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KI Info A Few Days With Friends Kehillah CORE VALUE President’s Dinner and Shabbat services with 5,000 of the warmth and inclusiveness of its members Message your closest friends: a rare occurrence but a to each other, and to those considering joining. Shabbat I look forward to every two years. I Programming is wonderful; it may draw an Arnold Meshkov was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Union individual or family through your doors, but if President of Reform Judaism (URJ) Biennial convention people do not feel welcomed and heard, then the in Orlando, Florida. is event is a great event they are attending becomes just another Save collaboration of the leaders of the URJ, and a event, one of many such events available every the Date meeting of Reform Jews from all over North week in a large city like Philadelphia. Spring America. It is nice to be reminded of how large Gala and influential our movement has become, and to A strong additional message this year was Weekend hear from many of the young, vital leaders of our the importance of “Tikkun Olam,” emphasizing April 8 - movement, including rabbis, cantors, educators, the special imperative that we as Jews have been 10, 2016 and committed lay leaders. given to help heal the world. is commitment should be paramount at our temples. Serious Whenever I go to a Biennial, it allows me to involvement with social action projects gives back view the Reform world from “30,000” feet. ere to the greater community, but also builds bonds is great good, great learning, and great application between our congregants that will strengthen our of the traditions and texts of our faith to our movement. day-to-day lives, applications that offer greater depth and spirituality. And the music – to hear At KI, we are listening to these strong the music that our movement has generated, and messages from our national movement. For our completely changed the sound of Jewish music professional and lay leadership, the practice of as a whole, is inspiring. e song session alone “Audacious Hospitality” has been a part of our held after Shabbat dinner is worth the price of work for some time. Just this year, we have begun admission. two new Social Action programs, one involving school tutoring and the other in feeding the e Union is gifted with a wonderful leader, hungry. Both of these are off to a great start, Rabbi Rick Jacobs. Rabbi Jacobs is an articulate but need more people to be involved and serious and charismatic thinker and speaker. He and nurturing over time to have the impact we want. the Reform movement also discuss candidly the problems facing the Reform movement and We are barraged by electronic information the American Jewish world. e problems of these days, and told that this YouTube video is synagogue affiliation is hardly limited to Eastern something we “must see.” For some inspirational Montgomery County, and across the country information about our Reform movement, to many congregations have begun merging and see most of the speakers and details of this collaborating, between Reform and other Reform year’s Biennial, sit down for an hour and log on temples, and also Reform and Conservative to ReformJudaism.org. As an added benefit, synagogues. you can search for and read Rabbi Sussman’s contributions about the history of the movement e URJ and Rabbi Jacobs have made the and American Judaism. I guarantee it will be time concept of “Audacious Hospitality” a key cultural well spent. objective. e value of joining and participating in synagogue life must be seen and felt through Stay warm, both physically and spiritually, this challenging time of the year. Pretty soon there will be talk of baseball, golf, and Passover. Oh! What a Night! Federation Housing residents were treated to a beautiful evening full of good food and song, thanks to all of the dedicated KI staff and volunteers who made this such a wonderful evening.2 JANUARY 2016

From the Bimah2016: A Year of Learning Limmud CORE VALUE As the New Year begins, I have been thinking opportunities. I like to organize and share Rabbi’sa great deal about my work at KI and what I love information and ideas. I like to “connect the dots” Messagethe most. I’m blessed because I get to do so many between what I learn in different subjects. I like todifferent things as part of my work as a rabbi and teach. Rabbi Lance J.there really isn’t anything I don’t like to do. But SRuasbsbmi Laann, Pceh.JD. .what stands out above the rest for me is learning With all that in mind, I’ve been thinking about Sussman, Ph.D.and teaching. the year ahead at KI and how I can teach more in our congregational setting. In particular, I’ve been I guess I’m naturally a student. In my free thinking about how to bring the joy of learningtime (not really sure what that means in my and the joy of Jewish study to you as individualscase), I study. I read. I learn. I look things up. I and as families. Together with my wonderful staff,spend too many hours on the Internet. I read we are working on ways of making 2016 the bestnewspapers from around the world. I study year “ever” (as they say) of Jewish learning at KI.different languages. I prepare lectures and outlinesfor scheduled programs and for programs yet to Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy whatever it is thatbe announced. I peruse the dozens and dozens you love to do; and that you will dedicate part ofof new books with which I surround myself. I the New Year to the pursuit of greater knowledge.study the weekly Torah portion and now, Rashi’s It all counts and it all helps. And, hopefully, somecommentary (11th century, France). I look at of that learning and growing will include somemaps and art and then I write some more. at’s significant Jewish content whether it is fiction orwhat free time is to me. history or by thought. Maybe, the New Year will be a time of increasing your knowledge of Hebrew In public, what I like to do is teach. I like to or your first shot at it.teach in a classroom setting. I like to teach inadult program settings. I like to run seminars. I Judaism is all about learning and growing. Let’slike to use my preaching opportunities as teaching do both, together, in the year ahead. Shana Tova (So to speak!)Members in the News SUNDAYS AT 10:00AM KI at Your FingertipsRuth Berkowitz, January 10 Worshipa congregant since 1965 and a Cantor Levy Remember toteacher in our Religious School, check e-KI for therecently sent the following note January 24 Social Action latest KI weeklyto Rabbi Sussman: “Thank you Rabbi Sussman news and events.so much for your wonderfulletter regarding my 91st birthday, February 7 Jewish Thought Our MainI am so fortunate. I appreciate Rabbi Sussman Sanctuary isyour letter and your good looped for thosewishes! I taught at KI for many Contact Clergy Office who have T Coil-years and it was a wonderful to RSVP: Enabled Hearingexperience. aids or cochlear implantMany thanks, Ruth Berkowitz.” 215-887-8702 processors. Additionally, the FM system is also available.Want to suppor t KI? Call 215-887-8700 or visit w w w.kenesethis rael.org. Thank you! SHALOM KI 3

