KI Newsletter May 2019

VOLUME 124 NUMBER 9 ShalomMAY 2019 THE BULLETIN OF REFORM CONGREGATION KENESETH ISRAEL & THE MEYERS LIBRARY Mazal Tov to Our 2019 Confirmands! “Shema Koleinu — Hear Our Voice” Erev Shavuot & Consecration Service: Saturday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m. Shavuot Confirmation Service: Sunday, June 9 at 10:30 a.m. For more details, see June calendar inside.

From KI Leadership President’s Managing Our Transitions initially with retirement until they can find a Message rhythm of rewarding volunteer work, part-time May and June are filled with life changes: employment, meaningful activities, and/or travel. Evonne J. Kruger, confirmations, graduations, and marriages. At the President same time, life goes on as we confront job changes, I hope that few of us experience life changes retirement, changes in health, family births and alone. As we struggle to manage our transitions, deaths. Within the field of management, William many seek professional help, and our KI clergy Bridges has developed a model of how we manage are always present to listen and provide support. our internal responses to change. While a change Judaism addresses life transitions in terms of may be relatively fast, our response may take much rituals surrounding birth, coming of age, marriage, longer as we go through three stages. and death. I love the first Shabbats of the month when we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, Bridges’ model includes the internal stages of: as well as sharing the joy of our B’nai Mitzvah 1) ending, losing and letting go; 2) the neutral families. We are present as a congregation with zone; and 3) the new beginning. In the first stage, those in mourning and those with simchas. we must come to grips with letting go of something with which we are familiar or comfortable. We may Three years ago, I retired from Stockton feel fear, denial, anger, sadness, disorientation, University and seamlessly began my term as KI uncertainty, or a sense of loss. Think about an president. My retirement was announced two unplanned or even planned exit from the years prior and I was given release time to plan workplace or graduation from high school. my transition. I knew that I was going to become Commencement is designed to allow students to president and Arnold Meshkov was a gracious and confront the loss of what may be a comfortable extremely helpful mentor who prepared me for status of being a senior, and move toward the my new role. Stockton gave me an honorary title, uncertainty of being a college freshman in an feted me during a luncheon, and helped me end unfamiliar place. Confirmation celebrates the my professorial career on a positive note. Thus conclusion of formal religious education for my ending and neutral zone were not stressful. our youth. Thanks to Arnold Meshkov, Rabbi Sussman, Brian Rissinger, Cantor Levy, Rabbi Rigler and During the second stage, the neutral zone, the office staff, my new beginning was smooth. we are on the narrow bridge between the old and I knew that everyone was there to help me. the new. We may feel resentment, anxiety, and skepticism. For example, during the break before Well, three years later, I am looking forward we start a new position and the time immediately to my next life change, to just “KI volunteer and after, the last box is carried from the office and we immediate past-president”. I know that I want to are officially retired. Thinking of recent Torah research KI’s board minutes and organize board portions, the time the Hebrews spent in the resolutions and discussions. (I did teach organiza- desert between leaving Egypt and the arrival tional policies and procedures.) Isaak and I also in the Promised Land was 40 long years of want to enjoy our children and granddaughter frequent resentment, anxiety, and skepticism. more, and travel. I hope that I have been a good mentor to Janice Schwartz-Donahue so that her During the third stage, we might experience transition into the presidency in June is as high energy, openness, and renewed commitment comfortable and assuring as mine. to the new beginning. We can see, or sense, to a better degree how our new beginning will work and how we will fit in. Many people struggle Masterpieces of Jewish Literature with Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D.: “The Strange World of Isaac B. Singer” Wednesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. 2 MAY 2019

From the Bimah Hear Our Voice: Confirmation 2019 Sometimes our favorite sports team Rabbi’s wins at the buzzer and we say Message Several years ago, a debate developed in our home: “Could I hear?” or “Was I not listening?” The reality is I was having “Thank God!” There are endless difficulty hearing in certain situations. For example, during situations in life when we pray, B’nai Mitzvah services when the parents spoke to their child, I almost involuntarily. could not quite make out what they were saying. In restaurants Then there are services. Some or at parties, it was also increasingly difficult to hear the words prayers really work. Others are more being spoken. Lots of noise but no understanding. On the traditional and customary but hardly other hand, in the relative quiet of home, I also wasn’t tracking urgent. Most of us pray harder for conversations. “Dad,” I would hear, “you are not listening!” Mi Sheberach. Kaddish is always moving and connects us soul to soul I finally decided to go across the street to Salus University with the departed. “Hear Our Voice,” and get my hearing tested. What was the truth: not hearing or we pray, repeatedly. For some, it is a Rabbi Lance J. not listening? After an hour of testing, I got my answer. Both! Sometimes I actually could not hear and other times I was cultural act. For many, it is genuine Sussman, Ph.D. just tuning out! The audiologists outfitted me with a pair of Danish hearing aids and my hearing went from a 2 to a 10! spiritual communication. Problem solved, except when I really wasn’t paying attention or For this year’s Confirmation accidentally on purpose did not put my aids in or change Class, “Hear Our Voice” was an the batteries! Sometimes silence is golden. urgent plea for Social Justice. As always, they went to Washington and lobbied on Capitol Hill, mostly against gun violence. As Everyone wants to be heard! Just watch a three-year-old Jews and young people, gun violence was a part of their lives trying to get his or her parents’ attention. Arms go up! at Parkland, Florida and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Hear Our Sometimes they jump a little to attract their parents’ radar. Voice,” they cried. No more semi-automatics, no more large If that doesn’t work, then it is time to pull on Mom or Dad’s magazine clips, no more unregistered sales at gun shows. They clothes. If they still haven’t been heard, it’s time to pout, throw invited a Parkland survivor to speak in our sanctuary! Hundreds a green bean on the floor, or take the remote control and run! of teens listened. “Hear Our Voice,” stop the slaughter! They Hear me! Listen! Pay attention! Don’t ignore me! These are the invited a congresswoman who affirmed “I hear your voice, words of real life, employed daily with purpose, anticipation, I am listening, I am crying, I am angry, too.” and occasionally weaponized! “Hear Our Voice” is an ancient and fundamental plea. It is part of what defines us as human. We need to be heard to feel This year for Confirmation, the Class of 2019 explored the complete. We need to be heard to obtain emotional nourishment. words “Hear Our Voice” or “Shema Koleinu” in Hebrew. They We need to be heard to pursue justice. come from the regular prayer book from the Amidah (middle Thousands of years ago, Judaism understood the centrality section of the service) and in an expanded form in the High of words. You cannot see them. You cannot touch them. You can Holy Day liturgy (often set to dramatic musical interpretation). only hear them. More than anything else, they are what connects They are based on the theological belief in Judaism that when us to one another. They are our main intellectual, emotional and we pray, God listens to us. That does not mean God answers spiritual bridges. No wonder our ancestors understood God in directly or grants a request, just that God is listening all the time terms of a localized cosmic Listener. Words, not things, are and that the act of prayer is a real thing and not just words to expressions of essence. To be human is to share words. To be the wind. In Judaism, God is called Shomea Tfilah, the One divine is to listen. who hearkens to prayer. For some, God listens from above. This year our Confirmation Class implores us: “Hear Our Others believe God is listening from inside our being. For Voice”. We will listen to them and to one another. Then when it others, God is in the wind, the sun and nature. But God listens. comes time to pray, either by mandate or by urgent need, let us have confidence that somehow, we too are being heard! Sometimes, prayer is urgent. A loved one is hurt or sick. We pray for relief. Sometimes we narrowly miss being seriously hurt in a car mishap and utter a prayer. Sometimes we get an “ok” test grade instead of failing and we breathe easier! S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 3

From the Bimah Tikkun Olam CORE VALUE Cantor’s Helping to Heal Others Message at KI’s First Wellness Day Cantor What a day of healing! At the end of Amy E. Levy March, our Social Action Committee hosted Wellness Day at the Families Forward Shelter in West Philadelphia. Our member, Jonathan Schmalzbach, is very involved at the shelter —  he envisioned this day and helped us coordinate a truly incredible experience for our KI volunteers! We had over 20 volunteers from our KI Community! We offered wellness in many areas, including Aromatherapy, Reiki, Blood Pressure Screenings, Pain Management, Glitter Meditation Bottle and Dream-Catcher Making, Painting, Yoga, Meditation, Play Therapy, Physical Therapy, Manicures, and Medical Advice. I am so proud of all of our members and preschool families who offered their gifts of healing! Joining me and my daughter Kira were Jane Hirshberg; Cynthia Goldberg; Dr. Rachel Rosen, her daughter Amanda, and step-daughter Scarlet Bova; Dr. Mindi Roeser; Meg Cotter and her daughters Emma and Abigail; Amy and Dr. Doug Gugger and their children Abe, Micah, and JP; Felicia Greenfield; Janel Dia; Lisa Golluber; Lena Khavinson and her daughter Rachel; Kim Plotnick; and Bonnye Kelman. Thank you all for so generously sharing your time and talent! We had about 70 guests come and visit us, and they told us how much this day helped relieve some of their stress. It was an incredible way to connect with a community that needs healing and wholeness. We hope to recreate this special experience again soon, and continue to make a difference right here in our own community! 4 JUNE 2018

