BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION
JUNE 2015 AKRON, OHIO SIVAN • TAMMUZ 5775
June
Table of Contents
President’s Message ...... 1
Thank You to ................. 2
Schedule of Services ..... 2
Beth El in Your Will ..... 2
Yahrzeits........................ 3
Calendar ........................ 3
Taste of Torah ............... 4
Mitzvah Day .................. 4
Rtabbi’s Reminders ....... 4
Upcoming Events .......... 4
Shlichim Programs ........ 5
Joint Shabbat Service
(Shabbat Schmooze) ... 5
Contributions ................. 6
Potluck Dinner............... 7
Contribution Form ......... 7
A Taste of Broadway..... 8
Picnic & Baseball .......... 8
Just to Thank You…
Martin Oppenheimer, President
Recently Joyce and I had a
welcomed trip to the Atlantic shore.
The time away provided us an
opportunity to refresh, renew and relax.
Here at Beth El we have maintained a
very active schedule in the past months
and continue to move forward with
many great opportunities.
The Beth El Yearbook updating
activities are in process. This year the
L'Chaim pages will honor and
celebrate Rabbi Stephen and Judy
Grundfast for his 36 years in the
rabbinate. This provides a great
opportunity to include a celebratory
greeting in the Yearbook recognizing
their contribution to all of us.
There are many to thank and
acknowledge for making our
congregation vibrant, welcoming and
an integral part of our community.
First, to all of our congregants who
support, provide feedback, volunteer
and strengthen Beth El. After all, we
are a strong, supportive, generous and
caring community. You are the heart
and soul of our efforts and you are
truly wonderful and greatly
appreciated.
Our professional staff: Rabbi
Grundfast, Cantor Stein, and Erin Katz
Ford work together to provide
guidance, religious education, moral
support in good and trying times and
much more. We are fortunate to have
flexible, understanding, creative and
compassionate leaders. Their efforts
along with our congregants make Beth
El “the place to be.”
The partnerships developed by our
move to the Schultz Campus for Jewish
Life have been outstanding. The mutual
support and coordination with the entire
JCC and JCBA has exceeded the most
optimistic expectations.
Our Board of Trustees has guided us
through this year of transition. Their
input, insight and direction developed a
successful process in the personnel and
administrative transitions. We welcome
the following new Board members: Jill
Henry, Stacey Simonton, Debra Shifrin
Newman, Aaron Moskovitz, Rebecca
Moskovitz, Esther Hexter and Sharon
Merklin. We thank those who
completed their term on the Board:
Aaron Cohen, Susan Alfonso, Arlene
Miller, Michelle Mostow, Dr. Michael
Seider, Sheri Glauberman and Trish
Crane.
Our Officers have been an
incredible team working, debating and
creating new initiatives and problem
solving. Trish Crane, an outstanding
contributor and visionary as
secretary and vice-president, will be
replaced by Jerry Nelson due to her
other commitments. Sharon Merklin
will become our new secretary replacing
Jerry Nelson. We welcome both Jerry
and Sharon to their new leadership
positions.
I wish you and your family a safe,
relaxing, and refreshing summer season.
Shalom,
Marty
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Beth El Congregation 750 White Pond Drive
Akron, OH 44320
www.bethelakron.com
Office: (330) 864-2105
Affiliated with
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Stephen Grundfast Rabbi
Stephen J. Stein Hazzan
Erin Katz Ford Director of Synagogue Education
Beth El Office [email protected]
Martin Oppenheimer President
Dr. Harvey Sterns President Elect
Jerry B. Nelson Vice President
Michael Rabe Treasurer
Sharon Merklin Secretary
Laurel Gress Baalat Koreh
Leonard Rose Editor
This bulletin is published 12 times per year by
Bulletin of Beth El Congregation
(USPS 052-100)
Vol. LXX No. 10
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Thank You to…
...to Bob & Regina Cooper for
sponsoring the flowers on March 28 in
memory of Jean Cooper.
