Bulletin

April, 2014 1 Nisan – 30 Nisan 5774 Vol. 4 Published Monthly

BNAI ABRAHAM SYNAGOGUE

DANIEL STEIN, RABBI ROBERT WEINER, PhD, CANTOR MARK SHRAGER, RABBI EMERITUS, ZT”L MORRIS SIEGEL, CANTOR EMERITUS, ZT”L

1545 BUSHKILL STREET • EASTON, PA 18042-3118 (610) 258-5343 • Fax: (610) 330-9100

www.bnaiabraham.org • email: office@bnaiabraham.org

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DISTRIBUTION NOTICE If you would like family members or others to receive a copy of the bulletin, please send name, address and $15 payment to Bnai Abraham.

If you have not sent your email address to Bnai Abraham office staff, please do so as soon as possible. We will be notifying congregants of emergencies and special events through email.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS The deadline for submitting items is April 17th. Please have all items to BAS office no later than April 17th. Any items received after that date will be published in the next month’s bulletin.

C O N T A C T S

Gerald Weisberger President & Programming Committee Chair

Howard Nathanson Youth Chair Shelly Blumenthal Gift Shop Chair Howard Nathanson Kadima Advisor Irwin Lewis, M.D. Men’s Club President &

Ritual Committee Chair Elaine Morrow Sisterhood President Ellen Lifschutz Choir Director Aliette and Marc Abo, MD Theatre Club Gerald Weisberger House Chair Marna Simon Membership Chair Lothar Gumberich Memorials & Torah

Restoration Committee

O F F I C E H O U R S:

Closed on Mondays and Fridays. Hours open: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Services/Minyan Schedule

Thursday: 7:25 AM Friday Night Services – 8:00 PM First Friday of Each Month – Simcha Shabbat: 6:30 PM Saturday: 9:30 AM Kiddush follows

If you require a special minyan, please notify the office at 610-258-5343.

A MESSAGE FROM RABBI DANIEL STEIN…

Why do we remove all leaven from our house? In antiquity, bread was able to rise because of natural yeasts; dough was left to sit and the natural lactic acid bacteria would cause the bread to ride. This process--souring--gave naturally-risen bread its characteristic sour taste. When the Torah bans hametz, which we translate as leaven, it is actually prohibiting this natural, but timely, souring process in breads. The Israelites did not have time for their bread to rise--to allow the natural fermentation to occur.

The Hasidic Masters suggested that the process of searching for hametz was meant not only to be a physical search for traces of leavening agents, but also a spiritual search for those things which embitter our own lives and relationships. The preparation for Passover is meant to be a time of both spiritual and personal cleansing. We the physical cleaning is meant to prompt a deeper spiritual search: what are the behaviors that embitter our lives? In what ways have pride, ego, and anger limited the richness of our relationships? How has insecurity or envy gotten in the way of appreciating the success of others? How has fear limited personal accomplishment? What steps can we take to prepare not just our homes but our souls for the great feast of freedom?

This month, as we prepare for Passover, may we find the work meaningful, and may we be blessed with a holiday filled with family, friends, and memories new and old!

Dena, Miri, and I wish you all a Chag Kasher ve Sameach (A happy and kosher holiday).

Rabbi Daniel Stein

One of the great spiritual innovations of the Hasidim of the 18th and 19th centuries was to create allegorical readings of the Torah that made it continually relevant. Sometimes, it is challenging to understand the hard work that goes into preparing for Jewish holidays, especially Passover. Why clean every nook and cranny? Shlep dishes from the basement? Cook for hours? Surely tradition and family are compelling reasons for the continuation of ritual, but without spiritual meaning traditions will not likely endure. The Hassidic reading of Passover, though, can help motivate meaningful observance.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE …

Earlier this month, Bnai Abraham Synagogue lost Rabbi Emeritus Mark Shrager. Rabbi Shrager served as our religious leader for over 17 years.

