CALENDAR OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES >>> CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL “A Family of Families” March 2013 Friday, March 1st Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Bar Mitzvah of Evan Mintz Saturday, March 2nd Shabbat Service @ 9:00am Friday, March 8th Shabbat Service @ 6:00 pm *Note early service time Saturday, March 9th Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am Friday, March 15th Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Traditional Services in Racusin Chapel Saturday, March 16th Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am Friday, March 22nd Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Lay Led Services Saturday, March 23rd Shabbat Service @ 9:00am Lay Led Services Tuesday, March 26th Congregational Passover Seder @ 6:00pm Friday, March 29th Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Saturday, March 30th Shabbat Service @ 9:00am Monday, April 1st Yizkor Services for end of Pesach @ 6:30 pm Torah Study Saturdays @ 11:00am RABBI’S MESSAGE Dear Friends: Religious worship began as public drama. It was a play staged to teach or remind the populace of certain central values of a society. Of all of our Jewish observances, the Passover seder more partakes of this dramatic element than any other. Consider that the seder might be understood as a production in three acts. The first act takes place roughly 3300 years ago in Egypt. We try to retroject ourselves into this history so that we can understand on a participatory level what the experience must have been like. The Israelites slaves suffer grievously under the burdens imposed by their taskmasters. As the seder unfolds, we use various means to make their agony a reality to those of us who have never undergone slavery. We listen to the words that describe their ordeal; we eat the bread of affliction and the mortar-like haroset and the bitter herbs and dip in the salt water. By the time we have reached the conclusion of the first act, maybe we have some empathy with what our ancestors endured. The second act also takes place in ancient history, but now on the east bank of the Reed Sea. The Israelites have passed through the walls of water, the Egyptian army has drowned, and the former slaves are now free. How to appreciate what freedom feels like? By acting out what free people can do. We put our books aside and turn to a sumptuous, often-overladen table with delicacies of various sorts. In truth, is it not the essence of freedom that we can eat as much as we want, whatever we want and for as long as we want? A slave eats only with his master’s permission; a free person sets his own table and dines at leisure. When we pick up our books to resume the seder for the third act, we bring ourselves back to the present and project ourselves into the future. It is then that the message of the seder is most clear. The first act has taught us that slavery is terrible; the second act reminds us that freedom is wonderful. Now, we learn that what we treasure for ourselves cannot be only for ourselves; if we cherish freedom, it must be for everyone, and it is our task to extend that boon to as much of the world’s population as we can. After all, the Torah repeatedly insists that we have a special obligation to the unfortunate of this world, since we were once slaves in Egypt and we, of all peoples, should understand how unpleasant slavery is. The drama concludes with a necessary postscript. At the very end, we recite “LaShanah HaBa’ah Birushalayeem,” “Next year in Jerusalem,” next year in the messianic city of peace and freedom. For we recognize that we have not completed the task our covenant with God demands of us – to bring the reality of freedom to the peoples of the earth – and Elijah, the herald of that achievement did not darken our doors. So we challenge each other to redouble our efforts and to make Passover not just a happy family occasion, but a launching pad that the bell of liberty may ring throughout the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof. Phyllis and I wish every member of the congregation and all of your extended families and dear ones a very happy Pesach. Kenneth D. Roseman, Rabbi
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CALENDAR OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES >>>
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL
“A Family of Families”
March 2013
Friday, March 1st Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Bar Mitzvah of Evan Mintz Saturday, March 2nd Shabbat Service @ 9:00am
Friday, March 8th Shabbat Service @ 6:00 pm *Note early service time Saturday, March 9th Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am
Friday, March 15th Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Traditional Services in Racusin Chapel Saturday, March 16th Shabbat Service @ 9:00 am
Friday, March 22nd Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Lay Led Services Saturday, March 23rd Shabbat Service @ 9:00am Lay Led Services
Tuesday, March 26th Congregational Passover Seder @ 6:00pm
Friday, March 29th Shabbat Service @ 7:30 pm Saturday, March 30th Shabbat Service @ 9:00am
Monday, April 1st Yizkor Services for end of Pesach @ 6:30 pm
Torah Study Saturdays @ 11:00am
