Friday, March 66 pm Tot Shabbat 6 pm Sukkat Shalom6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service Torah Portion: Ki Tisa (Exod. 30:11-34:35)

Saturday, March 78:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Chapel Service

Friday, March 136 pm Tot Shabbat 6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service with Kol Halev | Israel & Birthday & Anniversary CelebrationTorah Portion: Vayak’heil/P’kudei (Exod. 35:1-40:38)

Saturday, March 148:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Chapel Service

Friday, March 206 pm Tot Shabbat 6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service | Social Action ShabbatTorah Portion: Vayikra (Lev. 1:1-5:26)

Saturday, March 218:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Bar Mitzvah: Eli Shavit

Friday, March 276 pm Tot Shabbat 6 pm Sukkat Shalom6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service with Worship BandTorah Portion: Tzav (Lev. 6:1-8:36)

Saturday, March 288:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Bat Mitzvah: Sarah Levin

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Adult Purim Party Saturday, March 7 | 7 pm

Music, Food, Casino games, Talent Competition with Karaoke, Drinks, Dancing, and a Silent and Live Auction. The event is open to the community. Proceeds support the Temple. Pre-sale tickets $36. $40 at the door. Tickets are on sale online now or call the office at 665-4744.

Don’t Forget to RSVPTBE’s Second Night Seder Saturday, April 4 | 6 pmLed by Rabbi Levy and Cantor Hayut.Feast on your favorite Passover foods. Dinner menu includes green salad, parsely buttered potatoes, lemon-thyme chicken, Passover cookies. Vegetarian option of goat cheese spinach flan. Prepared by

Simply Scrumptious.

Cost: $25 per adult (ages 13 & older), $15 per child (ages 4-12). Children ages 3 and under free if sharing a dinner with an adult. Sign up and pay at www. templebethemeth.org.

Eat, Drink & PrayMegillah Reading & Purim Carnival Wednesday, March 4 | 5 pm

A Megillah reading & Purim Carnival for all ages! Games, crafts and other great activities for kids, families and everyone! Pizza, snacks, games and prizes! Come in costume! Pizza is $1/slice or prepay for a full pizza for $10.

TNT Purim Party Wednesday, March 4 | 8 pmLIVE, 102 S. First St.

Join the twenties and thirties group (TNT) for a Purim party! Contact Avital, aostfield@templebethemeth.org for more information.

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Caring Community Town Hall MeetingsTuesday, March 17 | 7-9 pm and Friday, March 20 | 12:30-2:30 pm

Let’s come together and plan the next development of Caring Community. We are convening a pair of TBE structured community discussions. Together we can discover the gaps in our supportive services to our community and what new ideas need to be explored.

We will publish an evaluation document by Passover that we will share with the entire congregation with what was discovered in the meetings and how we might proceed. Your presence and voices will determine how we move forward. Please join us.

On Sunday, March 8, we and St. Clare’s will hold a facilitated meeting to discuss our differences. That is enough said to indicate that we have issues. Between Susan Gitterman’s recent letter and my Rosh HaShanah sermon, you have heard the essence of the dispute. I want, in this message, to encourage you to come to this meeting, but not for the obvious reasons.

Obviously, we, TBE, need to be present to voice our opinions about the future of Genesis. (Mine are simple. I want what is described in the Genesis Agreement and by-laws; that Genesis will be a cooperative body charged with the basic brick and mortar health of the two congregation.) Only by expressing ourselves can St. Clare’s hear us and can we, together, find a strong future together.

But beyond the obvious is the question of whether or not we want Genesis. Maybe, with the changes the Church wants, the partnership is no longer worth the effort? Maybe, fixing what is not broken just opens the door to changes that we would not wish to live with? Maybe, we are no longer good for each other?

And so allow me to answer the not so obvious.

Genesis was not supposed to be about dividing up the space, or the money, or the power. And so the present set of issues is taking us in a wrong direction. Genesis was, and can be, the belief that Jews and Christians can grow in each others company by sharing something as intimate as one’s home. Genesis is like a marriage but not a marriage of our religions. Genesis says that like in a healthy marriage, two can share without losing individual identity. Genesis is the trust that we are better off in the company of the other because this sharing reinforces our own worth as we acknowledge the worth of our partner. Genesis is the belief that God prefers love and trust to the fear engendered in ignorance.

The question, the real question, before us is whether or not Genesis is yet serving as the vehicle for making real our belief. We need to be clear in our own minds. Genesis is not about money though it may save a kopek or two. It is not, at its core, even about the environment and the proper stewardship of our earth and its resources. Genesis is about all about interfaith relations, ridiculously so. Can we; do we want to; is it a worthy endeavor to, share with St. Clare’s?

-Rabbi Robert Levy

Rabbi Levy

Sisterhood Passover SaleSunday, March 22 | 3-7:30 pm Reception Area by TBE Gift Shop

Find everything you need at TBE for your Passover Seder!

Seder & Matzah plates, Afikomen & Matzah covers, Haggadahs, Elijah and Miriam cups, music, kitchen items, cookbooks, paper goods, fun toys for kids (young & old) and MORE!!

Contact Helaine Reid, 663-0198, hmr1335@comcast.net, for more information.

3Cantor’s NotesHaving only recently moved to this amazing college town, I realize that I am still learning my way around the university year. There are still do many concepts and terms that I am wrapping my head around, but my all-time favorite has become March Madness.

To be completely candid, March Madness had only been a cool sounding term that meant nothing to me until my son, Alon became an avid basketball fan and turned our quiet, sports-free existence on its head. I am feeling the deepening meaning of this excitement all around me here in Ann Arbor… but as your cantor, somehow I cannot shed my reality that March Madness transcends past sports into synagogue life (along with January Jubilation, Fabulous February and Awesome April, to

name a few…). Once again, in March as in every month, we are in for a very exciting month, basketball notwithstanding, here at Temple Beth Emeth!

What can bring on a greater sense of excitement than celebrating Purim—the maddest holiday in our calendar, which we will celebrate to its fullest during the first mad week of March.

First, some context:

According to our sacred texts, there are four obligations of Purim:

1. Listening to the public reading of the story of Esther;

2. Sending food gifts to friends and neighbors (Mishloach Manot);

3. Sending charity to the poor (matanot la'evyonim); and

4. Eating a festival meal during which we are to be so merry (i.e.: drink wine) that we cannot distinguish the difference between Blessed is Mordechai and Cursed is Haman.

TBE is proud to provide you this year with the opportunity to fulfill all four of these obligations:

1. Our public Megillat Esther reading is on Wednesday evening, March 4 at 5 pm. You can count on a really fun evening of storytelling and antics courtesy of Rabbi Levy; and, of course, I’m delighted to do my part in sharing some really fun and crazy music. Costumes not only welcomed but encouraged! (Of course, the Purim Carnival with all sorts of goodies and fun for the kids follows.)

2. Our TBE Sisterhood sells really yummy Hamentaschen at a great, low price. It is just about the best gift of food (Mishloach Manot) that you can send to friends and neighbors. It is an easy way of fulfilling this mitzvah and bringing added joy to the holiday for your friends and loved ones as well as yourself.

