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Winter / Spring Issue March - April 2021 Adar-Nisan-Iyar 5781
CONGREGATION
BULLETIN
Happy Passover
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SHABBAT • HOLIDAYS • EVENTS MARCH -APRIL 2021 DAILY MINYAN SERVICES
Monday - Friday 7:45am
Shabbat Ki Tisa Mar 5-6 Candlelighting 5:29pm Monday - Thursday 6:00pm
Parashat Parah Sundays 9:00am, 6:00pm
National Holidays Times vary
Adult Ed - Rachel Korazim Mar 7 (class #2) Page 10
SHABBAT SERVICES
Shabbat Vayakhel-Pekude Mar 12-13 Candlelighting 5:37pm Friday
Parashat Hachodesh Schmooze 6:00pm
Services 6:30pm
Adult Ed - Rachel Korazim Mar 14 (class #3) Page 10 Saturday
Bread & Torah 9:00am
Shabbat Vayikra Mar 19-20 Candlelighting 6:45pm Services 10:00am
Bar Mitzvah Joseph Vatner
ZOOM & LIVESTREAMING
Adult Ed - Steven Smith Mar 21 Page 10 For the foreseeable future, all of our
religious services will be on zoom or
Adult Ed - Siegfried Kra Mar 24 Page 10 livestreaming. Some services and events
will also be in person. Please make sure
Shabbat Tzav Mar 26-27 Candlelighting 6:53pm we have your email so we can alert you
to links and passwords.
PESACH Do we have your email address?
If you don’t receive our emails you could be
Thur Mar 25 7:45am Fasst of the First Born missing a lot of great programs. Send yours to
Pesach - Day 1 Candlelighting 8:02pm
office@bnaijacob.org
Sat Mar 27 No evening service (1st Seder)
Rabbishapiro@bnaijacob.org
Sun Mar 28 9:305am Service Cantor@bnaijacob.org
Pesach - Day 2 Lynnginzberg@bnaijacob.org
Sat Mar 28 No evening service (2nd Seder) bjhappenings@bnaijacob.org
Sun Mar 29 9:30am Service
Shabbat and conclusion of Passover Candlelighting 7:00pm
Fri Apr 2 6:00pm Service CONGREGATION B’NAI JACOB
Sat Apr 3 9:30am Service Rabbi Rona Shapiro
Pesach - Day 8 Cantor and Barbara Haimowitz
Religious School Director
Sat Apr 3 6:00pm Service
Sun Apr 4 9:30am Service Office Manager Lynn Ginzberg
11:00am Yizkor Bulletin Editors Lynn Ginzberg
Jeanette Kuvin Oren
Shabbat Shemini Apr 9-10 Candlelighting 7:08pm
Adult Ed - Book Discussion Apr 11 Page 11 CONGREGATION B’NAI JACOB
(USPS 128-600) is published bimonthly for $1.00 per
year by Congregation B’nai Jacob,
Shabbat Tazria-Metzora Apr 16-17 Candlelighting 7:16pm
75 Rimmon Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525-2098.
Periodical postage paid at New Haven, CT.
Adult Ed - Sarah Aroeste Apr 18 Page 11
Daily Minyan Services
Subscription: $1.00 per annum
Monday
Bulletin- Permit
Saturday 7:45am
Number: 128600
Circulation: 400
Sunday 9:00am
Shabbat Achrei Mot Apr 16-17 Candlelighting 7:23pm
Saturday Afternoon 1:00pm
Congregation B’nai Jacob Telephone • 203-389-2111
Kedoshim Sunday - Friday
75 Rimmon Road Fax6:00pm
• 203-389-5293
National Holidays
Woodbridge, CT 06525 Times vary
www.bnaijacob.org
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CONTENTS
4 RABBI
5 PRESIDENT
6 CANTOR / SCHOOL
8 FUNDRAISING
10 ADULT EDUCATION
12 AT HOME
13 SOCIAL ACTION
14 YARZEITS
Happy Purim from your friends of the Hundred Acre Woods!
16 PURIM PHOTOS See more of their Purim adventures on page 16.
17 DONATIONS
Stay tuned for a unique telling of the Megillah featuring our
young families.
s to JUDAICA SHOPPE
Shop for your Passover Table
The Gift Shoppe is always open by appointment!!
Come in for a one-on-one safe shopping expeience.
Please call the synagogue office at 203-389-2111.
B Use Zoom or Facetime for virtual private shopping experience.
The shoppe is also open for business online.
https://bnai-jacob-gift-shop.myshopify.com/
Please visit us ANYTIME! If there’s a gift item you don’t see on our
website, the Shoppe Girls will be happy to assist you.
Shabbat Morning Walks
March 13 • April 10 • May 15 8:30am
Join Rabbi Shapiro for a thoughtful,
prayerful, meditative walk in the
woods. We will meet at our usual
spot, the entrance to the Blue Trail,
behind the church in Woodbridge
Town Center. Wear comfortable
walking shoes. Hope to see you
there! Weather permitting.
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to the kav ha’or, the faith of my ancestors. I reached out, and there
RABBI RONA SHAPIRO was a line, like a rope swing. I grabbed hold, and it carried me
across the ditch. I held on to faith. But you, my friend, how did you
get across?” “Rebbe,” he answered, “I held on to you.”
A Year of COVID
For me, this is exactly what has happened in our synagogue over
the past year. Some of us, some of the time, have found that kav
By the time you are reading this, our synagogue building will ha’or, that ray of light, and we have held fast to it, nurtured by our
have been closed for a year. Tomorrow night is Purim which faith, our prayer, our Torah, our hope. At other times, we have lost
marks the last time we were physically together indoors, joyfully hold of the rope. We fell. We experienced illness. We lost a beloved
celebrating. We have had Zoom shivas, b’nai mitzvah with ten friend or relative. We suffered in our isolation. We struggled to
people in the sanctuary, car shofar services, parades — you know find the strength to care for children whose schools are partially
the drill. For a full year now, I have come to the synagogue alone closed, even as we work and care for ourselves, all in the same four
on Shabbat morning, parked my car in front of the door, walked walls. At those times, we have reached out to one another, or others
past the lit yahrzeit plaques that no one sees, and spoken to an have reached out to us. And holding on to one another, we have
empty chapel. It is all so strange and in some ways, even worse, it jumped across the ditch. We have woven a rich web of faith so that
has become normal. Normal that David is the only person I see, no one falls through, so that when one person falters, there are
normal that I don’t leave the house for days on end, normal that many others holding on to them. The beams of light do not extend
the only socializing I do is on Zoom or the phone. I look back only upward but also outward. Community, especially when we
wistfully on the sign we hung on the door on March 12 saying are not physically together, matters more now than ever. Without
that the synagogue would reopen on March 30, 2020. We won’t the grandeur of the building, the noise in the halls, the delights of
even be open by March 30 2021 — who could have thunk! Early kiddush lunch, or the chatter at services — without all that — we
on in the pandemic, I would look longingly at my calendar as see what we truly are — not a building, not a provider of classes or
dates for theater or weddings came and went, anniversaries and services, but a rich web of light connecting all of us to one another
birthdays passed not celebrated as we had hoped. Now there is and to life, itself.
nothing there other than Zoom events.
