy when you visit The Greek Village 

Inn. When you stop at Famous Kabob you are likely to see 

Sha, the brother of Mehrnaz and Bebe. Scott's on the 

River, always a fine dining experience, Alan was so kind 

to continue advertising with us even though he closed the 

closest location. A visit to any of the Haines Brothers 

Suzie Burger locations is a treat, whether at Riverside, 

33rd Street, or their locations in Folsom and Davis. (Oh, 

those sweet potato fries!) Our boutique shops are special 

and the service vendors are there to assist you. Be sure to 

think of Parkside Compounding Pharrmacy and Wellness 

Center for your prescription and gift needs. John and 

Michelle Ortego are members of our congregation and 

offer delivery service to their fellow congregants. Michelle 

is a gifted buyer and when you visit the store, you will find 

unique gifts and cards. Use the coupons that they have 

included with their inside front cover page. They are a full 

service pharmacy, boutique and spa. 

Volunteers: We continue to encourage our membership to 

consider volunteer time with us. Our gift shop could use 

your services 4 hours a month. Consider teaming up with a 


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Women’s Network 

(Continued from page 5) 

friend to come and work together. Our dedicated 

Shiva Committee of Arlene Pearl, Janie 

Gumpert, and Judy Persin have given their 

notice that they cannot continue with this project 

after June. Thank you, ladies, for your 

years of dedication and kindness that you have 

given to this community. We now need others 

to step up and provide this important mitzvah 

to those in mourning. If the Shiva Committee 

has helped you in your time of need, you know 

what it means to have the comfort of knowing 

that the committee will provide for your needs. 

Perhaps you will want to return the favor and 

do the mitzvah for other families in need. 

Gift Shop: Don't forget to check us out when 

you have any gift needs. We are in the process 

of making some changes in the shop, so keep 

an eye on us. Feel free to call me at 916-927- 

5220 for an appointment if you would like to 

visit the shop at times other than school hours. 

See you in shul. 

Community Notes 

The National Council of Jewish Women Sacramento Section is celebrating 

its 120th Anniversary and Founder's Day on March 10, 2013 

at the Sacramento Marriott, 11211 Point East Drive, Rancho Cordova 

at 11:30am. Cost: $36 per person. Guests are welcome! Send your 

check and menu selection of chicken, fish, beef or vegetarian to Joan 

Bories, 8421 Ascolano Avenue, Fair Oaks, CA 95628, 967-1482, or 

at infoncjwsac@gmail.com. 

Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento 

Note: The March 3 presentation sent in previously for Bet Haverim 

in Davis has been postponed until March 24 due to a scheduling conflict. 

Sunday, March 17th, 10am - Albert Einstein Residence Center, 

1935 Wright Street. Shlomo Rosenfeld of Berkeley will talk about his 

family discovery, learning about some of the Rosenfelds who survived 

the Holocaust, living relatives his father did not know about. 

Sunday, March 24 at 2pm - "A Walk Through JewishGen" 

Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road, Davis. Bob 

Wascou will go step-by-step through JewishGen.org, the primary web 

site for Jewish genealogy. He will show us what can help to discover 

family information, including some little-known features of the website. 