From the BimahCantor’s Old York Road Kehillah Presents “Old York Road Story:Message Leonard Bernstein Tribute And Retrospective”Amy E. Levy e Cantors and Choirs of the Old York Road is 18-minute piece is one of his most popular and isCantor Corridor will present “Old York Road Story: Leonard performed by choirs and orchestras worldwide. Bernstein Tribute and Retrospective,” on Sunday afternoon, January 31 at 4:00 p.m. in the Main Also on our program are the composer’s electric Sanctuary of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. arrangement of the Israeli song, Simhu Na, and his For the 11th consecutive year, our community’s setting of the Shabbat evening prayer, Hashkiveinu. Cantors and their choruses will join together for Our singers and instrumentalists will present selections a spectacular program of music composed by the from Bernstein’s most popular shows, West Side Story preeminent musical personality of the twentieth and Candide, as well as selections from Mass and other century. More than 90 singers from five congregations song cycles. will sing in the combined choirs, together with a professional instrumental ensemble. Cantor David F. Tilman serves as Music Director and Conductor. Under his direction, the annual Born in 1918, Maestro Bernstein shared his Winter/Hanukkah Concert combining the Old York creativity and genius with the entire world as composer Road Jewish musical ensembles first took place in of both classical and theatrical music. He was a virtuoso 2004. Cantor Tilman is conductor of Shir KI, the pianist, a superb conductor of orchestras all over the adult chorus of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, world, including the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Associate Professor at the Miller Cantorial School of Philharmonic, and the Vienna Symphony, and a music the Jewish eological Seminary, and Cantor Emeritus educator to multiple generations of children and adults of Beth Sholom Congregation. at universities, summer festivals, and on television programs too numerous to count. Participating as soloists are Cantors Amy Levy of Keneseth Israel, Howard Glantz of Congregation Maestro Bernstein was both a knowledgeable and Adath Jeshurun, Elena Zarkh of Old York Road committed Jew and passionate Zionist. He knew Temple-Beth Am, Jeffrey Weber of Beth Sholom Hebrew and Jewish music. Bernstein utilized elements Congregation, and Rebecca Schwartz, Cantorial Soloist drawn from his Jewish identity in many compositions of Congregation Kol Ami. Andrew Senn and Mark throughout his life. Daugherty, virtuoso organists of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel and Beth Am, respectively, will Our January 31st program will feature selections accompany the program on both organ and piano. from both his secular and Jewish music. As we approach the centennial anniversary of his birth, is Bernstein retrospective,“Old York Road we recognize Bernstein’s artistry as integral to our Story,” will be an event not to be missed. Join us on collective musical and Jewish experiences. Sunday afternoon, January 31 at 4:00 p.m. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Tickets are available from e featured work on the program is Chichester Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. For additional Psalms, a setting of six Hebrew Psalms from the Bible information contact Cantor Amy Levy at written in 1965 for the Chichester Abbey in England. 215-887-8702, or the Keneseth Israel office. Thanks for the Memories! It was a blast from the past for all attending the Senior Planning Committee’s first event, A Stroll Down Memory Lane. Yearbooks and records were out on display, and a pink ‘57 t-bird was in the synagogue driveway. Save the date for the next event on March 31st!4 JANUARY 2016

WorshipTu BiShvat KI On The Radio Tu BiShvat means the fifteenth day of Shevat, the fifth month in the Hebrew calendar.  It is also WWDB 860 AMknown as the New Year of the Trees. Shabbat Morning Service at 10 a.m. Scholars believe that Tu BiShvat was originally an agricultural festival, marking the beginning of includes aspring. After the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. this holiday was a way for Jews to symbolically broadcast of Fridayremind themselves of their homeland by eating foods that could be found in Israel. Some marked the Night’s Sermon.day by eating fifteen different types of fruits.  Fruits from Israel such as olives, dates, grapes, figs, and Radio broadcastspomegranates were served.  Of special note is the carob.  Carob trees take many years to bear fruit, so are sponsored by theTyson Radio they remind us of our obligation to plant for our children Fund. and grandchildren.  We must take good care of the earth so that we leave a healthy world to those who will come after us. In the seventeenth century Kabbalists created a ritual for Tu BiShvat similar to the Passover Seder. is ceremony focused on eating several varieties of fruit and drinking four different colors of wine. Today, the holiday has also become a tree planting festival, in which both Israelis and Jews around the world plant trees in honor or in memory of a loved one or friend. KI will hold a Tu BiShvat Celebration on January 22. 5:45 p.m. Tot Shabbat, 6:15 p.m. Israeli-Style Dinner, 7:00 p.m. Family Service or Preschool Briarbush Program, 8:00 p.m. Oneg and Briarbush Kids Program. (For more information on this holiday, consult urj.org)Here’s the Ticket! January Worship Schedule:H]L [OL KH[L MVY Friday, January 1 Saturday, January 9 7:00 p.m.Tu BiShvat20»Z YK (UU\HS 4V]PL 5PNO[ Shabbat Shemot – 9:00 a.m.Torah Study Family Service w/Shir Joy 7YL6ZJHY 7HY[` Exodus 1:1 10:30 a.m. Shabbat:\UKH` -LIY\HY`   6:00 p.m. Shabbat Morning Service Saturday, January 23H[ ! WT Evening Service 9:00 a.m.Torah Study Friday, January 15 10:30 a.m. Shabbat4VYL KL[HPSZ [V JVTL Saturday, January 2 Shabbat Bo – Morning Service 9:00 a.m.Torah Study Exodus 10:1 Bar Mitzvah of Mark Shur 10:30 a.m. Shabbat 8:00 p.m. MLK Shabbat 5:30 p.m. 4th Grade Morning Service Evening Service Havdalah Service Friday, January 8 Saturday, January 16 Monday, January 25 ShabbatVaera – 9:00 a.m.Torah Study Tu BiShvat Exodus 6:2 10:30 a.m. Shabbat 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Morning Service Friday, January 29 Evening Service Bar Mitzvah of Samuel Shabbat Yitro – Isaac Shatoff Exodus 18:1 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Shabbat Service Friday, January 22 Saturday, January 30 Shabbat Shira – 9:00 a.m.Torah Study Beshalah – Exodus 13:17 10:30 a.m. Shabbat 5:45 p.m.Tot Shabbat Morning ServiceWant to suppor t KI? Call 215-887-8700 or visit w w w.kenesethis rael.org. Thank you! SHALOM KI 5

