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The 50 Year Itch
It seems like the campaigning starts earlier and earlier with every election. As soon as a politician is voted into office, the reelection campaign starts. This may be a sign of our 24/7 media access, an obsession with the power struggle, or simply the evolution of politics. Although the era of the constant campaign doesn't seem to help the ever more partisan landscape, it's also reassuring to be reminded that no one person will have all the authority indefinitely.
For all its blemishes, the real beauty of a democratic society is that our country never really belongs to one person, and it's never managed by the same person for more than eight years. It's our built-in level that helps to restore balance.
You can review all of Rabbi Posen's weekly Parshah teachings by going to the Levine Academy website. Go to News & Events and click Publications or Click Here.
Parshah Trivia
Last week:
Parshat Emor:
After what day can a baby animal be taken from its mother for sacrifice? On the eighth day
On which day of which month does the Torah tell us to celebrate Pesach? The fourteenth day of the first month.
This week:
Parshat Behar-Behukotai
What year is considered the yovel year?
What happens during the yovel year?
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ECC Happenings!!
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CLICK HERE to download this week's ECC Newsletter!
Yummies for Our Tummies....the Levine Academy ECC Cookbook is currently for sale!!
Get your copy before the school year is over! Copies will be sold for $18 before Shabbat service on Friday mornings, May 18th and 25th. You can also pick up a copy in Gail Robinson's office in the ECC!
Hurry, before school lets out for the summer!
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Last Call Online Auction!
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Learning is FUN at Levine Academy!
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The reviews are in, and it's a HIT!!!
Educare Drama Club presents "Hansel and Gretel"
Starring
Hansel- Ethan Fine, Gretel- Heather Kurtzman, Witch- Noga Even,
Bird- Carly Hacker, Mother- Emma Abelman, Father- Josh Rudner
Directed by Jamey Jamison
Studying American life, one decade at a time!
To study American culture throughout the decades, 7th grade students created "food," table linens and plates from the 1920's - 1980's. They were tasked with understanding the social norms and realities of their respective decades, as it related to styles, fads, social trends and availability of ingredients. What did styles and motifs say about the times in which people lived? This assignment is called "Decades Dinner Table" and is part of a multi-layered, month-long project. (Coming soon: Yearbook photos from the '20s - '80s!)
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From top left: 1960's: Samantha Coben, Alex Wynne, Liat Levkovich; 1920's: Hilla Zach, Bella Pailet, Adam Subel; 1980's: David Potashnik, Jonathan Nurko, Zach Rudner; 1980's plate; 1970's: Aaron Minsky, Simon Waranch; 1950's: Allie Kenvin, Sophie Bernstein
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4th Grade - Invention Convention
As part of the final science unit of 4th grade, the students learned about inventors, inventions, and the invention process. They considered problems, wrote problem statements, developed solutions, created diagrams and working models, designed trademarks and advertising, and orally presented their work to the public. 
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Mazal Tovs, Mitzvahs, and Simchas!
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Mazal Tov!
Carly Hacker, daughter of Suzanne and Howard Hacker, will be called to the Torah
as a Bat Mitzvah on May 19th at Beth Torah.
Congrats to Dani Milner and Steve Levine for their Athlete of the Year Awards.
Also, congratulations to all of the 2011-2012 Levine Academy student athletes.
We are so proud of you!
On May 6th, 7th grader Jake Hoffman , competed in the Bagel Run
and finished 22nd overall in the 5K event with a finishing time of 25:02.
2011-2012 Math Awards
American Mathematics Contest
Continental Mathematics League
The math department wishes to congratulate the following students on their performance on the American Mathematics Contest. This one event competition is held in November and our students are ranked nationally with other schools. All students in Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 participated in this contest.
Finishing in 3rd place Sophie Bernstein (7th grade)
Second place goes to: Zach Rudner (7th grade) and Zev Burstein (7th grade)
The first place winner will also have her name added to our school AMC plaque.
Congratulations to Heather Kurtzman (6th grade)
The Continental Mathematics League conducts a six problem competition which is held on 5 different dates throughout the school year. The following students are recognized for their combined score on all 5 contests.
