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Content Highlights
1 Rabbi’s Monthly Word
2 From the Executive Director
3 Rabbi Search Update
4 Contributions
6 Gift for Rabbi Doug
12 Oneg Sponsors
14 Candle Lighting Times
14 Calendar Highlights
15 Oseh Shalom Film Series
17 Path of Peace Form
18 Who’s Who
Students under age 13 were able to help write letters in the
Torah Repair Project with our sofer, Jeffrey Shulevitz: see page
3.
Rabbi Doug Heifetz Cantor Charlie Bernhardt
Executive Director Barry Nove Religious School Director Renee
Richards
Volume 50 No. 8
April 2017/5777
Oseh Shalom’s Monthly Newsletter—IN BRIEF EDITION
The Shalom
Rabbi Heifetz’s Monthly Word Dear Friends, Over the years, I’ve
had the honor of repre-senting Oseh Shalom and the Jewish
commu-nity in many public settings. Yesterday, for the third time,
I offered the invocation to begin the Maryland State Senate
session. I adapted some of my invocation from a re-cent ‘Prayer for
Our Country’, written by Rab-bi Shmuly Yanklowitz. Here’s the text
of my prayer: Eternal, source of life, source of compassion, please
give us courage at this critical junc-ture. Please continue to give
our state sena-tors strength, patience, and compassion.
We pray that the vision of the prophets of old—the redemptive
power of justice; relief for the poor, welcome for the marginal,
protection for the op-pressed, care for the sick—and the vision of
a land of opportunity should be brought about. May our elected
officials help to lead the way toward kindness, justice, and
harmony. May they lead us safely away from the pits of hatred and
cruelty, xenophobia, homophobia and bigotry, pits of hatred which
are seething with growing power at this time. We pray that the
powerful should not harm the innocent. We pray that any policies
that are meant to harm the vulnerable in prioritization of the
pow-erful and privileged will be quashed. Should there be plans
that will merely benefit the most privileged among us, but not all
of humankind and the planet we call home, may they fail. Grant us
the strength to demonstrate spiritual resistance, to imbue our
sinews with the highest integrity. Give us the wisdom and courage
to do what’s right to protect the most powerless and defenseless in
society. May agents of hate who stray from Your holy vision of love
and justice, found within and outside our country, be averted. May
all of Your creations be handled mercifully. May all to whom You
have given the sanctity of life awaken and fulfill their calling to
bring love, justice, and kindness to all cor-ners of Your world.
May our land, and our Maryland State Senate, strive to be a
blessing for all. Amen. Thank you, Oseh Shalom friends, for
allowing me the privilege to represent us in public over the years.
Shalom, Rabbi Doug
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From the Executive Director Welcome to the April issue of the
Shalom. First of all, I want to wish everyone a Zissen (Sweet)
Pesah. A great deal has happened in the past six weeks. In February
when the national news featured the story of a St. Louis Jewish
cemetery's having 200 head-stones toppled, we were in the midst of
completing the installa-tion of our new security camer-
as. Why I mention this is that I know that cemetery. I’m from
St. Louis and that cemetery has an annex about 15 miles away, where
my grandparents are bur-ied. I’ve driven past the Chesed Shel Emeth
Cemetery countless times. My parents also live about five miles
away from there. That cemetery is in the heart of the old Jewish
com-munity in University City in St. Louis County. The area is
known for being the home of Washington Universi-ty, and for decades
the majority of the city’s syna-gogues were located there,
including the one I grew up in before it moved out to the growing
suburbs in the 1970s, following the migration of younger Jewish
families. I’m sure there are many Jewish communities in midsize
cities across the United States with similar his-tories, which have
faced plenty of anti-Semitism acts. Perhaps that’s another reason
increasing our congre-gation’s security has been something I’ve
been fo-cused on since I started working at Oseh in 2010. While I
was hearing the news from St. Louis first by my childhood friends
back in Missouri, then on the na-tional news, Oseh Shalom was
making news of our own in a good way. We had imams, pastors,
rever-ends, priests, and rabbi and cantor gathered here on February
22nd to rewrite the faded letters in our old-est Torah. We brought
back to life the “Burning Bush” in Exodus. But this project hasn’t
stopped there. On March 5th our Religious School children wrote in
the Torah, as did 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from Columbia Jewish
Center (CJC) Religious School. At Purim Palooza later that same day
our scribe, Jeffrey Shulevitz, trained parents and children in how
to write letters in a Torah scroll and invited prospective members
to write a let-ter in our Torah (with the compliments of one of our
project donors) on Sunday, March 26th, when they were also offered
the opportunity to have a tour of Oseh Shalom and learn more about
us. The 26th was also our Interfaith Family and Friends Torah
Project Day – and for both the February 22nd and March 26th project
days we garnered a great deal of publici-
Continued on back cover
Springtime is a vibrant and energizing season, re-flected in all
of the goings-on here at Oseh Sha-lom.
