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March 2018, Volume No. 3Adar-Nisan 5778
Passover SederFriday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m.See enclosed flyer for reservations
See page 2 for service times
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Beth ElServices
Welcome to Beth ElSERVICESKi TissaSaturday, March 3Morning service 9:00 a.m.Chanting Haftorah - Daniel RosenMincha 5:30 p.m.Va-yak-hel + P’kudeiShabbat ParahShabbat Mevarekhim HahodeshSaturday, March 10Birthday ShabbatMorning service 9:00 a.m.Chanting Haftorah - Bob FreedmanMincha 5:45 p.m.Va-yikraShabbat Rosh HodeshShabbat HahodeshSaturday, March 17Morning service 9:00 a.m.Chanting Haftorah - Daniel RosenMincha 5:45 p.m.TzavShabbat HagadolSaturday, March 24Morning service 9:00 a.m.Chanting Haftorah - Daniel KahnMincha 5:45 p.m.Fast of the FirstbornThursday, March 29Morning service 7:00 a.m.Erev PesachFriday, March 30Evening service 5:45 p.m.Passover - Day 1Saturday, March 31Morning service 9:00 a.m.Anniversary ShabbatChanting Haftorah - David SiegelMincha 6:00 p.m.Kabbalat ShabbatFridays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30Come as you are! Join Rabbi Lavinsky andCantor Angress in song and prayer at 5:45p.m. March 9 will be a Family Kabbalat Shab-bat followed by dinner.
PROGRAMMINGSee the March calendar on page 14 for a com-plete schedule of events.Ethical Life Sundays, March 4 & 11Join Rabbi Lavinsky at 9:15 a.m. for The Eth-ical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of Choice, acourse in Jewish ethics from the Jewish Theo-logical Seminary (JTS). These are the finalclasses for this series.
Mahj MeetupWednesdays, March 7 & 21Fun & snacks! Join us at 1:00 p.m. and playMahjong with your friends. Beginners welcome!Family Kabbalat Shabbat & DinnerFriday, March 9Join us at 5:45 p.m. for a family-oriented KabbalatShabbat service followed by dinner. See enclosedflyer for dinner reservations.Blanket BoostersSundays, March 11 & 25Join the group in the lobby at 9:00 a.m. as theymake blankets for children in crisis. For more in-formation, call Sandy Schnell-Robbins at 602-684-2606.Men’s Club Financial WorkshopSunday, March 11Join Bob Freedman and fellow Men’s Club mem-bers at 9:30 a.m. for a free event featuring strategiesto help plan your family’s future. No solicitations!Movie MatineeWednesday, March 14Movie lovers are invited to join us at 1:00 p.m. fora free viewing of Wonder starring Julia Roberts,Owen Wilson & Jacob Tremblay. Runtime: 1 hr,53 mins. Contact Alicia at 602.944.3359 ext. 113or [email protected] for more in-formation. Lunch & LearnThursday, March 15Come explore the Book of Psalms with WendyRozov at 11:30 a.m. as we enjoy delicious food &lively discussions. $5 per person includes lunch.RSVP to Nanci at 602.944.3359 ext 123.Book ClubThursday, March 15Please plan to join us at 1:15 p.m. for a discussionof The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish. Pizza &wine available for $5 each.Community Mahj DaySunday, March 18Join us from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. for a day ofmahj, nosh and prizes! Raffles and prizes will begiven away and lunch and snacks will be served.All are welcome at $22 per person. Please see theenclosed flyer.Hebrew 102Sunday, March 18Join talented instructor Wendy Rozov at 12:30p.m. and to improve your Hebrew fluency and lit-eracy skills. Course continues through April 2018.Women’s Seder ExperienceThursday, March 22Women of all ages are invited to an evening withMiriam to enjoy wine tasting, arts and crafts, danc-ing and a light dinner. $20 per person - see the en-closed flyer for reservations.Community First Night PassoverSederFriday, March 30, 6:30 p.m.See the enclosed flyer for information.
MarchProgramming
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Dear Friends,Several years ago, in the spirit ofPesach, I thought that I mightcompose a new set of Passoverquestions for the twenty first cen-tury. Even though definitive an-swers to all Four Questions are notfound in the Hagaddah, we surelyknow the answers. We eat Matzah(unleavened bread) because ourancestors left Egypt in haste and
didn’t have time to let the dough rise. We eat Maror(bitter herbs) to remind us of the bitterness of the Egypt-ian bondage. We dip twice – first a vegetable in saltwater to remind us of the tears of our ancestors, and thebitter herbs in Charoset to remind us of the mortar thatwas used to create bricks in Egypt. Finally, we eat in areclined position because in the ancient world only freemen and women had the luxury of reclining when theyconsumed a meal. (If you visit the Pompeii Exhibit atthe Arizona Science Center, you can see frescos that de-pict wealthy people reclining while they eat. This ex-hibit will be open until May 28, 2018.)
