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TEMPLE POST
Ohef Sholom Temple's Monthly News Publication
THE
Established 1844 • Volume 61, Issue 7 • April 2021
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL: KEEPING THE FAITH See page 10 for details
In this Issue:
WORSHIP
Worship........................... 2
Clergy Corner.................. 3
Presidential Address........ 4 TORAH PORTIONS
Announcements.............. 5
EcoJudaism..................... 6
Sisterhood....................... 7
Men's Club...................... 7 APril
Programming................... 8 April 1 | 19 Nisan April 15 | 3 Iyyar
Religious School............ 10 Torah Study - 4:00 pm Torah Study - 4:00 pm
Adult Education............. 12 April 3 | 21 Nisan April 17 | 5 Iyyar
Donations...................... 14 Pesach VII Torah Study - 9:00 am
LIFE & LEGACY............. 15 Torah Study - 9:00 am Parashat Tazria-Metzora
Parashat Pesach VII Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33
Yahrzeits........................ 18 Exodus 13:17 - 15:26 Haftarah: II Kings 7:3 - 7:20
Calendar & Birthdays..... 19 maf: Numbers 28:19 - 28:25
pOST Bulletin Board...... 20 Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1 - 51 April 22 | 10 Iyyar
Torah Study - 4:00 pm
April 4 | 22 Nisan
Pesach VIII April 24 | 12 Iyyar
Parashat Pesach VIII Torah Study - 9:00 am
Deuteronomy 15:19 - 16:17 Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
maf: Numbers 28:19 - 28:25 Leviticus 16:1 - 20:27
Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32 - 12:6 Haftarah: Amos 9:7 - 9:15
April 8 | 26 Nisan April 29 | 17 Iyyar
Torah Study - 4:00 pm Torah Study - 4:00 pm
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Norfolk, VA 23507 April 10 | 28 Nisan
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Haftarah: II Samuel 6:1 - 7:17
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LEADERSHIP&StaFf
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAST PRESIDENTS HONORARY DIRECTORS
President: Carol Brum Minette Cooper Tom Bachman
Terri Denison Budman, Matthew Fine Karen Fine Terri Budman
CLERGY president@ohefsholom.org Tammi Foer Kim Simon Fink Allan Donn
Senior Rabbi Engagement and Vice President: Andrew Fox Linda Fox-Jarvis Morris Fine
Rosalin Mandelberg Programming Associate John Cooper David Hirschler, II Robert C. Goodman, Jr. Sandra Forte-Nickenig
rabbi@ohefsholom.org Nina Kruger Secretary: David Kushner Steven Kayer Jay M. Friedman
membership@ohefsholom.org Barbara U. Dudley Robert Levinson Edward G. Kaufman Leslie Friedman
Cantor Treasurer: Mike Jaffe Amy Metzger Dr. Howard Kesser Mark Friedman
Jennifer Rueben Office Manager Member-at-Large: Alyson Morrissey Edward A. Kramer Mark Hecht
cantorjen@ohefsholom.org Shelley Stephens Charlie Nusbaum Dr. Bert Newfield Cathi M. Laderberg Andrew C. Kline
shelley@ohefsholom.org Engagement Committee Chair: Sharon Nusbaum Charles S. Nusbaum Steve Kocen
Rabbi Emeritus Marsha Moody Ethan Ostroff William L. Nusbaum Jay Legum
Lawrence A. Forman Clergy Assistant
Elizabeth Vincent Education Committee Chair: Dr. Abbey Pachter Dr. Robert M. Rubin Dr. Rachelle Luna
rabbiforman@ohefsholom.org Barb Gelb Nicole Rosenblum Henry M. Schwan Robin Mancoll
liz@ohefsholom.org
Worship Committee Chair: Paula Russel Linda Spindel Dr. David Metzger
STAFF
Controller Margaret Sawyer Joashua Schulman Alan D. Stein Alyssa Muhlendorf
Executive Director
Anna Rivera Finance & Development Frank Scott Alex Pincus
Linda Peck
bookkeeper@ohefsholom.org Committee Chair: Leslie Shroyer Dr. Meredith Rose
linda@ohefsholom.org
Neal Schulwolf Tom Snyder June Saks
Music Director Graphic & Web Design Immediate Past President: Lawrence Steingold Miriam Seeherman
Charles Woodward Linette Bond Karen Fine Valeria Williamson The Honorable Louis Sherman
chuck@ohefsholom.org graphics@ohefsholom.org Louis D. Snyder
Director of Religious School
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Kitty Wolf, RJE Sisterhood President OSTY Advisors
kitty@ohefsholom.org Gail W. Bachman Robyn & Paul Weiner
Men's Club President OSTY President ohef.s.temple
Tom Bachman Leia Morrissey
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Clergy Corner WITH RABBI & CANTOR
Counting Our Blessings: May They Be Many
D
So many in our OST
family have tapped
ear OST Family, into their creativity
and resourcefulness
Talmud (Menachot 43b) teaches that we should say to help people
100 blessings every day, no matter what challenges who are struggling.
that day presents. While we would have never Volunteers with our
wished the hardship and heartbreak of the pandemic Love Thy Neighbor
on our community or our world, this concept in initiative have
our tradition teaches us that there are blessings to delivered meals to
find within it. The justification for this practice is frontline workers, Contact Clergy
that it helps to connect us to the Divine and live a built furniture for Rabbi Roz & Cantor Jen
life of gratitude. On a more practical level, finding families in need, and rabbi@ohefsholom.org
the blessings in our challenges helps us to grow so run a vaccine clinic cantorjen@ohefsholom.org
we can face the next challenge with optimism and for our immigrant
strength. community. Our Soup Kitchen and NEST heroes
have found ways to safely serve our homeless
And so, let us consider just a few of the blessings
guests despite the challenges of social distancing.
that the past year has brought to our OST
Members of our Caring Committee regularly call
community.
people who are lonely, sick, or grieving, ensuring
In our time apart, we have found countless new that they know that their community cares for their
ways to connect with each other. From the thriving, wellbeing. Most recently, OST has developed a
constant conversation in our Ohef Sholom Friends grassroots vaccination effort. A dedicated group of
Facebook group to the use of Zoom and Facebook volunteers has helped find vaccine appointments for
Live allowing far-away family and friends to celebrate well over 100 people and counting. We will never
and mourn together to the many who have re- know how many lives this effort has saved, but we
discovered the value of regular Shabbat practice do know that each person who is vaccinated is a
through our livestreamed services, we have learned step toward a solution to this pandemic. Pirkei Avot
to expand our perception of what it means to live teaches, “Mitzvah goreret mitzvah,” one mitzvah
our Judaism beyond the walls of our synagogue. leads to another. We are so proud of how our
Soon, we will begin to slowly gather again, but these community has stepped up to make the world a little
new modes of connection will forever be a part of safer and brighter for everyone we touch, and we
our Jewish life. This is a blessing. know that these efforts create a ripple of blessings
which spread to make the world a better place.
