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VOICESCongregation B’nai B’rithSpring 2012 Quarterly Journal Vol. 86 No. 2 Nisan-Tammuz 5772

As I write this, my son Adam’s 8th grade English class is now in the midst of its unit on “The Diary of Anne Frank”. I am impressed and proud that his school has, year after year, brought this iconic story from the written page to real life by inviting our beloved Judy Meisel and Stan Ostern (Adam’s

grandfather) to speak to the students about their stories of suffering and survival during the Holocaust. But we recognize that, as time passes, the ability to connect one-on-one with the survivors will become rarer and rarer. That is why we must listen closely, learn, and re-tell their stories each year just as we do on Passover with our story of redemption from slavery in Egypt to the giving of Torah on Mt. Sinai.

The full name of the day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust is “Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah”— literally the "Day of (remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism." It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan which this year falls on Wednesday night, April 18 and Thursday, April 19. In addition to our annual memorial service (that will return to its focus on the interfaith involvement) on April 18th, our observance will also include the restoration of our Czech Memorial Torah scroll.

This special scroll is a different kind of tangible link to the Jewish communities of Europe that were destroyed during the Holocaust. Along with the living survivors in our congregation, this scroll bears testimony to the endurance of the Jewish people throughout the ages. We are restoring it so that it will live on to act as witness to the Shoah long after our beloved survivors are no longer able. If you have not viewed the video that tells the story of our

scroll and its restoration, go to our website (www.cbbsb.org) and follow the link to “Our Year of Living Torah”. The sofer, Neil Yerman, who is doing the work of restoring the scroll, will be with us on Yom Hashoah and will tell us how each of us is no more than 2, 3, or 4 degrees separated from those who read from it before the Holocaust in its lost home community of Pribram, Czechoslovakia. You will also be given the opportunity to join in the restoration by repairing a holy letter of its sacred text.

On this Yom Hashoah, we mourn the loss of the six million who perished and honor the survivors through our interfaith memorial service. At the same time, we link that dark period in history with the hope of tomorrow through the restoration of our Czech Memorial Torah Scroll.

Yom HaShoah Memorial Service at CBB

Wednesday April 18 7:30 pm

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3rd Friday Ruach

& Temple Band

For a complete list of CBB events go to www.cbbsb.org

PASSOVER at CBBFirst night of PassoverSeder led by CBB ClergyFriday, April 6 5:00 pm Israeli dancing 6:00 pm Seder

A meat, non-dairy potluck dinner - No chargeRSVP: [email protected] or 895-4885

Second night Interfaith SederLed by Cantor Childs at CBBSaturday, April 7 - 5:45 pm

Sponsored by CBB & The Interfaith Initiative

Check reservation availability at: www.interfaithinitiativesbc.org - $36 per person

Salmon, vegan option, grilled veggies, salad & dessert

Rabbi Rick JacobsMeet the dynamic new President of the

Union for Reform Judaism

LAST CHANCE! Final Letter Writing Sessions:

Tuesday, April 17 3-4p | 4:30-5:30p | 6-7p | 7:30-8:30p

Wednesday, April 18 9-10a | 10:30-11:30a | 12-1p | 3:30-4:30p | 5-6p

Thursday, April 19 Times TBA

A minimum donation of $36 is suggested to help fund the restoration and education programs.Visit www.cbbsb.org and click on the Living Torah link to sign up. Reservations can also be made by contacting [email protected] or 967-6619

Help restore our Czech Memorial Torah Sign up to re-ink a letter in the Torah - No experience necessary!

Taubman Symposia & Sunday Morning Live present

Mental Health Forum Tuesday, May 22 - 7:00 PM

Dr. Aaron Ettenberg Professor of Neuroscience & Behavior

UCSB Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

The Addicted Braincosponsored by CBB’s Mental Health Initiative & Jewish Family Service

8:45 am Best Darn Breakfast, PERIOD! 9:45 am Rabbi Rick Jacobs

May 20

April 20 - 6 pm

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FEATURED ARTICLESPersonal Reflections

Religion and the Environment . . . . . . 5 by Rabbi Alyson Solomon

A Lone Jew in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 by Rose Cohen

Renewal of Wedding Vows . . . . . . . 12 by Marti & Ken Schwartz

Reflections on the Holocaust Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 by Noah Goodman