RABBI’S MESSAGE Dear Friends: Religious worship began as public drama. It was a play staged to teach or remind the populace of certain central values of a society. Of all of our Jewish observances, the Passover seder more partakes of this dramatic element than any other. Consider that the seder might be understood as a production in three acts. The first act takes place roughly 3300 years ago in Egypt. We try to retroject ourselves into this history so that we can understand on a participatory level what the experience must have been like. The Israelites slaves suffer grievously under the burdens imposed by their taskmasters. As the seder unfolds, we use various means to make their agony a reality to those of us who have never undergone slavery. We listen to the words that describe their ordeal; we eat the bread of affliction and the mortar-like haroset and the bitter herbs and dip in the salt water. By the time we have reached the conclusion of the first act, maybe we have some empathy with what our ancestors endured. The second act also takes place in ancient history, but now on the east bank of the Reed Sea. The Israelites have passed through the walls of water, the Egyptian army has drowned, and the former slaves are now free. How to appreciate what freedom feels like? By acting out what free people can do. We put our books aside and turn to a sumptuous, often-overladen table with delicacies of various sorts. In truth, is it not the essence of freedom that we can eat as much as we want, whatever we want and for as long as we want? A slave eats
only with his master’s permission; a free person sets his own table and dines at leisure. When we pick up our books to resume the seder for the third act, we bring ourselves back to the present and project ourselves into the future. It is then that the message of the seder is most clear. The first act has taught us that slavery is terrible; the second act reminds us that freedom is wonderful. Now, we learn that what we treasure for ourselves cannot be only for ourselves; if we cherish freedom, it must be for everyone,
and it is our task to extend that boon to as much of the world’s population as we can. After all, the Torah repeatedly insists that we have a special obligation to the unfortunate of this world, since we were once slaves in Egypt and we, of all peoples, should understand how unpleasant slavery is.
The drama concludes with a necessary postscript. At the very end, we recite “LaShanah HaBa’ah Birushalayeem,” “Next year in Jerusalem,” next year in the messianic city of peace and freedom. For we recognize that we have not completed the task our covenant with God demands of us – to bring the reality of freedom to the peoples of the earth – and Elijah, the herald of that achievement did not darken our doors. So we challenge each other to redouble our efforts and to make Passover not just a happy family occasion, but a launching pad that the bell of liberty may ring throughout the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof. Phyllis and I wish every member of the congregation and all of your extended families and dear ones a very happy Pesach. Kenneth D. Roseman, Rabbi
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RABBI ROSEMAN SERVES THE REFORM JEWISH MOVEMENT In addition to his local communal activities with Del Mar College, TAMU-CC’s history department, Christus Spohn Health System and the Art Museum of South Tex-as, Rabbi Roseman has been asked to serve the national Reform Jewish movement in two capacities.
Rabbinic students from the three American campuses of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion are generally assigned during their last several years of stud-ies to smaller congregations throughout the country. The Seminary asks practicing congregational rabbis to volun-teer their time to mentor these students. This involves biweekly telephone calls and one site visit to meet with the student rabbi and his congregants. This year, Rabbi Roseman was asked to advise the student rabbi who goes to Joplin, MO, the city that was devastated by a tornado just a year ago. In their conversations, they have talked about sermon topics, books to read, programs that might be tried and, most of all, how to relate to individual con-gregants and their personal problems. On the weekend of March 22-24, Rabbi Roseman will visit United He-brew Congregation, their members and their student rab-bi as part of his service to the movement and to a future colleague who will be a better rabbi because of our rab-bi’s counsel and advice.
Rabbi Roseman will also be a member of a delegation of Central Conference of American Rabbi members who will visit Berlin, Germany in early November. The pur-pose of the trip is to learn about the institutions that have been created by the reconstructed German-Jewish com-munity, including the Abraham Geiger Seminary that trains liberal rabbis for Central and Eastern Europe, and then to suggest ways in which American Reform Jews can be additionally supportive of the growing Jewish community of Germany. The Rosemans will add a brief stop on the way to Berlin in Geneva, Switzerland. You may remember that Rabbi Roseman lived there for a few years (1949-1952), and they expect to visit with former school mates and see some of the places which he fre-quented as a child.
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President’s Message Dear Members of CBI,
This month Congregation Beth Israel begins a journey into the future that will provide the vision and direction for the congregation over the next 10 years through conducting a Congregation Strategic Planning process. Critical to the success of this trip is the participation of as many members of the Congregation as possible---after all, this is your Congregation and your collective ideas, opinions and feelings are what must drive the vision and future direction of Congregation Beth Israel.
