Cantor Tracy Fishbein - The Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom

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The Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom
The Temple welcomes
Cantor Tracy Fishbein
Along with leAding services cAntor Fishbein will
teAch chevrAh torAh on July 7 th .
Join us to celebrAte her birthdAy At our July 20 th
FAmily service with All other July birthdAys.
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The Temple
5015 Harding Road
Nashville, TN 37205
Phone: 615-352-7620
Fax: 615-352-9365
Executive Staff
Mark Schiftan
Senior Rabbi ................................ ext. 224
Shana Goldstein Mackler
Associate Rabbi .......................... ext. 221
Randall M. Falk David Davis
Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Laureate
Tracy Fishbein
Cantor ........................................... ext. 226
Bernard Gutcheon
Cantor Emeritus ......................... ext. 234
Lynda Gutcheon
Director of Education ............... ext. 233
Corye Nelson
Playschool Director .................... ext. 231
Nancy Richardson
Director of Membership &
Programming
........................................................ ext. 298
Erin Zagnoev
Director of Development ......... ext. 299
Office Staff
Lisa Crockett
Finance Manager ....................... ext. 230
Mitzie Russell
Office Manager .......................... ext. 292
Mark Shepard
Facility Manager ......................... ext. 235
Chance Perdue
Religious School Secretary ....... ext. 225
Kathy Smietana
Rabbinical Secretary ................. ext. 222
Barbara Palmer
Bookkeeper ................................. ext. 228
Keith Moore
Temple Administrative Asst. ..... ext. 241
Marjorie Zager
Senior Services Coordinator .... ext. 237
Officers
Ray Berk ..................................President
Ralph Levy......................Vice President
Martin Sir ................................Treasurer
Joyce Friedman ......................Secretary
Marriage Equality...A Civil Rights Issue
In June, Rabbi Schiftan and I had the honor and privilege of officiating
at the first same-sex wedding that took place at The Temple. We felt blessed to
celebrate with that newest Jewish couple to stand under the chupah. A few weeks
before, I shared these comments about why marriage equality is a value we uphold
and honor as Reform Jewish Clergy.
…Tonight I stand with the CCAR (our Rabbinic Union), the Union for Reform
Judaism, The Religious Action Center, Hadassah, and over 2000 other religious
leaders of different faiths in support of Marriage Equality.
Rabbi Mackler Whereas I maintain each person’s right to their individual religious beliefs,
as a rabbi, I take issue with the rationale given against same-sex marriage,
particularly when the Bible is used as prooftext. Since Vice President Biden articulated his beliefs about
Marriage Equality, through President Obama’s reiteration and the coverage of the overwhelming passing
of the ban on same sex marriage and civil unions in North Carolina, We have been bombarded with
comments and commentaries that have run the gamut from misinformed to shameful. And to see the
supporters of the ban in NC celebrate their victory by eating wedding cake, I found the ugly display to be
hateful and hurtful. Not the best expression of their believed superior religious morality. (Neither were
the more recent remarks about quarantining gays and lesbians.)
I believe in the separation of church and state, and that this does not have to be a religious
issue at all. Americans have the option of a civil secular wedding. But it has been brought into the realm
of religion. To be honest, I am tired of our texts being used to promote that which is anathema to our
understanding of our faith. As a believer, I wish I had a pulpit big enough and a microphone loud enough
to beg the question of those who want traditional Biblical marriage to be the law for all time: Really? In
the Bible, Marriages are described between Man and Woman, A man , a woman and concubines, Man and
woman and a woman and woman, An attacker/rapist and his victim, a man and his dead brother’s wife, A
soldier and a prisoner of war, and a man and his slave. You want all of these Biblical examples of legitimate
and legislated marriages to be legal and warranted today?
Four years ago, I argued the Reform Jewish position in opposition to Proposition 8 in California.
At that time, as in this year, a number of Orthodox Rabbis and Catholic Priests had expressed their support
to ban same-sex marriages primarily based on the inability for these couples to naturally have children.
By their narrow definition of marriage, centered primarily on procreation, any heterosexual couples that
cannot conceive their own child are not really married either. They cannot create a family and reproduce
themselves “according to [the] natural order”, so infertile couples should not be considered married. And
by this definition as well, any couple that chooses not to have children should not be able to reap the
benefits of marriage either.
Insinuating that a homosexual couple creates a family that is less stable than a heterosexual
couple is bigoted and misinformed. It is curious that this coalition chose to bring up instability, knowing
well full the high rate of divorce and instability in heterosexual marriages. Still, there is no evidence, real
scientific evidence, of higher levels of separation, or instability in same-sex unions. And if it was the “duty
of the state” to ensure that stability, the state should have acted long ago to make sure people who are
not compatible do not enter into any sort of agreement with one another.
It is true: it takes matter from a male and a female to make a baby. What is understated is that it
does not necessarily take a male and female to rear a baby – many homosexual couples raise wonderful
stable children every single day. I should know. I am one of those children. But marriages are more than
just coupling for the sake of procreation. There are social, economic and health benefits of that legalized
sanctified commitment.
Understanding that for many this may be a semantic issue, that same-sex couples can have civil
unions, but using the word “marriage” is an affront to some, This argument can quickly turn hate-filled and
worrisome. The truth is, society will not fall apart if you recognize another’s rights, if you acknowledge that
pushing boundaries does not dilute your faith but strengthens it. Marriage is not a commodity or value that
diminishes when more people participate.
Anti-gay sentiment is the last legitimate bigotry available, legislated and legalized. Children have
died from this sort of bullying and painful hateful environment. And knowing our own Jewish history, how
is it possible, then, for us to say nothing? With the passing of Prop 8 in California from the narrowest of
margins, my dear friend who is in a gay relationship, a father of an adopted child, responded: Now I guess
someone else has to sit in the back of the bus.” This is more than a religious issue. This is a civil rights
issue.