At the same time, even as community has become more important,
What have we learned as a synagogue from this very strange we have also dissolved geographical borders. Speakers come to
year? What have we learned that we will carry with us long after us from Israel and California. We light Hannukah candles across
COVID is over? What changes forever and what changes for the time zones together. Resources are available to us as never before.
good? I am sure that after the pandemic is over, we will continue to have
classes and programs that span the globe online — why would
The Israeli poet Zelda writes about the kav ha’or, the thin beam of we miss these opportunities? — even as we appreciate the power
light, “intangible and invisible, which connects [her] to God and of relationships with people with whom we can be together even
protects [her] from the chaos and void.” While she experiences more.
the earth and life as roiling around her, the kav, the beam, is what
she holds onto, the only place, she writes, in which she can find I am struck during this pandemic by the popularity of our
repose. Zelda is writing about faith, the thin line, breakable but programs and services. Shabbat services often draw over 50 screens,
rediscoverable, which connects her to God, to a sense of self in probably some 75 or 80 participants. Daily minyan numbers are off
the vastness of the universe, to all being, to the web of life. the charts. Classes abound — Shabbat morning, Sunday mornings,
Monday nights, Thursday nights — all well-attended, and we have
As individuals, we sometimes lose hold of the kav — we fall celebrated holidays in ways we never expected. What I have learned
into the abyss. All we see is darkness with no ray of light. But, this is that people really want Shabbat in their lives, really want
it seems to me, that this kav, this beam of light, does not only a religious connection; a spiritual connection, and a connection
extend from a person to the heavens, but also outward toward to one another, people want to study Torah, to learn and grow as
one another. Consider the following story, told in Yaffa Eliach’s Jews. What is also clear is that we need to continue to make all
moving book, “Hassidic Tales of the Holocaust.” A group of this accessible both for those who cannot join us in person and for
hundreds of Jewish prisoners are marched out to the forest from those who might not when it requires more effort. Zoom and its
the camp where they will be shot and unceremoniously dumped cousins and children are here to stay. Enabling people not to dress
into a mass grave. Among them are a rabbi and a faithless Jew. for synagogue, not to have to get in their cars, not to be worried
The Nazis, for sport, call out to the Jews, “Jump over the ditch, that they might not know enough and thus feel embarassed or that
and we won’t shoot you.” As the rabbi and his friend watched they cannot stay the whole time — lowering all these barriers to
their fellow Jews be murdered, they grab one another’s hands entry matters. Getting in the boat with other congregants who are
and decide to jump. homebound and appreciating their experience more deeply also
matters. In addition, with each passing holiday or event, we have
They open their eyes and find themselves alive on the other side been forced to be creative as we figure what about the experience
of the ditch. In shock, they turn to one another. “Rabbi, how did is meaningful, and how can we recreate it — will we light candles
we survive? How did we get here? The rabbi answers, “I held on together in the parking lot or on Zoom? Hold the power of ten
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The vaccines are administered in two doses, given 21 or 28 days apart.
GLENN A. DUHL The CDC recommends that everyone receive the vaccine, even if they
already had COVID-19. The Moderna vaccine is 94.1% effective, and
the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 95% effective. Both were shown to be
highly effective among people of diverse age, sex, race and ethnicity.
There are reported side effects for both vaccines, including chills,
tiredness, and headaches. The vaccines do not contain a live virus (like
We are within reach of freedom from the peril of COVID-19! This some variants of the annual flu shot), and therefore cannot make a
virus has taken its toll. Human ingenuity has formulated a vaccine to recipient sick with COVID-19. All the side effects are signs that the
protect human lives. body’s immune system is responding to the vaccine. The vaccine is also
safe for pregnant women, according to the CDC.
States around the country are finding their footing when it comes
to an effective roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine. While we are far Debunking Vaccine Myths
behind the rollout success demonstrated by Israel, the world’s leader
in vaccinating its population, the distribution of more than 64 million Some individuals may exhibit hesitation as to receiving the vaccine
doses of the vaccine in the United States has been celebrated as more based on information they have read online. Some of the more
people are protected against a virus that has killed more than 500,000 common concerns are:
Americans.
1. The technology is too new: The technology that Pfizer-BioNTech
Here in Connecticut, the fog of uncertainty surrounding the and Moderna relied upon has been used for several years in the
administration of the COVID-19 vaccine recently lifted when treatment of cancer and other coronavirus infections, such as SARS and
Governor Ned Lamont announced the finalized schedule of vaccine MERS. The technology was adapted to tackle COVID-19.
distribution for Connecticut residents. The announcement provides
a sigh of relief, knowing approximately when delivery of the vaccine 2. The COVID-19 vaccine will make a recipient sick with COVID-19:
may be under way to ourselves, friends, and families. Neither the Pfizer-BioNTech nor the Moderna vaccines are made with
a live virus. The vaccine will not make a recipient sick with the virus.
Connecticut has been distributing the COVID-19 vaccines since It may take several weeks for the body to develop full immunity from
December, but how that vaccine was to be administrated was murky. the virus after being vaccinated, and therefore it is possible for someone
In his announcement, Governor Lamont explained that attempting to become infected just after being vaccinated. Individuals should
to administer the vaccine based on classifications related to a person’s continue to practice social distancing and wear masks.
employment or underlying health condition was overly complex and 3. The vaccine will alter a recipient’s DNA: The vaccine is an mRNA
confusing. The final schedule is solely based on age. vaccine, which means it teaches the cells in the body to make a protein
to trigger an immune response to the virus. The vaccine never enters
“In a perfect world, we would have enough doses of the vaccine to get the nucleus of a cell where the DNA resides. The vaccine cannot
it to all 3.6 million people in Connecticut right now; however each interact with a recipient’s DNA.
state is being given a very limited supply, which is why we must take
this phased approach,” said Governor Lamont. “My goal is to get as If you or persons you know have concerns about the COVID-19 virus, I
many people vaccinated as quicky as possible, and I believe this is the encourage you to please talk to a physician.
best path to meeting that challenge.”
The schedule is as follows: Receiving the Vaccine in Connecticut
• March 1, 2021: Age group 55 to 64, as well as educators and
childcare providers Comprehensive information about obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine
• March 22, 2021: Age group 45 to 54 in Connecticut can be found at portal.ct.gov/Coronavirus/COVID-
• April 12, 2021: Age group 35 to 44 19-Vaccinations. Residents can also call the Connecticut Vaccine
• May 3, 2021: Age group 16 to 34 Appointment Assist Line at (877) 918-2224, seven days a week from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. for scheduling at select sites. Appointments are required
In early February 2021, President Biden finalized a deal to purchase for all vaccinations and walk-ins at any facility will be turned away.
200 million more COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to
distribute to the states. He promised to have 300 million Americans There are approximately 200 vaccination sites in the greater New
vaccinated by the end of July. To date, 13.3% of the population Haven area, including participating Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart
received the first dose of the vaccine, while 5.9% have received both. pharmacies. Yale New Haven Health, Griffin Hospital, and local health
In total, more than 64 million vaccines have been given nationwide. departments have also established vaccine clinics. Residents do not
According to the state Department of Health, Connecticut proudly need to be a patient with any of the health care systems to schedule an
ranks third in the nation for vaccine distribution. appointment.
While wearing masks and social distancing is effective in curtailing More information about COVID-19 response and the vaccine can be
the spread of the virus, these measures alone are not enough to found on the CDC’s webpage, cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index/
end the pandemic. Vaccines are necessary to reduce the spread html.
of COVID-19 effectively and drastically. There are currently two
federally approved vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. As We are headed in the right direction and with G-d’s will, we will be
of December 2020, three other large-scale clinical trials are in progress together again in our synagogue!
for additional vaccines from AstraZeneca, Janssen, and Novavax.
With shalom,
Glenn
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CANTOR BARBARA HAIMOWITZ
What is behind the curtain of the Cantor;
what is going on in her kitchen?
When you see me on ZOOM, you see the sanctuary! Behind my background is an entire set-up, that
stays invisible on screen and livestream. It is time to lift the curtain and show you insight in the Cantorial
kitchen! I am sharing with you the most recent set-up at B’nai Jacob. It is not in the sanctuary, but it is in
the Cantor’s office at the synagogue. Every week, Lauren Miller, Leslie Zackin, and I go through a much
appreciated sound check, around 5:30pm on Friday, before the Shabbat Schmooze starts at 6pm. There
were times that the sound delivery was less than optimal; there were times where we virtually high-fived
each other. And, most recently, we have it down pat. The secret sauce has been made. We are worthy of
five Michelin stars! Here are two pictures, one of the Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat set-up and one of the
Shabbat morning set-up. Wonder and marvel with me! Stay safe and healthy. I look forward to being your
Cantor until June 30th, 2021.
