Tidings

Ohabei Shalom—New England’s First Reform Congregation

April 2007, Nisan/Iyar 5767
What’s Inside:
The Healing Spirit in the Prayer can help
President’s Message heal the afflictions
House of God of the spirit. In the
Cantorial Search Update words of our
The visit to our Shabbat Rishon in prayerbook, “prayer
Social Groups
March by Ellen Smith, premier student can water an arid
of the past of Jewish Boston, has soul, mend a
whetted my appetite to learn more broken heart, and
Brotherhood Breakfast
about the history of our extraordinarily rebuild a weakened
historic congregation. For instance, I’m will.” Prayer may
Ansin Religious School
curious to know when the Mi also have a role even in physical
• Mark Your Calendar
Shebeirach prayer began to be recited disease. Recent studies have
• B’nei Mitzvah
regularly at Shabbat services. The Mi indicated that people’s attitudes,
• Chocolate Seder Shebeirach, as we commonly use the including their attitudes about faith, can
term, means the prayer for healing. affect their recovery. Beyond the
Worship And if the answer is more than thirty individual, healing services can focus
• Shabbat Rishon years ago, that would make us unusual the attention of our community on
• Healing Service (not for the first time!). Although a those in need of our comfort.
• Candle Lighting prayer for healing has deep roots in
• Daily Worship Jewish tradition, it had fallen out of Yet, when we think of prayer not just as
favor with most Reform Jews for a long getting in touch with ourselves and our
Devarim & Thank Yous time. neighbors, but as talking to God, we
open up a new dimension. We ask
Mitzvah Day Yet, today, Reform congregations not God’s spirit, God’s breath, to blow into
only regularly include a Mi Shebeirach us, to give us strength. The healing
Save the Date in their Shabbat liturgy, but many have service on April 12 is for everyone who
added special healing services to their wants to be inspired. It is for those
Community Corner: NEW! repertoire of worship opportunities. who are sick and those who care for
This month, we shall join them. I invite those who are sick. It is for those
April Funds you to participate in the first Temple whose bodies are in pain, and for those
Ohabei Shalom healing service, whose hearts are in pain.
Yizkor Elohim which will be held on Thursday,
April 12, at 7:00 p.m. We will sit together. We will sing and
April Calendar be silent, hear and recite prayers and
For some people, healing services psalms, tell and listen to stories. And,
conjure up images of revival tent if all goes well, we will leave a bit better
meetings, where the afflicted throw able to deal with the complexities that
down their crutches and cry out, life provides.
“Praise the Lord, I am healed!” To put
it mildly, these people would have From Eileen and our entire family, may
problems with such a service in our I also wish you at this season a zissen
synagogue, and so would I. But the Pesach, a sweet and joyous Passover
modern Jewish healing service is not celebration.
about superstition.
President’s Message
Leonard Davidson
Passover will soon be here.
Unlike all of our other holidays,
Passover really does involve a
fairly noticeable change in our
lives for a long enough period to
truly make a difference. In
addition to celebrating the
holiday at seders and in services, we change our
eating habits in a way that affects us every day.
Being deprived of some of the foods that we take for
granted makes an impact on us. This year for me it
has even more significance. It is, as it frequently is,
about perspective.
th
I recently celebrated my 50 birthday. Yes, I know I
look much younger, but the calendar does not lie….
Now I realize that everybody reading this does so
with a different perspective. For some, the response
to a 50th birthday will be, “that’s so young”. For
others, the perspective will be quite different,
especially as viewed from a much younger vantage
point. Normally a birthday is just another date on
the calendar, but somehow this one felt different. I
received my notification that I was eligible now to be
a member of AARP (the American Association for
Retired Persons); celebrated with my family and a
very few of my friends; and was constantly reminded
that this was no regular birthday. Just like Passover,
I had a sense of change, but (sadly) unlike
Passover, this change will not revert back now that
the celebrations are over !!
The deprivation of foods at Passover should be and
is a reminder of how much we have, even as we
focus on what we do not have. For though we miss
pizza, pasta, bread and all sorts of other leavened
products, we should be mindful that we still are not
