March 2009/Adar 5769

Tidings Temple Ohabei Shalom—Judaism in Motion

What’s Inside:

Page 2-3 Worship • Shabbat Rishon • Tot Shabbat • Purim • Daily Worship • Friday Night Lights

Page 4-5 Project For Our Future Report

Page 6 • Israel Trip • Gershon Goremberg at

TOS Page 7 • Nominating Committee • Cantor’s Concert Report • Concert CD order form

Page 8 • Volunteer Opportunities • Todah Rabah • Honoring Dottie Berman

Page 9 • March B’nei Mitzvah • Mitzvah Committee • Family Table

Page 10 • Open Arms • Len Davidson honored • TOS keys

Page 11 Brotherhood Annual Breakfast

Page 12-15 Purim

Page 16-17 • Lifelong Learning • Early Education Center • Scholar-in-Residence

Page 18 Ansin Religious School

Page 19 Auxiliaries

Page 20 Tributes

Page 21-22 Yizkor Elohim

100 Blessings a Day

Rabbi John Franken Painting school murals and practicing forestry, they gained a sense of contributing to the Jewish national experience. Praying at the Western Wall and at our Shabbat morning services, they felt deep spiritual connections to Jewish history, to God, and to each other. Visiting Masada, Yad Vashem, Independence Hall and the national cemetery at Mount Herzl made them feel integrally bound up in the sacred narrative and destiny of the Jewish people. Asked later about their 10-day trip, they said such things as “I’ve never felt more connected to Judaism,” “I’ve never felt so proud to be a Jew,” or simply, “This was the best experience of my life.”

The reason for such extraordinary praise, I believe, is that visiting Israel is a total Jewish experience. Far from being a language class once a day where “someday” you hope to gain fluency in another culture, Israel is immersive. It comes at you from all sides—sometimes in ways you never imagined. So what sometimes starts as a trip abroad ends up becoming a pilgrimage home.

This December 20 to January 3, it will be my and Cantor Schloss’ joy to lead a trip to discover and celebrate the miracle that is Israel. We will descend into the caves of Ein Gedi. We will turn olive oil presses at Neot Kedumim. We will ascend Masada in the Wilderness of Zin. We will behold the breathtaking desert crater in Mitzpe Ramon. We will delight in the lush winter green of the Galilee. We will absorb the boundless energy of Tel Aviv. And we will discover the fascinating history of the Jewish people in Jerusalem our capital while praying: “Praised are You, Adonai…Who builds up Jerusalem.”

I hope you will join us on our pilgrimage!

Editor’s Note: Please join us for a trip information sesson on Sunday, March 29 at 11:30 a.m.

One of my favorite things about the Internet is how easy it makes keeping in touch with old friends and family. A few weeks ago I was amazed to receive an out-of-the-blue email from a second cousin in Florida who I last saw as a kid of eight or nine years. Last summer, a long-lost Canadian friend who I had met and backpacked with in Italy and Greece decided to track me down. His doing so managed not only to reconnect us, but to revive a unique friendship.

With the introduction to our lives of Facebook, Linked In, Bebo and other social networking sites, we seem to be getting ever more connected, or reconnected, to one another. A Facebook user can easily “friend” hundreds of people and join thousands of groups and causes (including the TOS group!). He or she can broadcast the latest status update to a circle of hundreds so it’s ever easier to know how one is feeling or what one is doing.

Yet for all the virtues of technology, there is no relationship as personally meaningful as the one that is face to face and heart to heart. No email, no text message, no writing on a wall, and no phone call can substitute for the firm handshake, the warm smile, the sincere embrace that occurs between people. It is only then when, to borrow a phrase from Martin Buber, a true “I-Thou” (or “I-You”) relationship can be experienced. Time spent together is the basis of shared experiences and shared experiences is the basis of friendship and community.

In my years as a rabbi, I have come to realize that while many shared experiences have built community and forged friendships, not all of them are equal in their potency. The ones that are consistently the most powerful in forming community and in transforming individuals tend to be the group trips I have led to Israel. Time and again, I find myself breath taken at the degree to which participants discover and kindle passions within them they never knew existed. Again and again, I am moved by the intense bonds that develop within the group.

Last year, for example, I observed how what started as nothing but a fun getaway for young adults soon turned out to be much more. Hiking in the Galilee and the Golan, they fell in love with the land. Traveling with seven Israeli peers, they formed close friendships and connections to Israeli society.

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March Shabbat Rishon:

GLBT Equality: A Look Ahead Friday, March 6, 7:30 p.m. Ben Klein, Senior Attorney, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)

Ben Klein is a Senior Attorney and has been the AIDS Law Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) since 1994. Ben has litigated cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts establishing legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and people living with HIV. He was counsel in Kerrigan & Mock v. Department of Public Health, GLAD’s 2008 victory in the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional.

This event is co-sponsored by

Worship

Tot Shabbat

Friday, March 6, 2009 First Friday of the month, 5:45 pm

Join Rabbi Franken and Cantor Schloss as they bring the Shabbat experience alive for the youngest participants in our community. Activities, music, dancing and optional dinner for all participants! (dinner:$6 kids/$10 adults)

RSVP to Amanda at 617-739-9200

Your Synagogue

needs YOU!

Daily Worship Service Evenings at 6:00 and mornings at 8:00 (9:00 Sundays and legal holidays) a member of the con-gregation leads a very short ser-vice. There are openings for new leaders. If this interests you con-tact Ita N. Wiener at 617-734-7137 or Spencer Gould at 781-329-7439.

Join us for a Purim service, Megillah reading & Purim Shpiel

Monday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Pizza dinner preceding services at 5:45 p.m. $5 per person suggested donation for dinner. Please RSVP to Amanda for dinner: asinger@ohabei.org or 617-277-6610.

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Friday, March 27

This Is Not Your Bubbe’s Manischewitz! “Spirited” Passover Preparation

Can a wine lover be impressed on Passover? How do Israeli wines stack up against others?

Do you really have a preference for red wine or white? Can you tell the difference between a Shiraz and a Cabernet?