Two CBB Members, The Holocaust & Mexico . . . . . . . . 19 by Marian Cohen

It’s A Mitzvah

CBB and Transition House . . . . . . . . 8 by Glen Serbin

Ubumwe Preschool Update . . . . . . . 8 by Ellen Hunter

Our Year of Living Torah

The Living Torah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 by Armando Quiros

Weird Torah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 by Rabbi Steve Cohen

Communication & Coincidence . . . 11 by Natalie Myerson

Our Year of Living Torah . . . . . . . . 11 by Elizabeth Gaynes

Time on My Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 by Sheila Johnson Golburgh

Other Features2011 Solar Hanukkah Party . . . . . 6-7 by Karen Greenberg

Purim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15

COLUMNSCBB Resource Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2011 Memorial Poker Tournament . 13

CBB Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Mazel Tov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

May Their Lives Be For A Blessing . . 18

Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Todah Rabah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

COMMUNITYJewish Festival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Israel Teach-In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2011 Hanukkah Solar Party

CBB is a diverse, inclusive community of individuals and families building together a warm and vibrant house of living Judaism.

CBB Sisterhood

Gift ShopThe Gift Shop is open during “Sunday Morning Live” (usually the first Sunday of the month 9:30 am to 11:00 am), by appointment and prior to holidays. For more information call Jessica Glick at 696-6289 or check out the gift shop’s online store at www.cbbsb.org.

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Julie Ehrnstein Director of Early Childhood Education [email protected] or ext 36

Kara Hochner Young Families Coordinator [email protected] or ext 37

Benjie Baker Community Connections Coordinator [email protected] or ext 21

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January 14, 2012 at Trinity Episcopal Church faith leaders and activists from Santa Barbara

gathered for a yummy Indian feast and to share wisdom on how our faith communities are responding to the question: How Religions Can Promote Environmental Sustainability. Cantor Childs shared earthy songs like “Here comes the Sun,” “Inch by Inch” and “Morning Has Broken.” I was asked to speak about CBB and our Green streak.

Normah Abdul Halim of the Islamic Society of Santa Barbara spoke about her efforts within the Islamic community to study and act on behalf of the environment. Ms. Halim shared about eco-friendly mosques that are turning down their thermostats, planting gardens on their roofs, changing their taps to low-flow. There’s even a mosque in the East that is built entirely out of empty Coke bottles!

Pastor Dr. Wallace K. Shepherd Jr. of Second Baptist Church in Santa Barbara described his own initial skepticism about how much of a priority environmental issues were for his community, particularly considering the extreme unemployment rates within our city and nation. He realized he had to practice first, then preach. He replaced his home appliances with more energy efficient machines and found he was saving money. Pastor Shepherd and his staff created a Save Money guide for going green and his church changed their appliances and saved money. Then congregants caught on. Second Baptist is now sharing this Save Money guide with other Baptist churches across the country.

Speaking of the power of the Black Church, the event fell on Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. day and right near the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, King’s comrade and marching partner. I introduced the memory of both these esteemed leaders into the room that evening to remind us that, like them, we must lead with our feet as much as with our mouths. I shared the image of Moshe at the Burning Bush and offered that the Earth is today’s Burning Bush. The earth is on fire, calling out to us to care, to be agents for helpfulness

rather than continued harm. I described how almost 80% of CBB’s energy needs are being powered by the sun, thanks to the the Girsh & Hochman Families and Wiser Solar.

CBB is awaiting the final o.k. from the city to collect green waste, that will be picked up by MarBorg and used to reconstitute a landfill on the coast. This means we will put all our food waste and compostable paper goods in one – YELLOW BIN. Our recyclable goods like paper, cans, small kiddush cups in the BLUE BIN. The only things that will then go into the trash are neither compostable nor recycleable. When you come to the Temple, remember, the building is an extension of the earth, sort your trash, turn off lights, help us go even GREENER!

Religion Environmentby Rabbi Alyson Solomon

Rabbi Alyson Solomon & France Twine

Ninaya Strandberg with Daniel & DeAnn Wilson

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both photos taken at CBB’s 2011 Hanukkah Solar Party

2011 Solar Hanukkah Party

We don’t always know how any one event is going to go. We do lots of publicity on most of our events and then we step back and you let us know how interested you are – you either attend or your don’t.

