Volume 7, Number 10 June 2013/ Sivan-Tammuz 5773 O UR UR UR C OMMUNITY OMMUNITY OMMUNITY N EWS EWS EWS Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Inc. 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615 Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Inc. 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615 Nominating Committee announces Federation slate for 2013-2014 The following slate of officers and board members has been presented for election at the Annual Meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013: President: Mitch Wayne President– Elect: Terry Feldbaum Vice Presidents: Ilene New Brian Kordansky Secretary: David Ravitch Treasurer: Mara Boettcher Past President: Chuck Simon Nominated to serve a 2-year term Dan Gezelter Marlene Hollenkamp Bonny Hoover Yehuda Seligson Carin Weingarten Nominated for a one year term: Cari Shein Entering the 2nd year of their term: Melanie Brown Ruth Hutt Vitaliy Soloveychik Rozi Wax Additional nominations may be made by the written petition of ten members of the Federation received by the President in advance of the Annual Meeting. In compliance with Federation by-laws, any Jewish person within the area served by the Federation who has contributed to the 2012 Jewish Federation Annual Cam- paign is eligible to vote in this election. come haunt- ingly alive where every tale can be heard as if for the first time.” Susan taught sto- rytelling at Schechter Middle School, founded the Chicago Jewish Storytelling Coa- lition and has performed at Spertus Institute, CAJE, YIVO Summer Festi- val of Yiddish Culture for 6 years), and synagogues, day schools, folk festivals, women's retreats and sim- chas around the country. She has also enjoyed performing for the Chi- cago Children’s Humanities Festival, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago History Museum. One of her favorite events was being artist- in-residence on a Native American Reservation. “Tales for the Days of Annual Meeting 2013: Telling our story The 2013 Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Val- ley will be held on Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00 PM. The Annual Meeting is an important part of our community story as we bid farewell to our incredible out-going presi- dent Chuck Simon and welcome a new president, Mitch Wayne and his new board of directors. At our An- nual Meeting, we retell the story of the past year, highlighting the events and accomplishments of our Federation through pictures. The Bernard H. Natkow Commu- nity Lecture is an integral part of our Annual Meeting and this year, our guest speaker will address the role stories play in our tradition Tales from Jewish Tradition and Beyond. Susan Stone has been a story- teller for adults as well as children for over 25 years. Author and re- nowned folklorist Professor How- ard Schwartz has said, “In her hands the tales, no matter how ancient, Please turn to Annual Meeting on page 5 —Unity Garden— Volunteers needed to help our garden grow Spring is here and our garden is growing. We need volun- teers to help with watering, weeding and maintenance. Please call the Federation office to schedule a time slot that works for you! We appreciate your help in providing fresh vegetables for our food pantry.
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Volume 7, Number 10
June 2013/ Sivan-Tammuz 5773
OOOURURUR CCCOMMUNITYOMMUNITYOMMUNITY NNNEWSEWSEWS Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Inc. 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Inc. 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615
Nominating Committee announces Federation slate for 2013-2014
The following slate of officers and board members has been presented for election at the Annual Meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013:
President: Mitch Wayne
President– Elect: Terry Feldbaum
Vice Presidents: Ilene New
Brian Kordansky
Secretary: David Ravitch
Treasurer: Mara Boettcher
Past President: Chuck Simon
Nominated to serve a 2-year term
Dan Gezelter
Marlene Hollenkamp
Bonny Hoover
Yehuda Seligson
Carin Weingarten
Nominated for a one year term: Cari Shein
Entering the 2nd year of their term:
Melanie Brown Ruth Hutt
Vitaliy Soloveychik Rozi Wax
Additional nominations may be made by the written petition of ten members of the Federation received by the President in advance of the Annual Meeting.
In compliance with Federation by-laws, any Jewish person within the area served by the Federation who has contributed to the 2012 Jewish Federation Annual Cam-paign is eligible to vote in this election.
come haunt-ingly alive where every tale can be heard as if for the first time.”
S u s a n taught sto-rytelling at Schechter Middle School, founded the Chicago Jewish Storytelling Coa-lition and has performed at Spertus Institute, CAJE, YIVO Summer Festi-val of Yiddish Culture for 6 years), and synagogues, day schools, folk festivals, women's retreats and sim-chas around the country. She has also enjoyed performing for the Chi-cago Children’s Humanities Festival, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago History Museum. One of her favorite events was being artist-in-residence on a Native American Reservation. “Tales for the Days of
Annual Meeting 2013: Telling our story
The 2013 Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Val-ley will be held on Wednesday,
June 19 at 7:00 PM. The Annual Meeting is an important part of our community story as we bid farewell to our incredible out-going presi-dent Chuck Simon and welcome a new president, Mitch Wayne and his new board of directors. At our An-nual Meeting, we retell the story of the past year, highlighting the events and accomplishments of our Federation through pictures.