starving, we still have a great variety of things to eat,
and we still live in a land of freedom and opportunity
that many people yearn to enjoy. But for most of us,
Passover means that we miss some of the things we
take for granted. In America, we are accustomed to
almost boundless choices in almost everything we
do. As a result, we too frequently forget how good
we have it because whenever anything is taken
away from us, we feel deprived. The losses of
choice at Passover should really be viewed in a
fairer context. Similarly, at the age of 50 I no longer
can do many of the physical things that I used to. I
miss them, too, and focus on what I can do. I will
not ever play in the N.F.L. or at Wimbledon, or ski in
the Olympics. Oh, well….neither will a lot of people
who shared similar dreams. Instead I will work on
my golf game and improving in other areas of my
life.
So this Passover, rather than focusing on what I
miss, I will try to focus on how much I have to be
thankful for beyond food and freedom. And while
turning 50 has meant that I am not as young as I
once was, I am appreciative of how good I have it,
how many wonderful people I share my life with,
and how, relatively speaking, life is pretty darn
good for most of us. A little deprivation, and even
an AARP invitation, may not be so bad at all.
Happy Passover!
Passover Schedule 2007
April 2
First Seder
Office Closes at 3 pm
No High School
April 3
Second Seder
10:15 am Services in the Chapel
Oneg to Follow
Office Closed, no Ansin Religious School
April 9
10:15 a.m. Services in the Chapel
Oneg to Follow
Office Closed
Regular High School
Ideas to Personalize Your Seder:
• Use musical instruments
• Add your family’s stories to the Maggid
• Use plastic bugs, etc to depict the plagues
• Tzedakah—help make Passover possible for
other people, bringing them food or giving
money to organizations that help provide food
for the needy within the Jewish community.
• Invite guests to your seder, especially those
who might not have a place to go to or who
haven’t celebrated Passover before
• Give each person a different Kiddush cup.
• Invite guests to bring their own family customs
to your seder.
Please visit urj.org/holidays/pesach/
for information on the holiday, social action
opportunities and more suggestions on making
your seder more meaningful for you and your
family!
Search Update, Sisterhood & Club 55+
Cantorial Search Committee Report Sisterhood News
Click-clack – Mah Jong is
The Cantorial Search Committee held a Town Meet- back – a very enthusiastic
ing at Penn-Spero Hall on Wednesday evening, group of sisters –
February 7, 2007 attended by approximately 40 beginners and refreshers
Congregants. Committee member and Shabbat gui- – are meeting with one
tarist Andy O'Connell first led everyone an opening capable teacher – Diane
song. Chair Michael Weintraub explained to every- Rosen – for a few
one the selection process and reported on what the weekday hours once a
committee had accomplished to date and where its month. For reservations and information, call Diane
goals and objectives were moving forward. In short, at 617-566-5382.
the Chair explained that the committee filed an appli-
cation with the American Conference of Cantors Walking lifts the spirit –
(ACC). As such, we are prohibited from seeking to firms the body – and is a
engage a Cantor, Soloist, or any other person to fill great way to socialize –
the Cantorial position while registered with the ACC. Julie Boris is walking and
As noted in our last report, Cantor Onigman has ex- would love the company of
pressed her desire to be considered for this position our sisters – If you would
and she is exempted from this prohibition. like to participate – please
call Julie at 617-566-0738.
It was noted at the Town Meeting that prior to filing
the application, we sought and received resumes The beauty of Shabbat awaits us
from other established schools such as Hebrew Col- weekly – April 21 is a very
lege and the Academy of Jewish Religion. While this significant Shabbat for Sisterhood
resulted in a few telephone and personal interviews, – our sisters will prepare for and
the committee felt it needed to expand its search. partake of the service under the
The Chair went on to report that we now have re- very capable leadership of Ita
ceived resumes from around the country and are Wiener and Amy Hozid. It will be
fully engaged in the interview process meeting on a a spiritually uplifting morning – so
weekly basis. We hope that the committee can please plan to be with us to share
make a recommendation to the Board by the begin- the warmth: 10:15 a.m.
ning of April. Saturday, April 21, 2007.