Being forced by circumstances to develop our
online presence has also enabled us to welcome As we begin to contemplate a return to a more
new people into our folds. Many people from normal way of life, may we each consider the
near and far have begun regularly attending our blessings we have discovered along the way and
services and programming. This came at a time carry them with us, emerging from this experience
when all evidence pointed to a trend of declining with awareness, strength, and gratitude. Keyn yehi
interest and participation in religious practice. This ratson -- may it be so.
period of isolation has been an opportunity to re-
evaluate priorities and our needs, and so many
are discovering that we need spiritual connection L’Shalom,
to each other and to God. We cherish the people
who have found their way to us in the midst of this
pandemic, and we hope that they will stay with us
well into the future. They are a blessing. Rabbi Roz and Cantor Jen
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Presidential Address
It's Time for Hope
P
assover And, since the days are getting warmer, as well
generally signals as brighter, we are planning a couple of outdoor
the arrival of gatherings for next month. You’ll hear more about
spring, a season of them soon.
renewal and hope,
of looking forward Still, like the Israelites’ time in the desert, all is not
to brighter days – easy, as we must navigate the journey of managing
both literally and our financial house. Lawrence Steingold leads a
figuratively. budget committee that methodically examines
our finances, seeking new sources for revenue and
At Ohef Sholom, I like with a surgeon’s scalpel, produces a balanced
Terri Denison Budman see plenty of bright budget year after year. All of these number-oriented
President light ahead as we minds deserve our appreciation for wading through
president@ohefsholom.org begin to emerge spreadsheet after spreadsheet. This is no easy
from this dreadful task, and a balanced budget really can only be
pandemic. accomplished when we all contribute, and whenever
possible, more than our fair share.
One bright example is the Nominating Committee’s
slate presented at last month’s board meeting. The In addition to Passover, this month we celebrate
committee’s chair, Charlie Nusbaum, and those who Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, which
served with him, produced a solid, experienced, reminds me of the Jewish state’s national anthem,
and creative slate of officers to carry us forward, Hatikvah – The Hope.
with John Cooper as our next president and Sharon
Nusbaum as first vice president. Hope, coupled with our dedication and
determination, will help propel us to even better
But it’s not only the officers that are cause for and brighter days ahead.
celebration – it’s the welcoming of new members
to the board of directors, including Frank Campion,
Byron Harrell, Deb Higgins, and Eliot Weinstein.
With this group, in addition to returning board L’Shalom,
members and the other officers – Barb Gelb as
second vice president, Mike Jaffe as treasurer,
and Steve Kocen as secretary – Ohef Sholom’s
leadership reflects tremendous stability and hope. Terri Denison Budman
Another bright spot for OST is the number of our
congregants who have received the vaccination,
coupled with the outreach and networking through
Ohef Sholom that has taken place to enable some
to get the shot. Certainly, the more who are ‘proud
carriers’ of the vaccine card, the sooner we’ll be able
to gather again.
Both a visual and audio bright spot, the technology
to stream our services and events from our Temple’s
sacred spaces – our chapel and sanctuary, are finally
nearing completion. My personal hope is that by
the time you read this, we’re in tune, so that you can
tune in.
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JEWISH LIFE APRIL
Mazel Tov!
Congratulations to Sydney Halpern on her upcoming
Bat Mitzvah on April 24!
Sydney is the daughter of Michelle & Steve Halpern, the granddaughter
of Sally & Steve Kocen and Marcia & Stanley Halpern* (*both of blessed
memory), and sister of Gavi, Eva, Ahna and Jillian.
Announcements
Mazel Tov to Arlene & Jack Rephan on the birth of their great-grandson, Walker James Smith, son of Sarah
Thalhimer-Smith & Trent Smith of Alexandria, VA, born on February 19, 2021, weighing 7 lbs, 9 oz. Proud
grandparents are Amy & Richard Thalhimer of Richmond, VA.
Mazel Tov to Matthew Fine for his invaluable service these last 20 years as he steps down from being a
board member for the HOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION, helping adults with developmental disabilities to live
independently in their own homes.
Mazel Tov to Amy Metzger for being Atkinson Realty's February Listing Agent of the Month!
Condolences Ohef Sholom offers heartfelt condolences to the following members & friends:
Heather Beloff (David) on the loss of her father, Ron Dean Kelley.
Eddie Waitzer (Kathy) and Brad Waitzer (Terry) on the loss of their mother, Leah Waitzer.
Erin Balaban (Jody) on the loss of her grandmother, Evelyn McGrattan.
Dr. Jon Crockford (Patty) on the loss of his father, Jon E. "Jack" Crockford.
Elyse Stedman (Stephen) on the loss of her mother, Rosalind Pincus.
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JEWISH LIFE APRIL
Ecojudaism
Rejoice, It Is Spring
D
uring the spring, the hymn “Behold It Is the Seder. A more notorious parsley relative is in the
Springtime of the Year” comes to mind. The Bible. This plant is found in HOSEA 10:2,3-4.
lyrics are by the British Jewish poet and scholar
Alice Lucas. Those lyrics celebrate the incredible They swear falsely, they make covenants ; thus
and joyful changes that are happening every second judgement springeth up as hemlock in the furrows
during this season as well as the creator of those of the field.
changes. For those who look and observe carefully
there is a lot to behold. You may think of Socrates and poison when you
think of hemlock. Hemlock is a poisonous plant in
One plant that announces the arrival of spring is the the Apiaceae family. Its relative the giant hogweed
daffodil (also called narcissus). These sunny cheery has made an appearance in our state. Hogweed
flowers on their tall stems do not seem care about is not only poisonous if ingested but touching it
the weather once they are up and growing. Many can cause major skin burns. Hogweed can grow
varieties of daffodils have been developed by plant to be 15 to 20 feet tall. This is an invasive and
breeders giving us a large variety of cup and petal dangerous plant that needs to be carefully and
shapes, sizes, and color variations. This plant is also quickly removed. It also is a painful example of why
one that can be found in the Bible in Isiah 35:1,2. it is important to be careful about what we plant and
where we plant it.
The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad:
and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the All plants in Apiaceae family have a large taproot.
rose. Many of them are ones that we eat such as carrot,
parsnip, dill, and celery. Most are hosts plants for
How did we get from a narcissus to a “rose?” The swallowtail butterflies. The blossoms in this group of
flower referred to in the passage is from a plant plants are composed of flat clusters of flowers called
with a bulbous root structure which roses do not umbels. These plants are good for pollinators and
have. Based on old Hebrew writings and texts, are insect friendly.
scholars have determined that the plant referred
to is Narcsissus tazetta which grows naturally in In Alice Lucas’s lyrics she writes about the joy of
Israel and in the spring and reminds us to rejoice in our heritage and
Mediterranean the freedom that we have been given from God. In
area. The bright this month, that includes Earth Day on April 22, our
yellow flowers thoughts and actions need to include everyday care
brighten the hills of the natural environment through our choices and
and landscape in actions. During this special month we can and must
late winter and do more.
early spring.
