December 2013 - January 2014
Kislev - Tevet - Shevat - 5774
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Shul School
December 8, 2013 January 12, 2014 January 26, 2014
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Adult Education
Beginning HebrewJanuary 13, 2014, 7:00 pm (pre-registration recommended) Rabbi's TischIntroduction to Hasidism Part 1 January 25, 2014, 5:30 pm.
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December - January
Janet & Rubens Alves | 12/12/13 | Jill A. Grace & Steven Hersch | 12/17/13 | Ruth A. Rabinovitch & Thomas Treger | 12/18/13 | Johan & Judith Visser | 12/18/13 | Jeffrey & Barbara Beaupain | 12/22/13 | Lawrence & Christa Diamant | 12/22/13 | Marlyn & Larry McClaskey | 12/26/13 | Linda & Ben Bellinson | 1/7/14 | Virginia & Glenn Sagal | 1/8/14 | Owen Grush & Ellen Wilfong-Grush | 1/19/14 | Rabbi Jacqueline Brodsky & Ross Albertson | 1/26/14 |
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December - January
Darlene Smith | 12/1/13 | Frida Briggs | 12/3/13 | Joyce Epstein | 12/4/13 | Jacqueline Davis | 12/5/13 | Bonnie Frol | 12/5/13 | Holly Neimark | 12/5/13 | Surry Tresser | 12/6/13 | Adie Goldberg | 12/8/13 | Mark Spector | 12/8/13 | Deneice Zeve | 12/8/13 | Robin Herskowitz-Heald | 12/9/13 | Richard Whitall | 12/9/13 | Thomas Treger | 12/10/13 | Peter Schultz | 12/11/13 | Olivia Plotnick | 12/12/13 | Sarah Spector | 12/12/13 | Eileen Polk | 12/13/13 | Jacob Aaron Sacks | 12/13/13 | Peter Adesman | 12/14/13 | Lance Bisaccia | 12/14/13 | Benjamin Bloom | 12/14/13 | Fayegail Mandell Bisaccia | 12/19/13 | Alexandra Frol | 12/20/13 | Susan Aaronson | 12/22/13 | Lev Silberstein | 12/22/13 | Dr. Jonathan Gell | 12/23/13 | Adam Lion | 12/23/13 | Seymour Empol | 12/24/13 | Philip Buller | 12/25/13 | Marlyn McClaskey | 12/25/13 | Russ Hannan | 12/27/13 | Felicia Cohen | 12/28/13 | Emma Empol | 12/28/13 | Noah Falkner | 12/29/13 | Vivian Keyes | 12/29/13 | Rebecca Saladoff | 12/29/13 | Alan Bender | 1/1/14 | Marti Bender | 1/1/14 | Olivia Haney | 1/1/14 | Davida Schneider | 1/1/14 | Aaron Bandler | 1/2/14 | Lawrence Diamant | 1/3/14 | Greta Zeve | 1/4/14 | Amelia Zeve | 1/8/14 | Sierra Gutman | 1/9/14 | Sharon Gell | 1/10/14 | Ruth Resch | 1/10/14 | Susan Brook | 1/11/14 | Cara Feldman | 1/12/14 | Isabella Rimes | 1/13/14 | Joan Steele | 1/13/14 | Donald Haney III | 1/14/14 | Gail Kessler | 1/14/14 | Martin Meinig | 1/14/14 | Kyle Maximillian Kohlmann | 1/15/14 | Max Empol | 1/16/14 | Susan Saladoff | 1/16/14 | Owen Grush | 1/17/14 | Sheila Canal | 1/18/14 | Jack Dempsey | 1/19/14 | Eugene Majeski | 1/19/14 | Eileen Muller | 1/20/14 | Michael Schames | 1/20/14 | Bruce Barton | 1/22/14 | Molly Bloom | 1/22/14 | Deborah Bloch | 1/23/14 | Heather Kahn | 1/23/14 | Perry Prince | 1/24/14 | Julia Sommer | 1/24/14 | Sabrina Mizrachi | 1/26/14 | Shari Wyne | 1/26/14 | Adam Nelson | 1/27/14 | Rayna Zohar | 1/27/14 | Christine Karchmer | 1/28/14 | Lola Sonnenschein | 1/28/14 | Carol Wolf | 1/28/14 | Avena Semanisin | 1/29/14 | Avi Silberstein | 1/29/14 | Sally Ann Telpner | 1/29/14 | Zoe Heald | 1/30/14 | Daniel Portrait | 1/30/14 | Nancy Spector | 1/30/14 | Julia Margulies | 1/31/14 | Rebecca Margulies | 1/31/14 |
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Yahrzeit Candle Lighting Prayer
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For the love that death cannot sever, for the time we shared along life's path, for the gifts of heart and mind, we are grateful. Divine one, help us to understand that grief and love go hand in hand.