Every trip needs a very competent navigator and the same is true of our strategic planning process. In order to ensure the success of our journey I have asked Julia Noble and Richard Hausman to co-navigate the Congregation into the future. I want to publicly thank them for taking on this task, which is so important to us as a congregation.
At this point Richard and Julia are working on the plans and timetable for the entire process that we hope to substantially complete by the end of May. However, we have recognized that we need fuel for our journey into the future. In this case the fuel required is our congregants opinions, views, concerns and ideas. To be more direct we need your individual answer to the question, what do want our
congregation to be like over the next 10 years and how can we make that happen? Or more personally, how can CBI better serve your religious, educational and social needs as a Jew?
Congregation Beth Israel has many positive aspects that we want to make sure we preserve, but we also need to identify where we can get better. Through analyzing our demographics, collecting and synthesizing your opinions and developing specific ways of meeting the current and future needs of the congregation we will make Congregation Beth Israel an even closer and more vibrant family of families.
To start this process I urge you to attend one of the Town Hall meetings scheduled below:
Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Sunday, April 14, 2013 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Remember your involvement is critical to the success of this endeavor that will have a significant impact on our Congregations future. Your voice will be heard.
Looking forward to seeing all of you at one of the CBI Town Hall Meetings! Shalom, Jim Gold
Sponsor an Oneg Shabbat
We are seeking sponsors for the Friday Night Oneg Shabbats. The Temple will provide the drinks while the Sponsor(s) will provide the cakes, fruits and other Oneg snacks. We believe this is a wonderful way to honor people for special days in their lives or to memorialize loved ones on their Yahrzeits.
If you wish to participate, please call Debbie at the CBI office and tell her the date you wish to reserve. Several families can share each Oneg. The only dates not available are the monthly Family Dinner dates and B’nai Mitzvah dates.
Oneg Dates
Friday, March 8, 2013 ‐ 6:00 pm Friday, March 22, 2013 ‐ 7:30 pm pm
Friday, March 15, 2013 ‐ 7:30 pm Friday, March 29, 2013 ‐ 7:30 pm‐Hosted by Grace & George Kopf
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BOVINE APPEARANCE SCHEDULED FOR THIS SPRING Do you remember the children’s di y about a purple cow and how “I’d rather see than be one?” Well, we do not expect a purple cow to make an appearance at CBI, but we are looking forward to a visit by a nearly life‐sized, black and white Holstein. She’ll be in the Temple’s lobby some me in the Spring, courtesy this year’s Confirma on Class. Now, this cow is not an ordinary cow. She’s a mitzvah cow whose pur‐pose is to collect milk money for the children of the homeless and poor people who frequent the Good Samaritan Ministry on Alameda Street downtown. When you meet her, you’ll un‐derstand how irresis ble she is and how easy she will make it for everyone to par cipate in this life‐giving mitz‐vah. But she’s not here yet. And so we’re running a CONTEST TO NAME OUR BOVINE VISITOR. Sugges ons for suita‐ble names for our mitzvah cow can be submi ed any me before the first seder of Pesach (Monday, March 25) by mail, phone, e‐mail, fax or in person – no limits and more than one idea per person is welcome. The winner will be announced at the Temple seder on Tuesday evening, March 26, and in the April Newsle er. So, put your thinking caps on and let’s all get mooo‐ving to find just the right name for our mitzvah cow!
UPCOMING STRATEGIC MEETINGS
As many of you know there are significant changes on the horizon at Congregation Beth Israel. Rabbi Roseman will be retiring in May of 2014, and Susan Martin will be retiring as the Director of Religious Education at the close of this academic year.
Now is the time to plan for our future.
Congregation Beth Israel President Jim Gold and your CBI Board have asked the congregation to engage in the work of a strategic plan. We shall look at where we are now and where we want to be in 5, 10, and perhaps 15 years. The results from our work will be funneled directly to the Rabbinic Search Committee for use as criteria in hiring our next rabbi. The work we do now will chart the direction for our future.
Please join with us to create the tools that will determine what will come. Your voices are essential to this pro-cess.
Town Hall meetings have been scheduled; plan to participate in one, two or all three of these conversations. The dates and times are:
Sunday, March 31, 2013 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
~All the sessions will take place at CBI. (refreshments will be served)
When there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18)
We look forward to working together.