The 2011 Hanukkah Solar Party was a smash hit! CBB was explosive with joy, excitement and pride. Look at these faces. The smiles are bright and caring – sincere and contagious. I have looked at hundreds of photos during my years of selecting “the best” for publication. Never have I seen so many people at one time looking their best. Who knew “going solar” would bring out so much enthusiasm!

These pictures tell the story. Everyone wanted to be part of this momentous occasion. Family, couples, single adults, our youth, and more mature members gathered together. Outside of High Holy Days, I don’t know of any other CBB event that could have brought such a diverse group of people together.

CBB did good and you let us know.

A special thank you to Rabbi Solomon for conceiving of and organizing the party, Glen Phillips and Mark Collier for performing and the planning team: Stephen Honikman, Becca Licha, Laura Habecker, and all of the Green Team volunteers.

by Karen Greenberg

Ruelene Hochman, Ruth Hartzman & Devora SprecherMartie Levy & friend

Helen & Dan Curhan Judy Karin, Dan Cohen & Tamar Cohen Sam, Spencer & Jacque Book


Linda & Basil Honikman

Lily Purvis lighting the Hanukkah Menorah

Lori & Rabbi Evan GoodmanTerre & Frank Sanitate & Beverly Iles

Laurie Deans & Joe Medjuck

Joe Pulverman with mom, Dian Kamilla Storr & Laura McIver

Jessica, Kyle & Randy GlickDrew Curhan & Brian Heimberg

Lynne & Tuli Glasman

Geren Piltz & Holly ChadwinBeth Weinberg & Lauren Katz

Rena & Ty Smith Amy West & Sarah Weiner

Ethan Briere & Coby Kaufer


Beverly Kowalsky-Ching & Lani Wolff

Suzanne Rapley & Nancy Barasch

Transition House is Santa Barbara’s amazing program dedicated to the solution of family homelessness.

In 1984 a group of volunteers from the Santa Barbara community joined together to create Transition House. The community of Santa Barbara provides over 70% of the annual operating expenses, and over 1,200 individuals have volunteered their support. Every day each month, a different group provides dinner and makes bag lunches for the residents.

Transition House is more than just a shelter; it helps families end their reliance on public assistance by providing family-centered support services. Since its beginning, over 10,000 parents and their children have been directly helped by Transition House. These support services have had great results with an average of 60% of the clients returning to permanent housing.

As the Social Action Coordinator for the CBB Transition House program, I want to encourage you to consider helping to cook or serve at Transition House.

For more than 20 years, a handful of CBB members have helped prepare and serve a hot dinner to about 25 families every month (60 people). Transition House

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CBB and Transition House By Glen Serbin

Ubumwe Preschool Update

Our friends in Rwanda surprised us a couple of months ago with these photos of the outer gate to the Ubumwe Preschool property. Zachary and Frederick decided to include a Jewish star in the center of the gate. We were extremely moved and motivated to continue fundraising for Phase III of the project--the walls and roof to the preschool building so that the very young children of Gisenyi have a safe, nuturing place to be during the day while their parents are working. We need just over $50,000 to complete Phase III.

Front Gate with Jewish Star in the Center

If you are interested in helping us build the Ubumwe Preschool in Rwanda, you can donate by visiting the website at www.ubumwecenter.org, click on the heading “preschool project” to donate. If you want more information contact Pam Gunther at [email protected]


Building the foundation

Ellen Goodstein, Laura Dewey, Beth Weinberg, Mike Stein, Art & Cindy Klempner & Amy Locke

A Lone Jew in Africaby Rose Cohen

Rose Cohen * and Other Peace Corp volunteers

I can still remember when I was young singing with Cantor Mark the song about “Wherever you go there’s always someone Jewish”. What a great sentiment that is. Unfortunately it is not always true. I am a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Botswana (a country in Southern Africa), posted in the middle of the Kalahari Desert in a small, remote village called Salajwe. And I am the only Jew.