The Bernard H. Natkow Commu-nity Lecture is an integral part of our Annual Meeting and this year, our guest speaker will address the role stories play in our tradition Tales from Jewish Tradition and Beyond.
Susan Stone has been a story-teller for adults as well as children for over 25 years. Author and re-nowned folklorist Professor How-ard Schwartz has said, “In her hands the tales, no matter how ancient, Please turn to Annual Meeting on page 5
—Unity Garden—
Volunteers needed to help our garden grow
Spring is here and our garden is growing. We need volun-teers to help with watering, weeding and maintenance.
Please call the Federation office to schedule a time slot that works for you! We appreciate your help in providing fresh vegetables for our food pantry.
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The mission of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley is to serve the Jewish people—locally, in Israel, and throughout the
world—through coordinated fund raising, community-wide programming, social services, and educational activities.
Our Community News Volume 7, Number 10
June 2013
Sivan-Tammuz 5773
Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley 3202 Shalom Way
South Bend, IN 46615 Phone: 574-233-1164 Fax: 574-288-4103
Web: www.thejewishfed.org
Charles Simon, President
Debra Barton Grant, Executive Vice President
Mitchell Wayne, President Elect
Terry Feldbaum, Vice President
Ilene New, Vice President
David Ravitch, Secretary
Mara Boettcher, Treasurer
Ina Rosenberg, Immediate Past President
Marilyn H. Gardner, Exec. Vice President Emerita
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Melanie Brown Robert Feferman Anita Fishman Bonny Hoover Ruth Hutt Brian Kordansky Barbara Lerman Benjamin Silver Vitaliy Soloveychik Rozi Wax
Bob Feferman, CRC Director Emily Hahnenberg, Administrative Associate
Nitzan Lahav Paster, Associate
Lea Lehavi, Israeli Shlicha
Mike McComish, Associate
Regina Rozenblit, Accounting Manager
Susan Sobczak, Receptionist
Anna Soloveychik, Program Director
Our Community News is published monthly by the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley for the Jewish community in Michiana.
a lmos t eve ry th ing ! Thanks to landscaping advice from Cheryl Ziker and Ina Rosenberg and the landscaping team from Feurbringer, our grounds have been cleaned up, cut back, and replanted.
Theater buffs Bethel College is pre-
senting a fall production of The Diary of Anne Frank and is looking for a Jewish Artistic Director to volunteer to ensure the Jewish content is consis-tent with the period. Call Debby Grant at 574-233-1164 if you are interested in information about this opportunity.
Graduation news. Send your graduation news by June 15 for publication next month!
ChaiLights: Around and About our CommunityChaiLights: Around and About our CommunityChaiLights: Around and About our Community
Called to the Torah: Mazel tov Renee Ner-enberg, daughter of Sarah and Rob Nerenberg who was called to the Torah at Sinai Synagogue May 11.
Mazel Tov to Hillel
Friedland who was called to the Torah at Sinai Syna-gogue on May 25. Hillel is the son of Lizzie Fagan and Rabbi Michael Friedland.
Mazel tov to Rabbi Dovid and Rochel Gold-berg on their son Sruly's Bar Mitzvah at Hebrew Orthodox Congregation.
Birth announcements: Mazel tov to Nitzan, Amir, Noa and Ido Lehav who welcomed little Asaf into their family May 17. The Brit Milah was cele-brated at the Jewish Fed-eration.
Mazel tov to Mike and Mimi Lerman on the birth of a granddaughter born to Rena and Josh Gurvitz on May 2.
Love & Marriage Mazel tov to Rabbi Dovid and Rochel Gold-berg on the Aufruf of their son, Elchanon.
Mazel tov to Rabbi Dovid and Bina Mar-gulies on the recent mar-riage of their daughter, Bassie to Moshe Meisels.
Tammy & Alan Brown marked their 25th wed-ding anniversary with a vacation in sunny Mexico. Office staffers are enjoying vanilla lattes with the gift of Mexican vanilla extract!