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March Birthdays 

1 Mort Ehrlich 

1 Elana Varshawsky 

1 Maya Vaknin 

1 Rachel Levy 

1 Jonah Rosenthal 

2 Gregory Sharg 

2 Zachary Solomon 

3 Lillian Gabriel 

3 David Asch 

3 Sid Rosenberg 

3 Gayle Govenar 

3 Moshe Witztum 

4 Harry Skaletzky 

4 Irit Winston 

4 Laurie Meyer 

5 Nancy Fogler 

5 Frank Gumpert 

5 Matthew Friedman 

5 Katherine 

Zimmerman 

6 Ed Rabin 

6 Jonah Paransky 

6 Jacob Govenar 

7 Jack Mador 

7 Lazarus Zeff 

8 Moti Darf 

8 Richard Pachter 

8 Linda Poisner 

9 Philip Levy 

9 Harlan Goodson 

9 Wendy Samuels 

10 Rachel Robinson 

10 Lea Herberholz 

11 Stuart Cohen 

11 Burt Ginsburg 

12 Louis Elfenbaum 

12 Rita Abbott 

12 Margaret 

McClasky 

12 Daniel Ichel 

12 Lesley Finkel 

12 Michelle Lerner 

12 Simon Edber 

13 Molly Goldberg 

13 Jennifer Goldwyn 

13 Daniel Herberholz 

13 Eliza Wendel 

14 Sid Mandel 

14 Shmuel Toledano 

14 Ian Yellin 

14 Maya Racket 

15 Gail Haberman 

15 Jonathan Lightman 

15 Hilda Sadigh 

15 Noah Finkel 

15 Jason Reiser 

16 Darlene Brodovsky 

16 Betsy Polan 

16 Gil Vechter 

17 Esther Friedman 

17 Susanne Leitner 

17 Wendy Phoenix 

17 Sara Kahn Shapiro 

17 Sharon Futerman 

17 David Mantel 

17 Ryan Samoville 

17 Ron Vechter 

18 Larry Meyer 

18 Lee Schmelter 

18 Zoe Duensing 

18 Ariana Brasch 

19 Rabbi Reuven Taff 

19 Shelby Ostwald 

20 Elias Azoulay 

20 Stephen Weinberg 

20 Jesse Villanueva 

20 Elana Erle 

21 Noga Alon 

21 Lily Berrin 

22 Zohar Bogin 

23 William 

Brodovsky 

23 Rochelle Sham 

23 Dana Edelstein 

23 Mia Fahn 

24 Daniel Yoshpe 

24 Mark Urban 

24 Richard Schuman 

25 Ruth Saunders 

25 Joseph Fahn 

26 Alyssa Prohofsky 

26 Arianna Shtulvarg 

26 Sarah Velazquez 

27 Leyne Milstein 

27 Jacob Fishbein 

28 Kathryn Witztum 

28 Eva Teilamnn 

28 Richard Kravitz 

28 Julian Block 

28 Bradley Rosenberg 

29 Michael Parr 

29 Phil Kubel 

29 Yoav Harel 

29 Mori Naftulin 

29 Jonah Cartwright 

30 Al Berkowitz 

30 Allen Green 

30 Sara Zeff 

30 Dotan Leibushor 

31 Patricia White 

31 Jill Bombard 


March 

Anniversaries 

1 Mark & Dianne Cohn 

6 Kenneth & April Goore 

12 Daniel & Azita Ichel 

14 Ed & Gayle Fishkin 

15 Ed & Shirley Kobrin 

17 Gil & Marie Levander 

17 Mort & Janet Ehrlich 

18 Houshang & Restituta Nazarian 

18 Joshua & Deborah Frost 

19 Jim & Judy Lawson 

20 Carey & Nancy Wolf 

21 Stephen & Joyce Weinberg 

21 Richard & Zoey Goore 

22 Randy & Bebe Pollack 

23 Kenneth & Ardyth Sokoler 

25 David & Katherine Tokarski 

27 Michael Rogawski & 

Julie Schweitzer 

28 Jacob & Liz Igra 

28 Alan & Dana Edelstein 

28 John Bach & Beryl Mochaels 

30 Michael & Rachel Salman 

30 Alex & Caron Zamamsky 

Friedman Courtyard Brick 

Update 

Spring means Graduations, Weddings, Showers, and 

Confirmations! Mosaic Law Courtyard Bricks are a very 

nice way to honor or memorialize someone special in your 

life. Think of MLC Courtyard Bricks when you are trying 

to think of the right gift to give. Contact Judy Persin, 

Courtyard Brick Chairperson, through the MLC office or 

jbpersin@aol.com. 

A Mosaic Law Courtyard Brick has been ordered for: 

Susan Lauer, Happy Special Birthday, 

love, Kathy Anapolsky, Susan Long, 

Joyce Weinberg, Rande Zaretsky and 

Beverly Zimmerman 

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Beryl Schuster Bar/Bat 

Mitzvah Fund 

In appreciation of Cantor 

George Wald’s participation 

in the funeral service 

for my mother, Dorothy 

Weisberg 

Rick Weisberg 

In honor of the Adult B’nai 

Mitzvah Class - Mazel Tov 

to all of you! 