3. Whether supporting the Sisterhood Hamentaschen sale, the TBE Purim Party (more on that below) or even the pantry. Any form of giving helps to make all of our lives better. Research bears this out. Those who give are far happier than those who don’t and since Purim is a time of joy, why not add to your happiness by helping others?

4. At our Adult Purim Extravaganza at 7 pm on March 7, you will have the opportunity to feast like King Achashverus, drink until you cannot distinguish between ‘Cursed be Haman and Blessed be Mordechai’ (although we may have to take your car keys and send you home with a designated driver), sing, dance and even bid on great prizes that will remind you of this amazing party all year long. Of course, we do want our children to party hearty but not get drunk, so their celebration, our annual, totally awesome Purim Carnival will be open for all to enjoy immediately following the Megillah reading on March 4!

Fulfill the Mitzvot and come to celebrate Purim fully with us at TBE! Can there be a better way to bring in warmth, joy and a totally fun, Mad March?

-Cantor Regina Hayut

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Last month, I wrote about the work that RAC and IRAC are doing to promote pluralism in Israel and to fight bigotry and discrimination. Right now there is something that each one of us can do to foster religious pluralism and social justice in Israel. How? WE CAN VOTE in the World Zionist Congress election. Past TBE President Bette Cotzin, who has served on the North American Board of the URJ for the past eight years, recently wrote a letter describing the World Zionist Congress and how and why it is so important for all of us, as Reform Jews, to participate in it. With Bette’s permission, I am excerpting her letter below.L’shalom,-Susan Gitterman

Bette Cotzin:The current World Zionist Congress election is critically important to those of us who are concerned about democratic values in the state of Israel, values which include gender equality, freedom of religion, and peace through a two-state solution. Right now the American Zionist Movement (AZM) is holding elections to determine the make-up of the American delegation which will represent the United States at the 2015 World Zionist Congress (WZO). The only criteria to vote are:1) Must be Jewish2) Must be 18 years or older by June 20153) Must be a resident of the United States4) Must register at a cost of $10 (for those under the age of 30, the fee is $5); this fee covers the cost of the election

Why is this important?The World Zionist Congress (with 757 delegates) is the legislative body of the World Zionist Organization. The Congress meets every four years to determine policy/action and choose the leadership of the WZO. These decisions influence and have a direct impact on Reform Jews, the institutions of Reform/Progressive Judaism, and the values they represent. The expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars also has a direct impact on Reform Jews and the institutions of Reform/Progressive Judaism in Israel. This is an opportunity for those of us living in the Diaspora to have a voice.

The United States has 145 seats which are allocated solely on the basis of the vote of American Jews. In the last election, ARZA (Association of Reform Zionists of America) won 39% of the American delegates with approximately 60,000 votes. This year, ARZA would like to exceed that number! The polls are now open, and voting takes place through April 30.

Please, go to the website - www.ReformJews4Israel.org - to read about the election, to register, and to vote for “ARZA – Representing Reform Judaism.”

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Susan Gitterman

Friday-Sunday, March 20-22

Lee Gordon, the co-founder of the five Hand in Hand Schools (HIH) in Israel, will be speaking in Ann Arbor March 20-22, beginning with the Friday night sermon at TBE. These bilingual and multicultural schools are innovative in Israel because Arab and Jewish children attend separate schools, predominantly learning the language, history and culture of their own people. The HIH Schools have two teachers per classroom, one Jewish and one Arab, who teach in Hebrew and Arabic, about the culture, history and holidays of both populations. This provides an opportunity for children, their families and their communities to interact and embrace one another in peace and friendship. The Year of Torah Spirituality Fund has generously underwritten this weekend. There are 11 congregations and groups co-sponsoring this event, including the Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, St. Clare’s and Beth Israel.

Saturday, March 21, TBE and St Clare’s will co-host an interfaith event, 8-10 pm, at Genesis: Lee’s topic will be, “Building a Shared Society together: Multicultural Education and Peacemaking in Israel.” Sunday, March 22, 4-6 pm at the JCC Lee Gordon will be the guest of the Federation and his theme will be, “Overcoming the Jewish-Arab Divide in Israel: Building a Model of Integrated Schools and Communities.” The purpose of this weekend Ann Arbor event is to educate the community about an opportunity to support and underwrite the addition of 10-15 Hand in Hand Schools and to further the progress towards a shared society in Israel. These events are open to the community. Please RSVP to handinhanda2@gmail.com and indicate which event(s) you plan to attend.

Hand-In-Hand: Special Event

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The Four Mitzvot of Purim-add another-Honoring your Teacher

Purim is the celebration of the victory of Queen Esther, her cousin Mordechai and the Jewish people over Haman and his evil forces. It is a joyous day-we listen to the Megillah, eat delicious hamantaschen, give gifts of food to our friends and enjoy a carnival or party. In Israel, everyone wears costumes and there are parades and people walking through their neighborhoods and exchanging gifts of meshloach manot (gifts of food including at least two different types) with their neighbors.

There are four mitzvot connected with Purim and they are based on the four commandments that Mordechai sent to the Jewish People. They are 1) to celebrate Purim every year with feasting and gladness, 2) tell and listen to the Purim story, 3) give gifts to the poor and 4) give gifts to each other.

TBE’s Megillah reading and carnival are packed and everyone has a great time! How about expanding your family’s celebration to include baking Purim treats-humantaschen or other homemade treats and putting them with some fresh or dried fruit and candy on plates or bags that you decorate and share with family and friends? You will find that the first time you do this, your friends will love the custom and thank you and the following year, they may very well follow your lead and bring you meshloach manot!

As many families have a tradition of putting tzedakah in their tzedakah box every Friday night before Shabbat begins, your family can make Purim a time to give tzedakah. You can follow the mitzvah of giving money to the poor by giving to a charity of your choice. There was also a custom of giving a half–shekel coin towards the maintenance of the temple in Jerusalem. Even after the destruction of the temple, this practice was continued as a way to support the religious institutions of Palestine.

This year, the Religious Education Committee invites you to help support our Religious School by making a donation to the Religious Education Fund in honor of your child’s teachers. This fund is used to buy special items needed by the school such as a new projector and cart and a colorful Judaic rug for our Preschool classroom. We also use the donations to underwrite the 8th grade trip to Cincinnati so that we can keep it affordable and to give scholarships so that students and staff can participate in Jewish educational programs. Donation forms will be sent home and can be found on the TBE website templebethemeth.org in the Religious education section. We have an amazing teaching staff and they have been greatly appreciative of donations made in their honor in the past.

Chag Purim Sameach-Happy Purim!

-Terri Ginsburgy

Terri Ginsburg

Purim Celebration Wednesday, March 4 5 pm | Megillah Reading Followed by Carnival in Social Hall Tot Carnival on Lower Level

Sing Purim songs with Cantor Hayut. Hear Rabbi Levy read the story of Purim. Play great games and win prizes at the Carnival! Triangular food reminds us of Haman’s hat—Hamantaschen and pizza!

