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January / February 2021 ᴥ Tevet ~ Shevat ~ Adar 5781
                                                   Member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

       Announcing the COS Gala: February 21, 2021 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm!
COS will host its first virtual gala, an Evening of Entertainment, which you can attend in the comfort of
your own home while dining with your Ohev Shalom friends in your own Zoom breakout room!
No babysitters needed this year!
In the challenging world of COVID-19, we will celebrate COS at an on-line gala
with two exciting entertainers:
Tamir Goodman, dubbed by Sports Illustrated magazine as the “Jewish
Jordan,” will share his inspiring story of his journey as an American Israeli
basketball player!
Maccabeats will appear in concert for Ohev Shalom!
                                                This special event gives us the
                                                opportunity to come together
                                                as a congregation for a fun and
                                                entertaining evening while
                                                supporting the successful
                                                operation of the synagogue.
                                                Please make yourself a part of
                                                this special event by purchasing
                                                your ticket, becoming a sponsor
                                                with your tax-deductible donation, and/or securing an
                                                item for our silent auction. You can make your dinner
                                                selections and send in your paper or electronic RSVP cards
                                                from the invitations that you will receive shortly in the
                                                mail and via email.
Got A Silent Auction Item You Can Donate? Have questions about the Gala?
Please email Brett Spector, VP of Development and Gala Chair at spector.brett@gmail.com.
Looking forward to seeing you at this very special event on February 21, 2021!
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                           Haveirim Y’karim – Dear Friends –
                                                                               DID YOU KNOW
                           In past years, this would be the issue of
                                                                              ...that you can reach
                           the Ohev Shalom bulletin that would
                                                                                    Rabbi Kay
                           include my “Purim Torah” – spoofs on
                                                                                      on-line?
                           the style of our traditional texts, offered
                                                                           Rabbikay@ohevshalom.org
                           in the spirit of the tradition, Mi
                           sh’nikh’nas Adar marbin b’simhah –           Congregation Ohev Shalom Bulletin
                           “When Adar arrives, we increase joy”.             Published bi-monthly by
                                                                           Congregation Ohev Shalom
                         This year, I want to take a li'le different       613 Concourse Parkway South
                                                                               Maitland, FL 32751
                         approach to arrival of Adar in mid-
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                        February. It’s one of those years on the
secular calendar when Jewish holidays fall earlier. So, I think we             PROFESSIONAL STAFF
                                                                                      Rabbi David Kay
can agree that – given the year we’ve all just been through – a              Rabbi Emeritus Aaron D. Rubinger
whole month of happiness like Adar can’t come too soon.                             Cantor Allan Robuck
                                                                        Executive Director Rachel Rosenberg O’Brien
What does it actually mean, though, to say “When Adar arrives,          Director, Youth/Family Education Amy Geboff
we increase joy”? True, Purim is a day of nearly unrestrained gid-
                                                                                       OFFICERS
diness, a day when silliness and even irreverence is not only toler-            President: Rachel D. Gebaide
ated, but – at least to a degree – encouraged. But can we really put            Exec. Vice Pres: Marcy Kast
aside all the heavy toll this pandemic has taken on all of us?                V.P. Operations: Debby Gendzier
                                                                          V.P. Youth & Family Ed: Lorraine Kessler
The Talmud teaches us (B’rakhot 60b) that we must praise God             V.P. Resource Development: Brett Spector
                                                                             V.P. Membership: Nina Oppenheim
when bad things happen, even as we do for good things. In fact, it                Secretary: Dan Rothbaum
continues, we should accustom ourselves to say, “Kol k’aveid Rah-                 Treasurer: Eric Schwartz
mana, l’tav aveid” – “All that the Merciful One does, is done for              Parliamentarian: Dana Rusonik
                                                                          Immediate Past President: Steven Hornik
good”.
                                                                        Melody Apter          Terri Mayle
The Talmud’s example is none other than the great Rabbi Akiva.          Susan Bodell          Steven A. Newman
Once, Akiva arrived in a town, but they would not give him any          Jeffrey Bornstein     Craig Novick
                                                                        Burton Chasnov        Dan Rothbaum
lodging. He went and slept in a field, with only a candle, his don-      Richard L. Cohen      Dana Rosnik
key, and a rooster to wake him in the morning. In the night, the        Dan Coultoff          Sandra Saft
wind blew out his candle, a cat came and ate the rooster, and a lion    Ed Danuff             Bill Sholk
                                                                        Marc Feuerman         Sara Nathan Stern
devoured the donkey. With each misfortune, Akiva said, “Kol             Janet Friedman        Barry Stern
k’aveid Rahmana, l’tav aveid”, and went back to sleep. Just before      Robert Gamson         Mark Stone
                                                                        Denise Ganson         Tom Wolfe
dawn, a hostile army invaded the town and carried everyone off as
                                                                        Lindsey Gluck         Shelley Fenton-Zeira
captives. Everyone, that is, except Akiva, who was out in the field,     Stacy Gotlib
away from the town, with no flame, crowing rooster, or braying           Richard Heller
                                                                        Sandra Herman
donkey to a'ract the soldiers’ a'ention.                                Stuart Kimball
“Kol k’aveid Rahmana, l’tav aveid” doesn’t mean that whatever hap-            MEN’S CLUB CO-PRESIDENTS
pens is “for the best”. It means that even the worst situation has             Elliott Davis & Steve Herman
the potential for something be'er to emerge from it, as long as we           SISTERHOOD CO-PRESIDENTS
maintain our hope. As my teacher, Rabbi Bill Lebeau, explains, a                 Es Cohen & Sandi Saft
be'er translation is, “Whatever the Merciful One does – make it                    EDITORIAL STAFF
for the best.”                                                            Debbie Bornstein    Meryl Poweski