It is a civil rights issue primarily because people, all people who are consenting adults, should
be afforded the civil secular right to marry the person they choose – and they should be afforded
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Get on Board
The Temple, through its volunteers, does much that we sometimes take for granted. The Book of
Remembrance, our annual memorial book, is a good example. Many people assist in its preparation, and
before it reaches our Yizkor Service on Yom Kippur, there is considerable labor and love that go into its
creation.
By now, you should have received your letter from the Memorial Book Committee inquiring about this
year’s edition. If you have not participated in the past, I encourage you to do so this year.
Ray Berkt The idea for our Book of Remembrance originated with Dr. Irwin Eskind. During his tenure as president of
our congregation, he asked Mayora Ross to put together a memorial book. Mayora embraced the idea, and she
and her many volunteers turned Dr. Eskind’s suggestion into the book that exists today. When Mayora died in 2006, Betsy Chernau
and Sally Wolfe, both of whom worked on the book, took over responsibility for its publication.
Through the years, the Book of Remembrance has generated hundred of thousands of dollars for our Temple, which has
been nice. But the Memorial Book is about something much more important than money. It is about an intangible that cannot be
calculated in dollars. It is about us, and those who are no longer with us.
Its pages offer a vivid contrast between the present and past. We recall people whom we knew, and those we never met.
Among those we honor are individuals who gave their lives for our country. We also honor those who died during the darkest
period of our history, Jews from distant lands whose names are forgotten. Although we may not know their identity, or know about
their lives, we honor them and say Kaddish in their memory.
I’m not from Nashville, and I am unfamiliar with most of the people who are being remembered. Still, I carefully examine
each page, look at each donor’s name and the name of the person being remembered, and think about the connection between the
individuals.
I wonder about the lives of those being remembered. Did they live a long and full life, and experience the joy of loved ones?
Were they successful in their work? Did things come easy, or was their life marked by difficulty? Could the individual have been a
young child, whose potential was never realized? I don’t know the answers to these questions, but I continue to wonder.
What I do know is that each name represents a life, and regardless of the person’s age or accomplishments, that life
had an impact on someone else’s life. There is a story for each person. Although we may not know the story, the person who is
remembering does, and that is what is important.
Each year, my mother’s name is listed in our memorial book. No one in our congregation knew my mother. She never lived
in Nashville, and she died before we moved here. Her name in the memorial book has little, if any, significance for those at The
Temple. But when I see my mother’s name, it opens a window into her life, and her memory fills my heart and mind with much
emotion.
I don’t know what others experience when they see the names of their loved ones, but for me, my mother’s name evokes
a feeling of great sadness at her loss, but also memories of love and happiness. I remember my mother at different stages of my life,
and always picture her holding my children.
I know that some people don’t feel comfortable listing a loved one’s name in the Book of Remembrance, and that’s okay.
We all remember loved ones in different ways, and the means we use to remember is not as important as the remembering itself.
This year, for the first time, I am adding the names of my grandparents and most of my aunts and uncles to the memorial
book. I don’t know why I haven’t included them in the past. Each year I think about it, but I’ve never done it.
When I see their names in the Book of Remembrance this year, when I think of their stories, the picture I see will be
incomplete. I don’t know much about them - they all died at relatively young ages, long before I was born. The oldest of my
grandparents died at age 51, the others died while in their 40’s, and my aunts and uncles were just children.
I know the names of the places where most of my relatives died, but not the dates of their deaths. There are no grave
markers to examine, no photographs to view, and no personal belongings to touch. Their physical presence has been erased from
history, and only their names remain.
The fact that the picture is incomplete will not matter. When I see their names, the love that I will feel, and the sorrow that
I will experience, are what will count. And just like when I see the names of people I know nothing about, I will wonder, wonder
about my family, and wonder about what might have been.
I am grateful that our Temple has a memorial book, and I appreciate the many volunteers who create it. I think that those
we remember would be pleased that we keep them in our thoughts. And while it is good that we remember them, I know that they
would want us to focus on the present, and live our lives in such a way that we make the future a better place for all.
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B’nai Mitzvah
Alex Freedman
August 11, 2012
11:00 Am.
Alex Schaffer Freedman was born
on June 28, 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee.
His parents are Leslie Engelberg Freedman
and Joe Freedman. His grandparents are
Delores & Arnold Engelberg of Memphis
and Sheila & Howard Freedman of Metairie, Louisianna. His great
grandmother is Edith Cerrito of Memphis.
For his mitzvah project, Alex will walk in the JDRF Walk
to Cure Diabetes, in addition to making his own donation.
Alex is in the 7 th grade at University School. His
special interests include snowboarding, lacrosse, basketball,
wakeboarding, Xbox and hanging out with friends.
Sydney Schwartz
August 18, 2012
11:00 Am
Sydney Lynne Schwartz was born
on June 17, 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Her parents are Lisa & Gary Schwartz.
Her grandparents are Marleen & Ronald
Munkeboe of Scottsdale and Diane & Raymond Schwartz of
Rockville, Maryland.
For her mitzvah project, Sydney has chosen to
volunteer with the Tennessee Recycling Coalition.
She is in the 8 th grade at Harpeth Hall and her special
interests include lacrosse, volleyball, track and cooking.
Shelby Kleiner
August 25, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Shelby Kate Kleiner was born on
August 5, 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. Her
parents are Ann Gordon & Rick Kleiner.
Her grandparents are the late Bernice K.
& Lionel J. Gordon and the late Phyllis & Walter Kleiner.
Her mitzvah project is focused on reducing homelessness
through inproving the lives of people in Middle Tennessee
and encouraging pet adoptions from the Nashville Humane
Association to loving homes.
Shelby is in the 7 th grade at Grassland Middle School. Her
special interests include playing flute in the band, roller skating,
Girl Scouts, cross country and creative writing
The Temple mourns the loss of the following members
and extends condolences to their families.