Committee Shellee Robbins then reported on the

survey results. She stated that we had received over Please remember Family Table. It is a blessing to
70 surveys and that the majority of congregants give – it is never Dayenu –
ranked pastoral duties, singing voice and ability to Happy Passover to our sisters and all their loved
train bar/bat mitzvah students as the top three skills ones.
of importance. This report was followed by many Your Sisterhood
comments and questions. It was an informative
meeting and feedback was very positive. Club 55+
We are currently working on a Cantorial web site Lunch and program on
that will keep everyone up to date and provide Con- Wednesday, April 11 at 11:30 p.m.
gregants with various report summaries as well as
the Cantorial application. Please keep your com- $6.00 Members
ments and suggestions coming as each one is taken $8.00 Non-Members
seriously. Thank you for your continued support.

Michael Weintraub Watch your mailbox for more

Chair information coming soon!
Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Robert Pierson
On Monday, March 12th we had a wonderful turnout
for the Yellow Candle Program Work meeting.
Every year TOS Brotherhood purchases and
assembles Yellow Candles and packages in
commemoration of the Shoah (April 15th- Holocaust
Remembrance Day), to be distributed to all
synagogue members & families. A very special
thanks to Mark and Avi and the students from The
Ansin School Confirmation Class who packaged all
of the candles for Ansin families!! Brohterhood
members shared recollections and perspectives of
the Shoah during the evening. Thanks to Craig for
another wonderful kosher dinner, and David for the
deliciously sinful homemade brownies.
PLEASE SEE THE YOM HASHOAH ARTICLE
BELOW. LIGHT YOUR CANDLES ON SUNDAY
EVE, APRIL 15TH!!!!
A special thank you to Paul Burns at the Brookline
Post office for his assistance with the program.
Our next Brotherhood dinner and meeting is on
Tuesday, April 17th beginning at 6:30 PM. (Meeting
date was changed so as to not coincide with
Pesach.) Speaker to be determined!! Brothers,
please RSVP with Ben Adler at 617-489-3013 by
Thursday, April 12th if you would like to join us for
dinner, followed by our meeting.
Lastly, please remember to turn in your ‘Butcherie’
receipts to the TOS office and ask that they be left in
the Brotherhood mailbox. The Butcherie gives a
percentage of these receipt sales to TOSB!!
Yom Hashoah – Light a Yellow Candle
to Remember those who perished
It’s been sixty years since Nazi concentration
camps were liberated, and the Holocaust that
claimed six million Jewish lives came to an end. To
ensure that the six million did not die in vain and that
the Holocaust never happens again, Temple Ohabei
Shalom will join Jews throughout North America by
participating in the Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle
ProgramTM, a program sponsored by the Federation
of Jewish Men’s Clubs in cooperation with the
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the
North American Federation of Temple Brotherhoods.
Please plan to join your fellow congregants at our
Ohabei Shalom Annual Spring Breakfast with the
Brotherhood on Sunday morning, April 29, 9:30
a.m. The men of Brotherhood will serve up their
usual tasty assortment of lox & eggs, bagels &
cream cheeses, while you are treated to a
discussion by the Director of Boston University’s Elie
Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies. Dr. Steven Katz’
talk is entitled “The Uniqueness of American
Judaism”. We are so pleased to announce that we
will honor TOS’ Ben Adler for his many years of
caring devotion to the Brotherhood and our
synagogue, as we bestow upon him the title of
Ohabei Shalom Person of the Year 2007.
Please consider your own personal expression of
thanks to Ben through an ad to him in our program.
Or, you may wish to take out an ad for your
business. The morning will also feature an exciting
silent auction & raffle, so if you are able to donate
new items, gift certificates, or sports tickets, please
contact Spence Gould at (781) 329-7439, or E-mail:
bhoodbreakfast@ohabei.org.
Program Ad Pricing
Please contact Spence to reserve space!
1/3 page ad - 4.5 wide x 2.0 tall
Business card, enlarged by printer or coupon or $36
ad copy supplied by advertiser
1/2 page ad - 4.5 wide x 3.0 tall $54
Full page ad - 4.5 wide x 6.0 tall $100
Inside Front/Back Cover - 4.5 wide x 6.0 tall $200
Honorable Mention / 1 Line Well Wish $18
As the years pass, the memories of those
who fell victim to the ultimate hate crime must not
diminish. That’s why we are encouraging your
family and every family in Temple Ohabei Shalom to
light just one Yellow Candle on the night of Sunday,
April 15th, 2007 when each family lights a Yellow
Candle, it will increase the awareness of the
Holocaust.
Yom HaShoah candles are a highly visible
symbol for keeping the flame alive. Their color
recalls the badges Jews were forced to wear in
Nazi-occupied Europe, but their flame inspires hope
that we can yet make our world a tolerant place to
live.
Ansin Religious School News
Family Education
Grade 5 Parents and Students
Thank you for helping to make the Gopen
Trip to the TOS Cemetery in East Boston
Library Book Fair a success. We thank our
April 2, 9:15 am – 12:15 pm
many outstanding volunteers for all of their
Our students have been studying the history of Jews
time and dedication:
in America this semester. Join us for this program
specially designed for our Grade 5 Families at the
Dina Brownstein
TOS Cemetery in East Boston as we delve into the
Kim Chused
amazing history of our historic congregation. Please
Alina Duckham
see full ad and sign up form on following page!
Lissa Florman
Marilyn Goldstein
Grade 2 Family Seder
Sunday, April 8 9:15 am – 12:15 pm
Susie Kaim
Join grade 2 students and their parents for their very
Jami Levine
own class seder!
Shari Lisann
Ilene Mogavero
Special Events
Adrienne Shishko
ARS Chocolate Seder
Tuesday, April 10 And as always, we thank Sara Gusky and
An event not to be Hanna Zeiger for their tireless efforts to keep
missed! Learn about our library shelves full of new and exciting
and taste the symbols books.
of Passover - just
made of chocolate. Chocolate covered matzah,
chocolate eggs, bitter chocolate, chocolate for
dipping, Elijah’s cup filled with chocolate milk . .
. and so much more.