Youth and Education JQuest B’Yachad – A Look at the First Trimester JQuest As we move toward the start of the secular year, I will read for Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Many of these works wanted to take the opportunity to share how JQuest are featured in our hallways or on jquest.org. Rabbi Stacy B’Yachad, our groundbreaking collaboration, is Eskovitz Rigler, progressing. e good news is… it’s better than anyone Hebrew learning and prayer comprehension is Director of could have imagined. flourishing. At the same time our Hebrew program Religious is growing. All of our students, grades K-6, can Education ere is a positive, inclusive atmosphere. At the understand basic Hebrew commands and regularly initial announcement, KI congregants were concerned learn Hebrew words associated with the holidays and Preschool about acceptance. rough specific and intentional Jewish life. Our 2nd-6th grade students participate in News training, our teachers and our new community have services, following along in Hebrew, and our 3rd – 5th worked hard to ensure that all students and families grade students are able to explain the concepts of the Liz Sussman, feel accepted and welcomed for who they are as Jewish prayers and how they connect with them. Our 5th and M.Ed. families. We are working to form friendships beyond 6th grade students work with an individual teacher in Director of Early those that initially existed and will be introducing small groups to make sure they can decode the Hebrew Childhood family programming to ensure that parents are also letters at a pace that is just right for them. And our 6th Education forming a community. and 7th grade students are using all of this knowledge6 JANUARY 2016 to produce their very own Bar and Bat Mitzvah visual Students are learning real, significant Jewish content. presentations for their special day. Collaboration breeds innovation. e chance to work with new lay and professional leaders has allowed us Any type of change takes some adjustment. e to examine our curriculum and ensure it is the very JQuest program, launched two and a half years ago, best. It’s true teachers no longer stand in front of is unlike any other. ough it combines the best in the class with students looking at textbooks. Instead, Jewish educational practice, the methods are not “tried students learn about core topics of Jewish life, digging and true” and so it understandably brought anxiety to deep into specific areas of content. e Kindergarten the parents and discomfort to some kids. Collaborating made a book about the three synagogues and their with two Conservative synagogues brought more professional leaders. e First Grade researched Jewish opportunity for uneasiness. I want to thank the values and shared them with our preschool students. families for their trust in our synagogue’s leadership Second Grade designed tzedakah bags for the school and their willingness to participate in something new. and taught them about the value of giving tzedakah. We are making big changes, but we believe that they are in the best interests of our students, so that they may ird Grade produced a 15-minute video on the Jewish have a Jewish education that is full of friendships and holidays. Fourth Grade researched areas in Israel and deep learning, and helps them become Jewish adults in presented a travel agency. e Fifth Grade researched every sense of the word. We may not have arrived yet, their family’s immigration story and the Sixth Grade but we are on our way. made presentations based on the Torah portion they Looking Back, Looking Ahead think “Mensch Bench” as part of who we are. If that wasn’t enough, we also celebrated Hanukkah e year 2015 ended on a warm note at the KI Preschool. First, we collected winter clothing and 5776/2015 in style. We told the story of Judah school supplies for a Preschool in Wilmington which Maccabee and their struggle for freedom. We learned serves underprivileged children. All the gifts and materials were placed about the ancient Temple, its on our new “Mensch Menorah and the miracle of the Bench” (a beautiful, oil. We made pictures, learned decorated park bench Hanukkah songs, ate latkes and and its permanent recited the blessings (did I say resident “sitter,” Mr. “Bench?”) and celebrated our Mensch). e Yiddish festival of lights with joy and word “mensch” happiness. means a truly good person who always So 2015 came to a beautiful thinks of others and close at our Preschool. Now, after “bench” in Yiddish a little winter break we will be actually means to say ready for the New Year, 2016. a blessing as in the It may get cold outside! It may word “benediction.” snow! e wind may blow and the So a “Mensch Bench” is literally “a good person’s prayer.” windows creak. But it’s going to be It’s a two language, double play on words but what warm inside and we are going to be busy with all our it really is, is something beautiful, memorable and friends, our programs and our music. 2016 is going to inspiring. We want all of our kids (and ourselves) to be a great year at the KI Preschool. Wishing everyone a healthy, happy 2016!

In Our Community What is a Yad? The pointer, or yad, was developed to aid in reading theTorah.Yad literally means ‘hand,’ as traditionally the end of it is shaped like a hand with the fore- finger pointing forward. Before the 16th century theTorah was read by pointing with one’s index finger to the words. This made it difficult for the person called to theTorah to see the script and follow the reading. It also damaged theTorah scroll as deposits of grease would build up over time and mark the scroll. By developing the yad, the problem was solved. It was designed as a hand rather than just a pointer to represent the hand of the reader. A yad makes a wonderful B’nai Mitzvah gift. Stop in our WKI Gift Shop and Gallery to see the beautiful yads we have available for purchase! KIFTY KIFTY had a busy December! JYK, which is a weekend program for 6th, 7th, 8th graders at Camp Harlam, started off our month. Many of our KIFTY teens and NFTY678 members had a blast! We had our Hanukkah event on December 19th and also helped out on Mitzvah Day! KIFTY is busy planning many exciting events for our 2nd to 12th graders as we bring in the NewYear! On Friday, November 20, JQuest B’Yachad sixth graders led a SHALOM KI 7 beautiful Family Shabbat Evening Service.Want to suppor t KI? Call 215-887-8700 or visit w w w.kenesethis rael.org. Thank you!