I recently had the opportunity to witness a re-markable event
that, for me, represents what our community stands for. Our
Executive Director, Barry Nove, created an innovative and inspired
program with our Torah Repair project. Interfaith leaders from
around the region joined us for a class and an opportunity to help
with the repair. Local imams, rabbis, priests, and pastors came
together for a morning with our scribe, Jeffrey Shulevitz. The
level of reverence of these leaders, gathered around our Torah
table, was intense and the emotion palpable. Several of the leaders
spoke to me afterward and said how honored they felt, that their
hands were shaking, that they had tears in their eyes. Coming at
what seems like a time marked by division and discord, the unity
seemed particularly meaningful. I know some of my faith for the
future was restored that morning. My heartfelt thanks to Barry for,
as usu-al, his groundbreaking ideas and to Jeffrey for his flawless
execution.
We will continue to have more opportunities for the Torah Repair
project, but it ends early in May. Please take advantage if you
can.
For the next few weeks:
Passover is coming up with its combination of the commemoration
of emancipation and marathon cooking. If anyone else has vegan
children, I would be happy to share my ge-faux-te fish reci-pe. I
also have a recipe for matzoh balls without eggs, but they’re like
cannonballs.
We will be continuing to honor Rabbi Doug with fun and informal
events for the next several months. Stay tuned!
Finally, we will be celebrating Earth Day with a B’Yachad on
April 22.
As always, Andy and I are available for questions, comments,
concerns. Happy Spring!
Allison
Letter from the Presidents
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Shalom everyone,
Our religious school got to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience
with our sofer, Jeffrey Shulevitz. Oseh Shalom’s Religious school
and the Columbia Jewish Congregation’s Religious School joined
together to help raise money and repair Oseh’s oldest Torah.
Throughout February students at Oseh raised tzedakah and
participated in workshops. They learned how to repair scroll pages
using special erasers, sand paper and glycerin. They also learned
the art of writing Hebrew calligraphy.
On March 5, students from CJC travelled to Oseh for a special
Sunday school class. They participat-ed in a torah repair workshop,
and then all stu-dents from both congregations got a chance to help
rewrite a letter in the Torah. Students under the age of 13 held
onto Jeffrey’s hand as they wrote the letter together. Students
over 13, who are considered religious adults in Judaism, had the
opportunity to write the letter on their own. Jeffrey watched
carefully and helped repair any mistakes.
Jeffrey’s enthusiasm filled the room as students cheered each
other on while completing this tre-mendous mitzvah. Our youngest
scribe of the morning was 3 year old Carolina Sarantos. Our eldest
were teachers who were grandparents themselves.
