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April 2014Vol. XXIII

No. 8

President’s Message page 2

From the Rabbi’s Study page 3

BIW page 4

Men’s Club page 4

Miniversity page 6

92nd St Y page 8

Building Fund page 11

Recent Events page 12-15

Yahrzeits page 16

Donations page 16 -17

Birthdays & Anniversaries page 18

Advertising page 19-23

2013 – 2014 Board OfficersSy Klionsky, PresidentKatherine Brooks, Vice PresidentDr. Sheldon Paley, Vice PresidentDr. O. David Solomon, Vice PresidentRichard Levine, TreasurerShirley Fein, Financial SecretaryRuth Engman, Recording SecretaryJoyce Paley, Corresponding SecretaryNessa Levine, BIW PresidentRobert Vigder, Roger Goldstein, Men’s Club PresidentsSuzanne Lutkoff, EndowmentMaye Lavinson, WOOOEarl Gordon, Immediate Past President

Men’s ClubApril 6

Bay Isles Beach Club

BIW CLOSING LUNCHEONApril 7 12:30

at Libbys on Osprey

President’s Message

Worship ServicesFriday Evenings 8pm*

Saturday Mornings 10amDue to work at the Temple, Friday, April 4 service at 8 p.m.

will be held at Longboat Island Chapel 6200 Gulf of Mexico Dr. The April 5 Shabbat 10 a.m. service will take place at

Bay Isles Beach Club 2111 Gulf of Mexico Dr.*5:30pm the last Friday of the month

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Scorecard (end of my presidency-beginning of baseball season)

By the time you read this our annual meeting and election of new officers will be 10 days behind us. Kathy Brooks will be our president-elect and I will be a "lame duck" until June 1, 2014. This is a list of what transpired during the first 22 months of my presidency. One - Creating a continuity of leadership that did not exist when I became president. Two - Repairing or replacing everything in our building that had been neglected since our last addition in 2000. Three - Raising over a quarter of a mil-lion dollars in 5 months ($144,000 in the building maintenance fund, while simulta-neously working with our Leadership Chair-man Elise Galinsky to reach a new all-time high of $112,000 - the previous high, which occurred in the first year I was president, was $101,500). Four - Installing an amazing new sound system in our sanctuary.

Five - Having an outdoor sukkah for the first time in 30 years. Six - Rewriting our by-laws with a new seven-person executive committee and a smaller board. Seven - Enhancing our Shabbat morning services with four professional soloists Eight - Valet parking on Shabbat evening services (on a trial basis) Nine - Creating a high level of enthusi-asm in our members through many family-oriented special birthdays and anniversaries, which are blessed on the bimah by Rabbi Katz; highlighted by the magnificent evening honoring Florence Katz, which we will all al-ways remember. We are a Temple Family.

As President,

Sy Klionsky

has been screened throughout the world. Whitwell, a poor coal mining community located a hundred miles away from Pulaski, Tennessee, the reputed birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan, displays the paper clips in an authentic German railroad car surrounded by a small garden. Dedicated on the anniversary of Kristallnacht on November 9, 2001, the memorial’s eighteen sculpted butterflies of twisted copper embed-ded in concrete around the railcar was inspired by the poem of a child imprisoned in the Terezin camp. In-side the car a suitcase holds letters of apology to Anne Frank from German schoolchildren. Thanks to retired Longboat Ob-server Senior Editor Dora Walters, who now lives in Blue Ridge, I re-cently learned that the town dedi-cated its own Holocaust memorial on the anniversary of Kristallnacht just last November. The creation of a Children’s Memorial Garden, located adjacent to a playground in heart of the community, was prompted by a Jewish resident of Atlanta who also has a home in Blue Ridge. A couple of years ago he became familiar with Am Yisrael Chai (“The People of Israel Lives”), an organiza-tion begun in 2008 whose mission is to plant 1.5 million daffodil bulbs in memory of the Jewish children murdered during the Holocaust.

Fifty-thousand have found soil so far. The flower is reminiscent of the yellow Star of David Jews were forced to wear in public throughout Europe during the Nazi’s reign of terror and is also symbol of rebirth when it blooms early in spring. Though Blue Ridge’s population is only 1,200, three hundred people attended the dedication of the daffo-dil garden including two Holocaust survivors, a rabbi, and the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representa-tives. They witnessed the unveiling of a daffodil sculpture and a plaque that explains its significance. How heartwarming to know that sensitivity to the Holocaust extends beyond major Jewish cen-ters to places where Jews are rarely found. It points, I think, to why, in the best sense, America is different. Our fellow citizens have been deeply touched by the Holocaust. They con-tinue to visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington in record numbers and many Holocaust memorials have been established throughout the country without objection. At the conclusion of the commu-nity Yom HaShoah observance held this year at Temple Beth Israel on Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m., we will plant daffodil bulbs at the Temple. Please honor those lost in the Shoah through your presence for the pro-gram.