Kindergarten Family Program | Our TorahSaturday, March 21 during second session Religious SchoolLearn about the parts of the Torah, share a story with your child.Make a Mural to put on the Wall of Torah in the classroom.Enjoy fruit and bagels and schmooze with other Kindergarten parents while children play games inspired by Torah stories.Siblings can attend Religious School during second session since there will be no Kindergarten during first session.

Hand in Hand Schools | Lee Gordon, co-founderHand in Hand’s mission is to create a strong, inclusive, shared society in Israel through a network of Jewish-Arab integrated bilingual schools and inclusive communities.Lee will meet with grades 3-5 Saturday morning, March 21 and grades 6-12 Sunday evening March 22.

5th and 6th grade Model Seders Monday, March 30 & Wednesday, April 1 Parent Volunteers Needed

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Saturday, March 21 | Eli Shavit

Hi! My name is Eli Shavit. I am in 7th grade at Clague Middle School and my favorite subjects are math, science and art. I live with my parents, Erika and Jordan, my younger brother Simon and two cats. I play percussion and am on the Clague Academic Games team. I love to read, listen to music and play video games. I’m looking forward to my Bar Mitzvah and celebrating with my friends and family!

Saturday, March 28 | Sarah Levin

Hi. My name is Sarah Levin. I am in 7th grade at Tappan Middle School. I live with my mom, Stephanie; my dad, Barry; my little brother, Sam and my dog, Lucy. My favorite activities are reading, dancing and hanging out with friends. I also really like to be on my phone. My Bat Mitzvah is March 28 and I am really excited for it.

Please Celebrate our B’nai Mitzvah With Us! Saturday mornings at the 10 am service.

Dear Members and Friends of the Genesis Community:

As you may have heard, we’ve recently begun a project to identify ways to revitalize our commitment to our historic interfaith partnership and create the future we collectively want. The work on this project has begun, and we’d like to invite you to join us for a gathering to learn more about what we’ll be doing.

Please join us from 2:30-4:30 pm on Sunday, March 8, in the sanctuary at Genesis.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

•Meet Peter Norlin, the consultant who’s assisting us with the design and facilitation of this project.

•Hear about the approach and plans we’re developing to guide us through a sequence of important conversations.

•Contribute to the information we’re collecting that will help us articulate and respond to “the most pressing question that Genesis must answer now.”

Everyone who cares about the Genesis collaboration is invited to bring your experience and curiosity on March 8, and together we’ll explore our questions and share our hopes about this important moment in the evolution of the Genesis community.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Genesis Project Design Team

David Clifford, Annette Fisch, Susan Gitterman, Allyn Kantor, Linda Klimach, Christine Modey

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Volunteer SpotlightEach month we feature a volunteer and the work that he or she does on behalf of TBE. For March 2015 our featured volunteer is Ben Ratner!

1. How do you volunteer at TBE? I participate in many volunteer activities at TBE, specifically through AARTY (I have been President for two years, and Membership Vice President the year before that). Some include: Rotating Shelter, Alpha House, Food Gatherers, Back Door Food Pantry, and Delonis Center. I also did my bar mitzvah project with United 2 Heal, which involved sorting and packing medical supplies to needy hospitals in Africa. I’m also a member of the Youth Engagement Committee.

2. What do you do with your time when you are not volunteering at TBE? When I am not volunteering at TBE, I am fencing, planning AARTY events with Aaron Jackson and the AARTY board, playing violin, and sneaking in some reading time between school assignments.

3. When did you become a member of TBE? My family and I became members of TBE in 2004.

4. What was your first TBE volunteer activity? My first volunteer activity was helping serve dinner and interacting with kids at Alpha House with my family.

5. Who encouraged you to start volunteering? I first became involved with volunteering through my family, and was encouraged to do so by my parents. They truly value mitzvot; that was a gift they passed down to me.

6. What do you like the most about volunteering at TBE? What I like most about volunteering at TBE is the person-to-person contact that is involved. Whether it is playing with kids at Alpha House or serving a meal at the Delonis Center, the ability to directly interact with the people we are helping is pretty special.

One of my favorite memories from volunteering comes from my first year doing the Rotating Shelter. At the time, I was very much interested in card tricks, and carried a spare deck around with me wherever I went. When our family first decided to volunteer there, I figured I would try out a couple card tricks on the men staying there. Within a couple minutes, I had a few of them laughing in disbelief, squinting, trying to figure out just how the trick worked. They seemed to really enjoy it, and the smiles on their faces were enough for me. After the night, I stayed in touch with Miriam Shaw (the organizer of Rotating Shelter) and have invited a couple AARTYites each year to do help out with me. It has by far become my favorite way to volunteer through TBE.

Interested in volunteering at TBE? The Youth Engagement Committee is currently looking for adult and youth volunteers to serve on the committee and to help with other tasks. Contact Robin Pollak, RobinPollak@gmail.com, for more details about the Youth Engagement Committee. For volunteer activities with other TBE committees and groups, contact the TBE office and SooJi or Avital will help you to get in touch with the right people.

Ben Ratner

MembershipMazel Tov to: Dr. Michele Forbes on the grand opening of the Veterinarian Compassionate Care Animal Hospital. Emily Alter and Andrew, Carrie, Asher, Leila & Della Bank, on the birth of their granddaughter, niece and cousin, Nina Esther Heller, daughter of Alison Bank and Aaron Heller, on January 27.Helaine & David Reid on the birth of her granddaughter Naomi Emelina Reid, daughter of Ben & Jennifer and sister of Alina, January 29. Eli Shavit on his Bar Mitzvah, March 21. Sarah Levin on her Bat Mitzvah, March 28. Condolences to: Irving Borowitz on the death of his wife Grace Borowitz and mother of Lisa Ensfield, January 16. Andy Soifer on the death of his mother Rena Soifer, January 29.Deborah Dash Moore on the death of her father Martin Dash, January 29. Judy Spellman on the death of her husband Arnold Spellman, and father of Robert Spellman (Christine) and Julie Spellman, February 2. Susan Fisher on the death of her husband John Waidley, February 14.

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Other Happenings

Nosh and Nowledge Series with Clare Kinberg Monday, March 9, 7 pm | Thursday, March 12, NoonMy Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century, by Adina Hoffman

Beautifully written, and composed with a novelist’s eye for detail, this book tells the story of Taha Muhammad Ali, born in 1931 in the Galilee villiage of Saffuriyya. He traveled on foot to Lebanon in 1948 and returned a year later to find his village destroyed. An autodidact, he has since run a souvenir shop in Nazareth, at the same time evolving into what National Book Critics Circle Award—winner Eliot Weinberger has dubbed “perhaps the most accessible and delightful poet alive today.”