Joyce Westfield - May 15, 2012
Survived by husband, Fred
Theodore Machanoff - May 25, 2012
Survived by wife, Frances
Eleanore Hersh - May 27, 2012
Survived by niece, Pauline Bader
and nephews, Harris A. Gilbert and Charles (Ellen) Gilbert
Sidney Schatten - June 21, 2012
Survived by niece, Leslie(Barry)Stillman
The Temple family extends condolences to the
following members who have lost loved ones.
• Rae (Bruce) Hirsch on the death of her father, Jamie
(Jeremy) Brook and Erin (Greg) Zagnoev on the death
of their grandfather and Phil (Missy) Russ on the death of
his brother-in-law, Sam Speer.
• Lauren (Seth) Karp on the death of her father,
Stanley Harris.
• Robert (Lynn) Ossoff on the death of his father,
Michael Ossoff.
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Temple
Sincere Sympathy
• Shana (Sandler) Passman on the death of her grandfather,
Maurice Brown.
• Stuart (Shirley) Speyer and on the death of his father,
Lester Speyer.
• Jeremy (Rebecca) Stone on the death of his grandmother,
Dorothy Freedman Stone.
Congregant Gallery
in Meeting Room A
July & August’s
featured congregant artist is
Pat Halper
Stop by & enjoy her work!

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Life
Mazel Tov to . . .
Sherry & Grif Haber and Murray Haber on the birth of their
grandson and great-grandson, Milton Alexander Haber,
on April 27 th . Milton’s parents are Matthew & Ellen Haber.
Ralph & Randi Levy and Murray Ocko on the birth of their
granddaughter and great-granddaughter, Audrey Barbara Hatcher
on June 1 st . Audrey’s parents are Risa & Chris Hatcher.
these couples on their recent marriages . . .
Kate Clark & Andy Stone - May 12 th
Elizabeth Traugott & Michael Moreau - May 12 th
Deborah Perl & Corbin Davis - May 27 th
Joshua Hawkins & Robert Burchfield - June 16 th
Carol & Roy Smith on the May 6 th marriage of their daughter,
Lindsay, to Michael Kohut.
Sheila Schott on the June 2 nd marriage of her grandson,
Sean Leibowitz to Katelyn Kraizgrun.
Cathy & Tony Werthan on the marriage of their son
Justin to Hilary King on May 27 th .
Justin is the grandson of Betty & Bernard Werthan.
Perry Neel on his conversion on May 25 th .
Alexandra Porr on her conversion on June 22 nd .
Lisa Bressman for being named to the David Daniels Allen
Distinguished Chair in Law at Vanderbilt.
Richard Breyer for being named to the
Ruth King Scoville Chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt.
Congregational News
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New Members
Upcoming Welcome to the following new members:
wAtch For detAils:
Jmingle - Sounds Game/Charity Event
July 26
Karen Berson
Norma Berson
Emily Burg
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Next Dor Patio Progressive Dinner
July 21 st at 6:00 pm
Meet our new Cantor - Tracy Fishbein
W.E.L.L. Kick Off Event
August 26 th
“High Holy Heels”
Hilary & Adam Diskin
Hannah & Jolie
Shaina Frank & Jeremiah Morton
Tracey Friedman & Joe Levy
Dana Stoller & John Navin
Zachary Bugalla, son of Brendi Kaplan and Daniel Perling, son of
Cindy & Jody Perling, who recently became Eagle Scouts.
Bruce Beyer who received the Five Pillar Leadership Award from
Vanderbilt for outstanding leadership standards.
Joseph Dillon who won 3 rd place at the Full Moon Film Festival
for his production “Our American Cousins”. Joseph is the son of
Robin Dillon and the grandson of Anita & Howard Taradash.
Lynn Fuchs who was selected as one of 36 Fellows nationally by
the American Educational Research Association.
Michael Gold, of Gold Skin Care, for being named Father of the
Year by the American Diabetes Association.
Jan Liff, recipient of this year’s Chesed Award presented by
Jewish Family Services on May 3 rd .
Michael Moreau, for being one of the three winners of the Where
Do You Give? design competition focused on philanthropy and
social change sponsored by American Jewish World Service.
Marlene Moses, recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Alumna Award
from the Newcomb Alumnae Association at Tulane University.
Daniel Sharfstein who won the 2012 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
from Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for
Journalism and for being honored with the Hall-Hartman Award
for outstanding teaching during the 2011-12 academic year.
Irwin Venick, recipient of the Community Relations Award from
Community Nashville, presented on May 24 th .

Social Action Allocation Highlight:
Nashville Cares
Each year, Nashville Cares educates 50,000 adults and youth to prevent new HIV infections, provides over
12,000 HIV tests, and offers comprehensive support to 2,400 men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. All
services are available and free throughout 17 Middle Tennessee counties.
Nashville Cares received funding from Social Action Allocations in 2012 for the continued support of
the HIV/AIDS services for people living with the HIV disease and for the continued support of HIV Prevention
Education Programs to limit the further spread of HIV.
The Temple is one of 20 Reform Jewish
congregations in North America selected to receive the
Union of Reform Judaism’s 2012 Incubator Grant, out of
more than 160 applicants.
The Union for Reform Judaism’s Incubator Grant
provides seed funding for innovative new programs designed
to further engage current members and attract new
members in Reform Jewish synagogue life. Applicants had
to demonstrate that their programming would stimulate
thinking in one of three focus areas: 1.) to create a culture
that supports and encourages conversion; 2.) retention and
engagement of post b’nei mitzvah teens and their families;
and, 3.) engagement in synagogue life, including recruitment
of potential members, integration of recent members and
retention of current members.
The Temple focused its grant application on creating
a culture that supports and encourages conversion. It will
use its $5,000 grant to expand and improve upon its pilot
program, “Conversion Conversations,” an introduction to
Judaism for non-Jews who are somewhere on their path
toward Judaism. The program began years ago as individual
study with Rabbi Shana R. Mackler, The Temple’s associate
rabbi, and has developed into a year-long, 11-session, group
curriculum.