As we are made more aware of light by kindling this Yahrzeit candle, may we remember the light which (say the name)brought in the world.
Zich-ro-no(m) Zich-ro-nah(f) liv'ra-cha. May his/her memory be for a blessing.
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December 2013
12/13 Tom Treger & Owen Grush 12/21 Nancy Pagani 12/21 Joan Steele & David Wyte
January 2014 1/4 Nancy Pagani 1/10 Owen Grush 1/24 Don Steyskal 1/25 Sherry Friedman 1/31 Laura Bloom & Ben Bloom
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Office Closure
The TES office will be closed from December 25 through January 1.
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Message from Rabbi Boettiger
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All I Need is a MiracleJews don't speak too much about miracles. Hanukah is a holiday about miracles, but Hanukah is a minor holiday, elevated to its special status partly because we live in North America and have to keep pace with the Jones' come Christmas time.
When I think of miracle - I think of those kids at Grateful Dead shows, with a sign that says, "I need a miracle" - meaning a miracle ticket, given to them for free. I also think of the most famous miracles in Judaism: the Burning Bush, the splitting of the Sea of Reeds. And, of course, the oil for the menorah lasting a miraculous eight days, when it was thought that it would last for only one.
But what was the real miracle in the Hanukah story? The Maccabees lit the one cruze of oil, instead of just giving up on the whole enterprise because they didn't have enough oil to rededicate the Temple. They lit it anyway. They had the courage to kindle light, and the world met them halfway. Similarly, the famous midrash of Nachshon tells of how the sea didn't split until the brave Nachshon waded into it ever deeper until the water was up to his neck. It was only then that the sea divided. The common trope in Jewish miracle stories is that the world meets us when we step forward with courage.
A great example of this and a parallel to the Hanukah story is when Elisha in 2 Kings (4:1-7) multiplies a poor widow's jar of oil. I don't think it's an accident that our miracles are connected to oil, which is connected to light. Elisha, who with Elijah, is one half of the miracle-working team in the Prophets, is approached by a woman who is bereft. Her husband has died, and creditors are coming to take her children as slaves. Elisha says to her, "What can I do for you?" The woman asks for help, Elisha asks her what is currently in her house, and she replies, nothing. He says, really, nothing at all? And she says, well, I have one jug of oil. Elisha says, Go, and borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels, as many as you can. Then go into your home, shut the door behind you, and pour oil from your jug into all of those vessels. All of them will fill. Her children keep bringing vessels and the oil keeps flowing, till they run out of vessels. She is able to sell the oil and pay her debts.
I love that he asks her what she already has. As if to say, examine what is in front of you. Like the Maccabees - have the courage to know that what you possess will be enough. Start pouring. Make room by borrowing vessels. And it's important to remember that oil is that which burns and creates light. That is what oil is code for: light. And light is code for G-d's Presence.
There is enough light to go round. In fact, there is an infinite amount of light. Rumi writes, "In Your light, I learn to love." In our morning blessings we say, "For with You is the source of life. In your light we see light."
We feel that G-d abandons us sometimes. The mystics would say, the world is only light, but included in this reality are those moments where the light is blocked and it falls on us to try to see traces of it coming in through the cracks. When we are able to, we call that a miracle.
Hanukah is the only time of year when we are encouraged to pray for miracles. Let us do so. Let us also, to the best of our capacity, be like the Maccabees, Nachshon, and the widow in the Elisha story - and have the courage to step forward and meet the miraculous. L'shalom, Rabbi Boettiger
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Upcoming Special Events
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Shabbat Shira
Friday, December 13th at 7:30 pm, Shabbat Shira presents "Dylan in December" celebrating the music of Bob Dylan. Join us for our monthly musical Shabbat Shira service with our musicians, Cantor Bella and Rabbi Boettiger.