He brought a special spirit to Bnai Abraham. Under his leadership we shared a warm and kindly atmosphere and a sense of belonging. The Rabbi presided over the programs and took special delight in participating in family events.

He reached out to the entire community and participated in events throughout the Lehigh Valley. We are planning a memorial service and further information will follow.

Our deepest sympathies go out to his mother and sister (Sarah Beth) and his extended family.

SIMCHA SHABBAT FRIDAY, April 4, 2014 - TIME: 6:30 P.M.

Please join us for our musical Simcha Shabbat on Friday, April 4th and stay for a special oneg to follow.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR TWO SISTERHOOD EVENTS

Let’s celebrate the end of a long, hard winter and welcome back all those who escaped to the south.

PRE-PASSOVER RECIPE SWAP, COOKING EVENT, AND LUNCH AT BNAI ABRAHAM - SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014

•  Send your favorite Passover recipes to the Bnai office. We will create a mini-cookbook to share them with our members.

•  Come at 10:00 a.m. to cook some recipes the morning of April 6th (optional).

•  Come at 12:00 p.m. to share a great lunch.

Please send in one or more recipes by email or mail, no later then April 2nd, and indicate if you would like to attend our April 6th luncheon.

We look forward to seeing you. Lunch will be at 12:00 p.m.

S i s t e r h o o d N e w s

SISTERHOOD DINNER MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 – TIME: 6:00 P.M. PRICE $20

Come share another fun evening of good food and good company at:

Pizza D’Oro Restaurant 208 Cattell Street, Easton, PA

Rides will be arranged for those needing them. Please RSVP to Elaine Morrow (610-588-0805) by April 18th.

APRIL 14, 2014 - FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER PASSOVER FAMILY SEDER

We are celebrating Passover in a variety of ways at Bnai Abraham. As you have seen in your email, we have planned a Communal Second Seder with Temple Covenant of Peace. It is essential that you RSVP as soon as possible for this event, so that we can order appropriately. As has become our custom over the past several years, Dena and I again are thrilled to extend an invitation to our family Seder on the first night of Passover. We genuinely love the experience of seeing members of our community during this more intimate Seder. Please email Rabbi Stein to RSVP.

Also in this bulletin is a guide for selling Chametz. Please be sure to respond by the appropriate date.

Finally, although a precise time has not been fixed, we will be holding a Model Seder for Country Meadows on Sunday, April 13. Please keep an eye out for an exact time.

BETHLEHEM/EASTON HADASSAH BOOK AND FILM CLUB TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 at 7:00 P.M.

Book: “The Aleppo Codex by Matti Friedman”

At the home of Debbi Miller, 1 Nottingham Lane, Easton, PA Please RSVP by Phone: 610-253-8919

Date & Time: April 15th, 2014, 6:30pm Location: Temple Covenant of Peace

Address: 1451 Northampton Street Easton, PA 18042 Hosted By: The Easton Jewish Community

Bnai Abraham Synagogue, Temple Covenant of Peace, and the Easton Leadership Council of the Jewish Federation invite you to join us for an innovative Communal Seder, combining

traditional melodies and food with a new take on the Passover service. The Seder will be led by Rabbis Melody Davis and Daniel Stein

along with Cantors Jill Pakman and Dr. Robert Weiner.

All food Certified Kosher for Passover

Location: Temple Covenant of Peace Cost: $20 per Adult; $10 per Child. $50 Maximum per family of 4 or more.

College Students Free with Current ID

Generous subsidies available. This event is made possible by a generous grant from the Easton Leadership Council of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley.

SAVE THE DATE TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 – TIME: 6:30 P.M.

PASSOVER 2014 - COMMUNAL SECOND SEDER

BNAI ABRAHAM/TEMPLE COVENANT OF PEACE KNITTING GROUP WEDNESDAY MORNING – APRIL 23, 2014– TIME 10:30 A.M.

at the home of Ruth Schutzbank, 25 Stewartsville Road, Stewartsville, NJ 08886

Please RSVP to Ruth via phone at 908-329 6036

JAVA AND JEANS SHABBAT SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014 – 10:00 A.M.