Friday Night Lights Conversations to Set Your Mind Aglow

Shabbat evenings highlighting speakers from our congregation

“Friday Night Lights” Wine Tasting Dinner - Friday, March 27

Name (s): _______________________________________ _____Adults @ $20.00 = $______

_____ Children for separate dinner & activities @ $10.00 = $______

Total: $ ______

Please list ages of child(ren) ______________ __ Enclosed find my check. (payable to Temple Ohabei Shalom)

Please charge my __ MasterCard __ Visa ______ - _______ - _______ - _______ Exp. ____/____

Signature _____________________________________________________________________________

Or call the synagogue office: 617-277-6610

RSVP by Friday, March 20

Join Cantor Randy Schloss & Congregant Eric Rimm

6 p.m. Service with Speaker Followed by a wine tasting and a buffet of

delectable bites Also: suitable separate activities

and dinner for all children

Worship

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The Project For Our Future: We have a history of more than 150 years of service to the Jewish community. Our congregation educates minds, guides lives, inspires righteous action, and gives solace to the spirit. It's a proud, but imperfect legacy, one that our community constantly strives to complete.

Therein lies the dream. Some years ago, synagogue leaders, with the vision of Rabbi Emily Lipof, identified two goals for Ohabei Shalom. They knew that to reach our potential, we must make our synagogue facility more accessible to all who want to come through our doors. And they believed that we would best fulfill our mission by offering pre-school education to all families who treasure Jewish learning from the very earliest days of their childrens' lives. We call this the Project for Our Future.

Our grand sanctuary, religious school classrooms and community spaces are unreachable for too many people who wish to join us here, whether in prayer, study, or friendship. Too many of our disabled students, synagogue members, and visitors are prohibited from taking part in the very activities that we have determined make us thoughtful and compassionate Jews. When our doors are too narrow and our steps are too high, we are not faithful to our ideals. We are not permitted to call ourselves a warm and welcoming congregation when we knowingly limit entry to our synagogue.

As a community, we dream; as a community, we will transform the dream to reality; and as a community, we must pay for the dream. We ask each one of you, to the fullest of your ability, to join in accomplishing this vision. To date, we have received two very magnanimous gifts totaling $1.5 million. Your fellow congregants have already pledged and donated an additional $350,000. Now, we need your help to raise the final $650,000. We seek a donation from every single congregant, 100% participation, so that we can all look with pride when the doors open in September. You and your most generous gift are vital to our success. Thank you to so many whom have already given.

With great belief in the power of our community, we trust you will respond, as you always have, with generosity toward a legacy for future generations and appreciation for the values we hold dear. Together we can make our synagogue a shining place of welcome to all while insuring a strong, vibrant future for out congregation.

Mark Lipof, Co-Chair, Congregational Gifts Founding Director Ansin Religious School of Temple Ohabei Shalom

Ellen Harder, Co-Chair, Congregational Gifts Past President, Temple Ohabei Shalom

Photos from December’s Campaign Celebration

Robin Shore and Laura Moscowitz Diane “Didi” Trust & Rabbi John Franken Mark Lipof & Ellen Harder

Laura Trust & Alan Lichtman Howard Koor, Ellen Mosner & Stan Keiser

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The Project for our Future is moving forward toward a date when we can begin construction. While the exact date has yet to be determined, the Town of Brookline has indicated that a building permit will issue, and as of the date of publication of this month’s Tidings, we may already be on our way. The architects, BKA Architects, and the contractor, Brophy and Phillips of Brockton, have been working to refine and improve the designs, both from an aesthetic and a cost-effectiveness standpoint. In addition, we have been investigating options to make the building more accessible within our current facility. We have been looking at ways to enable those with disabilities to access more parts of our building and to remove impediments that exist. It is truly an exciting Project. The designs for the Project call for renovations that will make our building more accessible to all, with a full-size elevator instead of a “lift” to enable people to access the building from the parking lot. Plans for the Diane Trust Early Childhood Education Center are moving forward as well. We hope to begin renovations of our second floor later in the spring, allowing us time to finish the work prior to school opening in September. In the process, there will be some disruption, but we hope to keep it to a minimum as we build toward a better future.

Douglas and Toni Gordon Donald Hootstein and Belinda Walters Steve Kern Shellee Robbins and Donald Steinbrecher R.K. (Shelley) Schwartz Joel Sklar and Adrienne Shishko Mike Weintraub and Diane Rosen Donor ($1800—$4,999) Alan Beggs and Jami Levine Bill and Marcia Harris Dorothy Lebach Rabbi Emily Lipof Mark Lipof Supporters ($1-$1799) Anonymous Barry and Faith Abrams Ciro and Ellen Alfaro George Bazer Selma Bengis David and Rebecca Brendel Mark and Denise Casper Mike and Shari Churwin Jesse Cochin and Alice Newton Robert Coopersmith and Amy Tishelman Steven Davis Rabbi John Franken Steven and Frances Freiman John and Beth Gamel Lillian Garber Louis Goldman

Cornerstones ($500,000 and higher) Richard Leibovitch The Trust Family Foundation Benefactor ($50,000-$99,999) Robert Beal Shirley Spero Patron ($25,000-$49,999) Mindy Berman and Andy Sumberg Charles and Sheila Landay Guardian ($18,000-$24,999) Anonymous Sponsor ($10,000 - $17,999) Anonymous Larry and Denise Green Betsy and Eddie Jacobs Ed and Margie Kahn David G. Kanter Alan Litchman and Laura Trust Mark and Audrey Schuster Martin Shore and Shari Lisann Maurice Zabarsky Friend ($5,000-$9,999) Edward Bloom and Ellen Harder Len Davidson and Laurie Katzman Richard and Carol Daynard Dan and Eva Deykin David Fialkow and Nina Sing

Robert Gottlieb and Margo Rosenbach Spencer and Betsy Gould The Greenfield Family Clifton and Ruth Helman Jeffrey Hurwit and Elizabeth Greenspan Hideaki Ishihara Kathy Jonas Dan and Priscilla Karnovsky Jonathan Kaufman and Barbara Howard Stan Keizer Dov and Sima Kirsztajn Hana Kolton-Patsouris & Peter Patsouris Howard Koor and Ellen Mosner Marcia Levine Louise Levingston Karen Livingston Bob and Tammy Loeb Jeffrey Macklis and Carol Levin Tom Marton and Danit Ben Ari Laura Moskowitz and Robin Shore David Pearlman Robert Pierson Eric and Allison Rimm David Rogovin and Susan Liberman Tom and Donna Rubenoff Zita Samuels Cantor Randall and Leah Schloss Glenn Stevens and Shelly Tenenbaum Esther Strachman Ronny Sydney Ita Weiner Spencer Wootton and EllenFox Doris Zich