“With this financial help, The Temple is now poised for
development into a solid and robust, identity and group
Our Book of Remembrance
The Temple’s 21 st annual Our Book of Remembrance is now being compiled for the
Yizkor service on Yom Kippur. You should have received a donation form in the mail.
If you would like to memorialize your loved ones and need an order form,
please call The Temple (352-7620). We are eager to help you in any way we can.
Please submit your donations no later than August 17 th .
The Temple Awarded URJ Incubator Grant For Our
Conversion Conversation Program by Joyce Friedman
sustaining, conversion program,” said Rabbi Mackler.
“This year’s programming will deliver an in-depth
exploration of Judaism through rabbinic teaching, chevrutah
study, hands-on workshops, ritual practice & worship,
festival celebrations, and a cultural field trip, providing the
opportunity for those seeking to learn more about Judaism
to grow as a group and continue on their individual journey
toward becoming Jewish,” she said.
“Conversion Conversations has developed into
a nurturing way to strengthen our Temple as a welcoming
home for those whose religion is not Judaism and are
exploring conversion,” said Rabbi Mackler. “For those
unfamiliar to Judaism and Jewish worship, coming to a
Temple is often an intimidating experience. We aspire to
create an affinity, a bond among this growing group as they
transition to a sense of comfort and belonging.”
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) will collect
information from all grantees and share noteworthy
practices with member congregations.
“We are thrilled to offer these grants to member
congregations for a second year,” said URJ President Rabbi
Rick Jacobs. “We saw how much the grant process inspired
creativity last year, and were impressed with the results
of each of the award-winning initiatives. Together, we are
developing and learning innovative ways to engage people
in Reform Jewish life.”
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New Chapel Torah Crowns
The Beautification Committee was charged with
finding Torah Crowns (Rimonim) for the two Torahs
in the Chapel. We carefully
researched the work of five
outstanding artists and are
delighted with our selection
of work by the artist, Ludwig
Wolpert.
Wolpert is the same
artist who created our
beautiful, bronze Shabbat
candelabra. And, he was
the first artist to integrate
Hebrew lettering with
ceremonial objects. The Chapel candelabra has
stylized Hebrew letters from Psalm 95: “O come,
let us sing unto the Lord. Let us shout for joy to
the Rock of our salvation”.
The new sterling silver Torah crowns were
cast in Portugal and are part of a limited edition from the
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by Betty Lee Rosen, Beautification Chair
artist. The top of the crown is shaped like a pomegranate-
--a fruit that symbolizes life. The pomegranate fruit has
a natural crown shape at the top which becomes a
beautiful finishing touch for the piece.
A single rose-colored carnelian bell hangs from
the center. Carnelian is a brownish-red mineral which
is commonly used as a semi-precious
gemstone. The Hebrew lettering in the
top of the crown reads: “For from out
of Zion will come the Torah, and the
word of Adonai from Jerusalem.”
The new Torah crowns were
dedicated at Shabbat services on March
23, 2012. We are grateful to our donors
for making this purchase possible: The
Jonathan Kroser Family, the families of
Dianne Gilbert and Sandy Ginsberg and
the Confirmation Class of 2011. We
look forward to enjoying these beautiful
Jewish works of art for many years to come.
A Taste of Judaism
Everything you always wanted to know about
Judaism in three easy lessons with
rAbbi rAmi shApiro
Join us on Wednesdays,
July 25 th , August 1 st & August 8 th
from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Funded by:
Photography by
Steve Shapiro
Rabbi Rami Shapiro will also be our guest speaker at our 6:00 pm Blue Jean Shabbat
on July 27 th and lead our 9:30 Am Chevrah Torah Study hour on July 28 th

Temple Events
July 2012 2012
Golden Lunch
Bunch
July 3 rd
(Bill Sleeter)
July 17 th
(Bill Ferrari)
August 7 th
(Karen Taylor-Good)
August 21 st
(Frank & Diane
Marino)
@ 11:30 Am
Mussar
Mindfulness
7:15 pm
July 3rd August 1st We are
currently
discussing
a code of
JeWish
ethics,
Volume 1:
you shall be
holy,
by rabbi
Joseph
telushkin
chapters on
humility,
humiliating
others,
& anger
for more
information
contact:
martin sir,
419-8325 or
daVid barton,
352-6442
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Temple Directory
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Lunch Bunch
7:15 PM Mussar
Mindfulness
4:00 PM Executive
Committee Meeting
7:00 PM Social Action
Committee
11:30 AM Golden
Lunch Bunch
7:00 PM Board of
Trustees Meeting
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Preschool Closed
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Independence Day/
Temple Office &
Preschool Closed
6:00 PM JACS
1:30 PM Beautification
Committee Meeting
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6:00 PM JACS
7:00 PM Taste of
Judaism
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Advisory Committee
6:00 PM Jmingle
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Service
6:00 PM Shabbat
Service
6:00 PM Family
Service
6:00 PM Blue Jean
Shabbat
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9:30 AM Chevrah Torah
11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
9:30 AM Chevrah Torah
11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
9:30 AM Chevrah Torah
11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
6:00 PM Next Dor
Progressive Dinner
9:30 AM Chevrah Torah
11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
Jun 2012
Aug 2012
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our Saturday Morning Services become
Learning Shabbats!