Melaveh Malka, A Broadway Sing-Along!
Saturday Night, March 13
at 7pm on ZOOM, right after Havdalah.
Please send your musical requests to Cantor Barbara at
cantorbarbh@gmail.com.
Rabbi Continued ...
online over a whole weekend? Deliver Hanukkits? Bring Purim ordering food, and effectively hosting a party night after night for
to your backyard? We have been challenged to be creative and a week, they now gather online with loved ones around the world
think more deeply about what matters at every step of the way. and often share stories and tears together that would not have
happened in person. Shiva, I think, has been returned to what it
What we have also discovered is that some things have changed was meant to be.
for the better. I have talked to a number of congregants who
have celebrated small weddings and found them intimate and Finally, I believe that when we can all be together again, we will
meaningful in ways that 100 or 500 guests would not have appreciate, in ways we never have, how much it means to be
allowed. People have attended funerals and simchas online, physically together, that there is something, I would say ineffable,
events that they very well might not have been able to travel to about our physical presence, about holding hands or hugging,
in person — more people can share in these profound moments, about singing together. I think we will cherish that even more
albeit in different ways. Before high holidays, I remember than ever, like people who were sick and now recovered, savoring
talking to someone and saying we can’t possibly do five or six life’s pleasures as if for the first time. I believe that together we
hours of services online, to which she replied, “ I think the manifest divinity in ways that are unique, that God’s spirit moves
days of five and six hour services are probably over.” Things among us when we are all together in prayer and in fellowship. I
we experimented with like blowing shofar or holding Neilah look forward to that day. And I believe, with all my heart, that it
outdoors, electives on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah, praying is growing nearer. On that day, we will hold each other and laugh
in a tent during the warmer months -- are probably here to and cry and be so grateful to be truly human together again.
stay. And I have been profoundly moved by the experience of
online shiva. Instead of a grieving family cleaning their home,
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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
The Power of Prayereoke
Purim has come and gone, and Passover is not far around the corner. Morah Rashi and Alex are doing amazing things with their students.
All our classes are actively preparing for Passover. We are learning the The students are benefiting greatly from the illustrious and experienced
Seder order and the Ma Nishtana. We are connecting the dots between teaching of Morah Rashi and having Alex manage the tech portion and
the 10 plagues in Egypt and the freedom we have to leisurely recline at administering the homework portal in Google Classroom makes for
the Seder table. a streamlined ZOOM education effort. Alex recently started Kahoot
quizzes with the 3rd and 4th graders, which are very well received and
A few weeks ago, the 5th through 8th graders participated in a Shabbat create a friendly competition atmosphere.
morning service by reading verses from the Shabbat Shirah Haftarah.
They did an amazing job, and parents, grandparents and the entire Morah Irma is super creative and always finds ways to dazzle the little
congregation shept a lot of naches from their accomplishments. We are ones from K through 2nd. Her virtual classroom is chock full with
now feeling encouraged to do the same in a few weeks, on April 10th, wonderful projects, song and dance, and she exposes the littlest students
when our 3rd through 8th graders will be participating in the Shabbat to new and innovative ways to celebrate being Jewish. The kids love her
Shacharit and the Torah Service. Morah Rashi is preparing the third and Morah Irma's enthusiasm and excitement jumps right out at you.
and fourth graders for Adon Olam, which is going very well.
The B'nai Mitzvah students are all progressing well. We have Joe Vatner,
Why this title, The Power of Prayereoke? Dylan Schatz, Tessa and Lucas Cohen, Lilah and Tahlia Bromberg
and Noah Bush, all before the middle of June, going up on the (virtual
Because of the laggy nature of ZOOM, it is much more difficult to or tent) bima, to enter the world of Jewish adulthood and mark their
"drill" the prayers, so we are using Prayereoke files, so everyone can self- transitions as a full members of B'nai Yisrael and Congregation B'nai
pace and learn on their own time with their parents or independently. Jacob. I am proud of all their achievements and accomplishments and
I have shared the Prayereoke files with the parents and the students I have no doubt that they will make themselves, their families and the
already, and it is a really useful tool to learn the key tefillot. I am also entire CBJ congregation proud.
deeply grateful for Elaine Olmer Emery, who is joining the 5th/6th/7th
grade class to help me teach these key tefillot from now until the end of Sending warm greetings. Stay well and safe!
the school year.
Best regards,
Barbara
B’nai Jacob sends its best wishes Please remember to return a
to those celebrating in Machzor if you
March & April borrowed one for
Milestone Birthdays the High Holidays
Aaron Freudzon Kate Ezra
John Edelglass Robert Levine
Stephen Skowronek Lenore Berkson
Gerald Hirsch Marvin Lender
Glenn Duhl Rona Shapiro
Irwin Epstein
Noah Zigun
Milestone Anniversaries TUESDAY
Jeffrey & Deborah Pollack 35 years
MAY 4
CBJ SOCIAL HALL
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FUNDRAISING
Judy Taylor
MISHLAOCH MANOT
This was our most successful Purim ever! We made a profit of over $14,000 for
B'nai Jacob!!! We had 121 full congregation sponsors, 124 extra bags for family
and friends were purchased and shipped, 67 were donated to JFS, and all of our
out of town members had their bags shipped and delivered before Purim.
Assembly and delivery was a little more challenging in this time of COVID, but
we had many volunteers who helped us get the bags to all of you.
We offer our thanks to:
Mara Ginsberg
Joanna Cooper
Lauren Faith Miller
Ros Sperling
Carol Shanbrom
Elaine Emery
Stacy Dworkin
Abby Silbert
Andrea Fleischman
Joe and Betty Lou Blumberg
Leslie Zacckin This is such a great way to feel good about connecting with your fellow
Gary and Pricilla Leibowitz members and people you care about in other parts of the country.
Stan and Mindy Brownstein
Lynn Ginzberg P.S. Please check the instructions on the reverse of the Rabbi's Purim
Audra, our great bookkeper message to see that your pen becomes a phone/pad holder. Take off the
Barbara, our great receptionist plastic near the top of the pen to enable the flashlight button.
Rabbi Shapiro, We hope you enjoy this year's bag!!!