Kol Tuv,
Renee Richards
News From School with Renee
Students over age 13 were able to write letters themselves
in the Torah, under the tutelage of our sofer, as adults
under
religious law
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Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Anonymous Camp JRF Scholarship Fund
Linda Bergofsky In memory of Isidor Kay and Morris Bergofsky
Community Services Fund (Social Action & Caring & Support)
Melinda & Lenny Bers In memory of Mary Holzman (Melinda’s
mother) Johanna Gross Marty & Susan Hoffman For Winter Shelter
Ellis Schlossenberg In loving memory of his mother, Mildred
Schlossenberg And in loving memory of his wife, Ann Schlossenberg
and mother of Sam Schlossenberg Bryna & Howard Weiss In memory
of Russ Brodie Life Long Learning Fund Susan & Norman Levine In
memory of Florence and Milton Horowitz Neal & Mary Meyerson In
memory of Vera Meyerson Torah Repair Fund Anonymous Judy Arnoff In
memory of Lawrence Broad Elizabeth Johnson The Kraft Family David
Paulson In memory of Barbara Paulson Yartzeit Fund Laurie Remer
& Robert Fleishman In memory of Herbert Remer Sheila &
Stephen Urman In memory Bernard & Esther Dvorchik Yartzeit
Plaque April Koeppel In memory of Sylvia Freiman In memory of Joe
Freiman General Donations B.F. Cohen
Contributions
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Open to members and everyone in
the community, too.
You do not need to be Jewish to participate.
Please Join Us:
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Yahrzeits 4/1/2017 Harold Shugar, father of Michael Shugar
4/3/2017 Philip Berz, grandfather of Karen Bonnie Eaton 4/3/2017
Seymore Sobel, uncle of Robin Mauk 4/4/2017 Sarah Zalkind,
grandmother of Susan Levine 4/4/2017 *Roberta Sacks, friend of
Karen Meckler 4/4/2017 Gary Altman, brother-in-law of Alan Seigel
4/5/2017 Jacob Malove, father of Stephanie Fink 4/6/2017 *Selma
Victor, mother of Phil Victor 4/8/2017 John C. Argue,brother of
David Argue 4/8/2017 Lillian Grodin, grandmother of Rebecca
Goldfinger 4/8/2017 Dorothy Katz, stepmother of Judy Katz 4/8/2017
Paul Katz, husband of Gail Katz 4/8/2017 Edwin Rosenberg, father of
Robert Rosenberg 4/9/2017 Florence Z. Horowitz, mother of Susan
Levine 4/11/2017 Rebecca Miller Kamoroff Gordon, grandmother of
Marilyn Bernhardt 4/12/2017 Milton Horowitz, father of Susan Levine
4/12/2017 Angie Reese, sister-in-law of Adam Reese 4/13/2017
Maurice Magnus, grandfather of Gary Magnus 4/13/2017 Rosalie
Paulson, mother of David Paulson 4/14/2017 Israel Rubin, father of
Paula Fink 4/15/2017 Alfred Kohn, father of Doris Kirschbaum
4/18/2017 Paula Kohn, mother of Doris Kirschbaum 4/20/2017 Belle
Dicker, grandmother of Valerie Kaplan 4/20/2017 Beryl Kramer, wife
of Gerson Kramer, mother of Phyllis Kramer, grandmother of Megan
Allen-Kingsland 4/20/2017 Ruth Lann, mother of Helen Lann 4/20/2017
Jim Siegfried, brother of Barbara Scissors 4/21/2017 Martha Bers,
mother of Leonard Bers 4/21/2017 Rose Dubrow, mother of Laurie
Dubrow 4/22/2017 Max Bravmann, grandfather of Daniel Bravmann
4/22/2017 Lillian Finkelstein, mother of Diane Hersh 4/22/2017 Mary
West Wilson, stepmother of Kenneth Wilson 4/24/2017 Gertrude
Goldberg, mother of Mark Goldberg 4/24/2017 Irving Lenet, father of
Steve Lenet 4/24/2017 Sylvia Shapiro, mother of Eileen Pokodner
4/24/2017 Lena Wittik, grandmother of Ann Wittik-Bravmann 4/25/2017
Hildegard Schmidt, aunt of Ted Einstein 4/25/2017 Maria Ellena,
friend of Gary Gaines 4/25/2017 Ruth Lucas, aunt of Judy Katz
4/26/2017 Ahron Field, father of Ellen Horak 4/26/2017 Alvin
Meckler, father of Karen Meckler 4/27/2017 Annette Malove, mother
of Stephanie Fink 4/28/2017 George Unger, father of Marilyn Wilder
4/29/2017 *Harriet Aug, wife of Stephen Aug 4/30/2017 Joseph Gross,
father of Johanna Gross 4/30/2017 Gertrude Kaplan, mother of Steven
Kaplan
Tributes To Barbara Margolis and family in memory of father and
grandfather, Lawrence Brood. Pauline Pivowar Helen and Leon Litow
Margrit and Maurice Assaraf
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Consider Oseh Shalom when planning your Simcha’s needs!