                             L’shalom,
                              David
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A NOTE FROM YOUR CANTOR
                             Dear Friends,              If you are interested in how it’s going – pay a'en-
                                                        tion to the B’nai Mi?vah students as they go by on
                             When     I   was   very
                                                        the calendar. To my pleasant surprise, I seem to
                             young someone told
                                                        be making it work. The kids are working excep-
                             me this joke. It never
                                                        tionally hard. I believe they sense my challenge
                             left me, for some rea-
                                                        and try to make it work for me.
                             son.    The joke was,
                             “how do you know           Another reality that made last year different was
                             when there is an ele-      another piece of technology. Several years ago, I
                             phant in the refrigera-    was diagnosed as a Type-2 diabetic. Pricking my
tor?” Many of you probably know the answer is           fingers and giving myself injections of insulin be-
“you will find footprints in the bu'er.” Stupid, I       came a routine that I carried out several times each
know. That joke taught me a lesson that I never         day. I now wear an insulin pump and a glucose
forgot. No, I don’t check the bu'er every time I        monitor. All I must do is remember to refill it eve-
use it. It taught me to be aware. I learned to not      ry three days when I change the infusion site. It
be frightened or shocked by the new and unex-           can be inconvenient, but I’m learning to deal with
pected.                                                 it. I’m also enjoying much less pain and be'er glu-
                                                        cose levels.
That is how I feel about the whole year of 2020.
Being 66 years old, I’m amazed by technology eve-       Technology is becoming more of a friend. It’s not
ry day. I no longer need the weather channel – my       quite as scary as it used to be.      When Robin
forecast appears right on my phone. I no longer         worked for IBM, we had a very “modern” pc in
need cable TV. I use a streaming service. I can         our home. The computing power in that machine
watch the Cleveland Browns games live all the           was less than the phone I carry now. When I first
time, something that has made my life far more          started training B’nai Mi?vah students, I made
exciting – especially since they are doing well this    casse'e tapes. Years later I mastered the art of re-
season for a change. I have learned to teach with-      cording a CD right in my office at COS. Now, re-
out being in the same room as the student.              cordings go out as MP3 files via email.

That last example is a li'le like the elephant foot-    It appears technology can solve so many problems.
prints. I am aware of it, but I can’t seem to do any-   In a very troubled world, that is a beacon of light.
thing to change it, and I don’t really enjoy the        I’m going to go out and get one of those wireless
whole idea. The expression you can’t teach an old       security cameras and put it in my refrigerator. I’ll
dog new tricks applies to me in this case. I have       catch that elephant yet!
found this year to be extremely challenging.        I
                                                                                                  L’shalom,
have tried to learn how to be a remote educator.
                                                                                              Cantor Robuck
My communication style has always been very in-
formal. Sometimes it doesn’t come across online.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
                            Dear Friends,                in a safe manner is under constant evaluation and
                                                         in consultation with medical professionals. We do
                            Happy New Year! I am
                                                         not make this decision lightly, and we appreciate
                            so pleased to welcome
                                                         your continued patience.
                            our new Executive Di-
                            rector, Rachel Rosen-        I end this message with a call for ideas and volun-
                            berg O’Brien, to Con-        teers.   COS leadership has been understandably
                            gregation    Ohev     Sha-   focused on operations during the pandemic and
                            lom. Rachel brings her       transition between executive directors. We look
                            passion for synagogue        forward to renewing our focus on member engage-
                            life and her strong busi-    ment including, but not limited to, religious, social
                            ness acumen to Ohev          and educational programming.        If you have an
Shalom in a powerful combination that bodes well         idea or would like to volunteer to help plan a pro-
for the long-term health of our congregation.            gram, please let us know.
Please      welcome       Rachel        via      email
                                                         As always, if you have any questions or concerns,
(ExecDir@ohevshalom.org), phone, Zoom, or in
                                                         please contact me at
person!
                                                         COSPresident613@ohevshalom.org.
The Rabbinic Search Commi'ee submi'ed Ohev
                                                                                                     L’Shalom
Shalom’s responses to the Rabbinic Assembly’s 19-
                                                                                            Rachel D. Gebaide
page placement questionnaire for congregations
                                                                                                     President
“in search.” Thank you to all of our members who
participated in focus groups and responded to the
survey to help the commi'ee prepare the respons-
es. The commi'ee has received several applica-
tions from interested clergy and have commenced
early rounds of interviews. We look forward to
the congregation’s direct input when we invite fi-
nalists for virtual visits to Ohev Shalom.

Please join us virtually for the COS Virtual Gala on
February 21, 2021!    We have planned a fun and
entertaining experience, complete with Arthur’s
catering to be enjoyed at home and with friends in
your own Zoom dining room.

Many congregants have asked when Ohev Shalom
will resume providing kiddush luncheon after
Shabbat morning services. I wish I could provide a
definitive date, but we are not quite there yet. The
question of when and how to provide meals on site
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE

                             Dear Friends,                people smile and really miss hugs right now. I
                                                          walk or swim at the JCC every day before sunrise.
                             I am honored and excit-
                                                          I love to bake and went a li'le crazy during quar-
                             ed to be joining the
                                                          antine. I like taking pictures with a camera (not
                             Ohev Shalom commu-
                                                          my cell phone) and making photo albums for peo-
                             nity. I look forward to
                                                          ple I love. I will always be thankful for my Great
                             working in partnership
                                                          Aunt Zella who taught me how to travel, meet new
                             with members new and
                                                          people, discover new places and immerse myself
                             old to maintain and en-
                                                          in different cultures.
hance the vibrant community you have created.
                                                          I look forward to ge'ing to know each and every
During my life, I have been blessed to be part of
                                                          one of you and am excited for our first hellos,
some amazing Jewish communities which have
                                                          whether in-person, via email, on Zoom, or by
provided comfort and community for me. As a
                                                          phone!
young child during High Holiday services braid-
ing the ?i?it on my dad’s tallit, as a youth spend-                                  Rachel Rosenberg O’Brien
ing summers at Camp Herzl, or as an adult appre-
ciating the calm which would wash over me dur-
ing Friday night services after a particularly hard            COS Judaica Shop
work week, these experiences and many more
have shaped my Jewish life. And now, my daugh-
ter and I could not be more excited about making                 THE GIFT SHOP
Ohev Shalom and Orlando our new home!                              IS OPEN!!
Throughout the majority of my professional career               (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)
as a practice manager for a busy oral surgery prac-
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tice, I lived a parallel life as a volunteer leader for
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                                                                    Mezuzot, Etc...
community.

