Shabbat VayakhelFriday, March 1 6:15 pm Family Shabbat WorshipSaturday, March 2 10:30 am Morning Worship

Shabbat PekudehFriday, March 8 8:00 pm Shabbat WorshipSaturday, March 9 10:30 am Morning Worship and Torah Discussion

Shabbat VayikrahFriday, March 15 8:00 pm Sisterhood “Sock” Shabbat Featuring PizmonSaturday, March 16 10:30 am Morning Worship

Erev PurimWednesday, March 20 6:00 pm Purim Munchkin Minyan 7:15 pm Megillah Reading for all followed by Breakout Activities

Shabbat TzavFriday, March 22 8:00 pm Shabbat Worship Oneg in honor of Cassandra JacobsSaturday, March 23 10:30 am Morning Worship including the Bat Mitzvah of Cassandra Jacobs, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth Jacobs

Shabbat ShminiFriday, March 29 8:00 pm Beatles ShabbatSaturday, March 30 10:30 am Morning Worship

The Gates Way March 2019

From Mask to Mask

As I prepare to enter into what will be my first Mardi Gras season, I can’t help but notice the parallels to the Jewish holiday of Purim. The food, the colors, the indulgence...and of course: the masks. I do not yet own a Mardi Gras mask, but hopefully by the time you read this that will be remedied. On the surface, the entire story of Purim is about wearing masks. Esther had to pretend she was someone else to gain the trust of the king. Mordecai had to protect his identity. The Jewish people, out of fear for their lives, have often had to pretend we were someone else in order to survive. Sometimes we wear masks because we are afraid to reveal ourselves. Our sages, however, teach us that wearing a mask is not meant to help conceal who we really are. In fact, the opposite is true. By covering our faces, our rabbis believe that it is actually easier to show our true selves. It provides us a sense of cover and a feeling of security. Without fear of embarrassment and with an absence of shyness, we can say things we don’t usually say or express ourselves with some anonymity. Living in New Orleans and taking part in Mardi Gras gives us a little extra time to get to know this person within us, the version of ourselves who is a little freer. Our tradition commands us to learn something from the masked version of ourselves. Do our daily inhibitions restrict our expressions of love, joy, and happiness? Do we have anger that comes out that needs to be tempered? Do we have bravery inside us that we didn’t know? The season of the mask is upon us. Let us embrace our local culture with joy and celebration! Let us prepare to gather again in the month of Adar to rejoice once again. Throughout the process of eating, drinking (responsibly) and being merry, may we find the best versions of ourselves behind the masks...and let that person come forward when the masks are put away. Kul Tov,

Rabbi David Gerber

Sisterhood “Sock” ShabbatFriday, March 15, 8:00 pm

Featuring the A Cappella Group, Pizmon

Come to Shabbat in your socks or slippers and bring a donation of children’s socks

(for 3-5 year olds) which will be given to the children of Kingsley House of New Orleans

The service will feature the voices of Pizmon, a Jewish a cappella group from Columbia University, Barnard College & the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.

Hamantaschen BakingSunday, March 10th, 1:00 pm

Coordinated by Ann Streiffer We would love some help!

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2nd Night Seder Cooking

Sunday, March 31st, 9:00 am Margery Thomas is

heading up this event.

For more info on any of the above events, please email

sisterhood@gatesopfrayer.org

Sisterhood Book Club The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

Monday, March 25th7:00 pm @ the home

of Amy Thomas

Children’s Tree of Life welcomes new additions of:

Hannah Gensburger Opal Minna HearstMaisie Luna Hearst

Nathan Samuel HearstEric Michael Hiller

Condolences

In MemoriumDorothy “Dot” Roth

Eliot LevinManon “Jimmie” Seelig Shields

To David Regenbogen on the death of his sister, Eileen Regenbogen Pitre.

Welcome to Our New Members

Mary & Terrell Daughtrey8406 Vidalia Road

Pass Christian, MS 39571

Jose Martin Sandiego4620 Pontchartrain Drive

Unit OSlidell, LA 70458

Monday, March 1112:00 Noon

Guest Speaker: Walt Handelsman, Editorial Cartoonist

Please RSVP to the Temple office.Open to the first 70 RSVP’s.

