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RABBI MICHAEL PANITZ
The bulletin is published in memory of Walter and Kathleen Fried
Volume 63 Number 6 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 June/July 2018
7255 Granby Street • Norfolk, Virginia 23505 • Phone 757-489-4550 • Fax 757-489-3425 • E-mail: [email protected] • Website: http://www.templeisraelva.org
Volunteer Appreciation Shabbat - June 16, 2018
Temple Israel would like to acknowledge
and thank these people
for their volunteer activities for Temple Israel...
Women’s Chevra Kaddisha
continued from May Bulletin-
Marcia Brodie, Beth Dorsk, Jane Popkin, Bonnie
Gordon-Rabinowitz & Judy Rohn
Jeff Alperin - constructed an artwork cabinet for 9
Camnitzer prints (see page 10)
Gabby Becker - Gabbai-in-training
Kerry Harte - volunteer for many Men’s Club
events
Stella Jancewicz - collects Chumashim at Shabbat
services
Linda Longman, Andy Rabiner, Shirley
Confino-Rehder, Bob Seltzer, Larry Stein and
Marcie Waranch - new members of
Temple Israel Board of Directors
Scott Moscovitz - kitchen assistance for the Men’s
Club BYPOY Breakfast, special kiddushes and
special events
Katie Ponack - various and many volunteer
projects around Temple Israel
Joe Rehder - Blood Drive volunteer
Lou Rossettini - construction and decorations for
TI special events
Joel Rubin - Second Saturday organizer
Cantor Aaron and Cheryl Sachnoff - menu
developers, shoppers, preps and chefs and bakers
for many, many of Temple Israel’s dinners and
Seders and Challah
Richard Saunders - awards committee for the
Temple Israel Annual Meeting (see page 5 for this
year’s awards)
Stan Weisberger - maintenance on the Rabbi’s
house
Please join us at Shabbat services, June 16th to show
appreciation to all these dedicated individuals that have
been listed in each bulletin this year (almost 100 total).
We will honor our Officers, Board of Director
members and volunteers during this Shabbat morning
service. A kiddush will follow in honor of all Temple
Israel’s volunteers. See page 5 for the list of our 2018 - 2020
Officers and Board of Director members.
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 2
Dr. Barry Einhorn
Daniel Gordon
Steve Sandler
Richard Saunders
TEMPLE ISRAEL
• Founded in 1953 •
7255 Granby Street
Norfolk, VA 23505
Office Phone:757-489-4550
Fax: 757-489-3425
Affiliated with the
United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism
Dr. Michael E. Panitz ............. Rabbi
* Isaac Danker ...... Cantor Emeritus
Dr. Reuven Rohn…..Gabbai Rishon
Lois Einhorn .............. Gabbai Sheni
OFFICERS OF
THE CONGREGATION
Jonathan Longman ............President
Steven Legum……….V.P. for
Administration
Currently Vacant ...................... V.P.
Fundraising and Membership
Eitan Mor……………...V.P.
Community and Outreach
Dr. Steven Becker ................... V.P.
Education and Young Families
Lenny Levine ................... Secretary
Paula Gordon………….Treasurer
Dr. Leigh Baltuch...............President,
Temple Israel Foundation
* Julian Rashkind .... Honorary President
(* of blessed memory)
TRUSTEES
TEMPLE STAFF
Nancy Tucker
………....Executive Director
Tammy Conklin
............... Executive Assistant
Anthony Wilson
…....Head of Building Maint.
Kirk Turner
....…Building Maint. Services
Bulletin Editor
Tammy Conklin
Dr. Barry Einhorn
Daniel Gordon
Steve Sandler
Richard Saunders
RABBI'S REPORT--- TEMPLE ISRAEL IN 2017/1018
1. In the second paragraph of Pirkei Avot, the Ethics of the Fathers, Rabbi
Simon the Just, one of the earliest masters of Rabbinic Judaism, gives us a
fundamental analysis of the three basic values on which civilization depends:
Torah, i.e. the study of God's word; Avodah, i.e. responding to God in prayer; and
gemilut chasadim, i.e. deeds of loving kindness. I find that an appropriate
framework for examing our work as a congregation.