An enlightening learning experience for
members and friends of The Temple
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Lunch Bunch
7:00 PM Social Action
Committee
4:00 PM Executive
Committee Meeting
7:00 PM Green Team
Committee Meeting
11:30 AM Golden
Lunch Bunch
7:00 PM Board of
Trustees Meeting
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12:00 PM Women's
Torah Study
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Torah Study
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Torah Study
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11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
9:30 AM Chevrah Torah
11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
Bar Mitzvah/Alex
Freedman
9:30 AM Chevrah Torah
11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
Bar Mitzvah/Sydney
Schwartz
9:30 AM Chevrah Torah
11:00 AM Shabbat
Service
Bar Mitzvah/Shelby
Kleiner
Temple Events
Book Club
Sunday, July 8 th
The Sweetness at
the Bottom of the
Pie: A Flavia de Luce
Mystery, by Alan
Bradley
(10:00 am at the home
of Nancy & Michael
Richardson)
Sunday, August 5 th
The Sense of an
Ending, by Julian
Barnes
(10:00 am at the
home of
Joan & Rich
Breyer)
Newcomers
are always
welcome!
For more
information
contact
Joan Breyer
breyerje
@me.com
or
Laurie
Handshu
lauriehandshu@
gmail.com
Women’s
Torah
Study
led by
Patty Marks
is taking a
summer break.
They will
resume again
on Thursday,
August 9 th
@ 12:00 pm.

Religious School
by Lynda Gutcheon
Dear Friends,
hAve you registered your child For religious
school yet???? If not, please call our office and we will
send you the information so you can register online.
We are busy planning for the upcoming school
year. We are excited about all the new and interesting
programs and activities we will be offering. This year we
celebrate The Year of Honoring our Mothers and Fathers.
This verse, taken from the Book of Exodus, expresses the
principle that neither our social order nor our own lives
can endure unless we emphasize the centrality of the
home in which parents are honored and respected. It is
interesting to note that the Hebrew word for parents is
Horim which means “teaches”. Our hope is that we will
discover and re-discover the importance and the impact
our parents have on our lives and just how much they
have taught us. Each grade will participate in a special
project around this theme. We then hope to share those
projects with all of you.
Our faculty continues to work hard to prepare
for the upcoming year. We are grateful to have a devoted
staff, all of whom take seriously their roles in teaching the
next generation.
I look forward to seeing all of you on Sunday,
September 9 th . In the meantime, I hope you are having a
restful and pleasant summer.
Confirmation Class Trip
Confirmation students hit the streets of New York and had a great time!
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Summertime at the Preschool
Summer is in full swing at the Preschool. Water
play, gardening, picnics, and field trips are included in the
curricula as we take advantage of what nature has to
offer. We are incorporating opportunities to learn about
shells, rocks, dirt and sand sculptures into our lesson
plans on these longer days--as well as reflections on
the summer Olympics. Mr. Bond, the science guy, will be
here with a new, expanded science show entitled, “Mr.
Bond’s Big Adventure”, on Wednesday, July 11 th . Always
an entertaining and educational program, we invite all
families to come for this event at 9:45 a.m.
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Preschool
by Corye Nelson & Jan Huettner
On July 27 th , the preschool will close so that our
teachers can prepare for their new classrooms in the Fall
Session, and for teacher in-service training. This year we
will once again meet with the Gordon JCC and Temple
Micah Children’s Center for an afternoon of learning and
inspiration as we recharge our batteries for the upcoming
school year.
Have a wonderful summer! The pictures below
can attest that at Temple Preschool we are enjoying every
minute.

Kaddish will be recited in memory of these loved ones. . . . . . .
July 6 & 7 July 13 & 14 July 20 & 21 July 27 & 28
Jonathan Morris Averbuch
Charles Benjamin
Isidore Brustein
Henry J. Crail
Rose Doochin
(grandmother)
Elinor & Rudy Saperstein
Josie Lieber Ensel
Ardele Ferris
Pauline Fischer
Herbert Fisher
June Florman
Samuel Goldstein
Faye Stamm Greil
Milton Grossman
Catherine Haber
Grace Isaacs
Sara Kahane
William A. Kendy
Enid Silien Klandt
Mabel Carr Kornman
Ralph Kornman
Lillian Kraft
(mother)
Kay & David Raybin
Mary Kraft
Irwin Krick
(father)
Marilyn & Ted Krick
Geneva Lewis
Philip Lieber
Ida Litoff
Bettye Melman
Anita Mersack
Adele Metzger
Verna Plung
Clara Pushin
Abraham Rapoport
Charles Rosenfeld
Edwin W. Sear
Edgar E. Shyer
Ruth L. Smith
(mother)
Barbara & Frank Ghertner
Celia Tugendrich
Louis Weber
Louis Weinman
Sol B. Weise
Elisa Weisman
Albert Werthan
(uncle)
Joan Shayne
Charles Witkin
Sol N. Cline
Henry A. Cohen
Baron Coleman
Isabelle Davis
Estelle Tohrner Dobson
Robert L. Ducklo
Pearl Feldman
Tillie Schott Ferguson
(mother)
Sheila Schott
Sophie Block Geismar
Alma Grimes
Irma Horwitz
Alexander Iser
Karl Karlsruher
Ethel Kraft
Sol Krizelman
(father)
Patricia & Sheldon Krizleman
Melvin Herbert Krohn
(brother)
Janice Krohn
Freda H. Roth Lefkovits
(mother-in-law)
Sheila Schott
Lottie Lieber
Joe Lowenstein
Milton Lowenstein
Sigmund Lowenstein
Rose Melman
Gilbert Miller
Milton Mintz
Abe H. Morris
Leah Grosberg Morse
Moris Ofman
Abe Pilsk
Fritz Preis
(father)
Lanie & Bill Cook
Elsie Rittenberg
Bernice Rosen
Elizabeth Rosenblum
Henrietta Rothenberg
Albert Rubin
(father)
Sheila Schott
Joe P. Safer
Jonas Schklar
Helen D. Schwarcz
Rose Shepard
(grandmother)
Gretchen & Randall Goldstein
Merwin Sibulkin
M. Horace Small
(grandfather)
Bonnie & Dougals Small
Lawrence David Solomon
Jennie Rosa Steine
Berney B. Steiner
Milton Sternberger
Amelia Schweizer Vise
Jacob Zager
(father)
Sally & Lawrence Wolfe
Bertha Anchor
Isabell Aront
Morris Barton
William Beck
(father)
Marilyn & Ted Krick
Eva Kopald Berkell
(grandmother)
Jan Liff
Ella Braunstein
Harry Braunstein
Morris Brown, Sr.