SPRING/PASSOVER WEST ESPLANADE LEARNING SERIESWednesdays, 7:30 pm

March 27, April 3 and April 10

March 27Rabbi Gabe Greenberg at Beth Israel“Pachad Yitzchak: Pesach” Learning and discussing this fascinating piece.

April 3Rabbi Deborah Silver at Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation“Making The Story Sing”Some ideas to enrich and enliven your Seder.

April 10Rabbi David Gerber at CGoP “A Story of Fire and Water” Passover is the origin story of the Jewish people. Through Moses we learn the commandments of our faith. Through fire and water we learn spirituality.

To Leslie & Nathan Fischman, Fagey Fischman and Peggy Cohn, on the birth of their granddaughter and great granddaughter Noa Dorothy Mizrahi. Parents are Annie & Jonathan Mizrahi.

To Marsha & Skip Zander on the birth of their two granddaughters: Lucy Devon Ludwin whose parents are Erin & Steve Ludwin and Sophie Brooke Polin whose parents are Jamie & Steve Polin.

To Rebecca & David Brennan on their son, Joshua Brennan, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

To Jessica & Zev Arnold on the birth of their daughter, Millicent Isabel Arnold.

Regina KatzAug. 25, 2016 21 Av 5776

Donald KatzJan. 24, 2015 4 Shevat 5775

Catherine ForemanMay 2, 2014 2 Iyar 5774

Memorial Plaques

TRIBE GOES BOWLINGSaturday, March 164:30 pm - 7:00 pm

@ Rock ‘n BowlWatch Facebook and

your email for more details.

CGoPWednesday, March 20

Schedule of Events:

6:00 pm ~ Munchkin Minyan Dinner and Crafts

6:30 pm ~ Munchkin Minyan Hamentashen Making

7:00 pm ~ Munchkins parade their costumes in the sanctuary to start

the Purim service.

Adult and Teen Events Begin

7:15 pm ~ Megillah reading

7:30 pm ~ Jews Line Is It Anyway

8:00 pm ~ Breakout activities: Israeli Whiskey Tasting,

Headpiece Making, Mask Making (for teens),

Hamantaschen Eating

Come for part of the evening or come for all of the evening!

But come in costume!

www.gatesofprayer.org

Karaoke for a Cause with JewCCY and BBYO

Sunday, March 10th from 5:30-7:30pmLittle Tokyo | 1340 S. Carrollton Ave.$10 per person for karaoke and food!

Bring any non-perishable food items or gently used clothing for donation!

All 8th-12th graders are welcome!

Junior JewCCYNFTY 678 2019!

hosted by NFTY SouthernMarch 22nd - 24th, 2019Henry S. Jacobs Camp

All 6th, 7th, and 8th graders are encouraged to come for a

spirited weekend of fun and friends!

March 1-2Meyer Cohen, Jennie Grodsky, Herman Jacobs, *Edward E. Oppenheimer, Rebecca Herman Zuckerman, Betty Breen Burk, *Dr. Israel Fisher, Clara Weil Steeg, *Herman W. Winsberg, Dr. Jordan Sidney Blackman, *Morris Levy, Mayer Levy, Rosalie Feitel Marx, *Albert Segaloff, Leonard Young, Norman Brown, Jacob Friedman, Morris Latter, Vernice Legendre, Joseph Metzinger, Annie Kansas Regenbogen, Elma Bloch Rosenfeld, Rose Cohen Winokur, Julius Aron Winsberg, Pincus Wolfson, *Leo Max Bruchis, Jeannette Wasserzug Davis, *Jacob Marx Gensburger, Harry Goldstein, Annie Silverman Hirsch, *Stella Winsberg Levy, *Augusta Feitel Polmer, *Miriam Falk Washofsky, David Yuspeh, Sylvia Blackman, Michel Caplan, Rebecca L. Goldman, Jeannette D. Hirsch, *Adelaide S. Maitrejean, Sara Dreifus Perez, *Estelle Polmer Rabin, Neil Shatkin, Abraham Mordecai Suffrin, *Samuel Wolfson, Harold Zissman, Jacob Becker, *Mervin N. Gaethe, Annette Green, *Babette Feitel Heidenheim, *Clara Welsch Lake.