Things you should know about me: I love to make
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                                                  COS Sisterhood
     E C               S S                   A place for Jewish women to connect, learn and contribute

I am writing this message as we close out an un-         Along with Men’s Club, we delivered gift bags to
precedented year!                                        our older adults for the High Holidays and just re-
                                                         cently, gift bags were delivered to 80 of our seniors
We are grateful for all who participated and con-
                                                         for Hanukkah! Thank you to our volunteer Sister-
tributed to an eventful year!
                                                         hood and Men’s Club drivers … our own COS ver-
Thank you for continuing your membership and             sion of “Door Dash.”
we welcomed many new members.
                                                         Thank you to Carolyn Rosenblum for keeping our
New technologies created new challenges and also         amazing book club invigorated and to Susan Rosen
new opportunities to stay connected. We made             for creating all the communication to keep us on
new friendships, learned about each other through        task! Many more thanks to all who took part!
this new virtual world and had many interesting
                                                         Four great events are planned for January. Let’s
discussions and sharing of ideas. We celebrated
                                                         start off the year with hope and positive energy as
holidays and Shabbat distanced but connected via
                                                         we move into 2021!
Livestream, ZOOM and Facebook and we continue
to explore new ways to engage and support our            •   Torah Fund Zoom Party: Jan.21 at 7:00 pm with
congregation family and each other.                          guest speaker Jayme Epstein, Youth Director.
                                                             Please remember to purchase your Torah Fund
We want to give a special thank you to Erika Siegel
                                                             pins. Contact Susie Stone or Susan Hochstadt.
and Sarah Siegel who are new and very active Sis-
terhood members. Together they initiated and pro-        •   Leu Gardens Picnic: Sunday, Jan 24 at 11am.
duced several amazing programs this year...we                Joint Men’s Club/Sisterhood visit to Leu Gar-
had a successful “Honey with a Heart” program,               dens. Families are welcome reservations re-
which raised funds for the school music program              quired.
Most recently, we Zoomed a shared cooking event          •   Sisterhood Book Club: Monday, Jan.25 at.7:00
with Guest Chef Gary and a Challah Bake with our             pm The Girl from Berlin by Ronald Balson - if
own Yael Weinstein. We had shared programming                not on the list please email Carolyn at
with Youth and Family, which brought more of us              carolynlibrarian@yahoo.com to be added to the
together! Our own members were guest speakers,               Zoom link invitation.
Dermatologist Amy Derrow Wi' and Rachel
                                                         •   Tu B’Shevat Seder: Jan 28 @ 7pm
Scheinbloom spoke to us about creating our own
                                                             ZOOM celebrating the Year of the Tree Tu
happiness!
                                                                                       (Sisterhood continued on page 8)
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                                  Life and Legacy Testimonial
As most of you are aware, Congregation Ohev                  in the community. I saw a few Orlando organ-
Shalom has been a part of the Life and Legacy pro-           izations understand how to strategize and
gram through the TOP Jewish Foundation and the               have conversations about after life giving.
Harold Grinspoon Foundation. You have read                   Others couldn’t create the infrastructure to
about ways to participate, the options for planned           make it happen. Congregation Ohev Shalom,
giving that are available to use and reasons to give         with Steve Brownstein and Rick Cohen’s lead
among many other topics. For this issue of the               ership, knew how to connect with people
COS Bulletin we will hear from a participant in the          about this. I realized that I could help COS
program, the COS Vice President of Operations,               and thus changed the beneficiary on a life in-
Debby Gendzier. Below are the answers to three               surance policy. This is my way of leaving a
questions that were posed to Debby.                          financial legacy and I know that the money
                                                             will be used wisely when the time comes.
    1.   How long has the Gendzier family been
    members at COS?                                      Thanks to Debby for agreeing to be the second tes-
                                                         timonial for the Life and Legacy program. In fu-
    We have been members of Ohev Shalom for
                                                         ture issues of the Bulletin we will feature others
    over 20 years.
                                                         among the 50 participants in the COS Life and
    2.   What motivated you to become involved
                                                         Legacy program.
    in the synagogue (Commi,ees, the Board,
                                                         A special thank you to the 50 individuals who
    volunteering)?
                                                         have become part of the COS Legacy Society. The
    I was intrigued by the idea of the synagogue’s
                                                         names of the participants in the program can be
    Strategic Plan and knew that I wanted to be
                                                         found on the Life and Legacy page of the COS
    part of the process. I sat on the Board as a trus-
                                                         website, www.ohevshalom.org.
    tee many years ago (when Michael Landy was
                                                         For more information about the program and to
    the Executive Director) and contributed to a
                                                         find out how you can help secure the future of
    few of our marketing pieces. That was fufilling
                                                         Congregation Ohev Shalom, please contact Rick
    and I was interested in ge'ing involved again.
                                                         Cohen at ohevrick@gmail.com.
    The strategic plan was the opportunity.

    3.   Why did you decide to become a Life
    and Legacy donor?

    I was the Board President of the TOP Jewish
    Foundation when this program was rolled out
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MEMBERSHIP MINUTE                                     Sisterhood (continued from page 6)
                      Coming soon-something
                                                          B’Shevat, the 15th day of the Hebrew month of
                      new for our members!
                                                          Shevat, is the New Year of the Trees. It has a
                      The membership commi'ee             rich tradition of celebration! Come and learn
                      will be planning a network-         about the special fruits and nuts used to com-
                      ing group to support our            memorate this holiday and why, for example,
                                                          we have 4 glasses of wine, similar to the Passo-
                      COS family.
                                                          ver Seder.
                      Our congregation is here for
                                                      Take advantage of all the learning and tools on the
YOU, our members - especially now.                    Women’s League website; WLCJ.org
We will be seeking members to mentor as well as       Please share your thoughts about what you would
to be mentored. Perhaps you need help or can give     imagine for opening upcoming events when we
help to someone who needs to write a resume,          return to ge'ing together! We can reimagine and
practice job interviewing, assess professional de-    reconnect!
velopment or business planning. We need YOU!          Es and I wish all a peaceful, hopeful and healthy
                                                      start to 2021!
If you have any membership needs, please contact
me, Nina Oppenheim, ninaopp1@gmail.com.                                                            Sandi Saft

In the meantime, please keep safe and stay well.