Reasonable and competitive rates for use of our Social Hall,
Kitchen,
Rooms, and Sanctuary.
For details and availability contact:
Barry Nove, Executive Director @ 301-498-5151 or
[email protected]
Community News Baruch Dayan ha'Emet The congregation sends its
deepest sympathy and condolences to Chris and Sonya Everett on the
passing of Chris's mother, Jean Everett, z"l. May the family be
comforted among the mourners of Jerusalem and Zion.
Rabbi Search Update
The Rabbinical Search Committee is now working with ten
applicants and has continued to meet on a weekly basis to evaluate
them. They are scheduled to do telephone interviews with six
candidates this week, and three more the following week. Once
telephone interviews have been completed and as-sessed by the
committee, a pool of the top candidates will be invited to Oseh for
a more in-depth, in-person interview. The committee has been
pleased to note how diverse the ten applicants are—four are female,
six are male, and they range in age from being in their 20s to
being in their 60s. Nine of the ten applicants are graduates of the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC), and almost all of them
currently work and reside outside of Maryland.
Brad Sachs and Jean Silver-Isenstadt met with a focus group of
teen students from the religious school this past Sunday to solicit
their thoughts and preferences regarding our next Rabbi.
As always, feel free to remain in touch with the Committee
chairs at any point with your questions, ideas, and comments.
Brad Sachs,
Search Committee Chair
Jean Silver-Isenstadt
Search Committee Vice-Chair
Lifelong Learning in April
“Like a Tree of Life: the Branches and Genres of Jewish Wisdom,”
Rabbi Doug Heifetz continues his classes on April 23, and 30 at
10:00 am.
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Birthdays 1 Sabine Feldman 2 Helen Lann 2 Eileen Pokodner 3
Julie Heifetz 4 Erin Horn 4 Courtney Loeb 4 Talia Loeb 4 Karen
Meckler 5 Ronald Benton-Klein 5 Peter Brocenos 5 Lee Friedman 6
Celia Winchell 7 Billy Biederman 8 Greg Hilsenrath 8 Jessica
Lincoln 8 Charles Wilson 9 Eric Weiss 11 Robert Goodwin 11 Steven
Kaplan 11 Myra Snow 11 Sean Stringer 12 Peter Dreifuss 12 Matthew
Makovi 12 Matthew Miller 12 Hilary Thomas 13 Steve Lenet 14 Daniel
LeRoy 14 Susan Robbins 15 Teddi Stern 16 Sophia Brocenos 16 Elliott
Krimchansky 17 Sidney Kirschner 17 Menelaos Sarantos 18 Bobbi
Adams
19 Susan Northcutt 19 Seth Singer 20 Sheila Giles 20 Helen Litow
20 Linda Solomon 21 Bill Frelick 21 Shea Hess-Webber 22 Laurie
Dubrow 22 Susan Hoffman 23 Jeremy Bernhardt 23 Talya Frelick 23
Marjorie Levy 24 Andreas Anwander 24 Eli Krakower 24 Allison Levine
25 Marlo Hilsenrath 25 Amber Putman 25 Jada Thomas 26 Sue Lippmann
26 Maya Silver-Isenstadt 26 Jeff Zolt 27 Suzanne Aug 27 Michal
Kusnetz 27 Ed Magin 27 Robert Miller 28 Jessica Bacharach 28 Rachel
Feinberg 28 James Firestone 28 Joanne Zaslow 30 Tyler Holzman 30
David Leight 30 Carolina Sarantos 30 Marlene Stringer
Anniversaries 8 David Friedman & Donna Potemken 11 Harvey
& Susan Rapp 17 Robert & Jean Rosenberg 25 Howard &
Diane Cohen 25 Arnold & Carol Jacobson 28 Seth Friedman &
Felicia Dannick-Friedman
Are you in the market for
Cemetery Plots?