March 8-9Hannah N. Dansky, *Abraham Hayem, *Rachael Deinard Lang, Rabbi Richard Rosenthal, Gertrude Pailet Singer, Harriet Mock Wolf, Adele Cahn, Philip Leroy Cameron, Rebecca Cohn, Arthur Gensburger, *Alex Gordon, *Morris Klinger, Emanuel Nathan Mansberg, Sr., P. Sidney Neuwirth, Rebecca Willer, Abraham Bernstein, *Harry Blackman, *Irene D. Block, David Marcus Korn, Betty Weil Barnett, *Jack Fein, *Henrietta Weil Goldenberg, Joan Bascal Johnston, *Lazard Joseph, H. Charles Korn, Ronnie Gottesman Miller, Felice Ginsburg Evans, *Solomon Goldenberg, *Rose Lee P. Grosch, Elmere Morganstein, *Minette Epstein Smith, Rebecca B. Bennett, Milton Casper, Hattie Klein Cohen, Miles S. Kuperman, Rose G. Mayer, Adele Hayem Rosenthal, *Flo Streiffer, *Goldie M. Cohen, Martha Caldera Conover, *Frank Hirsch, Herman Rabinowitz.

March 15-16Marion K. Burstein, Morris Latter, *Joseph S. Loeb, Virginia Marek, Ray Casper Miroff, *Morris Oppenheimer, *Sadie Levy Phillips, Betty Sackett, *Flo Streiffer, Leon Witten, Fanny Blumstein Zuckerman, Anis Goelman, *Louis Goldman, *Harriet Levy McGraw, Alex Silverman, Dan M. Watsky, *Matilda Baar, Henry Eli Cohn, *L. Walter Herscovitz, Marvin Leo Joseph, Sarah Levy Kaufman, Rose Bazar Brown, Albert J. Daube, Samuel F. Hirsch, *Alfred J. Korns, *Rose Wainer Mansberg, *Margot Hirschmann Mendler, *Nathan Phillip Miller, Sarah Yatter Stone, Rose Pesses Teles, *Winfred Julius Winsberg, Harry Bornstein, Noble Evans, David Kraus, Esther Feldman Loevy, Rosa Levy Richmond, Sonia Rothschild, *Rosalie Lobstein Buchwald, Louis Rosenstock.

March 22-23*Laz Aronson, *Morris Burgas, Esther Lubritz Campell, Walter Hudson, *A. W. Steeg, *Dr. Charles F. Wasserman, Morris Weiss,, *Millie Baker, Yetta Gordon, *Benjamin Leopold, *Gus Levy, *Hattie Meyer Levy, *Lynne Welsch Nagler, Bertha Bodenheimer, Robert T. Wakefield, Gloria Plitman Cohen, *Annie Jacobs Eron, *Lulu Whitson Levy, *Norma Moskowitz, *Annie Polmer, *Jacob Steckler, *Ivan J. Weiner, *Richard I. Cohen, *Charles Goslinski, *Bertha deBlanc Jacob, Sarah Karno Jeffer, *Leon Kancher, *Robert A. Raymond, Sarah Richmond, Camille Salomon, Ronald A. Cameron, *Sol Fromer, *Melvin H. Presser, *Lazard D., Sokolsky, *Louis H. Yarrut, Juliette Blum Chigoy, Milton Foerster, Jacob Leichner, Meyer Rosenfeld.

March 29-30*Hugh R. Fenton, Saul Kapelow, Emanuel Lansberg, Sidney Levy, Mildred Alexander Rosenthal, Bertha Nowak Ball, *Theodore Dreyfus, Irving Bertram Rau, *Maurice Phillip Weinstein, Jr., Audrey Pailet Weiss, *Daniel Bernard Alexander, William Brown, *Michael Jay Levy, Julia Lehman Levy, Bridget Adler Lingoni, Marilyn Miriam Dryfuse, David Goldstein, Samuel Hayem, Lorraine Hurwitz, Carol Barnett Robbins, *Morris Liniado, Nettie Regenbogen Forman, Henrietta Hart Heumann, *Dr. Jack Kushner, Veron Sara Shnaider Bernstein, Sol Koretzky, Fanny Reich.