Worship May Worship Schedule Wednesday, May 8 Friday, May 17 Yom HaZikaron ~ Shabbat Emor ~ Leviticus 21:1 Thursday, May 2 Day of Remembrance 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat Service Yom HaShoah ~ for Fallen Israeli Solders led by the Fourth Grade Holocaust Memorial Day Thursday, May 9 Saturday, May 18 Friday, May 3 Yom Ha’Atzmaut ~ 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Shabbat Aharei Mot ~ Leviticus 16:1 Israel Independence Day 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 8:00 p.m. Shabbat La Lev Service Friday, May 10 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat Saturday, May 4 Shabbat Kedoshim ~ Leviticus 19:1 5:30 p.m. Havdalah Service —  9:00 a.m. Torah Study 5:45 p.m. Tot Shabbat Service Bar Mitzvah of Chase Walker Harrison 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service & Teacher Appreciation Dinner Friday, May 24 5:30 p.m. Havdalah Service —  8:00 p.m. Israel Shabbat Service Shabbat Behar ~ Leviticus 25:1 Bat Mitzvah of Rachel Fay Khavinson Saturday, May 11 8:00 p.m. Women of KI Sisterhood 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Shabbat Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service Saturday, May 25 5:30 p.m. Havdalah Service —  9:00 a.m. Torah Study Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Beck Zaslow 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service Friday, May 31 8:00 p.m. Pride Shabbat Service Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron and Make a Date with Shabbat… Yom Ha’Atzmaut Shabbat LaLev Since the establishment of the State of Israel, new holidays have been added to the Jewish calendar —  Friday, May 3rd @ 8pm Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom come with an open heart & leave with an uplifted spirit Ha’Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day), all Our Main Sanctuary and Chapel are looped observed as national holidays in Israel. Yom for those who have T-Coil enabled hearing aids HaShoah occurs on the 27th of Nisan. Shoah, or cochlear implant processors. Additionally, meaning utter destruction in Hebrew, refers to the FM system is also available. the atrocities committed against the Jewish people during World War II. We remember those who died in the Holocaust and commemorate Yom HaShoah by lighting yellow candles to keep the memories of the victims alive. Often Jewish communities gather to commemorate the day through worship, music and stories from survivors. Yom HaZikaron, a Memorial Day for soldiers who died fighting in the War of Independence and subsequent battles, was established by the Israeli Knesset and occurs the day before Yom Ha’Atzmaut. Yom Ha’Atzmaut is Israeli Independence Day, and marks the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948. It is observed on or near the 5th of Iyar in the Hebrew calendar. For more information, go to www.urj.org. S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 5

Youth and Education Ahavat Israel CORE VALUE JQuest Studying, Understanding, Celebrating Israel in All Its Complexity B’Yachad In May we celebrate Yom have a Jewish state?” For many of our students, it was hard to move Ha’Atzmaut. As part of that beyond the singular narrative of Israel being the homeland, post celebration, our fourth and fifth Holocaust. We know that Jews came to Israel before the graders will present their Israeli- Holocaust, and that Jews from the Arab world and the East often themed quests. Our fourth graders came to Israel because they were forced from their land after the asked the question, “Why is Israel State of Israel’s establishment. Jews from all over the world came our Jewish homeland?” This year, to Israel since the birth of Zionism, not out of persecution, but out instead of reporting on the cultural of a desire to live in the Holy Land or with a vision for a new aspects, the food, and the language, culture, a new society. they studied different regions of the Our sixth graders participate in an exchange with a school country and were specifically asked educator about Judaism through the Israeli movement for to consider what makes that place Progressive Judaism. Together they talk about their land, their Rabbi Stacy Jewish. We discussed Beersheva as identity, and their journey toward B’nai Mitzvah. Our students Eskovitz Rigler, the land of our ancestors from the see and hear from their Israeli counterparts, and the country Director of Torah, and Sefat as the land of the and its people become more alive for them. Religious rabbis of the 16th century, and so In eighth grade, our students used a curriculum from the Education much more. They also picked out Jewish Educational Center of Cleveland focused on six core cities from a map — could they lenses: present on Hebron, for example? We talked about how mostly 1. Israel is a special place for Jews worldwide. Palestinians lived in Hebron and how many people did not 2. Just as we stand by a friend in times of trouble, the consider this part of the modern Jewish state. A tough and Jewish community stands by Israel at this difficult time. nuanced conversation for nine-year-olds. 3. It is important to be “critical consumers” of media, Our Fifth Grade studied Zionism, learning the five major carefully evaluating the veracity and slant of the news forms of Zionism to answer the question, “Why should we about Israel. (See Rabbi Rigler on P. 8) Preschool Yom Ha’Atzmaut at Preschool: Excitement of Israel News Without Leaving Home Liz Z. Sussman, Can you believe that spring is finally here? little bugs made from old printer cartridge pieces. M.Ed., Director of We have waited so long to get out in the sunshine We feel so lucky to have the Museum as part of our Early Childhood again and there is so much to celebrate, including program and hope you have a chance to visit, too! Education one of our favorite holidays, Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s 71st birthday! As the year begins to wind down, we look forward to our Pre-K Graduation ceremony. The We will take our imaginary plane around teachers and parents always work extremely hard the building to experience some of the delights to make this event special for the children. Saying of Israel, including delicious cuisines and goodbye is difficult, so we do it in style. We are so archeological dig sites. There will be some very lucky that many of our children will stay on for creative illusions, such as visiting a kibbutz to JQuest, so the friendships they have forged will milk a cow (made with pink rubber gloves for continue through their lives. udders). Our teachers work diligently to create these incredible experiences, ensuring that May is our last full month of preschool before the children have a great time. we begin our awesome Summer Camp at KI. Plans are underway to make this our best summer ever. Last month, the children were thrilled to Camp runs for 11 consecutive weeks, and you can attend KI’s Temple Judea Museum for the enroll by week, or for the whole summer. If you Recycling exhibit. There were some amazing know any families looking for an outstanding things for the children to see, including a doll’s preschool-age camp, please refer them to us at house made with discarded credit cards, and even [email protected] or call us at 215.887.8700. 6 JUNE 2018

In Our Community Women of KI Upcoming Events By Lynore Eisman, President, Women of KI Wednesday, May 1, 11:00 a.m. Mitzvoteinu Project Creates New Mitzvah Makers Annual Interfaith Program & Luncheon Topic: “A Religious Response to Food Insecurity” By Sue Fried ([email protected]) & Paulette Sterman- BY RSVP ONLY Soroko ([email protected]), HaMotzi Dinner Chairs Sunday, May 5 One of the most fulfilling aspects of chairing KI’s HaMotzi Community Dinners has been our involvement NY Theater Trip SOLD OUT! with the Mitzvoteinu Project, which is made possible through a grant from the Legacy Heritage Better Together Program. Friday, May 24, 6:00 p.m. Dinner; 8:00 p.m. Service Under the direction of Rabbi Stacy Rigler and Membership Engagement Director, Jaimie Shmelzer, Mitzvoteinu matches Women of KI Sisterhood Shabbat Service KI sixth graders with KI adults who are involved in various Join us for our annual WKI Service. Dinner before services, social action projects. We meet every other month during $25 per person. RSVP by May 20 with your check to JQuest to discuss and plan, then the students work on their WKI. Send check to: KI, 8339 Old York Road, Elkins selected project throughout the year. The hope is that this Park, PA 19027, Attn. Carole Levitan. Contact her at exposure to social action will enable students to find something 267.818.6130 or [email protected]. meaningful to them as they approach their B’nai Mitzvah year. Also, they see firsthand that community service is an integral Sundays, May 19, June 23, July 28 part of the lives of many KI members, including their parents. This is the second year of this program, and it has been Upcoming HaMotzi Dinners thrilling for us to witness the students’ growth. They are generally All who are in need are invited. Dinners begin at hesitant at the first few HaMotzi dinners they attend. Then, as 5:00 p.m. Contact Sue Fried at 215.327.8065 or they learn the routine and get to know the guests, we notice their [email protected] or Paulette Sterman-Soroko anticipation and eagerness developing. Most students enjoy at 215.287.1073 or [email protected]. serving the guests, and the guests are delighted to interact with young people. Some students enjoy setting the tables, others like Tuesday, June 11 at 6:00 p.m. organizing the food pantry and some prefer to package remaining food for guests to take home. In many cases, an entire member Adult Ed & WKI event “Music for the Heart and Soul” family volunteers at the dinner together. As the year progresses, Dinner and Concert the students often offer insightful suggestions for the dinners. $54 per person. RSVP by June 8 with your check to: KI, It is a joy to see how involved and committed they become. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027, Attn. Caryl Levin. Next month, we will share personal reflections from the HaMotzi Dinners Thursday, June 27 at 1:00 p.m. are sponsored by students regarding their the Elias Family National Museum of American Jewish History Tour experiences at the dinners. Please Foundation. We with Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. consider volunteering and/or appreciate their “An Old People in a New Land” — $36/Adult; $30/ cooking for a dinner. Upcoming generous support Museum Member. The first 20 people we receive checks dinners: May 19, June 23, July 28, of this program. from will tour with Rabbi. RSVP by June 14 with your and August 25. check to WKI at KI, 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027, Attn. Carole Levitan. Contact her at 267.818.6130 or [email protected]. Sunday, June 30 at 1:00 p.m. Lilith Salon ~ Join Us! We use Lilith Magazine, a feminist Jewish publication, to get our conversations started. RSVP to Paulette Sterman- Soroko at 215.287.1073 or [email protected]. Join with us and become a part of “the nurturing soul of our KI Community.” S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 7

