adar i—adar ii 5779 march 2019 - shir tikvahwow! the erev oscar party was super fun! if you missed...

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Rabbi’s Message

Rabbi Harari is out of the country and will return on March 8th. She will have an article next month.

Adar I—Adar II 5779

March 2019 shir-tikvah-homewood.org

email: [email protected]

1424 183rd Street, Homewood, IL 60430

708-799-4110

“The times they are a changin.” When Robert

Zimmerman, (aka Bob Dylan) wrote those

words in 1963, we know he wasn’t thinking

about Shir Tikvah, but they are certainly

applicable to our evolving congregation.

Each month as we write the message for the

bulletin, more and more changes have been

made as we continue to meld into one

unified congregation.

With our March Bulletin we are pleased to

introduce a new logo for Shir Tikvah. Our

board has been meeting with Marc Fishman,

a professional graphic designer, over a

period of several months, and together, have

developed a logo that represents our new

entity. We wanted a logo that was fresh,

would age well and clearly states what Shir

Tikvah stands for and represents. The hands

stand for a welcoming and open

congregation, where all of us can feel

comfortable as we attend services, social

events and educational programs. The hands

also represent the warmth and caring of our

congregation and congregants. It is a logo

that we should all take pride in and be proud

of the organization that we are creating

together.

In addition, thanks to our Facilities

Committee and Bob, we continue to improve

and modernize our building. Our Transition

Committee has developed a new mission

statement, which was approved by the board.

They are also working on renovating our

library, making it more user friendly and

publicizing it to the congregation. We now

have a joint Kiddush after Saturday morning

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Presidents’ Message

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Beit AmiChai Hebrew School

At last it is the month of March, the month that Spring begins and hopefully Winter weather will ease up

for us! It is also the time to celebrate Purim! This year, Congregation Beth Israel in Munster is hosting our

joint Purim carnival. The carnival will take place on Sunday, March 17th from 10:00-11:45 am. It is always

so much fun to get together with the other congregations in the area to celebrate holidays.

We will continue our Purim celebration on Wednesday, March 20th at Shir Tikvah at 7:00 pm for the

reading of the Megillah. There will not be Hebrew School that day so families can come and celebrate

Purim. Ice Cream will be served prior to the reading of the Megillah.

We look forward to the school and community joining together on Friday, March 8th for a family service

at Temple Anshe Sholom at 7:00 pm. Nancy Friedman will lead the Youth Choir that evening.

Thank you to everyone who generously supported our Butter Braid fundraiser.

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services and have combined our separate Religious Committees into one who work together on

Conservative and Reform services. We have one Fundraising Committee and our social events are

all unified. Our former Sisterhoods are now the Women of Shir Tikvah. Our first Membership

Directory and Ad Book is now at the printer — thank you Ad Book Committee.

We just recently had our first Bar Mitzvah. Mazel tov and congratulations to Louie and the

Bloomberg family.

So while Bob Dylan didn’t have Shir Tikvah in mind, we certainly are a changin as we continue to

build an entity that we can all be proud of and supportive.

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Women of Shir Tikvah

So, what’s next on our agenda?

On Sunday, March 3rd, 12 Noon we have a Brunch and Book Review, “Eternal Life,” by Dara Horn.

What would it really mean to live forever?

Rachel’s current troubles―a middle-aged son mining digital currency in her basement, a scientist granddaughter trying to peek into her genes―are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, hundreds of children, and 2,000 years, going back to Roman-occupied Jerusalem. Only one person shares her immortality: an illicit lover who pursues her through the ages. But when her children develop technologies that could change her fate, Rachel must find a way

out. From ancient religion to the scientific frontier, Dara Horn pits our efforts to make life last against the deeper challenge of making life worth living.

Next you are invited to our First Passover Taste n’ Tell featuring delicious recipes for Passover. Make, bring and share your favorite recipe! We’re compiling a book of the recipes so send yours in to the office today! Just put Taste n’ Tell in the memo. Email the office.