Sincerely, Richard Hausman and Julia Noble
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Corpus Christi Community Religious School
Susan Martin, Director
During one Sunday session, the Fedder Family shared adventures from their trip to Guatemala. Joe, David, and Lilly helped prepare meals for the families and played with the Guatemalan children while Sheree tended to medical needs of the families. Alex prepared all the documentation of the trip. All four Fedder youngsters gave an excellent presentation.
Many of you have probably heard of and even watched “Project Runway” on the Bravo Channel, but how many of you have ever seen “Project Runway: Purim Edition”? This past Sunday, students were divided into groups and challenged to create runway-ready outfits for our friends from the Purim story. Our models were King Ahashuerus, Queen Vashti, Queen Esther, Mordechai, and Haman. Everyone enjoyed hamantaschen following the show. Look for pictures in this bulletin.
Samantha Kahan, our Education Fellow from ISJL, is returning to Corpus Christi for the weekend of April 26-28. I’m hoping she will have the opportunity to stay with a religious school family during her visit. This is not only a way to welcome her to our community but teaches our children the Jewish tradition of welcoming people into our homes.
We will only meet twice in March (March 3rd and March 24th) due to Spring Break and Passover so make a special effort to attend on those days. If you travel, have fun and be safe!. Shalom! Susan
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES
Sundays March
3 & 24
Hebrew School 9:15am—10:15am Sunday School 10:15 am—12 pm Confirmation Class 12pm—1pm
Fedder Family
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SAVE THE DATE CBI SISTERHOOD
SECOND NIGHT PASSOVER COMMUNITY SEDER
Tuesday, March 26th , 2013 @ 6:00pm
Congregation Beth Israel - 4402 Saratoga
ADULTS $20 CHILDREN $10 (13 and UP) (6 – 12)
Children 5 and Under Complimentary
NON-MEMBERS $25
RESERVATIONS Make a check payable to:
Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhood &
Fill out the enclosed form Have it at the Congregation office NO LATER THAN March 21st
Paid reservations are a must, Seating is limited
Shabbat Shalom Y'all, Wow, I can't believe this month marks two years that I have been the Program Director and cooking for y'all … where has the time gone? I've enjoyed every minute of sharing our Jew-ish holidays and traditions together as well as cooking many of my grandma, Sylvia's, family recipes for you too!
I want to thank Norma Levens and Amanda Mintz (and others) who helped serve February's Family Shabbat Dinner in my absence. I hope you enjoyed the delicious Italian meal catered just for you by the Authentic New York Pizza Restaurant (located in the Andy's Kitchen shopping center off Staples).
There will be NO Family Shabbat Dinner this month due to the Passover holiday, so mark your calendars accordingly. Please be sure to secure your reservation for the Second Seder on March 26th here at CBI if you plan on attending. Our next Family Shabbat Dinner will resume on Friday, April 26th.
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ADULT EDUCATION SERIES SCHEDULED FOR APRIL
Some of you know that Rabbi Roseman will be teaching a brand-new course in American Religious History at TAMU-CC in the Fall of 2013. He has agreed to give members of CBI a preview of this course during the month of April.
The course will be entitled CHALLENGES IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN RELIGION and will deal with some of the most difficult issues and challenges that all American religions confront in the twenty-first cen-tury. Here is the tentative schedule of his lectures.
Sunday, April 7 This day happens to be Yom HaShoah, so Rabbi Roseman will be discussing the difficulty of maintaining faith in the light of both scientific challenges from the last two hundred years and the Holocaust. Does this difficulty play out differently among Jews and among Christians, or are the issues the same? Can a Jew remain Jew and, at the same time, declare himself/herself to be an atheist or an agnostic?
Sunday, April 14 In philosophical circles, scholars talk about epistemology, the study of how one acquires knowledge. Religious people also have enquiring minds, and they want to know what to believe, what is true and what is false. Rabbi Roseman will probe with us the question “How does anyone know anything?” In this regard, he will also talk about how liberal Jews use the classic texts of the Jewish tradition to make judgments about contemporary issues.
Sunday, April 21 Rabbi Roseman calls this lecture “Barefoot and Pregnant – or That’s How It Used To Be.” Not just among Jews, but across the American religious spectrum, the role of women in religious activities has changed radically in the last fifty years. Some even suggest that American religion has become a matriarchate. Have men been pushed to the sidelines? What’s going on? Rabbi Roseman will explore this subject with us in this talk.
Sunday, April 28 A number of contemporary religious issues have been adjudicated by the nine black-robed priests in America’s highest temple of justice, the Supreme Court. In this final lecture of the series, Rabbi Roseman will help us understand some of the issues that the justices have dealt with and how they have justified their decisions based on constitutional law and, especially, the first amendment.