In Our Community (Rabbi Rigler Continued from P. 6) 4. Israel anchors the Jewish people as a spiritual, national, and Congratulations cultural center. and Best Wishes to 5. To equate the actions of the Israeli Army with those of Hamas terrorists draws a moral equivalency that does not exist. Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. 6. There are specific actions we, as American Jews, can take to support Israel. On the Occasion of Finally, our 10th Grade focused on issues of the Arab, Muslim, The Dedication of the Lance J. Sussman Rabbinic Chair Israeli conflict, land, and borders, with Rabbi Sussman serving as a guide and teacher for these complex issues. With Pride and Affection The Board of Directors of the Throughout our program, we encourage our students to ask big questions. We know that our teens and college students feel defensive Jacob Landau Institute about Israel. They feel they do not know enough about Israel, its policies, and its politics, or that they are unsure what they learned. Friends of Forthcoming from theirs from similar political persuasions may be attacking Israel, and Penn State University Press they are unsure what to do or what to say. Helping our older students navigate these discussions is complex, and Rabbi Sussman and I are The Prophetic Quest: exploring ways to support our college students and young adults. As we The Windows of Jacob Landau celebrate Israel’s anniversary, I reflect on how much has changed in the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel field of Israel education. It is a large and complicated task, but we know that it is critical to expose our students to the land of Israel and its vision Elkins Park, Pennsylvania from a young age. Questioning a modern state and its policies at any David S. Herrstrom and time in history raises difficult but important issues for us as American Andrew D. Scrimgeour Reform Jews. I look forward to doing this work with our students and Foreword by Governor Thomas H. Kean to hearing their struggles and successes for years to come! Photography by Tom Crane Including essays by Rabbi Lance J. Sussman and Rita Rosen Poley Please Join Us: Officers (One-year term): Board of Trustees 2019 Nominating President: Janice Schwartz-Donahue (three-year term Committee June 13 at 7:00 p.m. VP: Andrew Altman expires July 2023): Arnold Meshkov, Chair VP: Jim Rosenthal New Nominees: Richard Abt KI Annual Congregational Treasurer: Isaac Kruger Lauren Goldin Joel Farber Meeting, Election & Secretary: Donna Keller Jonathan Schmalzbach Arlene Holtz Special Presentation Amy Wapnitsky Robert Michaelson by Rabbi Lance, J. Directors: Elaine Pitkow Sussman, Ph.D.: At-Large (term expires): Renewed: Jonathan Schmalzbach “Before Mrs. Maisel: Sue Fried (2023) Five Jewish Women Elyse Herman (2023) John Behrend in Comedy” Arlene Holtz (2020) Mark Pitkow (2021) Lynore Eisman Marijke Shenkman (2023) Denise Yarnoff-Soloff (2023) Morton Freedman Committee Chairs (appointed by President): Joseph Gordon Membership—Karen Langsfeld Religious Practice—Lise Schwartz Evonne Kruger Finance—Stan Singer Arnold Meshkov Affinity Groups: Women of KI—Lynore Eisman Iris Raylesberg Men of KI—David Pinsky David Rosenthal Robert Saltzburg Lise Schwartz Vote on the slated Liz Kaufman Taylor Officers, Directors & Trustees for 2019–2020 8 MAY 2019

In Our Community Israel Committee KI Music Arts: Continued Cooperative Kehillat Yozma: Our Sister Environmental Programs & Second Community in Modi’in, Israel Memorial Concert By Sonnie Katz, Chair KI Israel Committee By Ellen Bildersee, Chair, Music Arts Committee Temple Judea Museum, Music Arts, and KIGreenfaith committees Background About KI Israel Committee’s will continue our cooperative programs on recycling and preserving Sister Community in Israel our natural world. Our committees’ work will be amplified and supplemented by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Founded in 1997, Yozma is the vibrant and the Schuylkill Nature Center. spiritual, educational, and cultural center for progressive Jewish life in Modi’in. They Carol and Art Silverman sponsor these cooperative programs in integrate Jewish heritage and progressive values memory of their daughter, Cheryl Beth Silverman. The Academy of throughout their community programs, events, Natural Sciences will present the annual Cheryl Beth Silverman and education. Appointed Senior Rabbi and Memorial Lecture, featuring Raymond G. Najjar, Penn State Professor Executive Director of Yozma in 2017, Rabbi of Meteorology, who will speak at the Academy about climate change on Nir Barkin served in a variety of capacities at Wednesday evening, May 8, at 6:00 p.m. The Schuylkill Nature Center Yozma since first joining the community in has recently installed a newly renovated Bird Blind in Beth’s memory. 2004. Rabbi Barkin and his wife, Anat, are parents to daughter Amit and sons Omri and As KI’s TJ Museum continues its Recycling installation, and Assaf. “My approach to Israeli culture and the KIGreenfaith continues their environmental efforts, the KI Music Arts traditions of the Jewish people is based on Committee will present its second Cheryl Beth Silverman Memorial complete equality.” Concert this season, carrying through musical themes appreciating the natural environment, and music created by recycling musical ideas from Yozma provides formal and informal composers who mentored or inspired other composers. On Sunday education to children, adults and families. evening, May 5, at 7:15 p.m. in KI’s Korn Memorial Sanctuary, 8339 Their mission is “…to create a pluralistic and Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027, the Main Line Symphony creative Jewish center in the spirit of Progressive Orchestra with 70+ musicians will play “Suite from On the Waterfront” Judaism — one that aspires to tikkun olam and by Leonard Bernstein; “Lincoln Portrait” by Bernstein’s mentor, Aaron social justice, and initiates services based upon Copland, with MYSTERY GUEST NARRATOR (!); “Saint-Saens’ Jewish pluralistic values.” Yozma members Havanese, Op. 104, Mvt. 1” with violin soloist Angelina Phillips, winner believe that this mission is crucial for Israel of the James Deitz Memorial Concerto Competition. The program to continue to be a source of inspiration and concludes with “2nd Symphony” by Randall Thompson. unity for Jewish people all over the world. Adult tickets: $35 ($30 if purchased by May 1); students through Yozma’s projects include: outreach to age 23, FREE. For more information, go to www.kenesethisrael.org. communities with disabilities — they adopted Beit Eden home for developmentally- KIGreenfaith Tip Compost. About one quarter of challenged children from low-income families, where volunteers lead weekly Kabbalat Shabbat household trash is food, which is mostly water. Sending and an annual B’nai — B’not Mitzvah service this to the landfill wastes energy. Even worse, rotting and celebration. Another project, Yozman, is a food in a landfill makes methane, which contributes highly successful after-school weekly tutoring to warming the planet. With so many different ways program, where volunteers tutor children from to compost and composting tools available, it is easy to economically-challenged families. Yozma also fit composting into your life. If you aren’t sure how to get provides support for single-parent families, started, contact KIG at ([email protected]). runs a food bank, a bereavement support group, and the Gamach Fund, which assists families suffering from personal and economic tragedies and crisis. Full Disclosure: All information obtained from the website of Kehillat Yozma. S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 9

Lifelong Learning From the Meyers Library Library email list. You may also call Library the library at 215.887.8700 x122. Programs By Ellen Tilman, Director of Library Services at a Glance: Summer will be here before we know. I am looking forward Library Catalog Available in Your Home Tuesday, May 7 to long afternoons reading at the pool or beach. This spring Our catalog of books is now many of our favorite authors have new books being published. available online. If you need assistance in searching for a title, Book Discussion Ayelet Tsabari (The Best Place on Earth) has written please let me know. Open the KI The Art of Leaving: A Memoir. Prolific author Jillian website (kenesethisrael.org), click Wednesday, May 15 Cantor has published In Another Time. Julie Orringer the Education tab, then click the Jews: Tin Pan Alley (The Invisible Bridge) has written The Flight Portfolio. and Broadway Jennifer Weiner will publish Mrs. Everything in June. I also want to recommend two nonfiction titles: Deborah Lipstadt’s Library link on the drop-down menu. latest book, Antisemitism: Here and Now and Matti Click on the catalog. Explore the Friedman’s (The Aleppo Codex) Spies of No Country: Secret many books and DVDs that you can borrow. Insert the name Lives at the Birth of Israel. All selections are available in the of your favorite author into the search box. You will see the Meyers Library. What titles are on your “to read” list? author’s books that are available in the library. Insert a topic as a subject (i.e., Israel, Purim, Jewish Art, etc.), and up pops Adult Book Discussion Group an illustrated list of the books. As you use the database, please let me know if you find any mistakes. Our catalog is still a work The Adult Book Discussion Group continues to be very in progress! popular. Participants share insights, reactions, and comments with others who have read the book. Our final discussion for Become a Book Reviewer this year is on Tuesday, May 7. We will discuss Memento Park, Have you noticed the book recommendations appearing by Mark Sarvas. The book discussion begins at 1:00 p.m. in Shalom KI? Have you read a Jewish book that you (Bring a bag lunch at 12:30 p.m. and join us for an indoor recommend others read? Would you like to see your name picnic.) Book selections are available in the Meyers Library. in print? Contact Ellen about becoming a book reviewer for our “Good Reads” Column. Share Your Favorites… Coffee in the Library Do you have a Jewish book that you would recommend Coffee Angels have contributed $25 each to sponsor for the Adult Book Discussion Group or a film that we should FREE coffee for one month for KI library patrons. If you show in the Jewish Film series? Please let me know. We are would like to become a Coffee Angel and enable us to continue starting to prepare our list for next year. to provide FREE coffee please contact Ellen in the library. Jews: Tin Pan Alley and Broadway The Meyers Library is a wireless computer zone. Bring your laptop; enjoy a cup of gourmet coffee and explore the Join Rabbi Sussman, Hazzan Tilman, and Fran Schwartz latest book arrivals in your KI home. Make the KI Library on Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. for a musical exploration your home away from home. of how Jewish music and Judaism influenced the Broadway music of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Schwartz. If you would like to receive information on new acquisitions, library events, and updates, please send your email address to [email protected] to be added to the special Meyers Library Hours building. Book carts with the latest in contemporary fiction are brought to the Oneg Shabbat on Friday evening. All The library is open on Tuesday and Wednesday books may be borrowed for two weeks at no charge. To from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It is open on Thursday from reserve a book, please call 215.887.8700 x122 or email: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. during the academic year. We stay [email protected]. open until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday whenever JQuest B’Yachad is in session. We are also open on Sunday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon when there is a program in the 1 0 MAY 2019