From the Rabbi’s Study

Temple Beth Israel Bulletin page 3

Seventy miles apart, Whitwell, Tennessee and Blue Ridge, Georgia are two small, rural towns you’ve probably never heard of. But, Jews should know about them even if the former has no Jews living there and the latter only a few. In 1998, the Whitwell Middle School’s decision to initiate an eighth grade project to encourage tolerance resulted in an effort to focus special attention on the Holocaust. Stunned by the Shoah’s magnitude and scale, the students asked if they could col-lect something to represent the mil-lions of Jews and others who perished in ghettoes and concentration camps. Their teacher agreed but only if they found a historically appropriate item. On their own, they learned that during the German occupation of Norway, pins or badges bearing any Norwegian national symbol were banned. In response, Norwegians began wearing paper clips in their lapels as a sign of resistance and to assert their solidarity. Paper clips are called “binders” in the Norwegian language. As many of you know, that dis-covery led to the collection of mil-lions of paper clips (more than thirty million and still counting) from twenty different countries and many prominent individuals from Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to Steven Spielberg, Bill Cosby and Tom Hanks. The widely acclaimed documentary, Paper Clips,

Remembrance in Unlikely Places

Beth Israel Women The season has flown by as usual. BIW had a very successful year. Nan-cy Cohen and her fabulous commit-tee ran a beautiful Hanukkah dinner that elicited raves from everyone. Marion Levine planned a theatre night that brought us delicious food and lots of laughter from the come-dian. The fashion show had many of us running to Dream Weaver to score some of the exciting fashions for our-selves. Much energy was expended by Sylvia Pastor, Sheila Zinder, Nancy Cohen, and our beautiful models to pull that off. As I write this I am looking forward to a fun Game Day, which will have passed by the time you read this. Marion Levine and Nessa Levine organized our second exciting trip to Cuba. Everyone who went was thrilled with the delicious food, deluxe ac-commodations, and the wonderful guides who helped them attain so much knowledge of contemporary Cuba. A special thanks to Dr. David and Louise Solomon for supporting our efforts to have a successful trip. Their family comprised half of the group. Our monthly luncheon meet-ings always featured an excellent and creative home-made meal by chefs Sylvia Pastor and Sheila Zinder and their many assistants as well as an interesting speaker or touching film. For our closing event of the season Lynn Burton, who has been a hard worker all year, has organized a lun-cheon at Libby’s Restaurant on Mon-day, April 7 at 12:30. Three delicious entrée choices, individual checks will be provided. Phone Nessa Levine to see whether spaces remain. A great thanks to all of the talented bakers who sweetened our events

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Books and Brown Bag

April 7The Tin Horse

by Janice Steinberg Facilitator Marge Sandy

The last meeting of Books and Brown Bag for the 2013-14 year will be held on Monday, April 7. Facilitator Marjory Sandy will lead the discussion on The Tin Horse, by Janice Steinberg, at 12:30 p.m; coffee and dessert will be available starting at noon. Please note that the date has been changed from April 14 to April 7, as the first night of Passover falls on the 14th. The Tin Horse delves into the lives of a multigenerational family, seen through the eyes of an octogenarian. It is a story of twin sisters who have lost contact with each other, and it delves into the interacting relationships of an immigrant family during the 1920s and 1930s. This is a sweeping novel that wll hold your attention from the first page to the last. Many thanks to the women who served as facilitators this season and to my co-chair Linda Berliner and to TBI librarian Marjorie Sandy,

Gloria Sabin and Linda Berliner, co-chairs

The Men’s Club Lunch with the Rabbi will be held on Thursday, April 10 beginning at 12pm. The speaker will be Rabbi Katz whose subject will be “The Interfaith Family.” A catered lunch from TooJays will be provided at a cost of $12 per person for advanced reservations and $15 at the door. Res-ervations can be made by forward-ing the enclosed reservation form to the Temple office. All members of the congregation are invited, both men and women.

The season ending Men’s Club Bar B-Q will be held on Sunday, April 6 beginning at 4:30pm. Reservations are available at $20 per person and can be made by sending the enclosed reservation slip to the Temple office. The picnic will be held at the Bay Isles Beach Club on Longboat Key and a full picnic supper will be served.

Beth Israel Men’s Club with their mouth-watering cre-ations. Doris Kaplan, Lois Barson, Arlene Krum, Lynn Burton, Sylvia Pastor, Sheila Zinder and others shared their culinary specialties with us during the season. The ideas and suggestions of our loyal officers and trustees have kept us moving forward. Their effort and hard work are immeasurable. Bonney Libman and Lois Barson have manned our check-in desk all year in addition to all their other duties. Linda Buxbaum and Rhoda Cooper have kept us all informed in their jobs as Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary. The year would not have been possible without the on-going contributions of Vice Presidents Marion Levine and Sylvia Pastor. We are grateful for your support of BIW by your membership and attendance at our events. It will be hard to top this year, but we will try.