2. Torah-- I begin with our regular classes: Tuesday morning, readings from our
Tradition; now in its 23rd consecutive year of operation. This year, we are
examining the 613 commandments. We have covered about a dozen, so if you
jump on the bus, you can still catch about 600…. If you like studying in the
evening: Our monthly Torah at the Beach, started by Rabbi Goldman , now has
enjoyed a consecutive run of a good 60 years, including all 26 of my seasons as your rabbi. In that class, our
numbers remain solid and our atmosphere positive. This year we are studying gems of Yiddish literature, in
English translation, and the students are enjoying this look at some of the humor and pathos that graces our
national literature. Our annual lecture series conducted jointly with the KBH congregation has just
concluded, with a look at both classic and contemporary Jewish discussions of gender and sexuality.
3. In the category of Torah, I would like to draw your attention to some of the programs that receive less
publicity. I do a great deal of individual and small group tutoring of adults. Some of my tutoring is keyed to
the worship service. Students want to learn to chant haftarah , Torah, or weekly and holiday prayers, and I fill
in for the role of Cantor, training these adults in that domain. Some adults are preparing for conversion, and
we meet every week as they explore the many topics that go into the core curriculum of Jewish knowledge.
Each conversion candidate typically studies with me for over a year prior to standing for a conversion
interview and completing the process. Many of these students, as well as quite a few others in the
congregation, have studied the basics of Hebrew reading with Emily Panitz. Emily—kudos to you on
opening up the world of Hebrew to our members as well as to friends of Israel from beyond our faith
community. Kudos also to our students for making a reality the Jewish ideal of life long learning.
4. In the category of worship, you are most likely familiar with how well received our High Holiday services
were this past year. It has been a pleasure partnering with Cantor Larry Tiger in mentoring Jennifer Peters as
our cantorial soloist, and I look forward to hearing her angelic voice conducting even more of the prayers in
the coming year. You are probably also familiar with our focus on widespread participation in our Shabbat
services. The range of congregants coming up to the pulpit to lead a prayer, give a d’var torah or Torah
introduction, is impressive. Let me remind you that there are always openings for this leadership, but
especially so in the summer months. I will be away on vacation for some of the weeks in June and July, and
if you would like to give a sermon, lead a prayer, or read the Torah, please contact me. Also, in the realm of
worship, it is worth reflecting upon the fact that our joint evening minyan with Beth El congregation has now
completed almost a year and a half, and it regularly gives us the quorum we seek to allow for public worship
and the recitation of the kaddish. We make a minyan, but there is lots of room to grow here. Please pick one
day, morning or evening, that could become part of your weekly spiritual journey. You will find yourself
amply rewarded, both by the gratitude of the worshipers of both congregations, and by the spiritual
experience itself.
5. As in our review of our learning programs, let me give special focus in this segment on a part of our
worship program that I believe to be insufficiently known and appreciated: our junior congregation,
conducted so ably by Sheila Panitz. Sheila gives the students far more than the opportunity to practice
Hebrew prayers. That is part of the experience, of course, but she exercises the students’ higher analytical
skills, not only their rote recitation. Each session contains a story for analysis, or a mock trial in Jewish court,
or an educational game. This is not your Dad’s junior congregation. It is way more fun and also helps prepare
our children to think critically as Jewish adults. When a master teacher becomes a junior congregation
leader—and Sheila is a master teacher, a past recipient of the Jewish Education Council’s Educator of the
Year award-- then you have superlative results.
6. The final leg of this triad of fundamental, civilization-supporting values is “deeds of loving-kindness”. We
have a good record here, although obviously, we should never grow complacent or rest on our laurels. The
daily minyan makers and the guests at our regular worship are generous in contributing to the daily minyan
tzedakah box. We often disburse $500 or even $750 in monthly tzedakah, from those dollar bills and coins.
We also have embraced the mitzvah of the month giving opportunity. I was especially pleased at the response
to the Tikkun Rico drive, as we called it, giving valuable and even life-saving aid to Puerto Rico, which is as
of now in the dubious place of being the American polity longest without electricity in modern history. We
continue a long record of supporting the American Red Cross at semi-annual blood drives, although here we
need to face the challenge of finding additional donors. Let me ask each of you to think in terms of your
circle of friends and associates, going well beyond the rolls of TI members. Would you consider asking them
to “share a pint” and thus save a life?
We thank God, Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and allowed us to reach this moment; and with God's
help, we will continue to be a force for good for years to come. Rabbi Michael Panitz
A MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 3
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
On April 29
th
, we celebrated the founding members of
our congregation and the 65th year of our formidable temple
building at a most uniquely memorable Spring Fundraiser,
Thanks for the Memories. We also celebrated our Rabbi Panitz
for his 25 years of loving and spiritual leadership.