Wednesday, March 27th, 6:00-8:00pm No charge but donations are welcomed.

Birthday Luncheon at Aurelio’s Pizzeria in Homewood Each 2nd Thursday, we gather at 12:30pm to celebrate the birthdays in the month! So if you have a birthday in March, come and celebrate with us! It’s a great time to gather, gab, and grab lunch together.

Support the Sisterhood by purchasing Jewel Cards! We receive a percentage from each card we sell. Denominations are $25, $50 and $100 and are available in the office. Thanks for your support! As you can see, our sisterhood, the Women of Shir Tikvah, is active and vibrant. We hope to see you at our events as we celebrate and support Shir Tikvah! B’Shalom Donelle Macey & Jean Gilbert Co-Presidents, Women of Shir Tikvah

Wow! The Erev Oscar Party was super fun! If you missed it, well,

there’s always next year. We met on the red carpet, shared an abundance

of hors d'oeuvres, and watched a great movie. The group was intimate;

the attired ranged the gamut, and everyone had a great time.

mailto:[email protected]?subject=My%20Submission%20for%20Taste%20n'%20Tell

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Reform Services

Friday, March 1, 7:30pm

Services at Temple Anshe Sholom

Saturday, March 2, 10:15am

Parashat Vayakhel

Shabbat Shekalim

Exodus 35:1-36:19

Maftir: Exodus 30:11-16

Haftarah: 2 Kings 12:1-17


School-Led Service at Temple Anshe Sholom

Saturday, March 9 10:15am

Parashat Pekudei

Exodus 39:22-40:38

Haftarah: 1 Kings 7:51-8:21


CJC Community Shabbat


Parashat Vayikra

Shabbat Zachor

Leviticus 4:27-5:26

Maftir: Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Haftarah: 1 Samuel 15:2-34



Parashat Tzav

Leviticus 8:1-8:36

Haftarah: Jeremiah 7:21-8:3, 9:22-23


Services at Temple Anshe Sholom

Nancy Friedman, Soloist


Parashat Shmini

Shabbat Parah

Leviticus 11:1-11:47

Maftir: Numbers 19:1-22

Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16-38

Conservative Services


Parashat Vayakhel

Shabbat Shekalim

Exodus 35:1-36:19

Maftir: Exodus 30:11-16

Haftarah: 2 Kings 12:1-17

Saturday, March 9 9:45am

Parashat Pekudei

Exodus 39:22-40:38

Haftarah: 1 Kings 7:51-8:21


Parashat Vayikra

Shabbat Zachor

Leviticus 4:27-5:26

Maftir: Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Haftarah: 1 Samuel 15:2-34


Parashat Tzav

Leviticus 8:1-8:36

Haftarah: Jeremiah 7:21-8:3, 9:22-23


Parashat Shmini

Shabbat Parah

Leviticus 11:1-11:47

Maftir: Numbers 19:1-22

Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16-38

Service Times

Candle Lighting Times

Friday, March 1 Friday, March 22

5:23 pm 6:47 pm

Friday, March 8 Friday, March 29

5:31 pm 6:55 pm

Friday, March 15

6:39 pm

Candle lighting times are for Homewood, IL

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WEEK OF MARCH 1

Joseph Barton Ruth Block Irwin Buntman Bernard Burrows Laura Solomon Cohen Max Dunn Anna Fisher Marion Forkash

Alyce Goodkin Morris Handler Edwin Johnson Elsa Koehler Sylvia Kovitz Ida Lewis Sam Mozer Dorothy Nordwind Yuly Raff Lewis Rosenfeldt Nathan Roth Ben Sax Ruth Sherman Meyer Shlensky Bertha Yanovsky Ruth Zatz WEEK OF MARCH 8

Sam Brown Richard Dreyfus Max Gould

Adeline Horwitz Morris Daniel Itzkowitz

Jessica Kempler Mignon McDade Erich Mathias Irwin Mirsky Fannie Oseas Louis Paskin Evone Sager Adeline Shifris Bess Soloway Henry Wolff