[E]met: An Honest Conversation about Death Monday, March 16 | 7 pm

Remember the two topics never discussed at the dinner table; sex and death? Well, we’ve had the sex talk. Now let’s have the death talk. Emet means truth and met is death. Come join us for our ongoing monthly discussion group about death. The purpose is to increase the awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. [E]met is a group directed discussion of death with no specific agenda other than to share stories, ideas and experiences. While a decidedly Jewish context will be offered, the discussion is not limited by any one belief. [E]met is not a grief support group or a counseling session, but rather an opportunity to grapple with this important part of life within a community of others, and of course, to share a nosh. This will be co-facilitated by Brian Ashin, and Rabbi Levy.

Men’s Torah Study Reinvented Every 2nd and 4th Monday, March 9 & 23 | 7 pm

A men’s Torah discussion group will be led by a lay leader on the 2nd Monday and by Rabbi Levy on the 4th Monday. We will find our way as men by wrestling with text. For more information contact Bill Parkus, parkus@comcast.net.

Women’s Torah Study Mondays, March 2 & 16 | 7 pm

Led by Cantor Regina Hayut, the group will explore various passages from the portion looking at several translations and commentaries from a variety of scholars from Talmudic times to the modern day. No Hebrew knowledge necessary. For questions, contact Cantor Hayut at cantorhayut@templebethemeth.org.

Technology Workshop Sunday, March 29 | 4:30-6 pm

Learn about all of the communications tools available today. Want to become a better consumer of social media? Just need to brush up on your computer skills? This workshop will help you navigate different technology platforms and more. Led by Avital Ostfield, Director of Congregational Services.

Adult Jewish Yoga Classes with Shlomit! Thursdays, February 5-April 2 (semester package $90) Noon-1:15 pm in the Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall

Bring your own mat. To learn more about the instructor, Shlomit Cohen, check out her website at mivyoga.com.

If you would like to purchase a package, please RSVP to aostfield@templebethemeth.org.

Rosh Chodesh Henna Party Saturday, March 21 | 3-5 pm Moms & daughters/sons, teens—all are invited to a Rosh Chodesh Henna Painting Party at TBE. RSVP to Avital, aostfield@templebethemeth.org. Cost: $5 for supplies.

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Sifriyat Pijama Story Time Saturday, March 14 | 11:30 am TBE Library

Our first Hebrew language story time for little ones ages 2-8. Sifriyat Pijama (Bedtime stories) is a program similar to the PJ library, a free program sending picture books on a monthly basis to Jewish families. You can read about it and register here. Please spread the word to all Hebrew speaking families you know!

Afternoon in the Library Sunday, March 15 | 4:30-6 pm

A first Sunday Afternoon in the Library with a Movie. We will view Refusing to Be Enemies: The Zeitouna Story. If you haven't seen this moving story of 12 local women, six Jews and six Arabs who have met together for twelve years, this will be your opportunity. Even if you have seen the film, this will be a good opportunity to discuss ways to use education and dialogue as a means toward transformation and making peace a reality.

“All the holidays will be annulled in the future, but the celebration of Purim will never be nullified.”

--Midrash Mishlei 9:2 as quoted in Rabbi Jill Hammer’s The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons.

Our TBE library has 45 children’s Purim titles. The heart of Purim is a really great story, full of drama. The Purim books take their themes of heroics, strong women, intrigue, hidden meanings, cultural adaptation, feasting and masquerading from the Megillat Esther, the Book of Esther.

Many of our Purim books retell the story in child friendly language, but just as many take the themes into the wild yonder. Barnyard Purim, by Kelly Terrwilliger (Kar-Ben 2012) has the animals acting out the Purim story with Esther played by duck, Mordechai by goat, etc., all directed by chicken.

At the other end of the children’s silliness-serious spectrum is the “three stories in one,” A Telling Time, by Irene N. Watts (2004, Tradewind Books). On erev Purim, a contemporary grandmother tells her granddaughter how, as a little girl in Nazi-occupied Poland, she heard the story of Queen Esther from her rabbi.

For the adults, JT Waldman’s graphic novel telling Megillat Esther (2005) is a charm that should not be missed. Edith Chevat’s novel, The Book of Esther (2012), explores political commitment, motherhood and choices juxtaposing a 1950s American Jewish women’s life with other “Esthers” from across the ages.

A great segue from Purim to Passover, or anytime of year, is Jill Hammer’s Book of Days (2005, JPS) and her children’s adaptation, The Garden of Time (2014) In both, nature’s physical cycles, Jewish time and spirituality are all brought together.

“’Spring rescues everyone from winter,’ the wind shouted happily, ‘and chases away the cold and ice. The spring brings breezes of change. Name this day Purim, the festival of good luck.’” (from The Garden of Time).

Clare Kinberg

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

March 2015Noon Sisterhood Hamentashen Prep7 pm Genesis Design Committee Meeting7:30 pm Finance Committee Meeting

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L’Taken Washington DC Trip5 pm Shir Chadash 6 pm Religious School6:15 pm Kol Halev

4:30 pm Tech Workshop5 pm Shir Chadash 6 pm Religious School6 pm Kol Halev

2:30 pm Genesis Project Informational Meeting5 pm Shir Chadash 6 pm Religious School6:15 pm Kol Halev7:30 pm AARTY | JNN

4:15 pm Hebrew School4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:40 pm Youth Choir7 pm Nosh & Knowledge | Clare Kinberg7 pm Men’s Torah Study

5 pm Hebrew 1045:30 pm TNT at Alpha House6 pm Hebrew 1037:30 pm Brotherhood Board Meeting

4:15 pm Hebrew School 4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:30 pm Hebrew 1005:30 pm AARTY @ Alpha House5:40 pm Youth Choir7:30 pm Pulpit Committee7:30 pm Board Meeting

1 pm Mahj – off site4:15 pm Hebrew School4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:30 pm Hebrew 1005:40 pm All-School T’fillah7 pm Executive Committee Meeting

2 pm AARTY @JFS Event4:30 pm Refusing to be Enemies Screening5 pm Shir Chadash 6 pm Religious School6 pm Kol Halev

4:15 pm Hebrew School4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:40 pm All-School T’fillah7 pm Women’s Torah Study7 pm [E]met: An Honest Conversation about Death7 pm SAC Board Meeting

5 pm Hebrew 1046 pm Hebrew 1037 pm Caring Community Town Hall Meeting

3 pm Sisterhood Passover Sale5 pm Shir Chadash 6 pm Religious School6:15 pm Kol Halev

4:15 pm Hebrew School4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:30 pm Hebrew 1005:40 pm Youth Choir7 pm Genesis Board Meeting

4:15 pm Hebrew School4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:40 pm Youth Choir7 pm Men’s Torah Study

5 pm Hebrew 1046 pm Hebrew 1037:30 pm Finance Committee Meeting

4:15 pm Hebrew School4:30 pm 5th and 6th Grade Model Seder4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:40 pm All-School Sing Along7 pm Nosh & Nowledge | Cantor Hayut