Therefore, I humbly submit the following questions:
1. Why do many people today make Passoverpreparation so difficult? The answer is “It doesn’t needto be.” Of course a good Spring cleaning is in order,but you don’t have to wear a HAZMAT suit to sanitizeyour refrigerator or rent a blow torch to Kasher yourdentures. We would do well to remember that on theeve of Passover, we recite a formula in which we dis-avow any Chametz (leavened food) that we may haveoverlooked and it is considered “like the dust of theearth.”
2. Why do we spend a fortune on Passover food?One again, there’s no need to do so. Yes, there are afew things that we need to buy (e.g. a shank bone, bitterherbs, and matzah), but too many Jews needlessly buyfood items that they wouldn’t ever consider eating dur-ing the rest of the year. Who really needs jelly candy,chocolate covered matzah, and seven layer cakes madeout of potato starch? There is no lack of fresh vegeta-bles and fruits that do not need rabbinic supervision.God forbid we should eat healthy foods duringPassover! For your edification, once again we have en-closed this year’s Passover Guide published by the Rab-binical Assembly so that you can learn how to preparefor Passover this year. It also details which foods doand do not require to be under rabbinical supervisionfor Passover. And don’t forget that if you would like aBedikat Chametz Kit (to search for Chametz, orleaven), it will be available to you in the Beth El officeor you can request to have one sent to you.
3. Why do so many get together as family and friendsexclusively on Passover? The truth is that every week onthe Holy Sabbath we have the opportunity to share a deli-cious meal with loved ones. The Passover Seder is themost widely observed Mitzvah during the year (more thanfasting on Yom Kippur), but every Sabbath affords us theopportunity to enjoy the company of loved ones, to sitaround an adorned table, to feast, to sing and to savor thepresence of those who make a difference in our lives.Nothing signifies our freedom as Jews more than the abilityto observe a day of rest and renewal each and every week.
4. Why don’t we make good on our declaration atthe end of the Hagaddah, “Leshana Haba’ah Biyrusha-layim” – “Next Year in Jerusalem”? Surely it is far easierfor moderns to make a pilgrimage to Israel in the twentyfirst century than ever before. We are only a plane rideaway from enjoying the homeland of the Jewish People.While we recall the miracles of the exodus which inspiredour observance of Passover, the greatest miracle of themodern age is the establishment of the Jewish State, theState of Israel. If you have never been to Israel, what areyou waiting for? And if you have been to Israel, go again!I have posed a series of four questions for your consider-ation. You may wish to ask your own questions aroundyour Seder tables to make Pesach more fun and interestingthis year. As Claude Levi-Strauss (the French Anthropol-ogist) has taught: “The wise man doesn't give the right an-swers, he poses the right questions.”
Wherever you choose to attend Seder I hope that youcome up with your own wonderful questions, and offersome possible answers. On behalf of my family and thestaff and officers of Beth El Congregation, I wish you all aChag Kasher Vesameach, a Kosher and Happy Passover.
L’Shalom,Rabbi Arthur Lavinsky
Arthur LavinskyRabbi
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Rabbi Lavinsky’s study ofThe Ethical Life
Remaining 2018 dates:March 4 & 11
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Dear Friends,I was 14 years old when I sang in myvery first cantorial concert. My cantorgrowing up, Yehuda Rottner, wasfriends with some of the most famouscantors in the world and he invitedthem to our synagogue for one of thebiggest cantorial concerts in SouthFlorida. The concert featured Can-tors Rottner, Yaakov Motzen, Avi Al-
brecht, Naftali Hershtik (former chief cantor of TheGreat Synagogue in Jerusalem), and Yitzchak-MeirHelfgot (who recently collaborated with Itzhak Perl-man). And then of course yours truly was thrown in tosing one cantorial piece after the intermission.
The piece I sang was entitled V’lirushalayim Ircha (AndTo Jerusalem Your City) written by Yiddish film, the-atre, and liturgical composer, Abraham Ellstein. This isa piece that is very close to my heart to this day and isone that I still perform on a regular basis. However, itwas not until recently that I learned the composer ofV’lirushalayim Ircha has a Broadway credit under hisbelt.
Abraham Ellstein was born in New York in 1907 toJewish immigrant parents on the Lower East Side ofManhattan. He is perhaps best known for writing themusic for the film Yidl Mitn Fidl made famous byMolly Picon. However, what most people do not knowabout Ellstein is that he wrote the music for a very shortlived Broadway musical, Great To Be Alive!