Cantor Haimowitz
We gratefully acknowledge the generous participation in this Purim Mitzvah:
Stephen and Justine Antopol Flaherty Family Gary and Priscilla Leibowitz Seidner Family
Stephen and Roz Atkins Fleischman Family Jeff, Karen, Margot and Jacob Leibowitz Jim and Carol Shanbrom
Hillel and Sara-Ann Auerbach Rosalie Franklin Gillie Lender Rabbi Rona Shapiro and David
Bayer Family Gary and Linda Friedlaender Marilyn Lender Franklin
Andy, Becca, Talya and Shira Levy Bedford Rob and Mara Friedman Yoram Lirtzman and Miriam Sivkin Michael and Jayne Shiner
Lenny and Linda Bell John and Marcia Gell Little-Dows Family H. William Shure
Miriam Benson Jaime and Cindy Gerber Arthur and Sara Little Silbert Family
Barbara Berg Ginsberg Family Margolis Family Barry and Liz Silver
Steve Bernstein and Carol Barsky Jeff and Lynn Ginzberg Jimmy and Susan Millen Doug and Susan Skalka
Joe and Betty Lou Blumberg Richard and Lynne Goldberg Miller Family Nanci and Craig Sklar
Sam and Paulette Bobrow Phil and Melanie Goldstein Milner Family David and Judy Skolnick
Phyllis Brodoff Adam and Judy Gorelick Sheldon and Geraldine Natkin Stephen Skowronek and Susan Jacobs
Bromberg Family Green Grubman Family Igor and Leonora Novak Alan Soffer
Stan and Mindy Brownstein Greengarden Family David, Dena, Henry, Jack & Ben Novick Daniel Sperling
Cabin Family Gross Family George Olshin and Rhoda Myers Sperling Family
Ken and Barbara Campbell Cantor Barbara and Ira Haimowitz Hap and Stacey Perkins Moses and Leah Stambler
Michael Caplan and JoAnne Burger Gail Halprin Alan and Fran Ponchick and Family Peter and Laurie Sterling
Jesse and Linda Cedarbaum Daniel Headrick and Kate Ezra Tzvi and Veronica Rapaport Sugarmann Family
Sue Cohen Jeffrey and Betsy Hoos Norman and Karyn Ravski Taylor Family
Joanna, Scott, Emily, Owen & Ally Cooper Richard, Vicki, Toby and Jaime Horowitz Howard Reiter and Jody Ellant Jeffrey and Robyn Teplitzky
Judy Cooper Richard and Susan Kaufman Resnik-Conn Family Josh and Linda Teplitzky
Josh Dembsky and Sami Merit Ruben Kier and Stephanie Wain David Rothberg and Nan Birdwhistell Bob Unger
Betsy Driebeek Rob, Anne, Alex and Jacob Klee Joel and Debbie Sachs Barry and Hyla Vine
Glenn A. Duhl and Peggy Rubens-Duhl Michael and Caryl Kligfeld Sheila E. Saltzman Kal Watsky and Deborah Fried
Adam, Stacy, Aliya & Maya Dworkin Hank and Dawn Kopel Henry and Berta Samson Peter and Leslie Zackin
David Eder Esther Krystal Schatz Family Barry Zaret and Renee Drell
David and Elaine Emery John Krystal and Bonnie Becker Suzanne Schatz Benjamin and Jennifer Zigun
Irwin and Louise Epstein Aimlee Laderman Alan and Marsha Schwartz Howard Zik
Rick and Debbie Epstein Spencer and Shelly Lauer Harry and Dana Schwartz Richard and Joanne Zitser
Marc and Lynn Estra Jack and Elaine Lawson
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PASSOVER
Passover Food Shopping Selling Chametz
Chametz is the general term for all
The Big Y on Derby Avenue is stocking food for Passover. leavened foods. Foods and drinks with
Given the constraints of the store, they do not have what stop ingredients of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or
n shop has, but the manager promised that they will have spelt, as well as derivatives of these grains,
twice as much as they had last year. So, please shop there, go are presumed to be chametz unless they
to customer service, thank them for stocking Passover food, are reliably certified “Kosher for Passover.”
and tell them what you would like to see there next year. They Any chametz owned by a Jew during the
are very responsive, but they will only stock more next year if week of Passover is forbidden for actual
they know there is demand for it. use forever. Chametz that one is not
inclined to discard may be disposed of
via sale to a non-Jew. You may authorize
Rabbi Shapiro to serve as your agent to
Passover Meals effect such a sale.
All chametz in your possession should
NEW THIS HOLIDAY~
The CROWM MARKET is offering be collected and locked in a spare room,
closet, or trunk. All chametz dishes and
SINGLE PASSOVER DINNERS utensils should also be placed in a special
room or closet until after Pesach, after
$32.99
having been thoroughly scoured and
Choice of 1: cleansed. You should then see the rabbi
Matzoh Ball Soup or Gefilte Fish personally to authorize a bill of sale. If
that is not possible, simply mail this form
Choice of 1 Entree: to the rabbi. It is customary to make
Brisket - Turkey - Stuffed Salmon - Chicken Fricassee - Vegetarian Eggplant Casserole a donation for tzedakah as part of this
transaction.
Choice of 2 Sides:
Carrots - Vegetable Medley - Tzimmes - Roasted or Whipped Potatoes Stuffing - Quinoa -
Cauliflower Fried Rice
Authorization Form
Two Kosher-For-Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies
for the Sale of Chametz
2 WAYS TO ORDER:
I hereby authorize Rabbi Rona
Shapiro to act as my agent to sell all
1. Call the Crown at 860-236-1965 and order your Passover meals. chametz that is in my possession
Ask the Crown to deliver to the synagogue and you can pick up here. throughout the duration of Passover.
2. If you need a meal, the rabbi is happy to provide it. Please call the
___________________________
Signed
office, tell us what you want, and it will be delivered to the synagogue
or to your home if you prefer. ___________________________
Address
DEADLINE TO ORDER FOR LOCAL DELIVERY IS MARCH 8!
Please enclose a donation check made
payable to B’nai Jacob for Maot Chittim
(feeding the hungry.)
This transaction must be completed by
9:30am, March 25.
Send this form and your check to
Congregation B’nai Jacob,
75 Rimmon Road, Woodbridge, CT
The full Rabbinical Assembly Guide to Pesach is posted on our
06525.
website, bnaijacob.org. Scroll to the bottom of the homepage.
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BJ Bulletin - March-April 2021.indd 9 3/1/2021 3:53:36 PM
ADULT ED Winter/Spring 2021
Roz Atkins
Three Sundays: February 28, March 7, and March 14, 2021, 10:30-12:30 on Zoom
“A Pigeon and A Boy” Book Club
Rachel Korazim
“A Pigeon and a Boy” by Meir Shalev is a story of love during a time of war and bloodshed.
It is a tale of families holding together in spite of rifts and impossible challenges. It is also
an exploration into the true meaning of home and homeland as houses are built and are
falling apart. It has magic and fantasy, all held together by homing pigeons flying only in one
direction- homewards. In our book club we will:
• Explore the art of Shalev’s writing; a contemporary poetic prose rooted in layers of Jewish texts.
• Get to know the historical background of the events.
• Travel in the book’s landscape across Israel.
• Meet amazing men and women – all fictional yet so real.
Rachel is a wonderful teacher. Her presentations, which have graced CBJ before, are filled with
humor, serious knowledge of Israel, an understanding of her Diaspora cousins, and deep, insightful purpose. They are
richly illustrated with pictures and maps. Do not miss this opportunity. The book is available at many online locations.
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 10am on Zoom
Patriotism, Our Most Contested Virtue
Professor Steven Smith
Prof. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science at Yale has written about Spinoza, Lincoln, Leo
Strauss, and Isaiah Berlin. His new book about patriotism came out in February.
The concept of patriotism has fallen on hard times. What was once a value that united Americans has
become so polarizing that it threatens to rip apart the social fabric. On the right, patriotism has become
synonymous with nationalism, while on the left it is seen as an impediment to cosmopolitan globalism. My
purpose is to reclaim patriotism from both of these extremes by showing how it can be an ennobling virtue
that democratic societies cannot afford to do without.
Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7pm on Zoom
An Interview on his Books, Inspired by his Exceptional Life
Dr. Siegfried Kra
Dr. Siegfried Kra, long-time member of B’nai Jacob, is the author of many books, including “Twilight in
Danzig,” “Dancer in the Garden,” and his new release, “Nine Lives.” This event will address how this young
Jewish refugee from Hitler’s Europe overcame challenges to have a rich and meaningful life as a Yale physician,
as reflected in his gripping autobiographical stories.
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 10am on Zoom
Ladino Culture from Yesterday to Today: A Musical Journey
Sarah Aroeste
International performer, Sarah Aroeste, will lead us on this journey of history, visual storytelling, and
song. She will demonstrate the evolution of Ladino music over the centuries as Jews migrated East-
in terms of content, melody, and rhythm. It is an interactive experience for the audience- watching,
listening, even singing along. This event is sponsored by Roz & Steve Atkins and Aimlee Laderman.