Current Donors

Securing TOS in the 21st Century

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Noted Israeli Author Speaks at TOS on Importance of a Jewish and Democratic Israel

About 130 people from diverse parts of Boston’s Jewish community gathered in the Temple Ohabei Chapel on Sunday evening, February 8 to hear Israeli author and journalist Gershom Gorenberg talk about the future of Israel as a democratic Jewish state. The event was co-sponsored by TOS as well as the New Israel Fund, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom, the Consulate General of Israel to New England, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston. Charlie Radin, former Middle East correspondent for the Boston Globe who now works on international affairs programming at Brandeis University, introduced the speaker. In his presentation Gorenberg argued that Israel cannot remain (1) Jewish, (2) democratic, and (3) in control of the whole biblical land of Israel, claiming that only two out of these three conditions can ever be sustained simultaneously. Gorenberg then presented some historical perspective on Israeli policy toward the West Bank, noting that in 1949 David Ben Gurion refused to approve a request to conquer that territory, because he believed that doing so would undermine the Zionist dream of a state that would remain both Jewish and democratic. Drawing from the research on which his book The Accidental Empire is based, Gorenberg observed that similarly in 1967, government leaders after the Six Day War were well aware that continued occupation of the newly conquered territory of the West Bank would inevitably threaten those two essential elements of the state of Israel, yet failed to develop a clear policy to prevent settlement. Speaking about the recent conflict in Gaza, Gorenberg said he took a “wide angle” as opposed to “telephoto” view of the situation, by which he meant looking at the larger context and not just the immediate events that provoked the outbreak of war. He observed that neither Israelis nor Palestinians have become more moderate in the wake of attacks on their people and territory, and therefore that war as a method of “diplomacy by other means” was unlikely to make the respective populations more inclined toward peace. He stressed the importance of the role of diaspora Jewry in reminding Israel of the need to treat minorities well.

Community

Temple Ohabei Shalom

Israel Adventure

Led by Rabbi John Franken and Cantor Randall Schloss

December 20, 2009 – January 3, 2010

Informational Meeting Sunday, March 29 at 11:30 a.m.

Join us on a unique opportunity to be touched by the beauty of Israel’s rich

history and its vibrancy today.

For more information and registration materials, please contact Karen Landman

(617)277-6610 klandman@ohabei.org

Save the Date

Installation of Rabbi Franken June 6, 2009

6:30 dinner, 7:30 service

If you would like to be involved in planning this event, please contact Steven Davis, sdavis@ohabei.org

or 617-277-6610.

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Leadership Nominations are now being accepted for Temple Trustees and Officers!

Temple Ohabei Shalom is blessed to have fantastic members, dynamic and committed lay and professional leaders, a wonderful building, a great school, and a spirited and spiritual community. Now, more than ever, you can make a difference and impact the future of TOS—and you don’t even have to volunteer for a committee! Instead, let us know who you think might make a good trustee or officer of the Temple. You can even nominate yourself! Trustee (Seven new Trustees required for three-year terms; additional one-year vacancies may be open) Description: Member of the Board of Trustees, considering and voting on matters of policy and finance. Time commitment: Board meetings one evening each month (except July); additional committee work as appropriate to one’s interests and schedule. Benefits: Service to the community and the “greater good.” Opportunity to make a positive influence on current operations and the future of the Temple. Qualifications: Open-minded and amiable, committed to TOS as an institution. Special skills (marketing, finance, etc.) are always welcome.

Officers President (1): Chairman of the Board of Trustees, representative of the congregation to the community, and leader of the synagogue in temporal matters. Vice President (5): General oversight of committees, key input with President on framing issues presented to the Board and community. Recording Secretary (1): Take minutes at the monthly Board meetings and assist in communications with Board members and the congregation. Treasurer (1): Oversee financial management of the Temple’s Executive Director, help to set policy and budgets. Assistant Treasurer (1): Work with the Treasurer to review the financial business of the Temple as overseen by the Executive Director. Assist in preparation of budgets and financial management.

Send in your suggestions – including your own name if you would like to serve – so that the Nominating Committee can assemble the best slate possible.

Phone: Synagogue Office 617-277-6610 Fax: Synagogue Office 617-277-7881 Email: office@ohabei.org Mail: Nominating Committee

c/o TOS 1187 Beacon Street Brookline, MA 02146

Music & Worship Benefit Concert The January 31st Music and Worship Benefit was an unqualified success! Special thanks to a fabulous committee led by Shelley Schwartz and Michael Weintraub. They worked diligently to create an amazing evening! Thanks as well to many more volunteers and to the TOS staff for their invaluable contributions. Thanks to our wonderful artists, pictured below, for their hard work and talent. And finally, thanks to all of you who attended and gave to the Mu-sic and Worship Fund. Your attendance and participation (we sold out!) highlighted and exemplified the vibrant TOS community. Your generosity helped to raise more than $38,000, benefitting the spiritual and musical life of TOS.

(L-R) Cantor Randall Schloss, Leah Schloss, David Sparr, Francene Sokol, Cantor Scott Sokol

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Please let us know...

Community

Todah Rabah

We express our deep appreciation to the following individuals who have recently enriched the life of our community:

Shelley Schwartz for her generous donation of funds to purchase our new recording equipment. Thanks to Shelley, we now have the capability to produce professional CDs as well as to create high quality recordings of services, B'nei Mitvah, concerts etc.

Join the TOS Group on Facebook!

Search “Temple Ohabei Shalom” and click “Join this group.”

Honoring Dottie Berman Our beloved Dottie Berman’s time as a dedicated TOS employee is coming to an end, but thankfully not her dear friendship and membership. As our Executive Director for many years, and now in the front offices, she has been a source of help, care, familiarity, and closeness to so many of us. Come to the TOS Spring Breakfast on Sunday, March 22nd, as we bestow the honor of TOS PERSON of the YEAR to Dottie. Contact Spence at Gouldspence@aol.com 781(329-7439) or to have words of praise or appreciation placed into our program book. Prices: Full page $100; ½ page $54; 1/3 page $35; 1line greeting: $18.