(father)
Bernita & James Brown
Melvin Buchman
Mae Eisenstein
(mother)
Robert Eisenstein
Samuel J. Goodman
Esther Greenberg
Helene Greenspan
Mabel Cohn Hartman
Robert Heiman
John Kleban
Harry Kroll
Flora Rebecca Lazaroff
Bettie Elkan Meyer
Rebecca Queyrouze
Rose Rapaport
David E. Richmond
Fanny Rosenberg
(aunt)
Albee & Jerome Guttman
Dorothy Rosenblum
(mother)
Brenda & Bobby Rosenblum
Seymour Samuels, Jr.
Salim Sassoon
Toby Mona Shapiro
David Sherman
(father)
Betty Lee & Howard Rosen
Pearl Siegel
Estelle”Babe” Small
(grandmother)
Bonnie & Douglas Small
Leah Garber Small
Harry Zimmerman
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Mattie Ernestine Barbee
R.D. Blum
Michelle Raybin Campbell
(sister)
Kay & David Raybin
Lt. Irving Samuel Cohen
Anna Dembsky
Sandra Helaine Dicker
Joseph Ehrenwald
Herbert Eskind
Erika Tavernier Fairweather
Betty Frances Ginsberg
Mike Goldberg
Meyer Joseph
Frances Karp
Rosalie Kaufman
Marion P. Kenigsberg
Benjamin Mark Klein
Milton Kolker
William Kraft
Mary S. Levy
Rosemary May
Benjamin Raybin
(father)
Kay & David Raybin
Abe Morris Rudderman
Sanford Saperstein
(father)
Elinor & Rudy Saperstein
Leslie Jack Schoenfield
Eva Singer
Rosa Ceigler Small
Harris Solinsky
Lillian Weisberg Spitz
William Gates Sternberger
Rebecca Stravinsky
Hyman Trachtman
Annie D. Weinbaum
Bernard Werthan Sr.
(father)
Joan Shayne
Melanie Bloch Worris

. . . . . . .Kaddish will be recited in memory of these loved ones.
August 3 & 4 August 10 & 11 August 17 & 18 August 24 & 25
Alma Appelbaum
Max Benowitz
Miriam E. Bloomstein
Edwin Charles Convoy
Rachel Daneman
Aaron Elterman
Fanny Farber
Max Joseph Gichner
Molly Goldstein
Nathan Halpern
Ruth Handshu
Harold Marcus Hecht
Charles C. Hobbs
Solomon Hyman
Morris Jacobs
(father)
Frances & Steven Wolf
Bernard Kalmanson
Hans Karlsruher
Hannah Kroll
Marcus S. Kronberg
Bess Holzman Levis
Helen Lieberman
A. Maurice Loveman
Dorris S. Loventhal,Jr.
Stanley Luboniecki
Dorothy Olshine
Rose S. Olshine
Josephine Russ
(mother)
Melissa & Phillip Russ
Meyer Salzkotter
Harry Lipman Samuels
Nancy L. Schoenfield
Lawrence Stuart Scott
Louis Sear
(uncle)
Anna & Martin Sir
Selwyn Silverman
Jerome Kuhn Small
Malvin Fisher Steiner
Sherron Weinberger
(husband)
Sylvia Weinberg
Doris Woller
Michael Abrams
Elsie Werthan Adler
Dr. Sophie Spitz Allen
Ira Esfir Olshanitsky Arbitman
Manuel S. Averbuch
Helene Bloch
Anna Bloomstein
Rose Bogatsky
Birdie Cohen
Estelle Elter Cohen
Lahela Jacobson Cohn
Esther Daltrop
David Feinstein
Ralph Fensterwald
Sol S. Fishman
Ethel Friedman
Maurice Gilbert
Arthur Lee Goldner, MD
(nephew)
Norma Neaderthal
Maurice Goldstein
Paul Goldstein
George B. Gordon
(father, grandfather)
Bernice & Joel Gordon
Gail & Jeff Jacobs
Capt. David L. Gross Jr.
Fernand M. Haber
Shirley Burke Haber
Arnold Haber Jr.
Ida Hirshberg
(grandmother)
Sam Hirchberg
Ida Horwitz
Oscar Jones
Andrew Kasper
Max Kirshner
Ike J. Kuhn
(great uncle)
Elaine & Gus kuhn III
Rebecca Leventhal
Charles Levy
Jane Schwartz Linn
Naomi Lundin
Eli Perlman
James Harold Queyrouze
Miriam Wolf Samuels
Eleanor Floersheim Seligman
(mother)
Gretchen & Randall Goldstein
Ida R. Shanker
Joseph S. Shapiro
Elizabeth Schwartz Silverfield
Adolph Joseph Simpson
Samuel Smirnow
(father)
Peggy Smirnow
David Solinsky
Morris Wachs
Joseph S. Weinstein
Dietrich Westfield
Max Westfield
Sally Rothschild Zander
Ernest Zwald
Rebecca Berman
Robert Blum Jr.