This month, Java and Jeans Shabbat coincides with the Federation Shabbat. The Federation will be providing a speaker

to update us on Jewish Events in North America.

HELP JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE MEET THE FEINSTEIN CHALLENGE FOR OUR FOOD PANTRY

The Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation will again distribute $1 million among non-profit agencies fighting hunger. Each participating agency will get a share of the $1 million equal to its proportion of the total amount raised by all participants. All donations designated to Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley’s Food Pantry and received in March and April are eligible. Donations of food items will be valued at $1 per item for reporting purposes. For more information, please call 610-821-8722.

NEW ADULT EDUCATION OFFERING AT BNAI ABRAHAM TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY PRESENTS THE EMERGENCE OF THE

MODERN MIDDLE EAST

SIX SUNDAYS, 4:00-6:00 P.M. DATE: MARCH 23 – APRIL 27, 2014 COST: $36 PER PERSON (INCLUDES KOSHER DELI DINNER)

Bnai Abraham is excited to partner with Coursera and Tel Aviv University to offer a special distance learning opportunity; we will audit TAU's 6-week seminar, "The Emergence of the Modern East”, by watching the lectures together, projected on a large screen. After the lectures, a discussion session will be led by Rabbi Stein. A full description of the course, along with its faculty, is listed below:

This course will discuss the emergence of the modern Middle East from the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War to the present. It will discuss the Ottoman legacy in the region and the Western imperial impact on the creation of the Arab state system. The course will discuss the rise and retreat of Arab nationalism, the problems of internal cohesion of the Arab states, issues of religion and state, and the evolution of Islamist politics. It will also focus on the evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its impact on the region and will conclude with an in depth analysis of the “Arab Spring” by placing these contemporary revolutionary events in their historical context.

Prof. Susser, PhD (Tel Aviv University, 1986), is a Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and former Director of the Center (1989-1995, 2001-2007). Prof. Susser teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, and in 2006 he received the Faculty of Humanities outstanding teacher's award.

Prof. Susser spent the 2009-10 academic year on Sabbatical at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University as the Senior Fellow on the Myra and Robert Kraft Chair in Arab Politics. In August, 2009, he spoke at a Crown Center Symposium on “What's Up in the Middle East?” where he discussed the prospects of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In October he participated in another Crown Center symposium on Middle East Politics: Present and Future where he addressed "Regional Dimensions: The Middle East in Context." In February, 2010, Prof. Susser lectured on "Fault Lines—Israel, Jordan, Palestine" at an international conference on Promoting State-Building, Managing Fault Lines, held in Jerusalem jointly by the South African-based Brenthurst Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. He also participated in the follow up conference held at Tswalu in South Africa in May. In February he delivered a lecture on "Israel, Iran, and the Arabs: The Middle East of the 21st Century," in the Shaol Pozez Memorial Lectureship, under the auspices of the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies of the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Prof. Susser published a monograph on “The Rise of Hamas and the Crisis of Secularism in the Arab World” in the Essay Series of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and reviews in scholarly journals on George Gilder's The Israel Test, Rich Cohen's Israel is Real, and on Curtis Ryan's Inter-Arab Alliances: Regime Security and Jordanian Foreign Policy.

Mark Your Calendar

To celebrate his 45-year commitment to the community and to ProJeCt,

we will present the DANIEL E. COHEN AWARD to Danny on

Thursday, April 24, 2014 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

The Hampton Inn, Easton PA

Cocktail reception featuring hors d’oevres, beer and wine Reservations $75 per person

Business casual attire

Please share this invitation with friends, family and colleagues.

Join us. Celebrate. Share the spirit of giving. Proceeds benefit ProJeCt.