...to Harriet and Stan Schneiderman for
sponsoring the flowers on April 11 in
memory of Rose Lowy.
...to Marv Rosenthal for sponsoring the
flowers on April 18 in honor of Emma
Henry's Bat Mitzvah.
...to Scott and Jill Henry for sponsoring
the Kiddush on April 18 in honor of
Emma Henry's Bat Mitzvah.
...to Michael Mastrantonio and Natalie
Mastrantonio for sponsoring the flowers
on April 25 in honor of Olivia
Mastrantonio's Bat Mtizvah.
...to Brenda Schwartz and Steve
Mastrantonio for sponsoring the
Kiddush on April 25 in honor of Olivia
Mastrantonio's Bat Mtizvah.
...to Joy Epstein and family for
sponsoring the flowers and Kiddush on
May 2 in memory of Lillian Clayman
and Bart Epstein.
... to Andrea and Sid Steinberger for
sponsoring the flowers in memory of
Inge Steinberger on May 2.
... to Milton Cooper and family for
sponsoring the flowers in memory of
Jean Cooper on May 2.
...to Sid and Shirley Zetzer for
sponsoring the flowers in memory of
Morris Zetzer on May 2.
...to Margaret and Brian Slesnick for
sponsoring the flowers and Kiddush on
May 9 in honor of Madeleine Slesnick's
Bat Mitzvah.
...to Gloria Reich for sponsoring the
flowers in memory of Jack Reich on
May 15.
...to Sid and Shirley Zetzer for
sponsoring the flowers in memory of
Bella Zetzer on May 15.
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
JUNE 2015
SIVAN • TAMMUZ 5775
Sunday – 8:30 AM
Weekdays – 7:30 AM
Friday Evening – 6:15 PM
Saturday Morning – 9:15 AM
Please note:
• Evening services, other than Friday
evenings, will be held only by
request and special arrangement.
Please call the office one week in
advance to make arrangements.
Havdalah
June 6 ........... 9:46 PM
June 13 ......... 9:50 PM
June 20 ......... 9:53 PM
June 27 ......... 9:54 PM
Candle Lighting
June 5 ........... 8:37 PM
June 12 ......... 8:41 PM
June 19 ......... 8:43 PM
June 26 ......... 8:45 PM
Remember Beth El
in Your Will
For information, please contact
Martin Spector, Endowment Chair
330 864-1736
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Sivan 5775 June 2015 Tammuz 5775
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Services
(unless otherwise noted)
Sunday 8:30 AM Weekdays 7:30 AM Friday 6:15 PM Saturday 9:15 AM
1 14 Sivan
Judaism 101 7:30-8:30 PM
2 15 Sivan
3 16 Sivan
4 17 Sivan
Sisterhood Dinner at Rosemont
5 18 Sivan
Services at Chambrel
6 19 Sivan
Beha’alotecha
7 20 Sivan
Cantor Concert 7:00 PM in Auditorium
8 21 Sivan
9 22 Sivan
Board Meeting 7:30 PM in Mercaz
10 23 Sivan
Night at Rubberducks at Canal Park
11 24 Sivan
12 25 Sivan
13 26 Sivan
Shelach
14 27 Sivan
Knitzvah 9:30 AM Mercaz
Mitzvah Day
15 28 Sivan
Taste of Torah 7:00 PM – Mercaz
16 29 Sivan
17 30 Sivan
Rosh Chodesh
18 1 Tammuz
Rosh Chodesh
19 2 Tammuz
Pot Luck 6:00 PM Mercaz
20 3 Tammuz
Korach
21 4 Tammuz
Summer Begins
Father’s Day
22 5 Tammuz
23 6 Tammuz
24 7 Tammuz
25 8 Tammuz
26 9 Tammuz
Togetherness Shabbat at Beth El 7:30 PM
Mercaz
27 10 Tammuz
Chukat
28 11 Tammuz
29 12 Tammuz
30 13 Tammuz
Let Us Know Rabbi Grundfast and Cantor Stein are eager to visit congregants in the hospital, but can't go if they don't know. If you or someone you know is in the hospital or sick at home and would appreciate a pastoral visit, please let us know.