Lifelong Learning Rich and Storied Family History Unearthed at TJM It is wonderful when a TJM exhibition a contemporary of the photo- sparks a connection within the KI community. grapher Alfred Stieglitz (think That is exactly what our guest columnist, of his famous photograph, Joanne Beck, discovered after seeing our “Steerage”). Records show that recent photography exhibition: Elias Goldensky had studios at several locations in Philadelphia. “There are stories in every family that His work is represented at the seem unlikely to have occurred. My mother’s mother, Elsie George Eastman Museum in Winterman Bershtein, was reported to have been a model Rochester, New York. I found a research paper online published around the age of 16 for a photographer in Philadelphia. about Goldensky through The Philadelphia Historical Society. Elsie was from a family of six girls and one boy. Her father was I discovered from that research article that Elias Goldensky a barber and administered homeopathic remedies of the time was quite famous at the height of his career, and that he photo- in his shop, including “bleeding” through the use of leeches. graphed two rabbis from the early days of Keneseth Israel —  Her mother was a homemaker. Rabbi Fineshriber and Rabbi Krauskopf. I hope to continue my research and locate those portraits. There was a famous family photograph that all of us cherished. The pose was unusual for a photograph of that era. How did my grandmother from her modest home ever come It was of the head and upper body of a beautiful adolescent girl to be photographed by a photographer as noted as Goldensky? partly in shadow, my grandmother, Elsie. One day I received a I wonder how the two met. Goldensky’s studio was at 270 South gift of a copy of that original photo and noticed a round seal at 2nd Street in Philadelphia, according to the address on the seal the bottom. The photographer’s name on the seal was Elias beneath the photo. The family did live in South Philadelphia. Goldensky. The family story seemed to be true. However, Could they have been neighbors? who was Elias Goldensky? I decided to research his history. I enjoyed doing this research. I was very taken with the Elias arrived in America with his father from Russia in the recent exhibition of the Temple Judea Museum Photography later 19th century. Both were involved in photography and were Collection at KI. I especially liked those photographs in which listed as oculists. They dealt with eye problems and corrective I could see a family connection to KI, such as the photograph lenses — oculist is an old-fashioned term no longer used today. of longtime KI member, Bill Dodies’ father at work as a surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital.” – Joanne Beck, 2019 Elias became a pioneer in “mood” photography with his use of artificial light, or lack of, to get various effects. He was Adult Ed 2018–19: A Fabulous Year of Learning Winding down this year’s programs and starting next year’s: Thursday, May 16, 11:30 a.m. our 2019–20 season will begin in June! We will offer programs all summer, since so many people are away in the winter. “Fred Harvey and the Harvey Girls,” with Susan Adler Every program listed below is one you should not miss. Thursday, May 23, 11:30 a.m. Your community of learners and friends will be waiting for YOU! No excuses! “Whistle-Blowers,” with Frederick Lipman Thursday, May 2, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, 7:30 p.m. Maimonides Café with Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. Masterpieces of Jewish Literature: “The Strange World of Isaac B. Singer,” with Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. Monday, May 6, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 11:30 a.m. “Photojournalism and the Plight of Farmers During the Depression,” presented by Stan Singer “How to Be Funnier?,” with Dr. Joel Schwartz Thursday, May 9, 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 6, 11:30 a.m. “Woodrow Wilson and The Great War,” “Beyond Judaism: Jews in the Secular Arts,” presented by Neill Hartley with Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. Monday, May 13, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 6:00 p.m. “My Days as a Philadelphia Eagle,” with Steve Ebbecke “Music for the Heart and Soul” Dinner and Concert $54 per person. RSVP by June 8. For more information, see page 7 or contact Caryl at [email protected]. S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 11

2019 KI Confirmands Yahadut Mitkademit CORE VALUE My name is Aidan attending KI when I was in first grade. Jewish holiday is Passover because I have Benjamin Bell, In my spare time I enjoy playing sports, good memories of the Seder, retelling son of Ilene and especially lacrosse and soccer. I also enjoy the story with my family and finding Mitchell Bell. I live in biking and going to the beach. Passover is the afikomen. A few of my favorite Flourtown and attend very meaningful to me because I enjoy KI memories include volunteering at Springfield Township the food and telling the story. My favorite multiple events, the KIFTY New York High School. In my KI memory was the RAC trip because trip, my Bat Mitzvah, and the KI spare time I enjoy I was able to spend it with my friends. Holocaust class with Rabbi Sussman. playing video games and watching TV. I enjoy Shabbat because it brings rest My name is Anastasia My name is Tyler after a hard, stressful week. My favorite Rosine Goshorn, Jordan Kramaroff, memory of KI was the RAC trip in daughter of Patricia son of Lauren and Washington, D.C. Nino and Adam Chad Kramaroff. My name is Nicole Goshorn. I live in I live in Horsham Lillian Farber, Jenkintown and and attend Hatboro- daughter of Kimberly attend Abington Horsham High and Joel Farber. I live High School. I started School. I started in Philadelphia and attending KI when I was 10 years old. attending KI when I was in third grade. attend Central High I enjoy playing tennis, shopping and In my spare time, I enjoy sports and School. I started watching movies in my spare time. filming school events with HHTV. I attending KI when I Hanukkah is my favorite Jewish holiday enjoy Passover because I get to spend was six years old. In my spare time I enjoy because my family gets to spend time time with my family. My favorite drawing, playing video games and science. together. My favorite memory of KI is memory at KI is the RAC trip with I enjoy Sukkot because I like the Sukkah the RAC trip. my Confirmation Class. and its decoration. My favorite KI My name is Jacob My name is Alyssa memory was going inside the organ Phillip Kane, son Michelle Markowitz, during the fifth grade sleepover. of Bonnie and daughter of Ann and My name is Zoe Alan Kane. I live in Craig Markowitz. Clara Freedman, Jamison and attend I live in Huntingdon daughter of Kristi Central Bucks High Valley and attend Katz-Freedman and School East. I’ve Lower Moreland Mark Freedman. attended KI since High School. I started I live in Rydal and I was in preschool. My hobbies include at KI when I was in ninth grade. I enjoy attend Abington accounting, music and theater. Yom shopping, playing lacrosse and hanging Senior High School. Kippur is most meaningful to me because out with my friends in my spare time. My I enjoy playing lacrosse and field hockey. I was born on this holiday. My favorite KI favorite Jewish holiday is Yom Kippur I also love camp and spending time with memories were going inside the organ in because I fast during the day and I help friends. My favorite Jewish holiday is fifth grade and the RAC trip in 10th grade. deliver food trays to people breaking the Hanukkah because I get to spend time My name is Madison fast. My favorite KI memory is the RAC with my family, and my favorite KI Sarah Karlin, trip with my Confirmation Class. memory is the RAC trip. daughter of Rosalind My name is Sydnee Ilyssa Ostroff, My name is Ethan and Joe Karlin. I live daughter of Reesa and Samuel Glass, son in Abington and Craig Ostroff. I live in of Elaine and David attend Abington Dresher and attend Glass. I live in Blue Senior High School. Upper Dublin High Bell and attend I started attending KI School. I’ve been at Wissahickon High when I was in kindergarten. My hobbies KI since I was 16 School. I started include acting, singing, running, rock months old! climbing and engineering. My favorite (continued on next page) 1 2 MAY 2019

2019 KI Confirmands (Continued) Yahadut Mitkademit CORE VALUE In my spare time I love going to camp and hanging out with to be with my family and celebrate together. My favorite KI friends. Hanukkah is my favorite Jewish holiday because of memory was getting to see the inside of the organ at the fifth family traditions. My favorite memory of KI was planning grade sleepover. the event to raise awareness of gun violence, “Taking Action: One Year Later”. My name is Samuel Morris Solar, son of Jill and Chad Solar. I live in Huntingdon My name is Shayna Michelle Saltzburg, Valley and attend Lower Moreland High daughter of Pamela and Robert Saltzburg. School. I started attending KI when I was I live in Lafayette Hill and attend Plymouth in seventh grade. Activities I enjoy include Whitemarsh High School. I have been track, basketball and music. My favorite at KI since I was five years old. My hobbies Jewish holiday is Passover because I enjoy include theater, KIFTY, NFTY and singing. the story and the dinner. An important KI Passover is meaningful to me because I get memory for me is meeting new friends. Help Honor Our 2019 Erev Shavuot & Consecration Service Confirmation Class! Saturday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m. Friends, relatives, and Shavuot Confirmation Service congregants are invited to send Sunday, June 9 at 10:30 a.m. a very special Confirmation Congratulatory Card to each All Are Welcome Confirmand for a $5.00 donation per card. I/We would like to honor our students and support the YES Fund. Please print clearly! Thank you. It has become our tradition at Keneseth Israel to present these cards I/We Wish to honor all students in the 5779/2019 class for $54. at the Confirmation Dinner (for I/We would like to honor selected students (see below). Confirmands and their parents I/We would like the card signed from:________________________________________ only). Funds raised support the YES I/We have enclosed my check made payable to “Women of KI” Fund. YES Fund grants provide in the amount of $______________ for #_____________cards. Reform Jewish institutions and Phone # ______________________________________________________ individuals worldwide with the tools necessary for religious, social, and Confirmation Class of 2019 educational growth and enhance Aidan Bell................................................................................................... Son of Ilene & Mitchell Bell Jewish life by supporting clergy, cultivating women’s leadership, Nicole Farber........................................................................... Daughter of Kimberly & Joel Farber advocating for social justice, Zoe Freedman........................................ Daughter of Kristi Katz-Freedman & Mark Freedman providing programming, and Ethan Glass............................................................................................... Son of Elaine & David Glass offering support. Anastasia Goshorn............................................Daughter of Patricia Nino and Adam Goshorn Jacob Kane................................................................................................ Son of Bonnie & Alan Kane Please mail your check, made Madison Karlin............................................................................Daughter of Rosalind & Joe Karlin out to Women of KI, in the amount Tyler Kramaroff............................................................................. Son of Lauren & Chad Kramaroff of $5.00 per card or $54.00 for the Alyssa Markowitz.................................................................. Daughter of Ann & Craig Markowitz entire class by May 31, 2019 to: Sydnee Ostroff........................................................................... Daughter of Reesa & Craig Ostroff Shayna Saltzburg...........................................................Daughter of Pamela & Robert Saltzburg Women of KI Samuel Solar.....................................................................................................Son of Jill & Chad Solar 8339 Old York Road Elkins Park, PA 19027 Attn: Lynn Neigut Questions? Call Lynn at 215.884.0890 S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 13