Look no farther…
Oseh Shalom has a number of plots for
sale
at a substantial discount.
Plots are available at:
Mount Lebanon/George Washington
Cemetery
and
King David Cemetery
For details contact:
Val Kaplan
[email protected]
301-604-8134
OR
Barry Nove
Executive Director
[email protected]
301-498-5151
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ONEG HOST REMINDER When you receive your email or letter
notifying you of your scheduled date for hosting an Oneg, WE NEED
TO HEAR FROM YOU as soon as possible, WHETHER YOU CAN MAKE YOUR
DATE OR NOT. We need time to find an alternate to take your place
if you cannot keep your assigned date, and we will reschedule you
if possible, or put you on our reserve list for a future
opening.
Please respond to Lisa Karpf at [email protected] when you
receive your email or letter.
Thank you for your prompt response.
Lisa Karpf, Chair, Oneg Host Coordinator
Sponsor a Friday Night Oneg Shabbat
Honor a loved one by sponsoring an oneg. This is a unique and
special way to commemorate life events, such as birthdays,
anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs and special additions to the
family. You would also be contributing to the spirit of commu-nity
following erev Shabbat services. The oneg sponsor honors are listed
in both the weekly bima notes and the Shalom. Each sponsor honor is
$25; the funds benefit the entire congregation. Please notify Mona
Davis at [email protected] or anyone of the Sisterhood members to
sponsor an oneg.
Tributes To Jackie and Eric Land — In memory of Jackie’s mother
Margrit and Maurice Assaraf Leah and Patrick Young
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March 3 Bill Frelick and Helen Lann in honor of the birth of
their grandson, Ari Oliver Anwander April 7 Karen Meckler and Brad
Sachs in honor of granddaughter Autumn’s birthday Kelly, Aaron,
Samantha, and Elijah Benton-Klein in honor of Ron’s birthday
Frelick/Lann family in honor of the birthdays of Helen, Bill,
Talya, Andreas, and of Linda Solomon Shelly Sypes in honor of
granddaughter Gillian’s 7th birthday April 14 Gary Gaines in honor
of Bonnie’s birthday Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan in honor of Steve’s
birthday Doris Kirschbaum in memory of her father, Alfred Kohn
Makovi family in honor of Matthew’s birthday April 21 Litow family
in honor of Helen’s birthday Marty Hoffman in honor of Susan’s
birthday Jean and Robert Rosenberg in honor of their anniversary
Solomon family in honor of Linda’s birthday April 28 Mel Lippmann
and family in honor of Sue’s birthday Diane and Howard Cohen in
honor of their anniversary
Oneg Sponsors
Purim at Oseh Sha-
lom with CJC's
Klezmer Band and
dancing to kick it off.
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THANK YOU WINTER SHELTER VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS On behalf of Judy
Swanner, Rebecca Goldfinger, and Eileen Hollander, we would like to
ex-press our sincere thanks to all who helped our Winter Shelter
guests feel warm and welcomed this winter at Oseh Shalom. During
our women’s week we had 5-7 guests, and during our men’s week we
provided shel-ter to about 25 guests per night. We had wonderful
weeks with them! Our guests could not have been nicer or more
appreciative. They seemed to enjoy being at Oseh Shalom, and, more
im-portantly, they seemed to be able to rest and relax after their
tiring days. Thank you to our cooks who prepared delicious dinners
for our guests, and to all our volunteers and donors who gave of
their time, resources and companionship so generously. We thank you
once again for opening your hearts and “your home” to our
guests.