Botswana is predominately Christian and the Botswana are a very religious people (every morning at the clinic we start our meetings with a prayer). There are a few other Peace Corps Volunteers that are Jewish, but we are spread out all over the country. This leaves me to nurture my Jewish faith and values alone. It is no secret that my Jewish upbringing helped to bring me to Africa and to this point in my life. The idea of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) is deeply rooted in my heart.

People often ask me why. Why did you join the Peace Corps? Why are you leaving your family and friends for two years? Why are you living in these conditions? My answer is, “because I can”. I was fortunate enough to be born into a family and culture that provided me with opportunities and an education.

I feel thankful that I was blessed with this upbringing and I want to give back as much as I can. However, it is quite ironic that to fulfill a Jewish value I extracted myself from the Jewish community.

If you make aliyah and join the IDF you are a lone soldier, if you join the Peace Corps and move to the African bush you are a lone Jew. Being a lone Jew looks

and feels very different than what I am used to Judaism being. Shabbats come and go and sometimes I don’t realize it. Other times I hold an entire Shabbat service by myself in my living room. On Rosh Hashanah I spent an entire week’s pay to get a bottle of honey and a bag of apples. For Hanukkah I made a makeshift menorah out of foil and cardboard. Basically I do what I can when I can. Each and every time I engage in a Jewish act I feel better. It brings me comfort and a sense of home that I could not get anywhere else.


* Rose worked at CBB 2010-2011

At this time of year we find ourselves in the portions of the Torah that might be described as “Weird Torah,”—the portions of Leviticus dealing with sacrificial offerings, skin inflammations, menstruation, nocturnal emissions, childbirth and dead bodies, all of which require attention within the Israelite ancient framework of purity and impurity. These are the portions which very often occasion dismay in Bar and Bat Mitzvah parents when they discover that their child has been assigned one of them, and these are the portions which even our sages of 4th and 5th century Palestine and Babylonia had to work hard to make “relevant” to their congregants.

What is the Torah teaching us in these weird portions? What does the old Jewish category of “impurity” have to do with us, today? Why can’t the Torah just stay all year long in the beautiful and spiritual realms of angels and ethics?

I would suggest that these “weird” portions draw their power, their ability to arouse in us feelings of intense, visceral discomfort specifically from the fact that they draw our attention to the most intimate details of our humanity.

Our skin, which can change overnight, reveals our deepest emotions. Our bodily fluids stay hidden safely inside us…except when they do not. And there is the messiness of birth and the shocking, physical reality of death. These are all the subject matter of these weird portions….all of which reach right to the heart of what it means to be a human soul entangled within a living, dying body.

If we can take a deep breath and read these portions honestly, we see clearly that these portions disturb us precisely because they look so unflinchingly at our relationship with ourselves and our bodies. Our bodies are wonderfully built, but they do not last forever. That is the powerful and eternal teaching of these weird portions of the book of Leviticus.

Weird Torahby Rabbi Steve Cohen

Beyond, far beyond what the eye can see,

deep, deep within us,

lies a manuscript of fiery letters, black on white,

that silently set out what it is to be human.

This ancient sheepskin,

loosely rolled like an ancient scroll, is sacred,

for its letters were inscribed by the revelatory

finger of God.

Its words are forever the same,

telling the basic story of human life.

And yet, the story of each of us is still being written.

We speak new words,

somehow not different than the old,

and thus daily flesh out old/new understandings.

Each of these words so opens our eyes

that we can only grasp in wonder.

Each of us, then, is a new Moses,

freshly descended from the sacred mountain,

charged with the mission of reading the inscrutable

and giving it flesh with creative wonder and delight.

This poem is one of a collection of poetry written by CBB members and published in the Temple’s new poetry book entitled Shira min Halev: Songs from the Heart. It is available in the Sisterhood gift shop, online at www.cbbsb.org. and at Chaucers Books. Shira Min Halev: Songs from the Heart retails for $15.00 with proceeds going to Beit HaYeladim, the Temple’s preschool.

The Living Torahby Armando Quiros

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One of my favorite words is communication. It breaks down barriers. It cements relationships.