Another plant that
we associate with Jackie Haywood
spring is parsley, EcoJudaism Chair
which is part of jackiewoh2@yahoo.com | 757-588-7687
the Apiaceae
famly. Parsley is
not a plant that
is included in
the Bible but it is
traditionally used Curley Parsley and Fennel are
in our Passover both members is the Apiaceae
family.
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&
Sisterhood
W e hope you joined us as we celebrated
Passover by learning how to cook Matzah the
traditional way. Thank you to Abbey Pachter
and Nina Kruger for their leadership and help with
Our mission, as stated
on the website:
“OST Sisterhood is a
community of welcoming
this. By the time you read this, we should already be women from all walks of life
celebrating Passover. Maybe, just maybe, we will all who meet for spiritual,
be having a little more freedom, which this holiday
educational, and social growth Gail W. Bachman
through Judaism. Our diverse Sisterhood President
observes. members are all ages and come sisterhood@ohefsholom.org
from varying backgrounds, allowing
I have had some inquiries about more crafts so we us to join together to serve the needs of our congregation
will try and make this happen. We are also planning and community, while cultivating life-long friendships."
another Book Club so watch for details for this and
other events coming your way in the near future.
As we continue to look for ways to engage the
Since our Sisterhood was a founding member of our women of Ohef Sholom, we welcome your ideas
national organization in 1913, we have re-joined the and hope you will join us. If you have not yet
WRJ, Women of Reform Judaism. They also have officially updated your membership, please look for
articles and activities which may be of interest to the link in the As the Temple Turns or just check the
you. Please visit their website at WRJ.org or signup Temple’s website. New Temple members get a free
for the WRJ Mid-Atlantic District newsletter, The membership for their first year.
Candle, at
Yours in Sisterhood,
https://wrj.org/newsletter. I will also be glad to
forward it to you if you would like. Just email me at Gail
sisterhood@ohefsholom.org. Cell: (757) 646-2281 | sisterhood@ohefsholom.org
Men's Club
T
his past March, we had a very productive zoom UPCOMING
meeting. We discussed some key issues dealing MEETINGS:
with financial assistance for the Temple. We
were told the chairs on the Bimah in the sanctuary April 7
needed repairing and re-covering. The request for May 5
Men’s Club helping with funding this project was June 2 Tom Bachman
unanimously approved. Men's Club President
mensclub@ohefsholom.org
A project near and dear to my heart is the Purim
Carnival. The Men’s Club has helped with this for
many decades because we want to be sure our Become A
youth groups - OSTY/JOSTY - are well taken care of.
Since this event did not happen, I am pleased and Member online:
proud to say that we voted to donate $500 to assist ohefsholom.org/mens-club/
our kids with attending future Kallahs.
Please come to our next meeting, on April 7
at 7 o’clock. We can use your ideas and input.
Sincerely,
Tom
Cell: 757-635-0682 | mensclub@ohefsholom.org
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JEWISH LIFE APRIL
UPCOMING PROGRAMMING APRIL
April 8 | 6:45 pm
Yom Hashoah 2021 featuring Holocaust Survivor Marian
Weinzwig
Ohef Sholom Temple is proud to host the Holocaust
Commission of the UJFT's livestream event featuring
Holocaust Survivor, Marion Weinzwig of Arizona, where
we will HONOR AND REMEMBER all those involved in the
Holocaust. Tune in for the livestream on our Facebook
page at https://www.facebook.com/ohefsholomtemple/
April 9 | 6:30 pm
Men's Club Shabbat Service: Holocaust Remembrance
featuring guest speaker ODU Professor Annette Finley-
Croswhite
Please join us for a special Shabbat Service hosted by the
Ohef Sholom Temple Men's Club. Our guest speaker will
be ODU History Professor Annette Finley-Croswhite, who
will speak on her forthcoming book, Esther’s Shadow:
French Memory of the Shoah and Why it Matters. Tune in
for the livestream of services on our Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/ohefsholomtemple/
April 11 | 10:30 am
Wiggles & Giggles: Yom Ha'atzmaut
Book: Grover Goes to Israel
Specifically for young children, age three months (or
younger) to four years and their families. Wiggles & Giggles
uses play, stories, crafts, music and movement to introduce
very young children to their Jewish world.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87410205578
April 13 & 20 | 7 - 9 pm
theatre dybbuk: one community many stories: Israel
In this special series of events, theatre dybbuk will help us
uncover our own narratives connected to our relationships
to Israel. The company’s team of professional actors will
then read a selection of these narratives, sharing our stories
with the community. This program is made possible by a
grant from the Helen G. Gifford Foundation and brought to
you by Ohef Sholom Temple's Adult Education Committee.
RSVP REQUIRED to: reservations@ohefsholom.org
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April 13 & 27 | 9 pm
D'Bar Torah
For young adults, ages 21-42. Please join us for our virtual
D'Bar Torah every other Tuesday evening. Eliot Weinstein
and Nina Kruger invite you to grab a beverage and join
them on Zoom for Torah study and adult conversation.
To join D'Bar Torah, call Nina at 757-625-4295 or email her
at membership@ohefsholom.org for the Zoom link and
password.
April 14 | 7 pm
Sisterhood Presents: Yoga Can be Done Here, There
AND in a Chair with Carol Dalton
All are invited to join Sisterhood for a participatory chair
yoga program with yoga teacher, Carol Dalton, that will
focus on breathing, movement and meditation, tools that
can be used everyday to provide calm and confidence,
particularly during these uncertain times. RSVP to
reservations@ohefsholom.org or call 757-625-4295.
April 17 & May 15 | 7 - 9 pm
Havdalah Hootenanny with Jeanne & Bob Zentz
On the third Saturday of the month from 7-9 pm, join
Jeanne and Bob Zentz on Zoom for a "Zing-along." Bring
your own song, request a song, read a poem, tell a story,
play an instrument, share some pictures... whatever you
like! Everyone takes a turn and participates as they wish, in
the style of good ol' community singing and sharing.
All ages and all folks are welcome!
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86705155820
April 26 | 10:30 am - 1 pm
Soup Kitchen
Our Soup Kitchen offers so much to guests and volunteers
alike, yet we need volunteers to continue these good
deeds every month. Spend a few hours helping to feed
and provide basic clothing and toiletry items to 75-80 very
appreciative folks in need. All COVID-19 precautions will be
followed. Are you available to fulfill this mitzvah?
If so, please contact Dorianne Villani at 757-617-8624
or dvillani@cox.net.
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Education
Religious School Update
Our Weird But Wonderful Religious School Year!
A
s our Religious School year is drawing Last year, right after our Purim Carnival, we closed
to a close and we look back on this very our doors to in-person education and opened the
challenging time, I am pleased to report that door to online (Virtual) learning … and learning in a
in spite of all the challenges, our Sunday Learning scary crisis.
has been quite successful. We have had wonderful
cooperation with everyone working together. We Since we had to resort to a distance – almost
are so grateful to the Religious School Committee, detached – approach, we needed to learn new
chaired by Tammi Foer and Alyson Morrissey, and ways to reach our students and teach them virtually,
our wonderful teachers and staff for the very hard completely reconstructing all of our classes to do
work, dedication and creativity that made this year so. It looked like we could be virtually educating for
a great experience for all. And we especially want a long while, so we needed more than a quick fix.
to thank all our families for their continued support, We needed to plan for the next year.
participation and encouragement.