Call 610-258-4361 Ext. 18 or email sboerchers@projecteaston.org

ProJeCt of Easton, Inc. has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax by virtue of being described in the Internal Revenue Code 501 (c) (3). The non-deductable portion

of the contribution is $35 per event attendee for goods or services received. The remainder of the contribution noted herein is 100% tax deductible.

Authorization for the Sale of Hametz, 5774/2014

Know all people by these presents that I, the undersigned, do hereby make and appoint Rabbi Daniel Stein my true and lawful representative to act in my place and stead, for me and in my name and in my behalf, to sell all hametz owned and possessed by me, knowingly or unknowingly, as stated in the Torah and defined by the Sages of Israel. This includes hametz that tends to harden and to adhere to the surface of pans, pots, or other cooking or eating utensils, of whatsoever nature, and to lease all places wherein the aforementioned hametz owned or possessed by me may be found, especially in the premises located at (please specify address):

________________________________________________________________ Address

_________________________________________________________________ City State Zip

Rabbi Stein has full authority and power to sell said hametz and to lease said place or places wherein said hametz may be found, upon such terms and conditions as discretion dictates. Rabbi Stein has the full power and authority to assign or appoint a substitute or substitutes to act in my behalf with all the same powers and authority that I have invested in the rabbi, and I do hereby ratify and confirm all that Rabbi Stein or a rabbinic substitute lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue of these presents.

I understand that the sale of the hametz will be effective beginning at 11:30 am, Monday, April 16th.

To this I hereby affix my signature on this _____________ day of the month of __________, 2014.

______________________ ___________________________________________ Name Signature

________________________________________________________________ Address

_________________________________________________________________ City State Zip

_________________________________________________________________ Phone

Please return this form to the Bnai Abraham office no later than, April 10, 2014. It is traditional to make a donation to “maot chittim,” literally “wheat money,” before Passover. A contribution along with this form will be used to benefit Bnai Abraham Synagogue’s programming.

JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 – GAME TIME: 7:05 P.M.

Please see the announcement below about Jewish Heritage Day at the Iron Pigs. We have set aside a block of tickets for Bnai Abraham. Please contact the office to reserve your spot.

Y a h r z e i t L i s t I n t h e B o n d o f L i f e

April 2014

Contact Irwin Lewis, Ritual Chairman

April 2 Edward Linker, beloved grandfather of Brett Bragin April 5 Charles Minsky, beloved brother of Lillian Krim April 5 Reubin Bragin, beloved father of Brett Bragin April 6 Rose Cohen, beloved mother of Ricky Hochhauser April 6 Rose Cohen, beloved grandmother of Aron Hochhauser April 8 Samuel Abramowitz, beloved father of Sally Brau April 9 Jean Greenberg, beloved mother of Sandy Weiner April 15 Joseph Goldman, beloved father of Eugene Goldman April 19 Jacob I. Grollman, beloved father of Joseph Grollman April 19 Allen Trinker, beloved father of Gary Trinker April 20 Irving Krasner, beloved father of Shirley Falk April 20 Joseph Albalak, beloved father of Lena Packer April 25 Stanley Gross, beloved father of Robin Smith April 28 Marilyn Margolis, beloved mother of Sherry Brooks April 28 Jesse Cooper, beloved son of Peter Cooper and

Meryl Kelechava April 30 Ada Anglenik, beloved mother of Frances Yonkelowitz

BNAI ABRAHAM SYNAGOGUE General operating expenses

Please consider a donation to Bnai Abraham Synagogue to cover “General Operating Expenses”. Your donations support our Congregation and strengthen our Jewish community here in Easton.