YAHRZEITS
May 30-June 5 Mollie Brotsky Zelda Cohen Edward G. Foster Norman A. Freedman Sam Freedman Alfred Freireich Robert Garner Burda Groden Giles Israel Gloth David Hoffman Harry Horn Ernest Klein Sam Kodish Elizabeth Krosner Sol Levinson Abe Liberman Isaac Liberman Trudy Loeb Joseph Marks Nate Mervis Esther Miller Irving Norotsky Gerald Pryweller James M. Robinson William Rosenblatt Myrna Scheinbart Harry Shapiro
Max Silverstein Eugene Sokol Irving Spector Morris Stambor Arthur Winer June 6 –12 Edith Adler Myer Caplan Helen Davidson Ann Joan Freedman Sophie T. Friedlander Erin Geller Lee Greenlick Judith Ann Helfgott Phyllis Jacobson Nathan Kropko Hyman Lerner Paula Leventhal Gustave L Levinson Alex Levitt Isaac Lipson Bela Lowy Rose Luck Mary Marks William Neiman Frank Nelson Paula Cohen Padove Syliva Rosenthal David Sapp
Helen Schneier Bessie Senser Anna Shecht Louis Sherman Lois Shifrin Rose Sinder Bertha Stein Esther Wish Sarah Zwelling June 13-19 Katie Backer Louis Berenson Fannie Berloff Samuel Budzanover Rose Cohen Goldie Cohn Carl M. Fertel Sally Finkel Betty Fitterman Sarah Foster Ida George Susan Glauberman Morris Kaufman Rosa Kobotsnick Sybil Kriger Sanford Levenson Harold Levin Helen Levin Alex Marks
Hyman Milkman Marlene Miller Annie Miller Ben Nemeroff Irving Osherow Fannie Prizant Sol Regal Loe Romisher Eleanore Rudick Libby Schneir Milton Slavin Ben Slavin Richard Sterns Esther Weiss James Wells Morris Zudick Harry Auerbach June 20-26 Shirley Borodkin Norwin Brovitz Manuel Cohen Louis Gergis Paul Greenlick Esther Kates Mary Kodish Ruby Kodish Jerry Kodish Robert Kranitz Jennie Krupp
Dave Lowry Milton Luck Sadie Ekus Manes Minnie Mirman Ruth L. Mulfelder Bernard Penner Rose Pinsky Max Robinson Jack Rubens Dr. Leo Rubin Morris Sacks George Shapiro Eugene Treiber Samuel Wakser Cathy Wakser Mendel Weintaub Katie Wolfand June 27-July 3 Rebeca Albert Samuel C. Bershon Barnet Beyer Miriam Edith Davis Nancy Davis Mollie Dorman Morris Freedman Harold Garson Tillie Guren Bernard Heller Anna Kalish
Max Keane Herschel Kriger Florence Lessing Samuel Leubitz Miriam Levenson Leah Lieberman Jerrold Lockshin Louis Medvin Milton Pren Ruth Rakusin Zelda Rosenthal Dina Savage
Isadore Schlossberg Rose Sholiton Sol Slavin Samuel Tucker John Waits Evelyn Weinberger
In Memoriam
Beth El Congregation notes
with sorrow the passing of
Edmund W. Rothschild Father of Margaret Slesnick,
Grandfather of Alec and
Madeleine Slesnick
Allison Willen Daugher of Todd and Michelle
Willen, Sister of Emily Willen,
Granddaughter of Sybil Willen
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July 3 Office closed
14 Board meeting
26 Tisha B'Av
August 1 Aufruf of Deana and Joe
11 Board Meeting
15 Shabbat in the Park
Taste
of
Torah The third Monday of the month
is our Sisterhood Torah Study
Group, Taste of Torah. We will
meet on Monday, June 15 at 7
PM in Congregation Beth El’s
Mercaz, our community room.