WEEK OF MARCH 15

Mildred Abrahams Henry Astor Bashele Berkovitz Mandel Brin Ilse Buchsbaum-Levi Robert Eisenstein Ida Felton Esther Fox

Rabbi Wolfgang Hamburger David Hatchwell Frida Iskhakova Leopold Kahn Irving Klein Allen Koltun Erna Leffler Ruth Marcus Solomon Selim Masliah Kim Miller Minnie Moline Samuel D. Rothman Irving Sadowsky Dr. Jack Saleh Sali Salm Louis Sandack Phylis Schneider Ida Shlosberg Jack Stein Sara Tejeda Jerrold Wax Gertrude Weinberg Henry Wolf Raphael Wolkow

Alfred Zucker

WEEK OF MARCH 22 Gerry Aronberg Louis Aisuss Itzik Cohn Isaac Escandarani Muriel Ginsburg Eli Kaplan Mollie C. Kaplan Mark R. Leibowitz Max Pollack Milton Pomeranz Mary Rosen Hank Schwab Max Schwartzberg Benjamin Shore Ben J. Sichel Norma Jean Simmons Dr. Max Spangenthal Alfred Stone Esther Teplitsky

WEEK OF MARCH 22

Julius Bayer Raymond Brin Nachama Brown Herman Dessauer William Elfman Sylvia Elliot Clara Freundlich Isidore Ginsburg

Alvin L. Gitlitz Lawrence Greenspan Jenny Hesky Margaret Hesky Arthur Hirsch Bernice Landy Wolf B. Levy Reuben Paper Laura S. Rader Anna Ratowitz Adolph D. Rosenberg Gloria Rosenstein William Safcik Hannah Schmidt Philip Schneider Richard Schwab Ethel Seaver Milton Seaver Marie Smerling Gilbert Smith Max Solomon Marjorie L. Stone Harry Sugar Amalie Tersch

Herb Wexler

Yahrzeits

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March Birthdays

2 Jacob Schoeneman

3 Edith Strauss

4 Sherman Friedman

5 Barry Bayer

5 Anita Shore

6 Lenny (Lenore) Zeiger

7 Marvin Goldberg

8 Burt Zeiger

12 Dalia Podwol

14 Elliott Greenberg

16 Marsie Reisler

19 Dan Greenberg

19 Andrea Lieb

21 David Schoeneman

22 Ellen Kahn

30 Joan Barr

March Anniversaries

6 Nancy & Craig Rader

16 Drs. John & Lauren Kern

April Birthdays

2 Harlene Friedman

2 Robert Sime

2 Robert Smith

3 Debbie Greenberg

3 Adael Madrigal

4 Jean (Ginny) Gilbert

4 Sara Podwol

4 Pauline Wolfson

6 Ellen Kaplan

11 Eila Koltun

11 Amy Levine

11 Jerry Shnay

13 Leo Wolkow

14 Rick Bloomberg

14 Carol Spector

16 Stacey DeFilippo

16 Judi Altman

16 Joshua Bloomberg

18 Marsie Hass

20 Arnie Bernstein

20 Michael Eisenwasser

20 Laurie (Levitt) Winkleman

21 Judy Fleischer

21 Stanley Dreyfuss

22 Gary Sporn

28 Idan Rafalovitz

28 Francesca Wolf

29 Ruth Ratowitz

29 Aaron Wishnoff

April Anniversaries

1 Jerry & Penny Shnay

2 Jerry & Harriet Levine

7 Edwin & Beverly Sokol

11 Joan & Richard Barr

11 Jeff & Jodie Virene

30 Stacey & Tony DeFilippo

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Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