Great To Be Alive! opened at the Winter Garden The-atre (where Mamma Mia played for 13 years from2000-2013) on March 23, 1950. Not much is knownabout the story of this show as it was very short lived,but the following synopsis is found in the Playbill Vault:“The living and the ghosts of the dead commingle hap-pily in an old mansion in Robert Russell Bennett, Abra-ham Ellstein, Walter Bullock, and Sylvia Regan'smusical.” Unfortunately, the show closed on May 6,1950 clocking in a total of 45 days on Broadway.
This is not the only time that a Jewishly themed Broad-way show has closed prematurely. Soul Doctor, a showabout the controversial music-rabbi Shlomo Carlebach(which also used his music as the score for the show)was destined to be on Broadway for at least a year backin 2013 but closed only after 3 months. Another show,Cantorial which is a non-musical was supposed to playto a Broadway sized theater but only existed off-Broad-way (in a theater that housed less than 499 seats). Itseems that with the exception of Fiddler on the Roof,Broadway is not yet ready for a fully thematic Jewishshow despite the insurmountable amount of Jews whorun that industry.
Todah V’Zimrah,Cantor Jonathan Angress
Jonathan AngressCantor
Women’s League NewsWomen's League had their annual Shabbat Service onFebruary 3.
A big thank you goes out to all the women who partici-pated and helped to make this such a successful ShabbatService. Thank you to Debbie Goldich and Rose Hirschfor chairing this event.
Once again, this year there will be the Women's Seder Ex-perience. We encourage all women to attend as this al-ways is a fun event.
Our annual Women's League meeting will be coming upthis spring - on April 29 - following the Annual Congrega-tion Meeting.
Wishing everyone a happy Passover!
Anne Zaslow, PresidentJoan Sitver, Vice President
TODAH RABBAHWe want to thank all the women who participated inWomen's League Shabbat along with those who do-nated to Women's League Shabbat Kiddush...
CHARLENE ABRAMSOHNCHARLOTTE ADELMANELLEN KANER BRESNICK
PATTI DREISESZUNCYNTHIA DUBROW
DEBBI KANER GOLDICH ROSE HIRSCH
CHARLEEN HOLT HUGUETTE MACHBITZ
KATHY MILLER ANN POLUNSKYDIANE POSNIACK ANNE SCHAFERJOAN SITVER
SELMA TARGOVNIKANNE ZASLOWJUDY ZOLA
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Shalom,Friday, March 30 is the first night ofPassover. This year, as always, if youare unable to have the Seder at yourhome or be at someone else’s home,please consider attending the Beth ElCommunity Seder. Cantor Angresswill lead the traditional Seder withbeautiful singing and a deliciousmeal.
We probably all have memories of our family Seders.As young children reading the Haggadah always seemedinterminably long. The four questions, the glasses ofwine, a scrumptious meal with chicken soup, matzoballs, tzimmes, potato kugel, finding the afikomen, themelodies etc. are familiar and memorable.
Passover is not just a gastronomical experience. As weprepare for this holiday, let us not forget that one of the613 commandments is to teach our children aboutMoses leading the Children of Israel, from slavery to thePromised Land. Every Jew is required to participate inthe re-telling of the story of the Exodus: the enslavementof the Children of Israel, the bravery of Moses andAaron, the crossing of the Red Sea, the giving of the tencommandments and the travails of the journey to thePromised Land.
The claim is frequently made, that the story of Mosesand the Exodus is a national myth, and does not give the“Children of Israel,” the Jews of today, any superior rightto the specific portion of earth we call Eretz Yisrael.
Archeological evidence shows undeniably that Jews livedin this land before the days of Nebuchadnezzar, throughthe Persian conquests, the Roman empire, Turkishcaliphate and British Mandate. The first use of the term“Yehudah” (Jew) is found in the book of JeremiahXXXIV:9, written just before the Babylonian destructionof the Temple built by King Solomon, about 600 yearsbefore the destruction of the second Temple by the Ro-mans. Since the destruction of the second Temple,2000 years ago, we Jews have been saying at the conclu-sion of the Passover Seder “Next year in Jerusalem.”
The Passover Seder is an opportunity to experience thevitality of Judaism. The fact is that we Jews do exist, andhave so for centuries. Passover is a time to remind our-selves and our children that we are descendants from along line of proud people tempered by our experiencesthroughout the ages. The gathering of Jews to read theHaggaddah, reminds us of our heritage, and will lead usas we head into the future.
Chag Sameach.Barbara Becker
Dear Friends,A few bits of information I want to sharewith you…in case you did not know!