Shabbat Across the Valley Friday, December 20th at 6:00pm
Do you have fond memories of Shabbat dinners - good food, blessing the candles and the wine, singing, laughing and talking about the significant events of the week? That is the best of Shabbat, taking time to make time. Taking time to connect with those who are dear to us.
Or perhaps you are new to Shabbat, but would be curious in learning and experiencing more?
The Religious Practices Committee is inviting new, current and former members of the Temple Emek Shalom community to share Erev Shabbat dinner, separately and together, on Friday, Dec. 20th at 6:00pm. We are also inviting folks who are not members, but may be interested in connecting with the congregation.
Different TES households in Medford, Talent, Phoenix and Ashland are opening their homes to co-create a bountiful, warm, Shabbasdik meal and evening. If you are interested in being a host family, or you want to participate in Shabbat Across the Valley, please contact Sasha Borenstein, at [email protected], Phone: 541.326.7861
TES Grants Pass Gathering
Sunday, December 22 at 10am, Special Temple Emek Shalom Grants Pass Event. Join us at Felicia Cohen and David Smith's home for brunch and learning with Rabbi Boettiger, who will be teaching on "What is Jewish About The Winter Solstice?" Brunch will be served and there will be a chance to connect to other Jewish individuals and families in the Grants Pass region. We'll also discuss how TES can meet the needs of its membership living north of Medford. Please join us and invite others to join us. The gathering will be from 10:00am - 11:30am. David and Felicia's address is 932 Palomino Drive in Grants Pass (about 45 minutes from Ashland). Molly Bloom Bat Mitzvah
The TES Community is invited to celebrate Molly Bloom's Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, January 4 at 10:00AM. Kiddush to follow. As a part of Molly Bloom's Mitzvah project, she will be volunteering at the Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS) Outreach Program under the guidance of Eliza Kauder, FOTAS volunteer. This event is held at the Ashland Hardware Store on the last Saturday of each month from 11am-2pm. The program introduces FOTAS and the Jackson County Animal Shelter to the public in a positive way. Shelter animals accompany volunteers to serve as ambassadors, to attract attention, and to interest the public in adoptions. Volunteers offer materials, such as FOTAS and Spay Neuter Your Pet (SNYP) brochures, foster family flyers, the Scoop newsletter, and special event flyers. Rabbi's Tisch: Introduction to HasidismThe first class will be on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 5:30pm. There will be three "Rabbi's Tisch" evenings this year - centered around serving as an Introduction to Hasidism. Half of each session will be learning about Hasidism through the doing: Hasidic stories, niggunim (wordless melodies) and songs connected to the end of Shabbat. The other half will be a historical look at the Hasidic movement and its origins and focal points. As always, each gathering concludes with havdalah, the ritual separating Shabbat from the rest of the week.
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A Time To Remember
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Sylvia Samson | 12/1/13 |
| Adina Kletter | 12/2/13 | Kislev 29, 5774 | Irwin H. Helman | 12/3/13 |
| Charles Taub | 12/5/13 |
| Irving Jaffee | 12/6/13 |
| Gordon Schloming | 12/6/13 | Tevet 3, 5774 | Deborah Sclan | 12/6/13 |
| Raymond Brenner | 12/7/13 | Tevet 4, 5774 | Emmanuel Clapp | 12/7/13 |