10 THE TEMPLE POSTOur major option was to offer school on Zoom. The curriculum called for a box of study and arts &
Because of the length of time and number of crafts materials for each of four 5-week sessions to
classes, we had to purchase the Educational Zoom be distributed to each student. We didn’t want to
program. All of our teachers needed and received over burden parents who were already overwhelmed
special Zoom training. We are so grateful to the with the changes in regular school so we set up four
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the drive-through dates when families could come and
Tidewater Jewish Foundation for their grants that get their box of complete supplies. This has been
made it possible to purchase the Zoom Educational our only in-person contact, and of course, it is with
Program and provide Zoom training and other virtual socially distancing and masks on everyone, but
enhancements to enrich our classes. As our in- still nice for the teachers to greet each student in
school curriculum simply was not suited to distance person, even at a distance.
learning, we had to develop a new curriculum.
Our teachers added many interesting interactive
We were lucky to find a group of other Jewish learning activities and the classes play games and
educators that also needed a new curriculum. do crafts together to help alleviate the screen time.
Working together with the Jewish Education Council
of Cleveland, who received a grant to write it, Our virtual family holiday programs have been as
we helped to develop La Bri’ut, which is Hebrew exciting as we could make them.
for To Our Health and Welfare, a curriculum that
specifically deals with the problems of isolation, fear, All in all it has been a good year thanks to all of you
and illness that a pandemic brings. who participated. We are looking forward to the
time we can all be together again in person. Next
Our teachers participated in online training year in Ohef Sholom Temple!
for teaching the new curriculum. And we had a lot of
new technology to figure out. These things took up For more information on Ohef Sholom Temple's
much of our summer. Religious School program, please contact Kitty
Wolf at 757-625-4295 or kitty@ohefsholom.org.
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UPCOMING Religious School DATES
APR. 4 APR. 11 APR. 18 APR. 25
No 9:00 am 9:00 am 9:00 am
Religious Hebrew Hebrew Hebrew
School 10:30 am 10:30 am 10:30 am
Religious Religious Religious
School School School
Wiggles &
Giggles
ADULT EDUCATION
Specifically for young families and children,
birth through four years, Wiggles & Giggles
introduces young children to their Jewish
World. For more info call 757-625-4295 or
April 13 & 20 at 7:00 pm contact Kitty Wolf at kitty@ohefsholom.
org or Allena Anglen at
about the program allenahurwitz@gmail.com.
one community, many stories Zoom Meeting ID: 874 1020 5578 |
At a One Community, Many Stories event, Passcode: 469923
theatre dybbuk creates a communal experience
through creative writing, personal storytelling, and
performance. The event personalizes and illuminates
a theme, lifting up diverse voices within the The company’s team of professional actors will then
community and bringing together all who attend. read a selection of these narratives, sharing our
stories with the community.
about
theatre dybbuk 1st Session: April 13 | 7:00 pm
theatre dybbuk creates provocative new works that Story workshop – In this session, all participants will
blend physical theatre with dance, poetry, and music have an opportunity to write their stories, digging
for exciting, utterly singular live experiences. The into their own histories and feelings.
company explores the rich world of Jewish folklore,
rituals, and history, building lyrical performances 2nd Session: April 20 | 7:00 pm
that illuminate universal human experience for
contemporary audiences. Presentation – At this virtual event, theatre dybbuk
https://www.theatredybbuk.org/ actors will read a selection of the stories that were
created in the story workshop for any community
one community, many stories: Israel members who care to join us!
In this special series of events, theatre dybbuk will
RSVPs are REQUIRED for this event!
help us uncover our own narratives connected to Please email reservations@ohefsholom.org to
our relationships to Israel. secure your spot today!
– This program is sponsored by OST's Adult Education Committee and is made possible by a grant from the Helen G. Gifford Foundation. –
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with Rabbi Roz, Cantor Jen and Janice Kaplan
As we emerge from quarantine, how will we live differently? What
can Judaism teach us about living a life of happiness? What is the
role of gratitude in happiness? What are some meaningful ways
to move forward? Join us for a three-part series on “Finding
Happiness” with Rabbi Roz, Cantor Jen, and Author Janice Kaplan.
This event is brought to Ohef Sholom Temple through the
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the Simon Family
JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival, held in
coordination with the Jewish Book Council, the only organization in
the organized American Jewish community whose sole purpose is
the promotion of Jewish books.
Save the Dates!
Tuesday, May 11 at 7 pm
Part 1 with Rabbi Roz
Happiness: The Jewish Way
Tuesday, June 8 at 7 pm Author Janice Kaplan
Part 2 with Janice Kaplan
The Gratitude Diaries: How Gratitude Works
Tuesday, July 13 at 7 pm Please be on the lookout for more
Part 3 with Cantor Jen information and registration details
The Way Forward coming soon!
APRIL 2021 13Donations
We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who support OST
by remembering and honoring their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.