Beth El’s mission: We are an egalitar-ian, Conservative synagogue that servesthe spiritual and social needs of our con-gregants. We are the only Conservativesynagogue in Phoenix and were recog-nized by the IRS as a 501(c) (3) organi-zation in September, 1930. Imagine…
that’s going on 88 years. Although I joined the staff in2006, something like 76 years after Beth El was organ-ized, I believe we have sustained an atmosphere ofwarmth and spirituality that has so many of our familieshere from generation to generation. If I were to guess thenumbers, I’d probably be way off base, as I’m still in awewhen I meet a congregant whose family has been a partof Beth El since its inception and many more for 50 plusyears.
We offer a twice daily service - 7 days a week - where youwill find that warmth and spirituality abound. There is awide range of programming for adults and children of allages that provide multiple opportunities for members andvisitors to connect to their Jewish heritage, to each other,and to Beth El.
The learning environment in our Religious School (Di-rector Nanci Siegel Manson) and our Preschool (DirectorJoanie Charnow) are both fun and relevant – each ensur-ing that the lessons are age and grade appropriate.
The circle of life is celebrated and valued within the con-gregation and our clergy and staff provide the utmost inassistance during times of illness, loss, and of course need.And think about it…our sanctuary is spectacular. I cannottell you how much pride I feel when I’m showing some-one around our facility and walk into the sanctuary withthem. It’s beautiful with the lights on and even morebeautiful when I walk into the sanctuary and the lights arenot yet on, with the sunlight shining through our stainedglass windows. The room looks beyond spectacular.
So, now that I’ve shared some information on whatmakes us great, look at what we have to offer in March.Rabbi Lavinsky is wrapping up his Ethical Life class, Blan-ket Boosters is meeting on the 11th and 25th, Mahjongon the 7th and 21st, Adult Hebrew classes, a Family Shab-bat dinner, a Women’s Seder experience, Lunch &Learn, Book Club, Movie Matinee, Community MahjDay on the 18th , Birthday and Anniversary Shabbat, andPassover Seder at the end of the month.
I hope you take advantage of our programs – and to seeyou soon – and often!
Chag Sameach,Anne
Barbara BeckerPresident
Anne SchaferExecutiveDirector
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Talmud Torah NewsPassover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is aspringtime holiday that celebratesour freedom. We remember thatour ancestors were slaves in Egyptand retell the story of the Exodus-how our people were set free.
What are we all enslaved by today?Pressure to succeed at work or atschool? Perhaps something else?
Striving for personal excellence is important to us allbut are we putting too much pressure on ourselves to“do it all?” Are we making the necessary time to takecare of ourselves and to do the things that make us trulyhappy? Passover is a time to concentrate on freeing our-selves from that which enslaves us and to appreciate thefreedom that we have. A great way to do this is to focuson spending time with your loved ones, family andfriends.
Consider having your kids do some Passover prep workwith you. “Operation feather and candle” is a personalfavorite of mine. One of the best known customs ofPassover is eating only unleavened bread (made fromdough that has not risen). All the food that is made fromleavened bread is considered chametz, not kosher forPassover. We clean our houses of all the chametz onthe days before the holiday begins.
Upon completion of this “spring cleaning” in prepara-tion for Passover, we do one final search for chametzwe may have missed the first time around. It’s easy tomake this tradition a fun activity for the whole familyand make the kids feel like they are part of an important- and highly delicate mission.
The custom, way before the Dust Buster, Roomba, andflashlight, is to carry a candle, a feather and a woodenspoon on this hunt for chametz. You use the feather tosweep the food into the wooden spoon. The candle isused for light, since the search is done at night, tradi-tionally one night before Passover begins. Its moremeaningful and exciting to do this search with the lightsoff.
Parents can carry the candle (or use a flashlight to besafe); kids can carry the feather or wooden spoon. Havea paper bag handy so you can put all the chametz in itand dispose of it properly.
Note to parents: To make sure that the search is a suc-cess, its customary to hide a few wrapped pieces ofbread or crackers (classic chametz culprits) around thehouse beforehand. Or stuff a wrapped candy bar underthe cushion of the couch; when they find it, they’ll have
Nanci Siegel Manson
Education & YouthDirector
a final chametz snack before Passover begins.
Ladies, ladies, ladies….Save the date for our annualWomen’s Seder on Thursday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m.Come and enjoy a night just for you and take part in our“Evening with Miriam.” Watch for more details in nextmonth’s echo.
Answers to last month’s Jewish trivia questions…
1. Q: Which fast day falls just before Purim? A: Fast of Esther
2. Q: Hadassah is another name for which Purim queen?
A: Esther
This month’s trivia question, as we are never too old tolearn something new…
1. How many matzahs are covered at the Seder table?
2. How many sons are mentioned in the Hagaddah?
Until next time….