Lifelong LearningGreat New Titles at Meyers LibraryBy Ellen Tilman with a neighbor, and she never came home again. Library Mixing fact and fiction, Jillian Cantor re-imagines Programs At January is One Book One Jewish Community the life of that neighbor, and the Rosenbergs. a GlanceMonth at the Meyers Library. is year’s selectionis A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka Do you like to cook? Come to the library and January 10by Lev Golinkin. is memoir tells the story of a take a look at Michael Solomonov’s new cookbook, OBOJC AuthorJewish family fleeing persecution in the Ukraine and Zahav. You are sure to find something to add to Event: Lev Golinkina young man seeking to understand his past. e your repertoire.citywide program begins with a Conversation with Automation Update January 26the Author at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday January 10, Adult Book2016 at Gratz College, which is free and open to the We are hard at work on the library automation. Discussion:community. A variety of sponsorship opportunities I expect that we will have entered over 7,500 A Backpack, A Bear,are available. Copies of the book will be available titles into our system when you are reading this. and Eight Crates offor purchase and autographing by the author. e Volunteers are needed to help process every book VodkaMeyers Library has copies of A Backpack, A Bear the Meyers Library. We have a scanner that helpsand Eight Crates of Vodka for you to borrow and enter the needed information. Contact Ellen for Trees for Israelread. more details and to volunteer.Adult Book Discussion Group If you wish to If you would like to receive information on new purchase a tree, in On Tuesday January 26 at 1:30 p.m., the Adult acquisitions, library events and updates please send memory or honor ofBook Discussion Group will explore A Backpack, your email address to [email protected] a loved one, in theA Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka. is is a and ask to be added to our special Meyers Library KI Forest in Israel,moderated book discussion and not a book review. list. please contact theParticipants are expected to share their insights, Do You Need Service Hours? Become a Library KI Office, 215-reactions and comments with others who have also Volunteer 887-8700.We willread the book. Bring a bag lunch (dessert will be be happy to mailprovided) and share your reactions to this work. Are you a High School student looking for a a beautiful treeFuture Book Discussion dates are: March 15 and service project? e Meyers Library is looking certificate for you.May 10. for volunteers. We can design a volunteer project The cost is $15.75,Jewish Film Series to meet your interests and skills. Spend Sunday checks are payable morning or Tuesday after school in the Meyers to: KI Forest, e Meyers Library is sponsoring a Jewish Film Library and earn service hours. Join the friendly 8339 OldYork RoadSeries in conjunction with the KI Community volunteers who keep our library up to date. If Elkins, Park, PANight Program and e Temple Judea Museum. you would like to volunteer, e-mail library@ 19027. kenesethisrael.org or call: 215-887-8700, x 122. e final film in the series, e Woman in Gold, will Library Kindlesbe shown on Tuesday evening April 5.Large Print Books e Meyers Library has two Kindles which you may borrow. ese E-readers are preloaded with Did you know that the Meyers Library has a our most popular titles. If you are thinking aboutseparate cart of LARGE PRINT books? Come purchasing a Kindle for yourself, borrowing oneand see our selection of both fiction and nonfiction from the library is a way to take a “test drive.” Youbooks. We will even special order a large print can adjust the type size on a Kindle to meet yourJewish book for you. vision needs. Kindles may only be borrowed duringNew Books regular library hours. Ted Merwin has written Pastrami on Rye: An e Meyers Library is a wireless computer zone.Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli. is well- Bring your laptop or explore the latest book arrivalsdocumented history begins in Eastern Europe and in your KI home. e Library is open on Tuesdaytakes one to the present day. e first use of the and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and onworld deli in the United States was in 1875. isbook is enlightening and entertaining. ursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We are also open on Sunday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 e Hours Count by Jillian Cantor is historical p.m. and on Tuesday afternoons from 4:00 to 6:00fiction about a woman who befriends Ethel and p.m., whenever JQuest B’Yachad is in session. VisitJulius Rosenberg, the only Americans put to death our book carts Friday evenings after services.for spying during the Cold War. e day Ethel was Make the KI Library your home away from home.first arrested in 1950, she left her two young sons8 JANUARY 2016

Lifelong LearningHollywood’s Take on Nazi-Era Stolen Art Ahavat Israel CORE VALUEBy Rita Rosen Poley Reform Lends a Hand Hollywood has a way of almost creating history. e movie, By Bill Dodies “Monuments Men,” based upon a 2007 book by Robert Edsel is a case in point. e movie dramatizes the attempt, led by art Most interesting, the first Reformer was not historians and museum professionals who were part of Allied a rabbi, but a German layman named Israelforces, to rescue the great art works of European civilization that had been Jacobson. Jacobson was a businessman and in thestolen by Hitler and his henchmen. e complete title of Edsel’s book is course of his many business trips he saw the needMonuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi ieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt for many “improvements” in Jewish education andin History. synagogue worship. People enjoyed the services is is from the movie PR blurb: “During World War II, the Nazis steal because they were in their own German, musiccountless pieces of art and hide them away. Some over-the-hill art scholars, was introduced with the organ and decorum andhistorians, architects and other experts form a unit to retrieve as many of dignity became the norm. e weekly sermon wasthe stolen masterpieces as possible. e mission becomes even more urgent also introduced. Orthodox Judaism maintainedwhen the team learns about Hitler’s “Nero Decree,” which orders destruction that nothing from the Bible and Talmud could beof the artworks if the ird Reich falls. Caught in a race against time, the changed.men risk their lives to protect some of mankind’s greatest achievements.” We move now to the latter part of the 19th Starring George century and the first half of the twentieth century. Clooney, the 2014 movie brought the subject into ere was a great development in Reform Judaism, clear focus for great but most important was the affect of American numbers of people who Reform in the establishment of Israel. American knew nothing about this Zionists have played a major role on the world rescue. But what had scene. During the United Nations debate over the happened after the end of creation of a Jewish state, the spokesman for world WWII to all the rescued Zionism was an American Reform Rabbi, Abbaartwork? I have no real answer but I can trace certain steps. As an artist Hillel Silver. It was he who announced to the UNand a museum curator, I find the story fascinating and a continuing area of that our people would accept the offer of a tinyresearch. I recently found a 14-page, single-spaced bibliography of crime portion of Palestine as the basis for a Jewish State,novels about Nazi art thefts. Who would have thought that possible? and he declared proudly “that the Jewish State Not much happened to publicize the aftermath of the art rescue before would survive!”the late 1980s. In 1985 European governments began to issue lists ofartworks confiscated by the Nazis along with details of a process for recovery “ e Jewish people in Palestine are preparedof those works. At almost the same time Lynn Nicholas was in the midst of to defend it. It is not impressed by idle threats.a 10-year journey of research into the story of Europe’s plundered artwork. A people that has survived the accumulated furyAn Oxford history graduate, Nicholas had recently taken a job at the of the centuries, faced powerful empires in bitterNational Gallery of Art in Washington. While there, her background led her battles for survival, and during the last war sawto question the provenance (legal background) of the art that surrounded hundreds of thousands of its sons fighting forher and, as well, in similar collections in other important museums. e freedom in all of the liberating armies of the alliedresult of that research was her prize-winning 1994 book,“ e Rape of nations, while the head of the Palestine HigherEuropa” which detailed the story of Hitler’s plunder of art owned by Jewish Committee was broadcasting Nazi propagandafamilies, museums, other private collectors and, in many cases, from artists from Berlin and congratulating Hitler in histhemselves. African victories over the allies - such a people will Just a few years later, in 1998, the U.S. Government and the Holocaust not be intimidated.”Memorial Museum co-hosted the Washington Conference on HolocaustEra Assets. Edsel’s book followed along with numerous other restitution By then the American Jewish Communityconferences, continuing to this day.“Monuments Men” was followed by was contributing more than 100 million dollars“Woman in Gold”, the movie that detailed the restitution of the famous a year. e American government has alsopainting by Gustav Klimnt to its rightful owners, the Brauer family. So, all given large sums of money to the governmentyou have to do is follow Hollywood to keep up with the story of, as Edsel of Israel. Yet, while the Israeli government hasput it, Allied Heroes, Nazi ieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History! given large amounts of money to America, it has received much in return... Israel has been the only democratic ally in the Middle East...the only ally in the area which has stood up for democracy. For American Jewry the benefits of supporting Israel have been even more dramatic. e cause of Israel and its survival have helped to unify American Jews. e miraculous survival of the Jewish State has contributed greatly to the revival of Jewish pride and sparked growth in Jewish knowledge, inspired increased study of Hebrew, Hebrew literature and Jewish history. Shalom and ‘L’hitraotWant to suppor t KI? Call 215-887-8700 or visit w w w.kenesethis rael.org. Thank you! SHALOM KI 9