May 2019 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday KI at Your Fingertips 1 2 Yom HaShoah 3 4 (Holocaust Remember to check eKI or 11:00 a.m. WKI Annual Memorial Day) 8:00 p.m. Shabbat La Lev 9:00 a.m. Torah Study www.kenesethisrael.org for Interfaith Program 11:30 a.m. Adult Education Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning the latest KI weekly news & Luncheon and events. (RSVP ONLY) Program 10 Service 5:30 p.m. Havdalah Service 5 6 7 7:00 p.m. Inclusion Committee 9 Yom Ha’Atzmaut 5:45 p.m. Tot Shabbat Service & Meeting (Israel Independence Teacher Appreciation 11 9:15 a.m. JQuest 10:30 a.m. Adult Education 12:30 p.m. Book Discussion Day) Dinner 9:00 a.m. WKI NY Trip— Program 4:30 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad Erev Yom HaShoah 11:30 a.m. Adult Education 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 6:00 p.m. QN Homework 8:00 p.m. Israel Shabbat Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning SOLD OUT 6:30 p.m. Social Justice Policy 6:15 p.m. Confirmation 8 Yom HaZikaron (Day Program 7:15 p.m. Music Arts Program Taskforce of Remembrance for 17 Service Rehearsal Fallen Israeli Solders 16 5:30 p.m. Havdalah Service 6:45 p.m. Quest Noar 6:00 p.m. Music Arts Lecture— 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal 11:30 a.m. Adult Ed Program Service led by the 18 Out of Building 2:00 p.m. Blood Drive Fourth Grade 12 Mother’s Day 13 14 Last Day 7:30 p.m. Religious Practices 7:00 p.m. Board of Directors 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Tuesday Classes 24 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 9:15 a.m. NO JQuest 10:30 a.m. Adult Education Committee Meeting Meeting Program 8:00 p.m. WKI Sisterhood Service 4:30 p.m. JQuest B’Yachad 15 23 Shabbat Service 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat 6:00 p.m. QN Homework 5:30 p.m. Havdalah Service 6:15 p.m. Confirmation 7:30 p.m. Meyers Library 11:30 a.m. Adult Education Musical Event ~ Program 25 Rehearsal “Jews: Tin Pan Alley 6:45 p.m. Quest Noar and Broadway” 7:00 p.m. Board of Trustees 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 7:00 p.m. Inclusion Meeting Meeting 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal 22 Service 19 Last Day 20 21 7:00 p.m. Israel Committee Sunday Classes Program: 12:30 p.m. Senior Moments “The Forbidden 9:15 a.m. JQuest Luncheon & Program Converation,” (RSVP ONLY) a one-act play by 5:00 p.m. HaMotzi Dinner Gili Getz, actor 6:15 p.m. Confirmation Rehearsal and photographer 7:00 p.m. Social Justice Policy Taskforce 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal 26 27 Memorial Day 28 29 30 31 Preschool & Offices Closed 7:00 p.m. Iftar Program and 7:30 p.m. Masterpieces of 11:30 a.m. Adult Education 8:00 p.m. Pride Shabbat Service Dinner Jewish Literature Program with Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D.~ ”The Strange World of Isaac B. Singer”

June 2019 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Keneseth Israel Phone Directory Preschool.................................. 215.885.2425 7 1 Administrative Office.......... 215.885.8700 Museum.................................... 215.887.2027 Rabbinic Office....................... 215.887.8702 Gift Shop................................... 215.884.4364 8:00 p.m. Brotherhood 9:00 a.m. Torah Study JQuest B’Yachad.................... 215.884.4364 Shabbat Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Fax............................................... 215.887.1070 Service 2 3 4 5 6 5:30 p.m. Havdalah Service 3:00 p.m. Rabbi’s Circle Event— 10:30 a.m. Adult Education 6:30 p.m. Confirmation 11:30 a.m. Adult Education 8 Erev Shavuot Out of Building Program Rehearsal Program 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 7:30 p.m. Erev Shavuot Service & Consecration of 6th and 9th Grade students, Installation of KIFTY Board, Blessing of 12th Grade students 9 Shavuot 10 11 12 13 14 15 10:30 a.m. Shavuot NO Preschool First Day of Camp 7:30 p.m. Religious Practices 7:00 p.m. KI Annual Cong. 6:15 p.m. Installation Dinner 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Confirmation Service Committee Meeting Meeting, Election & by RSVP ONLY 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 6:00 p.m. Adult Ed & WKI Event Special Presentation “Music for the Heart by Rabbi Lance, J. 8:00 p.m. Installation of Service and Soul”Dinner Sussman, Ph.D.: Officers Shabbat 2:00 p.m. Rydal Park Shabbat and Concert “Before Mrs. Maisel: Service (RSVP ONLY) Five Jewish Women 22 in Comedy” 21 16 17Father’s Day 18 19 9:00 a.m. Torah Study 20 5:45 p.m. Tot Shabbat Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 6:30 p.m. Family Shabbat 7:00 p.m. Board of Directors Service Meeting Service 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 5:00 p.m. HaMotzi Dinner 11:30 a.m. Adult Education — 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Out of Building Service 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning 30 6:30 p.m. Brotherhood Meeting Service 1:00 p.m. Lilith Salon— Out of Building

Life Cycles Mazal Tov to the following congregants on their Special Simchas… Mazal Tov to our Births Bar/Bat Mitzvah Students Kalani Gianna Mitchell, daughter of Lauren and Jared Mitchell, My name is Rachel Fay Khavinson; granddaughter of our members Merryl and Scott Bender my Bat Mitzvah is May 4, 2019. Jonah Gabriel Furman, son of Jessica and Robert Furman, For my Mitzvah Project I packed grandson of our members Robin and Marc Furman and delivered boxes for JRA, and Hadley Brey Schnipper, son of our members Aimee worked with the ASPCA, because and Jared Schnipper I love all the dogs and try to make sure they get the right love and care. We mark with sorrow the passing of… I attend Germantown Academy Rochelle Farbstein, sister of our member Estelle Maisel middle school. I love to surf in the summer time and play basketball and water polo. I also Pearl Pripas, cousin of our member David (Ellen) Tilman enjoy history and English. My parents are Lena and Michael Khavinson and my brother is Samuel. Benjamin Fishbein, our member and husband of our member Joyce Fishbein My name is Daniel Beck Zaslow; Lili Weisz¸ our member and grandmother of our member I like to be called Danny or Courtney Weisz Daniel. My Bar Mitzvah is May 11, 2019. For my Mitzvah Project, Abraham Klein, our member and father of our member Bonnie Klein I worked with KI congregant Larry Ostroff, father of our member Craig (Reesa) Ostroff Toby Grubman, my mitzvah mentor, to help kids at Lowell Elementary School. My friends and I raised money to support the school’s much-needed gum and music programs. I attend Abington Junior High, and my hobbies include following the Sixers and the Eagles. I also enjoy solving Rubik’s cubes, playing video games, going to overnight camp, spending time with family and friends, and riding my bike. I love playing basketball and rock climbing. My parents are Susan and Robert Zaslow, and my older siblings are Rachel and Lauren, who also had their B’nai Mitzvah at KI. My name is Chase Walker Harrison; my Bar Mitzvah is May 18, 2019. For my Mitzvah Project I did various projects supporting communities in need. At Elkins Park Fire Company, I packed the fire hose onto the engine and cleaned the quint, which helped volunteer firefighters have free time with their families. I also packaged resource bags with donations for people experiencing homelessness at Resources for Human Development. I attend Cedarbrook Middle School and my hobbies are playing Xbox games, watching movies, and seeing Philadelphia sporting events. I like football, baseball, and basketball. My parents are Darren Lee Harrison and Stacey Jo Bunch-Harrison. Beaming on the Bimah: Everyone enjoyed a beautiful Shabbat service, expertly led by JQuest’s Fifth Grade class on March 15! Mazal Tov to our wonderful students! 1 6 MAY 2019

In Our Community Kehillah CORE VALUE Happy Purim Punims! KI’s Purim festivities were great fun for kids and parents alike — just look at all of these smiling faces! Everyone got into the “retro” Purim spirit at KI’s Erev Purim Shpiel and Service: The Megillah According to John Hughes — Esther’s ‘80s Prom. Then came the ever-popular Purim Carnival, where KI adult and teen volunteers set up and ran games and booths for many of our younger members, families, and friends. Thanks to all who pitched in to help and joined in the fun! S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 17