Donations can be submitted to Temple via mail, over the phone, or online at https://ohefsholom.org/donations/
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GEORGE RADIN COMMITTEE FUND Ellen & Jon Harris *Jay Legum *Susan & Andrew Cohen *Anne & James Gildea *Marsha & Lewis
ARCHIVES FUND - SOUP KITCHEN Lyn Horowitz *Arlene & Jack Rephan *Robin Cowherd *Helene & Bernie Hirschler
In Honor of: In Memory of: *Linda & Morty Kaplan *Nancy & Alvin Wall *Esther & Glenn Diskin Grablowsky HELEN KOLTUN
ALICE TITUS YVONNE COOK Ida & Bill Kittner *Gerald Zeno, Rebecca Barbara Dudley Ellen & Jon Harris *Marilyn & Stuart
Debbie & Mark Friedman Marilyn Levy *Bonnie & Jeff Laibstain Smith & Luke Smith *Jane & Frederick *Carol & David Hirschler Buxbaum
In Memory of: MARTY EINHORN Roslyn & Barney Michael Wishing a Dantonio *Angelita & Raul Ilagan *June & Bo Saks
MARTY EINHORN *Ellen & Richard Hundley *Jeanne, Julius & Bessie Happy Birthday to: *Beverly & Alan Frieden Wendy & Albert Konikoff ROSE ROSENBACH
*Ruth & Edward Legum *Lynn & Jeff Sachs Miller RABBI ROZ *Jane & Lenny Frieden Emmy Lou & Arthur *Blanche B. Nusbaum
DR. CHARLES FISH DR. CHARLES FISH *Susan & Alan MANDELBERG *Greta Gustavson Kruger *Marilyn & Stuart
Barbara Pributsky Shelley & Jeff Loeb Nordlinger *Debbie & Larry Kurtz *Joyce & Harry Graber *Aline & Neil Landy Buxbaum
ARLENE ZENO MARTY FREEDMAN *Ann *Susan & Paul Hirschbiel Irene Mazel LEAH WAITZER
Ruth & Edward Legum Ilene & Mark Snyder *Sharon, Bill & Leigh OHEF SHOLOM *Carol & David Hirschler Ilene Putterman *Elayne Axel
*Karen Plotnick ROBIN KATZ FOUNDATION *Janet & Billy Kass *Brenda Rountree *Marilyn & Stuart
Ilene & Mark Snyder *Becky & Jim Owens UNRESTRICTED *Jodi & Jay Klebanoff *Madeleine & Alan Buxbaum
BONK-RIVIN SUSAN KATZ *Paula Russel FUNDS & Family Samuels *Martha & Rob
HOLOCAUST Ilene & Mark Snyder *June & Bo Saks In Memory of: Sharon Leach *Viky L. Wood & James Goodman
LIBRARY FUND HELEN KOLTUN Betsy & Andy Saslawsky DR. TED ADLER Brenda & Sheal Lisner Sellers Ruth Schepper
Speedy Recovery to: Shelley & Jeff Loeb *Lynn & Bob Seltzer *Minette & Charles *Carol & David Pariser *Bobby & Mimi Stein ARLENE ZENO
MARION WEINZWIG NORMAN *Carol & Lou Sherman Cooper Barbara Pributsky *The Center for Arthritis *Susan & Jim Eilberg
Marilyn Levy MANDELBERG *Mary Soule *Arthur, Beth, & Richard *Judith Rachels & Rheumatic Diseases *Blanche B. Nusbaum
Shelley & Jeff Loeb & Amy Camp Diamonstein and Arlene & Jack Rephan *Ruth Weinberg *Nancy & Charlie
CANTOR GERALD PRIBUTSKY *Nancy & Alvin Wall Anne & Lawrence Lisa & Murray Rosenbach Speedy Recovery to: Nusbaum
JENNIFER Shelley & Jeff Loeb Dorothy Zimmerman Fleder *Sara Jo & Joel Rubin GERALD ADELMAN
RUEBEN'S ROSE ROSENBACH MARTY EINHORN *Paula Russel *Connie & David LOUIS H. & ANNE
DISCRETIONARY *Lillian & Richard Cooper LIBRARY FUND Sally Adler *Margaret & Bill Sawyer Adelman K. FRIEDMAN
FUND *Judith & Donald Hurwitz In Honor of: *Sally & Steve Kocen *Patti & Paul Seeman VIVIAN MARGULIES TREASURER'S FUND
Speedy Recovery to: DAVID TITUS ROSE ROSENBACH *Carol & Lou Sherman *Elise Berkowitz In Honor of the Birth of
CANTOR JEN RUEBEN BEATRICE L. BERLIN Debbie & Mark Friedman Sally Adler *Leslie & Michael Shroyer With Appreciation to: Celia & Jay Friedman's
*Carol Rosenblatt ELDERLY NEEDS *Minette & Charles *Bradley Waitzer RABBI ROZ grandson:
With Appreciation to: FUND LOVE THY Cooper *Nancy & Alvin Wall MANDELBERG & ADEN ROTENBERG
CANTOR JEN RUEBEN In Honor of Receiving NEIGHBOR FUND *Jodie & Jack Frieden Barb Gelb & Kenny CANTOR JEN RUEBEN Debbie, Mark & Bradley
Sandy & Marty the VCIC Humanitarian In Memory of: *Sally & Steve Kocen Weinstein *Janet & Billy Kass Friedman
Mendelsohn Award: EVAN DARROW Sharon Leach JOSEPH GOLDMAN With Appreciation: In Memory of:
*Paula Russel LAWRENCE STEINGOLD *Beth & Richard *Jay Legum *Suzanne Barr *Elizabeth & Tom Murphy ROSE ROSENBACH
*Carol & Lou Sherman *Carol Rosenblatt Diamonstein *Judy & Bob Rubin *Susan Clayman Celia & Jay Friedman
In Memory of: MARTY EINHORN ARLENE ZENO LONA S. GRUBER CHUCK
CARING DR. TED ADLER *Terri & Lonny Sarfan Sally Adler *Jane & Lenny Frieden WOODWARD LESLIE
COMMITTEE FUND *Carol Rosenblatt *Nash Tillotson *Minette & Charles NAOMI HECHT MUSIC FUND LEGUM CAMP
In Honor of Receiving MARTY EINHORN HELEN KOLTUN Cooper Emmy Lou & Arthur In Honor of Receiving SCHOLARSHIP
the VCIC Humanitarian *Carol Rosenblatt *Terri & Lonny Sarfan Kreger the VCIC Humanitarian FUND
Award: HELEN KOLTUN GAIL WASSERMAN MARILYN KIRSCHNER Award: In Honor of
LAWRENCE STEINGOLD *Carol Rosenblatt MEN'S CLUB BACHMAN Brenda & Sheal Lisner LAWRENCE STEINGOLD the Bar Mitzvah of:
Nancy & Steve ROSE & KURT In Memory of: EDUCATIONAL HELEN KOLTUN Elayne Axel LEVI FIROVED
Rosenberg ROSENBACH MARTY EINHORN FUND *Suzanne Barr *Marilyn & Stuart Sandy & Marty
In Memory of: *Carol Rosenblatt *Mark Hecht In Memory of: *Marc, Mary Ann & Kate Buxbaum Mendelsohn
MARTY EINHORN ARLENE ZENO JUDY EICHELBAUM Caplan In Memory of: In Memory of:
*The Kyle Family *Carol Rosenblatt RABBI ROSALIN *Gail & Tom Bachman *Marilyn Goldman MARTY EINHORN HELEN KOLTUN
*Sharon, Bill MANDELBERG’S MARTY EINHORN Jody & David Laibstain *Marge & Harold Anten *Betsy & Erik Cooper
& Leigh Nusbaum FINE ARTS FUND DISCRETIONARY *Gail & Tom Bachman Arlene & Jack Rephan *Cantor Jennifer Bern- L. DAVID LEGUM
HELEN KOLTUN In Memory of: FUND ROSE ROSENBACH *Sue Ellen & Seymour Vogel & Ira L. Vogel *Jay Legum
*Ellen & Bill Wagner ROSE & KURT In Honor of the *Gail & Tom Bachman Teach *Terri & Steve Budman PAULINE ROTHSCHILD
ARLENE ZENO ROSENBACH Anniversary of: ARLENE ZENO JEROME PERLMAN *Marilyn & Start LEGUM
*Larry & Cathay Lorraine Fink RABBI ROZ & MARTY *Gail & Tom Bachman *Sally Adler Buxbaum *Jay Legum
Crockin Kinzler LEAH WAITZER MANDELBERG *Terri Lea Bayless *Arleen Cohen
Speedy Recovery to: Sally Adler Sandy & Marty SISTERHOOD & Children Susan & Jim Eilberg
LOU SHERMAN *Arlene & Jack Rephan Mendelsohn In Memory of: *Carol & David Pariser *Claire & Marvin
Nancy & Steve In Memory of: MARILYN KIRSCHNER GERALD PRIBUTSKY Friedberg
Rosenberg EDWARD J. KESSER MARTY EINHORN Harriet & Gerry Bloom *Marsha & Lewis *Martha & Rob
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL *Suzanne Barr ROSE ROSENBACH Hirschler Goodman