Our group of 20 was the last one to convene at the Synagogue on October 31, 2011. We first assembled in the small chapel for a talk about the project, how it evolved and what the procedures were to be. Next, we washed our hands at a prepared setting in the Temple Social Hall where I was particularly intrigued by the handsome silver ewer with double lips to pour the water over my hands and dry them in preparation for touching the sacred scroll. Finally, ushered into the Sanctuary we took seats in rows facing the dramatic setting: a table set with the Torah on it, lit by a strong lamp, utensils all neatly aligned, the Sofer’s chair empty but his colorful tallis neatly folded on the rungs. He entered, donned his vestment and came before us to explain the procedure and what to expect. He described the

quill to be used, where to rest our hand, not to worry about mistakes because after all he was the “doctor in charge” of the patient.

In turns, we approached the table and had the joy of knowing what a privilege this was to be. It was my moment, and I found myself communicating extraneous information before I began. Said I, “You know I am unquestionably the oldest person doing this tonight. I am well past 91 nearing 92 years of


As part of our Year of Living Torah program, Sofer Neil Yerman returned to CBB in February and brought our Czech Memorial Torah along with tales of the art and the life of a modern day scribe.

- Sofer Yerman joined Beit Ha Yeladim preschoolers for a Shabbat service.

- Approximately 200 Religious School, Academy and High School students re-inked letters in the Torah and shared the experience with their classmates.

- We brought our Czech Torah to Maravilla where 30 residents participated in a colorful conversation with Sofer

Yerman and wrote letters in the Torah. For some in their 80's and 90's, it was the first time in their life that they had seen and touched the inside of a Torah!

- Members of Hadassah gathered together for a communal letter-writing experience.

- Over 100 others, joining together with family and friends, re-inked letters and learned about the ancient scribal art and the history of our Scroll.

- Budding poets created original works in our Pick a Pasuk program.

....and many others had one-on-one experiences with our Sofer and Torah.


My recent experience with Our Year of Living Torah was one of

Communication and Coincidence both of which made the event meaningful by Natalie Myerson

Natalie Myerson with Sofer Neil Yerman

by Elizabeth Gaynes Our Year of Living Torah Chairperson


Time on My Mindby Sheila Golburgh Johnson

Time was on my mind when I rose to perform this holiest of acts, restoring a letter in the Czech Torah that belongs to our congregation. Looking backwards in time I imagined the tiny congregation of the shtetl in Pribram, Czechoslovakia, when it first acquired this Torah between 280 and 260 years ago. They read from it every week and danced with it on Simchat Torah, passing it from loving arms to loving arms. That shtetl no longer exists, but its Torah remains with us as a living tribute to the Jews who lived and loved there.

I imagine the future - our congregation will read from this Torah on special occasions, dance with it, and teach our children to revere it as the living word of God.

Yet once I imagined the past, I kept traveling back in time to the giving of the Torah itself at the foot of Mt. Sinai. For the first time, I realized what it means when our Rabbi tells us that according to tradition, every Jew in every generation stood at Mt. Sinai. I, too, took my place at the foot of the mountain with my people at the moment I restored a letter of the Torah.


Mar ti Schwar tz to Ken Schwar tzCBB Wedding – 55 Year Renewal

January 9, 2012When I spoke these vows the first time, I was filled with the wonder of our love and the anticipation of our lives together, of having a family and living “happily ever after”.

As I speak these vows now, I am still filled with the wonder of our love and with the awareness that we have “happily ever after”. We have been blessed with what I dreamed of – loving children and grandchildren, a caring family and many friends. Our lives have been full with work, with travel and with much dancing.

But what I know now is that “happily ever after” is so much more than the dreams of a young bride. “Happily ever after” is the love and commitment that takes you through the tough times and that is ever present during the ordinary every day times. It’s the hug in the morning and the kiss goodnight that tells you no matter what the day holds or how the day has been you are together.

“Happily ever after” is having you beside me. You have been and always will be my strength, my love, and my best friend.

Each year the Religious School introduces K-6th graders to life cycle events. Students participate in the preparation and celebration of a wedding when two members of our congregation renew their vows.

CBB Garden Looking For VolunteersIf you love to garden, please consider joining the Temple’s gardening group. Help us keep the grounds beautiful.

contact: Ruelene Hochman682-7643 [email protected]


CBB’s annual Memorial Poker Tournament was held Saturday night, February 18. About 50 men and women gathered at CBB to play poker, kibbitz and just have a good time.