Chambrel Shabbat Service
Friday Night, June 5, 6:15 PM
Talmud Class
Moving to a new day and time.
For more information contact Rabbi Grundfast
at 330.864.2105 or [email protected]
Lunch and Learn
June 9, 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM
At the Law Offices of Goldman-Rosen
If you want to order lunch, the cost is $11.
Please contact Karen James at
Rabbi’s Reminders
Join 15 area churches, temples,
mosques, and others in a day of service
to the community.
Mitzvah Day brings together this
diversified group of people to help with
projects in the community. This year
marks the eleventh year for Mitzvah Day
in Akron.
To sign up, please contact Erin Katz
Ford for the link. There are several
different projects available from the Red
Cross to Family Promise to Knitzvah.
June 14
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Shlichim Summer Programs – June 9 & 23
Schmooze at Togetherness Shabbat Please join us for a joint service with Temple Israel on Friday night, June 26, at
7:30 PM at Beth El. Prior to the service, we will have a Shabbat Schmooze –
light appetizers and wine from 6:45 to 7:30 PM. Oneg to follow the service.
This will be a highly participatory service. Cantor Rosenman and Hazzan Stein
rehearsed with four instrumentalists (keyboard, clarinet, bass and percussion)
and this promises to be a thrilling and upbeat service – a blending of Hassidic
and Klezmer sounds. We hope to see you there.
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Contributions
ALEXANDER & LILLIAN MEDOFF
MUSIC FUND
In Memory of
Edmund W. Rothschild from Mr. and Mrs.
Emory Geller
Shirley Wagan from Mr. and Mrs. Emory Geller
Allison Willen from Mr. and Mrs. Emory Geller
Landon Zuckerman from Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Geller
CHOIR
FUND
In Memory of
Bertram Adler from Alan and Irene Adler and
Alyse
Bertha Iczkovitz from Kenin Tucker
Manny Iczkovitz from Kevin Tucker
Morris Katz from Ann Rosenthal and family
EDUCATION
FUND
In Memory of
Dr. Benjamin Goldberg from Mrs. Charlene
Edelman and family, Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Goldberg and family
Hyman Finkelstein from Burt and Lois Nobil
David Katz from Carl Lieberman
Pauline Katz from Ann Rosenthal and family
Reuben Katz from Ann Rosenthal and family
Edward Lieberman from Carl Lieberman
Shirley Wagan from Carl Lieberman
ELEANOR & JERRY LIPPMAN
BAR/BAT MITZVAH FUND
In Memory of
Ida Goldstein from Gus Goldstein
Rachel Hexter from Larry, Esther and Miriam
Hexter
LOUIS & BECKY LOCKSHIN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In Memory of
Edmund W. Rothschild from Jim and Susan
Osherow
Shirley Wagan from Jim and Susan Osherow
In Honor of
The anniversary of Irv and Annn Kauvar from
Jim and Susan Osherow
The anniversary of Jerry and Cindy Nelson
from Jim and Susan Osherow
PRAYER BOOK
FUND
A Prayer Book(s) has been inscribed:
In Memory of
Jean Cooper from Milton N. Cooper and family
RABBI’S
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Memory of
Abe Cohen from Idelle Kodish
Mollye Cohen from Idelle Kodish
Frances Ryb-Jacobson from Jeffrey and
Barbara Miller
Pearl Steinberger from Sid and Andrea
Steinberger
Shirley Wagan from Joe and JoEllen Kodish
Harvey Winer from Sidney and Shirley Zetzer
REVEREND PHILLIP SALZMAN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In Memory of
Anna Heisler from Charlotte Heisler and family
Julia Liberman from Ronald and Susan
Nusbaum and family
Alan Recht from Charlotte Heisler and family
Rose Recht Weinberg from Charlotte Heisler
and family
Joseph Weiss from Herb Weiss
SIMON KOPELSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In Memory of
Zelda May from Freda Stile
STEPHEN M. GROSS
MEMORIAL FUND
In Memory of
Edmund W. Rothschild from Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Gross
Shirley Wagan from Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gross
Allison Willen from Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gross
Landon Zuckerman from Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Gross
SYNAGOGUE
FUND
In Memory of
Jean Cooper from Milton N. Cooper and family
Ruth Gottlieb from Marty and Shelia Gottlieb
Abe J. Sokol from David Sokol
Julia Mermelstein from Mel and Nancy
Mermelstein
Ethel Mirman from Marilyn Mirman
Oscar Mirman from Marilyn Mirman
Martin Polsky from Jerry and Leona Pollock
Marsha Rothschild from Dr. and Mrs. I.