All of these sessions will take place in the Grossman Auditorium at 10:30 AM on the designated Sundays. Every-one is cordially invited, including guests of members of CBI. Light refreshments will be available at 10:00 AM.
NEW HEBREW READING CLASS ANNOUNCED We are delighted to announce that a new Hebrew reading class will begin on Saturday, March 16 at 10:00 AM in the Grossman Auditorium. Ray Falk will again be the instructor, and we are indeed grateful that this distinguished teacher and educator is making himself available to help members of the congregation master the art of reading the Hebrew language.
The class will be directed at students who do not know how to read Hebrew at all – this is for beginners – and will lead students into the prayer book and its basic Hebrew sections.
It would be helpful if prospective students would call the CBI office at 857-8181 to indicate that they will attend. But “walk-ins” are also invited and welcome. We look forward to a new group of more active participants in our worship services, people who are more self-assured because they now know how to read Hebrew.
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PERPETUAL YAHRZEITS Sabbath of March 1st Rebecca Bazaman *Ernestine Berlin *Morris M. Brand Marcie Lee Braslau *Morris Braslau Esther Nubia Chapman *Moritz Daniel Cohn *Sandra Goodman Davis *Irving Leo Fenster *Lilly Flaum *Nathan Friedman *Isadore H. Glanz *Mitchell Goltzman David Greenberg *Fela Grossman *Rebecca Grossman *Lester Gunst *Bert Haas Hattie Belle Hoffman *Freda Jacobson *Shirley Liedeker *Bernard Lipman Faye Lipton *Violet Lipton Birdie Maltzman *Malvina Newman Freda Rednick Aaron Samuels Dorothy Schwartz Harry L. Shapiro *Isaac Silver *Joe Simon *Benjamin Suchoff Walter Wisznia
Sabbath of March 8th Abe Bazaman *Theodore Beck *Pauline Beilin *Dora Feldman Benjamin *Josephine Bodker *Mildred Green Chafetz Mort Finkelstein *Samuel Flaum
Morie Giller *Max Goltzman *Sarah Goodman *Rabbi Gerald J. Klein Yentil Leah *Ada L. Leshin Samuel Livni Harry Lewis Marks *Jeanette Neumann *Mary Rednick Steven Reiter Roslie Jessel Roberts *Serene Lowy Schmidt Polina Solevey Helen White *Oscar Zantker
Sabbath of March 15th *Joseph Ascher Abbey *Hinda S. Adler Seymour Applebaum *Penny Baum Rose Sanders Bresler *Morris Ettelman *Donald D. Feuer *Daniel Goltzman *Lois Ruth Grossman Rose Hauer *Frances Hausman *Monroe E. Hausman *Elliott David Hurwitz Helen Jacobs *Otto Kuehn *Philipp Lachs *Ida Levinson *Philip Lieberman Roslyne Massman *Harry Minsky Sanford Mintz Charles M. Patrick Betty Peck Pauline Carol Sheinberg *S. David Shor *Pearl Unger *Julius Wahlberg Mary Zeidman
Sabbath of March 22nd *Bessie Bein *Nathan Dunn Helen Cohen Fedder *Philip Goldstein *Monette Karchmer *Jerry (Jerome) Levy *Morris Minsky *Jerome Nast Jule Pels Alvin Reingold Benjamin Roosth *Jerome Schlader Irwin Spear *Max Samuel Yaffe
Sabbath of March 29th *Abe Blum *Harry Bornstein *Hyman Bornstein Michael Chaplick *William Cohan *Abraham D. Danziger *Bertha Selig Franklin *Sidney Ginsberg *Bernard Grossman *Mitchell Jacobson *Myer Joseph George Benjamin Kopf *Abraham Lampert Bebe Lashinsky Peter Oshman *Elizabeth Posner *Ruth Goldner Robinson *Leslie Simon, Sr. *2nd Lt. Bill Trodlier *Alex Weil, Sr. *Ida Zeidman *Sheindlya Zitser
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Don’t forget . You can remember a friend or relative with a minimum contribution of $5.00 to one of our many funds. These funds support camp scholarships, education, cemeteries, fine arts, library, & building improvements, to name a few. An acknowledgement card will be sent to the honored person or family. Please make checks payable to CBI and specify the fund. Call the CBI office with any questions.