The tournament began, some years ago, in remembrance of Bernie Taran z”l and his love of poker. This year we also honored the memory of Board member Barry Mosesman z”l.

Jason Feder, a UCSB Hillel Alum now living in San Diego, won first place. Julie Ehrnstein, who won last year, came in second and Franny Taran came in third. Each winner received a cash prize and the remaining funds, $2,500, were donated to CBB.

We want to thank Richard Silver for coordinating the event again this year. THANK YOU, Richard!

And a grateful thank you to the volunteers who helped make it happen: the dealers, Rhoda Colman, Martie Levy, Sissy Taran, Nadine Zysman, Lauri Baker and Lori Goodman. The set-up, clean-up and general duty volunteers were Ashley Monser, Audrey Okaneko, Terry Grimes, Renee Golan, Itzik Ben Sasson, Martie Levy (who helped set up in addition to dealing), Jason Feder and Karen Greenberg. Last, but not least, we gratefully thank the players for their generosity and participation.

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Santa Barbara’s Jewish Day-Camp

Two - 2 week sessions | 9 am to 3 pm

Session I: July 16 - July 27Session II: July 30 - August 10

Our camp, accredited by the American Camp Association, has a non-denominational approach. Activities include art, music, newspaper, drama, talent shows, daily swimming (or an alternative water activity, such as slip-n-slid) and lots of sports for campers K-6. A separate program, with more challenging activities, is available for 7th and 8th graders.

For more information: visit www.camphaverim.comor contact Camp Director Itzik Ben Sasson at 805/895-6593 or [email protected]

Camp Haverim

Cate School in CarpinteriaTransportation available from Goleta and SB

Back for its 8th season!

CBB Monthly Program Guide

listing all Temple events

returning to you by popular demand

May 2012Thank you for letting

us know what is important to you!

A Big, Big and Bigger THANK YOU to Aaron Ettenberg for writing another smash Purim Shpiel! You are quick-witted, creative beyond words and a fabulous contributor to CBB.

Thank you Melodie Lee who directs this annual production. We are grateful for your attention to detail.

A big thank you to Howard Babus and Helene Glassman for being our Purim photographers. You capture our memories and allow them to stay alive forever!


Purim

Santa Barbara

Jewish Festival

Great Food

Israeli Dancing

Jewish Music

Artisan Faire

Games for Kids

and more...

Sunday, April 2911:00 am - 4:00 pm

Israel Teach-InSB Hillel | April 22

Sunday Breakfast 8:30 am

First Speaker 9:30 am

9:30 am Morning Keynote

Tal Becker Hartman Institute Fellow

In Search of a Values Based, Aspirational Zionism

1:45 pm Afternoon Keynote

Gershom Gorenberg Author and Historian

The Unmaking of Israel

lunch provided - sponsored by the Israel Committee



CBB PROGRAMMING

Confirmation ServiceJune 2

Saturday | 4:00 pm

Summer Shabbat Services

beginning Friday, June 22

6:00 pmthrough August

Abrahams Outdoor Chapel

Friday

June 156 pm Sanctuary

2012 Viola S. Girsh Award honoring

Bobbi Kroot

Sunday, June 10 The History Of Loveby Nicole Krause

9:30 am - Bagels & Coffee

10:00 am to 11:45 am - Discussion

Jewish Book Club

UCLA Professor Charles Lynn Batten A master teacher, immensely popularand thought-provoking

additional information at www.cbbsb.org

Annual Congregational MeetingSunday, June 310:00 am

We invite you to help us govern CBB. Review our budget, elect the 2012/2013 Board of Trustees and experience the Cantor’s annual year in review.

Tikkun L’eiL Shavuot & Shavuot Service

May 26 & 27 Saturday 9:00 pm until dawn Sunday 10:30 am

for a lifetime of commitment and service to our Temple and the Jewish community

In Our LivesMazel Tov!

Daniel Abrams, son of Marion and Marshall Abrams, on his promotion as San Mateo County Fire Department Battalion Chief.


Diane and Raymond

Pulverman on the marriage of their

daughter Sophie to Alex Jones.

Mike and Linda Kaufman, on their daughter Patty's

engagement to her long-time boyfriend Cody.