| Reginald Isaac Cohen | 12/8/13 | Tevet 5, 5774 | Julius Block | 12/9/13 |
| Richard Schatz | 12/10/13 | Tevet 7, 5774 | Shirley Vogel | 12/10/13 |
| Rachel Isser | 12/11/13 | Tevet 8, 5774 | Bernie Plisskin | 12/11/13 | Tevet 8, 5774 | Mim Waisler | 12/11/13 |
| Susan Hamrell | 12/12/13 | Tevet 9, 5774 | Lily Hindawi | 12/14/13 | Tevet 11, 5774 | Marcel Jacobsen | 12/14/13 |
| Russell Marc Cherness | 12/15/13 | Tevet 12, 5774 | Honsie Cook | 12/15/13 |
| Leah Vianne Whitall | 12/15/13 |
| Abraham Fisher | 12/16/13 | Tevet 13, 5774 | Herman Hopfinger | 12/16/13 | Tevet 13, 5774 | Karen Tuttle-Herskowitz | 12/16/13 |
| Herman Empol | 12/17/13 | Tevet 14, 5774 | Abraham Siletsky | 12/17/13 | Tevet 14, 5774 | Bob Day | 12/19/13 | Tevet 16, 5774 | Maurice Grushan | 12/19/13 | Tevet 16, 5774 | Pauline Schwartz | 12/19/13 |
| Joseph Zucker | 12/19/13 | Tevet 16, 5774 | Max Brown | 12/20/13 | Tevet 17, 5774 | Jori Bernhardt Curd | 12/21/13 |
| Morris Rosenberg | 12/21/13 |
| Sidney Goldberg | 12/22/13 | Tevet 19, 5774 | Elinor Himmalsterb | 12/22/13 | Tevet 19, 5774 | Shirley Perper | 12/23/13 | Tevet 20, 5774 | Max Raskoff | 12/23/13 |
| Florence Schneider | 12/23/13 | Tevet 20, 5774 | Marge Hohmann | 12/24/13 |
| Faye Jaloff Puklus | 12/25/13 | Tevet 22, 5774 | Esther Gronke | 12/26/13 |
| Rose Kazmin | 12/26/13 |
| Solomon Silbowitz | 12/26/13 | Tevet 23, 5774 | George Appel | 12/27/13 |
| Margaret Montagna | 12/27/13 | Tevet 24, 5774 | David Weiss | 12/27/13 |
| Ruth Cohen Ferrier | 12/28/13 | Tevet 25, 5774 | Jason Hudlett~ | 12/28/13 | Tevet 25, 5774 | Catherine M. Jones | 12/28/13 |
| Julius Byer | 12/29/13 | Tevet 26, 5774 | Susie Coulson | 12/29/13 |
| Alice Adesman | 12/30/13 | Tevet 27, 5774 | Jack Goldberg | 12/30/13 |
| Betty Ostrovsky Verbitt | 12/30/13 |
| Joan Bournstein | 12/31/13 |
| Meyer Frimkess | 12/31/13 | Tevet 28, 5774 | Tannette Jaloff | 12/31/13 | Tevet 28, 5774 | Geraldine Entinger | 1/1/14 |
| Eliezer Ettinger | 1/1/14 |
| Shirley Marks | 1/1/14 |
| Murray Drescher | 1/2/14 | Shevat 1, 5774 | Samuel Skolnick | 1/3/14 | Shevat 2, 5774 | Sidney Goldberg | 1/4/14 |
| Rita Manders | 1/4/14 |
| Rita Manders | 1/4/14 |
| Sandy Greenfeld | 1/5/14 | Shevat 4, 5774 | Jack Berman | 1/6/14 | Shevat 5, 5774 | Anna Glassman | 1/7/14 | Shevat 6, 5774 | Zeph Telpner | 1/7/14 |
| Ann Arbetter | 1/8/14 |
| Milton Dichter | 1/8/14 | Shevat 7, 5774 | Anne Hamrell | 1/9/14 | Shevat 8, 5774 | Barbara Kartun | 1/9/14 | Shevat 8, 5774 | Anne Devine | 1/10/14 | Shevat 9, 5774 | Edith Gell | 1/10/14 | Shevat 9, 5774 | Sylvia J. Helman | 1/10/14 |
| Walter Kitto | 1/10/14 | Shevat 9, 5774 | Jerry Berman | 1/11/14 | Shevat 10, 5774 | Jack Hyman | 1/11/14 | Shevat 10, 5774 | Alexander (Alick) Coleman | 1/12/14 | Shevat 11, 5774 | Gertrude Frires | 1/12/14 | Shevat 11, 5774 | Joel Jacobs | 1/12/14 | Shevat 11, 5774 | Marilyn Werby Rabinovitch | 1/12/14 |
| Dotty Levi | 1/13/14 |
| William Berman | 1/14/14 |
| Ada Eisenberg | 1/14/14 | Shevat 13, 5774 | Teddy McFarland | 1/14/14 | Shevat 13, 5774 | Harry Priesman | 1/14/14 |
| Fanny Tepper | 1/14/14 | Shevat 13, 5774 | Sam Wener | 1/15/14 |
| Debbie Haboush | 1/19/14 |
| Miriam Berkowitz | 1/20/14 |
| David Drescher | 1/20/14 | Shevat 19, 5774 | Rose Kahn | 1/20/14 |
| Paul Perper | 1/20/14 | Shevat 19, 5774 | Edward Slavin | 1/20/14 |
| Marcilyn Bowels | 1/22/14 |
| Sophie Jaffee | 1/22/14 | Shevat 21, 5774 | Joseph Tepper | 1/23/14 | Shevat 22, 5774 | Richard Brownstein | 1/24/14 |
| Faira Basin | 1/25/14 |
| Ken Katz | 1/25/14 |
