April 2019 Adar II/Nissan 5779 Volume 23, Issue 1 May 5 th at 10 AM - Congregational Meeting to Discuss the future of PJC with the Membership. We want and need your thoughts. Please plan on attending. From Our Spiritual Leader Cantor Henry Shapiro We’re Still Here At our General Membership meeting in October and at another one a few weeks later, we had an impressive turnout, more than half our membership at each. We said farewell and thanks to Bob and Myrna for their leadership, contributions, and good fellowship that was so much a part of the shul for many, many years. We wish them well in Virginia and will hear back from them often we can be sure. Even though there were doubts about how Parkway would proceed, or if there would be another chapter in our story, the consensus at the meetings and since was that PJC is going to continue. Members signed up to contribute and organize to keep Parkway a going concern. Many made a commitment to come to services more often. We’ve organized a phone tree for special Shabbatot and when people need a minyan to observe a yarzeit. The result in general has been an increased attendance, especially for events. Our 2 nd Friday “Souper” Shabbat with Speaker series over the winter was very well attended and our Jazz Purim event was the best Purim turnout in many years. It was heartening to see more people coming and encouraging to see they brought some friends who are not members. Look for other Shabbat events in the spring and summer. Because this seems to be a successful combination, we will need some help to find, organize, and promote these programs. The next general membership meeting will be May 5 th at 10 AM to discuss the future of Parkway. Coming Events Friday Night Shabbat Services - 6:00 PM Saturday Morning Shabbat Services - 9:30 AM April 12 th , 6:00 -7:00 pm, services. 7:00 -7:40 pm, soup & lecture April 19 th FAST OF THE FIRSTBORN * NO FRIDAY SHABBAT SERVICE at PJC - ENJOY YOUR 1ST SEDER * April 20 th – 1st DAY OF PASSOVER/SECOND SEDER Morning Services at PJC 9:30 AM April 21 st * No Services at PJC * April 26 th Shabbat Services - as usual at 6:00 PM April 27 th LAST DAY OF PASSOVER/YIZKOR Shabbat Services with YIZKOR at 9:30 AM Havdalah - Yom Tov ends at 9:01 PM Sat. Evening May 5 th at 10:00 AM PJC Congregational Meeting May 10 th Sisterhood Shabbat with dinner, 6-8PM: Leslie Rubin Mezuzah Dedication
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April 2019 Adar II/Nissan 5779 Volume 23, Issue 1
May 5th at 10 AM - Congregational Meeting to Discuss the future of PJC with the Membership. We want and need your thoughts. Please plan on attending.
From Our Spiritual Leader
Cantor Henry Shapiro
We’re Still Here At our General Membership meeting in October and at another one a few weeks later, we had an impressive turnout, more than half our membership at each. We said farewell and thanks to Bob and Myrna for their leadership, contributions, and good fellowship that was so much a part of the shul for many, many years. We wish them well in Virginia and will hear back from them often we can be sure. Even though there were doubts about how Parkway would proceed, or if there would be another chapter in our story, the consensus at the meetings and since was that PJC is going to continue. Members signed up to contribute and organize to keep Parkway a going concern. Many made a commitment to come to services more often. We’ve organized a phone tree for special Shabbatot and when people need a minyan to observe a yarzeit. The result in general has been an increased attendance, especially for events. Our 2nd Friday “Souper” Shabbat with Speaker series over the winter was very well attended and our Jazz Purim event was the best Purim turnout in many years. It was heartening to see more people coming and encouraging to see they brought some friends who are not members. Look for other Shabbat events in the spring and summer. Because this seems to be a successful combination, we will need some help to find, organize, and promote these programs. The next general membership meeting will be May 5th at 10 AM to discuss the future of Parkway.