Nessa Levine, BIW President


Lunch with the Rabbi

Thursday, April 10 12:00 pm

Speaker: Rabbi Jonathan Katz Topic: The Interfaith Family

Lunch catered by Toojays

Individual Session….$12 eachAt the Door………...…$15 each

Lunch with the Rabbi, sponsored by the Men’s Club, is open to all TBI members and meets the 2nd Thursday of each month.

Shabbat Friday, April 11to Feature Dr. David Sutton

Homelessness has received a great deal of attention in our commu-nity in the last year. Dr. David Sutton, Director of Social Services at the Sal-vation Army's "Center of Hope" in Sarasota, knows a great deal about the issue. He will address this hot topic at Social Action Shabbat Friday, April 11. Dr. Sutton currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Sarasota Ministerial Association (along with Rabbi Katz) and The Suncoast Part-nership to End Homelessness. He is the founding Chair of both the Manatee County Homeless Co-alition and the Mayor’s Feed the Hungry Program. A former Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, he has been an ordained minister for 28 years and holds a PhD in Psychology. A sought after speaker and author of two books, Dr. Sutton conducts class-es and training every week at The Center of Hope.

Please Welcome

to the TBI Family!

Murray & Alice Blueglass v Julius & Audrey Deren Frances Eisner v Judith E. Glass Jay Greenblatt v Maggie Kaplan

Doris & Paul Morgenstern Jerome & Dorothy Rosenberg

Robert Rutzen v Stephen Turner Bernice Wilson

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The Rabbi Michael B. Eisenstat

Miniversity of Judaismat Temple Beth IsraelThe European Jews Who Could NotSpeak YiddishRabbi Michael EisenstatThursday, April 24, 2pm & Monday, April 28, 2pm While most of us derive from the great waves of German and Eastern European Jews who immigrated to the United States, we forget those who preceded them and who looked down on them as newcomers and upstarts! Let us learn about the early Sep-hardic colonists who were here before the American Revolution. Rabbi Eisenstat served as a USAF Chaplain, as Rabbi of Temple B’nai Sholom in Huntsville, Alabama and Temple Judea in Coral Gables before coming to Temple Beth Israel on Long-boat Key. He served as President of the Huntsville Ministers As-sociation, President of Greater Miami Rabbinical Association, and the Sarasota Manatee Rabbinical Association. Rabbi Eisen-stat established a soup kitchen for the needy in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. Rabbi Eisenstat was selected as one of the One Hundred Jewish Leaders who met with Pope John Paul II on the Pope’s visit to the United States. He has lectured in colleges and many churches. The Hebrew Union College has called on Rabbi Eisenstat to mentor Rabbinic students.

In my parents’ home, Passover was re-ferred to as ‘Pesach.’ It was a very special holi-day that brought about a temporary madness that enveloped our entire family like a huge gauze curtain about to be torn into shreds by a dynamic force who was only five feet tall. Although tiny in stature, my mother resembled a whirling dervish as she flew around her kitchen giving orders as if she was a sergeant in the army. She made many lists. She handed out assignments. She gave the impression that she was being judged by a higher ‘Authority.’ The rest of the house-hold (children included) had to be precise and follow all the rules to insure a proper and sacred observance of the miraculous deliverance of the Children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, a long-long time ago. Before the large sealed cartons contain-ing the Pesach pots, pans, dishes, and other utensils could be brought down from the at-tic, we had to be sure that the entire house was free of ‘hametz’ (leaven). My brothers called this activity, “Momma’s search and destroy operation.” All the household cleaning and the eradi-cation of the ‘hametz’ usually began several days before Pesach actually started. Momma needed this extra time to be positive that her kitchen was P.P. (Pesach Perfect) before she would begin cooking for the holiday. After our home was judged ‘hametz-free,’ my Father was allowed to bring into the kitchen-the matzos, the wine, and other food items that had been purchased and stashed in the trunk of his car. (Yes, the trunk of the car was ‘P.P.’) Our Seders were joyful and very noisy. We sang with great energy. However, read-ing our assigned portions in the Haggadah was difficult and confusing because all the books were different, and we never knew what page Grandpa was referring to. My brothers had the honor of reciting the ‘Fir Kashas’ (four questions). I accepted the fact that I was a girl and this was some-thing I was not allowed to do. How times have changed! Our Seder table was set with our best odds and ends of silver, an eclectic assortment of dinner plates and a variety of ‘yortziet’