                                           Warmly,
                                     Nina Oppenheim
                                     VP Membership          COS Judaica Shop
                                                              THE GIFT SHOP
                                                                IS OPEN!!
                                                             (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)
                                                           Please call Robin 407-463-4736
                                                               WE HAVE NEW
                                                               MERCHANDISE!
                                                         Seder Plates / Washing Cups /
                                                         Challah Boards / Havdalah Sets
                                                          and Candles / Tallitot / Yads
                                                                 Mezuzot, Etc...
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                            Youth and Family Education
                     From Amy Geboff, Director of Youth and Family Education

                     It has been said often that      ships. Services, programs, meetings, school and
                     2020 is a year we won’t soon     youth programs are the tools to build those rela-
                     forget. Last year at this time   tionships and community. In March, the founda-
                     we vaguely heard about a         tion for how we function changed. We had to
                     virus that was new. While        quickly pivot to virtual platforms for everything.
                     the   average person may         This was unchartered territory with no clear
                     have paid a'ention to it on      guidelines and rule book. Our teaching staff met
                     the news, it was out of the      regularly to figure out how to do this. It took the
realm of our comprehension of the impact it           realization and acceptance that things would be
would have. Now a year later, we ring in 2021 in a    different. We couldn’t take what we do in person
different world. The sad reality of the lives lost,    and just teach online. Class sessions had to be
the impact on the economy and jobs lost, life cycle   shorter, the role of Madrichim would have to
celebrations postponed and reimagined and isola-      change. Parents and students would need to have
tion. We are social beings and not to be able to be   devices and learn how to log in, mute, turn camer-
close to friends and family and give a hug or shake   as on and off. We had to hope that internet con-
hands, feels unnatural. A year ago, the phrase so-    nections would be stable. The list goes on.
cial distance was not part of our daily vocabulary
                                                      At first the assumption was, by summer we would
and zoom was a 70’s TV show for kids.
                                                      be back to normal. Time quickly showed that
At Ohev Shalom the impact has changed how we          wouldn’t be the case. We had to postpone MA-
function. We are in the people business and the       CHANEH OHEV thinking mid summer we could
foundation of what we do is building relation-                                      (School continued on page 10)

Save the Date!
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                                                        School (continued from page 9)

                      Shalom Everyone!                  offer it but that quickly changed to maybe it
                                                        would be safer to do a half day and that turned
                      Looking back on Fall 2020,
                                                        into it would be safer not to do it at all. We then
                      we all know that it was a
                                                        created MACHANEH OHEV Home edition on
                      different time. We hosted
                      both virtual and in person        zoom for 4 weeks, 3 days a week and then joined a

                      programs to meet the needs        JNF virtual Israel trip. Our annual Youth produc-
                      of our youth and families. My     tion, which would have been Fiddler on the Roof
goal remains to keep our youth engaged with fun         was canceled, graduation and            Shabbat Kavod
and meaningful programming. As we move into             were on zoom. Our hope was that by August we
2021, this will not change. I remain cautiously opti-   would be back in person, but as the summer went
mistic that we will begin to be able to have more in    on it appeared that wasn’t happening much to our
person programs on a larger scale. I will continue      disappointment.       Screen fatigue was becoming a
to take things in stride as we see how COVID-19         real thing and some students don’t do well learn-
continues to impact our communities and our fam-        ing virtually. Our school parents were split on
ilies.                                                  returning to face to face as was our teaching staff.
December was full of programs from Chanukah             The decision was to be inclusive and remain virtu-
parties, to “lock-ins,” and Havadalah campfires.         al.   We added       options on occasion for a few
We have been successful in keeping our youth en-        grades and some weeks were more successful
gaged and coming to a variety of programs. This is      than others.      Being together with some of our
what I hope to continue doing.                          friends is great but social distancing and masks is
Out of an abundance of caution, all of our January      a different feel. As we plan for the second half of
programs will be changed to virtual programs. As        the year with the expectation that COVID cases
the new year progresses, we will re-evaluate and        will continue to rise, we will remain virtual and
hope to move back to in person programming as           for the month of January won’t have face to face
soon as possible. We understand that our youths         options. We will evaluate every month and will
need socialization during this difficult time, but        slowly return to some face to face options when
their safety remains our number one priority.           we feel we can do it safely. It is important to em-
I am always open to hearing feedback from our           phasize that while some of the schools are able to
community. Please feel free to reach out to me at       offer face to face, we don’t have the resources and
youth@ohevshalom.org or give me a call at Ohev.         facility to do the same.
Here is looking forward to an amazing program-
                                                        Everything was not doom and gloom in 2020. Ne-
ming year in 2021.
                                                        cessity is the mother of invention. All of our ser-
                                           L’Shalom,    vices are virtual and accessible every Shabbat to
                                                Jayme   all who wish to join us. We have people from all
                                                        over the world joining us which brings home the

                                                                                          (School continued on page 12)
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                                                        COS Men’s Club Update
    E  D        S H