CARING FUND *Jodie & Jack Frieden *Marsha & Marty Moody ROSE ROSENBACH *Barbara & Bill Hearst
COMMITTEE In Memory of: Betty Hecht Joyce & Harry Graber *Joyce & Jay Kossman
FUND - NEST DR. TED ADLER *Jane & Dan Laibstain SISTERHOOD *Laurie & Neil Halpert *Ted Kruger
In Honor of: *Howard Kesser *Jay Legum FLORAL FUND & Family Debbie & Larry Kurtz
SHARON ROSS JEROME PERLMAN CLEMENT HAROLD In Memory of: *Beth & Nathan Jaffe *Bonnie & Jeff Laibstain
*Prue & Michael Salasky *Howard Kesser GOLDEN LEE J. HOFHEIMER *Jodi & Jay Klebanoff *Jeanne & Julius Miller
In Memory of: JUDY PETOCK Connie & Gerald Golden *Marcia Hofheimer & Family *Marsha & Marty Moody
HELEN KOLTUN Marilyn Levy JOSEPH GOLDMAN DR. ROLAND KOSLICK Carol & Leonard *Ann
Dianne Epplein ROSE ROSENBACH *June Goldman Gabriele Jiannas Laibstain *Nancy & Charlie
BARBARA & WILLIAM *Howard Kesser Roslyn & Barney Michael BETH STEPHANIE *Cat & Charlie Lineberry Nusbaum and
LUBAR ARLENE ZENO ALVIN MARGOLIUS KRAKOWER Arlene & Jack Rephan Beth Curtiss
*Debbie & Paul Moore *Howard Kesser Suzanne Barr Sheila & Matthew *Margaret & Bill Sawyer *Randy & Irving Pike
ARLENE ZENO & Sharon Laderberg ROSE ROSENBACH Krakower PEARL SCHERR *Ann & Paul Rudd
*Carol & Robert Laibstain *Suzanne Barr *Margaret & Bill Sawyer *Ruth Schepper
KURT'S CLUB *The Buckman Family TEMPLE FUND ARLENE ZENO *Pam & Dan Snyder
In Memory of: Betty Hecht In Memory of: *Elise Berkowitz *Baila & Bruce Waldholtz
ROSE ROSENBACH *Jane & Dan Laibstain TED ADLER *Charlotte Corey & Alice *Beth & Rolf Williams
Harriet & Gerry Bloom LEAH WAITZER *Suzanne Barr Cooper Goodman DR. HARLEY ELLMAN
*Wendy Brodsky Betty Hecht Betty Hecht Inez & Lloyd Cox *Blanche B. Nusbaum
Barbara Dudley *Buzzy Schulwolf Judy & Mannie Smith *Sarah Deaver & Ben JOSEPH GOLDMAN
Lois & Barry Einhorn ARLENE ZENO MARTY EINHORN Towle *Marilyn & Stuart
*Suzanne Barr Jeffrey Chernitzer *Jane & Lenny Frieden Buxbaum
14 THE TEMPLE POSTLife&Legacy *denotes gifts of $25 or more
Investing in the Future, Investing the 175th Funds
O
ne of the most important aspects of short term needs and
development or fundraising is donor will allow us to take
stewardship. It is vital to create and cultivate advantage of higher
relationships with donors that, when done with interest rates when they
proper care and intention, grow stronger and more move higher.”
meaningful over time. Fostering these relationships
is a vital component in creating a culture of gratitude The Investment
and philanthropy. Task Force’s
recommendation was
We continue to express our sincere gratitude to all approved by the F&D
who made the 175th Anniversary Campaign such a Committee and then the Temple Board in February.
success. We want to keep you, our donors, informed This investment strategy, along with the Capital
and engaged with how your gift is being strategically Replacement Allocation Plan created several years
invested and managed and its continued impact on ago, will allow us to expertly manage and maximize
our OST community. Our hope is that by sharing this the funds raised over the next decade and beyond.
information with you, you can rest assured your gift We hope both these plans together give you, our
is being used to its maximum potential. donors, a solid sense of comfort and faith that
your dollars are being used wisely and with careful
The campaign raised $1,756,000. To date, we have consideration. Trust is built by acts of trustworthiness
collected $1,243,146, which have been deposited at and is the foundation of any healthy and meaningful
TowneBank as they have been received. In order to relationship.
financially secure the funds as well as maximize the
potential of these funds, an Ad Hoc Investment Task Together we have created a strong foundation
Force was created to explore how best to achieve for our community for today and tomorrow. We
these goals. Under the leadership of long standing truly have worked hard to foster a culture that
OST member Jay Legum who currently serves on understands the value of giving back, and paying it
the Finance and Development Committee, the forward, of caring and providing for all. As always,
Investment Task Force developed a strategic plan of our sincere gratitude to, and for, you!
investment for the funds.
Byron Harrell, a member of the Investment Task
Force, offered this explanation of the investment For more information, please contact Matthew
strategy, which primarily aims to minimize risk while Fine, Ohef Sholom Foundation President, at
staying true to our fiduciary responsibility: matthewfine@cox.net or 757-407-1368.
“We collectively decided that we wanted to have a
conservative posture with a time frame of 6 months
to 10 years while avoiding investing in equities,” Rachael Nusbaum
explains Byron. “We decided to invest the money LIFE & LEGACY
in three tranches while keeping under $50,000 in lifeandlegacy@ohefsholom.org
TowneBank. The first tranche will be invested in
several money markets with the idea of short term
liquidity. The second tranche is invested in laddered
Certificate of Deposits at several financial institutions
at different maturities. The third tranche is invested
in a short term duration core bond managed by
Lord Abbett. This fund is managed for income by
investing in broad range high-quality, short duration
bonds, limiting credit risk and interest rate risk.
Collectively this will give the temple access for
APRIL 2021 15Life&Legacy
LIFE & LEGACY: Year 4 Summary Report
W
e are pleased to share the following LIFE & LEGACY: Year 4 Summary and Report, which details
Ohef Sholom’s successes throughout the program. When we partnered with the Harold Grinspoon
and the Tidewater Jewish Foundation at the start of this program, we couldn’t have predicted what a
wild success it would be. Together, we created a strong foundation for the future for our Jewish Community.
Year 4 Ohef Sholom Highlights:
• In 4 years, Ohef Sholom Temple secured 81 new commitments totaling an estimated $3,557,148 in
current and future endowed gifts.
• Of those 81 commitments, 65 (85% - goal achieved) have been formalized, deferred, or lost.
• 8 new commitments were secured in 2020 (goal achieved).