Deborah & Louis 

Gonzalez 

In honor of the Adult B’nai 

Mitvah Class of 2013 

Charlotte Ballard & 

Robert Zeff 

Cantor’s Fund 

In memory of Irv Goldberg 

Sybil & Fredi 

Jakob 

Building Maintenance 

Fund 

In memory of Bernice 

Ross. We are saddened by 

the loss 

David & Eva Gross 

In memory of Mort 

Friedman 

In memory of Dorothy 

Weisberg 

Robert & Rosalie 

Mazur 

General Synagogue Fund 


David & Holly 

Factor 


Weisberg 

Harold Stein 

Mazel Tov! On the upcoming 

wedding of Rabbi Reuven 

Taff and Judith 

Abrams Kahler 

Ron Solomon & 

Cheryl Lack 

Generous Gifts From Thoughtful People 

Donations Made Between January 22 and February 28 

Mazel Tov! To the B’nai 

Mitzvah Class of 2013 


In honor of Rabbi Taff & 

Judy Kahler’s Ufruf 

Michael & 

Elizabeth Singer 

In memory of Matt 

Compton. May his memory 

be for a blessing 

Janis & Jonathan 

Lightman 

In honor of Ed Abbott’s 

Bar Mitzvah 

In honor of Arlene Pearl’s 

Bat Mitzvah 

Mark Urban & 

Terri Friedman 


Harriet Ross 

Anthony & Chantel 

Urbancic 


Judy Kahler. Mazel Tov to 

you both. May you enjoy 

abundant health and 

happiness 

Ben Wald 

Speedy recovery to 

Michael & Milly Hayward 

Jacob & Elizabeth 

Igra 


Jimmy & Marilyn 

Simon 


Doris Goldberg 

In memory of Ben 

Yassinger & Shirley Vine 

James & Jana 

Cuneo 


Gayle & Edward 

Fishkin 

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Mazel Tov! In honor of the 

Ufruf of Rabbi Taff and 

Judy Kahler 

Soni & Ron Meyer 


Bat Mitzvah 

Milton & Harriet 

Ruderman 

In honor of Lou 

Weintraub’s 99th birthday 

Beverly Konkoff 

In honor of Rabbi & Judy’s 

wedding 

Robin, Stan, Lily 

Berrin & Susanne 

Leitner 

In memory of Bernice Ross 

Deepest condolences 

Yatish Mishra 

In memory of Irv Goldberg, 

my brother 

Beverly Lebetkin 



Robert Wendel & 

Family 

Mazel Tov! To Rabbi Taff 

on your upcoming marriage 

Jeffrey & Randy 

Goldstein 

Congratulations to Rabbi 

Reuven Taff and Judy on 

the joyous occasion of their 

union 

Dwight & Joann 

Freund 

Mazel Tov! Rabbi & Judy. 

Many happy years! 

Bernie & Molly 

Goldberg 

In honor of the marriage of 

Rabbi Taff to Judy Kahler 

Pia, Arielle & Talia 

Spector 

In honor of the 2013 B’nai 

Mitzvah Class 

Roslyn & Louis 

Weintraub 


K & B McClellan 

Speedy Recovery to Liz & 

Jack Igra. Hope you are 

both feeling much better 

Iris & Ron 

Bachman 


Friedman 

John & Corrine 

Merksamer 


Kay & Glen 

Clinton, Kim & 

Darian Noonan, 

Portia Clinton & 

Lynn Stobener 


Judy Kahler’s Ufruf. Best 

wishes, with love 

Judy Persin 

In memory of Marlon 

Sanchez, uncle of my 

children 

Christine Soto 

In honor of Rabbi Taff’s 

Ufruf 

Henrietta Baron 



David Navi & 

Valerie DePeel 



Edward & Gayle 

Fishkin 

Mazel Tov! Rabbi Taff & 

Judy Kahler 

Jill, Don, Mychal 

Stecher-Weitzman 

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Donations 



Judy Kahler’s wedding 

Lorraine Katz 


Donald Dansby 

In appreciation of Mark & 

Judy Mannis. Many thanks 

and much love for remembering 

me at Purim time 

Rowena Fahn 


Bar Mitzvah 

Ilene & Irwin 

Herman 

Mazel Tov! Rabbi Taff & 

Judy Kahler on your soon 

to be marriage. We wish 

you many years of good 

health and much happiness 

In memory of Irv 

Goldberg. May you find 

comfort from many good 

memories of your father 

and grandfather 

Jeff & Irit Winston 

In memory of Libby Parr 

Harry & Sue 

Sperber 



Larry & DeeDee 

Mozes 



Gilbert & Janice 

Linver 

Congratulations to Rabbi 

Taff & Judy Kahler. Wishing 

you every blessing 

Rosemary E. 

Yurman 



Joyce Berger & 

Family 

Kesher Scholarship Find 


Compton 


Gonzalez 

In honor of our anniversary 

Andrew & Tamsen 

D’Souza 

KOH Library & Cultural 

Center 

In honor of Ed Abbott on 

his Bar Mitzvah 

In memory of my dear 

mother, Helen Fischel 

Charlotte Ballard 

In appreciation of Ricki 

Lobel for her kind words 

and beautiful davening during 

the Shiva of our mother 

and sister 

Debbie Metzger & 

Family 

In memory of Shlomo 

Jacob ben Eliezer - Jacob 

Malkin, my father 

Leslie Malkin 

In memory of Elayne & 

Susan Metzger 

In memory of our dear 

friend, Irv Goldberg 


& Robert Zeff 

In honor of Cynthia & Sara 

Brideson. Happy 23rd 

birthday! Your work at the 

KOH library is awesome! 