Thank you. Spring is here and every-
thing is in bloom — well
Honor Flight movie at the Cove to support World War II Vets
On June 6, the 69th an-niversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Coveleski Stadium is go-ing to trade in the bats, balls and gloves for tanks, vintage fighter flyovers and the movie Honor
Flight on the videoboard. The purpose of the eve-
ning is to raise awareness and funds to support Honor Flight, a national organization that takes World War II veterans in particular to see their me-morial in Washington, D.C., free of charge.
“The movie is a docu-mentary about how they detail four guys from the Midwest that go on this once-in-a-lifetime oppor-tunity,” Joe Hart, president of the South Bend Silver Hawks, said. “The one gen-tleman actually was fight-ing cancer and fought to stay alive so he had the op-portunity to go.” For the cost of a $5
ticket, attendees will be able to see the showing of the film, as well as see tanks on the ground and flyovers by historic World
War II-era fighters. Pro-ceeds will go to Honor Flight to help fund send-ing north central Indiana veterans to the National World War II Memorial. Gates at Stanley Covele-
ski Regional Stadium will open at 6 PM on June 6 with the movie set to be shown at 7 PM.
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Thank you to our AGENT SPONSORS: Beverly & Peri Ar-nold, Anita Boorda, Marilyn Brown, Nancy & Ron Cohen, Marjorie & Paul Goldwin, Bonny & Todd Hoover, Muriel Hurwich, Pam Kahn, Carol & Craig Kapson, Barbara & David Lerman, Jo-Anne & Bill Lopatin, South Bend Monument, Sherril & Sam Mirkin, Bernard & Etta Nevel, Ina & Irv Rosenberg, Evie Rosenstein, Betty Signer, Chuck & Lynda Simon, Gloria Wolvos, Judy & Mort Ziker
AND TO OUR FILM FAN SPONSORS: Aunt Linda’s Embroidery, Sarah Anne & Ira Anes, Joyce Block & Henry Weinfield, Susan Blum & Lionel Jensen, Alan & Gail Dowty, Anita & Stu Fishman, Nana & Gary Fromm, Paul & Robbie Grimstad, Jane Robin-son, Anna & Vitaliy Solovey-chik, Strikes & Spares, Einstein Bagels, Elias, Breadsmith, J.W. Chen’s and Potawatomi Zoo!
Best Ever Film
Festival Yet!
Thank you to everyone who made this year’s Michiana Jewish Film Festival an incredible success! Thanks to you we had record numbers of participation, not only for attending the films, but also in our discussions, volunteering oppor-tunities, and feedback. This was all made possible thanks to our spon-sors, committee members, volun-teers, the staff of the Jewish Federa-tion and the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. A special thanks goes to Pam Kahn, our Film Festival Chair, Debra Barton Grant, Executive Vice Presi-dent of the Jewish Federation, Emily Hahnenberg, Jewish Federa-tion Associate, and Ted Barron, Sen-ior Associate Director of the DeBar-tolo Performing Arts Center for skillfully coordinating this mighty endeavor.
If you missed them, the films will be available at the Federation in the
coming months.
We had a full and diverse house for almost all of our eight films!
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Lea and the staff of the Jewish Federation would like to thank everyone who came out to make our Israel@65 celebration a huge hit. We were thrilled to see so many families joining us for food, dance and activities. A huge thank you to all our volunteers, Israeli participants, and vendors!
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Awe” is an inspiring pro-gram she offers on Selichot.
Susan’s stories have been published in several collections, and one of her stories was included in the Voices of Children: A Siddur for Shabbat. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at National-Louis University, teaching story-telling to educators. Her CD’s of Jewish stories have garnered a Parents’ Choice Gold Award, a Storytelling World Award and a Gold NAPPA (National Association of Parenting Publications).
Memorial Contributions to Jewish Federation Designated Funds
We welcome contributions to our various funds listed below. Individual acknowledgment cards are sent for each contribution.