In Our Community In Praise of Rabbi Sussman… KI’s Senior Moments Committeee presents I so hope that Lance derives strength from the outpouring of devotion and respect for him that he so richly deserves. I have worked with him for Yiddish 101 more than 12 years, almost every week except for times we either were with Rita Ratson out of town or otherwise occupied. During all these years, his brilliance, wit, kindness, devotion to his family, and caring towards others who Instructor of Yiddish at Gratz College need his counsel and sympathy, always shines. He’s one of a kind and we at KI are so lucky to have him. Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Whenever he’s listed as the speaker or running a program, the venue is 12:30 p.m. — Luncheon packed. I’ve gone with him to The Gershman Y, Delaware Valley University, 1:30 p.m. — Program the National Museum of American Jewish History, and other synagogues to help present his programs. People love to hear what he has to say and klutzbalagan leyn heimish they line up to speak with him the minute he finishes. mensch drash schmutz Personally, I feel I’ve been taking one long master class with a master naches kvetch yo bashert teacher. Our latest project is a presentation about five female Jewish (of course) comedians. As I sit here listening to Fanny Brice on YouTube, spielmazel tov davka trying to determine how to embed it into the PowerPoint we’re creating, I marvel at all the paths I’ve walked with him. From ancient Judaism to macher shul bentsch nu? Buddhism, Martin Luther King to Stalin, Jewish female artists to Chagall to Abraham. What a gig for a non-religious, Jewish artist who majored Lunch and Program: in history a hundred years ago! And I have Lance J. Sussman, Super $15 KI Members • $18 Non-members Rabbi, to thank. By the way, he remembers every fact and every slide we ever did, thousands. Me, I rely on my computer’s Spotlight Search and RSVP with payment by May 15 to: the Cloud as my memory. – Joan Myerson Shrager Naomi at 215.887.8700 or [email protected] All Are Welcome 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027 The KI Israel Committee presents Trees for Israel Wednesday, May 22, at 7:00 p.m. If you wish to purchase a tree, in memory or honor of a loved one, in the KI Forest in Israel, please contact the KI Office, 215.887.8700. We will be happy to mail a beautiful tree certificate for you. The cost is $18, checks are payable to: KI Forest, 8339 Old York Road Elkins Park, PA 19027. 1 8 MAY 2019

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. YAHRZEIT Ina Gaber Greenspan.................................................................Andrew Howard Gaber Alan & Joan Gross..................................................................................Paul Silverman DONOR IN MEMORY OF Donald Gross...............................................................................................Anita Gross Ellen Edelman Grossman........................................................................Anne Edelman Joan Abrams..................................................................................Theodore H. Freilick Ronna Hall............................................................................................ Molly Stroback Morton & Marcia Hoffman.................................................................... Shirley Epstein Neysa Adams..........................................Aaron M. Adams, Jane Adams, Fannye Cristol Edward E. Itzenson..............................................................................Kate Shechtman Leon, David, Daniel, Lee Ann & William Jonas.................................Millicent Sall Jonas Marlene Adler..................................................................Sylvia D’Oraz; Richard Jacobs Nan Jurman............................................................................................... Sara Becker Seymour Kalikow......................................................................Shirley Zassler Kalikow Larry Altman.......................................................................................... Judith Altman Martin & Sydnee Kiebert......................................................... Emma Liveright Kiebert Gerald King..................................................................................Elaine Bernhard King Sylvia Angert........................................................................................ Eleanor Kramer Jane Korman.......................................................................................... Rosalie Wachs Bertram Korn, Jr............................................................................................ Jean Korn Stuart & Elaine Baer...............................Benjamin Baer; Marian Baer; Frances Wyman Helen Laver...........................................................................................Charles Marcus Rudolph Lea....................................................................................................Ruth Lea Maxine Bass............................................................................................Nathan Smith Elaine Leibowitz............................................................................Barton M. Leibowitz Stephen Leibowitz........................................................................Barton M. Leibowitz Rochelle Bass....................................................................................Nathan Kauffman Rochelle Levy....................................................Leon Levy; Goldie Paley; Samuel Paley Ronnie Levy.......................................................................................... Marvin B. Levy Harris Baum................................................................................................Rose Baum Barbara Gordon Licht..................................................................................Ida Kelman Matt & Lila London........................................................................... Michael J. London Thelma Bayuk................................................................................ Mabel Bayuk Maen Elsa & Leon Malmud..................................................Charles H. Kravitz; Oscar Malmud Benita Mandel....................................................................................Jacob H. Mandel Elsa Behrend................................................................................. Sidney Loewenstein Marlene Mendez............................................................................ Isadore Rabinowitz Bob & Robin Michaelson & Family.................................Clayre Groth; Hyman Inzelberg Scott & Merryl Bender................................................................... Adeline R. Goldberg Michael & Tanis Mittelman................................................................. Harry Mittelman Susan, Ben & Celia Myerov.................................................................Sidney Saltzburg Stanley Berman & Johanna Parkin.........................................................Eileen Berman Sallie Olson............................................................................................ Rose Dorfman Earnest & Sandi Philips.............................................Ida Baram Balen; Blanche Philips Michael Block & Douglas Block.............................................................Rebecca Shafler Jeffrey & Ellen Plaut..................................................... Simon Langberg; Werner Plaut Stuart & Estelle Price.......................................................Tracey Birnhak; David C. Price Joan Brantz.........................................................................Ruth M. Fine; David Nadler Lynda Quinn...........................................................................................Sydelle Sloane Carl Reinhart............................................................................................ Rae Reinhart Franklin & Marcia Brody........................................................Harry Brody; Jessie Brody Isabelle Ripkin...........................................................................................Jacob Ripkin Adele Roda........................................................................................... George A. Stein Fredlyn Brown............................................................................................. Leon Sacks Al Rodstein..........................................................................................Miriam Rodstein Linda Rosen.................................................................................... Robert Saul Krauss Alan & Wendy Bruck.................................................................. Henrietta Bruck Glaser Marvin Rosen..........................................................................................George Rosen Sally Rosen.................................................................................... Jules J. Weitzenkorn Robert Caplan........................................................................................ Cecelia Caplan David & Sandy Rosenthal............................................Albert Lewis; Richard Rosenthal Bill & Deborah Rubinsohn............................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Gene Chapalas.......................................................................................Louis Lipschitz Neil & Elyse Saladoff.............................................................................. Janet Saladoff Adrienne Saltzburg............................................................................. Sidney Saltzbug Ilene Chasen..................................................................................... Herman Melnicoff Helen Schneeberg.............................................................................William Schreiber Ross Schriftman......................................................Herbert Kandall; Tobey Schriftman Bill & Flossy Clyman...................................................... Dorothy Rubin; Rebecca Rubin Elaine Schutzbank............................................................................ Maxwell J. Duskin Alan & Carol Schwartz.........................................Rosalind Goodman; Richard Monheit Charlotte Cook................................................ Albert Cook; Herbert Cook; Noreen Cook Fran & Sid Schwartz.............................................. David E. Karabel; Annette Schwartz Janice Schwartz-Donahue.......................................................... Jessica Beth Schwartz Les Cooperson & Robyn Miller........................................ Howard Carlisle; Evelyn Miller Murray & Hope Seitchik...................................................................Anna M. Rosenthal Steven Serling..................................................................................... Janice B. Serling Geraldine Cramer...........................................................Charles Hassuk; Esther Hassuk James Cristol................................................................Fannye Cristol; Claire Hagedorn J.J. & Barbara Cutler...............................................................................Sondra Brandt Joseph Davidson.................................................................................. David Davidson Sandra Nightingale Davis................................................................. Claire Nightingale David Dodies...............................................................................................Nina Smith Harold K. Don, Jr..................................................................................Dorothea S. Don Renate Elgart........................................................................................ Ralph B. Elgart Billie Tekel Elias........................................................................................Samuel Tekel Jack & Vickie Farber............................................................Frances Weinberg Brosman Ken & Ellen Finkelstein................................................................................Burt Lerner Marvin & Lois Finkelstein............................................................................Burt Lerner Rita Flame......................................................................................Helen Freda Kanner Allysha Lee Freedman............................................................... Jonathan B. Freedman Morton Freedman............................................................................. Gus Heidelberger Sunny Friedman........................................................... Gertrude Dobkin; Louis Dobkin Allan Furman....................................................................................... William Gimpel Sondra Gittis.....................................................................................Mildred Hamberg Cathy Gaber Glass................................................................................... Philip J. Gaber Peggy Goldenberg.............................................................................. Samuel Feinberg Michael & Jamie Goodman....................................Steven Goodman; Matthew Jaslow Myrna Goodman.............................................................................. Edward Goodman Ricki Gordon....................................................................Simon E. Dash, Craig L. Perlin Connie Gottlieb.................................................. Harry W. Goldberg; Sallie Keiner Taub Marilyn Gray........................................................................................Anna Lieberman Anne Greenberg...............................................................................Martin Vigderman S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 19