Mahj MeetupWednesdays, March 7 & 21
1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
BETH EL CONGREGATIONIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
GALA 2018
This year our gala will honor our very own
CHARLOTTE ADELMANCharlotte has been a member of Beth El for manyyears and is loved by all. She is originally from Paris,survived the Holocaust, relocated to this country, andhas made countless friends. It is a privilege for BethEl to honor this remarkable woman at our Gala...
APRIL IN PARISBe sure to save the date...
SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.for an evening you won't want to miss.
Ask us about Tribute Ads, Sponsorships and In-Kind donations
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Preschool NewsWe ended the month of February get-ting ready for Purim. The children werevery excited to make Mishloach Manotbaskets (care packages containing food)for the special people in their life andfriends at school. In school we learn alot about Gimilot Chasadim, acts of lov-ing kindness. The children are alwaystalking about taking care of each other
and doing things to help others. We also teach the childrento stand up for themselves and to not be bullied. This themeties into the Purim story and then into Passover as well.Passover has a lot of good ethical lessons for all of us to thinkabout. Passover is the most celebrated of all Jewish holidays.Passover presents us with the opportunity to get together withfamily and friends. Passover is also centered around that fa-vorite Jewish pastime -- eating! But when we look moredeeply into the holiday, we learn that without Passover therewould be no Jews. On Passover we celebrate the exodusfrom Egypt by retelling the story of how Moses led our peo-ple out of Egypt. At school the students will be busy baking,experimenting, and cleaning their rooms. The children learnabout the prohibition of eating chametz (leavened bakedgoods) on Passover. Rabbi Lavinsky will come with a candleand a feather to conduct the traditional search for chametzwith the children in their classrooms to make sure all of it isgone before the official holiday begins. Before we go on ourPassover break, we have a Seder where the children prepareeverything.
There is a common thread in all of my articles which is eth-ical living and learning. Here in our preschool we want allof the children to know how important their character is, andthat their success and happiness will depend on who they areinside, not what they have or how they look. It is importantfor parents and teachers to be advocates for character andnot casual about improper conduct. Be clear and uncom-promising. Together we can encourage your children to betrustworthy, respectful, responsible, fair, caring, and good cit-izens.
It is important to keep celebrating and learning about theJewish holidays, customs and traditions. They help the chil-dren build character, stand up for what is right and teach ourJewish beliefs and traditions. As the children get older andthey understand more, we delve deeper into these holidays,customs and traditions.
As an educator of young children and their families I feel itis my job to be an advocate for character. It is important thatwe as teachers and parents model the good behavior you liketo see in your child(ren). Whatever you allow, you encour-age. I continue to learn and teach by example.
L’Shalom,Joanie CharnowPreschool Director
Joanie CharnowPreschool Director
Gittel painting a tree on Tu B’Shevat
Olivia examining an orange on “orange” day
Shabbat in the Toddler room
Grayson doing a Tu B’Shevat project
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Mazal Tov to our March AnniversariesDate Years Married6 Avis & Edward Schlar 5810 Susan & Alan Finks 2213 Mary Mather & Matthew Vitoff 2520 Deborah & Rabbi Arthur Lavinsky 35
Patricia & Kenneth Levy 24Eileen & Blair Singer 30
21 Shelli & Daniel Silver 25Emily Bogusch & William Tuttle 11
30 Joan & Morton Sitver 49
Please note: If your name is not listed, pleasecontact us to be sure we have complete and ac-curate information on you in our database.
Be sure to join us for Anniversary Shabbat
on March 31
Mazal Tov to:
The Berman & Agopian families on thebirth of Shea Agopian.
Simon Karlin on his Bar Mitzvah.
Lily Serbin and on her Bat Mitzvah.
We Remember:Rabbi Barbara Moskow, former TalmudTorah Education and Youth Director.
Priscilla Lewin, wife of Norman Lewin.