(memorial) glasses that were used for the wine. Faint wine stains, from previous Seders, were visible on the over-sized starched white tablecloth. When my brothers and I were very young, we found it difficult to sit through Grandpa’s lengthy Seder. Grandpa never skipped pag-es. So, one year we devised a plan to slowly slip out of our chairs and hide under the table with the oversized stained holiday tablecloth as our protection. Our parents were furious with us for being so disre-spectful. Needless to say, we only tried that trick one time. We loved the chicken soup with tiny egg yolks floating alongside the feather-light matzos balls in the oversized Pesach soup pot. How delicious the gefelta (stuffed) fish that Grandma chopped by hand in the large wooden bowl that she brought to America in 1911 from Odessa, Russia. I remember my Father’s tears as he ground the fresh ‘chrein’ (horseradish) that grew wild in our back yard. The afikoman was always hidden in the piano bench. Even though our Seders were punctuated with happy noises, en-ergetic singing, Haggadah reading, eating, and reciting the plagues with gusto, we never violated the solemnity of this joyful, but serious religious service. Our Seder was not treated as a casual family dinner, but as an observance of the highest significance and importance.

Passover MarathonBy Shirley Fein


HOPEPEACEFREEDOM

TRADITION

May you and those you love enjoy a

HAPPY PASSOVER

From your TBI Endowment Fund Board

Anyone planning an event at the Temple who needs to use either audio or video equipment should contact Robin Tannenbaum. In order to keep our new sound system at its

top performance, please do not touch the equipment. At your request, our experienced pro-fessional will attend your event (gratius) for the best results.

Sound System Update

There are many ways in our Temple to honor family and friends or to remember our loved ones who have passed away. One option is to sponsor the floral ar-rangements for the bimah at our Shabbat services. If you would like to contribute to the beautification of our sanctuary while rec-ognizing a life event or special person in your life, please call the Temple office 383-3428 – your participation would be most appreciated.

Bima Flowers There are many ways to enjoy the treasure that we call the Temple Beth Israel Library. Browse. Take out books. Try the ex-panding list of dig-ital materials. Or simply come in and chat. But best of all for those who enjoy the library experience, is to become part of our volunteer staff. For one brief portion of Wednesday mornings, you go behind the scenes. You help shape the future directions of our li-brary. If you are interested, let me know, 383-6837 or [email protected].

Marjorie Sandy, Librarian

Library

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Person Place Thing Live!With Randy CohenTuesday, May 6, 8:15pm

Randy Cohen invites notable figures to discuss one person, one place and one thing they are passionate about — often with surprising results!

Ruth Reichl has been the restaurant critic for The New York Times, the editor of Gourmet magazine, a bestselling author (her charming memoir, Tender at the Bone, is a must for anyone remotely interested in food). Now she turns her pen to fiction. Join her as she talks about a meaningful person, place and thing in her life—as well as her first novel, Delicious! Elie Wiesel Thursday, May 22, 8 pmDon’t miss the opportunity to learn from Elie Wiesel, founder of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and Nobel Laureate, at 92Y.

Doors open 30 minutes before broadcast. Seating is first come, first seated. No charge for TBI members, otherwise admission is $5.

Please visit the TBI website to verify programs. Any schedule changes will be promptly posted on TBI’s website.

“Professor Elie Wiesel has been teaching from this stage for the last 43 years. In doing so, he has essen-tially become a Rebbe to many of us, teaching and touching our souls with Jewish learning. His words inspire and make us think, feel and perform acts of goodness.”

— Sol Adler, Executive

Success in AmericaAmy Chua and Jed RubenfeldWednesday April 9, 7:30 pm (a DVD presentation)

It may be taboo to say, but some groups in America do better than others. Cubans in Miami climbed from poverty to pros-perity in a generation.

Indian and Chinese Americans have much higher in-comes than other Americans; Jews may have the high-est of all. Husband-and-wife team Amy Chua (author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother) and Jed Rubenfeld—both Yale professors—discuss their new book, The Triple Package, and expose the three unlikely traits that explain the rise and fall of cultural groups in America in a talk that may transform the way you think about success and achievement.


FREE VALET PARKINGCome to Friday Night Shabbat Services and Enjoy Complementary Valet Parking through April. Thank you to Sally & Sam Shapiro who generously provided Friday Night Shabbat valet services last month and to Albert & Nora Balk for extending the valet service through April.And a special “thank you” to Suzanne Schuster for underwriting the advertising in the Longboat Observer.Visit www.tbi-lbk.org for service times.