Friends of The PJ Library Jewish Federation Campus Endowment Jewish Federation Exec. Director Discretionary Fund Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley (Unrestricted) Jewish Federation Annual Campaign (Jewish Welfare Fund) Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund Ruth and Ben Levy Senior Services Fund Bernard H. Natkow Community Lecture Fund Bernard and Shirley Natkow Campership Fund Bob and Pat Turbow (Library Acquisitions) Fund Okon Family Endowment for Holocaust Education Ronald S. & Nancy Plotkin Cohen Endowment Fund Post 318, Jewish War Veterans Library Fund Robert Simon Leadership Development Fund Kurt &Tessye (z”l) Simon Seniors Living with Dignity Fund
The Jewish Federation expresses its sincere appreciation for these generous contributions:
From the following contributors: Babs and Mel Waks Pinky and Bud Raab Betty and Mel Sandock Reggie and Judd Lowenhar Terry and Jeff Zelvy Merle Gruesser Anonymous Evie Rosenstein Ilene and Jeff New Jack and Sherron Schuster Mitzie and Howard Schrager Al Baumgartner Sally Goloubow The Porile Family Temple Beth-El Food Pantry Beverly and Peri Arnold Thursday Afternoon Canasta Players Board & Staff of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley To the following programs/funds:
Jewish Family Services/ Kosher Food Pantry Jewish Federation Annual Campaign Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley Building Fund Friends of PJ Library
Congratulations and Best Wishes to: Charlotte and Morley Zipursky on the twin’s graduations Pinky & Bud Raab on their Grandson Nathan’s Graduation and on their Granddaughter Elizabeth’s Bat Mitzvah Ted Barron, Debra Grant, Pam Kahn, Doug & Sandy Barton for the success of the Michiana Jewish Film Festival In Honor of: Gloria Wolvos on Mother’s Day The Novick Children Get Well /Thinking of You to: Abe Marcus In memory of: Clara Kats Sura Shikhman Betty Cohn Harold Silberman Rosalie Baumgartner Vivian Kiser Norbert Porile
Federation Book Club
At our most recent Book Club meet-ing on May 20th we discussed “The Dovekeepers” by Alice Hoffman . We enjoyed the discussion about amazing life stories of the four complex and fiercely independent women that lived in the desperate days of the siege, surviving for many months on Masada. All were dovekeepers, and all were also keeping secrets—about who they were, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.
The next Book Club will meet on June 17th at 11:30
AM. We will be talking about the new book “Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family” by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the most colorful figures in American politics. Youngest brother Ari is a Hollywood super agent, the real-life model for the character of Ari Gold on the hit series Entourage. And Zeke himself, whom the other brothers consider to be the smartest of them all, is one of the world’s leading bioethicists and oncologists, and a former special advisor for health policy in the Obama administration. How did one family of modest means produce three such high-achieving kids? In his new book, for the first time, Zeke provides the answer.
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Stone will share stories from many sources-- Jewish folktales and Midrash, as well as Chasidic tales, all given interesting and lively interpretations, lifted off the page with insight and skill, and put back into true oral tradition, enlightening, thought provoking, and always entertaining. Susan's personal narratives weave throughout the pro-grams and her CD's will be available for purchase.
Join us as we thank our
outgoing leadership and welcome the new!
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Last chance to get to know your Shalicha Lea Lehavi
Sunday, July 14
10:30-11:30 AM Hear Lea's story as a combat soldier in the IDF
11:30—12:30 PM Meet & Greet
12:30—1:30 PM Hear the story of Israel though the Lea's family history.
Between the two events and after the second session you are welcome to stay for a summer snack and say goodbye to Lea before she heads back home to Israel!
ג"תשע,ד בסיוון "י
A f t e r w a t c h i n g the movie “The Gate-k e e p e r s ” three times
I can say with great confi-dence that this movie was not aimed so much to your minds, but rather to your guts, to your kishka. The movie brings out impor-tant insights, like the fact that Israel can’t afford not to talk to our enemies, and that peace is within our reach. Unfortunately, say-ing that, the movie does not mention all the peace efforts that were made on behalf of various Israeli governments over the past 13 years. Realizing the movie had ignored all of the above, at this point I can’t help myself and ask: what are this movie’s true motives? And how does it contribute to today’s’ in-sights about the conflict? The film does not give
appropriate attention to Prime Minister Ehud Ba-rak’s efforts at Camp David in 2000 nor does he talk about the efforts of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and the brave stepping-stone for peace he tried to make in 2005 with the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The movie also rudely ig-nores the efforts of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to bring peace in 2008. The movie goes to a
great deal of the trouble to animate still pictures, mak-ing you re-live the events.