Coming Events
Friday Night Shabbat Services - 6:00 PM Saturday Morning Shabbat Services - 9:30 AM April 12th, 6:00 -7:00 pm, services. 7:00 -7:40 pm, soup & lecture April 19th FAST OF THE FIRSTBORN * NO FRIDAY SHABBAT SERVICE at PJC - ENJOY YOUR 1ST SEDER * April 20th– 1st DAY OF PASSOVER/SECOND SEDERMorning Services at PJC 9:30 AM April 21st* No Services at PJC * April 26th Shabbat Services - as usual at 6:00 PM April 27th LAST DAY OF PASSOVER/YIZKOR Shabbat Services with YIZKOR at 9:30 AM Havdalah - Yom Tov ends at 9:01 PM Sat. Evening May 5th at 10:00 AM PJC Congregational Meeting May 10th Sisterhood Shabbat with dinner, 6-8PM: Leslie Rubin Mezuzah Dedication
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April 12th “Souper” Shabbat - Alisa Grishman, Disability Activist and Patient Advocate. May 10th, Sisterhood Shabbat, 6-8 PM - Service, Dinner and speaker Rabbi Perman. Please make dinner reservations by …
Leslie Rubin Mezuzah Dedication - Leslie and Charlie Rubin attended the Minyan at the Center for Jewish Life when they lived at Princeton University. The members at the minyan made a donation to Parkway Jewish Center to be used to purchase something in Leslie’s memory. Two mezuzot were picked out by Charlie; they will be dedicated at 6 PM before the service begins on Sisterhood Shabbat. Please come and attend the dedication.
UJF Security Grant After a number of meetings with the security team from the UJF, and with a private security consultant and installer, PJC will be receiving a grant to purchase some equipment. The system we will begin with will include door buzzers, video cameras and panic buttons. It will take some time to purchase and install this equipment but the funds we will receive from the UJF will cover the costs we will incur. We will also be connected to a security monitoring company and with the Wilkins police upon completion. Thanks to members of our executive and security committees, and thanks especially to Alan Levine for researching and writing up the grant application proposal. Passover Service Schedule and Selling of Chometz Form - see attached flyer in this issue. OU Passover Guide - We have managed to get the OU Passover Guide in years past, a magazine type publication with not only a list of kosher-for-Passover products, but also interesting and informative articles about food and the holiday. They may not be available this year but there is an online webpage with all the information - https://oukosher.org/passover/passover-guide/ So You’re Leading the Seder (Maybe for the 1st Time) I was asked the following questions by someone who is leading their Seder for the 1st time. Where to get ideas and material? Can you add topical subjects? How to keep things short? Everyone ignores the part of the Haggadah after the Afikomen. Is there anything to do for that section? You’re in luck, there are more printed and online material, guides and ideas than just about any other published Jewish subject. In the library, in a bookstore, etc. There’s so much written that it’s easy to get swamped. My suggestions:
If you have enough of one Haggadah, use that as your main reference material. Supplement with other ideas that you come across.
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Topical subjects are fine though it’s good to tie it in with some part of the story or seder when possible. There are tons of sermons online so you should find something relevant. www.myjewishlearning is a good place to start searching.
Delegate - If you’re feeling overwhelmed, delegate explanations or leading of a page or section. Try to give them out well ahead of time so they have time to think about this.
- Assign one topic ahead of time for participants to present. Such as when you come to the 4 questions, Plagues, 4 cups of wine, etc. Tell them to keep it short - one page or 3 minutes max. - If you’re not a singer, ask someone who is or a musical enthusiast to lead some of the singing. Some new melodies are appreciated as are the standards. Lots to find online. - If there are kids going to Hebrew school, ask them to help you out by singing something
they’ve learned at school and sharing some learning. You can always bribe by telling them you’ll give an give extra something when they find the Afikomen.
After the Afikomen? Sing! you don’t have to do every page and every verse but a few songs complete the evening nicely. I’m not a particular fan of the parody songs to the tune of something popular but one or two could be entertaining and that’s a good time. Other ideas? Wear costumes or decorate in a time period Make a little skit, act out a story, or recite a poem or mime !! Enjoy, have fun! Cantor Henry Shapiro
Passover Recipes Online There’s a wealth of traditional and new Passover recipes online. Most of the online recipe websites - Allrecipes, Epicurious, etc. - have a page dedicated to Pesach. Here are a few of them: https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/cooking-tips/slideshow/passover-recipes https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/194/holidays-and-events/passover/ https://www.epicurious.com/occasion/passover https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/passover-recipes/ Note: We will have morning services at 9:30 am on the 1st and last days of Pesach (both Saturdays), but not the 2nd day of Passover morning, Sunday, April 21st - check the lobby for flyers, our website at parkwayjewishcenter.org or our facebook page for any upcoming events - PJC Building News Princeton Drive recently had the Peoples natural gas line replaced. In the process of reconnecting our gas appliances right before Purim, 5 (of our 6) furnaces and our hot water heaters were ‘red tagged’. Fortunately we were able get our furnaces serviced and working. We replaced our two 15-20 year old water heaters with a new one. The cost of those repairs and new water heater, along with some other plumbing work, were generously covered by PJC Sisterhood. We can likely expect other old items and infrastructure in the shul will need maintenance and/or replacing sometime. Please be generous in the future when we ask for donations for these kind of needed repairs, upkeep, and replacements.