| Sylvia Leibman | 1/25/14 | Shevat 24, 5774 | Reid Sechan | 1/25/14 | Shevat 24, 5774 | Judith Dubinsky Bloom | 1/26/14 | Shevat 25, 5774 | Benjamin Nerenberg | 1/26/14 |
| Arthur Joseph Rabinovitch | 1/27/14 | Shevat 26, 5774 | Kenny Smith | 1/28/14 | Shevat 27, 5774 | Samuel Arbetter | 1/29/14 |
| Richard Byer | 1/29/14 | Shevat 28, 5774 | Lisbeth Goldberg | 1/29/14 | Shevat 28, 5774 | Regina Blume Jacobsen | 1/29/14 |
| Betty Robbins | 1/29/14 | Shevat 28, 5774 | Lillian Weinstock | 1/29/14 |
| Rose Frager | 1/30/14 | Shevat 29, 5774 | Harold Muller | 1/30/14 |
| Si Rosenthal | 1/30/14 | Shevat 29, 5774 | Mendel Tamar | 1/30/14 | Shevat 29, 5774 | Russel Thorner Werby | 1/30/14 | Shevat 29, 5774 | Arthur Moss | 1/31/14 | Shevat 30, 5774 |
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Pomegranate Pre-School
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| Linda & Ben Bellinson | To Judy and Johan Visser, In memory of Abe Wright. May the memories of your father bring you comfort and peace. Sending love. |
General Fund
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| Frieda & Bob Golding | In honor of Robin and Tony Heald's Torah reading | Nancy & Dan Kaylin | In memory of Margit Heimburger. For Margit, a great lady! | Judy Parnes & Larry Zelner | In honor of JoAnn and Lee Weisel, and their decision to renew their vows to each other. It is a beautiful occasion, one that honors love, commitment and community. I am thrilled and wish for the Weisels and your community a future filled with positive events. | Nancy & Dan Kaylin | In memory of Milton Crane, with love and sympathy | Marilyn & Ted Kovtunovich |
| Elise Manders & Grant Miller | Thank you Chazzan Bella and the Shabbat Shira musicians | Marilyn York | In appreciation for Rabbi Joshua officiating | Michael L. Smith
| In memory of Sasha Borenstein's mother
| Debra & Larry Wolfson
| In memory of Beatrice Borenstein. So sorry for you loss. May her memory bring you joy.
| Elise Manders & Grant Miller
| In memory of Beatrice Borenstein. Sasha, we are so sorry for your loss.
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Indigent Fund
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| Debi Holcombe
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Staff
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Rabbi
| Joshua Boettiger
| [email protected]
| Chazzan/Education
| Bella Feldman
| [email protected]
| Office Coordinator
| Kathy Balint
| [email protected]
| Bookkeeper
| Wendy Lea Diamond
| [email protected]
| Website
| Debra Wolfson
| [email protected]
| Pomegranate PreSchool
| Robin Heald
| [email protected]
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Officers
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| President
| Michael Schames
| 541-488-7476
| Co-Vice President
| Ben Bloom
| 541-944-5533
| Co-Vice President
| Nancy Pagani
| 541-488-0047
| Recording Secretary
| Emily Bernhardt
| 541-897-0343
| Treasurer
| Russ Hannan
| 541-601-6550
| Immediate Past President
| Sherry Friedman
| 541-535-3735
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For complete listing of Board of Trustees and Committee chairs please click here.
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December 2013 - January 2014 Calendars
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Temple Emek Shalom | 541-488-2909 | [email protected] | http://emekshalom.org 1800 E. Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520
Temple Office Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm, Closed Mondays
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