Youth Group Events

Final Youth Group Event of the Year!
MOSTY, BOSTY, JOSTY, OSTY…you’re all invited! Mazel Tov to Our
Grades 3 - 12
Canobie Lake Park (Salem, NH) B’nei Mitzah!
Sunday, April 29

No School Nathan Evans

Monday, April 2 April 28, 2007
Passover First Seder Son of Seth Evans and Kimberly
Tuesday, April 3 Nelson
Passover Second Seder
Sunday, April 15 – Sunday, April 22 April
Vacation David Cohen
April 28, 2007
Save the Date Son of Patricia Gani
ARS Shabbat
Friday, May 11, 6 PM Come celebrate the end of the
school year at our OSTY-led service. Join us as we
say goodbye for the summer and thank our
teachers, staff, and graduating seniors.
From the desk of...
Shari Churwin
This year, our students in grades 3 – 7 will once
again have the opportunity to apply what they are
learning in the classroom to a unique experience,
our infamous Chocolate Seder. For the past month
or so, students and teachers have been studying the
parts of the seder so that they can use their
creativity and to create their own Passover rituals
according to our special maggid (story). Here is or
version of the chocolate story of Passover:
Many years ago many Jews lived in Egypt, a
land flowing with chocolate – the roads were
even paved with chocolate bars. They lived
peacefully with the Egyptians for many years,
sharing all of the chocolate riches that Egypt
had to offer. One year there came a new
king who knew not of the sharing of
chocolate. This wicked king, the Pharaoh,
was afraid that the Jews
were eating too much
chocolate so he ordered
them into slavery and
made them build great
pyramids to store and
save the chocolate
riches of Egypt.
The Jews, who were
used to eating chocolate
were very upset. They
wished that they could
have even just a little
chocolate, but the
Pharaoh forbid any
Egyptian from sharing chocolate with the
Jews. They were not allowed to make their
own chocolate or to eat any of the chocolate
at all. Many Jewish parents were sad and
afraid that their children would never have
the sweet taste of chocolate. Many parents
tried to hide their children from the chocolate
oppression by sneaking them out of Egypt
along the Chocolate river.
The Pharaoh’s daughter found a baby in the
chocolate river. She called him Moses
Hershey and he came to live in the palace
with the Egyptian royalty and he could eat as
much chocolate as he wanted. One day as
he was walking home from Chocolate
Making class, he saw an Egyptian guard
taunting a Jew by eating chocolate fudge in
front of him. Moses watched this and
became very angry, so angry that he hit the
guard over the head with a super-sized
chocolate bar. He was so upset by this
incident that he ran away from the palace
and became a cow farmer
(and eventually one of Egypt’s largest
producers of Chocolate Milk).
While on the farm he started a fire to make
some burnt marshmallows for s’mores and
he noticed that the fire did not consume his
marshmallow. Then he heard the voice of
God, who spoke with Moses and told him
that he was a Jew and that the other Jews
needed him to help free them so that they
could once again eat chocolate.
Moses returned to the palace and spoke with
Pharaoh. He calmly said, “Please Pharaoh,
let my people go and eat chocolate.” But
God hardened Pharaoh’s heart
and arteries and he just
wouldn’t listen. Moses had a
Tootsie Roll staff in his hand,
which he turned into some
asparagus (vegetables were
very scary to the Egyptians
who lived on chocolate), but
Pharaoh would not listen. So
Moses tried to bargain with the
Pharaoh, but he just wouldn’t
let them eat chocolate. God
even sent 10 plagues to
punish Pharaoh and the
Egyptians, for example the
river was turned into skim milk,
but he still would not let the Jews eat
chocolate. Finally, the last plague frightened
the Pharaoh and he gave the Jews some
chocolate. But, all of a sudden he changed
his mind again, so the Jews who were baking
bread and eating chocolate had to pack up
and leave. Moses called to the Jews to get
out of there Nestle Quick! It was so rushed
that the bread couldn’t rise and the chocolate
bars on their backs melted – making
chocolate covered matzah, a wonderful
Passover treat.
The Jews raced towards the Chocolate sea
and Moses once again raised his Tootsie
Roll staff and the sea parted making a path
of M & M’s for the Jews to follow to the
desert. When the Egyptians arrived at the
sea their chocolate chariots melted, drowning
 Sunday, April 1
9:15 am - 12: 15 pm During Regular School Hours
(meet at TOS and travel by bus)

Cost: $10 per family

to help cover the cost of the bus

Our students have been studying the history of Jews in America this semester. Join us for
this program specially designed for our Grade 5 Families at the TOS Cemetery in East
Boston as we delve into the amazing history of our historic congregation.