From the desk of the Israeli Shlicha Lea LehaviFrom the desk of the Israeli Shlicha Lea LehaviFrom the desk of the Israeli Shlicha Lea Lehavi
The movie brings out many video clips that de-scribe things that IDF sol-diers are doing in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Once again, the movie fails to mention that the Palestini-ans in those pictures, who you see being arrested, are not innocent bystanders. When the IDF knocks on
doors in the middle of the night, the person that they are coming to arrest had already brought troubles into his household before-hand. The movie also starts its chapters with "well picked" quotations. Do not let these things fool you; these are just few examples of how the movie is aiming to your kishka. Everything that Israel is
doing is in order to ensure the existence and safety of the Jewish people in Israel. Our responsibility is doing so by remaining humane and sensitive alongside maintaining Israel’s secu-rity. I believe the movie in some parts, make that very clear. Just the fact that the Is-
raeli IDF and Shin- Bet will think more about the lives of the terrorist’s fami-lies rather than their own families, giving in to enor-mous consequences in or-der to avoid collateral damage, no one can claim to us nonsense like “Apartheid,” “evil con-quers,” “No morality,” etc. With all that the Jewish people had endured throughout thousands of years, we are to be the bea-con of hope and humanity.
Reviewing “The Gatekeepers” — A kishka movie
And I say to you: we prac-tice that every minute. One of the things that
really surprised me, is when Ami Ayalon told about his childhood optimism and lack of worries, because he knew that there is “an old man at the end of the corri-dor… and he solves prob-lems… he thinks for me… Later on I was there and at the end of the corridor I saw there is no one thinking for me." As a General at the IDF and later on as the head of the Shin Bet, Ayalon was in fact a part of a very small group of people that are the ones that does the “thinking” in Israel. By say-ing there is no one thinking for him, he is actually un-dermining himself. This was very sad for me to hear, especially because once I gave him the credit as one of the people that “thinks for me.” It is interesting to know
that Ayalon (along few oth-ers from the movie) turned to politics after their term as
the heads of the Shin bet. After they were “a part of the system” they now wish to change and shape new political reality for Israelis. This is an impor-tant and much desired development. However, let us not forget that they are speaking retrospec-tively, after they had done the maximum they could for the safety of the people of Israel. Although the movie was
a “great success” outside of Israel, it’s in fact an in-ner-Israeli film that deals with philosophical ideas and different concepts of the given situation that we face in the Middle East. The fact is that in Israel, being the only democratic state in the Middle East, we have the highest sense of justice and morality. We are not afraid of intro-spection. We are also very fortunate to have the cour-age to share this with our-selves, and with our friends.
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PJ Library Babies, Tots, & Blocks
Play Date Monday, June 10
Babies, Tots and Blocks is our PJ Library program that provides age appropriate play for children ages 0 to 5 on the 2nd Monday of each month from 9:30 to 11:00 AM. And of course, we always read a PJ Library Book!
All are welcome– come join us this month even if you and your toddler have never joined us before!
We will be on hiatus for July and August.
Questions or suggestions for the group should be addressed to Lizzie Fagen at 574-233-1164.
Summer Kickoff
Thursday, June 13 from 7- 9 PM
Camp SaBaBaH campers and friends are in-vited to join us at Strikes & Spares to meet camp staff and have a great time!
PJ Library celebrates the beginning of Summer and PJ’s 7th Birthday!
Join us at 10:30 AM on Sunday, June 2, 2013*
at Prairie Winds Nature Farm, 21439 Osborne Rd., Lakeville, IN
⇒!Meet at 10:30 AM at the farm. We’ll have lunch at around 12 noon. Bring your own lunch and we’ll take care of drinks and snacks.
⇒!Cost is $2.50 per person.
Cost is subsidized by the Jewish Federation.
Please RSVP by May 30 at 574-233-1164. *(Rain Date June 16)
SAVE THE DATE FOR ISRAELI SCOUTS
Tzofim Friendship Caravan
Concert and Community Picnic JULY 9, 2013 at 5:00 PM
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR THE EVENING OF JULY 9, 2013
Please call Lea Lehavi if you are able to host one or two scouts for the night.
Michiana Jewish Historical SocietyMichiana Jewish Historical SocietyMichiana Jewish Historical Society Baer Family Furniture Dynasty
The Michiana Jewish His-torical Society continues to gather histories of local Jewish families and businesses. This month we focus on the Baer family, with information pro-vided by Margie Baer.
Who knew that a furni-
ture dynasty that now boasts fifteen showcases and two warehouses in South Florida would have its origins in South Bend, IN? Our story begins with Melvin Baer, son of Jennie and Berthold Baer, who grew up in Mishawaka. He married South Bend native Lucile Ciralsky, daughter of Emma and Ira Ciralsky.