Beverlee and Larry Tiger's diligent efforts made this fundraiser extremely
successful raising over $75,000 dollars! We are indebted to them for their
outstanding efforts for our congregation and greatly appreciate all of the
sponsors who so generously supported this event. It is the funds raised at each
Spring Fundraiser that help enable Temple Israel to continue to meet all of its
financial obligations and remain debt free.
Steve Sandler brought our fundraising theme of Thanks for the Memories
to life by leading us down memory lane telling us his personal memories of
growing up in our temple in the early years. His words were so meaningful to
those who shared his memories and even to those of us who were not here at
that time.
We were a young and vibrant congregation then, and judging from this
recent celebration, we remain vibrant 65 years later.
In furtherance of maintaining that vibrancy, I'm excited about our future
with the new and returning officers and board members who were elected at our
May congregational meeting. It is a strong group and I'm looking forward to
working with them as we move our congregation forward in the coming year.
I invite any congregant to reach out to a board member to share any ideas
for programs you may have. Think about it! Many good ideas are thought of
but never passed around to others to be considered and acted upon. Don't let
your idea fall by the wayside. Contribute!
See you in Shul,
Jonathan Longman
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 4
!NEW! MITZVAH OF THE YEAR !NEW!
MITZVAH
OF THE
SUMMER
We will be collecting for the Diaper Pantry (right)
AND
we will be collecting
School Supplies for
Granby Elementary School
All school supplies
have to be “plain” -
no designs, no cartoons,
no sports teams
A Prayer for the 70th Anniversary of the
Founding of the Modern State of Israel
Avinu Shebashamayim
As we pray for the health and prosperity of the State of Israel, may we acknowledge our
own historic role in preserving this essential and dynamic place with sufficient resources
and absolute resolve, and
As we remember the courage and strength of Israel’s founding leaders, may we celebrate
their vision by striving to preserve and maintain the unity of the Jewish people wherever
they live, and
As we call upon today’s leaders, at home and abroad, to always be guided by your light
and truth, grant them the wisdom to confront the challenges of a dangerous world with
strength and love,
And together, we ask you to spread the shelter of your peace over
the State of Israel and the entire world.
And let us say, Amen.
(Approved by the Board of Rabbis & Cantors of Hampton Roads. Written by Bobbie Fisher)
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 5
Temple Israel Officers and
Board of Directors 2018 - 2020
Officers
President, Jonathan Longman
V.P. for Administration, Steven Legum
V.P. for Education and Young Families,
Steve Becker
V.P. for Community and Outreach,
Eitan Mor
Treasurer, Paula Gordon
Secretary, Lenny Levine
Board of Directors
2017 - 2019
Juanita Balk
Lois Einhorn
Lew Greenhouse
Ted Kruger
Ellie Lipkin
Shannon Ponack
Mark Solberg
Stan Tickton
Richard Yanku
Board of Directors
2018 - 2020
Bobbie Fisher
Reece Livingston
Linda Longman
Melissa Miles
Andy Rabiner
Shirley Confino-Rehder
Bob Seltzer
Larry Stein
Cantor Lawrence Tiger
Marcie Waranch
AS EASY AS A WALK IN THE PARK
Thursday Mornings
A way to boost fitness, strengthen our sense of community, and alleviate
our vitamin "N" (for nature) deficiency:
• If you are interested (a few have called already) in a weekly walk in the
Norfolk Botanical Gardens, please let the office know. We are looking to
gather on Thursday mornings, throughout the summer, for some
moderate exercise and some pleasant conversation.
• Those of us who are members of the Norfolk Botanical Gardens have the
right to go as often as we wish, free of charge, and also to bring in
guests. If you are a member, please let us know that as well.
Bob Seltzer -
Creative Genius Award
Beverlee and Cantor Larry Tiger -
Fundraisers Supreme Award (top left)
Shirley Legum -
Super Senior Volunteer Award (middle left)
Cantor Aaron Sachnoff -
Culinary Delicacies Award
“Big” Anthony Wilson -
Shul Appreciation Award (top right)
“Little” Anthony & Avery Wilson-
Lifetime of Giving to Temple Israel Award
(middle right)
Ruth Ann Moscovitz-
Person of the Year (bottom right)
Rabbi Panitz (l)
and Jonathan
Longman (r)
gave their
annual reports &
welcomed the
new Officers &
Board Members
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 6
Annette Finley-Crosswhite: A journey full of meaning
· By Annette Finley-Crosswhite
For The Virginian-Pilot
· Apr 15, 2018
OVER THE PAST five years, I have been taking Old Dominion University students to Auschwitz-Birkenau as part of a
Holocaust course I teach.