There are so many ways to get involved at Temple Ohabei Shalom...here are a few volunteer opportunities that will help our community:

Rabbi Franken’s Installation Help plan the installation and celebration of our new Rabbi, John Franken.

Front Desk Assistance A friendly face and warm phone manner help make our congregation welcoming to members, new and old! If you have time to volunteer in the front office and assist with greeting, answering the phone and light filing, we would welcome your help.

Zimriah Assistance Needed Temple Ohabei Shalom will host a number of shuls in the area for a Zimriah, or musical festival, on March 22. We could use your help putting out food and making other local temples feel welcome! Volunteers are needed from 11:30am-2:30pm.

If you can volunteer for any of the items listed above, please contact the main office at 617-277-6610. Thank you for your help!

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Sara Feldstein-Nixon, March 7, 2009 Daughter of & Asa Nixon & Ruth Feldstein

Sara volunteers for Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm. This program helps chil-dren with different of disabilities (emotional and physical) get therapy through horse-back riding. “I really believe that spending time with horses and feeling how they move can help anyone feel better and I'm glad to be a part of it.” .

Mazel Tov to our B’nei Mitzvah!

Kit Livingston, March 14, 2009 Son of Ted & Karen LIvingston

Kit and his Jewish Big Brother, Nessim Mezrahi, are developing and hosting an event for the Jewish “Bigs and Littles” in the Boston area.

Michael Kriesberg, March 21, 2009 Son of Joe Kriesberg and Dina Brownstein

Mike is working for Grow Boston Greener, an organization that helps plant trees in Bos-ton, because he cares about our impact we

Jewish Family and Children’s Service Greater Boston’s

Jewish Food Pantry

Please note:Temple Ohabei Shalom’s NEW monthly contribution is:

Canned Tuna, Salmon and Graham Crackers

Donations can be brought to the synagogue and placed in the baskets by the Chapel or near the elevator. You can also write a check to the Sister-hood of Ohabei Shalom with “Family Table” in the memo line or volunteer to drive our contributions to the collection center in Waltham just one Sun-day a year, 9:30am—11:30am If you are interested in helping, Contact Dottie Berman at 617-277-6610 or Dber-man@ohabei.org. Please note: New Family Table bins have been placed in both the Rosenfield Office Building and Chapel Foyers. Please help us fill them with Tuna, Salmon & Graham Crackers!

TOS Mitzvah Committee Thank you to the following mitzvah visitors, who brought warmth to our congregational shut-ins in the midst of this long, cold winter: Esther Rubinovitz, Lois Nathan, Judy Halper, Louise Levingston, Diane Rosen, Marcia Levine, Rhonda & Harvey Solomon, Amy & Tom Plancon, and Spencer Gould. A special thank you to the Sisterhood members who knit shawls for each shut-in! Please contact Betsy Gould at (781) 329-7439 if you are interested in visiting on Saturday, April 4 for the Passover holiday or if you know someone who would appreciate a visit.

have on the environment. GBG’s goal is to plant 100,000 trees by 2020.

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Come Sing with our Choir! From novices to experienced singers, all are welcome! Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel.

Contact Karen Landman (klandman@ohabei.org) if you would like to participate. For more information, contact Cantor Schloss at rschloss@ohabei.org.

Open Arms is the Interfaith Havurah at TOS. A Havurah offers friendship, an extended family and a great way to be part of a close-knit group within the Temple Ohabei Shalom family.

Join us for a potluck brunch. All are welcome.

Sunday, March 15, 2009 11am - 12pm

RSVP to Kate Mikesh kmikesh@ohabei.org • 617-277-6610

Andy O'Connell & Sharon Levine

We participate in Open Arms because interfaith relationships are everywhere in our society and our synagogue community, and we like to share our ways of making our own interfaith marriage work and hearing others' ideas

Marilyn Novich One of the reasons we joined TOS was because it was welcoming to interfaith families. We agreed children would be raised Jewish when we married, and we enjoy sharing both of our traditions.

Cathryn Stein

Open Arms provides me with a group that can help me navigate my relationships with my non-Jewish niece and nephews, strengthening my daughter's ties to her cousins.

Len Davidson, center, is congratulated on his election to the Board of Trustees of the Union for Reform Judaism by Chairman Peter Weinrobe, left, and Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union, at their recent meeting in Tampa.

TOS’s Len Davidson Named to URJ Board

Got Keys?

The synagogue will be changing the alarm codes to our system and

assigning individual codes to members and staff with keys to increase security.

If you have a key to the temple, please contact Steven Davis 617-277-6610

for more information

Thank you!

Community

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Vote for who you want to see soaked in the silly shower at the Purim carnival on March 8! 25¢ per vote, all proceeds will go towards the organization of their choice. Collection cans in the TOS office!

Shari: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provides hope to adults and children being treated for cancer worldwide. Your support will help fund innovative cancer research programs and bring them closer to finding effective treatments andcures for cancer. Kate: Locks of Love Locks of Love provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Amanda: Nothing But Nets Nothing But Nets helps save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. A $10 donation goes directly toward the purchase, distribution and education about the proper use of an insecticide-treated bed net. Rabbi Franken: New Israel Fund The New Israel Fund (NIF) is the leading organization committed to democratic change within Israel. NIF believes that Israel can live up to its founders' vision of a state that ensures complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants, without regard to religion, race or gender. Cantor Schloss: Project for Our Future (PFOF) The Project for Our Future raises money to improve access to people with disabilities and build the Center For Early Education at Temple Ohabei Shalom that will open in September of 2009. Mark Lipof: Camp Northbound Camp Northbound is a camp for children from the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester that allows them to attend camp for a week in August free of charge. Avi Cohen: National Down Syndrome Society The National Down Syndrome Society envisions a world in which all people with Down Syndrome have the opportunity to realize their life aspirations. Your donation helps benefit people with Down Syndrome and their families. Steven Davis: Keshet Keshet is dedicated to creating a fully inclusive Jewish community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Jews in Greater Boston and across the country. Liza: The Italian Home for Children The Italian Home for Children provides residential and day treatment services for emotionally disturbed children of all nationalities. Their goal is ultimately for the reunification of the children with their own or alternative families and/or the preservation of families at risk. Mystery 7th Grader: Mitzvah Project We will choose a random 7th grader to go in the silly shower and support his or her Mitzvah Project.