To register for the Grade 5 Family Education Trip to the TOS Cemetery, return this slip
and $10 (per family) to Kate in the ARS office by Tuesday, March 27, 2007.
My son /daughter ________________ has permission to attend the Grade 5 Family Education Trip to the
TOS Cemetery on Sunday, April 1, 2007 and I have signed the Ansin School release form.
Enclosed is cash or a check for $10 (payable to TOS).
Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________________ Date: ________________
Name of Parent who will be attending: _____________________________ Phone: ________________

Food and Book Drive to Kick Off

Mitzvah Day!
Benefiting the Brookline Emergency Food Pantry
Tea bags Cooking oil
Instant coffee Shampoo
Cocoa (packets) Deodorant
Hearty soups Dish soap & Hand
Canned fruit Soap
Canned vegetables Laundry Soap
Jelly/jam Toothbrushes &
Mayonnaise-- Toothpaste
medium size Toilet paper

Bring items to the boxes in Rosenfield Foyer and out-

side the school office.

Jewish Community Relation Council’s Greater

Boston Jewish Literacy Coalition:
BOOK IT Mega Book Drive for the Boston Public
Schools
Help the greater Boston community collect 10,000
books to celebrate 10 years of The Greater Boston
Jewish Coalition for Literacy (GBJCL)
Build classroom libraries in local public and elemen-
tary schools.
Donate new and gently used books for children of
all ages.
Darim & Thank Yous

Thank you to all who participated in Vocals / organizer: Kim Singer

the hugely Keyboard: David Sparr

successful Purim Service... Guitars: Andy O'Connell, David
Sumberg, Philip Onigman
Blessings before
Megillah / King's Drums: Jay Rauch
servants, guards, &
scribes / Greek Powerpoint English translation
Chorus: operator: Matthew Onigman
Sophia Mosner-Koor,
Micah Katz-Zeiger, With special thanks to: Jeff, Shari, Avi, Jessica,
Ashley Davidson, Parents of involved kids, Custodial staff
Sophia Tepermeister, Eliza Klein, Abby Alfaro, Jay
Rauch, Max Tepermeister
Special Birthdays
King Ahashverosh Ezra Plancon (with a thingy Toby Crawford
under the C that I don't know how to do) Kathryn Bechler
Michael H. Zack
Queen Vashti Tova Rubenoff (double check Sharon A. Levine
the spelling of her first name -- h?) Sara Scolnick
Carol I. Daynard
Guests at parties / hopeful Queen Caryl N. Hurwitz
replacements: ladies and gentlemen of the 5th Jay Marlin
grade at ARS Marjorie S. Kahn
Edward M. Bloom
Memukhan, King's advisor: Matthew D'Artista Judith Palefsky
Paul Levenson
Mordechai, hero: Jeremy Leibovitch Beverly Goody
Jane Barber
Esther, heroine: Hannah Rimm Sheldon Rotenberg
Bigtan, would-be regicide: Abby Alfaro
Special Anniversaries
Teresh, would-be regicide: Max Tepermeister Lee Glickenhaus & Victoria Moskowitz
Joseph Rancatore & Nancy Lowenstein
Haman, bad guy: Rabbi Alpert Donald R. Hootstein & Belinda Walters
Eliot & Kyra Berson
Zeresh, Haman's evil wife: Kitty Alpert
Welcome New Members
Hatakh, Queen's Alexander and Marina Zelfond
messenger: Eliza Klein
Special Thanks
Harvona, King's servant: Jay
Temple Ohabei Shalom would like to recognize the
Rauch
generous donation of Jewish texts and Artwork by
Dana Tarutz
Mitzvah Day commercial: Ladies
& Gentlemen of ARS 7th Grade
and
Narrator / Megillah
The Estate of Bernice H. Siegel for the generous
reader : Shana Onigman
donation made to the endowment.
Worship
Shabbat Rishon:
Music Shabbat featuring the Healing Service
compositions of Yehezkel Braun A Service for the healing of the Spirit

Winner of the Israel Prize for Music Thursday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Chapel.

Modern medicine addresses healing of the

April 6, 8:00 p.m. body. When it comes to healing of the spirit,
however, other resources must be
On April 6 for Shabbat Rishon/Music Shabbat, the col- mobilized.
laborative choir will be singing Yehezkel Braun’s Sabbath
Evening Service, composed in 1971, as the music for the Join us as we come together as a
services. community to seek spiritual well-being: a
sense of wholeness, perspective, fulfillment,
Matthew Onigman will be conducting, David Sparr will be
accompanying. Soloists will include students from He- and comfort.
brew College's Cantor-Educator Program. The choir will
be made up of members of Ohabei Shalom's Our creative service, led by Rabbi Alpert and
choir, members of the a cappella group Honorable Men- Cantor Onigman, will take place
schen, students of Hebrew College's Cantor-
Thursday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Educator Program, and members of the community.
Chapel.
We hope to see you there!