5 pm Hebrew 1046 pm Hebrew 103

1 L’Taken Washington DC TripNo Hebrew School4:30 pm Shalom Gever5:40 pm Youth Choir7 pm Women’s Torah Study

3PurimNo Hebrew School1 pm Mahj – off site4:30 pm Kadima: Purima Carnival5 pm Megillah Reading5 pm Rishonim: Purim Carnival5:30 pm Purim Carnival6 pm TNT: Purim Party Downtown

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12:30 pm Rabbi’s Lunch & Learn6 pm Tot Shabbat 6 pm Sukkat Shalom6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service

Noon Yoga with Shlomit4 pm Back Door Food Pantry

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8:30 am Religious School8:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Chapel Service10:45 am Religious School6 pm R&R Pre-party7 pm Adult Purim Party

Coming in April

Saturday, April 4................................................................................Second Night SederThursday, April 9 ...........................................................................Beyond the PentatuchFriday-Sunday, April 17-19..........................8th Grade Trip to Hebrew Union College

AARTY .. Ann Arbor Temple YouthBRHD .... BrotherhoodMSSC..... Middle School Shir ChadashHSSC ..... High School Shir ChadashJHOM .... Jewish Hikers of MichiganRR ........... Renaissance & RuachSAC ........ Social Action CommitteeTNT ........ Twenties & ThirtiesKH .......... Kol Halev, adult choirYC .......... Youth Choir

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Thursday Friday Saturday

Adar - Nisan • 5775

10 am Hand in Hand MeetingNoon Nosh & Nowledge | Clare KinbergNoon Yoga with Shlomit4 pm Back Door Food Pantry

8:30 am Religious School8:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Bat Mitzvah: Sarah Levin10:45 am Religious School11 am 9th Grade Madrichim Training

12:30 pm Rabbi’s Lunch & Learn6 pm Tot Shabbat 6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service | Social Action Shabbat

NFTY MI Ruach Fest8:30 am Brotherhood Breakfast at Weber’s8:30 am Religious School8:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Bar Mitzvah: Eli Shavit10:45 am Kindergarten Family Program3 pm Rosh Chodesh Henna Party8 pm Social Action Program | Hand in Hand Schools featuring Lee Gordon

12:30 pm Rabbi’s Lunch & Learn6 pm Tot Shabbat 6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service with Kol Halev | Israel & Birthday & Anniversary Celebration

Noon Yoga with Shlomit4 pm Back Door Food Pantry6 pm Brotherhood Men’s Seder7:30 pm Membership Committee Meeting

12:30 pm Rabbi’s Lunch & Learn6 pm Tot Shabbat 6 pm Sukkat Shalom6:30 pm Tot Dinner and Popsicle Oneg7:30 pm Shabbat Service with Worship Band

Noon Yoga with Shlomit4 pm Back Door Food Pantry

8:30 am Religious School8:50 am Torah Study with Rabbi10 am Chapel Service10:45 am Religious School10:45 am Pre-School 3 Class Meets11:30 am Sifriyat Pijama Storytime

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12 Social ActionSocial Action Committee Meeting Dates: Monday, March 16 | Monday, May 18 | 7-9 pm, Adult LoungeSAC Retreat | June 2015 TBD Upcoming Events Social Action Shabbat on March 20 featuring Lee Gordon founder of Hand in Hand Schools. This is the start of the 3-day tour that Lee will have in Ann Arbor, including another event open to the community co-hosted by TBE and STC on Saturday evening. For further information contact Irene

Butter (663-7885), or Helena Robinovitz (475-7751).

Organic Fair Trade Kosher Chocolate for Sale! Do a mitzvah and purchase your Fair Trade Kosher for Passover chocolate from TBE’s Social action Committee. This chocolate is sourced from small scale or artisan co-operatives with the profits helping to promote labor rights and safe and sustainable farming methods while helping to eliminate child slavery in the cocoa industry. The purchase of this chocolate will also support activities of TBE’s Social Action Committee, Fair Trade Judaica, and T’ruah, the Rabbis for Human Rights organization. Several varieties of Kosher for Passover chocolate bars can be purchased in-person at upcoming temple events and on-line. Just click on “Register for Events” in the “Stay Connected” section on the left hand side of the temple’s website homepage http://templebethemeth.org and look for the Kosher for Passover chocolates section. Chocolates purchased on-line can be picked up at temple from 8:30 am-5 pm on Thursday, April 2. The price is $7 per 3.5 oz bar. Questions? Contact Bob Milstein at milsteinfamily@comcast.net.

Mitzvah Day at Alpha House | Sunday, May 31. Back by popular demand, Mitzvah Day returns and we’re returning to Alpha House to do a variety of activities. Please mark your calendars for the morning shift (starting at 8:30 am), afternoon shift (starting at 1 pm) or both! There will be a lunch and service from Noon-1 pm. A perfect opportunity for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends and the entire family to share in the joy of healing the world together! Children under the age of 16 are welcome with an adult. Join us in a fun and rewarding opportunity for Tikkun Olam. Coordinators Bob Milstein, milsteinfamily@comcast.net, Marty Ludington, mludington@albion.edu, and Helena Robinovitz, helena@robinovitz.com.

VOLUNTEER NEEDSBack Door Food Pantry | In response to requests by BDFP patrons, a group of STC members has invited TBE to help organize and co-sponsor a project providing hot beverages weekly [and possibly also refreshments] in the social hall—our Welcome Center—while BDFP patrons are signing in and awaiting their turns to proceed to the pantry to select food. This would be a self-contained project separate from weekly volunteering in the food pantry. Volunteers will be needed to help purchase, set up, staff and

clean up on Thursdays from about 3:15-6:45 pm. More details will be forthcoming. Our current NEEDS include: Financial Donations to help cover our increasing food bills and Popular Items on Food Gatherers’ Shopping Lists: Toiletries (especially soap, body lotions and tooth care products), Canned Garbanzo and Dry [non-pinto] Beans , Non-Dairy Milk Substitutes, Plain Canned Tomatoes, Baking Ingredients, Condiments, Tea and Coffee. Thank you for continuing to support the BDFP. For more information about the Back Door Food Pantry, please contact elliewdavidson@gmail.com. Tuesday, April 28 from 7-9 pm: Dessert meeting for our volunteers. Food Gatherers CEO Eileen Spring will speak.

Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) at Alpha House 2015 Dates of Service: March 9-15, June 8-14, August 24-30, December 21-27. Alpha House needs YOU! Monday, March 9 through March 15. 5:30 pm drop off a child-friendly meal for 25; 5:30-7 pm serve the meal and clean up; 7-8 pm supervise playtime for resident children; or 9 pm-7 am spend the night. Questions? contact Helena Robinovitz: helena@robinovitz.com or 475-7751.

Food Gatherers Community Kitchen at the Delonis Center Volunteers needed two different dates per month. Ten (10) volunteers covering two (2) shifts to prepare and serve food. Second Saturdays, Noon-2:30 pm and 2:30-5 pm. 2015 dates: March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, and July 11. Contact Yuni Aaron, 369-4411 or yuniaaron@me.com. Click here for easy online volunteer registration. First Mondays, 3-5 pm or 5-7 pm. 2015 dates: March 2, April 6, May 4, and July 6. Contact Bette Cotzin, 663-4817 bcotzin@umich.edu.