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. Phyllis Silver...........................................................................................Martin Yarnoff MAE W. FINESHRIBER MEMORIAL ROSE GARDEN JoAnn & Richard Simon.................................Bobette Schlezinger; Nathan Schlezinger Michael Simon.......................................................................................Richard Simon DONOR IN MEMORY OF Brian & Hilary Sperling................Edward Goodman, Joseph Sperling, Miriam Sperling Janet Spielman............................................................................. Miriam Belber Stein Joan Brantz... Samuel Feinberg; Bertram Kornfeld; Benjamin Fishbein; Martin Yarnoff Claire Spilker............................................................................................ Oscar Spilker Adam Steinberg................................................................................. Estelle Steinberg Helene Feinberg.............................................................................Stanley Goldenberg Robert Steinberg................................................................................ Estelle Steinberg Paulette Sterman-Soroko.............................................................................. Jean Korn Sonnie Katz..................................................................................................Bill Dodies Ann Stolinsky.......................................................................................Henry Stolinsky Muriel Sultz........................................................................................ Dorothy Balaban GENERAL FUND Freda Sussman, Marcelle Fischler, Lance Sussman................................ Anna Sussman Leonard Sussman,..............................................................................Samuel Sussman DONOR IN MEMORY OF Deborah Thomas,.................................................................................Charles Berman Myron Waxman.......................................................................... Estelle Israel Waxman Lewis & Elaine Abel................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Lorraine Weiner.........................................................................................Leon Weiner Judith Wexler........................................................................................... Evelyn Miller Richard & Marci Abt...............................................................................Martin Yarnoff Andrew Woldow............................................................ Asher Woldow; Doris Woldow Barry & Merle Wolf............................................................................Philmore Solotoff Larry & Cathy Altman.............................................................................Martin Yarnoff Rochelle Wolf........................................................................................... Beth Shapiro David Wolff..............................................................................................Carolyn Wolff Lynda Barness..............................................................................................Janet Polis Rick Bedrick & Amy Brantz Bedrick.........................................................Martin Yarnoff Lynn & Herman Berg..............................................................................Martin Yarnoff Levin Sedran & Berman & Staff....................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Howard Bleiman....................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Burton Blender & Libby Harwitz............................................................Martin Yarnoff Board of Directors of Breyer Estates................................................. Benjamin Fishbein Arnold & Jeanne Brenman.............................................................. Benjamin Fishbein Andrew & Jody Brookman......................................................................Martin Yarnoff Constance Busby....................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Alan & Ann Cohen..................................................................................Martin Yarnoff ADAMS LIBRARY FUND Marty & Honey Cohen..................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein DONOR IN MEMORY OF Robert & Betty Cohen............................................................................Martin Yarnoff Margaret Lichtenstein..................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Joe Donahue & Janice Schwartz-Donahue.............................................Martin Yarnoff ADULT EDUCATION FUND Bud & Ruth DuBois..................................................Benjamin Fishbein; Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Harold & Judith Einhorn.................................................................. Benjamin Fishbein Myrna & Howard Asher..........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Miriam Finkel.................................................................................. Benjamin Fishbein Rudi Levin....................................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Bennett & Sylvia Fishbein............................................................... Benjamin Fishbein DONOR IN HONOR OF Paul & Ruthie Frank................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Myrna & Howard Asher.....................................Speedy Recovery of Helen Schneeberg Anne & Barry Friedman..........................................................................Martin Yarnoff JUDITH ALTMAN MUSEUM Marc Furman & Robin Fine-Furman.......................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Sidney & Marjorie Gable..........................................Benjamin Fishbein; Martin Yarnoff Irv Matusow & Barbara Rudnick...................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Bill & Betsy Goff.............................................................................. Benjamin Fishbein ARCHIVES FUND Bruce & Michelle Golden........................................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN HONOR OF Howard & Emily Greenberg....................................................................Martin Yarnoff Babe Hernes...........................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Ed & Claire Schweriner......................................................... Birthday of Bernice Printz Abby Stamelman Hocky.................................................................. Benjamin Fishbein JUDGE MYRNA FIELD BAUM FUND Ed & Sandy Hollin...................................................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Billie Horwitz.................................................................................. Benjamin Fishbein Harris Baum................. Joyce L. Baum; Seth Bloom; Benjamin Fishbein; Ian O’Donnell Huntingdon Place Social Committee......................................................Martin Yarnoff CANTOR’S PHILANTHROPIC FUND Jules & Connie Kay.................................................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF John & Madeline Keane..........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Synder, Soloff & Yarnoff Families............................................................Martin Yarnoff Debby Kendall........................................................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN HONOR OF Mickey & Judy Langsfeld................................................................. Benjamin Fishbein Miriam Licence................................................................................Cantor Amy E. Levy Adam & Sara Laver & Family..................................................................Martin Yarnoff Synder, Soloff & Yarnoff Families.....................................................Cantor Amy E. Levy Legacy Advisors............................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein EDUCATOR’S PHILANTHROPIC FUND Phyllis & Marvin Levin..................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein DONOR IN HONOR OF Sam & Susan Liebman.................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Marci & Richard Abt.................................................................................. Rabbi Rigler Marc Manzione......................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Ted & Jackie Matlow........................................................................ Benjamin Fishbein Eve Mennies...........................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Lynn Neigut.................................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein 2 0 MAY 2019

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. David & Ann Packman............................................................................Martin Yarnoff ISRAEL COMMITTEE FUND Ross & Meredith Podell..........................................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN HONOR OF Herb & Thelma Portnoff.........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Anne & Richard Brown................................................................... Seder Box Campain Riley, Riper, Hollin & Colagreco...............................................................Martin Yarnoff MILLICENT & MARK KAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Paula Roth & Sindy Hark........................................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Katharine Ryan-Tadley...........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Joan Brantz....................................................................................Stanley Goldenberg Michael & Jamie Rockower & Family......................................................Martin Yarnoff Helene Feinberg.............................................................................Stanley Goldenberg Robert & Carey Roseman.........................................Benjamin Fishbein; Martin Yarnoff Peggy Goldenberg.............................................................................. Samuel Feinberg Myrna Rosenau............................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein DONOR IN HONOR OF Nan I. Rosner & Andrew Isen........................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Peggy Goldenberg.................................................................................Richard Frieder Bill & Deborah Rubinsohn.......................................................................... Shep Goren Ruth Schoenberg...................................................................................Martin Yarnoff KING DAVID HARP SOCIETY Amy Seidman & Julie Seidman..............................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Susan & John Shaw................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Frank & Ellen Abrahams.............................................................................Nettie Stein Joan Shrager..........................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Marilyn Neigut................................................................................ Benjamin Fishbein Rob & Karen Sirota..................................................Benjamin Fishbein; Martin Yarnoff Sallie Olson............................................................Burton Cushner; Rochelle Farbstein Jerry & Marlene Sokolow.......................................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN HONOR OF Adam, Susie, Amanda & Carly Soll.........................................................Martin Yarnoff Anita and Murray Madnick.........................................................................Sonnie Katz Peter & Denise Soloff....................................................... Ben Fishbein; Abraham Klein Irv Matusow & Barbara Rudnick.................................................................Sonnie Katz Richard & Diane Steinbrink....................................................................Martin Yarnoff Sallie Olson................................................................................................Sonnie Katz Gordon & Joan Stetz........................................................................ Benjamin Fishbein CLARENCE L. & ESTELLE S. MEYERS LIBRARY FUND Harriet Stuart & Bill Schwarzman...........................................................Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Muriel Tabas.................................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Renate Elgart.........................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Liz & Andrew Taylor................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Renate Elgart..................................................................................... Herman Delfiner Michael & Sue Thurman.........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Ricki Gordon.................................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein Bob & Helene Wagman..........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Babe Hernes.................................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein DONOR IN HONOR OF Bud Rothschild.......................................................................................Martin Yarnoff Alan & Ann Cohen.................................................................. Lee Rosenthal’s Birthday Burny & Renee Sack........................................................................ Benjamin Fishbein Rita Lifson....................................................................100th Birthday of Elsa Behrend MUSIC ARTS FUND Gordon & Joan Meyers.................................................100th Birthday of Elsa Behrend DONOR IN MEMORY OF Peter & Denise Soloff..................................................................................Sonnie Katz Bob & Ellen Bildersee......................................... Belle Bernstein; Samuel S. Bernstein; Adrienne Saltzburg..................................................................... My Birthday Blessing Benjamin Fishbein; Stanley Goldenberg; Martin Yarnoff Ross Schriftman.........................................................................................Sonnie Katz Eve Mennies.................................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND DONOR IN HONOR OF DONOR IN MEMORY OF Stephen & Meredith Hecht............................................ Birthday of Sheila DeAnnuntis Marcy Perlmutter Klugman...................................................................William Dodies Patricia Loudis............................................................... Birthday of Sheila DeAnnuntis William Schur..........................Benjamin Fishbein; Elizabeth Halpin; William F. Lotz, III ONEG FUND HAMOTZI FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN MEMORY OF Sonnie Katz.............................................................Benjamin Fishbein; Martin Yarnoff Tatyana Shamilyan.............................................................................Pepron Kirkorova DONOR IN HONOR OF DONOR IN HONOR OF Scott & Merryl Bender..............................................Wedding Blessing of Our Children Wendy Ankrom............................................................................................... HaMotzi Marlene Bookbinder..................................................................................Sonnie Katz Pat Loudis....................................................................................................... HaMotzi Mark & Lisa Freedman.............................................Wedding Blessing of Our Children HAZAK FUND Terri, Marc & Randi Katz.............................................................................Sonnie Katz DONOR IN HONOR OF Larry & Diane Mitnick................................................... Our 25th Wedding Anniversary Frank & Nancy Wurman...................................................... Rabbi Sussman’s 18th Year Benjamin & Susan Myerov.............................................Adrienne Saltzburg’s Birthday INCLUSION PROJECTS Lee & Susan Saltzburg....................................................Adrienne Saltzburg’s Birthday DONOR IN MEMORY OF Rob & Pam Saltzburg.....................................................Adrienne Saltzburg’s Birthday Anita and Murray Madnick.....................................................................Martin Yarnoff Barry & Merle Wolf.....................................................................................Sonnie Katz S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u !  SHALOM KI 21