Temple Beth Israel to Launch Sarasota Jewish Singles To better serve the Jewish sin-gles population, Temple Beth Israel is launching a group specifically for area Jewish singles aptly named Sarasota Jewish Singles. Area Jewish singles are invited to attend an introductory dinner meeting at 6pm Monday, April 21, at Café Baci in Sarasota. The dinner is $25 (plus tax and tip). The new group will be organized by Rosalyn

Fleischer, Sandie Cutler-Cohen and Marsha Roth. “Our goal for Sarasota Jewish Singles is to provide a relaxed social atmosphere where Jewish singles can come together and create the club they want to be part of,” ex-plained Cutler-Cohen. “We plan to include a broad range of activities and events – cul-tural, intellectual, athletic and spiri-

tual. Most of all, we want to help members form new friendships with both men and women in the group,” added Fleischer. Fleischer, Cohen and Roth say plans for dinners, movies and cruises already are in the works. For more information or to make a reservation, call or text Rosalyn Fleischer: 941-915-6631.

This year's community Holocaust observance will be held at Temple Beth Israel on Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Organized by the Sarasota-Manatee Rabbinical Association in conjunction with the Jewish Fed-eration of Sarasota-Manatee, the gathering will feature music from local cantors and a student quar-tet. Area rabbis and survivors will participate, memorial candles for the Six Million will be kindled

and yellow daffodils will be planted (see Rabbi Katz's Bulletin article, page 3). Dr. Paul R. Bartrop, professor of history and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers will speak on "Goodness During the Holo-caust: Acts of Kindness Amidst the Horror." He will share compelling examples of those who risked their lives to save Jews.

Dr. Bartrop is one of the world's leading scholars on the Holocaust and genocide. As the host congregation, it is especially important that Temple members attend.

Temple to Host Community Holocaust Observance April 27

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Voices of the Holocaust, a multi-media presentation featuring the Sarasota Jewish Chorale, Sarasota Young Voices, Booker High School Music and Dance students, the Sarasota-Manatee Dance Alliance and the Chroma Quartet will be performed on Monday April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel. A cantata in five parts, Voices of the Holocaust is a poignant arrange-ment of music originally written by

Jews in ghettos and concentration camps. Sponsored by the Tourist Development Commission of Sarasota County and the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, it celebrates the re-silient and defiant spirit of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Tickets are $25, $40 and $70. A reduced group rate ticket is being of-fered by TBI. Please call the Temple office for more information.

Voices of the Holocaust Monday, April 28

Commander Al Grossman and his wife, Bib presented Bay Pines VA Hospital in St. Petersburg and James A. Haley VA Hospi-tal in Tampa each 2 Xbox360 video game systems along with extra controls and game discs. Each hospital was also presented a check from the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) for $1,000.00 to be used for home-less Veterans at their facilities. A big and heart-felt ‘Thank You’ to all the Temple members who contributed to the annual appeal headed by Al Grossman. Monetary donations can still be made to either DAV Chapter 97, 7177 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 34241 or Temple Beth Is-rael Attn: Al Grossman 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, FL 34228.

Photo above right (Left to right): Michael Lan-nan, Veteran Service Officer DAV Chapter 97, Commander Al Grossman DAV Chapter 97, Nathanial Witt Chief Voluntary Services Bay Pines VA Hospital, Bib Grossman Temple Beth Israel.

(Left to right): Bib & Al Grossman of Temple Beth Israel, Danielle Hester, Voluntary Servic-es Specialist at Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, Kathy Williams, Chief of Recreation Therapy at Haley VA Hospital, and Michael Lannan, Vet-eran Service Officer DAV Chapter 97.

TBI Members Open Hearts and Checkbooks for Area Disabled Veterans

Building Maintenance Fund Donations - $150,154.00Linda & Dr. Ira AbrahamsonLinda AlbertAnonymousAnonymousLois AuerbachGloria & Barnett BakalHoward BakerLois BarsonLinda BerlinerAlice BerkowitzBarbara BlumfieldSandra & Gordon BratterJanis & Aaron Brenner Eileen & Albert BronsteinKathrine & Garry Brooks Max Cantor & Sandra AgulnikEdward CohenRonald & Linda CohenSylvia CohodasMargot & Warren CovilleGerard DanielNancy & Rabbi Michael EisenstatFrances EisnerRuth EngmanEllen & Joel FedderShirley FeinBernice FeinsteinLois & Les FishmanMarlena & Walter FrankHerman & Sharon FrankelBeatrice FriedmanElise & James GalinskyAnn & Sheldon Glickman

Grace & Murray GoldbergShelley & Sy GoldblattMiriam & Allan GoldfarbDorothy JacobsonSue JacobsonDoris KaplanCarole & Sy KlionskyGifts in Honor of Sy Klionsky’s 80th Birthday Ari, Nicole, Ally & Jacob Klionsky Catha & Martin Abrahams Ronald & Sharon Burde Sara & Nelson Fishman Rosalyn Fleischer Rabbi Peter & Sheila Kasdan Richard & Nessa Levine Marc Lieber Arnold & Ronnie Malasky Evelyn Maurer Irwin & Sylvia Pastor Dr. Gerald & Vivian Ross Bradford & Tami Saivetz Ted & Mary Ann Simon Jack & Andrea Sukin Stanley & Judith KolodkinRuth KreindlerMargo & Jerry LeeNessa & Richard LevineRise Snider LosheakSuzanne LutkoffJudith & Donald MarksteinDoris & Paul Morgenstern