Yom Huledet Same’ach toour March BirthdaysDate2 Esther Kozinets
Nancy MarkiewiczLisa Rohdeman
3 Lory LemonBetty MeshelMarie Wolf
4 Patricia LevyZachary Mushkatel
5 Charles Holt6 Shlomo Pri-Tal
Caryll Webner7 Ninfa Lowe
Raymond Perlman8 Margot Levin9 Elias Barzilai
Pauline CadkinAndre KleinSam Miller
10 Bruce Sohn11 Marvin Gechman
Mardell Newman14 Donald Adams
Jonathan LiiamaaHuguette MachbitzJanet RoseJerome RosenMartha Rozen
18 Carl GotliebWayne LaskinNorman Zaslow
22 Rose HirschAubrey Maze
23 Esther Friedman26 Charlotte Adelman
Debra Salins27 Andrew Feldman28 Berta Greenblatt29 Kim Mertens
David RosenNeil ShernoffEvelyn Zeitzer
31 Esther AdlerHeather LevineHarriet Peck
Be sure to join us for Birthday Shabbat on March 10
Beth El Announcements
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Thank you for the followingBeth El Contributions
Rabbi’s DiscretionaryFund(Proceeds are dispensed forworthy causes at the discretionof Rabbi Lavinsky)To thank the congregationfor their hospitality
Paul FriedmanIn honor of the birth of RoyJames
Charlene AbramsohnLisa & Gary Serbin
Trees for IsraelIn honor of the birth of SheaAgopian
Berman & Agopian Families
In honor of AndersonAgopian
Berman & Agopian Families
In honor of the birth of RoyMaoz James
Elliott Gould & Richard Sinovoi
In memory of ManuelBerman
Berman & Agopian Families
In memory of Marian LeftonSteve & Marti Nathan
In memory of Warren Krasnow
Norman & Anne Zaslow
Blanket BoostersIn memory of Marian MetzLefton
Louise LeverantIn memory of Helen Lever-ant
Louise Leverant
Talmud Torah FundThank you for your support
Bithia PhiloIn honor of Simon Karlin’sBar Mitzvah
Nanci Siegel Manson
Talmud Torah Endowment FundIn memory of Marian MetzLefton
Bruce & Risa Mallin
Tzedekah FundIn loving remembrance ofRabbi Harry Z. Schectman
Judy & David Siegel In loving remembrance ofRuth Schectman
Judy & David SiegelIn memory of Walter Burke
Paul & Pauline StamanIn memory of Rose Simon
Barbara SteinbergIn memory of Paul Steingard
Carolyn Steingard
Kiddush FundA thoughtful contribution
Agnes & Howard Markowitz
In honor of their Februarybirthdays
Sharon BernsteinLeah WiesenEsther Zlochower
In honor of their Februaryanniversaries
Alicia & Aaron MoskowitzShimon & Connie
ZilversmitIn honor of Joan Sitver’sbirthday
Fay & Dean BehboodiGilda Harris
In honor of Bernice RozovElliott Gould & Richard
SinovoiIn honor of the birth of RoyJames
Dan & Lynda ZiskinIn memory of TheodoreGrunfeld
Bunny ColeIn memory of Rose Ositchansky
Gilda HarrisIn memory of Florie Amster
John & Deborah Wolfe
Cantor Angress’ Discretionary FundIn honor of the minyanairesstrengthening & sustaining thedaily minyan
Linda & Eli BarzilaiIn memory of James Dolny
Kathy Miller
Yahrzeit MemorialFundIn memory of Tony Noorollah
Dean & Fay BehboodiIn memory of MohtaramBehboodi
Dean & Fay BehboodiIn memory of RoseTarnipolsky
Eileen BerlerIn memory of Joanne Goodman
Mark GoodmanIn memory of Abe Greenberg
Martin GreenbergIn memory of Dorothy HoltVisintainer
Chuck & Charleen HoltIn memory of Ethel Margolis
Carolyn & Morry KaplanIn memory of Irving Katanick
Sheldon KatanickTerry & Rochelle
KelmanIn memory of Harry Gerber
Gerald & Sandra LevyIn memory of ErnestineStern
Harold N. SheinkopfIn memory of Dora Rosen-berg
S. Gertrude ShoreIn memory of AbrahamWise
Edie & Stanford Stoneman
In memory of Leon UlanPaul & Gail Ulan
In memory of Louis ZaslowNorman Zaslow
General Fund(Proceeds used for various needsof our synagogue)In honor of Charlotte Adelman
Harvey & Sharon Drucker
In honor of Lily Serbin’s BatMitzvah
Lisa & Gary SerbinIn honor of Cynthia & EdDuBrow for hosting LilySerbin’s Bat Mitzvah
Lisa & Gary SerbinIn honor of Ros Slovin
Lisa & Gary SerbinIn memory of HarveyCohen
Sunshine & Howard Cohen
In memory of Jay CooperJoyce Cooper
In memory of BenjaminIsaac
Melvin IsaacIn memory of Wayne Morgan
Nicki LaskyIn memory of Judy Pearlberg
Clifford PearlbergIn memory of Florie Amster
Barry & Willa SchneiderIn memory of DavidWasserman
Lisa & Gary SerbinIn memory of Arnold Serbin
Ellen SerbinLisa & Gary Serbin
In memory of Lola ShapiroLisa & Gary Serbin
In memory of Marian MetzLefton
Lisa & Gary SerbinIn memory of our belovedparents, Max & Betty Gould
Elliott Gould & Richard Sinovoi
In memory of H. MarkSamuel
Deborah & John WolfeIn memory of Nina Woog
Peter & Helene Woog
Rabbi Louis & RebeccaBarish Talmud TorahScholarship FundIn memory of Milton Charrow
Leah Wiesen
This page reflects donations received from 1/24/18 to 2/21/18. Donations received after 2/21 will be reflected in the April 2018 echo.