Mariyan Kolev Debbie, Gary, & Jonah Richardson Marty Hoffman
Tim Livengood, Gwyn Fireman, & Rachel Livengood Mark &
Ellen Goldberg Nathan Lenet Laura Finkelstein Bonnie & Mike
Cornell Beth Friedman Alissa & Bill Putman & family Sharon
Cohen & Richard Cerkovnik & family Marlene & Richard
Stringer Jean Schnurr Sarah Reinsnider Robin & Barry Mauk Dave
& Gail Whitman Larry Levy Holly & George Stone Mel Stern
Judy Katz Judy Kessler Marcia Dresner Margie Ginsberg Marc Litz
& Allison Holtz Steve Kaplan & Lynne Gaynes Melody &
Josh Magnus Val Kaplan Ted Einstein & Hazel Johnson Rich &
Sue Burger Robert Miller Steve Klein Matt Makovi Helen Metzman Andy
Lincoln Sid Hersh Lenny Bers Bob Fleishman Seth & Karen Eaton
Barry Segal Michael & Hilary Becker John & Paula Finedore
David & Shari Argue Howard Weiss Diane & Howard Cohen Gary
Greenwald Linda Bergofsky & Don Street Ran Katzur Evan Fuller
Susan Levine Amy Shugar
Stephen & Lorraine Schoenfeld Jill & Dan Gabel Amy
Lechter-Siegel Shari Obler Kelly & Ron Benton-Klein Margrit
Assaraf Claire Menyuk Karen Meckler & Brad Sachs Shelly Sypes
Leah Young Helen Litow Donna Potemken Sue & Ken Wilson Doris
Kirschbaum Steve & Lil Muchnick Lorraine & Bob Levan Joanne
Berger Tod Goldfinger Craig, Ben, & Leah Hollander Sonya
Everett Joan and Rob Nachman Rich Scissors Reenie Kraft Cindy
Feinberg Joan LeRoy Melissa Susseles David Paulson Emily Blank
Tiffany Heath Wynne Kleinberg Ioana Stoica Ariel Uy Joseph Walsh
Pat and Carrie Quigley Yvette and Daniela Moreno Penney Kritt Lisa
Karpf Heidi Hess-Webber Mona Davis Nancey and Steve Parker Jeryl
Baker Jean Rosenberg Bob Goodwin Robin Edelberg Thalia Garcia David
Swanner Special thanks to: Barry Nove, Deon White, & Jovett
Solomon And apologies to anyone we missed; there were so many
helping out.
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Candle Lighting Tim
es
Dates Lighting Time
Havdalah Parsha Haftarah
March 31-April 1 7:12: PM 8:21: PM Vayikra
Leviticus 1:1-2:16
Isaiah 43:21-44:23
April 7-8
7:19: PM 8:28: PM Tzav
Leviticus 6:1-7:10
Malachi 3:4-24
April 10-11
Ta'anit Bechorot
Erev Pesach-Pesach I
7:22 PM 8:31 PM
April 14-15
Pesach V
7:26 PM 8:35 PM Exodus 33:12-34:26, Numbers 28:19-25
Isaiah 10:32-12:6
April 16-17
Pesach VI-VII
7:28 PM 8:437PM
April 21-22
7:33 PM 8:42 PM Shmini
Leviticus 9:1-10:11
II Samuel 6:1-7:17; II Samuel 6:1-19*
April 24
Yom haShoah
April 26-27
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
April 28-29
7:40 PM 8:49 PM Tazria-Metzora
Leviticus 12:1-13:39
II Kings 7:3-20
* The first haftarah is read by Ashkenazim, the second by
Sefardim.