LifecyclesMazal Tov to our Mazal Tov to the following congregants on theirBar/Bat Mitzvah Students Special Simchas . . . My name is Mark Shur, my Bar Births Mitzvah is January 23, 2016. I Zoe Faye Ziluca, daughter of Abby and Daniel Ziluca, am in seventh grade at Abington Junior High School. I love great-granddaughter of our member playing soccer, being social with Judith Monheit (Herbert Monheit z”l) friends, listening to music and Aiden Mathew Richman, son of Rachel and Justin Richman, going for runs. I have two older great-grandson of our member Myrna Rosenaubrothers, Jake, age 20, and Matt, age 17. Asa Janosh Pillischer, son of Karen Meshkov and Matthew Pillischer,I am close with both of them, they also had their grandson of our members Norma and Arnold Meshkov;Bar Mitzvahs at KI. My parents are Donna and great-grandson of Stanley Meshkov and Marcella DworkinHoward Shur. We mark with Sorrow the Passing of . . . Marcie H. Sussman, our member Elaine Myzel, aunt of our member eodore (Diane) Feldstein; sister-in-law of our member Joshua Feldstein Alice Bourbonnais, mother of our member Nicole AdelmanThe True Meaning of ‘Caring Community’ “ e Caring Community is a channel through which KI can reach out to our congregants who are either home-bound dueBy Donna Bleznak Keller to illness, recent surgery, or for other reasons -- sometimes we just know that a person is feeling depressed,” says Cantor Levy. It was Yom Kippur morning and our member, Susan Zaslow, had “Usually I learn of a need in the community and I work with Tracya headache. inking it was just from fasting, she rested, but it only to determine how we are best able to help.” Cantor Levy confirmsgot worse. So much worse, in fact, that Susan would be rushed to that the congregant wants support from the Caring Community’sthe hospital and into emergency surgery for an aneurysm bleeding volunteers, which Tracy has the Herculean task of overseeing andinto her brain. She would spend two weeks in the hospital and in the coordinating. Services offered depend on the situation and includeeight weeks that followed, during her recovery at home, Susan would providing meals, reassuring phone calls, congregant or clergy visits,come to realize the true meaning of the words “caring community.” rides to services or KI programs and financial “A simple request was made by a close friend to Cantor Amy support.Levy -- our family just needed help with meals,” says Susan. “CantorLevy connected with Tracy Werner of KI’s Caring Community. Lynore Eisman and KI’s Sisterhood makeFriends and members of KI worked with themselves available to provide rides andTracy to compile a list of both members and meals, even at the last minute. is type ofnon-members, an email was sent, and in mere collaboration is a perfect example of howmoments, the ‘Meal Train’ was filled! For eight committees within KI share resources andweeks, thoughtful, nourishing meals were information and work together seamlessly.delivered to our door, often with notes of loveand healing, challah, flowers, and sometimes “At this time of year, there is a lot of talkhugs, tears and laughter. ey came from dear about community, giving and generosity – wefriends and acquaintances. e outpouring experienced it all first hand. My family isof support from our KI community was truly eternally grateful for the love and support from KI’s clergy, staff andbeautiful and overwhelming. And it was not its most caring community,” says Susan.just the meals. Visitors came and cleaned our kitchen; volunteers “We are grateful to know that through the work of KI’s Caringgrocery shopped, ran errands and drove my children to activities, Community, the Zaslows found some measure of comfort and relieflessons and appointments. We received hundreds of cards, flowers, during a difficult time,” says Tracy.“We want our congregants toEdible Arrangements, gift cards, cupcakes, balloons, and donations. remember that it’s always okay to ask for help.”Many prayers were said on my behalf – all from our KI family! “ If you or someone you know is in need of support from the Caring Community, please don’t hesitate to contact Anita or Pam in Cantor Levy and Tracy Werner started KI’s Caring Community the Clergy Office at 215-887-8702.for precisely this purpose: when a KI family is in need, they hopeto be first in line to help ease the burden and coordinate neededsupport.10 JANUARY 2016