In 1945, Melvin and Lucile Baer founded Baer's Home Outfitters, located on Michigan Avenue in the heart of South Bend’s busi-ness center. They were lo-cated next to the Avon Theater, and Robertson’s Department Store was less than a block away. Garnitz Furniture was across the street, and Ries Furniture was close by. Later the Baers opened stores in Goshen, LaPorte, and Michigan City.
Under their parents' lov-ing guidance, Jimmie,
Allan and Bobby Baer were taught the retail furni-ture industry at every level. While the family-owned company continued to prosper in Indiana, the Baer's Florida vision started, when Bobby moved to Florida in 1968 and opened the Dania store. The elder Baers, Mel
and Lucile, and the rest of 2nd gen-eration, Allan and Terri and Jim and Margie, eventually settled in South Florida and moved the business along with them. Today, Bobby is
CEO and Allan is Presi-dent along with the third generation in top manage-ment positions. Third generation includes Jerry and Cathy, Allan and
Terry’s children; Michael, Ira, and Larry, Bobby and Aviva’s children, and Ron, son of Margie and Jim. There are two mem-bers of the 4th generation as well carrying on the family business: David, who is Ron and Marna’s son, and Danielle, who is Eav and Jerry’s son.
At present Baer’s Fur-niture consists of 15 stores, a world class deign center, and two ware-houses including its cor-porate headquarters. Bobby Baer, the current CEO, is the key to the growth of the 15 stores. With his devoted wife Elaine, herself a remark-able ASID and past presi-dent of National Home Fashion League, continu-ously at this side every step of the way, there is
no question that the entire family is blessed by their constant presence.
The Baer family consid-ers all employees part of the Baer extended family. Baer’s has probably the lowest attrition rate in the retail furniture industry. When Baer’s Furniture moved to South Florida, three employees, including Stanley Kiser (who had taught Sunday School at Temple Beth-El) and his wife Vivian, of blessed memory, also moved to work at Baers.
Melvin and Lucile Baer were proud of their heri-tage, as were their chil-dren. All of the family, in-cluding the parents, the three boys and their wives of the second generation brought with them their values of caring for those less fortunate and espe-cially the need to be not only strong in our Jewish faith, but to give back in every way they could.
The Baer family has
The Baers based their busi-ness on one simple concept: offer customers famous brands that they can trust, quality craftsmanship and lasting designs at tremendous discounts.
been instrumental in building up the Jewish community wherever they live.
Bobby Baer was presi-dent of Temple Beth-El in Hollywood; founded Temple Dor Dorim in Weston and made honor-ary board member for life, vice president of the South Broward Federation and a board member of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
Shortly after Terri and Allan arrived in Florida, both became chairs of the Ft. Lauderdale Federa-tion's annual campaign. Allan also founded the Ft. Lauderdale Jewish Com-munity Center and was its first president..
When Jimmie and Margie arrived in Boca Raton, they spearheaded the move to start the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach. Jimmie was elected its first president in 1981,
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Est Gezunterhait (Eat in Good Health)Est Gezunterhait (Eat in Good Health)Est Gezunterhait (Eat in Good Health)
When planning a spe-cial occasion meal, be it for a holiday or a summer barbeque, there is a lot to consider. We focus on main courses. On salads and side dishes. On des-serts. Maybe even appetiz-ers. Not on beverages. Why bother to think of beverages. You can put out pitchers of cold water. Buy soft drinks or juices. Who needs anything more?
Personally, I like to make my own iced tea. With all due respect to Snapple and the many other tea producing com-panies, I have always ap-plied the D.I.Y. concept to tea. I have a varied selec-tion of flavored herbal teas. But it doesn’t stop there. I like making other bever-ages too. Here are some of my favorite recipes.
Do you go strawberry picking in the summer? And then, you come home with a lot of berries that have to either be used or frozen pretty quickly? Here is a great recipe for strawberry lemonade. This is a cool and refresh-
ing drink for a hot sum-mer day. Most lemonade recipes call for equal amounts of sugar and lemon juice. I find that I like to reduce the lemon juice by a small amount. You can adjust these amounts according to your own personal taste.
STRAWBERRY
LEMONADE 1 qt. strawberries 3 c. cold water ¾ c. sugar ¾ c. lemon juice (or a bit
less)
2 c. cold club soda
Clean and hull straw-berries. Blend the straw-berries together with the water. Pour into a pitcher and still in the sugar until it dissolves. Stir in the lemon juice and club soda and serve.