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13Caring Community

Shalom Gever | Peaceful Warrior Martial ArtsMondays & Wednesdays | 4:30–8 pm March 2, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 & 30

Register Today! | Health, Healing and Self-Defense

Try out this unique martial arts instruction including lessons in how to live a healthy lifestyle, be energetic, do well in school and learn anti-bullying self-defense. 12-week semesters for belt

advancement. Drop-in when schedules permit. Enrollment is open for students and their parents. Shalom Gever is taught by Rabbi Peter Gluck, 5th Degree Black Belt and martial arts instructor for 18 years.

Contact: Temple Beth Emeth office at 665-4744 or Rabbi Gluck, info@shalomgever.org, for more registration information.

Youth

Families with Young Children (FYC): Tot Shabbat Service times every FridayMarch 6, 13, 20 & 27Tot (0–5 years old) Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Levy and Cantor Hayut, 6 pmDinner for Tot Shabbat 6:30 pm Popsicle Oneg, 7 pm

All of your favorite songs, tot bots, tot team... Cantor Hayut and Rabbi Levy will hold Tot Shabbat at 6 pm. Join us for macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, applesauce, and salad bar at 6:30 pm. Dinner is just $5 per person and punch cards can be purchased ahead of time for a discounted price. Punch cards are available in the TBE office.

Sukkat Shalom - The Peaceful Shelter of Shabbat Elemetary Shabbat Service with Rabbi Levy Friday, March 6 & 27 | 6 pm | TBE Chapel

Join us for another session of what will be a beautiful moment of welcome for both our children and for the Shabbat Bride.

This will be a quieter moment, more suitable for our slightly older children (post Tot Shabbat-5th grade). Rabbi Levy is still refining the program so your feedback is appreciated.

AARTY presents JNN: Jewish Nerd Night Sunday, March 8 | 7:30 pm

Join in for the monthly Jewish Nerd Nights directly following Religious School on Sunday.

Alpha House Social Action Event Wednesday, March 11 | 5:30-8 pm Location: Alpha House, 4920 Jackson Rd.

This is an awesome opportunity to help people in our community. We will be making dinner for the people living at Alpha House, serving the food and cleaning up afterwards. This also counts towards volunteer hours!

AARTY BOOTH @ Jewish Family Services Sunday, March 15 | 2-5 pmLocation: Travis Pointe Country Club

AARTY will be volunteering at this amazing event. Please contact Aaron for more details, aartyouth@gmail.com.

14 Sparks of Our Flame - Sisterhood

PresidentHillary Handwerger

VP AdministrationBobbi Heilveil

VP MembershipNoreen DeYoung

VP Programming Carol Milstein

VP Fundraising & Social Action

Yuni Aaron

TreasurerFredda Unangst

Recording Secretary

Jackie MooreCorresponding Secretary

Emily Miller

Questions? Noreen DeYoung, ndeyoung@umich.edu.

TBE SisterhoodAttn: Membership,

2309 Packard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Yes! I want to join the TBE Sisterhood and share in the mitzvah of helping my community.Name ____________________________________________________Address __________________________________________________Phone________________ Email ______________________________

Please send a check (separate from your Temple dues) for $36 (basic membership level) or make an additional donation by paying $54 or $72

Purim is celebrated on the 14th of Adar. One of the dictates of Purim is that we are meant to listen to its story (“The Megillah”) being read.

The Book of Esther is the only book of the Bible that doesn’t mention God. Instead, humanity must save itself. As such, in the third century, Rabbi Joshua ben Levi dictated that not only men should attend the reading of the Megillah but that women were obligated to hear it as well, since it was a woman who delivered the Jewish people into safety.

And we continue to deliver—

The centerpiece of WRJ’s social justice work is our advocacy for the advancement of women in all arenas: in the rabbinate and synagogue life, in the workplace, and in society at large. We fought and will continue to fight to end violence against women and wage

discrimination, and to ensure that all women have access to full reproductive rights. Our founding mothers were suffragists before they had the right to vote; we lobbied for the Equal Rights Amendment; and we have marched and mobilized for reproductive rights and women’s health. In the coming years, WRJ will fight against the erosion of these hard-won rights and will continue to be at the forefront of expanding opportunities for women.

Join us as we work to help foster of community of women who work for the temple and for the social good.

Upcoming Events

Sisterhood is selling Hamantashen at the Purim Carnival on March 4. On sale for $1.75/each or $5/3 of the same flavor. We ran out of the flavor you wanted last year—so this year we have Pre-Orders—see http://www.tbesisterhood.org/whats-happening/fundraising-activities/pre-order-your-hamantashen/ to pre-order. Contact Janine via email jzchey@comcast.net or 649-9708 if you want to volunteer or have questions. Deadline for Pre-orders is March 1. Purchases and Pre-orders can be picked up after the Megillah reading.

Our next “Come to” will be at Zingerman’s RoadHouse on Monday, March 16 at 12:30 pm.RSVP to Sandy Harlacher, harlacher@sbcglobal.net by March 15, so we can assure a table that will fit us.

TBE Gift Shop | Sisterhood Passover Baazar Sunday, March 22 | 3-7:30 pm

Don’t miss Sisterhood’s annual Passover sale. Sisterhood Members: To volunteer at the sale or to ask questions, call Ava Adler at 485-9690 or email avadee2@yahoocom.

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Membership Form 2014/2015We focus on what our membership really wants and needs. Past experience tells us that this does not appear to be monthly social meetings with speakers, deli trays and poker. The range of our events in the last few years is too big to list here, but we do know that an opportunity for fellowship will get attention and an email for help will get the job done. Check our website: http://www.templebethemeth.org/tbe/brotherhood.

Questions? Contact George Brieloff at gbrieloff@gmail.com

Temple Beth EmethAttn: Brotherhood,

2309 Packard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Name _______________________________________________________Address _____________________________________________________Phone ______________________________________________________Email _______________________________________________________

Return form with check for $40 dues, optional $50, $75 to:

PresidentGeorge Brieloff gbrieloff@gmail.com

TreasurerMarty Ludington mludington@albion.edu Vice President, Religious ProgrammingRoger Stutesman rogerstutesman8707@comcast.net

Vice President Larry Yonovitz lawrencesy@aol.com

In spite of poor weather, last months Brotherhood blood drive was an overwhelming success! Twenty-six individuals donated a total of 23 pints of blood. Our annual blood drive was a success due to the efforts of Larry Yonovitz who oversaw ever detail of the event. Larry worked with the Red Cross to get the blood drive scheduled, recruited volunteers to work, and made sure there was plenty of advertising. A special thank you to Larry, those who volunteered to work the event, and a very special thank you to those who gave blood.

Upcoming Brotherhood events for March and April:

Saturday, March 21 | Breakfast at Weber’s | 8:30–10 amf you want to have a great breakfast, enjoy some wonderful company and have some interesting discussion and a lot of laughs, please join us for a guys breakfast. Please RSVP by March 19.