The COS Men’s Club is actively working on plan-         now, it will be held virtually. Early in the month of
ning and implementing programs for the syna-            February of each year, men and women in Con-
gogue membership and the community at large,            servative/Masorti communities around the world
with a focus on social distancing and virtual activi-   gather together to pray. The mi?vah of wrapping
ties in order to maintain a safe environment during     tefillin will be shared, encouraged and taught. For
the pandemic.                                           many years Rabbi Kay and Cantor Robuck have
                                                        illustrated the history of tefillin and the proper
The Men’s Club organizes a monthly bike ride on
                                                        (and often unique) ways of pu'ing on tefillin, in-
the first Sunday of each month at the popular Sem-
                                                        cluding the appropriate prayers, at the morning
inole Wekiva Trail. The Seminole Wekiva Trail
                                                        minyan.
heads almost due north for 13 miles through Semi-
nole County starting at the San Sebastian Trailhead     The annual COS Super Bowl Fundraiser will coin-
off SR 436 in Altamonte Springs, east of SR 434,         cide with Super Bowl LV, scheduled for Sunday,
and ending at its current terminus just south of SR     February 7, 2021. This Super Bowl event raises
46 near Sanford. The next three rides are scheduled     money for the COS Youth Foundation, which pro-
for Sunday, January 3rd at 8:30 am, Sunday, Janu-       vides scholarships and transportation for the chil-
ary 31st at 8:30 am and Sunday, March 7, 2021 at        dren of our congregation to a'end a variety of
8:30 am. Men, women and teens can all participate.      events during the year.
Riders need not be expert bicycle riders. The rides
                                                         “SAVE THE DATE” for our annual Men’s Club
start and end at the same location.
                                                        Shabbat – Saturday, March 20, 2021. Torah read-
A joint effort is being planned with the sisterhood      ings will be held in the sanctuary and the rest of
to spend an afternoon at Leu Gardens. The event is      the service will be virtual on Livestream. More de-
planned for Sunday, January 24, 2021, starting at       tails to follow.
11:00 am until the doors close at 5:00 pm. There
                                                        We are looking into starting up virtual poker
will a guided tour and families will be allowed to
                                                        nights and virtual bridge games. For more infor-
bring a picnic style dairy lunch. A designated area
                                                        mation about joining the virtual bridge game, con-
will be set aside for the a'endees. The date is cho-
                                                        tact Jim Tinkoff at jtinkoff@cfl.rr.com.
sen to coincide with the celebration of Tu B’Shevat,
the New Year for trees, which falls on Thursday.        The monthly Men’s Club newsle'er was emailed
January 28th. The cost is $12 per adult, $4 per child   to the congregation in late December. The Men’s
ages 3-17, and free for children under age 3. More      Club Mensch for January is Andy Rosen.
information about registration to follow.                                                          B’shalom,
The annual World Wide Wrap is scheduled for               Ellio/ Davis and Dr. Steven Herman – Co-presidents
Sunday, February 7, 2021, starting at 9:00 am. As of
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School (continued from page 10)
                                                    The year 2020 brought our youth director Jayme
point that we are all connected. Eric and I have    Epstein to us. Starting a job that is based on creat-
been welcoming people “into our dining room”        ing relationships during a pandemic is less than
each Shabbat to welcome Shabbat together and        ideal, but Jayme’s positive a'itude has enabled us
Shabbat Shazoom, a virtual Shabbat morning ser-     to continue to offer programs for our youth.
vice for 3rd-7th grade was created. A'endance at    Starting in January, our 5th graders can participate
school has been great and no one has to fight        in Olim and Kadima and our 8th graders can par-
traffic to get there. Our Madrichim have stepped      ticipate in Kadima and USY! We look forward to
up to the plate and have become an integral com-    welcoming our new Executive Director Rachel
ponent of how our teachers plan and teach. They     Rosenberg O’Brien to the family.
are leading small groups in class in a way that
                                                    The vaccine brings hope that there is a light at the
would have never happened had we still been face
                                                    end of the tunnel. We need to remain vigilant and
to face. This is something that will be continued
                                                    safe. My dream is that this year’s graduation and
when we return face to face. Our parents are more
                                                    Shabbat Kavod will be face to face, even if it is out-
aware of what is happening in class as they are
                                                    side and that MACHANEH OHEV slated for June
hearing the lessons each session. We did more
                                                    1-4 will be a reality.
programming during the High Holidays and Cha-
                                                    I wish you a happy and healthy 2021 and look for-
nukah than we would have ever imagined to con-
                                                    ward to the day we are all safely together!
nect congregants and the community. We might
be able to continue to offer this even when we can                                                 L’Shalom
be face to face.                                                                                     Amy

December 16th—Lots of fun at Mishpacha Sheli with Nina Fine & PJ library outside and on zoom.
Thank you Rabbi Kay for singing with us and Mitzvah monkey for being our special guest!
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More fun at Mishpacha Sheli

December 13th—A fun time at Sufganiyot Sunday.. we ate sufganiyot.. tomorrow we make them!
We made mezzuzot, candles and decorated masks! Was wonderful to see each other.
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                                                                       Note: You can submit “Ask the
                                                                       Rabbi” questions by e-mail at
                                                                           JewishQs@gmail.com

                                                         by RABBI DAVID KAY

Dear Rabbi –                                              plines. While we are told that a particular Sage
Is meditation as Jewish thing? I had always associated    fasted and prayed and purified himself to achieve
it with Eastern traditions.                               an elevated spiritual state, the Talmud omits de-
                                    -- Ge/ing Centered    tails.
                                                          Other passages give us insight as to why – such
Dear GC –                                                 serious spiritual practices require a strong founda-
Meditation doesn’t really belong to any particular        tion, mental and emotional stability, guidance
tradition, culture, or part of the world. Likewise,       from a teacher, and many hours of patient prac-
“meditation” doesn’t really have a single, clear          tice.
definition. What seems to unite all those practices        Then again, everyone has to start somewhere.
called “meditation” is the goal of calming the            Basic meditation is, as noted above, universal and
mind and emotions, clarifying thought, physical           without any connection to a particular tradition,
relaxation, and deeper insight.                           faith, or theology. As noted above, more specific
In doing all of that, there is a natural spiritual as-    and advanced practice will require a reliable sys-
pect to meditation as well. In fact, when we talk         tem. There are many such systems out there under
about our spiritual lives – even those who don’t          the rubric of “Jewish meditation”. Some have been
identify as religious or with any faith tradition –       largely (or entirely) borrowed from other tradi-
we use the language of emotion and describe spir-         tions and repurposed with Jewish elements. Some
itual experiences by the physical sensations that go      are drawn from Jewish esoteric texts. Some have
with them.                                                been cobbled together from a variety of sources by
                                                          a particular author or practitioner.
I would also submit that Judaism should be count-
ed with the Eastern traditions. Not only does it          At its core, though, meditation – Jewish or other-
arise is the Middle East – well into the Eastern          wise – can be summed up by a sentiment first pub-
Hemisphere – but it was well-established before           lished in The Boston Record in February 1905. Alt-
what we know as Western culture emerged.                  hough a'ributed to a wide variety of sources –
                                                          and surely a sentiment that predates the 20th cen-
Unlike some Eastern traditions, though, Judaism           tury by millennia – this article quotes an old Maine
hasn’t really retained clear descriptions of ancient      fisherman in a snow-bound hamlet. Asked what
meditative practices. One could argue that the vi-        he does with himself in the evenings, he replies,
sions of some of the Hebrew Prophets and the ele-         “Oh, sometimes I sit and think, and then again I
vated spiritual experiences of some of the Sages of       just sit.”
the Talmud were the result of meditative disci-
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                                 Saturday, November 7th at 4:30pm we celebrated the Bar Mivah of
                                           Alexa Schwamm, daughter of Stacey & Richard Schwamm.