Martin Davis
Charles Denbo
(brother)
Dede & Ted Lipman
Marilyn Dicker
Frank Edelmon
Keith Frank
(friend)
Betty Lee & Howard Rosen
Marcia Frank
Theresa C. Goldberg
Jeanette R. Gorden
(mother)
Sam Hirshberg
Manuel Gorden
(father-in-law)
Sam Hirshberg
Isaac Hirshberg
Isaac Karnowsky
Sidney Kay
Idasya Felicovna Kiyko
Marlene “Penny” Klubeck
Louis Kornman
Sam Levy
Sybil Lewis
Lottie Fisher Lightman
Milton Lockenbach
Isaac Lowenstein
Audrey Malin
Florence Gates Marx
Paul R. Michael
Rose Milrod
Fedora Jonas Newfield
Fannie Garber Paplanus
Harry William Pfeifer
Norman Propper
Katie Pushin
(grandmother)
Albee & Jerome Guttman
Rose Rabinowitz
Abe D. Rosenbaum
H. Leo Schwartz
(uncle)
Albee & Jerome Guttman
Julius Silberman
(father)
Diane & Irwin Kuhn
Louis H. Small
Ruth Trent
(sister)
Sheila Schott
Jack Urtnowski
Rose W. Weil
Anna Heiner Weinberg
(grandmother)
Norma Neaderthal
Elisa Weisman
Mary Jane Werthan
(aunt)
Joan Shayne
Henry Zalman
Kathryn Zander
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Sarah Abrams
Reba Blum
Libby Buchman
Joe Copple
Fanny Karsch Dresner
Fred Frederick
Alan Sims Gaynor
Peter Grant
Max Hiller
Walter Huebner
Oscar Israel
(father)
Rennette Corenswet
Harriette Katz
Sara Lefkovits
Beckie Steinau Leichtmann
Joseph H. Levy
William S. Lipman
(brother)
Dede & Thedore Lipman
Joseph B. Lowenheim
Frances Lusky
Morris Marcus
Arthur Metzger
Benjamin Samuel Meyer
Norma Morris
Mary Ann Jess Neel
Rose Shub Osheroff
Cindy Pomerantz
Rudolf Schneider
Agness Schwartz
David M. Shapiro
Charles Teitelbaum
John Uhlmann
Benjamin Weinger
Sol B. Weise
Harry Zeitlin
Pauline Zimmerman

Art Festival
Honor of Alice Zimmerman
Howard and Jacqueline Tepper
Annual Giving Fund
Birthday of Roger Cohn
Howard and Jacqueline Tepper
Memory of Alven Ghertner
Howard and Jacqueline Tepper
Recovery of Jonah Hoffman
Howard and Jacqueline Tepper
Recovery of Michael Weinberger
Howard and Jacqueline Tepper
Recovery of Raye Ann Greenbaum
Howard and Jacqueline Tepper
Beautification Fund
Birthday of James Fishel
James and Patty Marks
Honor of Annette Eskind
Paul and Sis Cohn
Honor of Ray Berk
Randall and Gretchen Goldstein
Memory of Alven Ghertner
Barbara Schwartz
Memory of Elise Steiner
Paul and Sis Cohn
Hank Brooks Campership Fund
Memory of Louis H. Brooks, Sr.
Louis H. Brooks, Jr.
Memory of Nettie Brooks Strauch
Louis H. Brooks, Jr.
Building Fund
Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Mort Cooper
Norman and Hedy Lustig
Birth of Aiden Bailey Pinsly
Howard and Jacqueline Tepper
Arthur Lee Goldner, M.D. Judaica for
Judaica Artists & Healing Arts
Memory of Irving Figelarz
Norma Neaderthal
Beverly & Jimmy Small Golden Agers
Fund
Memory of Alven Ghertner
Jerome and Albee Guttman
Memory of Irving Figlarz
Douglas and Bonnie Small
Memory of Les Speyer
Douglas and Bonnie Small
Memory of Sam Speer
Irvin and Beverly Small
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Gerda Loewenstein Caring & Concern
Fund
Birthday of Minnie Berlin
Nancy Flexer
Birthday of Rabbi Randall Falk
Janet Bender
Memory of Alven Ghertner
Janet Bender
Memory of Elise Steiner
Nancy Flexer
Memory of Irving Figlarz
Lawrence and Sally Wolfe
Memory of Janet Weil
Nancy Flexer
Memory of Janice Weiner
Nancy Flexer
Memory of Margaret Perlen
Nancy Flexer
Recovery of Buddy Jacobs
Lawrence and Sally Wolfe
Recovery of Dianne Sussman
James and Patty Marks
Recovery of Dr. Fred Goldner
Janet Bender
Recovery of Janet Bender
Louise Cole
Recovery of Rayee Ann Greenbaum
James and Patty Marks
Recovery of Rebecca Novick
James and Patty Marks
Recovery of Reta Guttman
Louise Cole
Recovery of Sylvia Shepard
James and Patty Marks
Memorial Fund
Birthday of Leon May
Eskind Family
Honor of Bernard Gutcheon
Jerry and Bernice Karr
Honor of Rabbi Mark Schiftan
Jerry and Bernice Karr
Honor of Rabbi Shana Mackler
Jerry and Bernice Karr
Memory of Irving Figlarz
William and Eddy Rosen
Memory of Israel Trestman
Robert and Francine Lenter
Memory of Lester Speyer
Sol and Carol Katz
Memory of Sam Speer
Michael and Lee Gryll
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Adult Education Fund
Honor of Pat Halper
Karen Silien
Confirmation Class Fund
Confirmation of Joseph Dillon
Barbara Schwartz
Confirmation of Jacob Geltzer
Raymond and Beth Brody
Selma & Carl Goldstein Fund for
Religious Education
Memory of Miriam Small Hart
Selma Goldstein
Milton Grossman Early Education Fund
Birthday of Barbara Levy
Doris Fleischer
Charles & Alyse Sprintz
Donald E. Jacobs Student Loan Fund
Memory of Alven Ghertner
Kenneth and Ellen Jacobs
Barry and Linda Zeitlin
Memory of Donald E. Jacobs
Kenneth and Ellen Jacobs
Memory of Eli Jacobs
Ralph and Raye Ann Greenbaum
Memory of Eli H. Jacobs
Kenneth and Ellen Jacobs
Recovery of Marvin Jacobs
Ralph and Raye Ann Greenbaum
Recovery of Sylvia Shepard
Doris Fleischer
Kuhn Fund
Memory of Jack Kuhn
Jen Feldman
Preschool Fund
Birth of Aiden Bailey Pinsly
Barrett and Carolyn Rosen
Honor of Asher Hirt
Gregory and Erin Zagnoev
Honor of Ernie Muhtar
Gregory and Erin Zagnoev
Honor of Jake Dorfman
Gregory and Erin Zagnoev
Honor of Lexi Herbst
Gregory and Erin Zagnoev
Honor of Madeline Spigel
Gregory and Erin Zagnoev
Honor of Max Sonsino
Gregory and Erin Zagnoev
Memory of Aaron Caplan
Marion Caplan

Calvin A. Buchman Social Action Fund
Birthday of Molly Slabosky
Philip and Melissa Russ
Leon & Charles Gilbert Outreach Fund
Memory of Alven Ghertner
Harris A. Gilbert
Memory of Joyce Westfield
Pauline Bader
Harris A. Gilbert
Memory of Marvin Rosenblum
Harris A. Gilbert
Recovery of Gloria Sir
Harris A. Gilbert
A Lasting Legacy
As you think about your estate planning, please
remember The Temple. We welcome and
appreciate all gifts, regardless of the size.