Thursday, March 26 | Men’s Seder @ TBE | 6-9 pm This is a wonderful event. Rabbi Levy facilitates a thoughtful Seder that focuses on men’s issues of fatherhood, health, work, life, etc. Dinner will be vegetarian fare and we have invited men’s club members from Congregational Beth Israel in Ann Arbor and Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. Please join us for an outstanding, thoughtful, and meaningful event. There is no charge for Brotherhood members. If you are not a member but wish to join, you can pay your dues the night of the event. If you’re not a Brotherhood members and don not wish to join but want to attend the Seder, the cost is $20. Please RSVP by March 24.

Thursday, April 20 | Dinner @ Grizzly Peak | 6-7:30 pmThe guys are getting together for a guys night out for some good food, a beverage (or two), and some schmoozing. Please RSVP by April 28.

For the above listed events, please RSVP to George Brieloff, gbrieloff@gmail.com, or via cell phone, 478-7859.

If there are any questions regarding anything Brotherhood, please contact George Brieloff.

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Photos Courtesy of Carrie Bank

Above: A Guided Winter Hike.

Celebrating TuB’Shevat at Leslie Science & Nature Center

Above: Art Project on TuB’Shevat in Israel.

Above Left: Playing Human Bingo. Above Right: Delicious Seder Fruits.

Above Left: Family Fun at TuB’Shevat Program. Above Right: Reading Books about Nature.

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Contribution Form Please find enclosed $________ as a donation to the _________________ ____________________________________Fund in honor/memory of _________________________________________________________TBE Funds: Adult Education, Building, Cantor’s Discretionary, Caring Community, Cantor Annie Rose Music & Spirituality Endowment, Flower, General Fund, Isaac and Pearl Levine Educational, Genesis Landscape, Library, Melvin & Lois Levy Endowment Fund, Memorial Garden Care, Oneg Fund, Music, Professional Development Fund in Honor of Ronnie Simon, Rabbi Levy’s Discretionary, Religious Education, Social Action/Interfaith Hospitality Network, Spiritual Life, Year of Torah, Youth, Youth Scholarship. Sisterhood Funds: College Connections, Barbara F. Heilveil Campership Fund, Sponsorship Fund. Contributions are tax deductible.

Please send acknowledgement to:

Name _________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________________________________

Donor’s Name_______________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________________________________

Camp Raanana

The JCC of Greater Ann Arbor’s CAMP RAANANA is offering 11 inspired weeks of summer, filled with outdoor activities. Camp Raanana will be held at both the JCC and the beautiful Camp Cedar Lake of the Michigan United Conservation Clubs. Children entering grades K-5 participate as campers, the Junior CIT leadership program is for pre-teens entering grades 6–8, teens entering grades 9 and 10 can become paid CIT’s, and teens entering grades 11 and 12 can become paid Junior Counselors. Transportation between the JCC and Cedar Lake is provided. For more information or to register, please go to www.jccannarbor.org and click on “Camp Raanana” under “J-Camps” at the top of the page or call the JCC at 971-0990.

OSRUI Adult & Family Programs LEHRHAUS | June and July weekends Lehrhaus is open to all adults interested in lifelong Jewish learning and living. Participants have the option to either attend Friday through Sunday, or spend Saturday only at camp, enjoying a taste of learning and OSRUI. In addition to studying with our exceptional faculty, Lehrhaus participants experience Shabbat at Camp. 2015 faculty include Rabbi Dr. Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi and Prof. Charles Richter. Registration opens March 1. http://osrui.urjcamps.org/yearround/programs/lehrhaus/

Devorah Quilting Kallah | April 15-19OSRUI has pieced together this fabulous adult program for all levels of quilters. At Devorah we will explore ways to stitch together our creativity, spirituality, Jewish identity, and personal life stories into quilts that wrap us with warmth both physically and emotionally. Limited space available. For more information and to register see our website: http://osrui.urjcamps.org/yearround/programs/devorah/.

Why I Volunteer at Delonis

I have been very fortunate in my life, and I know that many people, even in my own community, are not nearly so fortunate. Homelessness and hunger are problems that will always be with us. There is no way that I can solve these issues. However, I also know that there are opportunities in my community to help address these problems, such as the Delonis shelter, Alpha House and the Back Door Food Pantry. By volunteering at Delonis, I am not only helping in a small but significant way, but I have the pleasure of meeting other volunteers. I enjoy being part of a team that prepares and/or serves dinner. It is rewarding to greet and serve the guests. A few hours once a month can help repair the world, and it helps me live my Jewish values.

-Susan Gitterman

More Social Action

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May their memories be for a blessing.

Lots may be purchased over a three year period with no interest. Current prices are: Member, Pre-Need: $1,700 Member, Immediate Need: $1,900 Non-Member: $2,200

Cemetery LotsThe Temple maintains burial lots at Arborcrest Cemetery. Please contact any committee member to arrange a site visit or to purchase lots by phone or for any questions about the cemetery.

TBE Cemetery Committee: Ken Handwerger, 662-0154, Andrea Ludwig, 302-3335, Gary & Harriet Charson, 528-1061, Marty Ludington, 269-967-1556, Ronnie Simon, 429-5935 or Art Lindenberg, 657-0895.

March 6 & 7Harry AbramsSimon BeltzmanMorris BernsteinEthel BobroffIrving BoigonMilton CantorJulius CohenElizabeth CopelandEllsworth CowlesEdward EricksonMonroe FrankenbergerJoan GoldbergLily GoldsteinJack GreenbergFay GrunnerEna KahanMartin KalbEvelyn KesslerAllan KramerJacob LevyAlex LittleMae MendlovitsRichard MitchellDave MuskovitzJames ParadiseRuth PedreneyArthur PetitEd PirtleAnn SchronSheila SchwartzMerle ShainLinda ShainRose TumarkinElsie UngarEddie WaresClare Winkler

March 13 & 14Herbert ApplebaumJerome BergidaThelma BermanCharles BohmPearl CaugheyStuart ChosidCecile ChusidArlene DietzStephen DomenickJerome FeldmanMitchell FisherSarah FlaumHerbert FrommLeni FrommNeal GoldsteinMaurice GoldsteinMiriam HamburgerRhoda HollanderMurray KahneBeile KalmanJosef KalmanMinka KalmanPinka KalmanSaul KalmanBeatrice KantorBernard KatzZita KiraHenri KiraStephen KupermanCharles LevendoskyRegina LindnerDeszo LindnerBenjamin LipsonBenno MaierHarold Mark

Sarah MaybaumLenore MillerRicki NederlanderAnn OhlCeila PearJoyce PenslerSylvia PowsnerGerald RosenJoseph RosenbergFlorence RosengartenJim SaalbergMyron SchecterWilliam SchulmanJulian ScottSelma ShafiroffAnn Teitelbaum