Monday—Thursday 8:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Thank you to our Greeters!
Friday 8:00 a.m. The following congregants have been greeters at
Saturday 6:00 p.m.
Daily Worship

services during the past month. Thank you to those

Sundays & Holidays 9:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. who help create a welcoming environment for all
Ohabei Shalom is the area’s only Reform who enter our synagogue on Shabbat.
synagogue providing daily prayer for those in
need of solace or a quiet moment of Joe Kriesberg
introspection. Stan Keizer
Eddie, Betsy, Sam and Lauren Jacobs
Each Daily Worship leader commits to Ben Adler
one 20-minute weekly service. To become The Mosner-Koor Family
a leader, please call Harold E. Koritz, Spence and Betsy Gould
Chairman of Religious Practices at Ita Wiener
(617)734-2008. marilyn Goldstein
Mike Whitman
The Seldin-Stein Family
April Candle Lighting Times The Lisann-Shore Family

6 - 6:57 p.m. 20 - 7:13p.m. To become a greeter, please call the synagogue

13 - 7:05 p.m. 27 - 7:20 p.m. office at 617-277-6610...
Save the Date & Community Corner
Save the date!
Scholar-In-Residence
Weekend
Jewish Values in a Time of Crisis
Rabbi David Saperstein, J.D.
Director, Religious Action Center of
Reform Judaism, Washington, D.C.
May 18 – 20
Described by the Washington Post as the
“quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill,”
Rabbi David Saperstein has represented the Re-
form Movement to Congress for thirty years. An en-
gaging speaker who has appeared on numerous
television news and talk shows, he is also a scholar
who teaches at Georgetown Law School. He will be
discussing how to look at the major issues of today
from a Jewish perspective.
Community Corner…
Many synagogue members have been searching for
a forum to voice opinions, promote causes and
make congregants aware of issues close to them. If
you would like to submit information to the
community corner, please call 617-277-6610.
New Jewish Singles Group
A new Jewish singles group on the Internet has
formed for those over age 40 in Boston. Become a
member for free and attend local meetups at
minimal cost. Our member Ted Behr, is the
organizer for the group. http://singles.meetup.com/878/
Let Your Voice Be Heard
Iran's recent Holocaust denial conference and the
threat by the president of that country to "wipe Israel
off the map," might appear to the rest of the world as
the rantings of a fanatic. While that may be the
case, it is crucial for us as Jews to speak out against
such ignorance, hatred, and blatant Holocaust
denial. Currently in many congregations across the
US, Jewish and Christian, congregants have been
writing letters to their representatives in Congress,
urging them to support H.CON.RES.21, calling on
the UN Security Council to charge Iranian President
Ahmadinejad of Iran with violating the UN charter
and the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
At Temple Ohabei Shalom, we have a long history of
speaking out against injustice and of holding up our
heads proudly as Jews. By joining in this letter
writing campaign we can perpetuate that tradition
and continue to hold our heads up proudly as Jews.
Here is a copy of the letter. You may alter it if you
wish. You can obtain the email address of your
congressman by going to http://www.house.gov/
writerep/, selecting Massachusetts (for state) and
then typing your 9 digit zip code. You may also
track the progress of this bill by going to the
following site:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hc110-
21. For further information contact Sara K. Scolnick
skscolnick@comcast.net.
Dear :
The Iranian regime hosted a Holocaust denial
conference, mocking the murder of 11 million Jews
and Gentiles. It seeks regional dominance and
spreads Islamic extremism. The President of Iran
repeatedly calls for The destruction of Israel and
defies the international community by developing
nuclear capabilities to carry out the threat. Iran¹s
hate-filled Incitement to genocide must stop. I urge
you to support H.CON.RES.21, calling on the United
Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations
Charter, because of his calls for the destruction of a
UN Member State. It is time for the international
community to recognize Iran as a global threat and
to take immediate and clear action.
Thank you very much.
(your name)
April Funds
General Fund
Donor Wishing A Speedy Recovery To
Robert & Helen Sawyer Matthew Sawyer
Sophia Solow
Stephen Ardizzoni
In Honor Of
Martin & Shari Lisann Shore Ben Adler’s Special Birthday
In Memory Of
Shelley Schwartz Rachel Klain
Debra Sheff & Lisa Mancini Daisy Berler
Joseph & Barbara Frank Daisy Berler
The Siegal Family Daisy Berler
Peter D. Gens Daisy Berler