In Our Community Upcoming Events A Focus on Trees and Helping Others Women of KI Board Meeting Sunday, January 10 @ 10:00 a.m. By Lynore Eisman Lilith Salon - Out of Bldg. On the Women of Reform Judaism website, we learn that Tu BiShvat Sunday, January 17 @ 2:00 p.m.is celebrated on the 15th (tu) of Sh’vat (typically in January or February) and isfrequently referred to as “Jewish Arbor Day” or “Jewish Earth Day.” Originally, the “Paint with a Twist at Jenkintown”holiday was believed to represent the end of the fiscal year for fruit-bearing trees. Sunday, January 24 @ 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.Much like the end of the modern fiscal year, it was also an important time to set You don’t have to be an artist to be able toaside earnings to support the poor. paint a masterpiece! Dessert, coffee and tea will be served. BYOB. $40/person Today many celebrate the holiday with a Seder and/or by planting trees in To join us for this artistic learning experience,Israel to demonstrate commitment to Israel and to preserving the Earth for future send your check by 1/18/16 to:generations. To buy Trees for Israel, send your check for $15.75 per tree to KI. attn: Sue Fried Women of KI, 8339 OldYork Road, Elkins Park, PA, 19027 ank you!Be a Part of KI’s Social Action Joint Brunch “The Vinyl Dialogues” Sunday,Programs! February 7 @ 10:00 a.m. Michael Morsch will share stories about the is month’s “HaMotzi KI albums of the 70’s, as told by the artists. HisCommunity Dinner” is scheduled for book made it into the Rock & Roll Hall of FameSunday, January 24 at 5:00 p.m. At Archives. Members $10 - Guests $12. SendKI we recognize the reality of food check to KI attn: Brotherhood.Your check to KIinsecurity as a significant problem in is your reservation. Send by 2/1/16our community. It has been a blessingto help our neighbors and to seethe amazing response from our KICommunity. Contact Sue Friedat 215-327-8065 or [email protected] or Paulette Sterman-Soroko at 215-287-1073 or [email protected] to become involved. KI Brotherhood Welcomes 2016! THANK YOU for making the HaMotziMEN OF By David Pinsky Dinners possible!! REFORM KI Donors:JUDAISM As the clock neared midnight and the ball was set to drop, what thoughts 1. Herschel Elias and occupied your mind? Were you, like many Americans, thinking of the the Elias Foundationpromise of a New Year and the inspiring 2016 resolutions that you vowed to 2. M. Levin and Co.achieve?!?? Or were you, like some American Jews, thinking about how much you 3. Jerry and Charlotte Newenjoyed celebrating two annual New Year’s Holidays . . . one measured by the sun 4. Lois and Stan Singerand the other measured by the moon? Others of you reading this article mightanalogize the weekly Shabbat as an important and valuable time to self reflect, seek Merchant Donors:forgiveness, and/or petition for something. 1. Bagel Squad in Dresher 2. Fill a Bagel in Oreland Regardless of your experience, the common message of New Years is the 3. JulesThin Crust Pizzaopportunity to take a moment and ask oneself those personal questions that eachone of us deems important to our lives. Jewish philosopher Martin Buber and other in Jenkintownexistentialists believed that human beings, through their own conscience, create 4. Panera in Jenkintowntheir own values and determine a meaning to their lives. Reform Judaism speaks ofthe importance of doing good deeds and working toward Tikkun Olam. It speaksof the shared principles that will someday unite all of humanity. It speaks of thepersonal responsibility and choices that each one of us makes that potentially leadtoward such a goal. As the proud leader of our KI Brotherhood, I firmly believethat we are, in our own way, working on programs and activities that extend beyondourselves and reach out to the greater good of the community. Your presence at ourfourth Monday of the month meetings to discuss such community opportunities iswelcomed and encouraged. Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy, and joyous 2016!Want to suppor t KI? Call 215-887-8700 or visit w w w.kenesethis rael.org. Thank you! SHALOM KI 11

January 2016 CalendarSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday  Offices and  School Closed 9:00 a.m. Happy New Year Torah Study 6:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Evening Shabbat Morning Service Service     NO JQuest B’Yachad 4:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.NO Shir Joy Rehearsal JQuest B’Yachad Maimonides Café Shabbat Evening Torah Study Service 6:15 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Quest Noar Shabbat Morning Service 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal      9:15 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.JQuest B’Yachad @ KI JQuest B’Yachad Officers Meeting Torah Study10:00 a.m. MLK Shabbat EveningTaste of Judaism 6:15 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Service 10:30 a.m.(1 of 3) Quest Noar Board of Directors Mtg. Shabbat MorningWomen of KI Mtg. Service12:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.Shir Joy Rehearsal Adult Choir Rehearsal Israel Committee Mtg. 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat  Offices and      School Closed NO JQuest B’Yachad MLK Day 4:30 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 9:00 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad Tot Shabbat Torah StudyNO Shir Joy Rehearsal Offices and School 6:15 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Closed 6:15 p.m. Tu BiShvat Israeli Style Shabbat Morning2:00 p.m. Quest Noar Dinner ServiceLilith Salon - out of 7:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.bldg. 7:30 p.m. Family Service OR 4th Grade Havdalah Adult Choir Rehearsal PS Briarbush Program Service & Dinner 8:00 p.m.  Tu BiShvat  Oneg & Briarbush Kids  RAC Trip Program  RAC Trip9:15 a.m 6:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.JQuest B’Yachad @ KI Brotherhood Mtg. Adult Book Discussion Torah Study10:00 a.m. Group Shabbat EveningTaste of Judaism Service 10:30 a.m.(2 of 3) 4:30 p.m. Shabbat Morning12:00 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad @ KI ServiceShir Joy Rehearsal1:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m.WKI Paint with a Twist Quest Noar- out of bldg.5:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.HaMotzi Adult Choir Rehearsal RAC Trip9:15 a.m. Keneseth Israel Phone DirectoryJQuest B’Yachad Administrative Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-887-870012:00 p.m. Clergy Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-887-8702Shir Joy Rehearsal JQuest B’Yachad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-887-8704 Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-887-10704:00 p.m. Preschool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-885-2425Bernstein Musical Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-887-2027Retrospective Gift Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-884-436412 JANUARY 2016

February 2016 CalendarSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday  RAC Trip    4:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad Shabbat Evening Torah Study Service 10:30 a.m. 6:15 p.m. Shabbat Morning Quest Noar Service - led by 3rd Grade 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal     9:15 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.JQuest B’Yachad JQuest B’Yachad @ KI Officers Mtg. Shabbat Evening Torah Study Service10:00 a.m. 6:15 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m.W of KI & Brotherhood Quest Noar Board of Directors Shabbat MorningBrunch Mtg. ServiceTaste of Judaism (3 7:30 p.m.of 3) Adult Choir Rehearsal12:00 p.m.Shir Joy Rehearsal  Offices and      School ClosedNO JQuest B’Yachad President’s Day 4:30 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 9:00 a.m. JQuest B’Yachad @ KI Tot Shabbat & Dinner Torah Study 6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Quest Noar Music, Mind & Shabbat Morning Meditations Shabbat Service - led by 2nd 7:30 p.m. Service Grade Adult Choir Rehearsal 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat      9:15 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.Family Education Day Brotherhood Mtg. JQuest B’Yachad Board of Trustees Mtg. King David Harp Society Torah Studyat KI Shabbat Italiano 6:15 p.m. 10:30 a.m.12:00 p.m. Quest Noar Shabbat MorningNO Shir Joy Rehearsal Service 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal 9:30 a.m.JQuest B’Yachad12:00 p.m.Shir Joy Rehearsal3:00 p.m.Pre-Oscar PartyWant to suppor t KI? Call 215-887-8700 or visit w w w.kenesethis rael.org. Thank you! SHALOM KI 13