Join us for our next CBJ Book Club Discussion
Sunday, April 11, 11:00 am on Zoom
Invisible Years: A Family's Collected Account of Separation and
Survival during the Holocaust in the Netherlands
Presented by author Daphne Geismar and co-presenter Sharon Strauss
The book Invisible Years is an intimate portrait of an extended Jewish family living in the Nazi-occupied
Netherlands who, when faced with imminent deportation, refused to comply. As the Nazis tightened their grip
on the Jewish population, Daphne Geismar’s family was slowly restricted from public life. Sensing the murderous
consequences of deportation, they decided to separate and go into hiding. Through interwoven letters, diaries, and
interviews, Geismar presents the story of nine family members—her parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles—in
their own words, alongside a trove of photographs and artifacts. This family’s detailed account of one of history’s
most horrific chapters challenges us to follow their example of resistance to inhumanity.
Sharon Strauss works as an embryologist in an IVF unit. She makes babies every day. Sharon worked as a
neurosurgical nurse and as a genetic researcher. She served as a commander of the electronic intelligent
course in the IDF Intelligence Corps.
Daphne Geismar designs books on art and history for major museums. Her involvement in publications
that use art and literature to educate began with her thesis at Yale on DIRECTION magazine (1937–1945),
in which artists and writers speak out against fascism. Geismar developed a photography and writing pro-
gram for teenage mothers; and teaches design at universities.
Learn with
Rabbi Rona Shapiro
BREAD & TORAH
Shabbat mornings
9:00am on Zoom.
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BJ Bulletin - March-April 2021.indd 11 3/1/2021 3:53:37 PMAT HOME
WELCOME BLESSING FOR HEALING
new members of b’nai jacob MI-SHEBERACH LIST
Peter & Laurie Sterling
Jeff & Rachel Humphrey Please call the office at 203-389-2111 to add or delete a
Janet Strauss name on our Mi-Sheberach list. Names remain on the
list for one month. After one month we need to hear
from you: Should the name be renewed? If we don’t hear
from you, we may have to remove the name from the list.
SPECIAL THANKS Please just let us know how long you need the name to be
on the list.
To Linda & Jesse Cederbaum and Caryl & Michael
Kligfeld for sponsoring the Adult Ed speaker, Herb Keinon.
To Laurn Faith and Scott Miller for establishing a
new endowment fund. B’NAI MITZVAH
To Jimmy Shure for his generous donation to our cemetery. Joseph Vatner
Son of Amy and Daniel Vatner
To Dorothy Polayes for her tremendous generosity to March 20, 2021
Congregation B’nai Jacob . 7 Nisan 5781
B’naiJacob at home MAZEL TOV
WE REMEMBER
Recent deaths of loved ones
Alan & Fran Ponchick on the engagement of Martin Soloway
their son, Evan.
Bernice Margolis
Irwin & Louise Epstein on the engagement of Mother of Debra Epstein
their daughter, Meredith.
Marilyn Gredinger
Kal Watsky & Debbie Fried on the marriage of Sister of Deborah Hoffman
their daughter Reba.
Richard Sheramy
Aimlee Laderman on the birth of her great Husband of Cecile Sheramy
granddaughter, Emma Jade Maguire.
Lillian Felix
Craig & Nanci Sklar on becoming grandparents. Mother of Irma Rappaport
Hap & Stacey on the birth of their grandson, Sylvia (Shifra) Zamkov
Hunter.
Harold Katsoff
Jesse Cederbaum who is being honored Father of Lori Seidman
by APBD Research Foundation for his
contributions to the foundation’s science and Richard Seidner
search for a cure. Father of Jacob Seidner
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BJ Bulletin - March-April 2021.indd 12 3/1/2021 3:53:38 PMSOCIAL ACTION
CBJ Stands with Refugees The Diaper Bank of Connecticut –
Creating Change
From The Bottom Up!
All of our families came to America as immigrants and most
of them received help in some form, from a relative, a business Lenny Mesinna, grandson of
partner, or an organization. In the 1880s HIAS was founded as Adele and Mark Messina
the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to help Jews fleeing pogroms For its monthly Social Action project this April, CBJ will raise funds
in Russia and Eastern Europe. Today, with more than 80 million for an organization that may be new to many of us – the Diaper Bank
people worldwide who have fled their homes due to persecution of Connecticut. We’ve all heard the painful cry of a baby in a dirty
and violence, HIAS assists refugees of all faiths, ethnicities, diaper, and know the sense of satisfaction that comes when we are
and nationalities to seek safety. On Friday March 5 CBJ will able to provide a fresh, clean one. It is a simple act for a loved one,
participate in HIAS Refugee Shabbat along with hundreds of something we often take for granted. Unfortunately, nearly one in three
other synagogues nation-wide. During Kabbalat Shabbat services families in our state struggle to afford diapers. If left too long in soiled
Joshua Perry, the Special Counsel for Civil Rights at the Office diapers, babies are at increased risk for health problems. Without a
of the Connecticut Attorney General, will share his experiences sufficient supply of diapers, babies cannot go to childcare, preventing
working to reunite families at the border and his thoughts on the their caregivers from attending work or school and making the cycle of
future of immigration in the new administration. poverty more difficult to break. The Diaper Bank provides free diapers
to low-income families, as well as incontinence supplies and period
Congregation B’nai Jacob shows its commitment to the Jewish products. Throughout April and until Mother’s Day, CBJ will be asking
value of welcoming the stranger throughout the year by our you to consider making a donation to The Diaper Bank. We may even
participation in The Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee share photos of our own lucky grandbabies in their fresh, clean diapers,
Resettlement (JCARR). Many CBJ members have volunteered just to inspire you to help others. Keep an eye out for the link in the
to help the five families that JCARR has co-sponsored since BJ Happenings. You can learn more about The Diaper Bank at https://
2015. We have set up their apartments when they arrive, helped www.thediaperbank.org.
them get medical and dental care, assisted in their job searches,
and driven them to appointments and work. Most importantly,
we have shown that we care about them as people. In small
ways and large, JCARR has helped these families integrate into
American life. Some of their successes include: We gratefuly acknowledge donations
• One of the Syrian men earned a GED degree; one of the Syrian
women earned a certificate to become a Personal Care made to Columbus House, in lieu of our
Assistant.
• One Syrian family is buying a house in Hamden; the Iraqi
participating in Abraham’s Tent.
family is moving into The Towers.
• The two Syrian women both run their own catering businesses Janet Rosier
and one of them works at City Seed; the Angolan man has a David & Pamela Teitelman
good job at Chabaso Bakery. Kal Watsky & Deborah Fried
• The children are all thriving. Two babies have been born since Gary & Priscilla Leibowitz
their families’ arrival. Stephen & Ros Atkins
Daniel Headrick & Kate Ezra Sean & Elizabeth Flaherty
JCARR and HIAS rely on donations to do their important Gail Halprin Malcolm & Barbara Rashba
work. You can contribute to HIAS on their website https://act. Jeffrey & Sherrie Bitterman Mark & Adele Messina
hias.org/page/6048/donate/1. You can contribute to JCARR Jane Tendler Celin Garcia
on the Jewish Foundation website https://jewishnewhaven.org/ David & Lauren Hass Jesse & Linda Cedarbaum
refugee-resettlement/give, or by sending a check payable to The Henry & Dawn Kopel Jonathan Bell & Deborah Fernbach
Jewish Federation, with JCARR in the memo line, to The Jewish Barry & Hyla Vine Joseph & Cecle Adler
Federation, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge, 06525, Attention: Gary & Linda Friedlaender Gillie Winnick-Lender
Amy Holtz. Joe & Betty Lou Blumberg Philip & Melanie Goldstein
Scott & Lauren Miller Janice Shortier
Robert & Anne Klee Stuart & Joan Margolis
Mark & Cynthia Schoenfeld Samuel & Paulette Bobrow
Mark & Jennifer Gottdiener Stephen & Susan Skowronek
Aimlee Laderman
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BJ Bulletin - March-April 2021.indd 13 3/1/2021 3:53:38 PMAt our Daily and Shabbat Services the following Yarzeits will be observed from
MARCH YARZEITS March 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021 - 17 Adar to 18 Nisan 5781.