                             Saturday, December 12th at
                             9:30 am we celebrated the
                             Bar Mivah of William
                             McNarny, son of Lauren
                             Roth & Michael McNarney.

                                  Saturday, December 19th at 9:30 am we celebrated the Bar Mivah
                                                            of Aaron Halperin, son of Neal Halperin.

                             Saturday, January 2nd at 4:45pm we
                             celebrated the Bat Mivah of Isabella
                             Semmel, daughter of Ana & Glenn
                             Semmel.

                                       Saturday, January 9th at 9:30 am we celebrate the Bar Mivah
                                         of Yochanan Salas son of Suzannie Cintron & Marcos Salas.

                             Saturday, January 16th at 9:30 am we
                             celebrate the Bat Mivah of Lara
                             Greenstein, daughter of Sari & Jason
                             Greenstein.

                                                                           B’nai Mitzvah
                                November, December & January
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                                    Saturday, January 23rd at 9:30 am
                                    we celebrate the Bat Mivah of
                                    Maya Brenner, daughter of Melanie
                                    & David Brenner.

                                          Saturday, February 6th at 9:30 am
                                            we celebrate the Bat Mivah of
                                                  Abigail & Sloane Granet,
                                             daughters of Gwen & Jonathan
                                                                     Granet.

                                         Saturday, February 13th at 9:30 am
                                               we celebrate the Bat Mivah
                                                             of Layla Gold,
                                           daughter of Jaime & Tayler Gold.

                               Saturday, February 20th at 9:30 am
                               we celebrate the Bar Mivah of
                               Ari Lanxner, son of Ashley &
                               David Lanxner.

                                                 Saturday, February 27th at
                                                   9:30 am we celebrate the
                                                     Bar Mivah of Xander
                                                 Greenwald, son of Michelle
                                                      & Jeffrey Greenwald.

                                                                               B’nai Mitzvah
                                                                 January & February
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TO OUR JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES
1     Steven & Gayle Stein                       18 Andrew & Lindsey Gluck
4     Daniel & Stacy Gotlib                      20 Marc & Ivy Kaprow
10 Bernie & Judith Fraden                        21 Brian & Tara Harris
14 Marc & Valerie Shapiro                        26 Ma.hew & Jessica Klein
15 Joy & Ken Davis                               27 I. Richard & Louise Weiner
15 Natalie & Jonathan Galed                      30 Paul & Maxine Rosenthal
16 Tracey & Jordan Jacobs                        30 David & Harriet Moldau
17 Jay & Leslie Plotkin

TO OUR FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARIES
2     Mark & Dyan Goodman                        16 Bruce & Donna Breit
2     Alan & Susanna Berns                       18 Stuart & Shula Levy
2     Stephen & Elaine Goldberg                  19 Sheldon & Sindi Ackman
3     Eloise & Jimmy Kandel                      19 Jeffrey & Ellen Stein
4     Gordon & Ri'a Knapp                        20 Christopher & Michelle Tauber
6     Corey & Sharon Gerson                      23 Neal Co'on & Sarah Blackman
6     Renee & Stanley Roberts                    25 Michael & Francine Levy
8     Rita & Jeffrey Adler
14 Ronald & Mardena Shader
15 Jeffrey Danziger & Susan Skolly
15 Judy Kahan-Davis & Ellio' Davis
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1     Mitchel Krause         8    Lawrence Levine       14 Lori Treviranus       21 Joyce Walker
1     Phyllis Ghingold       8    Arielle Krupitsky     14 Jacob Munoz           22 Barry Bochner
1     Helene Schauder        8    Melissa Zimmon        14 Daniel Koren          22 Denise Ganson
1     Homa Arnon             8    Carly Plotkin         14 Allan Robuck          22 Stephanie Goldberg
2     Hudson Turner          8    Moriah Alper          15 Jeffrey Ghingold       22 Zachary Li.man
2     Eliana Smith           8    Ira Bellinkoff         15 Lawrence Gendzier     22 Anna Serviansky
3     Tara Harris            9    Peter Burg            15 Amanda Rosen          23 Frances Lepow
3     Norman Rubenstein      9    Edward Webman         15 Emily Finkelstein     23 Tami Offield
3     Susan Kleiman          9    Eden Layman           16 Deborah Alalou        23 Maya Brenner
3     Ashley Lanxner         9    Max Medvedeff          16 Anna Finer            23 Hannah Smolin
4     Jessica Klein          9    Krissi Warren         16 Maxx Rivers           23 Michelle Sheplan
4     Rachel Gebaide         9    David Wolfe           17 Cindy Benjamin        23 Eva Ri.
5     Shaina Williams        9    Leslie Plotkin        17 Amy Davis             24 Jaime Gold
5     Jerome Freedman        10 Marc Levy               18 Eloise Kandel         24 Ashley Levy
5     Brenda Faiber          10 Samantha Cohen          18 Dana Morrell          25 Evan Lahav
5     Madison Feldman        10 Emily Cohen             18 Lori Brenner          25 Ronald Rubin
5     Laura Gross            10 Thelma Alexander        18 Rayna Herbst          26 Michael Wallsh
6     Beth Gruber            10 Ana Miller              18 DiAnna Zelt           26 Eric Golden
6     Peter Zollman          11 Allie Crasnow           18 Jennifer Klein        26 Gordon Levin
6     Jay Plotkin            11 Charles Wi.en           18 Suzannie Cintron      26 David Rothfeld
6     Abigail Herman         11 Stuart Levy             18 Eliyah Munoz          27 Sonia Mandell
6     Ezra Gomes             11 Samantha Kaplan         19 Renee Janovi<         27 Craig Novick
6     Terry Neuman           11 Sabrina Siminou         19 Brandon Israel        27 Aryn Wallsh
6     Daniela Ben Tov        11 Jake Greenstein         19 Jessica Hayt          27 Laura Lee Brodie
7     Bradley Yucht          11 Ian Myers               19 Stephanie Krause      28 Melanie Brenner
7     Richard Geller         12 Darcie Levine           19 Elise Brent           28 Caitlin Levy
7     Amy Postal             12 Tyena Dollinger         19 Richard Janovi<       29 Lara Greenstein
7     Carin Postal           12 Fallon Harris           19 Jonathan Stein        29 Allan Goldberg
7     Estelle Wheeler        12 Howard Saft             19 Fred Khoshnou         29 Jacob Weiner
7     Sofia Wertheim          13 Michael                 19 Stacey Soll           30 Judith Zissman
7     Adam Rothbaum              Kirschenbaum           20 Janet Burg            30 Jamie Ginsburg
7     Randall Cohen          13 Tyler Wynn              20 Marc Brenner          30 Cynthia White
7     Bre. Bevi<             13 Victoria Siminou        20 Mia Burke             30 Staci Golden
7     Malgorzata Berger      13 Micah Bevi<             20 Aaron Rubinger        30 Elijah Finkelstein
7     Archie Ossin           13 Nicole Park             20 Alan Berns            31 Jordan Wolff
7     Jon Kropp              13 Chelsea Maizel          21 Julio Hajdenberg      31 Lila Tinkoff
7     Abraham Gold           13 Harold Greenberg        21 Sara Hoffen            31 Do.ie Appelbaum
8     Robert Shujman         13 Sara Greenberg          21 Jerold Kaplan
8     Amy Mayer              13 Zachary Asarnow         21 Noah Rugar
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1     Cameron Aidif         6    Jessica Kast       13 Robert Rhubin            22 Batel Einhorn
1     Lily Rebar            6    Evan Shear         13 Courtney Silvestry       22 Aaron Wladis
1     Debra Bornstein       6    Sheldon Ackman     14 Mariah Munoz             22 Agnes Friedman
1     Lou Tauber            7    James Rosenblum    14 Arnold Einhorn           22 Leon Green
1     Sarah Koren           7    Stacey Schwamm     14 Ella Saffran              22 Ofer Ben Tov
1     Alan Davison          7    Karen Reiff         14 Sharon Ginsburg          23 Jason Greenstein
1     Robert Silio          7    Edgar Schaked      14 Fernando Curras          23 Cynthia Rubin
1     Debra Israel          7    Gil Pollak         14 Bonnie Friedman          23 Bruce Breit
2     Anne Goldstein        7    Edward Danuff       14 Jonah Grossman           23 Blanca Cifuentes
2     Lisa Babi.            7    Jack Gluck         15 Rebecca Goldstein        23 Mayah Silio
2     Ma.hew Rosenthal      8    Mia Arace          15 Isabelle Laub            24 Joshua Nelson
2     Madison Park          8    Carl Gaterbaum     16 Jenni Sujka              24 Caroline Geller
2     Olivia Park           8    Zachary Nelson     16 Michael Gurian           24 Samantha Semmel
2     Kate Krause           8    Madison Layman     16 Ethan Levin              25 Benjamin Rosenblum
2     Sally Izzo            8    Barbara Grodin     16 Kristina Nelson          25 Tom Nelson
2     Grace Field           9    Jessie Greenberg   16 Luis Pineda              25 Adam Her
January 2021                                                                                        Tevet ~ Shevat 5781