Love, Mom 

Amelia Brideson 



In honor of Charlotte 

Ballard’s birthday 

Elliot & Arlene 

Pearl 


Ballard’s 80th birthday 

Roz & Lou 

Weintraub 

Speedy Recovery to Milly 

Hayward 

Jolie Baron 

In honor of Rabbi & Judy’s 

Ufruf 

Ed & Rita Abbott 

Mort & Marcy Friedman 

Scholar-in-Residence 

Fund 


Friedman 

Philip & Karen 

Levy 

Murray Bachman 

Minyan Fund 

Speedy Recovery to 

Shirley Cohodes 

Sending good thoughts to 

Sandy Shaffer, Refuah 

Shlema 


& Robert Zeff 

Speedy recovery to Arlene 

Pearl 


Michael & Milly Hayward 

Speedy recovery to Mairin 

Khazzoom 

Bernie & Molly 

Goldberg 


Goldberg, with sincere 

sympathy to your devoted 

family 

Ron & Iris 

Bachman 

In honor of Lou Weintraub 

on his 99th birthday, with 

love 

Harvey & Linda 

Matlof 

In honor of Lou Weintraub, 

Mazel Tov! On your 99th 

birthday. May you have 

much happiness and good 

health in the year ahead 

and always. Happy 

Birthday! 

Irit & Jeff Winston 

In honor of Arthur Samuel 

Underwood’s naming 

Larry & DeeDee 

Mozes 

Other 

Speedy recovery to Karen 

Seidman 

Sheila Swift 


Ross, wife & mother 

Marian Samoville 


Bat Mitzvah 

Jerome & Steven 

Rosenblum 

Past President’s Youth 

Fund 

In memory of Eliahi Navi, 

brother of David Navi 


Friedman 


Weisberg 

In memory of Harriet 

Schuster, beloved wife & 

mother 

In loving memory of Libby 

Parr, beloved wife & 

Mother 


Weintraub’s 99th birthday. 

Wishing you a very happy 

year ahead 

Morton & Janet 

Ehrlich 

In honor of Arlene Pearl on 

her Bat Mitzvah 




In honor of the B’nai 

Mitzvah Class. In honor of 

my fellow classmates 


Pearl 


Goldberg, beloved father 

In honor of Suzie Lauer’s 

birthday 

Judy Persin 


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Friedman 


Yassinger 

In memory of Shirley Vine 

Bob & Suzie Lauer 

In honor of Judy Persin’s 

Bat Mitzvah 


& Robert Zeff 




Gonzalez 


Weintraub’s specual 

birthday 

Karen & Steve 

Polansky 


Schuster 


Friedman 

Elliot & Arlene 

Pearl 


Weisberg 

Herb & Maddy 

Marks 


Bat Mitzvah 


Weintraub 

In honor of Suzie Lauer’s 

70th birthday 

Annabel Cooper 


Pearl. Thinking of you 

Iris Bachman 


Friedman 

Harry & Sue 

Sperber 

Rabbi’s Mitzvah Fund 


Michael & Louise 

Caplan 


Schuster 


Goldberg, with our deepest 

condolences 

In honor of the birth of our 

1st grandchild, Raviv Jacob 

Weiner 

Cheryl & Norm 

Weiner 

In memory of Matthew 

Compton. Madeline & 

Nathan, may the wonderful, 

beautiful memories of your 

loved one live in your 

hearts forever 

Morman & Marsha 

Reiser 

Sending good thoughts and 

wishing Rabbi and Judy a 

lifetime of love, happiness 

and many blessings 

Davina Dubnick 

Mazel Tov! To Suzie Lauer 

on your special birthday 

Mazel Tov! To Gayle 

Merksamer on her special 

birthday 


Rowena Fahn 

Sam & Sharon 

Anapolsky 

In memory of Libby Parr. 

We miss a very special 

lady 

Jacui & Al Toledo 

In appreciation of Rabbi’s 

kindness and participation 

in the passing or my 

mother, Dorothy Weisberg 

Rick Weisberg 



Lillian Gabriel 

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Friedman 

Jerry & Gayle 

Merksamer 


Ed & Rita Abbott 

In memory of Huberta M. 

Bilodeau, Lisa Wade’s 

mother 


Compton 




In honor of Judy Persin’s 

Bat Mitzvah 


Weintraub 

In memory of my dear 

husband, Leigh Ballard 


In memory of Irma B. 

Freedman, my mother 

Francie F. 