Oseh Shalom Calendar Highlights
April 2017 April 5, 19, 26 8:15 PM Israeli Dance
April 5, 19, 26 5:00 PM Lower School
April 2, 23, 30 9:00 AM Religious School
April 2, 23 9:00 AM Pre-K
April 14, 21, 28 8:00 PM Shabbat Evening Service
April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Service
April 2 10:00 AM Relcomm Meeting 10:30 AM Torah Chanting
Class—Rabbi Yaffa-Shira Sultan 11:45 AM TeenConnect 12:00 PM Adult
Bnei Mitzvah Class 1:30 PM Search Committee Meeting 3:00 PM Torah
Repair—Scribing Session 6:00 PM Rosh Codesh Women’s Seder
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April 4 7:30 PM Sisterhood Board Meeting April 7 7:30 PM Shabbat
Family Service April 9 1:30 PM Search Committee Meeting April 11
10:00 AM Passover Services April 12 7:15 PM Executive Committee
Meeting April 16 1:30 PM Search Committee Meeting April 17 10:00 AM
Yizkor—Service 7:30 PM Lifelong Learning Committee Meeting April 22
10:00 AM B’Yachad Earth Day/Shabbat Morning Service 12:00 PM
Kiddish/Luncheon April 23 10:00 AM Education Committee Meeting
10:00 AM Membership Committee Meeting 10:30 AM Torah Chanting Class
11:45 AM Torah Study 12:00 PM Adult Bnei Mitzvah Class 1:30 PM
Search Committee Meeting 3:00 PM Torah Appointment Session 7:00 PM
Board Meeting April 24 7:00 PM Yom HaShoah April 28 8:00 PM
Milestone Membership Shabbat Evening Services April 30 11:45 AM
TeenConnect 12:00 PM Adult Bnei Mitzvah 1:30 PM Search Committee
Meeting 3:00 PM Torah Appointment Session
NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL APRIL 9—16
SAVE THE DATE
Annual Rosh Hodesh Women’s Seder at Oseh Shalom
Light dinner and desserts pot luck
Members and non-members welcome:
Sisters, mothers, daughters & friends
April 2, 2017 at 6:00 PM
April 2017April 2017April 2017April 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Rabbi Rabbi Doug Heifetz 301-498-5151
[email protected]
Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Gary Fink 301-498-5151
[email protected]
Executive Director Barry Nove 301-498-5151
[email protected]
Cantor Cantor Charlie Bernhardt 301-498-5151
[email protected]
Bookkeeper Audrey Klein 301-498-5151 [email protected]
Education Director Renee Richards 301-498-7004
[email protected]
Religious School Assistant Jovett Solomon 301-498-7004
[email protected]
Director Teen Connect Leah Davidson-Wolf
[email protected]
Shalom Editor Carolyn Makovi 301-236-4411
[email protected]
Shalom Layout Adam Goldfarb 301-498-5151
[email protected]
Shalom Advertising Mona Davis 240-423-0049 [email protected]
All Publicity Chairs [email protected]
Webmaster Melody Magnus 301-622-2947 [email protected]
Oseh Shalom WHO’S WHO LIST for 2016-2017
CONGREGATION OFFICERS & TRUSTEES
Co-President Andy Friedman 301-776-4672 [email protected]
Co-President Allison Holtz 410-531-0757
[email protected]
Financial V.P. Dan Bravmann 443-745-5374
[email protected]
Education co-V.P. Leslie Kornreich 410-379-6459
[email protected]
Administrative VP Gary Magnus 301-622-2947
[email protected]
Membership Ann Wittik-Bravmann 410-792-2868
[email protected]
Secretary Heidi Rhodes 301-317-0944 [email protected]
Treasurer Gary Gaines 301-937-2010 [email protected]
Past President Lynn Gaynes-Kaplan 443-864-1935
[email protected]
Financial Secretary Steve Kaplan 410-290-3937
[email protected]
Building and Grounds Rich Burger 301-384-6840
[email protected]
Contracts Coordinator Karen Bonnie Eaton 443-326-6326
[email protected]
Community Services
Life Long Learning Judy Katz 301-460-6928
[email protected]
At Large Dan Gabel 301-879-5177 [email protected]
At Large Marc Litz 410-531-0757 [email protected]
At Large Eliot Malumutt 301-483-6384 [email protected]