In memory of

Yuly Raff from Ida Raff

Joseph Rosenstein from Ron & Sherry

Dieckman

Joseph Kamen, Rose Gershowitz,

Louis Gershowitz, Dorothy

Norwind, Leah Gershowitz from

Beatrice Kamen

Morris Krugman from Linda & Larry

Simon

Ronald Feigenbaum from Linda &

Larry Simon

Harold Gerber from Vivian Gerber

Maynard & Leonard Stelzer from

Vivian & Sandra Stelzer

Rudolph Kohn from Gerald Kohn

Dr. Robert Tigay from Louise (z’’l) and

David Stein

Jack Ourach from Nancy & Stuart

Friedman

General Fund

In memory of

Helen Levi & Leopold Kahn and Irwin

Buntman from Edith Buntman

Herman, Raymond and Rosalind

Greenberg from Elliott Greenberg

To Ron & Sherry Dieckman in memory

of Rosemary Murphy from Ron &

Alene Rutzky

Cecile Lukas from Ellen Kahn

Kurt David from Wendy David

Hyme Cohen from Howard Kruger

H. Cox & M. Chiz from Helen Cox

Paula & Stan Schoenberg from Joan

Plusser

Sisterhood

Frida Faynshteyn from Ida Raff

Mazel Tov!

To Penny Shnay in celebration of

her 80th Birthday with a leaf for

the tree from her friends

Choir Fund

In memory of

Ilse Werner from Barb & Gary

Schwarz

Sisterhood Tributes

General Donation

In memory of

To Bill Bransky in memory of his

brother, Preston Bransky from

Penny & Jerry Shnay and Judy

Lohr-Safcik

To Ron & Sherry Dieckman in

memory of Rosemary Murphy

from Ruth & Sherman

Friedman, Penny & Jerry

Shnay, and Judy Lohr-Safcik

Mazel Tov!

To Louis Bloomberg in honor of his

Bar Mitzvah from Ruth & Sherman

Friedman, Barry & Susan Bayer,

Donelle Macey, Penny & Jerry

Shnay, Judy Lohr-Safcik, and Ed &

Evelyn Rappaport

Women of Shir Tikvah Sisterhood News

Gold and Blue cards are available

at a cost of $5.00-5.50. Please

send your request to Carol

Zucker.

Jewel Cards are available for

purchase in the office. Please

consider using these when

shopping as they help support

our sisterhood events.

Tributes

We mourn the

deaths of

Louise Stein,

Eva Pearl

Schulz, and

Maurice Schwartz

May their memories forever

be a blessing.

Thank you so much for the fruit

basket in memory of Ron’s

sister, Rosemary Murphy. She

was a kind, loving person, but

renal failure won the battle.

Rosemary had been to services at

Am Echad and always enjoyed

discussing them with me.

Thank you again for your

kindness. We are truly a warm

community.

Sherry and Ron Dieckman

Thank you for the help we were

given when Len was taken to the

hospital recently from Shabbat

Morning Services. We appreciate

your kindness.

Len & Adeline Lasker

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If you celebrate your birthday in March,

the Women of Shir Tikvah invite you to join

them at Aurelio’s at 12:30 pm on Thursday,

March 14th for a birthday luncheon. Please

RSVP to the office if you’ll be joining them!

The Women of Shir Tikvah present

Brunch & Book Review, Sunday, March

3rd: We’ll have brunch and review Eternal

Life by Dara Horn. Please see the flyer for

more details.

Place your order for Shalach Manot! The

deadline to order is March 13th. Order forms

are available in the foyer or click here.

Sunday, March 10 is Daylight Savings

Time! Remember to spring forward an hour!

Friday Services in March are at Temple

Anshe Shalom on March 1, March 8, and

March 29. Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus is giving a

special presentation on the 29th. Be sure to

note these service locations in your

calendars.

On Friday, March 15, 7:30pm We will

celebrate at Shir Tikvah with a CJC

Community Shabbat followed by Oneg

Shabbat.

Friday, March 29th, we will attend Services

at Temple Anshe Sholom at which time

Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus will give a very special

presentation.