Sometimes I like to make punch. If a lot of people are coming over, a punch recipe that is de-signed to be served in a punch bowl yields a lot to drink. This recipe for or-ange sherbet punch can be served in a punch bowl
but can also be served in a regular pitcher as it does-n’t make such a large amount of beverage.
ORANGE SHERBET PUNCH
4 c. orange juice 1 c. milk 3 Tbsp. sugar 2 tsp. orange zest ½ tsp. nutmeg 1 c. cold sparkling water 1 qt. orange sherbet
Combine the orange juice, milk, sugar, zest, and nutmeg. (This step can be done several days in advance. Store the mix-ture in the refrigerator until serving time.) Stir in the sparkling water. If us-ing a punch bowl, put the sherbet into the punch bowl and pour the liquid on top. If not using a punch bowl, stir the sher-bet into the liquid to start to melt in before serving.
Here is my all-time fa-vorite beverage to make for a special occasion. This recipe makes a large amount so it is most suit-able for an occasion where there will be a lot of thirsty people. The recipe doesn’t lend itself to being
Cool summer beverages by Deena Abraham
produced in smaller quan-tities. Sorry. Also, the rec-ipe has to be prepared the day before it is going to be served. The texture is like a slurpee, slightly frozen. This is really good. Really. SENSATIONAL SLUSH ½ c. sugar 1 (3 oz.) pkg. strawberry jello 2 c. boiling water 1 c. sliced strawberries ½ c. pineapple juice 12 oz. lemonade concen-trate, thawed 12 oz. limeade concen-trate, thawed 2 c. water 2 liters lemon-lime soft drink
Dissolve the sugar and jello in the boiling water. Process the strawberries and pineapple juice. Stir processed strawberries into the jello mixture. Stir in the thawed concen-trates and the water. Place in a container, cover, and freeze for at least 8 hours. Remove from the freezer 45 minutes before serving. In a punch bowl or several pitchers, com-bine equal amounts of slushy mixture with lemon-lime soda.
Request for recipes: If you have any great
recipes that you would like to share, please con-tact me. You can send recipes to me at [email protected] or 2926 Erskine Blvd., South Bend, 46614. I can also take your recipes over the phone at 287-8872.
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having only moved there in fall of 1976.
At the same time Margie was elected presi-dent of the Women's Divi-sion. When Margie be-came chair of the women’s division, her first priority was to get the Lion of Judah introduced to her community. She was
among the eight members of the first pride of Lions outside of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. She continues today to serve on the Federation Board and the Women’s Division Board.
The third generation Baers continues the tradi-tion of tzedakah, doing
their very best to care for those in need.
The Baers have not for-
gotten their South Bend roots and keep up with news from “back home” through friends and the Federation’s Our Commu-nity News.
MTC Banquet A Home Run! This year’s banquet was a great success simply because the entire Jewish community got together. It was great to see over 300 peo-ple in attendance. We hope to build on this momentum and have many more opportunities to bring us together.
We took the opportunity to announce two major agen-das. Firstly, we introduced our hopes for a February 2014 trip to Israel. The trip will center on bringing the Tanach to life while understanding the life and concerns of the Modern Israeli. We require a minimum of 20 partici-pants. Many have already expressed a strong interest. Please contact us with questions so we can help you pre-pare for this unparalleled trip.
Secondly, we introduced our dreams for a major ex-
pansion of the Torah Center. We hope to double the size allowing for a more formal dining area to have a kosher affair, thus, making kosher cuisine much more accessi-ble. We plan to make the first floor handicap accessible and provide a tremendous rec area for our swelling NCSY numbers. Of course we plan to expand our multi-purpose room/shul and library, too. However, we do need your help. More than anything, we need to hear your excitement for what this adds to the community. Soon you’ll receive a pamphlet with details of the expan-sion. Let us know what you like and how you think the new additions can make the community’s life a little eas-ier and more fulfilling.
Praying With Fire II Tuesdays 10:30 PM. Starting Tuesday, June 18th - August 13th, Rabbi Lindow will be-gin delving into prayer. We’ll be discussing topics such as Prayer as an Antidote for Fear, Strategies to Build Our Faith, What Are the Best Times to Pray, Praying For Others and more. If you don’t know how to pray, or do know but want to strengthen your praying ability, this class is for you. Let yourself go and believe that you have the ability to change the universe.