Kauvar
Edmund W. Rothschild from Lourie Rapport,
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Saferstein, Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Stone
Shirley Wagan from Maxine Gertz, Leo and
Shirley Katz, Sandra Levenson, Mel and Nancy
Mermelstein, Jay and Ellie Minkin, Burt and
Lois Nobil, Larry, Lani and Neil Rothstein,
Lourie Rapport, Dr. and Mrs Lawrence
Richman, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Saferstein, Sid
and Andrea Steinberger, Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Stone
David Welsh from Eileen Schneir
Sadie Welsh from Eileen Schneir
Allison Willen from Lourie Rapport, Mr. and
Mrs. Sheldon Saferstein, Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Stone
Landon Zuckerman from Mr. and Mrs.
Sheldon Saferstein
In Honor of
The birth of granddaughter Tella Ruti, to Pam
and Joe Kanfer from Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Richman
The Bat Mitzvah of granddaughter of Rachel,
Bernie and Sedell Kamenir from Dr. and Mrs
Lawrence Richman
The special birthday of Jeanne Betty Weiner
from Joan Sinder
The Bat Mitzvah of Emma Henry from Marty
and Sherry Hellman, Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Richman, David Sokol
The Bat Mitzvah of Olivia Mastrantonio from
Dr. and Mrs Lawrence Richman
The Bat Mitzvah of Sarah Sterns from Marilyn
Mirman
In Appreciation
Gabe and Sherry Miller from Dr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Richman
Thank you
for your
contributions.
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REMO 2000 Choir
Education Max M. Federhar Memorial Rabbi's Discretionary Marks & Goldfarb Youth
Synagogue Alexander & Lillian Medoff Memorial Music Chumash (Torah Readings; $75 minimum)
Shabbat Flowers ($36 minimum) Endowment Fund ($50 minimum) Eleanor & Jerry Lippman Bar/Bat Mitzvah Books Irving Botnick Education Hakoah Club Education Fund
Beth El Congregation
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Louis & Becky Lockshin Scholarship
Lola Salzman Scholarship Rev. Phillip Salzman
Scholarship Beth El Scholarship
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Join us for a Potluck Shabbat dinner at 6 PM, prior to our Shabbat service at 7 PM.
Food guidelines: all food must be vegetarian or dairy dishes in disposable or glass containers.
Prepare enough for 6 to 8 servings and label your food. Food assignments based on last name:
• A-F Side Dish • N-R Main Dish • G-M Dessert • S-Z Salad
Please RSVP to Erin Katz so we will know how many tables to set up. E-mail [email protected] or call 330-864-2105.
Even if you are not able to join us for the Potluck Dinner, we hope you will join us for our Friday night service.
Luck!
Times running out – plan to join us!
Annual Beth El
Picnic and Baseball Game
Akron Rubber Ducks versus
New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Canal Park, Downtown Akron Wednesday, June 10
Picnic: 6 PM Game: 7 PM
RSVP by June 2 330.864.2105, ext. 118
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Forgot to purchase tickets for A Taste of Broadway?
To join us, June 7 at 7 PM, contact Erin Katz Ford, now,
at 330.864.2105, ext. 118.