BEATRICE & LEON FRIEDMAN FUND 1.  Support organizations that benefit minor children whose parents are unable to

provide for their health, maintenance, support and education 2.  Needy, elderly 3.  Shelter for the homeless

BUILDING FUND Extraordinary maintenance and repair of the buildings and property of the synagogue and parsonage

SISTERHOOD CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP FUND

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND Interest only used to subsidize Bnai Abraham’s operating expenses

GOLDMAN/MERBAUM TORAH FUND

HERB SNYDER GARDEN FUND

JESSE & TAYLOR COOPER FUND

DR. JOEL LEWIS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutoring stipends

JULIUS COHEN MEMORIAL FUND 1.  Religious School Scholarships 2.  Assisting needy congregational youth in Jewish-oriented education,

programming and activities (e.g. Yeshiva or Jewish Day School, trips, USY)

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

ROBERT KUTNER LIBRARY FUND

SHEILA GOLDBERG FUND To pay High Holiday fees for anyone who cannot afford to attend

SILVERMAN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND Religious School Scholarships, Shofars

SISTERHOOD BUILDING FUND

SUE SEIGEL SHABBAT FUND 1.  Shabbat programming, including kiddush lunches 2.  Bagels and Books

SY JACOWITZ TOT SHABBAT FUND Boker Tov Scholarships

THEATER FUND Supports a wide variety of synagogue projects and functions

Bnai Abraham Synagogue Alan and Sandy Abeshaus in memory of Murray Popkave, brother of Arthur Popkave, and in memory of Shirley Shleifer, mother of Barbara Asteak. Ilya and Ilona Aleov have made a generous donation to Bnai Abraham Synagogue. Nancy and Danny Cohen in memory of Murray Popkave, brother of Arthur Popkave. Les and Ricky Hochhauser in memory of Shirley Shleifer and Shelly Paulen. Les and Ricky Hochhauser in memory of Rabbi Mark Shrager, and get well wishes to Ruthie Shleifer. Phil and Ellen Hof in memory of Shirley Shleifer, mother of Barbara Asteak and Harry Shleifer. Selma Jacowitz in memory of Shirley Shleifer, mother of Barbara Asteak and Harry Shleifer. Selma Jacowitz – Mazel Tov to the Kaplan family. Sid and Helene Kaplan in memory of Rabbi Mark Shrager. Sid and Helene Kaplan sending best wishes to Trish Mann on her new job. Anne and Dan Kaye in memory of Shirley Shleifer, mother of Barbara Asteak and Harry Shleifer. Doris Lifland in honor of Sid and Helene Kaplan’s 54th wedding anniversary. Alisa Summers in memory of Rabbi Mark Shrager. Gail and Jerry Weisberger in memory of Murray Popkave. Gail and Jerry Weisberger sending get well wishes to Sheila Goldberg.

Building Fund Sally and Dexter Neadle sending congratulations to Aaron Janowski on the birth of his new grandson, Aaron Abraham Janowski.

Goldman/Merbaum Torah Fund Bernice Merbaum sending congratulations to Sid and Helene Kaplan on their 54th wedding anniversary, happy birthday wishes to Helene, and in honor of David Kaplan’s anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah.

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Miles Beniches in honor of Dena Stein’s grandparents, Shirley and Yudie Wachtel. Peter and Karen Cooper in memory of Shirley Shleifer, mother of Barbara Asteak and Harry Shleifer. Bob and Sandy Weiner sending get well wishes for a complete healing to Sheila Goldberg, Julia Goldberg, Les Hochhauser, Andrew Shaw and David Denenberg. Bob and Sandy Weiner in memory of Rabbi Mark Shrager and Murray Popkave, brother of Arthur Popkave.

Sheila Goldberg Fund Sheila Goldberg in memory of Rabbi Mark Shrager. Sid and Helene Kaplan sending get well wishes to Sheila and Julia Goldberg.

Sisterhood Camp Ramah Fund Nancy and Danny Cohen in memory of Shirley Shleifer, mother of Barbara Asteak and Dr. Harry Shleifer and in memory of Rabbi Mark Shrager.

Sue Seigel Shabbat Fund Sally and Dexter Neadle in honor of Sid and Helene Kaplan’s 54th wedding anniversary.

Theater Fund Marc and Aliette Abo in memory of Murray Popkave, brother of Arthur Popkave. Sherry and Joel Brooks in memory of Rabbi Mark Shrager.