Minyan Fund
Donor In Memory Of
Gerald & Toby Penn Dina Penn
Nathan Levine Sarah Levine
Aron Rivin Israil Rivin
Rita Cohen Max Ginsberg
Elinor Gaynor Nathan Weiss
John & Beth Gamel Lenore Cohn
George & Harriet Greenfield Judith Greenfield
Ann Collier Charles E. Smith
Aileen B. Cabitt Rebecca Cohen
Stanley Rothenberg Louis Rothenberg
Janet Berkley Esther Berkley
Samuel & Anita Lang Leibowitz Sidney A. Lang
Natalie Dilyock Sylvia Schoenbaum
Stanley & Adele Brown Esther Brown
Harold & Sylvia Koritz Rose Levenson
Morris Greenbaum Mary Polak
Kyra Berson Francoise Kaplan
Corrine Gilbert Sydney Ellis
Alex Gilbert
Robert Levine Hyman Levine
Lori A. Meads-Belz James Meads
Ita Wiener Sally Keller
Kyra Berson Jacob S. Merriman
Nelda S. Maltz Bell B. Shapiro
Shirley Eisenberg Lena Helman
Natalie E. Libby Miriam Hillson Morse
Irwin Katz Jennette Katz
Arthur & Doris Zich Josephone Wilinsky Zich
The Shurdut Family Ritz Cohen Shurdut
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Donor In Honor Of
Ben Adler Jordan Meyer’s Bat Mitzvah
Berenson Library Fund
Donor In Memory Of
Cynthia Berenson Theodore W. Berenson
Yizkor Elohim - May God Remember
Daisy Berler mother of Donald Berler
Paul Katz brother of Estelle Katz
Seymour Koritz brother of Harold Koritz
William Resnick great uncle of David Fox

Those listed below are recorded in our Book of Remembrance, Windows or on Memorial Plaques. An asterisk
indicates that the plaque will be illuminated during the week of yahrzeit.