The General FundIn Memory of:Pincus Gardsbane Linda & Hal BeckerDot Kancher Larry & JoAnn Katz Marcia Fisher MuggliThirba Wishingrad Green Margolis Susan & Howard GreenSteven Latter Stanford LatterGita AnshelevitzHelen Anshelevitz Eugenia Yuspeh & FamilyRay Goldstein Diane FreedIn Honor of:David Felix’s 90th Birthday Michael & Rae Sara Mayer

The Prayerbook FundIn Honor of:Marion & Harry Mohre’s 50th Wedding Anniversary Linda & Bobby Brandt Ellen Raye & Sidney Miller Barbara Weiner

Rabbi’s Discretionary FundIn Memory of:Doris SteinbergHerb Gansar Annette GansarDot Kancher Debbie & Jon SchlackmanJacob Goldman Marilyn & Joseph KlineMyron Moshkowsky Mickey MarshIn Appreciation of:Rabbi Gerber Shelley Forman & Mike Kancher Seth Silverstein Lori & David GermanIn Honor of:Sasha Wolfson’s Bat Mitzvah Aaron & Daliah WolfsonMarion & Harry Mohre’s 50th Wedding Anniversary Shirley & Carl Merlin

The Endowment FundIn Memory of:Abraham Webber Rhoda & Larry Webber

Rabbi Emeritus Discretionary FundIn Memory of:Igor Vizelberg Shirley GoldmanIn Appreciation of:Rabbi Loewy Jared Glassman

Tikun Olam for The New Orleans Women & Children’s ShelterIn Memory of:Louis ShapiroPaula Shapiro Mark ShapiroRichard Gordon Jill & Lee PlotkinJennie A. Rosenzweig Dale Fleishmann

The Fund for the Louise Hayem Manheim Nursery SchoolIn Memory of:Sarah Burstein Sue & Fred PreisPaula Shapiro Michael Ramer

The Simon L. & Flo C. Streiffer Leadership Development FundIn Honor of:Rick Streiffer Jared Glassman

The Music FundIn Memory of:George KesnerCharlotte BeckerNathan BeckerEric BeckerMitchell Becker Zed KesnerIn Honor of:Sasha Wolfson’s Bat Mitzvah Aaron & Daliah WolfsonJeanne & Joe Farcus’ Special Anniversary Susan & Irving KochIn Appreciation of:Tory May Seth Silverstein

The Sarah Winsberg Memorial Flower FundIn Memory Of:Isabel Herzog Winsberg Jerome WinsbergIn Honor of:Kayla Brennan’s Bat Mitzvah David & Rebecca Brennan

The Samuel O. Kancher Memorial Fundfor the Lake Library & Media CenterIn Honor of:Ethan Dulitz’s Bar Mitzvah Lorraine Lake Williams

The Tikun Olam FundIn Memory of:Enid Trotiner Jill & Lee PlotkinGeorge KesnerCharlotte BeckerNathan BeckerEric BeckerMitchell Becker Zed Kesner

The Wexler-Fischman Memorial FundIn Honor of:The Birth of Noa Dorothy Mizrahi Lorraine Lake Williams

The Louise Hayem Kitchen FundIn Memory Of:Dot Kancher Marsha & Skip Zander

The Len C. Joseph Memorial Service FundIn Honor of:Joshua Brennan Becoming an Eagle Scout Andrea & Jay Joseph

March YahrzeitsN’davot ~ Contributions

L’DOR V’DOR SHLISHI:FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

Sunday, March 10Brunch and Exhibit

10:45 am

The L’dor V’dor Shlishi Family Program is a museum style exhibit featuring family photos, 3-D printed on a thin translucent medium, called Lithophanes.

These Lithophanes, only viewable when back lit, will honor the ancestors of our Religious School families. Please join us as we celebrate and remember those who have kept Judaism alive from generation to generation.

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Religious School

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Young Families:

March 20: Purim

Munchkin M

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Senior Outreach:

March 11: Lunch and Speaker

TRIBE:

March 16: Bow

ling

Continuing Ed:

March 27

April 3April 10

Purim A

ctivities for All

March 20