THANK YOU ALLFOR YOURCONTINUED SUPPORT
OF BETH EL!
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GROCERY CARD FUNDRAISER
Do you
We have cards in stock for AJ’s, Food City andBasha’s! When you deplete the preloaded amount,you can have the cashier reload the $$$ on your card.Each time you shop using your card, Beth El gains andit does not cost you any more to use the card.
This is a Beth El fundraiser that should see 100% con-gregation participation. We all need groceries andBeth El gains for each and every purchase - which isnot an added cost to you to participate.
If you have any questions about how the programworks - or to order your card, please contact Anne [email protected] or 602.944.3359 ext.109 - or anyone else in the synagogue office.
Our thanks to everyone that currently participates inthis wonderul FREE program. If you do not partici-pate, WHY NOT??
GIFT SHOP NEWS
The Beth El Gift Shop has Seder plates and matzahcovers for Passover dinner. Also, there are beautifulMiriam Cups to adorn your table.
Always available are Shabbat candles and candlesticks,Kiddush cups, Havdalah candles, memorial candlesand holders, battery memorial candles, and Kipot forladies and gentlemen.
Reasons to shop at Beth El Gift Shop:
1. Supports YOUR Beth El2. No sales tax3. Convenient4. Custom orders offered for all Judaica
Gift Shop hours:Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Friday 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.Sundays from 9 a.m. - Noon (when Talmud Torah is in session).
Pictured below are participants in the World WideWrap on February 4.
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FRY’S COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAMFREE program & Beth El gets $$$
How to enroll: Go to https://www.frysfood.com/topic/community?ac-tivePage=community-reward-2*Select “Sign-In”*Enter your email & password, then select ‘sign in’.*Select ‘My Account’; you should see Account Sum-mary at the top.*Scroll down, Click ‘ENROLL’ under CommunityRewards. If prompted, enter personal information.*Under ‘Find Your Organization’: Enter the NPOnumber (80402) or Beth El Congregation then select‘Search’.*Under ‘Select Your Organization’: Select the boxnext to Beth El Congregation.*Then select ‘save changes’.If you have registered correctly, you should now seeBeth El information listed under ‘Community Re-wards’ on your Account Summary page.
IF YOU NEED HELP DOING THIS, CALL THEOFFICE AND SPEAK TO ALICIA at602.944.3359, EXT. 113.
Torah Fund 2018 Campaign is Here!
As we celebrate the 100th year ofWomen’s League which is just begin-ning, and the 75th year of Torah Fundwhich is just concluding, we count ourmany blessings as individuals within thecommunity of Israel. We are blessed at
Beth El Congregation with children and grandchil-dren who bring vibrancy; and with the love of familyand friends – especially our Women’s League sisters– who are a strong support to us. How good are allthese blessings in our lives!
The theme of this year’s Torah Fund Campaign isMah Tovu, meaning “how good!” is a phrase that orig-inates in the Torah, in Numbers 24:5. The full phraseis: Mah tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, mishk’notecha Yisrael- How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings,O Israel!
The Torah Fund Campaign helps support the educa-tion of future rabbis, cantors, educators and scholarswho will serve as leaders of the Conservative/MasortiMovement. Individual donors to Torah Fund at theBenefactor level of $180 or higher will receive the dis-tinctive Torah Fund pin in recognition of their gift.
This year’s pin/pendant makes a treasured keepsakeof the Women’s League centennial celebration towear with pride! Please contact our interim TorahChair, Barbara Becker to pledge your support for fu-ture generations of Conservative Jewish leaders.
Feeling a little green?Rabbi Lavinsky would very much liketo know when congregants are ill or inthe hospital. Please call AliciaMoskowitz at 602.944.3359, ext. 113so that we can put you on our MiShe-berach list and/or schedule a visit. Because of HIPAAprivacy regulations, the hospitals no longer call to tellus when a member is ill. Please keep us informed.This includes supplying contact information for mem-bers who may not be ill, but otherwise restricted in theirdaily activities. We don’t want anyone to fall throughthe cracks. Do not assume that anyone at Beth Elknows, unless you or another family member makesthe call to inform us.
The Rabbi is available for you!In addition to being able to schedule an appointmentwith Rabbi Lavinsky through the week, he has also es-tablished “drop by” office hours from 8-10:30am onTuesdays and Thursdays. If you would like a home orhospital visit, please call Rabbi Lavinsky at602.944.3359, ext. 108. He is here to serve you!