April 1 – 7 (13 – 19 Nisan) Manley Rockman * Louis Hoffstadt Pauline Fine

Hyman Alman Benjamin Rose John Hurwitz Gusta H. Fleisher *
Sally Aronson Harry Rosenberg Ruth L. Issokson * Rebecca Frank
Jennie Barber Nathan Rubin * Helen I. Katzman * Himan H. Frieze
Sophie Beal * Benjamin Sack Raymond S. Levine * Bernard Glagovsky
Sybil Berman Lillian P. Sawyer * Edward H. Lipkin * Dora Goldkrand
Betty Bernhardt * Ettie Scheinberg David Magid Benjamin Maurice Gordon *
Morris Berson Shirley R. Schwartz * Edythe Mannos * Sarah Greenbaum
Leo Bolan Rose Ruth Shinberg * Ruth Metz Stanley Grossman
Ann Catherine Brown Robert M. Singer William Miller Mathilda P. Harris
Lillian R. Brown Henri H. Smith-Hutton * Morris Mosesohn Mary Hirsch
Jacob Chleck * Barnet Sobell * Julius Nelson * Alice Isenberg *
Alexander Cohen Sidney Spielman * Louis Nelson Stephen Joel
Elmore T. Cohen Gilbert Stein Nathan M. Nelson Ella J. Kahn *
Sarah E. Cohen Irving Stein Jane S. Prager Abram Kaplan *
Louise Copeland * Edward T. Stern * David E. Rosengard * Alden Kardaris
Esther Davidson Louis Traster * Anna B. Sadow * Rose Kudisch
Rosa Elentuch Dora Fox Wilker * Philip Sagoff * William David Lane *
Mirriam W. Felman Annie B. Wyner * Max Saslaw Mildred A. Lehner *
Benjamin Geller * Abraham Wyzanski Meyer J. Sawyer * Philip Levi
Nathan Gerber David Yarchin Carrie R. Schooner Murray H. Litch *
Frances M. Ginsburg * Tillie H. Yosselsohn * Irene P. Sharlin Eva Willis Marlin *
Harris Ginsburg * Mollie Zabarsky Esther R. Shrago * Doris M. Mosesohn
Alex Goldkrand Herbert Zimmer Robert M. Singer Julia W. Myerson *
Fanny Gorbachov Sumner Small Charles Namiot
Bessie Gordon * April8 - 14 (20 – 26 Nisan) George M. Spack * Manuel Nizel *
Kurt Halberstadt Jacob Barber Bella Stone Murray Nussinow *
Abraham Hartman Julius Baron * Betty Wiseman * Jennie R. Perlis
Emanuel Isenberg * Richard M. Barron * Joseph Zabarsky * Henry Solomon Price
Morris Kalisky Bunny Ben-Ari Hyman Zimmer Rose Solomon Rubin *
Hy Kaplowitz Joseph S. Berger * Morris Sepinuck
Ethel Kassner Rose Eva Berger * April 15 - 21 (27 Nisan – Julius Shalek *
G. Jed Kushner * Ida Bernson 3 Iyar) Belle T. Shulman *
Ralph M. Leeser Gertrude I. Bloom * Joseph O. Abrams * Rose Sobel
Julius Levengston Rosalyn Brightman * Ursula Alpert Harris Sobell *
Simon L. Levin * J. Henry Brody * Minna Anthony Fannie Somer
Arthur Liebman Adele Landau Bulian Irving L. Baron * Jack P. Strachman *
Fritz Loeb Mary Burkhardt Harry A. Bass Jeanne Swartz *
William London * Annie Wingersky Cohen Alexander Beal * Bella R. Tallen
Howard Mason Leah Bernson Cohen Rebecca Held Brenner * Israel Trustman *
Anna Maurice Samuel L. Dana * Abraham H. Bunshoft * Nathalie Linsky Wells *
Frances E. Nigrosh * Myer Daniels Louis M. Croan David Williams *
Sadye Orloff Syril Dresner * Rebecca H. Dana *
Frederick Penn Abraham Endler * Leah E. Daniels * April 22 - 30 (4 – 12 Iyar)
Max Plovnick Benjamin Fields Robert I. Ectman * Charles R. Abrams *
Benjamin Posner Frank Goldfarb * George Ehrenfried Rose Archer
Edward Pransky Henry Goodman James A. Eisenberg * Raymond Bempechat
Benjamin Rakowsky Herbert B. Harris Evelyn M. Favermann Morris Berman
Jack Rizman Florence R. Haysman Jacob C. Feldman * Isabelle Bloom
Julius Dangel * Hyman Abraham Murray Spiewak *
Claire S. Daniels Magazine Julius Spitz
David Dickerman Mose Mechaber Max Starr *
Rachel Feinberg Norman Michaelson Charlotte Stepansky
Max Feldberg * Florence Grossman Mode Max Trockman *
Benjamin Fisher Bernice Nollman * Rhoda Turek
Jacob Franklin * Helen L. Odence * Harriet Weiler
Mimi Fratkin Harry Olins * Mabel Wingersky *
Fannie E. Frieze Cecile Orenberg * Lillian Wolfe
Herman H. Golding Rimma Palkovskaya Rosa Wollenberg
Eleanor Irene Goldinger Issac Samuel Pinkerton * Annie Yarrin
Harry A. Goldkrand * Bessie Ralby * Clara H. Yavner
Connie Goldstein Hilda Raphael *
Jacob Goose * Rose Raphael
Louis M. Gropman * Asher Ratshesky
Maurice H. Horblit * Samuel Rodman
Evelyn Hornstein * Martin Douglas Rosenfield
Carrie A. Janock *
Harry Janock William Rubin *
Frieda Kachelnik Ida Sable
Maria Kandiner Louis Z. Sanger
Cele Kanter * Herman Schultz
Emma D. Kaplan * Otto Schwartz *
Mildred Kimball * Kenneth Stephen
Morris Kravitz Sherman *
Barbara Kushner * Charles Shulman *
Elliot J. Labourene Rubin Sklar *
Julius Leeser Morris Slosberg *
Dorothy M. Nesson George Edwin Smith
Levenson Ira Smith *
Harry Levine Barney Smokler
Wilbur Liberman Frederick W. Solomon
Morris Louis Sarah Sorkin
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April Shabbat, Yom Tov Celebrations & Events

1 Sunday 9:15 a.m. Grade 5 Family Education Program 20 Friday 6;00 p.m. Erev Shabbat

2 Monday First Seder, Office closes at 3 p.m. 21 Saturday 10:15 a.m. Shabbat Services

3 Tuesday 10:15 a.m. Passover Services, Second Seder 22 Sunday Erev Yom Hazikaron
Office Closed
23 Monday Yom Ha’Atzmaut
6 Friday 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Rishon: Musical Shabbat
27 Friday 6:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat
7 Saturday 10:15 a.m. Shabbat Services
28 Saturday 10:15 a.m. Shabbat Services
8 Sunday 9:15 a.m. Grade 2 Family Education Program B’nei Mitzvah of David Cohen and
Nathan Evans
11:00 p.m. Torah Study with Rabbi Alpert
29 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Brotherhood Breakfast
9 Monday Office Closed

10 Tuesday 3:30 p.m. ARS Chocolate Seder May

12 Thursday 7:00 p.m. Healing Service 5 Friday 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Rishon

13 Friday 6:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat 6 Saturday 10:15 a.m. Shabbat Services

14 Saturday 10:15 a.m. Shabbat Services

Erev Yom Hashoah

15 Sunday Yom Hashoah

16 Monday Patriots Day—Office Closed

Thomas M. Alpert Rabbi

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Emily Gopen Lipof Rabbi Emerita On April 1, 2006
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Steven Davis
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