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     SUNDAY              MONDAY             TUESDAY             WEDNESDAY            THURSDAY             FRIDAY                 SATURDAY
                                                                                                    1              17 Tevet 2           18 Tevet

3          19 Tevet 4         20 Tevet 5          21 Tevet 6           22 Tevet 7           23 Tevet 8             24 Tevet 9           25 Tevet

                                                                                                                                                   CONGREGATION OHEV SHALOM
10         26 Tevet 11        27 Tevet 12         28 Tevet 13          29 Tevet 14          1 Shevat 15            2 Shevat 16         3 Shevat

17         4 Shevat 18        5 Shevat 19         6 Shevat 20          7 Shevat 21          8 Shevat 22            9 Shevat 23         10 Shevat

                                                                                                                                                   TEVET ~ SHEVAT ~ ADAR 5781
24        11 Shevat 25       12 Shevat 26        13 Shevat 27         14 Shevat 28        15 Shevat 29         16 Shevat 30            17 Shevat

31        18 Shevat
February 2021                                                                                               Shevat ~ Adar 5781

                                                                                                                                                                 TEVET ~ SHEVAT ~ ADAR 5781
     SUNDAY               MONDAY               TUESDAY               WEDNESDAY            THURSDAY               FRIDAY                  SATURDAY
                     1        19 Shevat 2           20 Shevat 3            21 Shevat 4          22 Shevat 5           23 Shevat 6      24 Shevat

7         27 Shevat 8         28 Shevat 9           27 Shevat 10           28 Shevat 11         29 Shevat 12          30 Shevat 13                  1 Adar

                                                                                                                                                                 CONGREGATION OHEV SHALOM
14            2 Adar 15            3 Adar 16             4 Adar 17           5 Adar 18               6 Adar 19            7 Adar 20                 8 Adar

21            9 Adar 22        10 Adar 23            11 Adar 24             12 Adar 25           13 Adar 26               14 Adar 27               15 Adar

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28         16 Adar
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                                                                                           *Yahrzeit Plaque