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Join us for the Megillah Reading & Purim Shpiel—Monday, March 9 at 6:30 pm. Pizza dinner

preceding services at 5:45p.m. $5 per person recommended donation for dinner. Please RSVP to Amanda, asinger@ohabei.org or 617-277-6610.

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We are looking for silly Seuss-minded singers and actors to be in this year’s Purim Shpiel. If you are interested in being part of the shpiel please contact Cantor Schloss, rschloss@ohabei.org. Rehearsals will be held on Monday, February 23 & Monday, March 2, 7:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m.

CAMP ARS!

Cancel your summer plans and start practicing the blessing over s’mores!

Due to the massive number of snow days this winter, the ARS

will extend the school year through August!

Contact Amanda for more information:

asinger@fakeemail.org

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Cantor Randall Schloss

Presents The Sound of One Hand Clapping Cole Porter, Richard Wagner and other composers who wish they were Jewish

The 3rd Annual TOS Music Benefit

Sunday, February 29 at 1:00 A.M.

This vibrant evening of music and fun will feature Cantor Randall Schloss and his wife Leah Schloss, joined by hiphop empressario Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé, with Music Director, David Sparr playing kazoo, gut-bucket bass and two turntables. The concert will be followed by an elegant jello salad & glazed ham reception.

The evening will benefit our Clergy Vacation Fund, ensuring a rested and relaxed clergy team at Temple Ohabei Shalom.

Mishkan T’filah: The Place to Pray! You may have noticed that we recently began using Mishkan T’filah, the new Reform Siddur. This prayer book is modern, up-to-date, relevant, appealing and user-friendly for today’s Reform Jews. To accompany our new Siddur, we have also modernized other aspects of our worship. New, improved features of our services include: • New song settings The old Gates of Prayer and it’s musical companion, Gates of Song, featured traditional hymns, such as Adon Olam, with musical compositions by Lewandowski, Binder etc. Mishkan T’filah features alternative songs, such as G-d, You da Bomb by Kanye West, L’chaim la vida by Coldplay and All the Single Ladies (Have I got a good Yenta Shadchen for you!) by Beyoncé. • New and Improved Torah! That old, hard-to-read, sloppy, handwritten parchment Torah Scroll with no vowels, trope etc is now replaced by a beautiful, legible, two-page spread, including vowels, trope, commentary, footnotes, and alternative, modern interpretative translation and your choice of over 700 hebrew fonts!. The entire Torah is now also available via SMS/Text Meassage. Sample Page from Mishpatim (Laws):

Physical Worship Space Tired of those old chairs? Bored with the same old sitting, standing, pretending to sing along to Hebrew songs that you don’t know, the occasional awkward, unrhythmic clapping? Here’s what you can look forward to in our newly renovated “Sanctuary for the Future” (assuming, of course that you are willing to donate an additional 2.5 million dollars): ο Fully reclinable, heated seats with drink holders and multiple massage options. ο Rabbi’s sermon boring? Cantor’s voice a little whiny? New private listening devices give you multiple, choose your own clergy options! ο Center seating removed and replaced with state-of-the-art dance floor, enhanced by the newest in digital nightclub lighting (featuring, of course, an enormous, vintage disco ball).

To accommodate all potential allergies and dietetic concerns, Shabbat dinners and onegs will now consist of completely organic, vegan, whole grain, nut-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, but COMPLETELY DELICIOUS items. It will still, however, not be kosher, but only “kosher style.”

Come join us and enjoy!

Old Translation New, Modern Interpretation These are the laws that you must set before [the Israelites]: Here’s the deal: If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years, but in the seventh year, he is to be set free without liability.

If you employ a nanny, she should have a green card and you should pay all appropriate household employee taxes if you are to have any hope of ever holding public office.

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Lifelong Learning

“The Book of Esther: Farce? Drama? Comedy? Legend?” Come and explore the artistry of this biblical masterpiece with Rabbi Franken and Cantor Schloss. Delve into the text in order to consider its implications for contemporary morality, theology and politics. Sunday mornings, March 1, 8 & 15: 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Annual TOS Scholar-in-Residence Weekend Entering Mishkan T’filah: An In-depth look at the Structure and Rationale Behind Our New Siddur (prayerbook) Come and study with Rabbi Franken. Friday March 20 thru Sunday, March 22. Ask the Clergy . . . Monday Night Roundtable, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Bring your questions and join our clergy for an evening of lively discussion. • March 16 “Let's sing the ‘traditional’ tune!" How do we make decisions about music and ritual

practice?” with Cantor Schloss • April 6 “Ha-olam Hazeh: The World Today” with Rabbi Franken.

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Facebook 101 Sunday, March 15, 9:30 am Interested in learning more about Facebook and how it affects your children? Join us for an informational session about how to used Facebook and what you can do to keep your kids safe.

For the Whole Family Annual Purim Carnival Sponsored by OSTY Sunday, March 8, 10:30 am – 12:15 pm Open to the whole community, invite your friends. Come join us for food, fun & games. Tickets are 3/$1. ARS classes will be brought to the carnival at 10:30 am. All Kindergarten – Gr 2 students must be accompanied by a parent.

Youth Group Events BOSTY & JOSTY Youth Event Sunday, March 29, 12:30 – 3:00 pm Watch your mail for more information!

Tot Shabbat Friday, March 6, 2009 First Friday of the month, 5:45 pm Join Rabbi Franken and Cantor Schloss as they bring the Shabbat experience alive for the youngest participants in our community. The evening will include activities, music, dancing and dinner for all participants.

Mark your Calendars: TOSTY Wizard of Zo Shul-In, Parents & Students in Grades 1 & 2 Saturday, April 4 – Sunday, April 5 Watch your mail for more information!

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Sisterhood News

Auxiliaries Brotherhood News Jonathan Atkins & Louis Goldman Betsy Gould

On January 14th Sisterhood hosted author and humorist Beth Teitell with her amusing approach toward aging in America. Thanks to Julie Boris for an entertaining evening meeting also enjoyed by other members of our TOS community.

A night of jewelry making with Ellen Mosner is still in our future at this early February writing. We will assuredly be wearing some of our beautifully crafted self-made beaded products when you next see us!