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial in italic print.YAHRZEIT FUND Albert Finestone, Jackie & Brian Kovach, Rachel Rosen, ADULT EDUCATION FUND Lewis J. Finestone Ronald Cohn Emily Lezama de la RosaDonor, In Memory Of Donor, In Memory Of Lois & Marvin Finkelstein, Edith Leon, Robert Aronovitz Janet D. Rowland, Merle Levy;Shirley Israel Album, Ethel Lerner Rudi Levin, Gladys Segal Robert G. Levy; Carole Esterlitz, Max Israel Jill Levine, Eileen Rankin Esther G. Schwartz Jacob Weinberger Joyce & Ben Fishbein, Janice R. Levy, Richard LevyRochelle & Herb Bass, Charles Fishbein; Jack & Carol Lieberman, Joan Sadoff, Sally Handleman CANTOR’S Martin Bass Daniel Simkins Elyse & Neil Saladoff, PHILANTHROPIC FUND Elsie CooperBarbara S. Batt, Norman Folkman, Ruth Lipschutz, Manuel Doxer Donor, In Memory Of Frederick Samuels Mary Folkman Jonathan Schmalzbach, Sally Walkenstein Jackie & Ron Baer,Harris Baum, Abraham Rudin Kenneth & Barbara Forman, Anita Lipson, Esther K. Lipson Richard Schmalzbach Rolaine CopelandStefanie Belitsky, Jesse Kagel Howard I. Forman; Ira Rifkind Darwin & Sonia Loigman, Ross Schriftman,Gwen & Jerry Blum, Ellen & Marc Grossman, Karen Franklin, Kaethe Spiegel Gertrude Spielberg Roy G. Schriftman Nettie Hoffman Benjamin Schmuckler; Dorothy Fread, Bernard Elfman Rhea & Noah Lowenthal, Marlene Sellers, Shyfra Sellers Katherine Tauber Morty Freedman, Carol & Arthur Silverman, Ethyl Treatman,Arnold & Jeanne Brenman, Dolores Lowenthal Harriet Treatman Siegfried Brenman Dorothy M. Freedman Paul, Suzanne, Scott Lillian N. Helfond;Gene & Philip Chapalas, Roy Freiman, Helen Freiman; & David Lynch, Anne S. Silverman Donor, In Honor Of Ruth Lipschitz Adam, Ari & Lisa Silverstein,Benay Cohen Coffman, William Freiman; Ellen G. Goldberg Dolores Lowenthal Ellen & Marc Grossman, Stanley B. Cohen Natan Jaffe; Sylvia Jaffe Sheila & Jack Marshall, Dolph Simons, Sadye Nadel; Cantor Amy E. LevyAnna Cohen, Ida Bigelman Sylvia Gentry, Joseph Wolf Hortense N. SimonsFreda Cooper, Norman Ginsberg, Sidney Tucker Ruth Singer, Melissa Bomze; PAULIE & SID CROSS Anna Trachtenberg Florence Ginsberg Charlotte M. Moskowitz, Samuel Prince; Fred Singer SCHOLARSHIP FUNDLes Cooperson, Marlene Glass, Jack Glass Stan & Lois Singer, Leon Cooperson Shelley Goldin, Rose Pressner Sarah Yudman Milstein Fred Singer Donor, In Memory OfElma G. Davis, Dora Gwirtz Nancy S. Goodman, Bernice B. Moss & Olga Moss, Rose Sitvarin,Sheila DeAnnuntis, Claire K. Baker Samuel Skorupsky Paulie & Sid Cross, Irv Finkelman; Connie Gottlieb, Lena Z. Moss Shirley B. Somerman, Morton Goldstein; Ruth Finkelman David I. Mitchell Bruce Muchnick, Peter Messinger Marshall MaltzmanMary Doxer, Bessie Doxer, Genevieve Gross, Jacob Steinberg, Manuel Doxer; Eugene Novitsky Margaret Marbach Samuel Steinberg GENERAL FUND Eva Moskowitz Beryl Halpern, Leonard Halpern Marilyn Neigut, Jeffrey & Henny Sternfeld,Elliot & Lynore Eisman, Carol Halpern, Susanne Becker Donor, In Memory Of Ann Elansky Richard J. Halpern Lena Weissman Neigut Muriel Sultz, Joseph BalabanEstelle E. Ellis & family, Eric Hening, Elaine Hening Sallie Olson, Philip A. Dorfman; Janice Sostmann Sussman, Carol & Larry Bailis, Fannie Eisenberg; Selma Hirshberg, Max Bachove Sylvan E. Sostmann Jacob Weinberger Morris Eisenberg Frances Israel, Sophie Sussman Albert I. Olson; Dorothy Olson Brenda Teich, Irving TeichElaine & Julius Ellison, Edward E. Itzenson, Eva Achter Donna Ostroff & Carl Capista, Leah Weiss, Samuel Rosen Audrey Brodsky Salon, Esther Krasnow; Ruth Joseph, Norman H. Bram Linda & Michael Winheld, Jacob Weinberger Max Krasnow Isabel Kanefield, Howard Ostroff William Goldstein;Eileen & Stephen Feldman, Eve Robinson Brown Parkinson Family, Reina H. Weitzenkorn Ann & Jay Greenberg & family, Bernice Rudnick Alan & Ellen Kaplinsky, Rochelle Wolf, Samuel W. Wolf Jacob WeinbergerJoshua Feldstein, Daniel Myzel Bess Kaplinsky Donald N. Levy; Norman P. Zarwin, Anna ZarwinMorris & Donna Fine, Sonnie Katz, Robert Katz Merle Levy; Robert G. Levy Spencer Zaslow, Ida Zaslow Sarah K. Klein, Sarah Fine Marilyn Keesal, Estelle Goldfine Lana Pinkenson, Jacob Weinberger Marion Kirsch, Earle W. Weiss Samuel Pinkenson Kim Plotnik, Julius Isaakson, Jr. Rebecca Marcus, Rita Poley, Ida Rosen; Jacob Weinberger Samuel Rosen Leonard & Renee Portnoy, Elaine Miller, Benjamin Portnoy Jacob Weinberger Jay Rosen, Henry Rosen; Pearl Rosen Mirele Steinig, Jacob Weinberger Violet & Richard Zeitlin, Jacob Weinberger We Appreciate The Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel Date: _______________ Thoughtfulness Of 8339 OldYork Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027 Those Who Support KI The enclosed contribution is to the _____________________________________________Fund ...by remembering and honoring In Memory of ______________________________________________________________ their friends and loved ones through In Honor of _______________________________________________________________ their generous contributions to KI’s Please acknowledge to: special funds. Name ___________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________________ We apologize ahead of time for any City ________________________________________State _____ Zip_________________ donations that may be missing from Donors Name ______________________________________________________________ this issue. If you would like it to appear Address _________________________________________________________________ next month, please contact Anita by City ________________________________________State _____Zip_________________ phone (215-887-8702) or e-mail (anita@ kenesethisrael.org). Sorry for any Please make checks payable to Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. inconvenience.14 JANUARY 2016