Carolyn Abel Theodore Cooperstock Rachela Katz Philip Nicklesberg Philip Shiff
Philip Abramowitz Kathryn Sagal Copelon Clara Kaufman Dorothy Spector - Noretsky Dorothy Shiffrin
Irving Alderman Oscar Dirnfeld Inez Kelso Tzvi Norman Eleanor Toby Shure
Harry Aaron Alderman Ruth Disken Barnett Kern Leonard Olderman A. Lewis Shure
Esther Alpert David Doskal George Kerson Robert Olderman Harry Silverman
Abraham Amerling Elaine Dworkin James Kleeman Regina Olmer Pearl Silverman
Calvin Andringa Lillian Eisenberg Melvin Klein Alan Parker Martin Singer
Philip Arons Samuel Eisenberg Leonard Klein Bessie Pearlman Miriam Skolnick
Dorothy Arons Lillian G. Elkin Rose Klein Benjamin Peter Perlman Rachel Slifer
George Arons Harry Murphy Epstein Richard Kline Sylvia Levine Perlroth Louis Sloan
John Arovas Dora Epstein Susan Koenigsberg Lillian Peska Irene Small
Sidney Atkins Samuel Factor Pincus Kolender Irving Peska Jeanne Smith
Theodore Baboff Anna Faigel Samuel Komisar Cyvia Peters Eva Sobel
Bernard Backer Abraham Akivah Feinstein Leah Krall Carl Peterson Ida Spector
Natalie Newman Baer Gloria Feitelson Bernard Kramer Harry Louis Plotke Shifra Spivack
Peter Baggish Louis Fenichel Meyer Kravitz Manuel Poliner Miriam Stein
Aaron Bailin Sherwin Fischman Anne Kreinick Murray Ponchick Lillian Stein
Mollye (Lichter) Barnett John Fox Allen Krevit Joel Portnoy Eva Sterling
Elaine Baron Muriel Gandelman Friedman Sherman Krevolin Jack Portoff Robert Still
Marjorie Baron Ralph Friedman Robert Krevolin Leo Portugal Ina Still
Margot Barr Samuel Frumer Seymour Krimsley Lillian Portugal Charlotte Stock
Matthew Barstein Hiram Gandelman Hilda Krug Carl Potash Anna Stockman
Ruth Barzilai Martin Gant Phyllis Landzberg Esther Potoff Joan Strauss-Kleeman
Morris H. Bell Samuel Garber David Larrison Sol Rabinowitz Pauline Suesserman
Fanny Bell Mitchel W. Garber Sarah Lasky Morris Radin David Sugarman
Beth Beller Harold Gaynor Lena Lavietes Hyla Raphael Sherman Sulkis
Steven Benjamin Simon Gedansky Irving Lazaroff Joseph Rashba Harry A. S. Tanenbaum
Alban Abe Berg Lillian Gell Edward Lazaroff Philip Ravski Gregory Taubin
Frank Berger Meyer Genel Susman Lazaroff Frances Ray Beatrice Teitelman
Nathan Berke Tzata Genel Terry Ledewitz Frances E. Regelson Linda Tepper
Edward Berkowitz Charles Gerall Hymen Lender Florence Sklar Resnick Rose Tommasini
Ruth Berkowitz Fred Gibson Murray Lender Thelma Resnick Harry Tomsky
Arthur Berman Murray Gillette Nicoletta Lender Al Resnick Alice Trager
William Berman Joseph Ginzberg Max Leopold Lily Resnikoff Kenneth Davis Trapani
Morris Berman Arthur Gluck Roslyn Lerner Morris Resnikoff Mollie Trosch
Barbara Berman Helen Gold Sylvia Lesser Isreal Resnikoff Ethel Turner
Alex Berman Abraham Gold Esther Lessner Mildred Ressler Frances Lee Walker
Harry Berman Jacob Gold Matthew Lettick Irving Riff Ellen Eisenberg Weil
Hyman Berman Leila Goldberg Sigmond Levin Mary Rimland Arline Weiner
Hilda Bernblum Mae Weinstein Goldberg Manfred Harold Levine Irving Rogers Nathan Weinstein
Robert Berns Irwin Goldberg Myer Levine Harry Rogovin Allan Weinstein
Dorothy Bernsley Abraham Goldberg Dorothy Levine Charles Romanoff Louis Weinstein
Miriam Birdwhistell Hanna Goldkorn Benjamin Levine Yetta Rosen George Welland
Leo Bitterman David Goldman Gertrude Levinson Herman Rosenfield Ruth P. Wexler
Peter Blackman Richard Goldman Harry Levinson Sadie Rosenfield Arnold Widman
Frank Blech Frank Goldstein Minnie Levitt Benjamin Rosenkrantz Myrna Wilensky
Ruth Blum Anna Ginsberg Goldstein Katie Levitz Willy Rosenthal Esther Wilner
Ralph Blumberg Marvin Goodless Missy Levy Robert Rosenthal Gilbert Winnick
Raya Blumkin Scott Evan Gordon Renee Levy Randall Rosier Anna Wolf
Bernice Brand Ida Green Nathan Levy Riva Tarren Rosner Albert Wolfe
Lawrence Brass David Greenberg Dorothy Lifshatz Frank Rosoff Sarah Wolfson
Henry Brenner Norma Ruff Greenblatt Esther Lipman Bruce Rosow Robert L. Wolpert
Rachel Brogadir Rhoda Greenstein Samuel Lipshitz Zoe Rottman Chana Rivka Zavodnick
Bessie Brokowski George Greenstein Fannie Lipton Fay Rubin Jack Zemsky
Malvin Brown Herman Grenet Sol Lirtzman Al Rubin Harvey Zimmerman
Alfred Brownstein Elaine Grossman Flora Lirtzman Betty Rubin Max Zolot
Yale Brownstein Elsie Halperin Miriam Lirtzman Harris Rubin Gertrude Zwickler
Gerald Brownstein Nathan Halprin Sidney Lirtzman Archie Ruda
Rena Brownstein Estelle Handler Norman Liveten Harold Rudnick
Esther Bryzman Louis Harris Albert Lowenstein Julia S. Sachs
Beth Gorfinkle Burrows Hannah Hartzman Jess Lubitz Sarah Samson
Milton Cagan Mayer Hasbani Abraham Lubow Ines Sanchez
Jeffrey Paul Calechman Barbara Haskes Harvey B. Lupion Edward Sands
Jerome Caplan Victor Heller Lillian Lyman Jacob J. Saposnik
Mary Chartoff Dorothy Hilcoff Milton Mandel Marilyn Savin
Abraham Cheifetz Edith Himmel Jean Mann Colleen Saxe
Louis Chorches Evelyn Cutler Himmel Kate Margolies Shirley Schaefer
Harry Clark Beverly Hodes Harvey Margolin Eleanor Schaffer
Benjamin Cohen David Horowitz Lester Margolis Annie Schine
Joyce Cohen Sara Horowitz David Mattin Morris Schreibman
Benjamin Cohen Sidney Horton Morris Mazer Eli Schwartz
Harry Cohen Herman Noel Horwitz Joseph Melny Fannie Schwartzman
Sol Walter Cohen Jane Huberman Isaac Mendelsohn Leonard David Seldon
Abraham Cohen Pesia Ibling George Mendelsohn Leah Serow
Rhoda Cohn Eli Ickowicz Anna Merriam Bluma Seymon
Marion Cole Stuart Jackson Alla Mester Beatrice Seymon
David Cooper Helena Janow Herman Michel Morris Shapiro
Lillian Cooper Belle Kahan Julius Moskowitz Sarah Shapiro
Nathan Cooper Israel Kamens Benedict Moss Robert Shapiro
Jonathan Adam Cooper William Kasowitz G. Daniel Mostow Reba Shapiro