Sisters, come support our Brothers at their TOS Annual Spring Breakfast with the Brotherhood, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning, March 22nd. Our extremely dedicated, long-term former Executive Director and cherished synagogue member Dottie Berman will be honored for her amazing hard work and devotion to our beloved Ohabei Shalom. Your presence will honor her, while we as a community enjoy breakfast and their always interesting speaker!

Vayikyra is the parasha, and the theme is Judaism in the Modern Era: Prayer, Study, Mitzvot, and Participating in Tikkun Olam, at our Sisterhood Shabbat on Saturday morning, March 28th, at 10:30 a.m. Hilda Lopez is once again doing a superior job coordinating this Sisterhood service which ALWAYS is a most sacred spiritual experience. Torah readers Diane Rosen, Ita N. Wiener, and Margie Kahn, haftarah chanting by Rhonda Solomon, d’var torah by Hilda, and participation by many of our Sisterhood members, will create a genuine and special ruach. Past Presidents Ita N. Wiener, Ellen Mosner, and Betsy Gould will be honored as well for their past and continuing leadership. We all take such pride in this annual Shabbat celebration, and it is our finest endeavor.

We are still recruiting for the following, so please contact where your interests lie. Amy Hozid wants to start a book club. Those interested can contact her at amyhozid@gmail.com , or (617) 566-1939. Ita N. Wiener would like to conduct a class in post-Moses Torah study. Reach her at itanaomi@verizon.net , or (617) 734-7137.Judy Mabel would like to begin a meditation group. You may reach her at judymabel02@gmail.com , or (617) 232-7049.

“Knitting & Noshing” at Zita’s house is incredibly successful. Zita has lost 30 lbs. knitting instead of noshing…Yea, Zita! Thank you to this talented group of women, whose beautiful shawls were so appreciatively received in January by our congregational shut-ins. They have now started knitting men’s scarves. Zita also obtained information about knitting black wool hats for the IDF (Israel Defense Force). Anyone wishing to knit or donate black wool yarn should contact Zita at zitasam@aol.com, or (617) 277-3653.

Sisterhood and Brotherhood, along with DWS (Daily Worship Service) leaders Ita N. Wiener and Spencer Gould are planning a congregational Yom Hashoah remembrance service for Tuesday, April 21st at 6 p.m., followed by a light dinner, and viewing of the poignant film “Paper Clips.” We hope the TOS community will join us.

At our February 9, 2009 dinner/meeting we discussed the annual Brotherhood Shabbat, which will be held on Saturday, April 18th, at 10:30am, followed by a kiddush downstairs in Lissner Hall. Cantor Schloss has volunteered to train any of our brothers in trope so that they can chant part of that week’s sidrah during the Torah Service.

We are very pleased to announce the following upcoming programs:

Our March meeting will be the TOS Annual Spring Breakfast with the Brotherhood, which will take place on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 9:30am in Penn-Spero Hall. We are honoring Dottie Berman as the TOS Person of the Year, for her dedication and service to the Ohabei Shalom community for close to twenty years! We are also proud to announce that the Hon. David B. Cohen, Mayor of the City of Newton, will be the keynote speaker, discussing “Hate Crimes and the Rise of Anti-Semitism.” There will be raffle drawings and a silent auction, with the proceeds to be divided between the Ben Adler Memorial Fund and other worthy projects. Reservations for must be received no later than Friday, March 13, 2009. Please call Jerry @ 617-731-5736, by email brotherhood@ohabei.org or mail in a reservation form. Checks should be made payable to Brotherhood Temple Ohabei Shalom.

The“Ben Adler Memorial Blood Drive” also takes place on March 22, from 10am in Lissner Hall, so that people coming to the breakfast can donate blood in Ben’s memory. We will need two volunteers every hour during the blood drive, to assist with the sign-in table, and snack table. Adults donating blood receive a $5 rebate from the price of the breakfast. Please email the Brotherhood at brotherhood@ohabei.org if you are interested in donating blood or helping staff the blood drive or both! Our June dinner/meeting, which will take place on June 9th at 6:30pm, in Lissner Hall, is our Annual Meeting with election of new officers, and the 1st Ben Adler Men’s Health Initiative Program, a talk given by Dr. Dodson, of the Massachusetts Medical Society, on men’s health and its effects on families.

The Annual Breakfast, Blood Drive, and June dinner/meeting with the 1st Ben Adler Memorial Men’s Health Program are open to the public. We strongly urge our members to invite their families, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to join us for these events.

Once again, we thank all congregants for remembering to either mail or bring in their stamped cash register receipts from the Butcherie, to the Brotherhood.

We need ALL of your magazines, catalogues, newspapers, office & school

papers and mail. Please do NOT include trash, plastic, glass,

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Tributes General Fund In Honor Of Shirley Spero Sara Gopen Weintraub Beatrice Shapero Sara Gopen Weintraub Estelle L. Dine Sara Gopen Weintraub Dora M. Cohen Sara Gopen Weintraub In Memory Of Louise Levingston Helvi Wintarri Enid Shapiro Solomon Hozid In Appreciation Of Leona R. Zarsky Rabbi Emily Lipof For The Health & Well-Being of Helen & Robert Sawyer Matthew Sawyer Sophia Solow Stephen Ardizzoni Bob Wolf Temple Ohabei Shalom Music Fund In Memory Of Beth & John Gamel Irving Cohn Marie Kargman Cantor Schloss Discretionary Fund In Appreciation of the Cantor Bob & Jodi Silton TOS Brotherhood Minyan Fund In Memory Of Gertrude Goldberg William Goldberg Diane, Fred, Leah Rae & Shira Rose Berk Harold Berk Selma J. Bengis Milton M. Bengis Maurice Prolman Sally G. Dubrow Leonore K. Grover Anita B. Garfinkle Charles Garfinkle Jay & Carol Marlin Herman L. Marlin Pauline A. Rhodes Esther P. Mann Osa Kamp Andrew Von Bargen Bernard & Marjorie Birnbaum Edith Birnbaum George H. Oshry Harry Oshry Irene Shapiro Bertha Baron Marilyn Himelfarb Harold D.Himelfarb Susan & Alan Greene Edna Greene Paul & Marcia Merlin Charles Merlin Jodi & Robert Silton Joseph K. Shankman Ruth Shankman Evelyn Bazer Bernice & Kevin Berger Dana Eliezer Berger Joseph Blumenthal Jerry Kravitz Max Kravitz Gertrude Kravitz Elinor R. Goldman Louis Cohen Aileen B. Cabitt Henry L. Cabitt Bernice L. Wyzanski Esther Miller Wyzanski