Your gift to The Temple will help ensure our
ability to provide a spiritual, educational and
communal home for our members, today,
tomorrow and for the generations to come, L’dor
V’dor. To learn more about Leaving a Legacy,
please contact Erin Zagnoev at
The Temple, 352-7620.
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every benefit and responsibility therein. There
is nothing more offensive than debasing an
entire population by stereotype and fear.
Shame on the people who ask, “what’s to
stop the fall on the slippery slope from these
unions to marriages between a person and a
dog.” How is such an absurd suggestion any
less bigoted than the signs that once read
“No Jews, No Blacks, No Dogs?” We should
know better than to let that fear, or the fear
of gay parenting, to rear its ugly head. My
father’s partner and he effectively reared two
heterosexual basically-well-adjusted stable
children into professional productive caring
and compassionate conscientious adults. My
father and his partner have been together
almost as long as my parents were married;
and now, finally, they have been able to take
a small legal step together and registered
with their county as Domestic Partners. But
those limited legal benefits are no match for
the injustice and prejudice that awaits them
outside that small radius of their hometown.
I am personally and religiously
offended by those who become fear-mongers
and disrupters for their own agendas, twisting
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Lee & Theresa Kuhn Social Action Fund
Birth of Charlie Edward Mason-Barkin
Gilbert and Lois Fox
Birth of Drew Lorn Hattendorf
Gilbert and Lois Fox
Birthday of Pat Halper
James and Patty Marks
Birthday of Rabbi Randall Falk
Gilbert and Lois Fox
Marriage of Michael Moreau
& Elizabeth Traugott
James and Patty Marks
Memory of Alven Ghertner
Gilbert and Lois Fox
Memory of Irving Figlasrz
Gilbert Fox III and Joyce Fox
Memory of Miriam Small Hattendorf
Gilbert and Lois Fox
Recovery of Bernita Brown
Gilbert and Lois Fox
Recovery of Rebecca Novick
Robert and Francine Lenter
the truth and allowing bigotry, hate and
prejudice to pervert faith, religion, love and
equality. If we truly believe each individual was
created in the image of the Divine, we should
know better than to disparage those walking
breathing loving divine images.
If clergy feel pressure to officiate at
these ceremonies, they should not perform
them. And, if clergy choose not to officiate at
a same-sex marriage, so be it. If they want to
declare religious ceremonies as out-of-bounds,
so be it. Inside their churches and synagogues
and mosques, religious leaders can and should
decide where they stand and how they practice.
But to legislate this narrow religious view as
civil law and license is an affront to those of
us who are religious and who do not see the
world and our fellow human beings as less than
whole and deserving.
Stripped of all religious sentiments
and concerns, no matter how one feels about
homosexuality, we cannot deny the reality that
these laws, these frightening amendments and
propositions are systematically removing civil
rights. And that is what needs to be fought.
Even as we are fighting as a country to not
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Cantor Gutcheon’s Discretionary Fund
Anniversary of Hannah & Mort Cooper
Mike & Marva Collins
Charles & Dorothy Hirshberg
Jack & Sylvia Zager
Appreciation of Cantor Gutcheon
David & Nancy Bednowitz
Joyce & Don Friedman
Frank & Dorothy Miller
Birthday of Mark Shepard
Rudy & Elinor Saperstein
Memory of Irving Figlarz
Felicia Anchor
Memory of Alvin Ghertner
Rudy & Elinor Saperstein
Elise Steiner Clergy Excellence Fund
Memory of Elise Steiner
Steven and Sandy Feren
Yahrzeit Fund
Memory of Stacy Kraft
John & Gayle Rosen
due to privAcy protection, the temple does not receive hospitAl lists.
if you knoW someone in the hospital, dealing With
a loss or celebrating a simcha, the caring connection relies on you to let us knoW!
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become economically bankrupt, we should not
allow ourselves to be morally bankrupt as well.
In his Second Inaugural Address Abraham
Lincoln says, “Those who deny freedom to
others, deserve it not for themselves, and
cannot long retain it.”
Many people are discomfited by
our changing and evolving world. The first
Jew, Abraham, had to break from all that was
familiar to him in order to be the father of a
new nation. The basis of that new society was to
be justice, compassion and social responsibility.
Our whole faith is predicated on Abraham’s
evolving actions out in the world and in his
own tent. Abraham took the first step on this
journey, the journey we are still on, as the seed
of a new people whose values are rooted in
justice and righteousness. Our journey must
be a combination of justice personally and
politically. When we genuinely work to increase
justice and righteousness in our own lives, we
also cultivate these values externally; when we
actively address global and communal issues,
we set the stage for developing just personal
lives. All of these actions intertwined help us
be that light, be that blessing.

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