Moishe Cooper Sadie Katz Bertha Murnick Phyllis Sherman
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BJ Bulletin - March-April 2021.indd 14 3/1/2021 3:53:38 PMAt our Daily and Shabbat Services the following Yarzeits will be observed from
April 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021 - 19 Misan to 18 Iyar 5781. APRIL YARZEITS
Lawrence Aaronson Harry Ginsberg Mary Levinson Jacob Max Schnier
Max Abeshouse Leo Gold Myer Levinson Bertha Schnier
Matthew Albom Etta Goldblatt Anna Levitin Solomon Schnittman
Ida Alderman Sarah Goldfeder Gloria Levitt Morton Schpero
Lena Allinson Dora L. Goldsmith Charles Levitz Miriam Schwartz
Jacob Allinson Morris Goldstein Theodore Lewis Nathan Schwartz
Sophie Allinson Anna Berman Goldstone Philip J. Lipkin Ralph Scott
Abe Alpert Freida Bergman Goodrich Gertrude Lippman Mildred Seidman
Stanley Arffa Samuel E. Gordon Tsivia Lipshitz Morris Selkowitz
Helen Baboff Rose Gorkin Abraham Lipton Isidore Shapiro
Rita Backer Dorothy Granoff David Lipton Marcia Sheiman
Samuel Bailey Ruth Green Bertha Lowenstein Bernard Sheldon
Izhak “Ike” Baitch Abraham Greenberg Harry Lowenthal Claire Sheres
Abraham Banever Becky Greenblatt Anna Lowenthal Samuel Sheres
Naomi Barkon Donah Greenhouse Paul Lupion Sadie Shiffrin
Bernard Barnett Mildred Groves Sam Lurie Marlene Shlomchik
Bernard Bassett Ben Gruenbaum Herman Maltzman Sadie Shore
Eli David Batt Morris Grundfast Mildred Mamorsky Mark Shortier
Frances A. Batt Maurice Gruskay Harry Mandell Dean Shulman
William Belman Donald Halprin Abraham Margolies John Silberstein
Harold Bench Jack A. Halprin, Sr. Evelyn Mark Herbert Sills
Clar Berke Lillian Hershkowitz Sylvia Markle Mae Silver
Itzchok Berkowitz Nancy Hess Beatrice Marmitt Susan Jill Silverstein
Gertrude Berman Sidney Hilcoff Nell Mellion Milton Skolnick
Anna Berman Mildred Hillman Muriel Meyerson Bertha “Billie” Sloan
Blanche Bershad Anne Hillman Sara Miller Richard Smith
Sidney Blatt Reavena Hirsch Estelle Miller Tarrant Smith
Sara Blinderman Hilliard Hoffman Mack Miller Steven A. Smith
Samuel Blum Rose Hoffman Hyman Mirsky Irving Smith
Robert Blume David Hollander Samuel Mitchell Abraham Snyder
Meyer Botwinik Marion Hollander Adina Kligfeld Mocha Myles Soloway
Elliott Brand Lillian Holzman Edith Mogul Roger Spark
Anne Cammaker Breslow Miriam Horowitz Coralie Moore Julian Spector
Murray Brodoff William Horowitz Anna C. Moss Jacob Spivack
Gustav Nathan Brumberger Marcia Horton Virginia Myers Shirley Stephson
Robert Burger Mildred Horton Irving B. Myers Essie Stier
Frieda Bushinsky
Hyman Calechman
Frances Horwitz
Rachel Horwitz
Sophie Nodelman
Paula Olanik
Minna Still
Isadore Still
YARZEIT
Irving Campbell Samuel Hurowitz Ruth Olderman Elizabeth Stone INFORMATION
Louis Carpenos Ida Moore Hyman Helen Olin Mollie Sugarman
Sol Chasid Louis Isacoff Gideon Oren Howard Bailey Sugarmann
Leon Chevlin Edward Paul Israel Claude Perkins Phillip Tapper If you have recently
Dora Cohen Anne W. Jacobs Hannah Perlmutter Dorothy Taubin
Adolph Cohen Jay N. Jacobs Eva M. Perry Sidney C. Trager lost a loved one,
Sara Cohen Ethel Jacobs David Joel Peska Helene Tzall please contact the
Gertrude Cohen Irwin Jacobs Marvin Pisetsky Tillie Unger
Sarah Cohen Sherman Jacobson Eliyahou Pitegoff Letizia Vitale office 203-389-
Janet Turk Cohen Morton Kaplan Lea Rose Plotke Max Warhaft 2111 with the
Klara Cohn Bella Libby Kaplan Leonard Plotnick Dorothy Wartel
Ernest Coleman Tillie Katz Vivian Poger Simon Weiner
information for
Rachel Coleman Sylvia Katz Betty Alderman Polayes Bernard Weisenberg yarzeit calendaring.
Barbara Conway Esta Mae Katz Jack Polayes Jennie Weisman Provide the exact
Floren Cowan Stanley Katz Marcia Polayes Irving Weisman
Samuel Decker Isaac Katzman Ruth Poliner Max Weiss time and date so that
Giorgio DeLeon Beatrice Kaye Elliott Ponchick Ethel Weiss we may be certain
Esther Dennis Henry Keller Sylva Portoff Ida Wertheimer
Robert Diamond Gloria Kent Pearl B. Press David E. Weshner the yarzeit is set up
Howard G Dietch Arthur Klein Tony Rakieten Bessie Wessel properly. Please
Harold Dinerstein Lena Klein Linda Rappeport Doris White
Jeanette Doskal Harry Komisar Arthur Rappeport Bertha Winnick
supply the English
Stuart Drell Paula Kopf Jacob Regelson Jacob Witkin name (and Hebrew
Bernard Dwork Burton Lewis Koppel Samuel Riff Anna Witkin name if you know
Paul Ellant Maurice Korman Zalman Rosenkrantz Ruth Yale Wolf
Samuel Ion Escoett Leo Korman Irwin Rosner Arthur Wolf it) and how he or
Beatrice Etkind Ira Korrick Douglas Ross Lenore Wurtzel she is related to you.
Valentin Faigel Bessie Krall Louis Rubin Esther Yaffe
Meyer Fanick William Krall Joseph Rubin Irving Yale At our evening and
Harry Fater Sara Kuklinsky David Rudnick Alan Yudkin morning services, we
Dora Feinberg Felicia Kunzman Lila Rudnick Selma Zamore
Martin Fernbach Albert Kupferman Stanley Sacks Irving Zaret
read a list of yarzeits
Gertrude Finkelstein Louis Lasky Jeanette Sagal Minnie Zeidell observed on that day.
Joseph Fisher Samuel Lassar Charles Salzman Emiline Zimmerman If you would like the
James Fleischman Anita Lazaroff Sylvia Samet Sylvia Zitser
Sara Fleischner Marcus Lebov Edna Goldman Samson Susan Zolot name of a loved one
Rabbi Bernard Frankel Belle Lehman Maurice Samson Cecilia Zommick read on the Shabbat
Matilda Fried Samuel Leibovitz Lillian Yudkin Sarkin Edna Canter Zusman
Frederick Gandelman Edward Lerman Max Savelle evening before the
Marilyn Gedansky Richard Lerman Abraham Savelle yarzeit, please contact
Dora Gedansky Anna Caplan Lettick Louis Saxe
Carl Gelb Saul Levine Anna Schaefer
the office.