Prayer Book Fund Adrienne Shishko & Joel Sklar Brotherhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom Henry Penn Trust of the Brotherhood Beth & John Gamel In Memory Of Robbins/Steinbrecher Family Selma S. Robbins Life Long Learning Fund In Honor Of Anonymous Ed & Margie Kahn Pulpit Flowers Fund In Memory Of Shirley Spero Louis Spero George Rabinowitz Nathan Rabinowitz David E. & Bruna H. Rosengard Fund In Memory Of Robert S. Rosengard Max Rosengard Project for Our Future Doris R. Zich Larry & Denise Green Donald Steinbrecher & Shellee Robbins Joel Sklar & Adrienne Shishko Spencer & Betsy Gould Esther Strachman David Pearlman The Karnovsky Family Allison & Eric Rimm In Honor and Appreciation of the

TOS Educators: Rabbi Franken Shari Churwin Kate Mikesh Amanda Singer In Honor Of Deb, Ken, Basia, Zak & Jonah Schwartz Rabbi Emily Lipof

DID YOU KNOW? In 2009, taxpayers age 70.5 and older can give away up to $100,000 from their IRA's directly to chari-ties, TAX FREE! Please con-sult your financial advisor.

Honor your friends and loved ones with a TOS Tribute. For more information, call the TOS office at 617-277-6610.

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Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember

Benjamin H. York * Ida Alberg Ruth Avers Lillian S. Basch * Harold D. Feuer Martin A. Forrest * Seymour Koritz Daniel Leibowitz Rachel Levy Henry Masters * Arthur Rosenthal Sylvia Schoenbaum Aaron W. Woolf March 7-14 Isadore Bromfield * Herman Dana * Amy E. Daniels Morris M. Dobkin * Alice E. Ginsberg * Julius Goldstein Oscar A. Harvey * Allan Klinger Leroy Koch Frank Kolton Lionel Burton Kosloff Ira Lipman Joesph Marder Joel G. Mendoza * Irving Spivack * Josephine Wilinsky Zich Albert B. Abrams Helen S. Benjamin * Sidney Ellis Shirley Foreman Fine Rae Goldfarb William Hirshman * Marjorie B. Hyde * Bell B. Shapiro * Monte Small Martin Wax Ida Z. Bernstein Samuel Saul Eisenberg Morton Franklin Fanny G. Glassman * Dora R. Levenson * Morris Pearlman Harold Barrie Mae Bass Sara Bleichmar Reuben Broomfield * Louis Drevitch * Tsipa Genkina Dr. Theodore Gorfine John N. Gunsenhiser Anna B. Lazarus

Maurice Lewenberg * Esther Naomi Liss Dorothy W. Lobel * Robert I. Mann * Jacob S. Merriman Harold Palefsky William Pastan * Betty Perlmutter Ada Posner Philip Raphael William Resnick Sarah Smith Rosenfield Lillian B. Seaman * Herman H. Seligman * Harry Spunt * Rachel D. Wolper Mendel Cohen Joseph A. Corman * Miriam Linsky Frieman * Hyman E. Orenberg * Carol Rosengard Shifra Tanfilyev Rosy Aaron Sophie Alpert * Isaac Cohen Reuven Gersh Helen Kalisky Jennette Katz Mathew Lebow Tillye Leventhal * Victoria L. Levine Beatrice Isabel Morse * William Penn * Ida Ross Joseph Rubin Adele Bardach Singer Jason Waldman Ida Zabarsky Ray Belt Miriam Levinson Israel Nesson George Ross Samuel White March 14-21 Helen Berk * Saul Butters * Jesse P. Fisher * Maurice Hacker * Marvin Meyer Mitchel Koritz Viola Laserson Anne G. Levingston * Rachel Daniels Levy Maurice J. Lowenberg * Katie Marcus Rebecca Marks

Ida E. Polakewich * Mayer Salomon * Eva B. Wyzanski Nathan Finer Hyman Garnick Shepard R. Glass Louis Glovin * S. Philip Gopen Frances Landau Gertrude Landman Martha Linsky * Gary Meyers Laurence M. Shapiro * Emil Zordan Jeanette Brooks * Herman Cooks * Jennette Gold Eve Baker Gordon * Marvin Heisman Marilyn Iskols Florence Katz Hilda S. Cohen Kopel * Anatole Levy Rita Cohen Shurdut * Bessie L. Slosberg * Rose Winnick * Amelia Basch Samuel Cole Robert Cubell Calman T. Estrach * Bertha Fox Helen K. Goldstein * Esther Nadel * Samuel Ross * Tena Schaeffer * Willa Malcow Ullmann Saul Kaplan Simon Newman I. Harvey Roazen * Elizabeth Rosenstein John F. Sherman Samuel Siegal Ida Werby * Julius Beal * Sarah Berehovich Samuel Cohen Rachel Fishel Ann Francer Rose Isenberg * Irene S. Kates * Ethyl Goldstein Kublin * Martha Lowenstein Adele Lubart Caroline Peyser Henry Polak Esther M. Ruthfield

Ross Abrams, father of Lily Abrams Marie Kargman, mother of William Kargman

We extend our deepest sympathy to their families. Those listed below are recorded in our Book of Remembrance, Windows or on Memorial Plaques. An asterisk indicates that the plaque will be illuminated during the week of yahrzeit. March 1-7 Edith Chapman * Hyman Cohen Morris Freiman Max Gilbert Doris Gordon Sarah V. Keller Rachel Klain Esther Magid Joseph Robinson Pauline Rose Annie Salomon Ada Silverman Isaac Simon * Jacob Sorkin Leonard Stephen Sulkis * Esther Berkeley * Dallas Chamberlin Lois Edelstein Annie Fox * Annie Harris * Edward Herman * Leon K. Jacobs Harriet Porosky * Anna Strecker Bessie Wilker * Nellie Zimmerman Harry D. Barr * Solomon Bocholtz Katherine Cohen Harold D. Feuer Michel Genkina May J. Grossman * Bonnie Sue Judkowitz Rose Levenson Sophie Z. Libby Rebecca B. Linsky * Lazarus Mordecai * Matthew Porosky * Oscar Rosenberg Samuel Bernhardt * Minnie D. Epstein * Alfred Gold Sarah Goldberger Messoda Khiat * Carrie Yarrin Levingston * Irving Settel Charlotte Avers Paul Benjamin Beal Beatrice L. Buchman * Helen E. Carp Harry Fishman Ernest Glotzer * Jacob Katz Susi Kaufman Miriam Hillson Morse *