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Kiddush & Oneg Shabbat Sponsors PJC Sisterhood Amy and Norman Mayer Efrem Schwartz Susie and Bruce Feldman Charlie Rubin Michelle and Sam Rubin Bob Caplan Hal Lederman Cantor Shapiro Sandy Goppman Gerri Moldovan Diane Bloomfield
Kiddush Oneg Sponsorships Sisterhood invites you to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other Simchas by sponsoring an Oneg Shabbat or Saturday Morning Kiddush. You can also sponsor in memory of a loved one’s Yahrzeit. For more information, call Diane Bloomfield at 412-373-9240.
Donation Contacts: Donations to the Marilyn Markowitz/Phyllis Stein Memorial Library Fund can be made by calling the shul office.
APRIL ANNIVERSARIES
13 Joanie and Mike Jacob 15 Lila and Martin Cooper
27 Debbie and Gary Moidel
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
3 Lee Moldovan 5 Susan Tell
9 Nicholas Forman 10 Risa Kosko
Laynie Tell Elyssa Sternberg 16 Susan Mazer Helen Naimark 25 Gail Levine
28 Mathew Lederman 29 Cathy Frank
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April Yahrzeits
Week of March 29, 2019 - 22 Adar II Howard Kaufman, Ursula Infeld, Gussie Levenson, Rev. Harry J. Perlman, Shirley Gottlob, Abraham Kinast Week of April 5, 2019 - 29 Adar II Fannie Cohen, Sylvia Horn, Jeannette Korfin, Bella Newman, William Davis, Rebecca Wolfson, Pearl Gertrude Zilber, Seymour Weisman, Hildreth Rosenberg, Harold Gold, Marie Gross, Celia Kaye, Paul Kaplitz, Norman Bernstein, Cynthia Goodman, Al Greenberg Week of April 12, 2019 - 7 Nissan Fannie Katz, Selig Shapiro, Freddy Landay, Jennie Schiff, John Felser, Anna Gordon, Herman Neustadt, Sara Weintrob, Harry Berkover, Ethel Coffee, Morris Bonn, Frances Izenson, Jennie Langbaum, Mark Silberman, Ruth Cohen, Samuel Genesen, Rose Lipsitz, Ari Melnick, Rosa Klawansky, Thomas Schmidt, Dora Caplan, Salomon Peritz Week of April 19, 2019 - 14 Nissan David Elliot Schwartz, Sarah Phillips, Mollie Weiss, Paul Lucas, Hilda Abramovitz Leff, Mendel Tannenbaum, Philip Goldberg, Charles Kroll Week of April 26, 2019 - 21 Nissan Ida Barnett, Sophie Meyers, Ruth Bernstein, Himen H. Levenson, Jacob Katz, Philip Cohen, Benjamin Melnick, William Schiff, Minnie Gabriel Peritz, Gunther Peritz, Lena Silber Schreiber, Reb Josef Schreiber, Adolf Rosenwasser, Bertha Schreiber Rosenwasser, Louis Rosenwasser, Isaak Rosenwasser, Judith Rosenwasser , Rae Eisner, Harry Feinberg, Max Kalser, Allison Krause, Jacob Langbaum, Murray Davis If the name is printed in Bold, a Yahrzeit Plaque will be illuminated in the Sanctuary during the Yahrzeit week. If you would like to place a Yahrzeit Plaque in the Sanctuary, please call the Synagogue Office at 412-823-4338 between 9 am and 1 pm daily.
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Parkway Jewish Center 300 Princeton Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15235
Officers Executive Committee Lynda Heyman, Hal Lederman, Bob Caplan Board Members Marvin Heyman Mike Jacob Ira Mazer Harold Bloomfield Donna Wolfson Committee Chair Persons
House Chair Alan Levine Ritual Chair Hal Lederman Cemetery Chair Arnie Levine
Office Administrator Gail Levine
Sisterhood Officers President Laurie Barnett Levine Vice Presidents
Membership Susan Mazer Program Vera Greenberg Fundraising Vacant Catering Diane Bloomfield