Contributions All listings indicate donor first, followed by the honor or memorial. RABBI’S PHILANTHROPIC FUND SOCIAL ACTION FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN MEMORY OF Robert & Betty Cohen..................................................................................Mel Cohen Susie & Mark Elfont and Rhoda Byck............................................... Benjamin Fishbein Alan & Lois Meyers.......................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein TEMPLE JUDEA MUSEUM FINE ARTS FUND Dave & Sandy Rosenthal.........................................Benjamin Fishbein; Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF Leonard & Joan Shore............................................................................Martin Yarnoff Marvin & Louise Kleinman.............................................................Stanley Goldenberg Synder, Soloff & Yarnoff Families............................................................Martin Yarnoff Rita Poley........................................................................................ Benjamin Fishbein Phil & Ellen Steinberg...................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein 21ST CENTURY FUND DONOR IN HONOR OF DONOR IN MEMORY OF Neysa Adams...............................................................100th Birthday of Elsa Behrend Rochelle Wolf.................................................................................. Benjamin Fishbein Susan Chace.................................................................100th Birthday of Elsa Behrend DONOR IN HONOR OF Ricki Gordon.............................................................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Steve & Judy Bleyer................................................................ Lee Rosenthal’s Birthday Marvin & Louise Kleinman..................................................................................Purim Ken & Nancy Davis.........................................................Lee Rosenthal’s 80th Birthday Lynn Neigut & Family...............................................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Judi & David Mink..........................................................Lee Rosenthal’s 80th Birthday Sid & Fran Schwartz..........Special Birthday of Joan Myerson Shrager; Rabbi Sussman; Richard & JoAnn Simon..................................................Lee Rosenthal’s 80th Birthday Anniversary of Marty & Walt Rosen TYSON BROADCAST FUND Synder, Soloff & Yarnoff Families..............................................Rabbi Lance J. Sussman DONOR IN MEMORY OF Philip Spergel.........................................................................Birthday of Ruth Spergel Michael & Jamie Goodman...................................................................... Shaina Sachs RICHARD E. RUDOLPH, JR. PRESCHOOL FUND Leonard & Joan Shore..................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN HONOR OF Steven & Jane Hirshberg........................................................................Martin Yarnoff Annette Field.............................................................................................Sonnie Katz Myrna Rosenau............................................................................ Mila Gray Roomberg Leonard & Joan Shore................................................................................Sonnie Katz FAY & LEO ROSENAU FUND Steven & Carol Weller......................................................................Streaming Services DONOR IN MEMORY OF WOMEN OF KI Jerry & Lois Rosenau................................................... Robert Rosenau; Martin Yarnoff DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN HONOR OF Claire Spilker........................................................................................ Burton Cushner Jerry & Lois Rosenau...................................................................................... Jules Kay SACRED MUSIC FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF Anita and Murray Madnick......................................................................Joseph Zafran Eve Mennies.................................................................................... Benjamin Fishbein DONOR IN HONOR OF Neysa Adams...............................................................................Hazzan David Tilman Rhoda Hershman.......................................................................................Sonnie Katz SHARING IS CARING FUND DONOR IN HONOR OF DATE: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 TIME: 7:00 p.m. (Program & Dinner are free) James & Rachel Goff......................................................................... The Lowell School PLACE: 8339 Old York Road, SAVE THE DATE! Elkins Park, PA 19027 Jewish Higher Education in Israel RSVP required by Wednesday, May 24, 2019: Pam at 215-887-8702 or email A Gratz College Leadership Israel Tour [email protected] Led by Co-sponsored by: Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. and Dr. Paul Finkelman November 10–20, 2019 2 2 MAY 2019

215.887.8700 • FAX 215.887.1070 • www.kenesethisrael.org SENIOR STAFF Teen Leaders: KI teens Rachel Eisenman Senior Rabbi, Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D., D.D. and Shayna Saltzburg were recently elected [email protected] / 215.887.8702 Communications Vice President and Cantor, Amy E. Levy, M.S.M. Membership Vice President, respectively, of [email protected] / 215.887.8702 the NFTY-PAR regional board for 2019–2020. Director of Religious Education, Rabbi Stacy Eskovitz Rigler, MAJE They continue a multi-year presence of [email protected] / 215.887.8704 KIFTY leadership taking the next step to Executive Director, Brian Rissinger the regional board. Well done, Rachel and [email protected] / 215.887.8700 Shayna — Mazal Tov and continued success! Director of Early Childhood Education, Liz Z. Sussman, M.Ed. [email protected] / 215.885.2425 (Archives Continues from Back Page) Membership Engagement Director, Jaimie Abt Shmelzer Imagine, not one, but at least three [email protected] / 215.887.8700 Director/Curator, Temple Judea Museum, Rita Rosen Poley Einsteins here at KI over those early years: [email protected] / 215.887.2027 Max, Felix, and Herman (Albert’s father Librarian, Meyers Library, Ellen Tilman who stayed in Germany) were second cousins [email protected] / 215.887.8700 with a common great-grandfather; Albert, Youth Engagement Coordinator, Danielle Strauss a second cousin once removed. This [email protected] / 215.887.8700 demonstrates a few historical points. Choir Director/Pastoral Care, Hazzan David Tilman Most obviously, small Jewish populations [email protected] / 215.887.8702 in small towns (and surrounding regions) Organist, Andrew Senn were inevitably linked in multiple ways. Rabbi Emeritus, Simeon J. Maslin, D. Min. Secondly, it further illustrates that many Cantor Emeritus, Richard Allen early KI members were from the Baden- Executive Director Emeritus, William Ferstenfeld Wurttemberg/Bavaria region. In comparison, early Rodeph Shalom families were more OFFICERS predominately from western Germany, President, Evonne Jonas Kruger [email protected] including the Rhineland and Hessen states. Vice President, Janice Schwartz-Donahue [email protected] KI’s origins are thus the product of its Vice President, James L. Rosenthal [email protected] members’ origins and family ties. Vice President, Denise Yarnoff Soloff [email protected] Secretary, Donna Bleznak Keller [email protected] Assistant Secretary, Karen Langsfeld [email protected] Treasurer, Robert B. Saltzburg [email protected] Associate Treasurer, Andrew F. Altman [email protected] Associate Treasurer, Robert B. Roseman [email protected] Immediate Past President, Arnold B. Meshkov [email protected] Honorary Presidents Joyce Fishbein, Hon. Jan E. DuBois, Miriam Finkel, Connie Kay, E. Harris Baum, Norma Meshkov, Karen L. Sirota, Carey S. Roseman, Andrew J. Flame, Peter J. Soloff, Richard Weiss Shalom Like KI Keneseth Israel on Facebook: is an affiliate THE BULLETIN OF KENESETH ISRAEL & THE MEYERS LIBRARY congregation of REFORM the Union for Editor, Donna Bleznak Keller Reform Judaism Assistant Editor, Anita Madnick C O N G R E G AT I O N SHALOM KI 23 Graphic Designer, Marjorie Trager KENESETH ISRAEL S U P P O R T K I ! C a l l 2 1 5 . 8 8 7 . 8 7 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w . k e n e s e t h i s r a e l . o r g . T h a n k y o u ! 

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For The Future KI CORE VALUES Yahadut Mitkademit Limmud Reform Judaism Sacred Learning Wednesday, May 29 As a diverse community repre- T’fillot Kehillah 7:30 p.m. Masterpieces of senting a broad constituency Prayer and Spirituality Community of nearly 1,000 families strong, Tikkun Olam Ahavat Israel Jewish Literature with Rabbi we have identified seven core Social Justice/ Jewish Pride/Love of Israel Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. values that define the heart and Repair of the World Friday, May 31 soul of our congregation. Hiddur Mitzvah Presorted 8:00 p.m. Pride Shabbat Service Arts and Culture 1st Class Saturday, June 8 US Postage 7:30 p.m. Erev Shavuot Service & 8339 Old York Road Consecration of 6th and Elkins Park, PA 19027-1597 Paid 9th Grade students, Address Service Requested: Permit #81 Installation of KIFTY Board, Langhorne, PA Blessing of 12th Grade students Sunday, June 9 please recycle 10:30 a.m. Shavuot Confirmation Service Thursday, June 13 7:00 p.m. KI Annual Congre- gational Meeting, Election & Special Presentation By Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D.: “Before Mrs. Maisel: Five Jewish Women in Comedy” From the Archives: The Other, Other Einstein or Einstein = Mishpocha Cousins2 by Jack A. Myers, KI Archivist Sometimes we learn by questioning discovery of the Felix-Albert connection, Helene Neuburger (1818–1851) whose coincidence. Last fall, I wrote about how Claire Schweriner and I wondered about mother was an Einstein. Felix was one Albert Einstein, bestowed Honorary Max. Archives correspondence from of their children. (In fact, KI marriage Membership by KI in 1934, had family 2001 yielded the fact that he, too, was records include an 1866 marriage of Rosa roots in the same town, Bad Buchau, as born in Bad Buchau in 1822, more than Neuburger born in Bad Buchau.) Ruppert’s Felix Einstein, who married Rosalie 20 years earlier than Felix (1843) or eight children included both Abraham Klopfer, daughter of a KI President in Albert’s father, Herman (1847). (1808–1868) and Raphael (1806–1880.) 1876. A few years ago, I had written about Reference sources had indicated that Abraham’s wife, Helene Moos, was from the interrelationship of two historic early mid-1800s Baden-Wurttemberg had another family represented in a later KI KI members — Meyer Guggenheim and a Jewish population of only 155. family. Their son Herman (1847–1906) Colonel Max Einstein. Our research then moved to Ulm, where his son Albert was had uncovered the fact, overlooked by Reviewing genealogy sources, there born in 1879. Raphael’s granddaughter, published biographies, that Max had were lineages, when cross-referenced, Elsa (1876–1936), was to become Albert married Helena, a sister of Meyer, and which firmly established that all three Einstein’s second wife. Not only were they that some of the Guggenheim siblings were closely related! Although the second cousins through their Einstein lived in the Einstein home of pre-Civil Einsteins can be traced back to the mid- lineage; Albert’s and Elsa’s mothers were War Philadelphia. 1600s, the story of this branch begins sisters, Pauline and Fanny Koch, making with Naphtali Einstein (1733–1799). them first cousins as well. We never thought of Max in any Among his offspring were Joseph (1757– context beyond being a Civil War officer, 1843), Ruppert (1759–1834) and Viet (See Archives on P. 23) overseas consular official, and brother-in- Hirsch (1763–1820). Joseph’s son, Jakob, law of Meyer Guggenheim. That is, until was the father of Max. Viet Hirsch’s son, earlier this year when, in light of our Hirsch Viet (1803–1888), married