For scheduled classes for summer and Friday night services, please see our website www.midwesttorah.org for details and more information.
Midwest Torah CenterMidwest Torah CenterMidwest Torah Center
Some summer Torah learning opportunities at HOC:
Mornings:
Monday through Friday, 6:00 AM: DAF YOMI, Mesechta Eruvin, taught by Rabbi Meir Bulman
Monday through Friday, 6:20 AM: TALMUD STUDY, Mesechta Kiddushin, taught by Rabbi Ephraim Goldstein
Sunday, 9:00 AM: TALMID STUDY GROUP, Mesechta Brochos, taught by Rabbi Dovid Abraham
Evenings:
Sunday - Thursday, 8:00 PM: STUDY PARTNERS Choice of topics including Chumash, Mishna, Navi, Gemorah. Rabbi Rephael Pollack, coordinator.
Thursday night Chumash Class for Men, 8:00 PM PARSHA HASHAVUA, by Rabbi Shelomo Nussbaum
Daily Minyan Schedule: Please go to hocsouthbend.com
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Café Ivrit
Monday, June 17, 2013
at 8 PM
Come and practice Hebrew! Join Bekki Lindow and Lea Lehavi for Hebrew con-versation. (and yes, coffee and doughnuts) at Krispy Kreme, 5615 N. Main St., Mishawaka.
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Temple BethTemple BethTemple Beth---El El El
June events for Temple Beth-El:
♦ Thursday, June 6th, 5:30 PM. – Book Read “The Fish That Ate the Whale” by Richard Cohen. Discussion led by Natalie Klein.
♦ Monday, June 24th, 5:30 PM – Women’s Torah Study
♦ Wednesdays, 1:00 PM – Needlework group meets at Temple
Mazel Tov! ♦ Congratulations to the Temple Beth-El Confirmation
Class: Sam Brockman, Alexa Bruetman, Adam Duke, Ethan Sandock and Molly Schrager.
♦ Congratulations to Jody Bruetman who was named
Woman of the Year at the Sisterhood Candlelight Luncheon.
Sinai SynagogueSinai SynagogueSinai Synagogue New Leadership at Sinai. Congratulations to Sinai
Synagogue’s new officers and board members: President Lionel Jensen; Fist Vice President, Carey Gaudern; Treas-urer, Sarah Nerenberg; Financial Secretary, Nate Cossman; Recording Secretary, Laurie Martin, and Cor-responding Secretary, Bonny Hoover. New board mem-bers are Kim Cossman, Lynne LoSecco, Megan New, and Bob Polis.
NCSYNCSYNCSY
NCSY Bullets ♦ Food and Shmooz evolves into a solid weekly group
meeting every Thursday at 6 PM. ♦ Jr. NCSY meets every Shabbat with our chapter
president, Adin Sloman at 3 PM. ♦ First after-school program at Culver Academy. ♦ Averaging 30 Jr. High and High School students a
week discussing topics that relate to today’s teens and pre-teens.
NCSY Tzedakka Project. This summer NCSY is start-ing a Jr. NCSY Tzedaka Project. Our chapter's goal is planning to involve the NCSYers, their parents, and greater Jewish Michiana on this important Mitzvah. Stay tuned for more information.
NCSY Lounge Night. Join us for our last Lounge Night of the season. Meet Jewish teens from around Mi-chiana as we kick back and relax. Join us for Pool games, Ping-Pong and two floors of Video games. Enjoy pizza, pop and great snacks! The Lounge will be open from 6:30-8:30 PM on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.
South Bend NCSY Banquet Sunday June 23, 2013 at 5 PM. NCSY has accomplished great things this year, so let’s celebrate! There will be an end of the year banquet for South Bend NCSY. There will be videos, awards, en-tertainment, and elections for our chapter board. Please RSVP to Rabbi Akiva by June 19th at 574-383-9524.
NCSY is hosted by the Midwest Torah Center at 2516 S. Twyckenham Dr. South Bend, IN.
Sanctuary Dedication. Our newly remodeled small sanctuary will be dedicated during Friday evening ser-vices, June 14, led by Rabbi Nelson.
Annual Fund Raiser. Thursday, June 13, 7:30 PM is
our annual fund-raiser at Twin City Players, a special performance of "Little Shop of Horrors." Tickets are $16; for children 12 and under, $12. For tickets, call the temple office at 269-925-8021.
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