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Yahrzeits, continued

Jacob W. Shinberg * Myer Friedman Herman S. Greene Sidney Guttentag * Joseph Himmel Albert Kessler * Harry Lane Rebecca Levi Rebecca Levy Burton Ross Rosnosky Samuel Shapiro Charlotte Singer Hyman Winig March 21-31 Herman Bershbow * Fahanna Dallal Seymour Levine Etta Levinson Ada M. Lipsitz Josephine B. Rosenthal Doris Waldman Harry Eli White Eva R. Basch * Yale Berelson Nancy R. Damm * Tillie Glasker * Harry Goldenberg * Moris Greenhood Lawrence G. Laskey *

Louis Joseph Rose * Julia A. Ross * Aaron Adelman Myer Cohen Helen D. Gerome * Harry A. Goodman * Elinore Frances Goose * G. Irving Hillson Louis Kalesky Naomi Kritzer Max Linsky Robert Rotfort * Abraham Schwartz * Minna Seidler * David Silver Mendall Benjamin Alfred Fox Flora Salomon Green * Lloyd Lambert Nathan Smith * Enid P. Talambiras Mary Tobias Mier Birnbach Freida Diamond Irene Fisher Martin M. Landay * Sarah Hillson Nemser Louis A. Rosenthal * Harry Saldinger * Leah Smith * Mildred Messing Smith Arthur Otto Bernson

Philip Braunstein Doris Bushwick Florence W. Cantor Philip S. Green * Rose Katz Simon Krakow Mary L. (Mae) Laskey * Esther Levenson * Lena Messing Alan Mark Roberts Alexander Simpson * David Berman Ethel Bloom Hill Brightman * Minnie Kaplan * Simon Levi Minnie Oshry Louis Rothstein * Helen S. Slosberg * Hulbert Beyer Harry Cline * Ruth Danielsohn Barney Davis * Evelyn B. Glovin * Dorothy R. Katz Fred Levine Moshi Mashal Ida Mechaber Earl E. Roiter * Hyman P. Selya Jerold Snyder Beatrice Baker

Abe Berk Audrey Faith Blumberg Beatrice Borteck Rose Bromberg Emanuel P. Cohen Myer Finer * Rachel Jacobs Bertha R. Lipner * Barbara Norman Sara R. Sawyer * Sadie L. Sisson * Celia Goodman Stern * Anita Stone Morris Yarrin David Yona Beatrice Freidson Bernat Joseph Epstein M. Peter Ferngold * Samuel Hazan Margareta F. Horen Seymour Lewis Morris Linsky * Anna Maurice George Shuman Hyman Silverman * Rose Thalheimer Harry Chalfin * Morris Dresner Larry Grozalsky Mary Skibelsky Levins Jacob Lewis Henrietta Rosnosky Bernard Scheinberg

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March at Temple Ohabei Shalom March 1 9:15am ARS: grades K-7 2 6:00pm ARS: High School 6:30pm Brotherhood meeting 3 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-7 6 5:45pm Tot Shabbat 7:30pm Shabbat Rishon with speaker Ben Klein, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD). Cosponsored by Keshet 7 10:30am Shabbat Service: Bat Mitzvah of Sara Feldstein-

Nixon 8 9:15am ARS: PreK-grade 7 9:30am Adult B’nei Mitzvah 10:00am Purim Carnival 9 5:45pm Purim Pizza Dinner 6:30pm Purim Service/Shpiel 10 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-7 13 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service 14 10:30am Shabbat Service: Bar Mitzvah of Kit Livingston 15 9:15am ARS: Grades K-7 9:30am Adult B’nei Mitzvah 10:00am Interfaith Brunch 16 6:00pm ARS: High School 7:00pm Adult Learning

17 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-7 20 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service 7:30pm Shabbat Dinner, RSVP required 21 9:00am Scholar-In-Residence breakfast 10:30am Shabbat Service: Bar Mitzvah of Michael Kriesberg 22 9:15am ARS: Grades K-7 9:30am Adult B’nei Mitzvah 9:30am BTOS Annual Breakfast 10:00am BTOS Blood Drive 4:00pm Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! 23 6:00pm ARS: High School 24 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-7 27 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service 7:30pm Friday Night Lights dinner, RSVP required 28 10:30am Sisterhood Shabbat 29 9:15am ARS: Grades K-7 9:30am Adult B’nei Mitzvah 5:30pm Adult B’nei Mitzvah Seminar 30 6:00pm ARS: High School 31 3:30pm ARS: Grades 3-7

April 3 5:45pm Tot Shabbat 6:30pm Shabbat Dinner, RSVP required 7:30pm Erev Shabbat Rishon

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Temple Ohabei Shalom is the area’s only Reform synagogue providing daily prayer for those in need of solace or a quiet moment of introspection.

Each daily worship leader commits to one 20-minute weekly service. To become a leader, please call the synagogue office (617) 277-6610.

March Candle Lighting Times

6 - 5:33 p.m. 13 - 6:40 p.m.

20 - 6:48 p.m. 27 - 6:55 p.m.

Leadership Staff and Executive Board John A. Franken, Rabbi Randall M. Schloss, Cantor Emily G. Lipof, Rabbi Emerita Steven Davis, Executive Director Shari A. Churwin, Education Director Kim Singer, B’nei Mitzvah Educator Kate Mikesh, Dir. Informal Education David Sparr, Music Director

Jesse Cochin, President Arnie Greenfield, Vice President Edward Jacobs, Vice President Kathy Jonas, Vice President Cathryn Stein, Vice President Bob Loeb, Treasurer Martin Shore, Assistant Treasurer