March 20 & 21Myrtle BoadwaySam CotzinDennis DalinSam FreedlandMarjorie FullerBarbara Gilder QuintRaye GoldbergLenka GoldovaRobert GrosseHenry HankinRobert HasterlikBertha HermanDorothy JosephsYetta KahneAdolph KalmanGloria KoenigMichael KornbergGertrude Kotlarsky

Abe KupermanKenneth LevineLorajean LockettNancy MetzendorfMartha Joan MindelsohnMichele Beth MitchelSam NovetskyTillie PaisakPaul PenslerGail RosenblumMoses RubinSherry SachsRay SeidenAnne ShaftelDorothy SigalElaine SilvermanAnne SimonRoy StancroffMary StewartMorris Stiefel

March 27 & 28 Stanley BaruGirss/Zvi BlochRobert BlockShirley BockoffPaul BoxerJoan BurnhamMildred CalefBenjamin CalefRose CroogBertha DensenHortense FoyerThea FriedmannAbbot Greene

Perry JacobsMargaret KarkoskyAlvin KrenitzGertrude KupermanBernard MeyerowitzLeon MillerJerry MillmanEvelyn MillmanMildred PickusJoseph “Barney” RobertsJuliet RubinMax RubinEllen SaalbergWallace ScheidIda ScheidRalph ShikesGerald Zwiren

Adult Education FundIn memory of Rev. Charles Fry,father of Kathy Ludington, from Jonathan Rubin & Gretta Spier.

Back Door Food PantryIn memory of Louise Miller, from Laurel Gutterman.

Caring Community FundIn memory of Arnie Spellman, from Carol & Steve Dworkin.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Alice and Clifford Hart.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Igor Osak.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Pittsfield Senior Flower Class (Jean Smith).In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Toni Capps.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Paula Dana. In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Ron & Marianne Aaron.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from David & Sharlene Minus.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Herbert & Eileen Pritzker.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Jennifer Najor.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Karen Brown.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from the Schultz family.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Ed and Martha Kimball.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Eva and Sam Taylor.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Richard and Jean Clark.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Robert & Patricia Creal.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from David & Barbara Heilveil.

In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Paulette Bromberg.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Doug Ziesemer.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Frank and Kay Moler.In memory of my brother-in-law, Arnold Spellman, from Jeanne Joseph.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Marlys Hamill.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Paul & Fredda Unangst.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Ronnie Shapiro.In memory of Paul Maleson, from Ronnie Shapiro.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Ruth Walker.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Charles and Sharon Newman.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Larry Wilson and Jane Wilkin.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Joel and Shirley Berger.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Robert and Joan Ravin.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Norma Wonnacott.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from Alfred and Judith Gourdji.In memory of Arnie Spellman, from Joel and Joan Levitt.In memory of Arnold Spellman, from William and Merrily Hart.In memory of our dear friend Arnie Spellman, from the Scott Family.

General FundIn memory of Avraham Levy, from Peter & Miriam Vincent.Andrew SchwartzIn honor of our friend Keren McGinity’s visit to TBE, from Stephanie & Ronald Chervin.

In memory of John Waidley, from Martha and Ed Kimball.In memory of Martin Dash, from William and Merrily Hart.

Music FundIn memory of Herbert Fromm and Leni Fromm, from Ron and Marianne Aaron.

Oneg FundSimond & Eva Taylor Laurel GuttermanLawrence & Mary YonovitzIn memory of Stella Weisfeld, from Zelma Weisfeld.

Rabbi’s Discretionary FundIn honor of Rabbi Levy, from Andrew and Amy Paberzs.Many thanks for the weekly visits to Arnie and your support to our family, from Judy Spellman.

Religious Education FundZahave Bookh

Year of Torah In memory of Kathy Ludington’s father and Marty Ludington’s father-in-law, from Stewart and Helena Robinovitz.

To donate online, please go to our website (www.templebethemeth.org) and click the teal “Donate Now!” button in the left-hand column.

You can also send checks made payable to “TBE” to 2309 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Please include a note with the fund you would like to donate to and any tribute message.

Thank you for your continued support!

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TBE Sisterhood Gift Shop

Looking for a special item? We have the best prices & can save you the cost of

shipping!

WED 5:30-7 pm, SUN 5:30-7 pm FRIDAY 6:30-7:30 pm

or By Appointment

Call Amy Paberzs at 668-6842 or 417-5312.

Temple Beth Emeth2309 Packard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

TBE’s Staff and ResourcesRabbi Robert D. Levy ___________________________ reblevy@templebethemeth.org

Cantor Regina S. Lambert-Hayut _______________ cantorhayut@templebethemeth.org

Executive Director SooJi Min _______________________sjmin@templebethemeth.org

Dir. of Education Terri Ginsburg __________________tginsburg@templebethemeth.org

Library Coordinator Clare Kinberg _____________ tbe_library@templebethemeth.org

Director of Congregational Services Avital Ostfield_aostfield@templebethemeth.org

Clergy Coord. Sarah Krell _________________________skrell@templebethemeth.org

School Asst. Tressa Hart ___________________________thart@templebethemeth.org

Saturday School Coordinator Emily Alter_________________tbeschoola2@gmail.com

Account Manager Amie Brockman ______________abrockman@templebethemeth.org

Account Administrator Victoria Gross _______________vgross@templebethemeth.org

General Office Questions __________________________tbe@templebethemeth.org

Website_________________________________________www.templebethemeth.org

Family Shabbat Table Talk ___________________________________urj.org/shabbat

TNT Group Website ___________________________www.templebethemeth.org/tnt

Add your name to these TBE e-mail lists by calling the office

Announcements___________________Weekly announcement of events and servicesHotline _________________________Births, deaths, emergency news (members only)TBE Tots __________________________________________________www.tbetots.orgBeth Israel Funeral Notices_____________________________________Call the office

The TBE Bulletin is published monthly by Temple Beth Emeth | 2309 Packard | Ann Arbor, MI 48104

TBE is a non-profit religious institution in the State of Michigan. Volume 15 | Issue 16

Rabbi Robert D. Levy

Cantor Regina S. Lambert-Hayut

Cantor Emerita Ann Z. Rose

Director of EducationTerri Ginsburg

Executive DirectorSooJi Min

Officers and Board of TrusteesPresidentSusan Gitterman

VP for AdministrationJulie Steiner

VP for Education and YouthLisa Newman

VP for Finance Ronnie Shapiro

VP for Membership Rachel Glick

VP for Religious Practice Alexandria Wood

VP for Social Action Bob Milstein

TreasurerLarry Yonovitz

SecretaryElaine Yeglic

Ex-officio:Immediate Past PresidentDeborah Scott Katz

Sisterhood PresidentHillary Handwerger

Brotherhood PresidentGeorge BrieloffMembers at LargePhil BarrSarah CohenMichele ForbesBonnie KeeneMarjorie LeskoLisa LynchJoe PollakDeb SchildJordan ShavitSteve StancroffJodi WalloMartha Weintraub

Bulletin EditorSooJi Min

Bulletin DesignTressa Hart

Save-the-DateSunday, April 26 | Yom HaAtzmut