“Women in the Rabbinate: Challenge and

Change in the Age of #MeToo"

Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, Rabbi

Emerita of Shir Tikvah, is the Chair of the

Central Conference of American Rabbi’s

Task Force on the Experience of Women in

the Rabbinate.

She will present an interactive program with

some of the findings of the Task Force, some

questions for participants, and much to think

about as we seek cultural change and

equality in Jewish life going forward.

Please plan to attend this interesting

presentation.

News You Can Use

SHALOM TRANSPORTATION

JUF is pleased to announce a new pilot program that will expand subsidized senior transportation options for Jewish seniors facing transportation barriers in the Southern Suburbs. This program will broaden our transportation service area to better serve the Jewish community. For more info, please contact the South Suburban Coordinator,

at 312-357-4746.

Dance for Parkinson’s This class fosters a safe

and creative environment for participants through

an engaging approach. Students learn to enhance

their aesthetic awareness and grace while

addressing specific PD concerns such as balance,

flexibility, coordination, etc. Please call Temple

Anshe Sholom for more information at

708-748-6010.

When: Fridays, 12:15pm-1:30pm, beginning

Feb. 8 (2/8, 3/8, 4/19, 5/10, 6/7)

Fee: $10/person (no fee for caregivers)

https://1drv.ms/w/s!AgpH_ogUnGtemzt_WxIQamzlItvm

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SHALACH MANOT FOR PURIM

In keeping with the delightful Purim tradition of giving shalach manot gifts to friends in the form of fruit,

candies, and cookies, Shir Tikvah is pleased to offer shalach manot packages. Each package will include

delicious hamantaschen, candy, nuts, fruit, and a card indicating the givers of the package. There will

be a $6.25 charge per name submitted or package ordered and a $1 delivery fee for each package you

ask us to deliver (locally). Shalach manot packages will be available for pick up at Shir Tikvah on

Tuesday, March 19, around noon.

Also! We have designed a lovely card that we will send in lieu of goodies that don’t travel well, as

shalach manot to your out-of-town friends and relatives. The card states that a donation has been

made to Shir Tikvah in honor of the recipient. Each card is $4.00.

Please email your list if you like. We love email! Also, if you have purchased shalach manot in the past and would

like a copy of your old list, please let us know and we will send you your list.

Orders MUST be received with payment to Shir Tikvah, 1424 W 183rd Street, Homewood, IL 60430 by

Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

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Your name(s) ______________________________________________________________________________ (Please print name(s) as you want them to appear on the gift card.)

Phone number ___________________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________

I/We wish to order ____________ shalach manot packages to be picked up / delivered (circle one)

For local package delivery, please provide names and addresses:

1._________________________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________________________________________

5._________________________________________________________________________________

(please use the back of this sheet for additional names and addresses)

For shalach manot cards for out-of-town friends and relatives:

1._________________________________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________________________________________

5._________________________________________________________________________________ (please use the back of this sheet for additional names and addresses)

Please check this box if you wish to be part of a reciprocal exchange. That is, to have shalach manot sent to anyone who

has ordered a package for you but whose name does not appear on your original list. The cost of any additional shalach manot

will be billed to you.

# of packages ____________ x $6.25= _____________

# of deliveries ____________ x $1.00 = _____________

# of cards ____________ x $4.00 = _____________

Total: _____________

For more information, please contact

Janet Herbstman at 708-404-0515 or

at [email protected].