• Ohef Sholom Temple has done an exceptional job achieving the annual program goals. The
organization is leading the community in total number of commitments secured. In 2020, the team
achieved both the base and stretch goals earning a total of $10,000 in incentive grants for their
organization.
Gift Stage Details:
OHEF SHOLOM TEMPLE
Formalized 65 (80.3%)
Committed 12 (14.8%)
Deferred (to be formalized at a later date) 3 (3.7%)
Lost (donor declined to formalize) 1 (1.2%)
TOTAL: 81 (100%)
16 THE TEMPLE POSTType of Asset to be Gifted (lost gifts excluded):
OHEF SHOLOM TEMPLE
Asset Type # of % of Estimated % of Total
Gifts Total Dollars Dollars
Gifts Committed Committed
Bequest/Trust 11 13.6% $491,001 14%
Residual from DAF 5 6.2% $177,502 5%
Life Insurance 10 12.4% $1,797,760 51%
Cash / Current Assets 31 38.3% $479,245 13%
Retirement Assets 16 19.8% $457,510 13%
To Be Determined 4 4.9% $80,003 7.6%
Real Estate 2 2.5% $50,002 1%
Other 2 2.5% $24,125 0.6%
TOTAL: 81 – $3,557,148 –
Donor Age Range (55/81 donors provided birthdate information):
OHEF SHOLOM TEMPLE
90 & Up 9 51-60 10
81-90 11 41-50 2
71-80 9 31-40 0
61-79 14 30 & Under 0
Thank you for your support of this effort and our community. We look forward to this becoming
an ongoing effort, instilling in our culture the value of caring for our future now. Let’s keep the
momentum going together!
APRIL 2021 17Yahrzeits APRIL *denotes memorial plaque Mar 28 - Apr 3 Beatrice Shapiro Lillian D. Mervis* Pauline D. Golub Gerald Bloom Apr 25 - May 1 Daniel Abramson Jean Sherman Marion Radin John M. Gordon* Esta Bodner* Esther Alcalay Donald Allison Rose Zins Siegel* Mirmelstein* Zalman Graber Phillip Brenner Barney Barr Louis Belkov Sadie Sobelman Ruth Orleans Anthony Maurice Lea Brooke Annie F. Baydush* Lottie Berk Sara Sterns Rae Perlman Graves Abraham Sidney Berg Bessie Bernstein Elizabeth Emilio Posada Franklin Eugene Chernitzer Charlie A. Bland Rachel Grossman Waldman Joseph Postove* Green Jon Cohen Maysie Braudrick Blachman Virginia M. Ann Prisco Ruth E. Gutherz Ben Cooper* Elizabeth Bress Rebecca Wallace George Radin* Mabel Hirschbiel Lawrence A. Ira Cantin* Bohrman* Abe Wilks* Allen Reisner Aline Fies Crockin* Eric Cash Abraham Maria Zapatero Edward Ring Hofheimer* M. Dan Dalis* Harold Cinamon Brotman Esther Annie Rosen* Ben Jaffe Rebecca Lillian Judith Annie Cash Zimmerman Louis Roth Mollie Javinsky Davidson Egermann Bessie Liebman Ruth Golub Roth* Mina H. Levine* J. Edward Eller A. Luie Fass* Codd* Apr 4 - 10 Miriam Russ Dr. Edward Levy* Ralph Fass* Herman Feldman Mervin Cooper* Leo Ahearn Burton Schepper Kenneth Julia Feldstein* Lawrence S. Hershel Coplon Izzy Albinder Louis A. McMillan Emanuel C. Fisher Rabbi Arnold Fink Eli Baer Schulman Hannah Melville* Friedman Maurice Frank* Patricia Sallie Brown* Rose Shiffrin Jennie Rose Frances Bessie Goldrich* Finkelstein Dr. Morton A. Louis Walter Mendelsohn Glasser* Pauline Goodman Lenore Brownstein Small Robert D. Judith Green Lila Green Finkelstein Adele Finkleman Rita Smith Mervis* Dr. Jerome Gross Stanley Samuel Albert Fox Carl Bernard Snyder Helen W. Mervis Joseph C. Hecht Gross* Herbert Louis Chanin* Rabbi Samuel Anne Miller* Carlyn Herman Mary Grossman* Friedman* Georgia Cohen Sobel* Dr. Solomon Baer Gus Hermes Fannie Grossman Diane Getzen Bennie Cooper Arthur Steinberg Mizroch* Helen Isay Herbert Hainer Naomi Giat Renee G. Ben Steingold* Jack Moon Isaac Jacobs* Sondra Hanberry Helene Gilbert Diamonstein Shelia Sarah Moss Robert Katz Mary Nelle Sidney Golding Nina Douglas Wasserman* Justine Arlene B. Kesser Hankins Estelle B. William B. Ein Rose Wax Lowenberg Mary Jeffrey Haspel Goldman* Irwin "Jerry" Sam Weinberg Nusbaum* Koenigsberg Estelle K. Augusta S. Epstein Herbert Etta H. Plant* Dr. Robert Kraus Hornstein* Goodman* Lois Troy Weitsman Joseph Margaret Kraus Howard A. Leroy M. Feldman Seymour I. Wilks Raymond* Joseph H. Jameson Goodman Maxine Yetta Hier Mildred F. Liverman Sidney Leon Katz Jessie Greenberg Friedman* Yanofsky Rephan Edward Loeb Martha C. Kirby Leo Hermann Morris Friedman Jerome A. Zentz Barbara Rice Helen Loeb* Jeanette G. Samuel Samuel J. Ida Rosenberg Alvin D. London Lapidus Himmelstein Garfinkel* Apr 11 - 17 Frances Sallmaier Gussie Smith Joseph Lazier Rose S. Simon Gutterman Owen Charles Schwartz Milrod Maurice Jacobson* James Guy Adams, Jr.* Sarah Seiderman* Doris Morrison Livingston Stanley Jason Max Haber Francis G. Berger Sayde Sher* Ethel Myers Harry Markoff Celia Kaufman* Mary Haverty Dr. Maxwell Martin T. Siegel Charles Nickenig Norman Mesh Joyce Klein Hannah Hoffer* Berman* Phyllis Sondra Henry Norment Rose K. Albert Kupferman Sara Jacobs William Bernstein Silverstein Robert Nordlinger* Hilda R. Lazaron Pauline Kaplan Bernard Beskin Ann R. Singer Oestreicher Beverly Rostov Estelle Lefkowitz Harris Kawalick* Abraham Nettie Soble Harry Pincus, Jr.