At Large John Riehl 301-490-3645 [email protected]
At Large Lili Barouch 410-480-5257 [email protected]
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High Holidays Karen Meckler 443-812-2414
[email protected]
JRF Representative John Riehl 301-490-3645
[email protected]
Policy & Procedures
Publicity Elaine Povich 301-490-2832 [email protected]
Youth Liaison Doug Kornreich 410-379-6459
[email protected]
Development Kelly Benton-Klein 301-490-7764 [email protected]
SISTERHOOD
MEN’S CLUB
President Carolyn Makovi 301-236-4411 [email protected]
Recording Secretary Rochelle Sypes 631-793-5555
[email protected]
Corresponding Secretary Judy Arnoff 301-490-6207
[email protected]
Treasurer Pauline Pivowar 301-604-8954 [email protected]
Treasurer Margrit Assaraf 240-280-7259 [email protected]
Gift Shop, Chair Lisa Karpf 301-262-5581 [email protected]
Membership Chair
Oneg Host Chair Lisa Karpf 301-262-5581 [email protected]
Oneg Sponsors Chair Mona Davis 240-423-0049 [email protected]
Program Chair
Tributes Chair Leah Young 301-498-4251
[email protected]
Oneg Food Chair Lisa Karpf 301-262-5581 [email protected]
Catering Marilyn Riffkin 301-384-8667 [email protected]
Past President Alan Seigel 301-490-0057 [email protected]
Treasurer Art Solomon 240-280-2067 [email protected]
GROUP EMAIL ADDRESSES
[email protected]—this email address reaches all lay
leaders of the Oseh Shalom Congregational
board. Many conversations can be shared with the Rabbi and
Barry. However, you must explicitly include the
email address for the Rabbi and Barry Nove.
[email protected]—this email address reaches all of the
leaders of our various media, such as, Sha-
lom editor, list serve, Publicity chairs, Facebook, Web site,
Bima Notes and Barry Nove. When sending publicity,
be sure to specify which (or all) forms of publicity
desired.
[email protected]—this email address reaches the
Membership Committee chairs
[email protected]—this email address reaches the Men’s
Club officers
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Oseh Shalom
7515 Olive Branch Way
Laurel, MD 20707
Phone: 301-498-5151
Doug Heifetz, Rabbi
Carolyn Makovi, Editor
Adam Goldfarb, Layout Editor
Mona Davis, Advertising
[email protected]
Oseh Shalom is a vibrant, inclusive Reconstructionist synagogue,
with members throughout the Baltimore-Washington area, dedicated to
providing a supportive community for celebrating
Jewish life through prayer, learning and social action.
ty on how inclusive our congregation really is. We’ve four more
project days scheduled, beginning later this month. For all those
who have help us bring our oldest and first scroll back to life and
to those who helped us honor Rabbi Doug on Saturday evening, March
25, at our Toast and Roast celebration and con-cert, thank you.
You’ve helped us make history, while helping us honor Rabbi Doug
for his part in our illustrious accomplishments over the years. A
special gift is still to be presented to Rabbi Doug and his family.
We are still accepting donations toward our dedication of the last
book of the Torah in his and their honor. Rabbi Doug and his family
will be the last people to rewrite the faded letters of our scroll
in early May. On May 13th the scroll will be used for the first
time in at least two decades at the Adult Bnei Mitzvah that Rabbi
Doug is conducting. All gifts (regardless of amount) will be
acknowledged to Rabbi Doug and his family. Before concluding, I
would like to thank all those who have helped in the office: Mona
Davis, Doris Kirschbaum, Mariyan Kolev, Pauline Pivowar, and Shelly
Sypes. Barry Nove Executive Director [email protected]
301-498-5151
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