4th grade:
1st place -Isabella Kontovolsky& 2nd place -Miles Shickman
5th grade:
1st place- Shani Israel & 2nd place - Ben Levkovich and Shahar Sandhaus
6th grade:
1st place -Heather Kurtzman & 2nd place - Sam Weinstein
7th grade:
1st place - Zev Burstein & 2nd place - Sophie Bernstein and Zach Rudner
8th grade:
1st place - Jonas Frenkel & 2nd place - Eylon Kidron and Elena Okowita
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Middle School Show Choir Auditions
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Summer Camp at Levine Academy
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Levine Academy Students Sing! - Yom Yerushalayim Program
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SCRIP - Last Chance!
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Is SCRIP ordering confusing to you? CLICK HERE for some helpful hints!
Below is the last SCRIP cycle, which begins on May 18th.
CLICK HERE to download the order form.
The Levine Academy ordering code is: 5AB3F39619196.
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Jewish Family Service
"Mitzvah Central"
Summer 2012
The Newsletter with Volunteer Opportunities
for Youth and Adults
Click Here to read the newsletter
Dallas Hebrew Free Loan
Jewish Youth Experience Loan Program
Camp, Convention & More possible for Dallas Area Jewish Youth. Interest free loans of up to $1,500 are available to assist families with expenses for Jewish Summer camp, USY, BBYO & other leadership training and conventions.
Our Mission is to assist the people of the Greater Dallas Jewish Community who are in need by providing interest free loans. We have been helping since 1935.
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Synagogue Events
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Beth Torah
May 19, Saturday, 7:30 PM, Men's Club Scotch and Cigars (Scotch only if you don't
smoke). Jeff Markowitz is opening his home and firing up the smoker. Cost for the event is $10. Please bring your favorite Scotch (full bottle) and/or favorite Cigar (4-5) for sampling. Please RSVP mens_club@congregationbethtorah.org.
May 22, Tuesday, 7 PM (Oneg), Texas Poker Hold'em. Come for a night of fun and friendship. $15 members, $20 non-members. Questions? Email Neil Burnstein at mrneilb@swbell.net.
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Congregation Anshai Torah
Sunday- May 20th-Congregation Anshai Torah Hazak Speaker & Elections- 10AM- Dr. Isidor Lieberman, world renowned Spine Surgeon & Medical Director of the Scoliosis & Spine Tumor Center at Texas Back Institute, will be the guest speaker. Dr. Lieberman will speak on Why & How: Torah Scroll Donation to Uganda. Also, breakfast meeting & elections of officers for 2012-2013 in the Haymann Foyer. RSVP deadline May 13th. Contact: Del Matsil,delnbob@flash.net.
Sunday- May 20th - Congregation Anshai Torah Yom Yerushalayim Dallas Community Concert
- 7PM- 9PM -The 4th Annual Yom Yerushalayim Dallas Community Concert at Congregation Anshai Torah. Free for all. Participating this year will be CAT Kol Rina Singers, Level Group Gospel Choir, Children's Levine Choir, & Children's Akiba Choir. Contact: Harvey Swento,harvey.swento@anshaitorah.org, 972-473-7718.
Saturday May 26th - 9:30 AM -Congregation Anshai Torah Graduation Shabbat services will be followed with a Kiddush luncheon honoring our Seniors & their families. Contact: Bob Westle, bob.westle@anshaitorah.org, 972-473-7718.
Sunday, June 10th - 12:30PM-5PM - Congregation Anshai Torah Sisterhood Mah Jongg Tournament will again be held at Congregation Anshai Torah. Not recommended for beginners. 12:30PM check-in, 1PM games begin. $36/pp. Prizes & snacks included. Registration due Friday June 1st. Checks payable to CAT Sisterhood and can be mailed to Lisa Olschwanger. Your check is your receipt. Contacts: Kathryn Kaplan, kathrynskaplan@yahoo.com or Pam Kurtzman, pam_kurtzman@yahoo.com.
Sunday, June 10th - 11AM- Congregation Anshai Torah Elijah's Cup Mens Club Golf Tournament. 11AM sign in, range balls & lunch, 12:00 noon-shot gun start. Sign up as an individual or put a team together. Entry fee $85 -includes green fee, cart, range balls, lunch & prizes. Each player can purchase up to two mulligans $5 each. To register: Mark Tenenbaum at tenenbaum4@msn.com.. Tournament questions: Richard Berry at kenton77@aol.com.