DECEMBER 26—               Marilyn Sobel            Irving Schreiber            Rainer M. Laub *
JANUARY 1                  Rose Swetlow             Judy Schreiber              Alfred Laub
Isadore Bodell             Emanuel Weinkran<        Harry Schulman *            Sarah Levine
Jeffrey Ray Brown *         Harvard L. Weiss *       Leon Shestack *             Samuel Erlick Levinson *
Leona Brown                Irving Weissman          Jack Silverstein            Tobias Licht *
Bertha Byer                Steven Zlatkiss          JoAnne Slansky              Donna Lipkin
Solomon Chernin *                                   Margaret Sontag             Selma Ludman *
Elsie Chick                JANUARY 2—8              Benjamin Steinberg          Eva Manacher *
Helen Engel                Martha Adler             Beverly Steine Brill        Daniel Margolis
Albert Fischel             Moses Aronson *          Ronald Supraner *           Robert J. Nisonoff *
Nathan Forman              Sara Axelberg            Paolo Trambusti             David Osser
Jack Forsyth               Yaakov (Jay) Berger      Joseph Walker *             Mine.e O.enberg *
Sol Goldberg               Lillian Brumbaugh        Simon Wolff                  Maurice Plotkin
Harry Goldschein *         Charlie Cherry           Murray Youshak              Andrew Black Pustay
Hy Goodman *               Sylvia Cherry            Beatrice Yudis              Michael Rosen
Mollye Gerber Green        Amy Judith Dew *         Albert Morton Ziffer *       Esther Rothkopf
Jonathan Greenberg         Alice Fischel                                        Meyer Rubenstein
Lily Hindawi               Mildred Anne Furman *    JANUARY 9—15                Mollie Salkin
Janice Kay *               Eric Gold                Rochelle Ackman *           George Sapir
Lillian Kirsch             Harry Goldman            Louis Asarnow *             Shirley Sarlin
Ha.ie Klein                Judith Greenberg         Ye.a Bernstein              Eleanor B. Schneider
Philip Kline               Ruth Grober              Charlo.e Scherr Bloom       Mimi Shader
Rose Krublit *             Anna Gross               Ann Bogart                  Norman Sholk
Benjamin M. Levine *       Penny A. Grossman *      Janice Bogart               Jeremy Vincent Smith *
Esther M. Lichtenstein *   Sheila Kaprow *          Macy Brenner *              James Stanek
Beatrice L. Lippton *      Phillip Kessler *        Lorimar Caplan              David Stein
Florence Li.man            Morris Kichler *         Edward Clinton, III         J. Stewart Stein
Jack Markowi<              Philip Kichler           Annabelle Cohen             Richard Stein
Frank Marks                Abraham Kleinberg        Shushan Cohen               Celia Stillman *
Morris Mazer               Faye Kotin               Samuel Elkes                Yve.e Suissa *
Harry Miller               Ida Dorothy Landsman *   Freda Siegel Feinberg *     Simon Talisman *
David Pearlman             Sandra Leibman           William Fishkin             Betsy Truman
Lois Pel<                  Lena Levine              Rose Flatow *               Sheila Vandervlugt
Max S. Petosky *           Be.y Levinson *          Anna Forsyth                Jonas Weil
Helen Porth                Karen Levy               Alfred Friedman             Sol Wi.enstein *
Sadie RiDin *              Richard Michelson        Edith L. Ginsburg-          Susan Beth Zelt
Helen Rosenthal            Ellen Ostreich           Silverman *
Harvey Rosenzweig          Jennie Peisner *         Helen Glazer                JANUARY 16—22
Helen C. Ross *            Faina Radinskaya         Gertrude Goldstein *        Joseph Alpert *
George Saft                Hans Rendsburg *         Helene Goodman              Robert Anes
Alfred Salamy *            Louis Resnick *          Jacqueline Green            Maurice Bassan
Marjorie Schillinger       Richard Romans           Mark Hara                   Michael Belice
Pearl Schwar< *            Sarah Rothenberg *       Sylvia Loeb Harris *        Mery Benarroch
Hilda Schwar<              Bessie Sager *           Celia Herman                Gerald Birnberg
Lionel H. Silberman *      Dave Sanderson *         Woodrow Wilson Holt         Adrian Bowers
Adolph Silverstone *       Jean Sapir               Milton Krutman              Shmuel Canoonian
Alexander Siskind          Sarah Schores            Daniela Lahav               Tillie R. Coplon
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                                                                                         *Yahrzeit Plaque

Henrie.a Dombchik         Riba Rubenstein         Robert Hoff                  Frieda Weriansky *
Jack Edelstein            Florence Schreiber      Frederick Homburger         Milton White
Jean Ellenbogen           Esther Shenker          Rose Israel *               Charles White
Bryson Engel              Anne Shmunes            Gerald Kalmanson *          Greta Williams
Fanny Feller              Morris W. Siegel *      Rebecca K. Kantor *         Sandra Zelony *
Jacqueline Fischer        Valentina de Pollner    Joseph Klaiman *            Gladys Zelt
Eli Samuel Franco         Ruth Slotsky            Harry Ko.elman *
Mildred Friedman          Nat Smith               David Lehr                  JANUARY 30—
Elli Galed                Sarah Snyder            Jacob Lehrer *              FEBRUARY 5
Ludwig Gelb *             Joseph Truman           Beatrice Lehrman *          Nancy Ackerbaum *
Joseph Ginsburg           Sam Voight *            Irving Leibman              Ronald J. Ackerbaum *
Jacob Goldhar *           Marian Volpert *        Marilyn London              Morris Ackman *
Judy Goldman              Isabelle K. Weiss       Mi
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                                                                                           *Yahrzeit Plaque

Sam Lewis Letvin *         Harry Friedman *        Anne Swirsky RiDin           Marvin Hoffen
Anna Levine                Shirley Goldenberg      Yve.e Swirsky Schepp         Alyce Hurvi< *
Louis Lieberman *          Lily Goldschein *       Erica Ten                    Conrad Irving
Mischa Joseph Lustok *     Phyllis Greenfield *     Pauline ʺPeppyʺ Treger *     Rose Elowitch I
TEVET ~ SHEVAT ~ ADAR 5781      CONGREGATION OHEV SHALOM           JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2021 • PAGE 25

                                                                                          *Yahrzeit Plaque

Clara Wildfeuer *         Sidney Levine             FEBRUARY 27—               Lori Krutoy
Emanuel Wolgel *          Mina Lezberg              MARCH 5                    Joyce Tillie Lassk *
Anne Wollisch *           Martin E. London          Pauline Aboff *             Isabella Laub
Milton P. Wolpow *        Rose Margolis             Alan Marvin Altshuler      Goldie Lax
Ruth Yanchuck             Reva Margolis             Joseph Asarnow *           Estelle Ledwitch *
Aaron Zissman             Henry Masin               Anne Axelberg              Jacob Levine
Harry Zuckerberg *        Phyllis May               Frances Berkowi< *         Irving Lippton *
                          Morris Meister *          Estelle Berkowi<           Abraham Ludwig
FEBRUARY 20—26            Herb Meyer                Ritke Birmahaer            Israel Mafdali
Stuart Alman *            Abner Miller              Elaine Bleich              Seymour Mann
Simon Applebaum           Harry R. Moody            John Bond, Sr              Armond Marchesano
Linda Aronoff              George M. Nathanson       Helen Brenner              Fannie S. Meitin *
Esther Asher *            Rosalind Nathanson        Meyer Cagan *              Leib Morgenstern
Carl Berns                Minnie Newman             Wallace Cardona            Mindy Moss
David Brandwein           Jacqueline Opo
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