* Jane Sagen Hedy Lenz Sean Keville Chernitzer Annette Ruth Mae Rose* Dr. Milton Salasky Alden H. Lerner* Rose Klein Elias Codd* Soldinger Hans Rosenbach Charles S. Sparks W. Aline Lansburgh* Sarah S. Cogen Eleanor Sommers Lois Rothschild Silberman* Melton* Margaret Bernard Cohen Jeffrey B. George M. Sears* David William Florence Lasakow Arthur Cooper* Spindel* Martin A. Silverstein Mendoza* Arthur Eugene John Cross Milford Stein* Thompson* Jean M. Snyder Florence F. Lasko Miriam Cross Jefferson Lillian E. Twining Jean Spearans* Meyerson* Max Lefkowitz Lillian Dauer Steinhart Alice P. Vaughn Sally Taubman Maurice Minskoff Gilbert E. Levin Nissim David Elinor Summers Jack I. Michael Ellura C. Porter Irene Levitin* Robert L. Dorsk Bessie Tavss Wagenheim* Terkeltaub Elmer H. Rager* Ida Levy Nina Douglas Stanley H. Shirley Waitzer* Taylor J. Watkins Lena Raymond* Daniel Levy* Harvey Dunn Warmund Nettie Walker* Stephen Yellin Bernard Rivin Lulee Ries Arlene Feinman Reba Weinberg Sheila Lewis Zeno* Louise Rovner Lowenberg E. Allan Fine Bee Zabner Wasserman* Morris Rose Lowenthal Lillie Garrett Bertha G. Wilkoff Salomonsky* Lillian Lutzin Louis Apr 18 - 24 Robert Wingfield Henry Salzberger Charles Goldspinner* Ethel Altschul* Lena Zenovitz David Samler* Mansbach* Sol Goldstein Mary Bass 18 THE TEMPLE POST
Calendar&BIrthdays
April Events VIA ZOOM (UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED)
Thursday SATURDAY Friday SATURDAY
1 4:00 pm
Torah Study
10 9:00 am
Torah Study
16 6:30 pm
Shabbat Services*
24 9:00 am
Torah Study
5:00 pm 10:30 am & Conversion of 10:30 am
Executive Committee Shabbat Services* Karyn Beach Shabbat Services*
Meeting followed by Oneg & Bat Mitzvah
SUnDAY of Sydney Halpern
2 Friday 11 9:00 am
17 SATURDAY
6:30 pm 9:00 am Sunday
Shabbat Services*
Hebrew School
10:30 am Torah Study 25 9:00 am
followed by Oneg Religious School 10:30 am Hebrew School
10:30 am Shabbtat Services* 10:30 am
SATURDAY Wiggles & Giggles 7:00 pm Religious School
3 9:00 am Havdalah Hootenanny Lag B'Omer Celebration
Tuesday
Torah Study
10:30 am 13 7:00 pm
with Jeanne & Bob Zentz
26 Monday
Sunday 10:30 am
Shabbat Services* theatre dybbuk
Session 1 of 2 18 9:00 am Soup Kitchen
TUESday 9:00 pm
6 4:00 pm
Hebrew School
10:30 am Tuesday
House Committee
D'Bar Torah
Religious School 27 9:00 pm
WEDesday
Meeting
14 6:00 pm TuEsday
D'Bar Torah
7 Wednesday 20 7:00 pm THuRsday
7:00 pm
Sisterhood Meeting
7:00 pm theatre dybbuk 29 4:00 pm
Men's Club Meeting Sisterhood Presents: Session 2 of 2 Torah Study
Yoga Can Be Done Here,
Thursday Thursday Friday
8 4:00 pm
There AND in a Chair with
Carol Dalton 22 4:00 pm 30 6:30 pm
Torah Study Torah Study Shabbat Services*
6:45 pm Thursday 7:00 pm
Yom Hashoah featuring 15 4:00 pm Anti-Racism Class
followed by Oneg
Holocaust Survivor Torah Study with Rabbi Roz *denotes live stream event
Marion Weinzwig 7:00 pm
Board Meeting Friday
9 Friday 23 6:30 pm
6:30 pm Shabbat Services* To add an event to the Temple
Men's Club followed by Oneg
Shabbat Services* calendar, please email
followed by Oneg reservations@ohefsholom.org.
April BIRTHDAYs April 8
Michael Darr
Glenn Diskin
April 12
Terry Dorfman
Karen Gershman
April 17
Alyssa
Muhlendorf
April 21
Lisa Chacon
Ben Orloff
April 26
Susan Donn
Leslie Friedman
April 1 Dorothy Gabriele Jiannas Dylan Reilly Joel Zaba Lillie Whitehurst Neil Landy
Jack Glaser Jacobson- Pete Zubof Pam Snyder
Susan Hirschbiel Wetsel April 9 April 13 April 22
Sandra Leon Debbie Friedman Tyler Caskill April 18 Patti Seeman April 27
April 4 Yekaterina Gotkis Judith Freedman Ronda Bazar Robyn Weiner Gene Hubbard
Marilyn Ruth Pano
Mendelson Linda Scheimberg Helene Frost Beth Darrow April 23 Ellen Wagner
Amy Metzger April 5 April 10 Jean Swartz Kathy Greenhood Brian Friedman Bill Williams
Cynthia Jefferson Cooper Sandy Forte- April 14 Jason Ritzmann Andrea Helms April 28
Spoolman Alan Stein Nickenig Michelle Halpern Jeff Sachs Alana Hollings Todd Aftel
Joe Wolsh
John Stein April 6 Paula Fox Jeffrey Loeb Joel Jacobson Marcie Blum
Edward Sandra Fraim Brenda Klar Karl Spoolman April 19 April 24 Bill Hearst
Whiteman Sarah Friedman Sharon Perlman April 15 Erin Balaban Jessica Hoffman- April 29
April 2 Jan Goldrich Jack Shanker Nathan Elkin Carol Cohen Schmitz Jim Schloss
John Harris Elsie Hirsch Lisa Stern Robert Mero Barbara Gross Barbara Nachman
Louis Snyder John Mancoll April 30
April 3 April 11 April 16 Helen Rosenberg Linda Kaufman
Alice Titus Mark Dreyfus Marty
Anna Baber Bill Wagner Ken Bates Mandelberg April 25 Edward Weisberg
LeShay Bernstein Jim Dunn Mark Goldberg Alyson Morrissey
Evelyn Munden
Kristina April 7 Bruce Gilbert Daniel
Cartwright Tammi Foer Michael Hubbard Salomonsky April 20
Jo Ann Chris Lagow Beth Kinnear Louis Snyder Jeanne Goodman
Hofheimer Debra Moore Mark Metzger
Dan Villani
APRIL 2021 19Non-Profit Org.
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530 Raleigh Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507
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Permit No. 230
Rosalin Mandelberg, Senior Rabbi
Jennifer Rueben, Cantor
Lawrence A. Forman, Rabbi Emeritus
The post
ost Bulletin Board
OUr
Our 10 Sanctuary Bima chairs have served us well
for many hundreds of services and life cycle events
over the past 20+ years. Now, they are in need of
some carpentry repairs and new upholstery. We
hope that one of our congregants is interested in
funding this project, since it will help to brighten
all our spirits, once we can worship together in
person.
Please contact Linda Peck at 757-625-4295 or
linda@ohefsholom.org, if you would like to be the
angel who gives our Bima the quality of refreshed
furniture that befits its grandeur. Plus, our rabbi
and cantor will be grateful for making their chairs
comfortable again!You can also read