Teitelbaum 

In appreciation of my 

Aliyah 

In memory of Mollie 

Pretula, my mother 

Joyce Berger 

In honor of our 50th wedding 

anniversary 

Howard & Carole 

Mayer 

Women’s Network 

In memory of Bernice Harriet 

Ross. We’re really sorry 

to hear the news, our 

prayers are with you. 

From your GM 

Team: Michael 

Stinson, Randy 

Parker, Craig 

Vickers and Zone 

Team 

Yahrzeit 

In memory of Irving 

Freedenberg (Yisrael bar 

Belvel v’Peshke), father 

Antonette 

Rosenberg 

In memory of Leo 

Edelstein 

Lillian Edelstein 

In memory of Sheldon 

Edelson (Schmuel ben 

Yehuda) 

Jeffrey & Randy 

Goldstein 


Yassinger 

Herb & Maddy 

Marks 

In memory of Florence 

Roth, my mother 

Jerry Roth 

In memory of Pauline 

Thomas, mother 

Bill Thomas 

In memory of Ted Rich, 

father of Lloyd Rich 

Lloyd & Sharyn 

Rich 

In memory of Sarah Triger 

In memory of Herman 

Triger, father 

Edyth Asch 

In memory of Murray 

Bachman (Yitzchak 

Mosheh ben Chaim) 

Ronald Bachman 

In memory of Bob 

Snitman, brother 

Lillian Edelstein 

In memory of Ben Reiner, 

father 

Eliot Reiner 

In memory of Magir 

Maxwell 

Sharon Cohen 

In memory of beloved 

mother of Susan Persin & 

the Family’s matriarch 

David Navi 

In memory of Ben Picker 

(Berel ben Hershel 

v’Leah), her uncle 

Sheryl Gutmann 

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v’Chaya), her mother 

Betty Salomon 

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Kerry Wittlake Taylor & Tim Taylor in honor of their anniversary 

Alan Lewis in honor of his birthday 

David Navi in honor of his birthday 

Soni & Ron Meyer in honor of Ron’s birthday 

Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class of 2013 in honor of their B’nai Mitzvah 

Celebration 

Harry & Julie Lavine in honor of their anniversary 

Andrew & Tamsen D’Souza in honor of their anniversary and Andrew’s 

birthday 

Eric & Dana Kurzrock in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, 

Talya. 

Rabbi Taff & Judith Abrams Kahler in honor of their Ufruf 

Mazel Tov! 

Larry & Sharon Saltzman on the birth of their first grandchild! Zahava 

Reesha Saltzman - Zahava Rose - was born to Phil and Leah Saltzman on 

February 18th, 2013. 

Michael & Renee Schaffer on the engagement of their daughter, Laura 

Schaffer, to Dan Rubenstein, son of Ronnie & Gail Rubenstein of Piedmont, 

CA. 

Condolences for January 28 - February 28 

Bernice Ross, dear wife of Sam Ross, devoted mother to Marvin (Beth), 

Alan (Johnni) and Kenny (Lissa) Ross and Nancy Wolf (Carey). Bernice 

is also mourned by her adoring grandchildren: Matthew, Amanda, 

Alexandra, Eli and Lainy. 

Pamela Wald, Nina Goldberg, and Cindy Goldberg on the loss of their 

dear father, Irv Goldberg, of blessed memory 

Don Gilbert and Dana Edelstein on the loss of their dear aunt, Marge 

Karp, of blessed memory. 

Kyle Jones on the loss of his dear grandfather, Charles Jansen, of blessed 

memory. 

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Board of Trustees 2012-2013 

Executive Board 

President - Caren Zorman 

First Vice Pres - Jonathan Lightman 

Second Vice Pres - Dan Ott 

Treasurer - David Long 

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Deborah Gonzalez 

Board of Trustees 

Scott Cartwright 

Mark Cohn 

Tamsen D’Souza 

Burt Ginsburg 

Michelle Masoner 

Larry Mozes 

Arlene Pearl 

Randy Pollack 

David Rosenheimer 

Todd Sperber 

Vickie Wheelock, MD 

Karl Zeff, MD 

Sisterhood President - Carol Loew 

Men’s Club President - Alex 

Zamansky 

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Mark Cohn 

Alan Edelstein 

Morton Ehrlich, MD 

Kenneth Goore 

Frank Gumpert 

Marvin Kamras, MD 

Steven Mopsick 

Charles Nadler 

Michael Opper 

Mitchell Ostwald 

Arlene Pearl 

Elliott Pearl 

Steven Polansky, MD 

Sid Rosenberg 

Marc Sussman 

Robert Zeff, MD 

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