In 2015, I went to Poland as a faculty fellow with the Auschwitz Jewish Center and nine exceptional graduate students
from some of the top programs in the United States, Canada and Germany.
On May 8, I will embark with nine more ODU students. During this time, when we remember the Holocaust, it seems
right to ask: What do students learn when they pass beneath the gate at Birkenau, the iconic image symbolizing the death of
more than 6 million Jews who lost their lives in the Holocaust?
Each trip stands out distinctly in my mind. On the first, it snowed all day during our eight-hour tour of the infamous
camp, and the students and I had never been so cold. What was learned that day was sensory and penetrating. All of us had
on multiple layers; I was wearing two hats. Frozen, we couldn’t imagine how prisoners survived in their thin, striped
uniforms and wooden clogs. This kind of understanding can’t be taught in a classroom.
I want the trip to shake students to their cores and increase their awareness of racism. I want to address power relations
and oppression. I want them to grapple with anti-Semitism and glean some understanding about the importance of the state
of Israel.
Many Holocaust courses stress that we study the event to prevent future genocides, but since that has not happened, I
emphasize what was unique about the Holocaust — that Jews were murdered simply because they were Jews.
Along the way, my students have met survivors, many who have subsequently passed away. What is compelling is
realizing the sheer number of family members most survivors lost. My students become acquainted with narratives of
victims’ lives so that they are invested in remembering real people who had lots of hopes and dreams taken from them. One
of these stories involves Esther Fersztenfeld, a girl from Paris who arrived at Auschwitz the day before her 16th birthday
and died there six weeks later.
What my students realize is complex and tied to their individual identities. My Jewish students, for example, are often
looking for answers. Rachel went in 2013 and learned what happened to her great-great-grandmother. Ben, the grandson of
a survivor, found deeper meaning in his faith; Julia, five months pregnant, took her unborn child to Auschwitz in an act of
defiance.
Students who are not Jewish have various reactions. Stephanie was utterly destroyed by the experience. On her last night
in Paris attending a Shabbat service, she saw a young boy’s prayer shawl and was instantly reminded of the shawls in the
display cases at Auschwitz. The visual juxtaposition left her hopeless. Jackson, an ROTC student, was filled with rage as he
saw the evidence of torture of innocent victims. And Maggie cried in her soup during the evening meal after returning from
Auschwitz. She had realized that soup was all the prisoners had to survive.
Not all of my students have behaved as I would want. A few of them have complained about too much class time and
not enough shopping time.
Others have ostracized members of our tour group in mean-spirited ways or, unable to control their jetlag, have fallen
asleep while survivors spoke. And we have seen tourists in other groups behave badly. One young man, for example,
pretended to shoot people at the execution wall at Auschwitz. Not every traveler learns from the past.
On these trips, I want students to realize their obligations to humanity and gain an understanding of what happens when
intolerance is allowed to thrive. I remember working with my dear friend Jonathan in Jerusalem. He has graciously opened
his family archive to me as I reconstruct the life of Esther Fersztenfeld, his great-aunt who died in 1942, a victim of Nazi
evil.
That night we kept discovering cousins who didn’t survive — and another, and another, and in a moment of utter
despair, my friend looked at me and said, “It was your people who did this.” Stung, I thought, “No, not my people,” but
then I acknowledged what he meant: The descendants of Christian Europe turned the Jews to ashes.
Yom HaShoah reminds us that we cannot afford to forget the past or ignore it. We must carry what
happened during the Holocaust inside our realities and be vigilantly responsible for our actions.
Our own country stands today at a crossroads. History teaches that cruelty is easy and ubiquitous.
Gazing onto the barren landscape of Birkenau, we remember the named and the unnamed, and we are
charged to remember that goodness is fragile and must be constantly revived.
Annette Finley-Croswhite is a professor of history at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.
(This article is based on her sermon at Temple Israel on April 7th for our Yom Hashoah Shabbat) �
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Second Saturday - Saturday 14th
Birthday and Anniversary Shabbat - Saturday 21st
Joint Tisha B’Av evening services at Temple Israel - Saturday 21st
Board Meeting - Tuesday 5th
Second Saturday - Saturday 9th
Yorktown Bike Tour - Sunday 10th
Torah at the Beach - Monday 11th
Volunteer Appreciation Shabbat - Saturday 16th
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