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The 6th Annual JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival runs March 1 – 17 and features 43 films at venues across the city and suburbs: ArcLight Theaters in Glenview and Chicago; Cinemark Theatres in Deer Park and Evanston; the Music Box Theatre in Lakeview; and special screenings at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie and the Hotel at Midtown in Chicago. This year, the festival includes a World Premiere, 12 Midwest Premieres and 4 Chicago Premieres, along with insightful talkbacks following many of the films, all totaling 96 screenings over the course of the three weekends. The 2019 JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival is a celebration of strength and resilience, and in particular, a tribute to strong female protagonists whose experiences made a difference for their families and the world. Golda’s Balcony, a one-woman film about Israel’s fearless, first and only woman to serve as Prime Minister, is brought to life through the critically-acclaimed performance by Tovah Feldshuh. Grateful, a closer-to-home story about a 40-something mom and wife, Jenni Berebitsky, who has ALS, has left audiences laughing through tears and in awe of this brave and inspirational woman. The timely feature film, Working Woman, is a drama from Israel about an ambitious career woman who struggles to restore her dignity after receiving unwanted advances from her boss. The JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival has grown from modest beginnings to engaging over 12,000 movie lovers in 2018. The 2019 festival is poised to reach even more people through the diverse selection of film and special events. https://jccfilmfest.jccchicago.org/

https://jccfilmfest.jccchicago.org/

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 OFFIC CLOSED

1 5:23pm

STR 7:30pm

at TAS

2

STC 9:45am

STR 10:15am

3

Hamentaschen

Baking 9:30am

WOST Brunch &

Book Review

12:00pm

4

5 6

7

8 5:31pm

7:00pm

School-Led

service at TAS

9

STC 9:45am

STR 10:15am

10

11

Nominating

Committee

Meeting 7pm

12

13 14

WOST B-day

Club Luncheon

12:30pm at

Aurelio’s, —All

Welcome

Transition Team

Meeting 7pm

15 6:39pm

STR 7:30pm

CJC Community

Shabbat

16

STC 9:45am

STR 10:15am

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SWIFT Forum

“Environmental

Stewardship in

Our Faith” 3pm

St. John’s

Episcopal

Church,

Flossmoor

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19

20

Ta’anit Esther

Erev Purim

6:00pm Ice

Cream &

Megillah Reading

Nancy Friedman

21

Purim

22 6:47pm

STR 7:30pm

Shushan Purim

23

STC 9:45am

STR 10:15am

24

31

25

26

27

28 29 6:55pm

STR 7:30pm

at TAS with

Nancy Friedman

And Special

Presentation by

Rabbi Ellen

Dreyfus

30

STC 9:45am

STR 10:15am

March 2019 Adar I—Adar II 5779

STR = Shir Tikvah Reform

STC = Shir Tikvah Conservative

Rosh Chodesh

Adar II

Rosh Chodesh

Adar II

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 7:02pm

STR 7:30pm

JUF Mini-Grant

with Renee

Rosen

6

STC 9:45am

STR 10:15am

7

JUF Mini-

Grant at

TAS

10:30am

The

Happiness

Prayer

8

9 10

11

WOST B-day Club

Luncheon 12:30pm

at Aurelio’s,

12 7:10pm

STR 7:30pm with

Nancy Friedman,

Soloist

13

STC 9:45am

STR 10:15am

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15

16

17 18

19 7:17pm

Ta’anit Bechorot

Erev Pesach

1st Seder in

Homes

No Services at

Shir Tikvah

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Pesach 1

Festival Services

at TAS with Rabbi

Harari Leading

Community Seder

6:30pm at Shir

Tikvah

21

Pesach II

Omer-1

STC-9:45am

22

Pesach III(CH”M)

Omer-2

23

Pesach IV(CH”M)

Omer-3

24

Pesach V(CH”M)

Omer-4

25 7:24p

Pesach VI(CH”M)

Omer-5

26 7:25pm

Pesach III(CH”M)

Omer-6

STR-10:15am

Rabbi Harari &

Nancy Friedman

w/Yizkor

No Evening Svc.

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Pesach VIII

Omer-7

STC 9:45am

Shabbat Festival

w/Yizkor

STR 10:15am

28

Omer-8

29

Omer-9

30

Omer-10

April 2019 Adar I—Nisan 5779

8pm

STR = Shir Tikvah Reform

STC = Shir Tikvah Conservative

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