Yahrzeit Margaret Kaplan in memory of her grandmother, Alice Johnson, and her mother, Margaret Spaziani.

Todah Rabah

Thank you, David and Snookie Kaplan, for sponsoring the Kiddush on March 1st.

Thank you, Aaron Janowski, for sponsoring the Kiddush on March 8th.

Thank you, Carol Miaskoff for sponsoring the Kiddush on March 29th.

Sally Neadle will be sponsoring a Kiddush on April 26th in honor of Dexter’s birthday.

A Kiddush will be sponsored on May 3rd for Doris Lifland by her children in honor of her 90th birthday.

Kiddush is a perfect way to celebrate a special birthday or anniversary, and it allows you the opportunity to celebrate with our community. To sponsor a Kiddush for $36, please contact the synagogue office.

Do you have a celebration we should know about? Email office@bnaiabraham.org

R e f u a h S h ’ l e m a (A Full and Complete Healing) To all who were sick or hospitalized, we wish a return to good health.

I n m e m o r i a m May God in His Kindness Grant Comfort and Solace to the Mourners

Phoebe Altman Deborah bas Briendel

David Denenberg Sheila Goldberg Julia Goldberg Les Hochhauser

Susan Jones Ellen Lifschutz Andrew Shaw

Jack Stein

Rabbi Mark Shrager Murray Popkave

T h e R i t u a l C o r n e r For April

Submitted by Irwin Lewis

A Promise to My Father

We did not want to be separated from our father and mother so we ran back over to their line.

My father realized what is happening here and he said to me and my two brothers- “Children, go over there to save yourself so that you survive and carry on in the Jewish life I think this is what saved my life, my unspoken promise to my father - to remember to carry on. I ask Why Me? Nobody knows - I was not smarter or stronger or better over others and yet I'm here. So it must have been God who wanted me to live. I ask Rabbis and they say nobody knows.” --Israel Arbinder

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is now behind legislation mandating Holocaust and genocides education in Pennsylvania public schools. The Pa. State Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union, does not support a mandate. So far the Pa. House hesitates to impose an unfunded mandate. The House feels historically such requirements have been left to the Department of Education.

Federation president – elect Bud Newman states, “Teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides is already 'voluntary' and has landed us in the current sorry state of affairs: one where students are graduating without the faintest understanding of these subjects.”

[Rabbi Shrager Humor Corner] In memory of the kind of jokes that might remind us of the Rabbi.

So lettered on a sign in the window of a small jewelry shop was the name Carlington. A ritzy lady, passing by, wondered if the people who owned the store were in any way related to the Carlingtons who were the fanciest people in her hometown. Going on, she asked, "Are you the Westport Carlingtons?” The owners said, "No, the Westport Carlington are Kleins. We're the Shapiros.”

Hotel coffee shops charge according to the Bible. If you look at the prices, you're reminded of the quotation, “I was a stranger and ye took me in.”

Some of the Arab countries complained about the previous wars in the area. One leader said, “It's unfair. Israel has 3.8 million Jews. We don't have one!”

A man checked into a Miami hotel and said “Please wake me at seven.” The clerk said, “The receptionist doesn't get in until eight. Maybe you could wake her?”

A man with manners will always put his ashes in an ashtray if there's no carpeting around AND WHAT IS AN ISRAELI SEA CAPTAIN CALLED? A YOM SKIPPUR

General announcements

ADULT EDUCATION

Our successful Torah Study group will continue to meet Thursday mornings, 10:15 to 11:15. No prior experience is necessary. We are charging a low materials fee of $10 per semester to defray the cost of copying and coffee.

MEN'S CLUB TOPICS FOR 2014

WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SPEAKERS! TOPIC NEED NOT BE JEWISH-RELATED AND CAN BE VERY INFORMAL.

PROFESSIONSALS ARE WELCOME WITH EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION. PLEASE NO SOLICITATIONS.