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Congregation Shearith Israel
Friday Night Live
Come be part of a wonderful participatory service on May 18, at 6:00 pm in Beck Family Sanctuary led by our own Cantor Zhrebker, Kol Rina, Ornish Youth Choir and the talented CSI musicians: Joel Cohen, Raquel Gershon, Jeff Jacobs, Avi Mitzner, and Jim Rosenthal. You can sing along and even dance in the aisles to the uplifting and inspiring music. You won't want to miss this exhilarating and memorable service.
Got Shabbat!
This Saturday, May 19 - 10:15 - 11:45 am - Fonberg Family Chapel
Join us for a creative, participatory service for students in 3rd-7th grade (pre-B'nei Mitzvah) and their families led by Cantor Sheri Allen.
If your children are attending services, please encourage them to join us for this child-friendly service.
Children will join the main service at the conclusion of Got Shabbat!
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Co-sponsored by ATID and Chaired by Bob Brenner and Michelle Kreitman
Sunday, May 20 - 9:30 am-1:30 pm, Congregation Shearith Israel/Topletz Auditorium
We have a goal of 36 pints of blood donation at this Drive. Here is our collection history:
2008 - 20 pints, 2010 - 20 pints, 2011 - 6 pints, 2012 - 7 pints
*Donation of just one pint of blood can save the lives of up to three people
*A 16 year-old with parental permission can donate blood
*Donors will receive a commemorative t-shirt as well as be a part of several drawings for guitars
*For an appointment contact Laura Shah at shahlau@usa.redcross.org or 214.507.0858
JTS Long Distance Learning with Rabbi David Hoffman, Co-sponsored by JTS
Monday, May 21 at 7:00 pm in the CSI/Pidgeon Family Theater
False Messiahs and Lessons Learned
$7 for members/$10 for guests. RSVP to Lindsay Gray at 214.361.6606 or lgray@shearith.org.
Shavuot, Observing the Night We Received the Commandments
Saturday, May 26 at Beit Aryeh, Beginning at 9:30 pm
Please note that we will be holding our all-night Tikkun Leil Shavuot on at Beit Aryeh this year. All-night learning will feature Rabbi Bill Gershon, Rabbi David Glickman, Rabbi Juan Mejia, Avi Mitzner and Rabbi Eve Posen. We will conclude with a Sunrise Shacharit service, followed by breakfast at 5:30 am. This year, we are pleased to host Rabbi Juan Mejia for Shavuot.
Shavuot Services and Yizkor - Monday, May 28
Shavuot Family Center Style
Sunday, May 27 at 10:15 am, CSI Douglas
Celebrate Shavuot CSI Family Center Style! Join us at 10:15 am for a delicious snack and a story.
We will then engage in a creative 10 Commandment activity before joining the main service for a special Family Center honor. Afterward, we hope you will join us for the Kiddush luncheon.
Honoring Our Veterans
9:00 am at CSI Douglas/9:30 am at Beit Aryeh
Since Memorial Day is Monday, May 28, we would like to honor all of our veterans during services - those having served or who are currently serving in the armed forces of either Israel or the United States. If you would like to be included in our list of honorees, please contact Chris Simms at csimms@shearith.org or 214.939.7342.
Cry Baby Matinee, June 5 from 10:00 am -12:00 pm at CSI Douglas When is the last time that you were able to see a movie without hiring a babysitter?
Bring your baby or toddler and do not worry about a little extra noise.
The cost is $5 (includes movie theater-style snacks).
PJ Library and Shearith Story Time, Friday, June 8
10:00-11:30 am at Central Market Plano
Join us in the café of Central Market to hear a story and enjoy the playground afterward!
Don't forget to arrive a few minutes early for a snack.
Open Play, Wednesdays, June 6, 13, 20 and 27, 1:00-3:00 pm, CSI Douglas
Families with kids 5 and under are invited to play in our playroom each Wednesday in June. Parents must be present with their kids.Friends are welcome to join!