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial in italic print.Donor, In Honor Of Donor, In Honor Of 11th Anniversary Musical Collaboration ofGerald & Israela Franklin, Myrna & Howard Asher, the Cantors & Choirs of the Old York Road Kehillah Keneseth Israel Maya Rigler Sunday, January 31 at 4:oo p.m. Paulette Sterman &HA MOTZI PROJECT Skits Soroko, A Musical Celebration of Leonard Bernstein with performances by the Cantors and ChoirsDonor, In Honor Of Bat Mitzvah of of Old York RoadSteven Glauser, Fried’s granddaughter Tickets: $10 adults / $12 at door | $5 students / $7 at door Birthday of Susan Glauser TEMPLE JUDEA MUSEUM/ FINE ARTS FUND at Reform Congregation Keneseth IsraelKING DAVID HARP 8339 Old York Road Elkins Park, PA 19027SOCIETY Donor, In Memory Of Bonnie & Mike Eisenman, (215) 887-8700Donor, In Memory OfEllen & Frank Abrahams, Doris Beifield; Louis Soiffer; Ruth Soiffer Arthur Abrahams; Robyn Miller & Les Cooperson, Anna Lamb Edith ShawSallie Olson, Miriam Kane 21st CENTURY FUNDDR. MANFRED R.KRAUSKOPF MEMORIAL Donor, In Memory OfSCHOLARSHIP FUND Marc & Andy Brookman,Donor, In Memory Of Blanche KorsonKay Brylawski, TYSON RADIO FUND Babetta K. Krauskopf Donor, In Memory OfCLARENCE L. & ESTELLE Jan C. Finkelman,S. MEYERS LIBRARYFUND Harold Finkelman Donor, In Honor OfDonor, In Memory Of Joanetta Wills, Radio BroadcastMyrna Rosenau, Albert NemezRABBI’S PHILANTHROPICFUNDDonor, In Memory OfMarvin & Lois Finkelstein, Miriam KaneJerry, Sharon &Elizabeth Manas, Miriam KaneNancy & Frank Wurman, Joan GlickmanDonor, In Honor OfBarbara Bronstein,Birthday of Lynn Neigut; Marriage of daughter of Lois & Jerry RosenauPhyllis & Charles Salinger, Speedy Recovery of Bill DodiesBEN & RENEE z”lRICHMAN FUND FORELDER CAREDonor, In Honor OfMarjorie Caddy, Birth of Aiden; 80th Birthday of Ellis JacobsBen Richman, Birth of AidenSHARING IS CARING FUNDDonor, In Memory OfRobyn Miller & Les Cooperson, Barbara DeLucaWant to suppor t KI? Call 215-887-8700 or visit w w w.kenesethis rael.org. Thank you! SHALOM KI 15

฀฀ ฀ ฀฀ Keneseth IsraeliteSENIOR STAFF BOTANICAL HEBREW NAMESSenior Rabbi, Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D., [email protected] / 215-887-8702 By Dick Weiss, Immediate Past PresidentAssociate Rabbi, Kevin M. [email protected] / 215-887-8702 The Mishnah teaches that Tu BiShvat is theCantor, Amy E. Levy Rosh Hashanah for trees. Since the [email protected] / 215-887-8702 reminds us that our role in protecting andExecutive Director, Brian Rissinger preserving our environment is a sacred duty,[email protected] / 215-887-8700 I thought I would list the Hebrew names ofDirector of Religious Education some familiar flora.Rabbi Stacy Eskovitz [email protected] / 215-887-8704 Alon (Allon) - OakDirector of Early Childhood Education Amir -TreetopLiz Sussman, M.Ed. Arava (Arabah) - Savanna, prairie, [email protected] / 215-885-2425 treeRabbi Emeritus, Simeon J. Maslin, D. Min. Daliya -A long branch rising up or hangingCantor Emeritus, Richard Allen on posts. Resembles the name of the flowerExec. Director Emeritus, William Ferstenfeld, F.T.A. Dahlia Enav (Einav) - GrapeOFFICERS Erez - Cedar tree Eshcol (Eshkol) - Bunch or cluster (ofPresident, Arnold Meshkov [email protected] grapes, etc.) Hadassah - MyrtleFirst Vice President, Evonne Kruger [email protected] Iris - Iris Jarah (Yaara) - honeycomb; honeysuckleVice President, Janice Schwartz-Donahue [email protected] Moran -Viburnam Narkis - Daffodil, narcissusSecretary, Nathan Zinberg [email protected] Nitza - Bud Oren - Pine treeAssistant Secretary, Karen Langsfeld [email protected] Rakefet - Cyclamen Rimmon - PomegranateAssistant Secretary, Susan Fried [email protected] Shaked -Almond Shamir - DillTreasurer, James Rosenthal [email protected] Shoshana - Lillium or rose Sigal -VioletAssociate Treasurer, Robert Roseman [email protected] Smadar (Semadar) - Nascent or newly developed fruitAssociate Treasurer, DeniseYarnoff Soloff [email protected] Tamar - Palm tree; date Tirza - BirchHonorary Presidents Tsabar - Indian Fig Opuntia - a cactus that grows in Israel; Sabra-native born IsraeliHon. Arlin Adams, Hon. Paul L. Jaffe, Joyce Fishbein, Hon. Jan E. DuBois, Vered - Rose Zuph - Nectar, honeydewMiriam Finkel, Connie Kay, E. Harris Baum, Norma Meshkov, Karen L. Sirota, There is another connection I would like toCarey S. Roseman, Andrew J. Flame, Peter J. Soloff, Richard Weiss make which may kindle some of our Jewish memories.The above is a sort of a glossary. Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel is That word comes from the Greek glossarion, an affiliate congregation of the Union for derivative of the word for tongue, glossa. Reform Judaism Who remembers when that was served as the main course of many a meal in years:OHSVT ELKINS PARK gone by? Some of you may even remember that with fondness.THE BULLETIN OF KENESETH ISRAEL & THE MEYERS LIBRARY 8339 Old York Road Elkins Park, PA 19027 But not me.Editor, Donna Bleznak Keller 215-887-8700Assistant Editor, Anita MadnickGraphic Designer, Lindsay DeMarco16 JANUARY 2016

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