Judge Marvin H. & Betty MorseIrving & Marilyn NaiditchRonald & Rebecca NorthingtonMarshall Nurenberg Sylvia & Irwin PastorHarold RonsonEster Rose & Rabbi Herbert H. Rose (z”l)Sheila & Jules RoseSteven RosenfeldJerry RosenthalAaron & Barbara RosenzweigVivian & Dr. Gerald RossJoan & Paul A. Rotenberg (z”l)Amy & Peter RothMarsha RothJay RudolphGloria & Howard SabinBradford & Temi SaivetzMarge & Bill SandyBetty SchiffBetty SchoenbaumSuzanne SchusterRobert & Barbara SchwartzSally & Sam ShapiroMarilyn ShumanCarole & Morton SieglerMary Ann & Ted SimonCyvia & David SnyderDonna & Ed SobelMarjorie TickJudy & Bob VigderNorman & Marilyn WeinsteinSuzanne & Leonard Weinstein


Your Board, in two 19-0 votes, approved repairs and replacements requested by our Insurance carrier Cincinnati Financial which included: air handlers, windows, gutters and downspouts, painting, roof, etc. as well as a new fire alarm system with audible sound and flashing lights in the lobby.

All gifts over $100 will be added to our 2013-2014 Once In a Lifetime Building Repair plaque, including all last minute contribtions, up until April 10th. Thinking of making a big gift? Four or five figure gifts call President-Sy Klionsky at his home 383-5906.

Last Chance To Add Your Name

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There are not enough adjectives in the English lexicon to express my joy and thanks to the Temple Beth Is-rael Men’s Club for the magnificent and caring tribute given to me on Sunday evening, February 23, 2014. There are so many people to thank: The fabulous B.I.W. women who baked and helped organize the deli-cious buffet. Ann Stevenson Moe and her in-credible choir for the beautiful music that added so much pleasure to the pro-gram.

I salute all the marvelous speakers for their wonderful heartfelt remarks, and to Shirley Fein for being the emcee of the evening. I will cherish the beautiful gift that the Men’s Club presented to me. This vase will always be filled with fresh flowers as a reminder of a spectacular night in my life. But, most of all, I thank my fantastic family, Judy and Bob Vigder, and my beau-tiful granddaughters for being here and sharing this amazing evening with me.

My cup runnith over!

Top row: Ed Kalin, Sally Yanowitz and Herman Frankel.* Bottom row: Ernie & Alisa Kretzmer, Jeanne Zabelle, Florence Katz*and Sally & Sam Shapiro.** indicates TBI member

Congratulations to Jewish Housing Council’s 2014 Eight Over Eighty Honorees

Message From Florence Katz


Above: Dr. Sigmund Tobias

Left: Betty Schiff, BIW President Nessa Levine and Suzanne Schuster.

In conjunction with the Rabbi Michael B. Eisenstat Miniversity of Ju-daism, Ron McCarty (right), Curator of the Ca'd'Zan, the palatial home of John and Mabel Ringling now on the grounds of the Ringling Museum, gave a fascinating presentation about the Ringlings' extensive impact on Sara-sota's economic and cultural growth and the subsequent purchase of the Ringling Circus by the Feld family.

Dr. Marvin "Bucky" Bacaner celebrated his ninety-first birthday at the Temple in March. During services, he sang a Yiddish song about Israel that he said was used to impress Daniel Frisch, his wife Hadas-sah's father, one of America's leading Zionists. Frisch liked the song and Bucky got to marry his daughter. Above: Bucky is surrounded by many family members who joined him for the service and celebration afterwards at the Shabbat Cafe, which the Bucaners hosted.

In March, TBI screened Journey to Justice, a documentary that relates how TBI member Margot Coville escaped from the Nazis and how her brother was only one of a small number of people permitted to meet with Nazi henchmen on trial in Nuremberg where he worked as a translator. Margot graciously answered questions following the screening. Above: Margot (left) is seen with fellow Detroiter Marsha Ross.

Recent EventsB.I.W. Luncheon At last month’s B.I.W. Lun-cheon, Dr. Sigmund Tobias gave a captivating and informative presentation about Jewish life in the Japanese section of Shangai where he, along with thousands of European refugees, found ha-ven during WWII. Betty Schiff and Suzanne Schuster were honored by BIW for their generous financial sup-port in improving the Temple’s kitchen.

Temple President Sy Klionsky, right, presents the gavel to President Elect Kathy Brooks following the TBI Annual Meeting.