To our staff members on their recent promotions:

Kara Hochner - Young Families Coordinator Ashley Monser - Facility & Events Manager

Audrey Okaneko - Office Manager

Alan Levy on being named the new Chair of Jewish Family Service Committee

Jackie Rotman, daughter of Ken and Kate Rotman, on being honored by the Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce as Youth Businesswoman of the Year for creating Everybody Dance Now!

Eve Brière, on the publication of her book, 31 spaces 31 days, about organization as a lifestyle.

Ruth and Lewis Rubin, grandparents, Bobbi and Matt Pinnow, parents, Alix and Josh Rabinowitz, aunt and uncle, on the birth of Hannah Louise, born on January 6th.

Jacob and Alisa Pepper, and big

brother Jonah, on the birth of

Alex William Pepper.

Dan and Anna Pulcrano, son and daughter-in-law of Edie and Stan Ostern and brother of Shari Childs, on the birth of their daughter Eliyana Dara Pulcrano.

Julie Shulem on completion of her quilt commissioned by the City of Santa Barbara for the new airport terminal.

Sunday, June 310:00 am

May Their Lives Be For A Blessing

We Mourn

Ha’makom yenahem etkhem betokh

She’ar avelei Tziyon v’Yerushalayim.

May God console you among the

other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

December 2011 - February 2012

Bob Begun, past President of CBB, and very active and influential in our congregation in the 1960's.

Florence Beatrice Spungen, mother of Carol Spungen & mother-in-law of Aaron Lieberman.

Ella Barnes, mother of Bobbi Kroot, mother-in-law of Art Kroot.

Molly Rothman Gersho, mother of Allen Gersho, mother-in-law of Roberta Gersho.

Frank Naish, husband of Penny Naish, father of Deborah Naish, father-in-law of Howard Babus, and grandfather of Isaac Babus.

Morton Steinberg, father of Nancy Barasch and grandfather of Emily Barasch.

James Thomas Scott, father of Debi Scott, and father-in-law of Traci Lewis.

Confirmation Class Trip to Washington, D.C. by Noah Goodman

A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to go on a trip to Washington D.C. with my confirmation class. It was an extremely powerful experience. The most meaningful part for me was definitely the Holocaust Museum.

I had been there once before with my family, so I thought this visit wouldn’t have too much impact on me. I imagined that I wouldn’t feel as much because I had gone through it before. I was determined that I wasn’t going to cry at all because I’d already seen what was there. I thought I already knew everything and there wouldn’t be any more impact. Needless to say, I was wrong.

When I went there before I was just a little kid, and I didn’t want to know any bad news about anything. On that earlier visit, I basically ran through the museum with my dad, not looking at pretty much anything. This time, however, was different. Even though I didn’t read too many of the text panels, or look at every exhibit, I spent a lot of time just stopping…thinking…about what actually happened.

One of the most meaningful parts of the museum was seeing writings and drawings that little children had made during the Holocaust. Those drawings made it personal. It made me think: when you have this big number of so many people that died, it’s hard to really visualize that these were actual people. It wasn’t just adults – it was children, it was women, it was all sorts of people – and these were drawings that you might see a regular kid draw today.

Over the past two summers, I worked with kids at Camp Haverim. A couple of the kids there seemed to like me, one little one, a 1st grade girl in particular. I imagined if she, an innocent kid, was in that situation. I couldn’t. It was too much to bear. So I began to imagine, what if anybody I knew today lived back in that time? And what if they were that kid? Could anyone really even imagine being put in that situation?


Reflections on the Holocaust Museum December 2011


Two CBB Members, The Holocaust & Mexicoby Marian Cohen


Last winter, my mother came to Santa Barbara and enjoyed with us the experience of a Friday night dinner at Judy Meisel's home. My mother was born in the same year as Judy – and Anne Frank – but grew up in Rochester, New York. As a Jew in America, her experience of the Second World War was tending a 'victory garden' in a tiny patch of dirt and anxiously awaiting letters and visits home from her two much older brothers, who were serving in the army in Europe. At the end of our evening with Judy, my mother asked to borrow “Tak For Alt", the powerful and moving documentary about her life. After watching it, she suggested to my brother, who is the principal of a bilingual school in Mexico City, that he invite Judy to come and speak to his students. My brother enthusiastically embraced the idea and rallied three other schools to issue a joint invitation. Thus it was that a few days after Rosh Hashana, Judy and I found ourselves at Santa Barbara airport in the chilly pre-dawn darkness, headed for Mexico.