The Congregation thanks you for the following contributions
Yahrzeit Donations In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Esther Jessel Susan & Bill Martin
Anna Goltzman Joan & Joseph Goltzman
Joseph Bein Marilyn & Marvin Bein
Lena Bein
Eva Goltzman
Jacob Peck
Malvina Newman Edith Mason
David Greenberg Evelyn Greenberg
Sara Jean Swiff Lesser LA & Rona Train
Alvin Roseman Phyllis & Kenneth Roseman
Adler Camp Scholarship Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Delano Lockhart Annette & Jim Cottingham
Andy Mange
Audrey Zane Sisterhood Memorial Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Richard Rocklin Robert & Susan Epstein
Cemetery Endowment Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Kornelia Meister Edith Mason
Endowment Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Delano Lockhart Edythe Laser
Andy Mange
General Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Delano Lockhart Suzy & John Hilliard
Andy Mange
Hebrew Rest Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Andy Mange Elizabeth & Jerry Susser
Delano Lockhart
Irene & Saul Grossman Flower Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Darwin D. Lockhart Annette & Mel Klein
Andrew Mange
Leslie Simon Scholarship Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Andy Mange Jerry Quinones &
Lillian & Donald Katz
Christy & Howard Cave
Angela Williams
Marion & John Heldenfels
Charles Decou
Myron Grossman
Iris & Andy Lehrman
Alan, Terri, Adam
Willy Kuehn
Sara & Jennifer Greenspan
Ruthe & Marty Berman
Mitzvah Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Andy Mange Susan & Bill Martin
Delano Lockhart
Albert Geller Susan Thiem & Jim Tiffany
Delano Lockhart
Rose Garza Iris & Andy Lehrman
Delano Lockhart
Andy Mange Mille Zalim
Delano Lockhart
Delano Lockhart Leigh & Andrew Sheinberg
In Honor of-------------------------------------------------- From
Bar Mitzvah of Evan Mintz Annette & James Cottingham
Bat Mitzvah of Sarah Noble Harriett & Dee Diaz
Bar Mitzvah of Evan Mintz
Bar Mitzvah of Evan Mintz Mille Zalim
Recovery of--------------------------------------------------- From
Lois Blum Iris & Andy Lehrman
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CBI SISTERHOOD
Sisterhood is working very hard to prepare for the Second Night Seder at Congregation Beth Israel. You will find a flyer within this bulletin to assist you in making your reservations for this annual event. Remember, this fills up fast, so get your reservations in early.
We look forwarding to seeing all of you there!
Robin Adams President
Oshman Family Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Andy Mange Oshman Family
Prayer Book Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Andy Mange Pat & Sam J. Susser
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Andy Mange Hank & Ruth Josephs
Delano Lockhart
Andy Mange Rosalyn & Maury Wolfson
In Honor of-------------------------------------------------- From
Ann & David Engel's Birthday Susan & Bill Martin
Dorothy Jessel
Rabbinical Endowment Fund In Honor of-------------------------------------------------- From
Ann & David Engel's Birthday Karleen, Jared,
Courtney & Philip
Rona Train Leadership Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Andy Mange Paul Chafetz
Seaside Beautification Fund In Memory of------------------------------------------------ From
Delano Lockhart Yetta & Marvin Leshin
Andrew Mange
The Congregation thanks you for the following contributions
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Bar Mitzvah of Evan Mintz Shabbat Service 7:30 pm
2
Shabbat Service 9:00 am
3 Hebrew School 9:15 am
Sunday School 10 am– 12 pm
Confirmation Class 12 pm - 1pm
4
5 6 7 8
Shabbat Service
6:00 pm *Note early time
9
Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am
10 *NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
11 12 13 14 15 Shabbat Service 7:30 pm
*Traditional Service in Racusin Chapel
16 Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am
17 *NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
18
19 20 21 22 Shabbat Service 7:30 pm
*Lay Led Service
23
Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am
24 Hebrew School 9:15 am
Sunday School 10 am– 12 pm
Confirmation Class 12 pm - 1pm
25 First Night of Passover
26
Congregational Passover Seder @6:00 pm
27
28
29 Shabbat Service 7:30 pm
30
Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am
31 *NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
CBI Town Hall Meeting 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
1 April *Yizkor Service for end of Pesach @6:30 pm
2 3 4 5 Shabbat Service 7:30 pm
6 Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 11:00 am
March 2013
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL 4402 SARATOGA CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78413