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Following the traditional reading of the Megillah, this year’s Purim Shpiel, The Great Katzby, written by Judy Goldstein, brought the 1920s glitz and glammer to our favorite doll, Queen Esther.

Purim

Left to right: Rabbi Michael Eisenstat and Miriam Walter; Irma Eison; Paul & Doris Morganstern.

Left to right: Rabbi Jonathan Katz and Judy Goldstein; Miriam Waltzer, Nancy Eisenstat, Carole Klionsky and Marilyn Shuman.


About 25 Men's Club recruits boarded the boat from Marina Jack's on a March night perfect for cruising. Al-though we didn't have steel bands and corn rows what we did have was a delicious dinner and sights of gorgeous homes ringing the outer edge of Bird Key, followed by nighttime views of Sarasota. A perfectly terrific evening.

Men’s ClubMarina Jack’s Dinner Cruise

Left to right: Judy Goldstein, Bonney Libman and Miriam Goldfarb.

Left to right: Florence Katz, Ruth Orne, Shirley Fein, Judy Vigder and Bob Vigder.

April 2014 page 16 Yahrzeits Our Perpetual Yahrzeits are in order of the date of death. To be read on each of the following Fridays:

Friday, April 4Abraham HabermanSylvan KaplanBradley NitkinEmmy SolomonSarah R. StrogoffArnie FeinbergAlbert SalkBert StruthEsther G. CohnAnn RadloHenry TaubLouis KarmiolBernice LichtensteinSarah Cable CasperMilton JacobsonFrances B. MillerBernard PolinskyNorman RossBelle AlexanderLucy Zizzen BerkSimon LevinMelvin SchumeisterClifford Steinberg

Friday, April 11Samuel Green

Belle KatzWilliam MossmanNathan BendersonJessie GleeksmanMelvin KraftMay FreedmanJames Robert SloteNaomi FishmanIrving KaplanBeatrice EisenstatStanley PolerSam GoldbergNathan KatzAlexander H. NitkinMarilyn RoseJennie RozanskyIsrael SchmiererMargaret SchwartzPauline SchwartzMorris FedderJerome Eisman MarksteinJulius PearsonIrving ShumanEthel Wolman

Friday, April 18Bill PollackPauline RothenbergSandra Blumberg ShulmanLouis Smerling

Betty WisemanFay ReidlerSamuel KaufmannLily RosenbergTheresa SinickEdward ZiskindRobert V. DantoLillian L. FeidelmanIsrael ‘Al’ GrossmanIda WeissRose BazarskyHyman FeldmanDorothy Hilcoff

Eugene LevineSarah LevyHarry StrimlingBenjamin BironDavid GourseFaye E. Tick

Friday, April 25Yetta BergerEthel PastorBenjamin GoodrichAlbert ZelfmanHarry MackmanWilma ShapiroMarilyn WaltzerCraig LevineMax VogelHerman FrankRose HarrisOscar KettlerMax RinglerRichard SaivetzRobert BernardHerz KetzlachH. Kermit GreenDorothy Vigder

In Memory of Donated ByJHerman Ansel Judith MarksteinDora Gross Ansel Judith MarksteinIsaac Balk Albert BalkRebecca Berman Ida WilkofDiane Theresa Betman Lee Ann & Jerome SalleIrvin Blumfield Barbara BlumfieldAlice Brickman Edward BrickmanBenjamin Clement Jay ClementDavid Cooper Sherman CooperAbe Cranman Rosalyn FleischerSadie Cranman Rosalyn FleischerTilly Froman Sandra Cutler-CohenNatalie Golub Esta GrocerRose Gross Robert NelsonElma Hyman Terry NeisNed Hyman Terry NeisJacob Kaplan Lillian SandsIsidore Kirschenbaum Susan Morin

In Memory of Donated By Elias Langs Nancy EisenstatHerman Levine Dr. Bernard LevineElizabeth Levine Ronda ManasseIsidore Libman Leonard LibmanBertha Margolies Nancy CohenFrank Morse Judge Marvin MorseMarc Rauch Helen RauchCarl Rosen Marion & Dr. Bernard Levine Peter Roth Marsha RothJules Sabin Howard SabinLeonard Schechter Molly SchechterRaymond Schoenbaum Betty SchoenbaumEugene Saul Sloan Jody SloanSadye Smith Claire SmithAlex Taub Melvin TaubReuben Turner Carole KlionskyGoldijeanTurow Dr. Alan TurowEdna Weiss Barbara Blumfield

Yahrzeit Donations


DonationsGENERAL FUNDIn Appreciation: Maggie Kaplen

In Honor of:Joel Feidelman’s birthday, by Ronnie & Arnie MalaskySaul Putterman’s 90th Birthday, by Betty SchiffCurtis Hecht’s 90th Birthday, by Barbara Blumfield, Nancy Parker & Bob Chalphin, Judith & Donald Markstein