In the space of three days Judy spoke to eight different groups in four high schools across Mexico City. As she entered the room, the reaction of the students, who had just watched “Tak For Alt”, ranged from awed, respectful silence to a standing ovation. “Ask me any question, no matter how uncomfortable. I don't want you to go away wishing you had asked me that question." Whatever else Judy said, speaking without notes and adjusting her emphasis depending on the age of the students, she always included this statement as she looked intently at her audience of teenagers. At Judy's invitation, the arms, raised hesitantly at first, became a sea of hands, always

more than could be called upon in the forty-five or sixty minutes that was available. The questions sometimes were answered succinctly and other times were used as an opportunity to expound on one of several themes - the importance of respecting differences between one another, the insidiousness of bullying and cyber-bullying, and the moral imperative not to stand by when wrong is being done to someone, either nearby or in another part of the world. There was one question which Judy answered with a single word. Asked "Do you have any happy memories from your time in the concentration camp?" her unadorned "No." was followed by a brief, profound silence. A question that came up in every group was "How did you find your brother?" These Mexican, mostly non-Jewish teenagers, cared intensely about this person and her family, whose story they had just witnessed.

After each question and answer session, students spontaneously lined up and waited patiently to have the chance to thank Judy, to hug her, or to share a very personal story or reaction. The intimacy and intensity of each student's engagement with Judy was powerful. One student, sobbing, told Judy that her two cousins had been missing since May. Judy's story and her endurance had inspired her not to give up hope that her cousins might still be found alive.

As we criss-crossed the city, from one speaking engagement to another, Judy was full of questions for my brother - about politics, the economy and education Mar


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Reflections of the Holocaust Museum continued from page 18As I walked onward, I found myself standing in a rail car. It’s a rail car that’s actually from the Holocaust. When I was in it, it was pretty much empty, and I couldn’t see out, so I couldn’t really tell I was in a museum. And I stood there for five…ten…fifteen minutes, just imagining what it would have been like to be in that rail car, in the Holocaust, packed tightly with so many people, not knowing where you are going, then arriving at a concentration camp, being put to work until you were…until most of them were killed.

I stood there until I had this thought…“I could never have lived through any of this.” Then, I realized, neither did most of these people.

I think that was the first time the full immensity of what happened during the Holocaust actually hit me. I’ll never forget it.

That thought stuck with me throughout the rest of the museum, until I neared the exit. At the end there was a huge circular room with an eternal light. I sat on one of the benches and stared at that light.

Thinking.

Realizing.

And nothing about this will ever seem the same to me again.


Two CBB Members... continued from page 19

- and made astute observations about the character and composition of each school that we visited. She embraced every new experience with interest and openness. With grace and humor she put her life in the hands of strangers as they conveyed her in a wheelchair down an astonishingly steep series of paths from the top to the bottom of Edron School, and then all the way back up again.

Traveling with Judy is a multi-faceted education. Our journey consisted of two outward flights and three return flights, and we had requested a wheelchair for Judy for each transfer. Each time we were helped, I was pre-empted or waved away by Judy as she carefully counted out a five-dollar tip,

offered with her sincere thanks, to each airport employee who wheeled her from one gate to another. Not only was it a privilege to witness first-hand the enormous impact that Judy has on the young people to whom she speaks, but also to learn from a person who embodies Jewish principles in her daily actions and interactions.

Judy and I are very grateful to my mother, Fran, for sowing the seed of this idea; to my brother, Alan, for all the time, organization and coordination that made the speaking tour possible; and to him and my sister-in-law, Silvia, and my nieces, Angela and Sara, for hosting Judy and me with such warmth and graciousness. A special thanks goes to the girls for sleeping on the couch for four nights so that we could sleep in their rooms!

Our Year of Living Torah continued from page 9

We look forward to Sofer Yerman's next visit April 17-19 when we will commemorate Yom Hashoah and remember those who were lost during the Holocaust.

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