CAMPAIGN FOR NEW MEMBERS - HELP WANTED!

We are asking every member of our congregation to help us locate prospective new members. They may be your neighbors, friends, vet, or whoever. Please relay the name and any pertinent information to the Membership Chair, Marna Simon, or to Elaine Morrow. You may also call and give the information to the synagogue office staff.

AL’S CLEANERS - FUNDRAISER FOR BAS!

Bnai Abraham has been signed up at Al’s Cleaners, 1132 Northampton Street, to enable the synagogue to collect 10% of all sales of dry cleaning and laundry services that our congregants spend there. It’s easy. Just mention that you are a member of Bnai Abraham Synagogue, and they will credit the synagogue and send the proceeds periodically. Al’s is only about seven blocks from the synagogue, has very convenient hours, and does excellent work.

MOVING

Please notify the Bnai Abraham Synagogue office of any address changes to enable us to avoid charges for returned and undeliverable mail and to insure that you receive all mail being sent to you from the synagogue.

General announcements continued…

SHOPPING AT AMAZON…A FUNDRAISER FOR BNAI ABRAHAM!

Click on the Amazon search link on the “Donations” page on the BAS website, and for any purchases made during your visit on Amazon.com, Amazon will contribute 4% to 15% of the purchase price to Bnai Abraham!

How it works:

Navigate to the BAS Donations webpage at http://www.bnaiabraham.org/donations.html and type any item keyword in the Amazon search box, and you will be transferred to Amazon.com. (You must use this link or purchases will not be traced to BAS). If you place items in your shopping cart and complete a purchase during your visit, Amazon will pay us a portion of the purchase price (not including shipping), that portion to range from 4% to 15% depending on the item category.

Rates for categories are posted on our website.

We encourage all of our members to shop on Amazon.com – but remember to only access Amazon.com through the BAS link at the below url or we will not get the purchase credit:

http://www.bnaiabraham.org/donations.html

Thank you for your continued support of BAS and HAPPY SHOPPING!

T r e e o f L i f e

Permanently commemorate your simcha or celebrate a person!

The “Tree of Life” sculpture is on display in the BAS Main lobby known as Founders Hall.

It is used to honor and remember special events such as:

Bar/Bat Mitzvahs

Birthdays

Anniversaries

Memorials

Engagements

Namings

Weddings

and any other special milestone or celebration!

Leaf: $140 Apple: $800

Or memorialize your loved one:

Stone at base of tree: $1,100

Dedicate a memorial plaque to be located on the

walls of the Sanctuary: $300

To honor your friends on the Walk of Life: $350

Lothar Gumberich, Chairman: 610-253-5263 BAS office: 610-258-5343

Jewish Family Services of the Lehigh Valley

F o o d P a n t r y

Jewish Family Service is committed to alleviating hunger in our community. Please join us in our efforts to accomplish this.

Thank you to everyone who has so generously contributed to our food pantry with non-perishable items or financial support. We are supported in the Lehigh Valley by Second Harvest, as well as by the contributions of food drives and individuals. We are looking to expand into the entire Lehigh Valley to our Jewish community, and we ask for your support.

If you have non-perishable items to donate, please either drop them at JFS or call and we will pick them up. Financial donations can be sent directly to JFS.

In our outreach, we need everyone to spread the word. If you know someone, either affiliated or not, who could benefit from any JFS service, tell them about us and have them call. JFS maintains confidentiality and professionalism. We will deliver emergency food packages or supplemental food boxes anywhere in the Lehigh Valley. In addition to providing food, our Benefits Checkup Program (BCU) is designed to assist low-income persons of retirement age and younger adults with disabilities to find and apply for federal, state and local benefits. JFS seeks to help individuals and families live healthier, more stable lives by providing professional counseling, education and community programs.

JFS would love to assist you in scheduling a food drive or creating a project that can help benefit persons in need. Please call JFS at (610) 821-8722 or go on our website for further information.

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