Harry Gershman Rebecca Glasser Levine Anna Schneiderman
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Contributions made from DECEMBER 12, 2020 thru FEBRUARY 12, 2021
DONATIONS ALL INCLUSIVE CHAI SOCIETY
MEMBERSHIP COMMITMENTS
Amudim / Pillar
Atkins, Stephen & Rosalind
$10,000 and above Bedford, Andy & Levy, Becca
Bell, Jonathan & Fernbach, Deborah
Bell, Lenny and Linda Bell, Leonard & Linda
Epstein, Richard & Debra Bergman, Stanley
Fleischman, Steven & Andrea Bobrow, Samuel & Paulette
Lauer, Spencer and Shelly Campbell, Kenneth & Barbara
Caplan, Michael & Burger, JoAnne
Cohen, Kenneth & Linda
Bonim / Builder Cooper, Scott & Joanna
$7,500-$9,999 Epstein, Richard & Debra
Fleischman, Steven & Andrea
Grubman, Eric & Green, Stephanie Friedlaender, Linda & Gary
Gerber, Jaime & Cindy
Miller, Scott & Lauren Goodrich, Isaac & Dianne
Perkins, Hap & Stacey Gorelick, Adam & Judy
Reiter, Howard & Ellant, Jody Gross, Aaron & Erica
Rothberg, David & Nan Birdwhistel Grubman, Eric & Green, Stephanie
Sperling, Roaslyn Halprin, Gail
Hass, David & Lauren
Hirsch, Gerald & Seymon-Hirsch, Barbara
Tzadikim / Benefactor Jacobson, Ruth
$5,000-$7499 Karp, Joel & Inez
Kaufman, Richard & Susan
Krystal, John & Becker, Bonnie
Atkins, Stephen & Rosalind Lauer, Spencer & Rochelle
Bell, Jonathan & Fernbach, Deborah Lipson, Allen & Cheryl
Bergman, Stanley Miller, Scott & Lauren
Bobrow, Samuel & Paulette Nuland, Sarah
Campbell, Kenneth & Barbara Perkins, Hap & Stacey
Caplan, Michael & Burger, JoAnne Potash, Arnold & Madeline
Cohen, Kenneth & Linda Ravski, Norman & Karyn
Reiter, Howard & Ellant, Jody
Friedlaender, Linda & Gary
Reznik, Alan & Elizabeth
Gerber, Jaime & Cindy
Rothberg, David & Nan Birdwhistel
Gorelick, Adam & Judy Saltzman, Stephen & Mary Beth
Hass, David & Lauren Sapire, Joshua & Sara
Hirsch, Gerald & Seymon-Hirsch, Barbara Schatz, Paul & Teri
Kaufman, Richard & Susan Schnittman, Steven & Stock, Elyse
Lipson, Allen & Cheryl Schwartz, Dana & Harold
Nuland, Sarah Shanbrom, James & Carol
Sapire, Joshua & Sara Shanbrom, Sidney & Elinor
Schatz, Paul & Teri Shapiro, Rabbi Rona & Franklin, David
Silbert, Jonathan & Abby
Schwartz, Dana & Harold
Skolnick, David & Judy
Shanbrom, James A. & Carol
Sperling, Rosalyn
Skolnick, David & Judy Taylor, Mark & Judy
Vine, Barry & Hyla Trachten, David & Stacey
Watsky, Kalman & Fried, Deborah Vine, Barry & Hyla
Watsky, Kalman & Fried, Deborah
Weinstein, Suzanne
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DONATIONS
Abiding Memorials Morris Caminear Sidney Gelman Phillip Kaplan
Sara Adler By Phyllis Brodoff By Bruce & Lois Backer By Vivian Kaplan
By David Adler
Harry Caplan Eric Gofstein Theodore Kaplan
Herman Adler By George & Susan Krall By Lila Gofstein By Barbara Soffer
By David Adler
Hyman Caplan Hyman Goldstein S. Samuel Kasden
Phillip Adler By George & Susan Krall By Ruth Jacobson By Phiip Kasden
By Michale Thalberg
Samuel Caplowitz Thelma Gordon Hilda Kessler
Pauline Arons By Iris Caplowe By Edith Goodmaster By Elaine Kessler Heimberger
By Marvin Arons
Jessie Clark Shirley Granoff Joel Kolomer
Abraham Babit Ruth Nitkin By Richard & Vicki Horowitz By Arthur Rosenberg
By Stanley Babit
David Cohen David Greenblatt Janet Kapp Kopel
Renee Babit By Dale Cohen By Marjorie Greenblatt By Henry Kopel
By Stanley Babit
Sylvia Cohen Bernie Grodd Ida Stein Laster
Rose Babit By Bette Horowitz By Robert & Rena Grodd By Rose Rudich
By Stanley Babit
Roger Coleman Richele “Ricki” Gross Anne W. LeBov
Elsie Badmann By Dalia Coleman By Richard & Vicki Horowitz By Beverly Sloane
By Henry & Sonya Barron
Robert F. Corcoran Jack Groves Gussie Lebowsky
Isadore Badmann By Steven & Nancy Silverstein By Ron Groves By Richard & Vicki Horowitz
By Henry & Sonya Barron
Edith Davidson Parker Hayes Rose Lebowsky
Judy Bennett By Sonya Barron By Michale Thalberg By Richard & Vicki Horowitz
By Tzvi Rapaport & Veronica Doskal
Evelyn Dermer Eric Hirsch Jack Less
Alban A. Berg By Judy Dermer By Richard & Vicki Horowitz By Barbara Berg
By Barbara Berg
Samuel Dirnfeld Lawrence J. Hoffman Rose Less
Gerald Berg By Kinneret Chiel By Elizabeth Gordon By Barbara Berg
By Barbara Berg
Ida Disken Mildred Hoffman Rhea Levine
Stanley Berg By Joel & Iny Karp By Marc Hoffman By Ruth Frohman
By Barbara Berg By Richard Amerling
Rose Rock Hoffman Beverly Levy
Sylvia Berg Charles Drazen By Elizabeth Gordon By John Levy
By Barbara Berg By Elizabeth Maser
Esther G. Hoos Lee Liberman
Helen Bernblum William Fast By Jeffrey & Betsy Hoos By Laurie Becker
By Bennett Bernblum By Melvin Mezoff
Ida Horowitz Harry Lipsher
Ezra Bessey Albert Feinberg By Richard & Vicki Horowitz By Julian Lipsher
By Richard & Vicki Horowitz By Michael Feinberg
Rubin Horowitz Lillian Switkes Miller
L Celia Blech Frank E. Fink, MD By Richard & Vicki Horowitz By Eve Miller
By Alan & Helaine Beresner & Family By Howard Fink
Ruth Horwitz Aaron Perlmutter
Arthur Blumberg David Fleischner By Bonnie Horwitz Woods By Irving Perlmutter
By Joe & Betty Lou Blumberg By Doug & Jane Tendler
Jacob Huberman Marsha Perlmutter
Lester David Blumberg David Fleischner By Dr. Michael Huberman By Irving Perlmutter
By Joe & Betty Lou Blumberg By Hillel & Sara Ann Auerbach
Charlotte Isenberg Henry Parker
Ruth Botwinik Israel Fromer By Janis Isenberg By Peter & Marlene Feldman
By Harriet Shapiro By Edward Pinn
Peter Jacobson Pesach Peateruch
Joan Brown Kay Gelman By Ruth Jacobson By Tzvi Rapaport & Veronica Doskal
By Ruth Jacobson By Bruce & Lois Backer
Louis Kaletsky Adolph Perlroth II
Sonia Bufferd Robert Gelman By Richard & Laurie Kaletsky By Joe & Betty Lou Blumberg
By Malcolm & Barbara Rashba By Bruce & Lois Backer
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