Join us for our CSI Summer Movie Series
Friday, June 15 from 10:00 am -12:00 pm- Puss in Boots
Friday, June 22 from 10:00 am -12:00 pm - We Bought a Zoo
Friday, June 29 from 10:00 am -12:00 pm -Rio
CSI Douglas/Pidgeon Family Theater
CSI family and friends are invited to us in Pidgeon Theater to enjoy a movie and stay cool (child must be able to sit through a movie). The cost is $5 (includes movie theater-style snacks).
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An Evening with Marvin Hamlisch
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Marvin Hamlisch is one of the greatest pops artists of our time. He has won virtually every major award that exists: Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes, Tonys, and the Pulitzer Prize. He is the composer of several musicals most notably, "A Chorus Line," and has scored numerous films including "The Way We Were," "The Sting," and "Sophie's Choice."
This intimate evening will feature Mr. Hamlisch at the piano with New York based tenor J. Mark McVey, and will include appearances by Cantor Richard Cohn, Student Cantor Leslie Nirin, the Temple Emanu-El Choir and other musical guests.General Admission: $25 To purchase tickets, please visit www.tedallas.org/MarvinHamlisch or call Veronica Smoot at 214.706.0000.
Shavuot Study Session, Saturday, May 26, 9 p.m., Linz Hall
Milk and Honey: Land and Food in the Jewish Consciousness Shavuot Festival Service, Sunday, May 27, 10:30 a.m., Lefkowitz Chape.A special thank you to WRJ for providing the wine and cheese, and of course, blintzes!
Interfaith Family Picnic
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 4:30 p.m. Join with other interfaith families as we enjoy a wonderful Saturday afternoon together! Begin working in the garden, followed by a delicious BBQ dinner, and end the day with a Havdallah service! All Temple Emanu-El Interfaith families are welcome and encouraged to join us! Because of a generous gift from WRJ, there is no cost for dinner. Please RSVP to deinstein@tedallas.org or 214.706.0000.
Cinema Emanu-El ~ Mark your calendars Another great season of Cinema Emanu-El is just around the corner! We have four thought provoking films, all followed by discussions led by our clergy. Shows begin at 7:00 p.m. in Tobian Auditorium. Watch your mailboxes for ticket information or call Nancy Rivin at 214.706.0000 or nrivin@tedallas.org.
July 10 - The Bubble
Discussion led by Rabbi Asher Knight In a modern take on Romeo and Juliet, two gay men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, attempt to live a normal life within the safe bubble of their small Tel Aviv neighborhood. Alternately funny and sad, this beautiful film presets a human story of young Israelis living in a challenging situation. Adult themes and images.
July 17 - Anita
Discussion led by Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen In the aftermath of a deadly bombing in the Jewish community of Buenos Aires, Anita finds herself lost and alone. Her unique circumstances and triumphant spirit will capture your heart as she touches an eclectic array of strangers on her journey home.
July 24 - La Rafle
Discussion led by Rabbi Adam Allenberg The true story of the French Vichy regime's mass imprisonment and disposal of 13,000 Parisian Jews in the summer of 1942. A poignant, well-acted and faithful retelling of a little known episode of the Holocaust.
July 31 - The Matchmaker
Discussion led by Cantor Richard Cohn A coming-of-age story set in 1968 Haifa, still very much in the shadow of the Holocaust. Richly reflects the unique mosaic of Israeli life just after the Six Day War, and effortlessly draws audiences into its charmingly eccentric world.
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Temple Shalom
Confirmation Service
Sunday, May 20, 4:00 PM Temple Shalom Sanctuary
Please join us to celebrate the accomplishments of our confirmands!
Temple Shalom Shavuot celebration!
Saturday, May 26 at Temple Shalom, 5:30 PM: Family Art Activities
6:00 PM Bagel Dinner celebrating the barley harvest, (Cost for dinner: $10/adult, $6 for children 12 and under
RSVP by 5/22 with your check payable to Temple Shalom.
Send check to Gail Kirsch, 7110 Winding Creek Rd, Dallas, TX 75252.)
Services, 7:00 PM
1st Annual Cheesecake Bake-Off, 8:00 PM, then Adult Study: 8:40 PM - 10:00 PM
Questions? Email gailkirsch@tx.rr.com or debbieniederman@aol.com.
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