MANY THANKS TO YOU - OUR MEMBERSHIPPLUS MEMBERS - FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
LIFE MEMBERSHerb & Patti Dreiseszun, Bryan Hill & Leah Pallin-Hill,Sheldon & Ronda Kottle, Bruce & Risa Mallin, SamuelPallin, Sheldon & Maddy Roth, Paul & Maryjane San-dler, Leon & Evelyn Zeitzer, Dan & Lynda Ziskin
GIBBORIMAnonymous (2), Rich & Sue Cohen, Ben & LeslieCooper, Jim & Linda Fishman, Louis & Barbara Gold-stein, Lawrence & Rona Green, Arnold (of blessed mem-ory) & Barbara Serbin
SHOMRIMBarry & Jody Aarons, Lewis & Barbara Brown, MarvinSiegel & Eileen Bloom, David & Michelle Rosenbaum,Denton Simmons, Leon Smith (of blessed memory) &Joyce Cohen Smith, Sara Ziskin
CHAVERIMAnonymous, Mathis & Barbara Becker, Gregory &Susan Harris, Preston Mayon & Barbara Kehm-Mayon,Gary & Lisa Serbin, Morton & Joan Sitver, The Witen-stein Family, John & Deborah Wolfe
If you would like to see your name among our strongest fi-nancial supporters, please contact Rabbi Arthur Lavinsky at602.944.3359, ext. 108 or [email protected] orAnne Schafer at ext. 109 or [email protected].
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7:00AM MINYAN (Includes Megillah Reading)10-11:30am JFCS Memory Care - PAV
5:45pm Kabblat Shabbat- CHAPEL
5:30pm Mincha
9:15am Ethical Life Class - SCH A
1-3:30pm Mahjong - PAV6:15pm Exec mtg - H/H6:30-8:30pm USY - YL
5:45pm Kabbalat Shabbat (SANC)6:00pm Family KabbalatShabbat (CHAPEL) and Dinner (S/H)
Birthday Shabbat5:45pm Mincha
9:00am Blanket Boosters- LOBBY9:15am Ethical Life Class - SCH A9:30am Men's Club Finance Workshop - S/H
10:00am Women's League Board mtg - STFKIT1:00pm Movie Matinee -SCH A
11:30am Lunch and Learn - H/H1:15-2:30pm Book Club - H/H
5:45pm Kabbalat Shabbat - CHAPEL
5:45pm Mincha
9:30am Gala mtg - S/H11:30-3:30pm Mahj Day - S/H12:30-2pm Adult Hebrew 102 - SCH B
1-3:30pm MahJong - PAV6:30-8:30pm USY - YL6:30pm Board mtg - PAV
6:30pm Women's Seder Experience - PAV
5:45pm Kabbalat Shabbat - CHAPEL
5:45pm Mincha
9:00am Blanket Boosters- LOBBY9:30am Gala mtg - S/H12:30-2pm Adult Hebrew 101- SCH B
6:30-8:30pm USY - YL 7:00AM MINYAN Fast of the Firsborn
P/S Closes at NOON5:45pm Service6:30pm Passover Seder -S/H
Anniversary Shabbat6:00pm Mincha
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602.944.3359 Office602.944.2464 School
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www.bethelphoenix.com
Beth El Staff
Arthur Lavinsky, RabbiExt. [email protected]
Jonathan Angress, CantorExt. [email protected]
Anne Schafer, Executive DirectorExt. [email protected]
Nanci Siegel MansonEducation & Youth DirectorExt. [email protected]
Alicia MoskowitzProgramming CoordinatorExt. [email protected]
Korina Springer,Office ManagerExt. [email protected]
Nina Zamoshkin, AccountingExt. [email protected]
Wendy AdairEducation Department AssistantExt. [email protected]
Joanie CharnowPreschool DirectorExt. [email protected]
Ros Slovin, Preschool OfficeExt. [email protected]
Beth El Executive Board
Barbara Becker, [email protected]
Linda Barzilai, Executive VP (co-chair)[email protected]
Eileen Bloom, Financial [email protected]
Ben Cooper, Ritual [email protected]
Herb Dreiseszun, Facilities VP602.954.0321602.957.3159 FAX
Charleen Holt, [email protected]
Kim Mertens, Executive VP(co-chair)[email protected]
Audrey Wolff, Education [email protected]
Norman Zaslow, [email protected]
Beth El Board of Directors
Joseph (Rich) CohenSusan FinksDavid GoldfarbGregory HarrisKathy MillerScott SteingardGail Ulan
Immediate Past President:Preston Mayon
Cantor Emeritus:Sam Goldman
Eli BarzilaiCemetery [email protected]
Mathis BeckerEndowment [email protected]
Charleen Holt &Andrea BeckerGift [email protected]