In Memory of:Irving Pielet, Sophie Pollack’s brother, by Marcia & Phil Dunsker, Terry & Ray Guzman, Alyce & Allan McLaughlin, Mary Jane & Dick Hershatter, Celia Cicurel

Speedy Recovery Rabbi Eisenstat, by Barbara BlumfieldSandra Cutler Cohen, by Kathy & Garry BrooksEvelyn Maurer, by Kathy & Garry Brooks

CHOIR FUNDJane SattlerNessa & Richard Levine

In Honor of:Florence Katz, by Barbara Blumfield, Renee & Frank Rubin Handel, Maxine Rubin, Dorothy Stevens

LIBRARY BOOK FUNDSpeedy RecoveryKathy Brooks, by Ronni BernardEvelyn Maurer, by Ronni Bernard

FLOWER FUNDIn Memory of:Beloved wife and mother, Ethel Taub, by Ronald & Marcia Taub

MINIVERSITY FUNDSpeedy Recovery Rabbi Michael Eisenstat, by Marilyn Shuman

RABBI DISCRETIONARY FUNDIn Honor of:Betty Schiff ’s Birthday, by Edith & Marvin CatlerCurtis Hecht’s 90th Birthday, by Shirley Fein

BUILDING FUNDLinda & Dr. Ronald CohenSandra & Gordon BratterMarilyn & Irving NaiditchMarion & Dr. Bernard LevineFrances Eisner

In Honor of:Sy Klionsky’s 80th Birthday, by Marshall Neurenberg, Esq.

Speedy RecoverySandra Cutler-Cohen, by Miriam & Dr. Herbert WaltzerEvelyn Maurer, by Miriam & Dr. Herbert Waltzer

In Memory of:Howard Pazer, by Helen & Roy Diton

VISITOR DONATIONSIn Appreciation:S. Ty SteinbergNina Kritopoulou & William SysakDr. & Mrs. Daniel CasdenJohn M. HagsteadPhyllis & Leonard BermanBarbara & Harry Mintz

In Memory of:I.F. Feins, by Sharey & Donald Slimowitz

ENDOWMENT FUNDSValentine Donation, by Joann Durham,Adele Fleet and Lawrence S. Bacow

EDITH AND JAY RUDOLPH FUNDJay Rudolph’s 97th birthday, by the families of Richard Rudolph and Ronald Rudolph

Gift ShopFor the month of April, we are offering a 20% discount on all gift merchandise not previously reduced. (Please note that

Judaica merchandise is are not included in this discount.)

We have lovely merchandise and this is a great discount, since we never mark up to true retail. Your purchases

benefit Beth Israel Women and the Temple. Open Monday - Thursday 10:30am - 2:00pm

After Services Fridays, Special Events and by request.

For special items, call Leah Barker 383-5897 or Anita Devine 365-8794

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Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday! 1 Mr. Zoltan Fried 2 Mr. Robert Diamant 4 Mrs. Beatrice Bazarsky 4 Mr. James Galinsky 4 Mrs. Lillian A. Sands 6 Mr. Leon Cooper 6 Mr. Samuel M. Gourse 6 Ms. Selma H. Horowitz 6 Mrs. Marty Katz 7 Mrs. Gloria Levine 7 Mrs. Arlene Stiglitz 7 Mrs. Jeanne Betty Weiner 8 Mrs. Beverly Peterman

9 Mrs. Beatrice Friedman 10 Dr. Philip Gaynes 12 Mrs. Suzanne Lutkoff 12 Mr. Harold R. Ronson 12 Mr. Morton Skirboll 16 Mrs. Ada Levy 18 Mrs. Marjorie Kraft 18 Mrs. Ailene Rickel 19 Mrs. Margot Coville 20 Mrs. Joyce Cooper 22 Mrs. Sandra Krause 24 Mrs. Miriam Goldfarb 24 Mr. Melvin Goldsmith

24 Mrs. Sylvia Pastor 25 Mr. Norman Gross 26 Mrs. Phyllis Clement 26 Hon. Edward D. Cohen 26 Mrs. Marsha Roth 26 Mr. Herbert Vogel 27 Dr. James Granite 27 Mr. Lawrence Jacobs 27 Mrs. Beatrice Michaels 27 Mrs. Molly A. Schechter 28 Mr. William H. Sandy 29 Mrs. Betty Ackerman 29 Mrs. Judith Tannenbaum

3 Paul & Doris Morgenstern 18 Warren & Margot Coville

23 Irwin & Pat Kaplan 25 Marty & Irene Ross

27 Ted & Mary Ann Simon


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Friday Services will be held at the LongboatFriday Services will be held at the LongboatIsland Chapel.

Saturday at the Bay Isles Beach Club

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